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Morning all, cold, frost, clear sky. 2-5c
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Thanks Logan. Bron is the same when it comes to cars knowing nothing about them although Bron has done the ton (over 100 mph) as pillion on a bike just before we married then I parted company with bikes and moved over to four wheels which were/are more practical. I find it most strange Logan that so many couples are at each other's throats not supporting each other whilst making each other miserable; a neighbour's daughter many years ago married with all the show including Rolls Royce etc but the marriage failed in less than two years; Bron and I married in the register office with my family against us doing their best to split us up but in spite of such a poor start we've worked together as a team as no doubt you and your hubby has over the years.
Thanks alp; yes a much younger me taken in 1971/2 and in my head I'm still only a kid who never ever wants to grow up.
The BMW in the picture was traded in for a brand new BMW same colour same model but I kitted this one out with full fairing and crash bars etc also I installed a car radio with a long aerial attached to the top box; in the front windscreen I added a large blue BMW motorcycle club badge; in a rear view mirror a police BMW was bearing down at high speed so I always had a clear road; I travelled everywhere riding flat out; I used to travel 190 miles to Walthamstow and back in a morning with the speedo needle off the clock scraping metal down the M1 motorway with my chum Allan as pillion passenger; Allan was secretary of the BMW club. In 1972/3 there wasn't the volume of traffic or any speed cameras so I could open the bike up as conditions allowed; I loved my BMW bikes and rode them to the limit; such high speed would be totally reckless these days giving a very short life span but then it was sheer joy to be on the bike. I've not been on a motorcycle for over 40 years and possibly never will again.
I've done the supermarket shopping this morning setting off at 7:15 and it was frosty but yesterday afternoon I installed the new windscreen cover to the Yeti and WOW; a couple of minutes to remove the cover and place the cover in the workshop revealed a clear windscreen and clear mirrors and front door glass; well worth the £7.50 for the cover which is easy to install and remove. The car was reading -1.5C.
Kind regards, Colin.
Thanks Logan. Bron is the same when it comes to cars knowing nothing about them although Bron has done the ton (over 100 mph) as pillion on a bike just before we married then I parted company with bikes and moved over to four wheels which were/are more practical. I find it most strange Logan that so many couples are at each other's throats not supporting each other whilst making each other miserable; a neighbour's daughter many years ago married with all the show including Rolls Royce etc but the marriage failed in less than two years; Bron and I married in the register office with my family against us doing their best to split us up but in spite of such a poor start we've worked together as a team as no doubt you and your hubby has over the years.
Thanks alp; yes a much younger me taken in 1971/2 and in my head I'm still only a kid who never ever wants to grow up.
The BMW in the picture was traded in for a brand new BMW same colour same model but I kitted this one out with full fairing and crash bars etc also I installed a car radio with a long aerial attached to the top box; in the front windscreen I added a large blue BMW motorcycle club badge; in a rear view mirror a police BMW was bearing down at high speed so I always had a clear road; I travelled everywhere riding flat out; I used to travel 190 miles to Walthamstow and back in a morning with the speedo needle off the clock scraping metal down the M1 motorway with my chum Allan as pillion passenger; Allan was secretary of the BMW club. In 1972/3 there wasn't the volume of traffic or any speed cameras so I could open the bike up as conditions allowed; I loved my BMW bikes and rode them to the limit; such high speed would be totally reckless these days giving a very short life span but then it was sheer joy to be on the bike. I've not been on a motorcycle for over 40 years and possibly never will again.I've done the supermarket shopping this morning setting off at 7:15 and it was frosty but yesterday afternoon I installed the new windscreen cover to the Yeti and WOW; a couple of minutes to remove the cover and place the cover in the workshop revealed a clear windscreen and clear mirrors and front door glass; well worth the £7.50 for the cover which is easy to install and remove. The car was reading -1.5C.
Kind regards, Colin.
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Thanks @Colin yes it's a Shame that couples don't get on. It's very cold here 5 c. As I've said on the other thread, had to take Barley to the vet. He found a bit of bone on his walk. Broke his back tooth. Don't know if i'll be doing any Gardening today.
That's great about your windscreen cover. Money well spent.
That's great about your windscreen cover. Money well spent.
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Hi,
36C Stink Bug; WOW. Here in Yorkshire in the UK I think our thermometers only read up to 25C. 36C would be declared a national disaster?
Oh dear Logan; I hope Barley isn't hurting too much and that he's quickly sorted out at the vets; you'll feel a lot warmer though after paying the vet bill. Go on; potter around in the garden you know you want to whilst you can before the big freeze. Bron and I have just returned from Meadowhall and after dinner I'm heading up the mountain with sledge hammer; this is my way of doing a bit of digging; first I have to dig up all the bricks; stones and roots then to top it all there is a buried concrete path so breaking this up and removing it is sure to make me forget how cold it is. I still dream of a single job being easy here but over the last 30 years am still dreaming. It's infuriating to know gardeners can buy a rotovator and trundle across the garden or allotment enjoying the work; here I am on a steep valley side unable to use such machinery due to mature trees and shrubs putting out a web of roots also it would be highly dangerous; buried stones; very shallow soil; buried corrugated tin sheet; buried bricks and even a buried concrete path; I'm not at all surprised my teeth rattle as I try to thrust the spade into the ground; I'm downright stubborn though and I'll win however long it takes; this is The Final Frontier; I feel like I'm going where no man has gone before. It gives me something to moan about though.
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36 celsius predicted for tomorrow.
Bring it on.
36C Stink Bug; WOW. Here in Yorkshire in the UK I think our thermometers only read up to 25C.
36C would be declared a national disaster?Oh dear Logan; I hope Barley isn't hurting too much and that he's quickly sorted out at the vets; you'll feel a lot warmer though after paying the vet bill. Go on; potter around in the garden you know you want to whilst you can before the big freeze. Bron and I have just returned from Meadowhall and after dinner I'm heading up the mountain with sledge hammer; this is my way of doing a bit of digging; first I have to dig up all the bricks; stones and roots then to top it all there is a buried concrete path so breaking this up and removing it is sure to make me forget how cold it is. I still dream of a single job being easy here but over the last 30 years am still dreaming. It's infuriating to know gardeners can buy a rotovator and trundle across the garden or allotment enjoying the work; here I am on a steep valley side unable to use such machinery due to mature trees and shrubs putting out a web of roots also it would be highly dangerous; buried stones; very shallow soil; buried corrugated tin sheet; buried bricks and even a buried concrete path; I'm not at all surprised my teeth rattle as I try to thrust the spade into the ground; I'm downright stubborn though and I'll win however long it takes; this is The Final Frontier; I feel like I'm going where no man has gone before. It gives me something to moan about though.
Kind regards, Colin.
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@Colin thanks. They don't notice pain like us. He's still at the vets, collect him after 4 pm. Any job isn't simple. I did do some gardening this afternoon. Put the 2 hanging baskets with plants still in,in the greenhouse. Started to clear the Cosmos now that the frost had it. Digging isn't the same without a spade. I got a lot of builders sand out the front,it was just chucked in a hole and burried. Got roof tiles out. Our house is on a corner and they dumped every thing there.
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Hi,
Your Barley should be sorted by now Logan and you'll be looking forward to picking him up again and giving him lots of TLC for being a brave boy.
I think the main qualification to be a builder is untidiness Logan; it's common for them to bury their rubbish under a shallow layer of soil which is then turfed. I think plastering must be about the messiest job just by its nature?
I thought you'd end up in the garden this afternoon; addictive isn't it?
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Your Barley should be sorted by now Logan and you'll be looking forward to picking him up again and giving him lots of TLC for being a brave boy.
I think the main qualification to be a builder is untidiness Logan; it's common for them to bury their rubbish under a shallow layer of soil which is then turfed. I think plastering must be about the messiest job just by its nature?
I thought you'd end up in the garden this afternoon; addictive isn't it?
Kind regards, Colin.
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@Colin yes we picked Barley up at 4pm it went ok. He had a pain killer and antibiotic injection. Got some antibiotic tablets and a small bottle of pain killers for tomorrow. Nurse said he'll be a bit sleepy, but he couldn't wait to get to the car and come home to have some food. Nurse said if he vommits or get the runs let them know. Because he's been out all day,berry won't leave him alone, keeps licking his ear.
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Been cold today.
Managed to take a pic of the squirrel
Sammy the squirrel
Managed to take a pic of the squirrel
Sammy the squirrel
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Morning all, cloudy,no frost.7-10c
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Hi,
Hopefully after a nights sleep your Barley well now feel a lot better Logan; nice picture of Sammy; thanks for sharing it.
-1.5C yesterday morning but 10C this morning; just wear my Parka all year and I'm sorted?
Yesterday morning I visited the supermarkets as normal but bird peanuts sold out. This morning out of bed 6:45 and back at the supermarket for when it opened at 8 o'clock; still no peanuts; next door is a pets supermarket but doesn't open until 9 o'clock; drat it all this hassle just to buy peanuts. Back home have a brew then Bron and I visited our local garden center; big bag of peanuts £35 in the actual garden centre but they have a separate pet store; 3Kg peanuts £12.99 plus 5p for a plastic bag. Being a tight Yorkshireman this brought tears to my eyes; paying over twice the price for peanuts but then all our local garden centres are very expensive.
Kind regards, Colin.
Hopefully after a nights sleep your Barley well now feel a lot better Logan; nice picture of Sammy; thanks for sharing it.
-1.5C yesterday morning but 10C this morning; just wear my Parka all year and I'm sorted?
Yesterday morning I visited the supermarkets as normal but bird peanuts sold out. This morning out of bed 6:45 and back at the supermarket for when it opened at 8 o'clock; still no peanuts; next door is a pets supermarket but doesn't open until 9 o'clock; drat it all this hassle just to buy peanuts. Back home have a brew then Bron and I visited our local garden center; big bag of peanuts £35 in the actual garden centre but they have a separate pet store; 3Kg peanuts £12.99 plus 5p for a plastic bag. Being a tight Yorkshireman this brought tears to my eyes; paying over twice the price for peanuts but then all our local garden centres are very expensive.
Kind regards, Colin.
Don't tell me you paid £35 for peanuts and you bought it from a garden centre. Oh, dear! Very DEAR!
I don't buy peanuts as I don't want to encourage squirrels. There are already quite a lot of them around. They have must squirrelled the discarded outdated shelled peanuts from up the road and I keep seeing peanuts in newly disturbed soil. I prefer to buy fat balls for my tits and smaller birds. I used to buy wild seeds and my garden was turned into a racket by starlings, crows and black birds. They are noisy and fighting with one another and lo and behold I have oats, wheat and sunflowers growing EVERYWHERE! I blame the warm Essex weather and my clay soil.
I don't buy peanuts as I don't want to encourage squirrels. There are already quite a lot of them around. They have must squirrelled the discarded outdated shelled peanuts from up the road and I keep seeing peanuts in newly disturbed soil. I prefer to buy fat balls for my tits and smaller birds. I used to buy wild seeds and my garden was turned into a racket by starlings, crows and black birds. They are noisy and fighting with one another and lo and behold I have oats, wheat and sunflowers growing EVERYWHERE! I blame the warm Essex weather and my clay soil.
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Hi,
No alp not £35 but we did pay £12.99 for 3KG of nuts and it brought tears to my eyes. We love seeing our squirrels and given our dire climate up here we feed the wildlife spending around £20 per week on cat biscuits and peanuts. We feed every cat that visits us and some of the birds enjoy eating the cat biscuits especially the blackbirds; badgers and foxes visit during darkness and eat the peanuts Bron leaves out; we are at peace with the wildlife and when the squirrels keep turning the grass into a multi holed steep golf course its not the end of the world.
Hopefully next time I visit our local "Home Bargains" on Friday morning they will have a stock of peanuts these being the cheapest by far. Pigeons too feed here and thank us by bombing the Yeti usually just after I've spent an hour washing and drying it; when we open our rear door a furry missile arrives this being one of many neighbours cats; Ruby; Harvey and Max are the regulars; they come for a treat and a bit of TLC then they wander off happy. Jays; blue tits; woodpecker and wrens plus the blackbirds; crows and magpies; Bron saw another pheasant at the top of the garden a couple of days ago; our big trees and bushes attract them all.
Kind regards, Colin.
No alp not £35 but we did pay £12.99 for 3KG of nuts and it brought tears to my eyes. We love seeing our squirrels and given our dire climate up here we feed the wildlife spending around £20 per week on cat biscuits and peanuts. We feed every cat that visits us and some of the birds enjoy eating the cat biscuits especially the blackbirds; badgers and foxes visit during darkness and eat the peanuts Bron leaves out; we are at peace with the wildlife and when the squirrels keep turning the grass into a multi holed steep golf course its not the end of the world.
Hopefully next time I visit our local "Home Bargains" on Friday morning they will have a stock of peanuts these being the cheapest by far. Pigeons too feed here and thank us by bombing the Yeti usually just after I've spent an hour washing and drying it; when we open our rear door a furry missile arrives this being one of many neighbours cats; Ruby; Harvey and Max are the regulars; they come for a treat and a bit of TLC then they wander off happy. Jays; blue tits; woodpecker and wrens plus the blackbirds; crows and magpies; Bron saw another pheasant at the top of the garden a couple of days ago; our big trees and bushes attract them all.
Kind regards, Colin.