Daydream thread continues.....

Itismehonest

alfie_1 wrote: »

CTC... please get legal advice due to taxes on "gifts"...your parents would still be legal owners of a percentage otherwise. and you would/could be hammered on demise..
if you can look after them in old age and not be too tied [sorry that seems cold but have to be realistic] then it could work.
but check out the "tax benefits " to make it work...

Check on CT, too. Some councils will turn a blind eye to elderly relatives in an annexe but, when they go into a home or pass on, that annexe will be charged either as a separate property or as your 2nd home. The Government was looking into this (it being unfair & not exactly what people tend to think of as 2nd home owners) but nothing has yet been done about it.

lostinrates

Davesnave wrote: »

Horrible! It's not just the loss of the animals, it's the other stuff about people violating your home. :mad:

So sorry, but don't know what else to say.

Neighbours here can be a pain in the arris, but they're useful, without knowing it!

Will there be a shuffle of priorities now? The kit you need isn't cheap, but peace of mind is priceless.

I don't know tbh. HEAT for next year remains high on list but haven't had a quote for that we can live with yet...

I might try a few other things.

E.g.a dave and alfie as you know the shape of my place, the dogs have the back garden most of the time, but if i move them to the front and give the birdes the front yard and back garden, that might be a short term security boost. I cannot stop them going through yard and past that front gate, becAuse of where they roost and lay, but at least be directing them nearer the house (and dogs) much of the time.


Edit..... Just need to make that front gate chicken proof and a fence to stop dogs getting near postman (aka daily intruder )

Itismehonest

If something/someone has been in there & scared the birds then it is possible that some of the chickens at least (geese are normally braver) may have taken themselves off to hide somewhere. If so, maybe some will surface tonight or tomorrow. I hope so.

alfie_1

TO CHEER YOU ALL UP [A BIT...] beware ..its long !!

i'll tell you a story,thats certain to please,
of a great farting contest at stockton-on-tees
where all the best backsides paraded the fields
to take part in a contest for various shields

some lifted thier backsides to fart up the scale
to strive for a cup or a barrel of ale
while others, who's backsides were biggest and strongest,
competed in contests for loudest and longest

this easter parade had drawn a great crowd
and the betting was even on mrs McCloud
they said in the papers,the sporting edition
that the ladies backsides were in perfect condition

now old mrs jones had a perfect backside
with a bunch of red hair,and a wart on each side
she fancied her chance of winning with ease
having trained on a diet of cabbage and peas

now old mrs potluck was sure of a place
she had often been placed in the deepest disgrace
having farted in church and drowned the great organ
and gassed the poor verger,poor marmaduke morgan

young mrs bugle,midst rounds of aplause
promptly proceeded to pull down her drawers
they said she'd no chance in this farting display
yet she'd the prettiest backside you'd see any day

the vicar arrived and ascended the stand
and proceeded to tell this remarkable band
that the contest was onand as said in the bills
no one must use injections or take any pills

the entrants lined up at the signal to start
and winning the toss,mrs jones took first fart
the crowd looked on in silence and wonder
and the BBC issued warnings of thunder

old mrs potluck then came to the front
and proceeded to do a remarkable stunt
with legs open wide and tightly clenched hands
she blew the roof off the ten penny stands

mrs Mc Cloud thought nothing of this
she'd had some weak tea and was all wind and pi**
with hands on her hips and legs open wide
she unlukily s**t and was disqualified

young mrs bugle then took up her place
she grunted and groaned and went red in the face
then,grasping the hand of her husband tom
she let off a fart like the first atom bomb

the vicar poor sod got a terrible fright
the force of the fart set his trousers alight
it demolished the band, melted the trumpet
burnt mrs jones drawers off and toasted her crumpet

her eyes popped out,so immense was the fart
a doctor was called to examine her heart
"she's alright" he cried ,midst the din and the chatter
"all she wants now is a new farting clapper"

she strode to the rostrum with maidenly gait
and took from the vicar a set of gold plates
then she turned to the crowd and look serene
she farted the first verse of GOD SAVE THE QUEEN

Davesnave

Itismehonest wrote: »

Well, logically, it's either lucky opportunists or, if they know you've gone out, then they can't be far away. They must see you go or have heard you are going.

It was the same here when the chain saw went from the farmhouse. Lady went out with her dog at 4pm and returned at 4.30 to find the barn broken into.....

....Yet this isn't really a place where anyone could hang around without attracting attention, and it's not a place with passers- by either.

Makes you think whoever it is has second blooming sight!

lostinrates

Davesnave wrote: »

It was the same here when the chain saw went from the farmhouse. Lady went out with her dog at 4pm and returned at 4.30 to find the barn broken into.....

....Yet this isn't really a place where anyone could hang around without attracting attention, and it's not a place with passers- by either.

Makes you think whoever it is has second blooming sight!

There is no where you could hovver here, but it gets plenty of passers by.

alfie_1

thieves tried to nick my generator in a 1 hour window mid afternoon and only gave up having manouvered it out from the back ,down a narrow path, round corners, out gate to drive !! only to find it was ok pulling /pushing on wheels but IMPOSSIBLE TO LIFT !!

Itismehonest

We're lucky here in that there's little passing traffic so most people don't even know this little place exists. We get a lot of walkers but the sound of vehicles is fairly rare & tends to make us all look up & take note of what/who it is - particularly if the vehicle stops.

LIR I just googled your wild thyme (well, Cuprinol's but you know what I mean) & I can't see any problem getting something very close to that as long as you start with the right basic grey. You wouldn't be able to get that shade starting with white, though.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

we have been thinking about this, there will be a doorway so tecnically its just an extension... the new kitchen can be used as a animal feed preperation area;)

alot to think about

alfie poem made me giggle again

rhiwfield

Lir, so sorry this happened. Sending a cyber hug your way.