Mundane News

[TVC]

It's British Pie Week. No idea why @vernon hasn't mentioned this in passing. Anyway, we are off to the pub tomorrow to sample their pies.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-drink/news/pie-facts/

In other news, off to Potsyland again tomorrow go beat up a supplier.

 

[vernon]

It's British Pie Week.

Any fule kno that

 

[TVC]

Any fule kno that

You massively over estimate our collective inteligence.

 

[vernon]

I've got all of the ingredients for a corned beef and potato pie to make for my colleagues sometime this week.

I've also got a visit to my favourite pie maker pencilled in for Friday.

 

[vernon]

You massively over estimate our collective inteligence.

Jus-Rol have a feature on their website with an interesting free recipe booklet. http://jusrol.co.uk/british-pie-week/

An interesting feature of Jus-Rol pastry is that it has no animal products in it and is perfect for making halal pies for muslim colleagues. I use the filo pastry but make my own vegan shortcrust pastry.

 

[vernon]

In other news, off to Potsyland again tomorrow go beat up a supplier.

This might be of interest...

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co...t-pies-greater-manchester-restaurants-8737078

 

[TVC]

This might be of interest...

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co...t-pies-greater-manchester-restaurants-8737078

Oooh yum. Fortunately I will be back home tomorrow evening.

We are going to Rutland Water on Saturday, so I think a visit to a particularly good butcher in Oakham who makes his own pork pies is in order.

 

[vernon]

My CAD drawing needs modifying for the laser cut card formers that I designed. The square holes are 0.02" too small. I'm glad that I only had two out of thirty cut.

 

[TVC]

My CAD drawing needs modifying for the laser cut card formers that I designed. The square holes are 0.02" too small. I'm glad that I only had two out of thirty cut.

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Go on then, what are they for?

 

[Illaveago]

It is a clear sky here tonight with lots of bright dots visible up there.

 

[vernon]

Go on then, what are they for?

My first post retirement project is building a Bob Copland Wakefield endurance rubber powered model aeroplane.

The fuselage is circular and is made from balsa rings with 24 stringers evenly spaced radially.

The cardboard formers are used to wind 1/8" x 1/32" balsa strip round and glue the laminations together. The cardboard rings are then slid onto a 1/2" square armature and the rings spaced appropriately to form the longitudinal profile. Three quarters of the stringers are then glued in place before removing the armature and the cardboard formers and the remainder of the stringers are then glued in place.

The model will look something like this but with a circular cross section instead of an oval one - I'm preparing oval formers for a second model.

The construction method looks like this

Copland was recruited by Hawker as a draughtsman and his first project was to design the rearview mirror for the Hawker Hurricane. The last plane that he worked on was the Harrier Jump Jet.

 

[vernon]

My planned trip to the Le Mans 24hr motor cycle race next month is now definitely a goer.

 

[Maverick Goose]

''You’re the captain of our burger ship, a meat magician, the head honcho of the kitchen''....

 

[Hill Wimp]

Cats fed, now back to bed.

I may not achieve more than today.

 

[TVC]

Morning, brace yourself Potsy, here I come.

Beer and pie await on my return.