RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted 4 hours ago RMweb Premium Share Posted 4 hours ago It's playing up again so this will start a new page. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted 3 hours ago RMweb Gold Share Posted 3 hours ago 25 minutes ago, TheQ said: SWMBOs list of "can you make" is getting longer.. Aditi pulled a Venetian blind off its fixings last week. I fixed it back but it must have been weakened as I dislodged it this morning, breaking the angle adjuster. It was in the utility room. It wasn’t an expensive one, we bought it originally to stop the sun shining into Zippy the hamster’s cage. To get one now that looks similar wasn’t cheap so I did try to repair the mechanism that was damaged by the recent fall. I failed so a new one was ordered. Fitting will mean drilling into a steel lintel. It usualltnworksmoutbat one drill bit per hole. Just out of interest, has anyone tried self drilling screws, and would they work in lintel girder steel? Tony 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago 3 hours ago, The White Rabbit said: Evenin' awl, The weather seems to be trying to provide some atmosphere for reading (or writing?) a historical novel. "It was a dark and stormy night in October, during the year of grace 17xx. The wind whined around the chimneys like a pack of the wolves sometimes seen in the depths of winter. The outline of the solitary small tower on the north side of the manor could be seen occasionally in the flashes of lightning. Inside the Great Hall .... " Well, maybe not quite that bad. But it's certainly soggy and blustery. Sympathies and positive vibes to @Ian Abel , @Darlington_Shed and anyone else with the pestilence, hope it passes quickly for you. Various odds and ends done, something of a 'MIUAYGA'/'unspecified pottering' day. I posted a book off which someone was kind enough to buy, did some painting (inside!) and played with composing a song. It's not really me but I thought I'd have a crack at something different. Something akin to I'm sorry I haven't a clue's one song to the tune of another. Baked a loaf - bread and cheese for tea - and replied to someone's email about C***mas lunch. I'd like to get a plant transplanted in the garden if it stops raining. A hole has been dug - and flooded! Tomorrow is supposed to be dry, so if I have a reasonable night and the hole empties, I'll try that later on. I could also do with planting out some aubretia which has been in pots and troughs this summer. And now, back to my reading ... maybe I'll find out whether the Baron did it in the courtyard with a broadsword or it was the Countess with a poisoned hairpin in the bedchamber... Sorry to disappoint you but it was the butler in the pantry with a lead pipe. 1 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago (edited) 10 minutes ago, Tony_S said: Aditi pulled a Venetian blind off its fixings last week. I fixed it back but it must have been weakened as I dislodged it this morning, breaking the angle adjuster. It was in the utility room. It wasn’t an expensive one, we bought it originally to stop the sun shining into Zippy the hamster’s cage. To get one now that looks similar wasn’t cheap so I did try to repair the mechanism that was damaged by the recent fall. I failed so a new one was ordered. Fitting will mean drilling into a steel lintel. It usualltnworksmoutbat one drill bit per hole. Just out of interest, has anyone tried self drilling screws, and would they work in lintel girder steel? Tony Try a Cobalt or Titanium bit, rather than a standard drill. Edited 3 hours ago by monkeysarefun 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted 3 hours ago RMweb Premium Share Posted 3 hours ago 3 minutes ago, Tony_S said: Aditi pulled a Venetian blind off its fixings last week. I fixed it back but it must have been weakened as I dislodged it this morning, breaking the angle adjuster. It was in the utility room. It wasn’t an expensive one, we bought it originally to stop the sun shining into Zippy the hamster’s cage. To get one now that looks similar wasn’t cheap so I did try to repair the mechanism that was damaged by the recent fall. I failed so a new one was ordered. Fitting will mean drilling into a steel lintel. It usualltnworksmoutbat one drill bit per hole. Just out of interest, has anyone tried self drilling screws, and would they work in lintel girder steel? Tony You mean self tapping screws, as far as I know they are only for wood. I have a set of carbide steel drills that might be suitable but I'm not sure where I put them. I'll have a look for them tomorrow and if I find them your quite welcome to borrow them. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium BSW01 Posted 3 hours ago RMweb Premium Share Posted 3 hours ago Good evening everyone We had a great day out at Chatsworth House, as usual, we arrived just before our friends did. It started to rain just as we were leaving home, but halfway there, Sheila had to put her sunglasses on, as it was so bright. We had a short walk before dinner, then a longer one afterwards. On our way back to get a drink mid afternoon, we were just yards away from the cafe door, when it started to rain. By the time we’d finished our drinks, the sun was shining again! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium BSW01 Posted 3 hours ago RMweb Premium Share Posted 3 hours ago Goodnight everyone 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darlington_Shed Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago 10 hours ago, Gwiwer said: The Eurasian Magpie is spectacular... but lacks the song quality of its Australian namesake Indeed. For a while I was curious about the possible link between intelligence and vocal ability in a variety of species but corvids are an exception. Never heard one say anything except 'cark' and perhaps 'cark-ark'. But since they seem to have the ability to teach their offspring the difference between friendly and unfriendly humans, there may be some subtleties I'm missing. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darlington_Shed Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago 6 hours ago, Ian Abel said: Not happy that this lurgy brings on frequent trips to the smallest room Agreed! And it's a mystery since I'd swear that every bit of liquid in my body is constantly streaming from my nose. Pah, indeed! 4 hours ago, The White Rabbit said: Sympathies and positive vibes Appreciated! Day 3 of solitary confinement completed and in major news, it has been agreed with the authorities that I can have access to my desk and laptop in the living room when everyone else has gone to bed. As long as I wipe down everything I touch with antiviral wipes. Happy to oblige! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago 1 hour ago, TheQ said: … SWMBOs list of "can you make" is getting longer.. Wooden globe about 2 inches across with a hole down the middle, for spindle worlds. Another wool winder. Modify this loom with two new rollers and ratchets… Your wife is into LNER Pacifics, then? 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debs. Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago 1 hour ago, Tony_S said: Aditi pulled a Venetian blind off its fixings last week. I fixed it back but it must have been weakened as I dislodged it this morning, breaking the angle adjuster. It was in the utility room. It wasn’t an expensive one, we bought it originally to stop the sun shining into Zippy the hamster’s cage. To get one now that looks similar wasn’t cheap so I did try to repair the mechanism that was damaged by the recent fall. I failed so a new one was ordered. Fitting will mean drilling into a steel lintel. It usualltnworksmoutbat one drill bit per hole. Just out of interest, has anyone tried self drilling screws, and would they work in lintel girder steel? Tony You know what they say; if it weren't for Venetian blinds, it'd be curtains for all of us! 🤭 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iL Dottore Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago I was a bit of a sentimental old fool yesterday. My beloved Lucy has been going through a bit of a bad patch lately, so when I was visiting Hokkaido's biggest Shinto Shrine (in Sapporo) I purchased a votive offering for good health (a lovely thing) and on the back I wrote a request for a "a happy, painless and illness free old age". And hung it up with all the other votive offerings. Although it was intended to be just a "bucket list" moment, It was surprisingly quite an emotional thing to do (and I'm resolutely agnostic). As I said: sentimental old fool. Today I'm going for a cooking lesson with a professional chef, preparing traditional Japanese food. Should be fun. Frozen pizza, curly fries and beanz will NOT be involved 🤣 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted 40 minutes ago Share Posted 40 minutes ago 7 hours ago, The White Rabbit said: "It was a dark and stormy night in October, during the year of grace 17xx. The wind whined around the chimneys like a pack of the wolves sometimes seen in the depths of winter. The outline of the solitary small tower on the north side of the manor could be seen occasionally in the flashes of lightning. Inside the Great Hall .... " The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted 36 minutes ago Share Posted 36 minutes ago 6 hours ago, monkeysarefun said: They are not the smartest of birds, they are ground nesters and usually pick the stupidest place to set their nest - in the middle of a footy oval, ... They do indeed. There was a Pacific Golden Plover that nested at one end of the cricket pitch in a local park when I was young enough to do that sort of thing. Bl00dy obnoxious creature. Really hard to get some cricket in with the mates. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted 22 minutes ago Share Posted 22 minutes ago 4 hours ago, monkeysarefun said: "Look at me, I'm a Zebra!" That would be a (wannabe) Scottish Zebra. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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