deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
We have a south-easterly wind today. By some air flow perversity, this means that it's blowing a northerly outside my window.
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Illaveago
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
Do you have a local government as some sort of action needs to be taken ?Another lovely sunny morning with no wind but the outside temp when I got up was minus 0.8C. Currently with sunshine my front facing living room is at 25C.
I feel a gardening day coming on today.Tomorrow looks to be similar so hope to get out on trike locally then.
Gales again tho' by the end of next week and next weekend most Oban/Craignure ferries are cancelled for a variety of reasons.
Housing wars starting again as there are workers leaving the island due to nowhere to live and others with job offers who cannot take them as again no housing. Businesses are suffering with not enough workers.
The poor dears who have multiple holiday lets cannot get cleaners and also have the cheek to complain as they are the cause of the problem.
One of my neighbours has posted on FB that within a few minutes walk of his home there are 7 holiday homes.
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
It means that I've done the monkey work needed for the application to proceed.Hmmmm, I wonder what aperwork is...Anyways, I'm off to bed.
Nunnight one and all xxx
And that my personal spellchucker has failed
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
It is also drizzling in this corner of Suffolk and looks to be set in for a while so I think that a day of domestics & bike cleaning is in store. If it stops raining I may head outside and prune the fuchsias.
rockyroller
Guru
- Location
- 20 miles northwest of Boston, MA
all day road trip today for Mom's 92nd birthday (which is actually tomorrow). might be fixing their leaky tub faucet. I have parts & tools. fingers crossed. also bringing a 1 gal bucket to test how long it takes to fill. I'll do some calculations to let them know just how much water is being wasted, in case I can't fix it & need to help them justify the cost of a plumber. last time I was there, my (even older) Dad said: "we have a very good plumber" me wondering: WHY DON'T YOU CALL HIM? ugh
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cookiemonster
Squire
- Location
- Hong Kong
I've just had to buy another kettle. The second in two months. 
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Oldhippy
Cynical idealist
Drinking coffee on an industrial scale?I've just had to buy another kettle. The secod in two months.
cookiemonster
Squire
- Location
- Hong Kong
Hate coffee. Love the smell but not the taste.
Not drinking tea any more than usual so no idea what happened to the kettle.
Oldhippy
Cynical idealist
It's those cheap British imports. 😁
cookiemonster
Squire
- Location
- Hong Kong
Ooooo... The Magnificent Seven is on Ch510 tonight. The 2016 remake. 
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cookiemonster
Squire
- Location
- Hong Kong
oldwheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Isle of Mull
It is a national problem and in parts of England as well as pretty much the whole west and north of Scotland and the islands it is the same.
Islands like Mull are even worse off as commuting is not really possible even if there was mainland accommodation. We have been turned into a theme park in practice if not in name.
In Wales they are taking action to increase council tax on all such properties but not here so far. The increasing anger may force our government and local authorities to take action but they are both mainland orientated and we are just some far off place they know little about and care less.
- Location
- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
@Reynard and any other cat staff, I have a question.
Kizzy is now somewhere between four and five years old.
Once a day she used to run at Bob (older male) and he would hizzzzz at her, and she would back off. Now they are having more aggressive fisticuffs. No serious injuries, but scratched noses and ears. He has been very patient with her until now, but understandably retaliates.
So I thought I would try Feliway. It arrived as a spray, so I have sprayed the areas she likes in sleep on/in. Is the plug-in version more effective? How long does it take to have an effect.
I think she needs more time outside, but as it has been so wet, she has not been doing that.
What does the panel think?
Kizzy is now somewhere between four and five years old.
Once a day she used to run at Bob (older male) and he would hizzzzz at her, and she would back off. Now they are having more aggressive fisticuffs. No serious injuries, but scratched noses and ears. He has been very patient with her until now, but understandably retaliates.
So I thought I would try Feliway. It arrived as a spray, so I have sprayed the areas she likes in sleep on/in. Is the plug-in version more effective? How long does it take to have an effect.
I think she needs more time outside, but as it has been so wet, she has not been doing that.
What does the panel think?
Illaveago
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
I'm having a great time here !
I noticed that my bike had a flat tyre! Oh! Puncture . I put the bike up on a stand and removed the wheel . I found the puncture. It looked like a spoke might have done it . I removed the rim tape and filed down a couple which might have been responsible , refitted the tyre and put the wheel back in the bike . I spun the wheel and noticed that it had a bit of play in it . I was going to leave it but thought that I might as well check the bearings . As I unscrewed the qr skewer I noticed that the axle seemed loose ! It was snapped in half !
I noticed that my bike had a flat tyre! Oh! Puncture . I put the bike up on a stand and removed the wheel . I found the puncture. It looked like a spoke might have done it . I removed the rim tape and filed down a couple which might have been responsible , refitted the tyre and put the wheel back in the bike . I spun the wheel and noticed that it had a bit of play in it . I was going to leave it but thought that I might as well check the bearings . As I unscrewed the qr skewer I noticed that the axle seemed loose ! It was snapped in half !
