Daydream thread continues.....

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Just had a quick scan of posts...

I should imagine if we are going to get more extreme weather, then I should imagine there will be more crops grown indoors under artificial conditions, like the salals crops in big huge greenhouses etc... I am almost sure there was something on the news a few years ago, somewhere in england that could grow 12 months of the year, due to artificial lights, heat etc, also something about it generating its own electricity too?

right back to work

Davesnave

Aarrggghh! Sorry, but just had a largely wasted day dealing with an issue over bags of rubbish from the barn complex. It shouldn't be an issue at all, but people being people....:mad:

Far too complex to explain, but basically it comes down to a few people sticking rubbish out days before the pick-up, with all the consequences that has when the wildlife join in.

So, anyway, last week I decided to involve the council and the new management agents. The council were very good and wrote to everyone en-masse. Then, today, the enforcement officer turned up to see for himself, take photos etc. All well & good - there was plenty of errant rubbish.

But then a couple who are really difficult got the letter, took it personally and rang the council to complain. Off trots the officer, only to return later with a map which shows clearly that the rubbish pick up point is on private land. The council will not enter private land to collect rubbish! :eek: So, by 11.30 am we no longer have anywhere to put the bags at all....none of us, except beside the road, where there is a 7metre long puddle. :rotfl:

I email the management agents at this point to update them. :A

Later, the agents email back to say that they were going to be managing, but then the barn-dwellers pulled the plug. No doubt the cost of proper management scared them !!!!less!:rotfl:

I then have to apologise to the agents and email the council to say there is no management.

Finally, I dig around, and after a lot of swearing I find the document I'm after in the bowels of the docs saved from my old computer before it blew....It's the Land Registry Map of the barn complex. The other map, wherever it came from, is wrong. The council own the pick up area and the barn people mistakenly surfaced the road for them.:rotfl: We are all saved. Hallelujah!:j

COOLTRIKERCHICK

glad its more or less sorted Davesnave...so does this mean the council ARE responsible for the rubbish at the pick-up point? or does the barn dwellers need to be a bit more carefull of what, when and where they leave their rubbish for collection?

A very good friend of ours has been ill for a while, went into hospital before crimbo. suffers with diabetes, toes amputated a while back, now got major infection in foot ( involves maggots:eek:) We think he has the onset of dimenia, anyway it looks as though he is going down hill fast, will not walk to the toilet, will not watch tv, will not eat, its like he is just waiting to die:o:o:o:o he is only 62, lives on his own, he had such a jet setting life, sound tech for famous bands, and he was also a cosy powel's drum tech:A:A:A( my hero)

Just makes me think about things abit more clearly....

Right going to toddle off home and have a nice cuppa:D ( have a skive in other words;))

Itismehonest

I take it that, like us, you don't get the big pick-up-&-tip-wheelie-bin carts, Dave?
We put our rubbish out in old-fashioned rubbish bins. We checked with the council & they said that would be OK.
Leaving black bin bags out even for a relatively short time can mean it ends up everywhere.
Covering the bags with an old sheet worked for years but then foxes learnt the trick of dragging that off.

Sorry to hear about your friend, CTC. It does sound like he's just given up

Just got a quote from our usual oil supplier. They wanted 62.95p per litre + VAT. Rang MVF & got it for 57.69. Another case of businesses no longer valuing long-term customers.

rhiwfield

CTC, its a shame, our neighbour, somewhat older, also "gave up" and died soon after a few years back.

But maybe there comes a point where quality of life is so diminished that carrying on is too much of a burden

Itsme, our regular oil supplier agreed to match a lower price quote.

Dave, what a pain! But just think how much worse it would be if you were living in a commune with awkward neighbours :eek:.

Oh, and CTC again, cant usually even begin to match your bulk cheapo fruit but just did a shop and, for once only, got paid to take top quality fruit away

COOLTRIKERCHICK

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Oh, and CTC again, cant usually even begin to match your bulk cheapo fruit but just did a shop and, for once only, got paid to take top quality fruit away [/QUOTE]

:T:T:T:T:T proud of you and mrs rhiwie:T:T:T:T:T


I think you right rhiwie, I think he has just given up...he knows he got to eat because of his diabeties, and he knows it will make him ill/go into a coma ( dont really understand it, something to do with sugar levels etc). Just hope he realises that he does have friends who really care about him ( but i feel guilty as allways seem to have been too busy to go and see him:cool:)


ooooo heck:eek::eek::eek: one of the cats is drinking my tea:eek::eek::eek::eek::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::rotfl::rotfl: better go and make a fresh cup

Davesnave

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

glad its more or less sorted Davesnave...so does this mean the council ARE responsible for the rubbish at the pick-up point? or does the barn dwellers need to be a bit more carefull of what, when and where they leave their rubbish for collection?

The council are responsible and the visibility splay is all theirs, fortunately.

I'm not sure what would have happened if the splay had turned out to be private on the land Registry map. The council chappie had just spent a lot of time explaining how policy had changed, so no way could they collect from the yard down at the barns, or from any private place. Insurance, 'elf & safety n'all that.

They have even stopped collecting from a local councillor's private drive. :eek:

I don't know what to do about the couple with the dodgy map. They are the same people who tried to stop us selling stuff, and they won't acknowledge our existence. As they probably think our wall is part of 'their' land too, I suppose the next thing I should do is paint it, the wrong shade! :rotfl:

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Davesnave... our local council will go onto your property or go around the back of your house to collect your wheelie bin, if requested, mainly for the elderly or disabled etc...

Those people sound as though they think they own the place..why did they complain about you selling stuff? did they go to the council, or tell you directly?

Davesnave

Sorry to hear about your friend, CTC. Puts everything into perspective, doesn't it? Dementia is a terrible thing which steals people away while they are still physically there. It's worse than losing them quickly, though you have time to adjust.

I spoke to the sister of a famous rock musician on-line recently. She said: "He only lived till the age of 32, but what a life!" I can understand she's very proud of him, and he had fantastic ability, but he was also 'stolen' in a different way. Hats off to her for not being bitter. :A

rozeepozee

rhiwfield wrote: »

I'll stick in my twopenceworth.

We chose our chicken breeds for egg laying and hardiness.

I'll get my coat.............................................

It's horses for courses. My MIL has the same approach and also can't understand why I'd go for a run as exercise when I could be using that "wasted" energy digging the garden! I can buy eggs cheaply from any of my neighbours. If I'm going to invest in looking after poultry, I want more than food and low vets bills. I used to breed fancy rats, and tropical fish, so I sort of like the idea of hobby breeding if I had the time. I think it'd be fun for the kids and, as someone who has an interest in biology and genetics, I like the idea of experimenting with breeding. Also, I love birds and the look of them, so aesthetics means a lot to me. And their entertainment value, which is why I quite like the look of geeses and guinea fowl. Egg production is important but I don't want loads of eggs (yet?). And I want the experience of rearing livestock in case my SHTF apocolyptic nightmare ever comes to fruition They would be my reasons for keeping poultry.

Itismehonest wrote: »

Yes, as CTC says, always buy in POL whatever hens you get.
It's very easy to stick eggs under any broody bird (hen or duck), rozee. We've had hens raise ducklings & ducks raise chicks.
Sometimes incubated chicks can be bullied initially when they are put with the other birds but it is all part of the pecking order.


:rotfl: Rhiw. I've never read anything so ridiculous (& scare-mongering) in all my life. Yes, I remember Tomorrow's World being sure we would all be living on pills with no real food long before now.

I have a question for everyone that seems to be completely overlooked.

If the price of food goes up (in part because of climatic condition & weather extremes) how do they think that the food grown in gardens will escape when the food grown in fields won't?

The commercial growers are always first to get the new varieties of things which are 'resistant'. It's often them that trial them.

As far as I can see, if the country is flooded, frozen or burnt dry it doesn't much matter whether it's a commercial crop or a hobby one it's equally at risk.
In fact, when it comes to things like hosepipe bans, the commercial side is allowed much more leeway than the individual.
So, while growing your own can be argued for on cost, choice, knowing what has been put on the crop etc. if nature doesn't want us to grow something we can seldom make a great success of it.

As pretty much an armchair gardener as yet, this is why I want a polytunnel and greenhouse and also why I like the idea of growing mostly expensive crops and as huge a range of perrenial foods as possible. It's not going to feed a family of five though.....

The Guardian article was riduculous and annoying.