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We have some awesome pot holes over here, its skill driving to avoid.
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Watched the second season of Resident Alien. I had to go to the county government's office to get a proof of payment for my property taxes.
I like to read books in my free time, mainly on law, philosophy, I also like to read history books on the capital market.
Now I am reading a lecture by Rudolf Steiner, a famous occultist of the past.
Now I am reading a lecture by Rudolf Steiner, a famous occultist of the past.
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Yesterday, I noticed our next door neighbour (not the adjoining semi) had the builders in to repair their leaking flat roof over their lounge extension. The amount of debris the builders put on their drive suggested it was a big job. They were back again today.
Nearly all the houses in our road were built to the same specification in the sixties and most have had the same extension since then.
The houses were built with an extended kitchen.
The practice has usually been, if you want to extend the lounge, to get your neighbour to have theirs done at the same time so you share the centre wall as you do in a semi. (Or at least let you do it). It cuts down on cost. We and our neighbour did that. A few others have had it done at different times and the first one not got permission fronm the neighbour to put the wall on the party line. When that neighbour, or a new one wants an extension, the first one won't let them tie in.
This is crazy, as if the second person has an extension at a later date, they can tie in to that wall and not lose any space. Otherwise they both lose space as they each end up with a side wall with a small gap between the two.
This is ours. You can't tell that the bit with the French windows was added in 1976, 10 years after the houses were built.
It's only a small extension to a small house, but you end up with a decent sized 20ft long lounge.
The problems with flat roofs is that they can eventually leak. Some houses in our road, have had the job done twice.
We had ours re- done 25 years ago. It wasn't actually leaking, but I noticed that there were a couple of soft spots in the felt when I'd been up on the roof re-cementing the ridge tiles. So water had penetrated the felt and was rotting the first layer of roofing ply. It took a roofer half a day to replace the damaged ply and re-felt it all. So it wasn't too big a job.
But since then, I've not had that bedroom window or the bathroom window next to it, cleaned by the window cleaner. I can clean the bedroom window, "periodically," by leaning out of the small window, which opens horizontally or vertically. We don't worry about the bathroom window.
The usual practice is that window cleaners put a ladder up to the roof and stand on the roofing felt "with their big boots." Pressure from those 25 times a year, on the fire retardant gravel on the roofing felt over a decade or so, can eventually cause a leak.
If I've needed to get to the guttering, I've always put down a board on the gravel on which to place a ladder.
Nearly all the houses in our road were built to the same specification in the sixties and most have had the same extension since then.
The houses were built with an extended kitchen.
The practice has usually been, if you want to extend the lounge, to get your neighbour to have theirs done at the same time so you share the centre wall as you do in a semi. (Or at least let you do it). It cuts down on cost. We and our neighbour did that. A few others have had it done at different times and the first one not got permission fronm the neighbour to put the wall on the party line. When that neighbour, or a new one wants an extension, the first one won't let them tie in.
This is crazy, as if the second person has an extension at a later date, they can tie in to that wall and not lose any space. Otherwise they both lose space as they each end up with a side wall with a small gap between the two.
This is ours. You can't tell that the bit with the French windows was added in 1976, 10 years after the houses were built.
It's only a small extension to a small house, but you end up with a decent sized 20ft long lounge.
The problems with flat roofs is that they can eventually leak. Some houses in our road, have had the job done twice.
We had ours re- done 25 years ago. It wasn't actually leaking, but I noticed that there were a couple of soft spots in the felt when I'd been up on the roof re-cementing the ridge tiles. So water had penetrated the felt and was rotting the first layer of roofing ply. It took a roofer half a day to replace the damaged ply and re-felt it all. So it wasn't too big a job.
But since then, I've not had that bedroom window or the bathroom window next to it, cleaned by the window cleaner. I can clean the bedroom window, "periodically," by leaning out of the small window, which opens horizontally or vertically. We don't worry about the bathroom window.
The usual practice is that window cleaners put a ladder up to the roof and stand on the roofing felt "with their big boots." Pressure from those 25 times a year, on the fire retardant gravel on the roofing felt over a decade or so, can eventually cause a leak.
If I've needed to get to the guttering, I've always put down a board on the gravel on which to place a ladder.
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It is one of my rules to dig as little as possible, I know it will give me problems. I had a small piece of ground that was straight clay last year. I had simply extended an existing bed three feet or so, but it had become covered in docks, so I dug them out, and then I watered the greenhouse, and then I had a day off lying down with a bad back.
Pretty much better today, but I was very careful, and only did very light and easy jobs
Pretty much better today, but I was very careful, and only did very light and easy jobs
It is good that you are feeling better.
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I found this film on YouTube today and downloaded it..
It's a cult Japanese comedy released in 2004 which won Japan's "Best Picture" award, the year it was released, it has a bit of a cult following.
I saw it on TV over ten years ago and found it hilarious. I was hoping it would come round again but never has. I wasn't going to pay £20 for the DVD.
This is the trailer.
This is film. It was uploaded a year ago. The Lolita fashions became a cult with Japanese teenagers.
It's a cult Japanese comedy released in 2004 which won Japan's "Best Picture" award, the year it was released, it has a bit of a cult following.
I saw it on TV over ten years ago and found it hilarious. I was hoping it would come round again but never has. I wasn't going to pay £20 for the DVD.
This is the trailer.
This is film. It was uploaded a year ago. The Lolita fashions became a cult with Japanese teenagers.
I read Scripture at City Hall for the National Day of Prayer.
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A rare outing, visited the podiatrist and bought some bird food. I am all a tremble from the excitement.
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Fixing - well turns out only troubleshooting - the garage door opener. Circuit board is shot. Not worth replacing, so going to have to get a new one.
Going fishing , what else is there !
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Spent the morning with friends sitting on their patio drinking coffee and eating cake, very nice. Apart from occasional visits to garden centers, doctors, and daughters it is, I think, the first time I have been out in a year
Watched Super-Pumped: The Battle for Uber.
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Just went to look at my YouTube account https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIfrjavewvS-nVvpdMc4NeA/videos and before my eyes it jumped from 995 views to 1003
I am in the four figure club, YAY.
I am in the four figure club, YAY.
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Well done!
I've had a YouTube channel for sixteen years to which I upload videos of my various hobbies.
My videos have had collectively over 350,000 views. I have more than 400 subscribers. Presently, there's 92 videos, the most popular of which is "How to build a Japanese Tea-House." with over 90,000 hits.
Surprisingly, the next most popular is a track I uploaded from a CD I have of the singer Steve Conway, "My Foolish Heart." That has had over 50,000 hits from countries all over the world.
The analytics of the channel are excellent. Also if you upload a video and someone makes an unfriendly comment, I've only had a couple in sixteen years, you can remove it.
I neither speak nor appear on any of my videos, I'm a bit shy.
None of my videos are "monetised" so viewers should not see any adverts. I use Firefox Adblocker-plus, so as I don't see adverts to watch other videos, people shouldn't be obliged to suffer adverts to watch mine.