The Chill Out Zone

[coolcat]

Originally Posted by roverbarmy

A misty start, here on the coast, due to burn off later to more hot stuff! Got told off by SWMBO for having my shirt off yesterday. Oops! She wouldn't have said that 50 years ago, when I had hair on my head and my chest!

A fine specimen of a man

[Lancpudn]

Originally Posted by roverbarmy

For anyone who is/was watching the footy, my fence painting is almost dry now!

[Lancpudn]

Morning all, It's roasting out there already & set to hit 25C later.
That's a top tea in this weather Jeff.

Originally Posted by roverbarmy

A misty start, here on the coast, due to burn off later to more hot stuff! Got told off by SWMBO for having my shirt off yesterday. Oops! She wouldn't have said that 50 years ago, when I had hair on my head and my chest!

Thast's a great pic of you.

[roverbarmy]

Originally Posted by Lancpudn

Morning all, It's roasting out there already & set to hit 25C later.
That's a top tea in this weather Jeff.














Thast's a great pic of you.

Who said it was me!

[FLYING BANANA]

Morning all all from a blooming hot start to the day, well its hot for us after all that rain. And they will still bring in the hosepipe ban.

Now fully recovered from our weekend away, but taking it easy as there is another weekend away coming up in July.

[WillyHeckaslike]

Originally Posted by Gate Keeper

Good morning Steve. I wanted to ask you something as you are knowledgeable about aviation. Jessica would like me to take tins of tuna in my checked in luggage for the flight to the UK on Saturday. Our first night is at a hotel in Heathrow, the Holiday Inn Express and instead of eating in the restaurant, she would like us to eat in the room, crackers with tuna. She asks is it safe to do so, they won’t explode?

Hi Phil. Yesterday was a scorcher here (today is looking the same) so I made use of it to get out to sort some things. As a result I didn't see your post until I checked for emails late last night by which time it was too late to reply then. So apologies for the delay in getting back to you.

The holds on the larger modern airliners are pressurized so your tinned tuna will be ok. Don't be tempted to carry it in hand baggage though as you will likely know that it could fall foul of fluid regs. Pets and other live animals can be carried in a hold, the 787 (which you often use) has 3 and its fwd hold is designed and equipped with the facility to carry very perishable items. Items such as vaccines which you will know are very temperature critical. I have had a couple of iffy experiences, lol, with carrying food on my travels so I tend to avoid doing so. I had an apple confiscated on my 1st trip stateside which resulted in all of the party I was with being recalled to customs to hand over all food leftover from their inflight boxes - food which they had hoped to keep for later. Don't ask about the melon which I was persuaded to bring back from Cyprus.

Your tree removal service at £150 in total seems like a bargain in comparison to UK prices. A relative was quoted in excess of £1300 in Sheffield a few years back to have a conifer removed from a property they bought there. I would happily pay what you did to have my conifer problem dealt with but the problem is one of access. I'm in a pre-war semi with a garage built on the side which blocks access to the back of the property. The garage is full and it would have to be emptied to give the required access. Which reminds me of yet another thing on my ever-growing to do list. I saw the unfolding situation in Kenya on UK TV news, best wishes to you and J and hope the trouble keeps its distance from you. Regards current loss of internet I see that Elon Musk apparently now covers Kenya with his starlink service, might be worth a look at it. Click

[stevestrat]

Originally Posted by WillyHeckaslike

I have had a couple of iffy experiences, lol, with carrying food on my travels so I tend to avoid doing so

First time I went to the Philippines I loved the mangos, still do (the smaller, yellow incredibly sweet ones), way better than the ones you get here. When it came time to leave the family went to the local market loaded up with mangos, my hand luggage was solid with them. UK customs either didn't notice or didn't care, customs guy in Manila asked "can't you get mangos in the UK?" I replied not as good as these.

You can get them everywhere over there, every little shop/ market stall, you can get them here at certain times of year in Indian/Pakistani shops, bleedin' expensive though.

[Lancpudn]

Phew! Way too hot for this lad & I've not even been out in it, I'm dreading nighttime as the temps overnight are going to be in the high teens.

[stevestrat]

Only in the high teens now here, hazy sunshine. Only supposed to be 14-16C tomorrow.