Pat - they're currently discussing the Cruachan hydro/dam on R2 here and how it could be applied elsewhere. If you're keen to hear it you might get it on iPlayer.
They're debating how to pronounce Cruachan !
Lovely photos - gorgeous bird. You should put them on the camera thread too.
Did you sleep well Hosta?
Hope everyone has a grand day. I have to go back to work in a moment or three
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Does anyone know what happened in the parliamentary debate about transitional pension arrangements for women like me who keep having the pension age pushed further away.? or can I answer my own question with the usual ... sod all, and work until you drop?
I was driving with the radio on , but chatting to my daughter, so might have missed something.
From what I could gather, the guys at the Power company wanted the government, ie ,us , the taxpayer, to help them expand. Funny they want us to pay for infrasctructure but they get to keep the profits?
We chatted about the dam after one of your walks Fairy, funny it coming up again so soon.
Fairy, no, still no good sleep. I'm not getting up in the night, but not sleeping for long before waking up. On / off all night long. I'm still getting up at 8 though. I think that's helping me get back into a routine.
Hostafan, if its any help, my nan always said that as she got older, she needed less sleep. 7 children and 18 grandchildren,and 5great granchildren before she died, meant she was always busy during the day and never had time for a nap. She would go to bed by 10, and be up at 4 . She would then get up and start doing something, often being in the garden when the milkman came.
My other grandmother, had one child, four granchildren, did as little as possible except delegation, napped every afternoon, and complained that she never slept a wink at night.
I'd rather not go to bed, for me it's a waste of time when I could be doing something better. I read half the night, sometimes get up and make tea and toast, watch a film.
You get used to it. when my son in law was one night work, he would come home in the morning, go to bed a 7.30 he'd then be up again about 11am, coped quite well.
Hosta, young man, I dare say if you follow the counselling route you will be diagnosed as depressed and put on some tablets. Have you tried the Nightol yet. At least they are not prescription drugs.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
I know I'm not depressed Lyn and I'm not trying any tablets as long as I can hold off.
We all need different amounts of sleep so we can't compare how one copes compared with another and draw conclusions.
I once met a guy who slept between 1pm and 2pm every day and that was it for the whole day. He hadn't slept in a bed overnight for 42 years and was fit as a fiddle but I'm sure not many would cope with that.
When are we going to Rosemoor next. ( he says , changing the subject )
p.s. I prefer to be referred to as " young man" than as old as fidget's grannies.
I would dearly love to go to Rosemoor, but I can't leave dad at the moment for that length of time. Things not so good, We may have to do with a cuppa and a mooch round the polys.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
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Pat - they're currently discussing the Cruachan hydro/dam on R2 here and how it could be applied elsewhere. If you're keen to hear it you might get it on iPlayer.
They're debating how to pronounce Cruachan !
Lovely photos - gorgeous bird. You should put them on the camera thread too.
Did you sleep well Hosta?
Hope everyone has a grand day. I have to go back to work in a moment or three
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Does anyone know what happened in the parliamentary debate about transitional pension arrangements for women like me who keep having the pension age pushed further away.? or can I answer my own question with the usual ... sod all, and work until you drop?
Fidget
Welcome back 
Does this help? https://www.savvywoman.co.uk/5967/parliamentary-debate-on-transitional-arrangements-for-women-affected-by-the-state-pension-age-rise-what-happened/
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I was driving with the radio on , but chatting to my daughter, so might have missed something.
From what I could gather, the guys at the Power company wanted the government, ie ,us , the taxpayer, to help them expand. Funny they want us to pay for infrasctructure but they get to keep the profits?
We chatted about the dam after one of your walks Fairy, funny it coming up again so soon.
Fairy, no, still no good sleep. I'm not getting up in the night, but not sleeping for long before waking up. On / off all night long. I'm still getting up at 8 though. I think that's helping me get back into a routine.
It will work Hosta.
It's like getting a baby into a routine ... some take longer than others 
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hostafan, if its any help, my nan always said that as she got older, she needed less sleep. 7 children and 18 grandchildren,and 5great granchildren before she died, meant she was always busy during the day and never had time for a nap. She would go to bed by 10, and be up at 4 . She would then get up and start doing something, often being in the garden when the milkman came.
My other grandmother, had one child, four granchildren, did as little as possible except delegation, napped every afternoon, and complained that she never slept a wink at night.
Stick with it, a regular routine is key.
Fidget, I hope you're not suggesting I'm as old as your granny?
I'd rather not go to bed, for me it's a waste of time when I could be doing something better. I read half the night, sometimes get up and make tea and toast, watch a film.
You get used to it. when my son in law was one night work, he would come home in the morning, go to bed a 7.30 he'd then be up again about 11am, coped quite well.
Hosta, young man, I dare say if you follow the counselling route you will be diagnosed as depressed and put on some tablets. Have you tried the Nightol yet. At least they are not prescription drugs.
I know I'm not depressed Lyn and I'm not trying any tablets as long as I can hold off.
We all need different amounts of sleep so we can't compare how one copes compared with another and draw conclusions.
I once met a guy who slept between 1pm and 2pm every day and that was it for the whole day. He hadn't slept in a bed overnight for 42 years and was fit as a fiddle but I'm sure not many would cope with that.
When are we going to Rosemoor next. ( he says , changing the subject
)
p.s. I prefer to be referred to as " young man" than as old as fidget's grannies.
I would dearly love to go to Rosemoor, but I can't leave dad at the moment for that length of time. Things not so good, We may have to do with a cuppa and a mooch round the polys.