What are you all up to
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It looks as if we too will be heading over the Pennines next week, probably on Monday, as there's rain forecast for Tuesday. Not booked a site yet but do have a few options should our first choice be full. Will see what's forecast tomorrow before making final decision.
Dull grey day here but no rain yet. More small jobs done round the house, just to pass the time really. Off to watch Alice now.
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Very pleased to hear you enjoyed Your Birthday Treat, TTDA , Hope you had a nice chunk of calorie rich cake
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Just far enough from the 'Late December Celebrations' for you to get both lots of presents I trust
HD, you should know by now that you have to spray the decorations to keep Santa's Elves away from them, they have to find something to do in their " Off Season" don't they
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Happy birthday TDA. Glad you enjoyed your birthday lunch.
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Many thanks, but not actually my birthday, another family member. Sorry for any confusion😲
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Us as well, Nellie. Up over the dreaded A66 to collect the van from ALV at Tebay after its repair from when we had an air rifle fired at us last month. Hoping it will be ready to collect on Monday.
Then - it's back home to put everything back in it, ready for our trip to Sandringham for Christmas
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Frosty and Misty start to the day,,upside being ,not a muddy dog on return from walk,
Christmas lights checked , all working ready to fit to C/van for our Xmas trip to Ferry Meadows this Sunday,then on to Seacroft for New Year until they close and back to Ferry ,home possibly the 12 Jan
Still undecided whether to take porch awning or just use wind out canopy or both
Subject change ,Grand daughter visited last evening she stated that Tesco have advised staff they do not now need to wear name badges because of the amount of "problems" they now encounter from some "customers?"
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Looks like Norfolk is going fill up over Xmas and New Year so I am thinking of escaping.🤣🤣. Another bright, sunny but chill day here. Been pottering in the garden whilst Mrs One has been shopping for party food for the scout group Xmas disco tonight🎄🎄
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Dark, grey and miserable today. Rain started mid morning, not heavy rain just constant
OH looking at changing the small single radiator in the hallway for a one and a half one, the single struggles a bit to keep the hall warm.
I've been sat unpicking the bottoms of 3 pairs of cord trousers, lengths fine on 2 of them but 1 needs to be shortened slightly, I'm also going to narrow the legs as they are boot cut but I'm going to make them straight.
Still not heard anything from my LPG supplier, getting well and truly peed off. Despite them saying they will get in touch within 3 working day,s its now been almost a week. I've messaged them on Facebook which they replied yesterday in a good time but still no call back from customer services
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Had a nice walk out with Mr Brue this morning, he wanted to check out some of the fishing "pegs" belonging to his fishing club (yes, anglers have pegs too, but you don't have to back into them!
) So we headed for Parrett Works near Martock and squeezed through the stone style to walk part of the river bank. The stone style is a bit unforgiving and easier if you have long legs and are gracefully agile...
I just missed seeing an otter, OH saw it. Some parts of the river Parrett are very deep along this section, fifteen feet in places but it looks quite benign. On the walk back there was a kerfuffle with some crows and a lone buzzard, just over our heads. As usual the crows won, spot the buzzard in the distance on the bell tower and then a bit closer. Parrett Works was a snuff mill, then an iron foundry, there are some lovely old buildings. You might just catch a glimpse of South Fork, a small caravan site over the road from the works and a reclamation yard, an interesting little corner of South Somerset, mostly rural and peaceful now.
(Had to fix the camera later, the shutter started to stick, the shadow lurks in the photo corners!
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Totally miserable day here, wet and windy as per forecast.
DD's 2 new worktops were delivered at 7.55am and placed on the floor in the hall. They are 4m long and very heavy! Now need to cut them to the approximate final lengths, 4 pieces in all, so that we can move them out of the way. One will be 3.1m so it will still be heavy, but once the sink cut out is made it will not be so bad.
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A miserable day weather wise today. Food shopping and preparing some food for tonight and tomorrow.
Had a phone call at 9am on the dot this morning from the hospital saying that the scanner is having an MOT next Tuesday so could I change my appointment for Wednesday. Managed to find a small space in my busy social life to fit it in.
Nice of them to ask first though. Hope we might get away after the scan.
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All the best with the scanner WN. OH should have had an eye appointment by now, think we're going to have to make a phone call or two.
Furniture moving this afternoon and alpine plants tonight, variety is the spice of life...🎵
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No, it is a complex situation!
Once the base units are in place and something to support the other end which bridges the WM and TD, I will need to scribe it to fit against the no doubt squint wall behind the sink, and cut that far end to fit, where there is a large pipe duct.
Then I will mark it to end in the correct place where it is over the base units. We have 3 units, 400 wide drawers, 400 wide cupboard, and an 800 wide double unit where the sink will sit.
Once that is correct I will mark out the sink cut out, but it cannot be cut out in situ as the cut out bridges 2 units, so we will cart it out into the hall, which is long and wide, place it on battens and cut it out there.
Once everything is correct, as this is a solid Iroko worktop, it has to have at least 3 coats of Danish Oil on all surfaces, and probably 5 coats where it has been cut, before the sink can be fitted into it and the whole thing fixed in place.
This is a utility room, but it is as big as many kitchens, so there is a lot of units, worktop and work, not to mention the painting, electrics, plumbing, new radiator, skirtings and door facings, tiling and flooring!
Fortunately I have plenty of experience with this sort of thing having previously fitted, I think, 8 kitchens/utility rooms, 3 of which have solid wood worktops. Much prefer working with real wood than chipboard/laminate.
There are also 3 other pieces of worktop to fit, but all fortunately much smaller. I had hoped to at least have the units and worktop in place by Christmas, but I can see the timetable is pretty much shot to bits due to various other things going on!
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Subject change ,Grand daughter visited last evening she stated that Tesco have advised staff they do not now need to wear name badges because of the amount of "problems" they now encounter from some "customers?"
Whilst it is totally unacceptable for people working in retail, or elsewhere for that matter to be abused, I do think it is a backward step for people not to have name badges (first names only I imagine?) Not only does it make for a more friendly encounter but it also encourages the person working in the shop to give better service because having a name creates a more personal service.
David
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Hope that it's all ready for you, r&r, and enjoy your stay at Sandringham.
A grey morning, and as the forecast for tomorrow is rain, we did our shopping today instead. All stocked up now for the off. Rain started just after we arrived home, continued till mid afternoon so was able to get a dry walk out with Flyte before it went dark. Booked our first site on our winter trip so just one to find before our X-mas site.
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In the "old days" maybe,but as she stated they are more likely to have abuse useing their names to "enhance" their bad manners ,when the majority of the time it seems these days,it is the "customer"that is in the wrong but is looking for a "target"for their "problem"
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You are right there Freddy, we will need to be careful with it, but as you say, fortunately solid wood, it is 40mm thick, is a bit sturdier than chipboard.
We have not yet worked out where we will put it to do all the oiling, ideally it should be at a decent working height. Probably having it roughly in the final position, with some sheets to keep the oil off the units will be easiest, it will have to be turned over several times to treat both sides, and all edges. Going to be quite time consuming as it takes several hours for each coat to dry completely, and some sanding in between may be needed, so at least 3 days from first coat to sink fitting.
OH usually does the oiling, so I will be able to get on with other things. Will need DD and SIL to assist with the lifting, so that may hold things up a bit as they are out at work all day.
We have discussed supporting it on blocks so we can cut it in situ, so that is an alternative, save too much lifting too. If we do that then I think the way to go would be to do all the oiling first, then cut the hole and oil the cut edges later. Will need to discuss with DD first.
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Ey up, you lot, Brian's off now to watch some snooker & hunt for cake crumbs then bed ! not been a bad day all in all even if I have got nearer to the top end of the seventies { 70s } even the nephews whippet stayed away from my coffee cup this morning, so perhaps her training is starting to kick in at last
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Hiya Kj👍
I am actually a little familiar with Iroko, as we used it to surround our Koi pond, at our last home. I seem to recall allowing 24 hours between ‘coats’ of oil, under advice. Anyway, it sounds like you’ve got it all under control 🙂
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Yes, Iroko has a lot of natural oil in it, I used it to make a new balustrade on our balcony, top rail and bottom rail with glass infill, we treat it every so often with teak oil and it has lasted well so far, must be 11 years now since I did that "little job".
OH has been reading the instructions from the worktop supplier, they apparently give the same advice no matter the type of timber, so we shall just have to see how it goes. The worktops I fitted here some 32 years back are beech, and in our previous house we used maple, and I think even those needed to dry overnight, so I have a feeling it is going to need longer between each coat of oil than the supplier is indicating.
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