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[rockyroller]

Nom nom

lovely light

 

[rockyroller]

Drinking Alice in Wonderland cup of green tea.

what does that mean? secret ingredient?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

what does that mean? secret ingredient?

I think he drinks it through the licking glass.

 

[Andy in Germany]

I survived the first day with my new Reception class. They are tiny and cute.

A very good friend is a Kindergarten teacher, mostly dealing with kids from 3 to 6, whereas I work strictly with adults in difficult situations. We have a strong mutual respect because both love our work and think the others job would be an absolute nightmare...

 

[mybike]

I think you need to take into account that in a year it`ll be 365000 deaths from covid! Sounds a little more serious now I think

Less that 13% of annual deaths., half the number from heart disease.

 

[classic33]

I spent a couple of hours this morning getting old bike chains ready for making decorations next week. Now they look like this:

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Which is a lot cleaner than my hands...

Now I need to make sure the video projector is working so I'm handling several shiny expensive white and silvery electronic items.

With hindsight, I could have organised this mornings jobs better...

You plan on cleaning them, I think they'd look better with nothing dripping off them.

 

[classic33]

I would like to ask a question on here, rather than the open forum.

As you know, some of my neighbours are moving house. One of those houses (with exactly the same stairs arrangement) had a stair lift installed about one year ago. The current occupiers do not know if the new owners want it, and if they do not want it, would installing it at their new house be uneconomical. In the event that it is not needed, or being moved, I have said that I would like to discuss buying it from them.

It is a straight set of stairs, no complicated turns, or platforms. My mother had problems with hers, but mainly because she often "forgot" to take it right to the end of the track, so that it would recharge the battery.

I think I will enquire about how much a new one is, compared to buying a year old one. What does the panel think?

£450 upwards on ebay. However I found one for just 1p Stairlift here!
There's a catch somewhere.

If the stairs are the same in both houses it shouldn't take much to remove, transfer and re-fit in your house.

 

[fossyant]

Another hotel booked for a weekend in December. Madness are in Town. Booked into Hilton Hampton near NQ Manchester. Should be handy for the Arena (for the concert), Pawn till Dusk and The Wash House (best cocktail bars in Mcr). Hic.

 

[Jenkins]

The A14 leaving Felixstowe has been closed for most of the afternoon due to a major diesel spillage (200 litres!) leaving just one road out for all local traffic & all the containers/trailers leaving the port, so the whole area has been in gridlock. One of my colleagues gave up trying to get home and came back to work for a few hours.

As my commute takes me around the back roads and along the seafront, I knew nothing of this until the rest of the late shift failed to turn up on time

 

[Jenkins]

Another hotel booked for a weekend in December. Madness are in Town. Booked into Hilton Hampton near NQ Manchester. Should be handy for the Arena (for the concert), Pawn till Dusk and The Wash House (best cocktail bars in Mcr). Hic.

I've got 3 trips to Nottingham already booked for various gigs - Wasuremono, Dry Cleaning & The Mission.

 

[Andy in Germany]

You plan on cleaning them, I think they'd look better with nothing dripping off them.

I've got as much off them as I can so far; now they can at least be handled. To be fair the worst of the "dirt" is a combination of pitting, colour and rust.

I'll do a final clean when they're in their final shapes.

 

[classic33]

I've got as much off them as I can so far; now they can at least be handled. To be fair the worst of the "dirt" is a combination of pitting, colour and rust.

I'll do a final clean when they're in their final shapes.

Two pints of diesel and soak the lot in them.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Two pints of diesel and soak the lot in them.

Wouldn't be allowed. I'll find something suitably noxious though...

 

[Reynard]

Tomato & basil soup, plus sausages, new potatoes, a tomato and the last of the Polish vegetable salad.

Now for the second half of the footy.

 

[Reynard]

Wouldn't be allowed. I'll find something suitable noxious though...

Turps, paraffin or white spirit might do...