I don't know where we're going, but it can only be 5K away

Mam of 4

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Any pics of the cat mam ?

No , he/she only appears at night and runs away if I get too close to the window
I'll try though , it's a grey/mottled colour , I dunno what they're called , cat colour

Grandeeod

Leg End Reject wrote: »

It's dry here now too but the rain woke me up at 3.50 this morning. I thought someone was moving stuff around in the garden. It was only when I was awake enough to realise there isn't really anything to move that I realised it was rain!

Got up for a widdle at 4.30am. Really thought I'd stay awake, but the open window with the rain lashing down sent me back to sleep until 9ish. Still hate the rain though.

4Ad

I'm sitting in the dark as the ESB is down again !!
Some nice mellow songs on Spotify...
I cant cant see my can of beer but luckily the can knows where my mouth is...

3d4life

Trigger Happy wrote: »

Packing my holiday bags. Tis the high seas for me.

Goodbye sailor, have a good time ( watch out for sea serpents )

Surfacing from a multiday migrane... Reading up on the thread it looks like I caught it here

Sephiroth_dude

Mam of 4 wrote: »

No , he/she only appears at night and runs away if I get too close to the window
I'll try though , it's a grey/mottled colour , I dunno what they're called , cat colour

Like this mam is it?

3d4life

Dear Mr Dude,

That yoke looks like Trouble ( thats trouble with a capital 'T' )

Sardonicat

3d4life wrote: »

Goodbye sailor, have a good time ( watch out for sea serpents )

Surfacing from a multiday migrane... Reading up on the thread it looks like I caught it here

Ah, I must've got it from you! Waiting for the drier to finish then it's nurefen+ and bed for me.

kowloon

Gremlinertia wrote: »

I wonder if there really is a tie between the damp and aches in joints etc. I've never properly looked into it..

Either have I, but I wonder if it might have more to do with joints reacting to atmospheric pressure and the damp correlating with that rather than the damp itself having some direct action on the joints.

Mam of 4

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Like this mam is it?

Yes !
That's it Seph , that cat colour :pac:

smurfjed

Colleague had to do a check flight with the authorities to be approved as our new company examiner, so I got “volunteered” to be the person under test even though I’m not due a check for 3 more months :)

Well it turned into one of those everything that can do wrong days, customer 4 hours late, thunderstorm activity at the destination and this is an arabian summer, a sandstorm, and then by the time we got there the wind couldn’t decide which direction it wanted to blow from, agh... take me off the volunteer list :)

Now I have a bottle of Absolute in my grubby hands, couldn’t touch it all week as i was on standby, now I’m going to enjoy it and maybe smuggle some home to the missus.

Leg End Reject

You deserve a drink after that, smurf!

Sephiroth_dude

Mam of 4 wrote: »

Yes !
That's it Seph , that cat colour :pac:

There called tabbies mam 😸 😸

smurfjed

In other news, today is my builders last day in my house, not sure if he knows this yet, but he had promised to be done by tonight, painters finished yesterday so that was the last high cost task, now considering the outstanding snag list there is no way he is going to finish his tasks in one day, but 53 weeks is ENOUGH.

So come Saturday the locks will be changed and Tuesday a new alarm system, unfortunately I’m still stuck with that RED/WHITE American style diner kitchen, but its worth it to get rid of this idiot.

3d4life

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

There called tabbies mam 😸 😸

That's tabby with a capital 'T'

Purple Mountain

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

There called tabbies mam 😸 😸

My little one is a tabby but interestingly when she rolls over on her back for a belly rub, she has a hint of (I only know this word from Seph) a calico look to her fur.
Tabby cat look is my favourite kind. They remind me of their bigger cat cousins.
The wind here is mad now. Came out of nowhere. Was just in the bathroom getting ready for bed and it started. There's a driving rain with it too. Another depressing bank holiday so

Purple Mountain

smurfjed wrote: »

In other news, today is my builders last day in my house, not sure if he knows this yet, but he had promised to be done by tonight, painters finished yesterday so that was the last high cost task, now considering the outstanding snag list there is no way he is going to finish his tasks in one day, but 53 weeks is ENOUGH.

So come Saturday the locks will be changed and Tuesday a new alarm system, unfortunately I’m still stuck with that RED/WHITE American style diner kitchen, but its worth it to get rid of this idiot.

I think I suggested this to you before Smurf but rather than try rip those tiles off the wall, there's a special tile paint to be got. My mam did hers a few years ago. It was a tedious job but definitely better than replacing tiles.

smurfjed

@PurpleMountain, thank you, that my wife‘s approach, but considering that it wasn’t close to what we originally asked for, i had no problem asking the contractor to replace them.

Alas, I lost )

Leg End Reject

smurfjed wrote: »

In other news, today is my builders last day in my house, not sure if he knows this yet, but he had promised to be done by tonight, painters finished yesterday so that was the last high cost task, now considering the outstanding snag list there is no way he is going to finish his tasks in one day, but 53 weeks is ENOUGH.

So come Saturday the locks will be changed and Tuesday a new alarm system, unfortunately I’m still stuck with that RED/WHITE American style diner kitchen, but its worth it to get rid of this idiot.

You'd get a mansion built in that time!

It pains me to say it, but if you were there all the time you'd have been able to call them out. Builders take the piss when they're dealing with a woman. If you ever decide on major work again have a contract drawn up with a penalty clause so it'll cost then to overrun.

The Crazy Cat Lady

bedside, tis a great feeling not having to set an alarm for the morning Off until Tuesday

Gremlinertia

Halfway through the night, will get some groceries after work, thrilling times :P

Enjoy your weekend Cat lady

The Crazy Cat Lady

Gremlinertia wrote: »

Halfway through the night, will get some groceries after work, thrilling times :P

Enjoy your weekend Cat lady

will do hope you're night is going ok

Gremlinertia

Fairly quiet here, long may it stay so

votecounts

Morning all
Kitchenside with a Coffee. Thank god it's Friday, have a good day one and all:)

Weather - crap
Camping - crap
Staycations - crap

Get me on an airplane!!!

Sephiroth_dude

Bedside with a cupan Tae and sourdough toast , bad night's sleep , loads of tossing and turning .

Purple Mountain

Absolute torrent of rain falling here.

IamMetaldave

Deskside. Nespresso. Roasting.

Absolite cracker of a morning! 20 degrees (perfect for Dave). Hopefully the weather gets better for everyone with cloud overhead

A picture from the seafront this morning.

Gremlinertia

Damp grem is home.. Too mild for mist, yuck..

IamMetaldave

Gremlinertia wrote: »

Damp grem is home.. Too mild for mist, yuck..

Dry off and put the feet up buddy

Sephiroth_dude

Heading down the park to see two of my favourite people
😸😃

3d4life

smurfjed wrote: »

In other news, today is my builders last day in my house, not sure if he knows this yet, but he had promised to be done by tonight, painters finished yesterday so that was the last high cost task, now considering the outstanding snag list there is no way he is going to finish his tasks in one day, but 53 weeks is ENOUGH.

So come Saturday the locks will be changed and Tuesday a new alarm system, unfortunately I’m still stuck with that RED/WHITE American style diner kitchen, but its worth it to get rid of this idiot.

Well done !

Standing joke in yachting circles that the two happiest days of your life are (a) when to get your yacht (b) when to manage to dispose of your yacht.

I'm sure that the inspiration for this comes from peoples experience with builders.

The last time I had an Irish builder that did his work on time and to budget was 1967 :eek:


Grumble
Grumble
Grumble

IamMetaldave

Deskside. Work PC has $hit the bed. So can't do anything.

smurfjed

Packing up my hotel room, heading to my home city for days off, hopefully about 9-10 days before I return.

It’s time for me to interrupt the mutts busy schedule

smurfjed

3d4life wrote: »

Well done !

Standing joke in yachting circles that the two happiest days of your life are (a) when to get your yacht (b) when to manage to dispose of your yacht.

There is another one, if it flies, floats or f...s, rent don’t buy.

Leg End Reject

Another wet, dull day here. The grass makes the house look deserted flying up in the rain and too wet to cut. I'll have great fun trying to cut that.

Time for coffee and figuring out what to do for the weekend. Bubbly I don't envy you camping in that weather!

3d4life

Leg End Reject wrote: »

.....Bubbly I don't envy you camping in that weather!

Too Right !

Thats the stuff of teenagers.


( Teenagers dont get to work in pest control )

IamMetaldave

Leg End Reject wrote: »

Another wet, dull day here. The grass makes the house look deserted flying up in the rain and too wet to cut. I'll have great fun trying to cut that.

Time for coffee and figuring out what to do for the weekend. Bubbly I don't envy you camping in that weather!

Solid excuse to hit the hooch and start the bank holiday early Leggy

3d4life

IamMetaldave wrote: »

Deskside. Work PC has $hit the bed. So can't do anything.

I'm thinking this is one of the less talked of issues with WFH

A few weeks ago I had to phone utility provider. Quick call pickup with a Cork voice at the other end. Explained what I was after. His PC down & WFH. Suggested I redial, with luck would be routed to someone else who had a functioning PC. COB time was minutes away so didnt, had a nice chat with him instead

Between that and the army that Apple have had WFH for years I imagine the roads of Co. Cork to be swarming with young IT support types with a tangle of keyboards, power cables and clapped out HDD in their car boots

kowloon

IamMetaldave wrote: »

Solid excuse to hit the hooch and start the bank holiday early Leggy

It's a long time since I got properly buckled, wonder if I should invest some time in it this weekend.

Kitty6277

I’m baaaaaack!

Currently sitting in the sitting room that’s a building site, though it makes a welcome change from myself and mam and two big armchairs crammed into the kitchen we’ve had to have some major building work done on the house and my god it’s been tough to live in :eek:

Hope all the Wherers are keeping well

Leg End Reject

Leg End Reject wrote: »

Bubbly I don't envy you camping in that weather!

I actually give up!
Wind broke my tent up last night, I have hands full of tiny black splinters from tent poles..... Ended up 'sleeping ' on the floor of friends caravan!
Knackered.
Funny though

wildwillow

Kitty6277 wrote: »

I’m baaaaaack!

Currently sitting in the sitting room that’s a building site, though it makes a welcome change from myself and mam and two big armchairs crammed into the kitchen we’ve had to have some major building work done on the house and my god it’s been tough to live in :eek:

Hope all the Wherers are keeping well

Lovely to see you have returned. I feel your pain with building works but it will be worth it.

So glad I had managed to move back in when builders had finished before the lockdown.

smurfjed

Welcome back Kitty, we missed you big time 😀

Is there anyone here who has had a positive experience with builders ?

Onshuh

kowloon wrote:

It's a long time since I got properly buckled, wonder if I should invest some time in it this weekend.

Sure do! I'll join ye later on for some inebriated musings.

Will be burning rubber in around a half hour then off for nearly two weeks. Get the fook in.

wildwillow

smurfjed wrote: »

Welcome back Kitty, we missed you big time ��

Is there anyone here who has had a positive experience with builders ?

Yes. I couldn't fault my builder. He wasn't cheap but was as good as his word all the way.

It was a complete renovation and extension. Weather was awful throughout but he kept within time line. Used a lot of eastern European workers, all of whom were so helpful and polite.

Site left clean and tidy and ready for landscaping, which was delayed due to Covid.

Will certainly employ him again in the future.

smurfjed

Waiting on my boarding pass then I shall head to the terminal building, have a massive craving for Butlers chocolate and the airport is the only place in this city with a Butler’s coffee shop. Hope it’s open 😀

Yippee, got 10 bars of chocolate

iamstop

It's a long weekend here in the US of Canada. I'm heading out camping to my buddy's hunting shack. Won't be doing any hunting, just drinking beers by the fire and shooting the empties with a BB gun. Fun times.

Kitty6277

wildwillow wrote: »

Lovely to see you have returned. I feel your pain with building works but it will be worth it.

So glad I had managed to move back in when builders had finished before the lockdown.

Oh it definitely will be, though it had to be done too. We had dry rot and the builder said with the timbers he took out of the house he didn’t know how the house stayed standing :eek: been a long process but getting there slowly but surely

smurfjed wrote: »

Welcome back Kitty, we missed you big time 😀

Is there anyone here who has had a positive experience with builders ?

I actually couldn’t fault our builder either, he’s been excellent. Knew we were doing it on a shoestring as it was work we hadn’t foreseen this coming up and has been trying to keep prices as low as possible and has been flat out doing very good work every day, it’s been the lads he’s contracted out to who’ve let us down. Helps as well that he’s been good craic since he’s been here day in and day out for the best part of a month now

Mam of 4

Have abandoned all hope of cutting the grass today after the amount of rain that fell this morning .

Think I'll treat myself to a takeaway sandwich and salad from my favourite coffee shop

Have a lovely weekend all you nice , genuine posters

Purple Mountain

Just looking at Sky News. Today is Britain's hottest day this year.
37oC at Heathrow.
Meanwhile in Ireland...