edcayton Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Just back from t'vets. We have a large dressing on the sore foot, a waterproof sock to put over it in case we want to go out (no walks) and, you guessed, the Cone of Shame to stop him eating the first two. An Alsatian Cone is as big as a bucket so we are having difficulty moving about, especially squeezing past me on the computer to get to/from the kitchen. Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 All the decent size fellings remain on site - and duly seasoned make their way into the wood burning stove. I've yet to see a piece of our cherry that would be fit for anything better to be honest. The small stuff is chipped and also remains on site but it seems totally useless at keeping down undergrowth. We had a guy a couple of miles down the road whose hobby was wood-turning - he used to take quite small bits and turn little pots and spinning spindles and tiny vases for craft fairs - did quite well out of it - now taken by the Big C, unfortunately Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightengine Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Mr Blair took us into a war which led to a series of events contributing to the rise of the Islamic State. I think that says a lot for his judgement. Don I thought we's agreed not to do politics because other people (amazing I know) may not share your views? Interesting to note that at the present time 15.50 Donw post has 11 Agrees, Smiffy post has 7 Agrees and 3 ER's posted on both posts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon G Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 I have had the chimney sweep in today, to clean the woodburner flue and also the now obsolete flue from the oil boiler than was removed last year. I hadn't had either swept for a good while, but was amazed at the amount of soot that came from each. I really must get it done annually as per recommendations. I often get wood for the woodburner when I see friends and neighbours throwing out bits of wood. THey often just leave it for me to collect now! Nice cheap way of getting wood. Not many trees around here unfortunately! 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisf Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Another member of the 69 Club, I'm afraid - it was on the news just now that the singer Peter Skellern has died. Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Late start to two days off. Yet another hacker tries to get into my email resulting in my ISP blocking it until I change my email. So off we go down the change password route via the original ISP email.... (see below) The verification email is sent to I know not where - cue a call to the call centre. Wait time reported at 15 minutes, turned into nearer 30. To make things hideously complicated. My original ISP was swallowed up by ISP no2, which then was taken over by the current ISP. When we changed broadband provider a few years ago, it was put into Mrs NB's name, as one of the domain names we have is linked to her work. Because I'm not the current broadband account holder, many hoops have to be jumped through so I can deal with any problems on her behalf, even though they have spoken directly to her at least three times and she has given permission for me to handle the account for her...... After much discussion of the Data Protection Act, the password has been changed but can take up to four hours to get through the system.. Grrr Looks like I'll be using another email provider from now on.... Back to the good stuff. The bathroom flooring has been lifted and a new 3mm MDF layer put in place ready for the top surface. Many brownie points will be earned. Catch up later as I'm out with one of my final or three driving jobs for the afternoon. Cheers, Mick Never use an ISP email address. It's a trap they use to lock you to their service. I have switched ISPs many times but I've had the same email address for 15 years. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackRat Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 69 club.......? Not with my back! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohmisterporter Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 (edited) Speaking of fruit trees we once watched a demonstration by a woodturner using his old Holtzapffel lathe. He turned a piece of cherry tree into a pill box with a screw lid and top. Very attractive little box too. During Victorian and Edwardian times there was a passion among the well heeled for making treen artifacts using machinery that could be available with many accessories for turning fancy shapes. The work produced could be stunning, not only if you didn't tighten the work in the chuck properly. Edited February 17, 2017 by Ohmisterporter 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 That reminded me of the Dartmouth Higher Ferry. When we moved to Brixham we used it quite often Marion said to me is it safe? Oh yes I said. However some months later the chains became loose and the ferry drifted down river with cars and passengers aboard. They got the passengers off quickly but the cars had to wait until the ferry could be towed back. Not exactly confidence inspiring. Don IIRC one New Year the captain of the Erskine Ferry got plastered and parked the ferry in the middle of the Clyde. Presumably a boarding party was organized to get him off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted February 17, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 17, 2017 I thought we's agreed not to do politics because other people (amazing I know) may not share your views? Strange I am the only one you commented about, others had made remarks on that bit of news and other things.Let's be balanced. Don 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 45156 Posted February 17, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 17, 2017 (edited) I really must get it done annually as per recommendations. You must indeed Simon, as it is normally an insurance requirement, and if you had a chimney fire and had to claim on your policy, they would ask to see either the certificate of sweeping or at the very least a dated receipt stating the date of the sweeping if the sweep is a non NACS practitioner. I also suggest using Flue Free as well to reduce the creosote buildup in your chimney and flue - I use it regularly, and find it most helpful. Edited February 17, 2017 by 45156 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 45156 Posted February 17, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 17, 2017 (edited) Afternoon All Again late on parade due to an early start to get to town, then a few minutes before we were due to go, we had a phone call saying our meeting had to be postponed as the guy we were meeting had to have a day off for personal reasons. Still went in, as there was other stuff to be done, and on visiting the bank we found that the insurance claim for the roof had been paid already - based on the builder's quote and without an invoice - so I was also able to make the builder's day by giving him one of these old fashioned paper things that convey money from one party to the other without going near online banking. He was most pleased as when we got home he was just packing up having finished the job. As a bonus, while he was up there on the scaffold, he cleaned and rehung the guttering and cleaned the facia boards and the PVC window frames, cleared the downspout, did a coat of woodstain on the external woodwork, and sorted out a couple of problems with the slaters felt and the flashings on the bedroom window. Well, we have been using him for almost 20 years now, so he does go the extra mile. Greetings of the generic variety are as usual offered, as there were a lot of posts to read and rate here and on other threads. Back tomorrow after a trip to Kendal. Regards to All Stewart Edited February 17, 2017 by 45156 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post trisonic Posted February 17, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2017 Do you know what is weird? Listening to my daughter DJing on her weekly show on the radio.... Anyone in the area can listen on 90.3 fm. I’m trying to get her to play Syd Barrett...... Best, Pete. 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 (edited) The Marigold Hotel was a long long way from Delhi. South Indian culture is quite different to what Aditi's parents would have been accustomed to in the north. An Indian colleague and friend of mine who had for a time been an expatriate in the US but now lives in India likes to explain to westerners that while India is the largest democracy in the world it is not as monolithic as western democracies. Rather he likes to say by way of analogy that India is more like Europe, in that it consists of a large number of different 'countries' each with their own languages, histories, traditions, cuisines and ethnicity but under a single government. I have found this to be very helpful working with people from India. The 'tech' community in places like Bangalore (and presumably business community in Mumbai) is creating more of a melting pot, but the notion of the country being one big swathe of pink on the map does not do justice to the complexities. The greatest differences may be observed comparing north to south, but even that is a great simplification. Edited February 17, 2017 by Ozexpatriate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 69 club.......? Not with my back! Surely it would make you forget your back......????? Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 An Indian colleague and friend of mine who had for a time been an expatriate in the US but now lives in India likes to explain to westerners that while India is the largest democracy in the world it is not as monolithic as western democracies. Rather he likes to say by way of analogy that India is more like Europe, in that it consists of a large number of different 'countries' each with their own languages, histories, traditions and ethnicity but under a single government. I have found this to be very helpful working with people from India. The 'tech' community in places like Bangalore (and presumably business community in Mumbai) is creating more of a melting pot, but the notion of the country being one big swathe of pink on the map does not do justice to the complexities. I would take this more seriously if I knew that in the villages they did not have to crap in the fields. Still, they have Nuclear Weapons and a Space Program.... Best, Pete. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Another member of the 69 Club, I'm afraid - it was on the news just now that the singer Peter Skellern has died. Chris Oh dear. I really must get moving with my layout. Might only have a year to do it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhBBob Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Another member of the 69 Club, I'm afraid - it was on the news just now that the singer Peter Skellern has died. Chris So sorry to hear that news; he was a very talented musician, both on his own, with Richard Stilgo and with the Grimethorpe Colliery Band. His brand of music was largely from before the current era, shall we say; e.g. 'Love Is The Sweetest Thing'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiffy2 Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Strange I am the only one you commented about, others had made remarks on that bit of news and other things.Let's be balanced. Don Let's not do politics, eh? What do you find so hard to accept in that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 (edited) I would take this more seriously if I knew that in the villages they did not have to crap in the fields. I think the observation was about the implications of Indian diversity rather than suggesting that India has everything under control. The fact that there are people who crap in a open field next door to a "nice" western style hotel on the industrial east side of Delhi (Noida) suggests that it's not just the villages. As if inequality isn't bad enough in the west, it is staggering in India. A good analogy is restaurants. We don't say "I went to a European restaurant for pasta" when we had Italian food. The notion of a western, Indian restaurant doesn't do justice to the different regional cuisines in the same way that a western, Chinese restaurant doesn't do justice to Hunan, Sichuan, Cantonese, etc. Edited February 17, 2017 by Ozexpatriate 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurenceb Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Another nice turning wood is hawthorne 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted February 17, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 17, 2017 Let's not do politics, eh? What do you find so hard to accept in that? I don't find it hard I hadn't posted on politics until a lot of comments were being made and I chipped in with something. I will refrain from any more. Why do you say nothing to others? Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted February 17, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 17, 2017 (edited) I think the observation was about the implications of Indian diversity rather than suggesting that India has everything under control. The fact that there are people who crap in a open field next door to a "nice" western style hotel on the industrial east side of Delhi (Noida) suggests that it's not just the villages. As if inequality isn't bad enough in the west, it is staggering in India. Industrialisation is bringing large numbers of rural people into cities. In the rural villages the government has been spending on lavatories but people don't like them and prefer a walk in the countryside and a wash afterwards. The government is trying but the programme isn't as successful as a similar one in Bangladesh. The reason for this is due to one culture having having a "who does what" in connection with defecation disposal and the other one not. Edited February 17, 2017 by Tony_S 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Abel Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 ...Officially Scheveningen is part of The Hague, but they're a fiercely independent bunch so don't tell that to a locals face if you want to return home in one piece It'll be next to the famous Kurhaus hotel, which is older then your Blackpool Pier It won't be as big as the Billund park (or others, like Windsor) but it will be covered, so ideal for the not-so-sunny-days at the beach Interestingly I was on a one week course in The Hague in the '70s and managed to get totally sh!tfaced in Scheveningen my first night there 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 ....Officially Scheveningen is part of The Hague, but they're a fiercely independent bunch so don't tell that to a locals face if you want to return home in one piece .... This is a bit like people from Gateshead being at great pains to say that they are not Newcastle. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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