Mundane News

[Gravity Aided]

Thank you, I thought it was longer than that.

At least, that is what the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is recommending.

 

[Gravity Aided]

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.

When I sold my fathers house, I sold it with contents to a local jazz man who wanted my fathers' record collection and paperback books and scores as much as he wanted the house. I had no need for any of it, nor did my sister, as we had both been away from home long enough to have homes of our own. Mrs. GA showed up with a truckload of stuff when she moved in my own house some years before . Little woman, massive belongings. No room for more stuff.

 

[Andy in Germany]

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

Apparently I had several duds then, over a decade or so.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Apparently I had several duds then, over a decade or so.

Strange!

 

[Reynard]

Mild, still and very murky here today chez Casa Reynard.

I spent the morning in the wood untangling some of the stuff that the drainage board simply cut and left and taking off all the small bits with the loppers. There is now a good pile to haul back to saw up. It's mainly hazel and field maple and some ash.

The afternoon was spent sawing and splitting logs. Plus I have some very big lumps of tree that are impossible to split with the axe, so I used the chainsaw to cut deep grooves in them, and then split them with wedges and a sledgehammer.

Needless to say, I how ache all over.

Currently sat with a and two fruit shortcake biskits while watching the snooker.

 

[Reynard]

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.

Large lumps of wood can be surprisingly heavy.

Usually, I tend to cut branches into 10-ish inch lengths while still in situ if I can, as it makes life easier. Otherwise, if there's a chunk of tree. I lift up one end (a spade is useful here), put a log underneath and gradually cut it up that way.

Wouldn't be able to do this without my petrol-powered chainsaw. If you don't have one, borrow or hire one.

 

[Reynard]

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

568ml is a pint. So half a litre plus 4 tablespoons, give or take.

 

[Illaveago]

I was watching Portrait Artist of the Year programme and wondered why the sitters picked artists who would be good at doing police identikit pictures as they looked nothing like them ?

 

[Reynard]

I was watching Portrait Artist of the Year programme and wondered why the sitters picked artists who would be good at doing police identikit pictures as they looked nothing like them ?

That bad, huh?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

 

[Reynard]

At least, that is what the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is recommending.

72 hours is what they say here. I prefer to err on the side of caution.

 

[classic33]

72 hours is what they say here. I prefer to err on the side of caution.

I got 48 hours(Cleveland Clinic.org).

28 days on banknotes, so if your worried about your money, I'll reduce your worries.

 

[gbb]

The next 2 weeks are going to be boring, my wife has to self isolate after 2 colleagues tested positive for covid. School might just as well shut up, special needs, normal social distancing always was going to be incredibly difficult.

Not a good weekend so far, just heard this morning an old friend died suddenly . Very out of the blue.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Large lumps of wood can be surprisingly heavy.

Especially green wood.

 

[Reynard]

Mmmmmmm, pepperoni-topped macaroni cheese and steamed carrots and sprouts on the side.

Good, comforting stodge.