Mundane News

[mybike]

Still and foggy here chez Casa Reynard today. It never really lifted at all, and I can barely see beyond the fence.

I did manage to bring down the main trunk of the mulberry tree though. The fact there was no wind meant that I could make it fall exactly where I wanted it to, without damaging either me, my tools or the flowering cherry that the crown was dangling in. I'm really relieved as I was worried about that - just too much to potentially go wrong.

In the end, I made several deep v-shaped cuts, stood way back and let gravity do the rest.

Did do myself a mischief when rolling the large pieces away though - one slipped and trapped my arm. Managed to free myself, except for my jacket and fleece, which was firmly pinched between the two bits of tree (they're about a food thick at this point). So i had to shin out of my clothes in situ, duck back in the house for another fleece and jacket, then go grab a spade from the garage and use that as a lever in order to free my clothes.

I do have a whopping great big bruise on my right forearm, but it's stopped (more or less) throbbing.

Had thought about a bike ride, but it's just far too foggy. Even if I'm lit up like a Christmas tree, I don't fancy a SMIDSY. So have had a nice quiet afternoon just chilling and listening to the radio.

I've got a chunk of the fir I had felled, barely managed to move it! Just wondering how I can chop it up when it's been around a couple of years. Just glad I didn't damage myself when moving it.

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

Raining all day here. We've got the lamps on in the living room as it's so dark outside.

 

[mybike]

This is a big task that I cannot put off any longer - "down sizing".

It could take a very long time, so I am allowing .......oooh...... about ten years before I move house again. What was your strategy if you have done this?

There are a lot of things in this house, that I "inherited" from numerous elderly relatives. I say inherited, but it was because no one knew what to do with them, did not want to throw them away, so I ended up with them.

It is best to start with some of the larger items? For instance like "fireguards" or things you put in front of the fire when it is not lit (with hand embroidered decorative fronts) two thereof. Large hand embroidered pictures, three. A piano stool, again with embroidered seat. I know I should offer them to the relevant family members before disposing of them/donating them to a Charity Shop.

Then there are three typewriters. One belonged to my Father so it has sentimental value, one is a complicated electronic version, with the teensiest screen that you can imagine. That was my Mother's. I will delete anything on there, and it can be recycled. The third one is a good electric trypewriter, which I think I will keep. There is one old laptop computer with cracked frame which can be recycled.

That is just for starters. If I remove the larger items that I do not want to keep, that will get the process started.

I will gradually have to edit the hundreds of books, concentrating on the ones I know I will not read again. How long does this virus remain on paper?

When we moved my mothers things (we bought a house together so she could move in with us) we discovered boxes of things they had never unpacked, together with a lot of her mothers material!

 

[Speicher]

When we moved my mothers things (we bought a house together so she could move in with us) we discovered boxes of things they had never unpacked, together with a lot of her mothers material!

I am starting by removing some of the larger older items. I have a lot of material and wool, but that is clean/new and is further down the list.

When my Brother cleared my Mother's house it took him a very long time. Strangely, he said the process was cathartic, even though the two of them did not get on with each other, (a massive understatement).

Also by the time the house need to be vacated, my niece had a house of her own. That house was a similar style to my Mother's and she had lots of room for the dining room suite, consisting of a large extendable table, sideboard and cabinet. Most of the rest of the furniture was too old to donate to charity. I asked for some smaller items of furniture and her jewellery, some china and other items.

 

[Speicher]

24 hours.

Thank you, I thought it was longer than that.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Lanes getting their winter coats on. Damp but mild ride today. Nice to get out for the morning.

 

[Andy in Germany]

32 fluid ounces is more than a pint and a half!

That makes it just over three times the volume of my favourite "Hello Kitty" mug, which is bang on half a pint.

This exchange has made me realise I can no longer visualise a pint.

 

[Andy in Germany]

I just did! It's on line no. 3. It's also contained within the licence number, though not in the usual order: YMMDDY

That just kept me occupied for a minute of my life.

Mine appears to have a "date of issue" and another handwritten date on the back when I passed my test.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Strange glowing orb in the sky. Frost on my shed roof (and on the other shed). The bin men have bin and gone. Nowt to do for the rest of the day.

I'm bored already.

My patio needs sweeping, if you're still bored.

 

[Andy in Germany]

If you run Linux they last a lot longer!

From experience of Linux that's because the laptop becomes impossible to use so you put it in the shelf and forget about it.

 

[classic33]

Popped out to look at a laptop before MrsF buys it, but we didn't realise it's click and collect only. Went to the shop next door to get a food shop instead.

That's just plain daft.
What good is a food shop, if she needs a computer?

 

[classic33]

Pricey here, too!

Non falling off the back of a lorry?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I've just been told that I've managed 10 years on here. That's 3 addresses and 5 new bikes.

 

[fossyant]

That's just plain daft.
What good is a food shop, if she needs a computer?

She doesn't need one. She's been spoilt by her employer (she was made redundant in October) and has to send the fancy Dell XPS with touchscreen back next week. We've got a really good laptop we've had about 6 years (was a top end model - 17") but she's decided she want's her own. We've spotted a ASUS Zen Book Duo (not cheap) that she likes the look of, but would rather check it out before she splashes that much on one (£1300 ish). John Lewis have them but they are closed until next week.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

From experience of Linux that's because the laptop becomes impossible to use so you put it in the shelf and forget about it.

Sounds like you had a dud one? I've been running linux on my desktop for years and its been very good.