Daydream thread... without the rose-tinted specs

alfie_1

morning all...

CTC. i hope all goes well today. you have a likkle heart of gold gal..:A

CHOILLE.....oh do barf barf and barf... use bubbles, candles whatever and spoil yourself... and good luck at docs.

rhiwi...enjoy your trip.:D thats TRIP not TIP/car boot/auction/sales.....;)

LIR...glad no one was hurt...
my lad put his car in a ditch [early days] and rang me at midnight. off i went in my Pjams and old barbour coat and wellies... i sent him home in my vehicle to drop off his friends.... police car turns up... i explain im waiting for the recovery.... they insist on waiting...:cool: i received a text ...." ive just seen the *plods[****] heading up the road, shall i just go home ?"...i didnt have my glasses with me and asked the policeman to read it for me...:eek::eek: :rotfl::rotfl:made for interesting conversation...;)

its chilly here,sun is struggling and it rained over night

and guess what PRAT has txt me to say hes NOT coming here today but tomorow.....IF IT DOESNT RAIN !!
now folks if this rule was observed country wide that means no water leaks/problems will be dealt with IF IT RAINS....:mad::mad:

i can see me being phsycotic by friday ........

if ive forgotten anyone ...sorry. im fed up with starting the day with stupid/irritating people who are supposed to be "proffesionals"...........

rant over....:D:D

rozeepozee

choille wrote: »

LIR -
So midgied & wet here. Out doors a no go.

Have you tried the Avon stuff against the midges, LIR? it's worked a treat for us in the past. Hate midges.

choille

We have just got the roofers back..................

The Avon stuff works if there;s a few. West coast Highland midgies are another experience all together, especially at this time of year.

Just been figuring out height of finial so that can go up. They brought the other Veluxs we ordered as I want more light in the office upstairs - means cutting the roof, but easier now than later. I'm a bit fed up with the way they've left us for weeks & then roll up .................................

rozeepozee

Back from Sheffield after a week away sorting out the tenants. As usual, I'm playing catch up with your posts.

Lots of interesting discussion about long term planning. We have most of our investments in property. They are illiquid investments, but at least we're getting a "liveable" income from them. However, that's mainly because we don't live a "normal" life: no holidays, secondhand clothes, shopping only for food, low on the gadgets and expensive consumer items. Unless you can eat it or grow it or it produces something, I don't like to buy anything that depreciates in value, like CTC says, unless I'm going to be able to use it for the next ten to twenty years (most of my clothes are that old). We hope to be able to live here at least until the children leave full time education. We'll be in our sixties then. If we don't sell the properties in the city, we can always sell this place then and move back to the city. The remaining properties can still be let out. Or sell up everything and rent! I have a pension fund from the days when I was a lawyer, but it isn't going to provide much money by then. I have to agree that whilst we could have invested in holiday lets, rather than long term lets, they didn't look that attractive to me. With long term lets in good areas near hospitals and universities, you are always going to be able to let them out with regular monthly incomes (albeit less), tenant changeovers yearly or fewer and less wear and tear. The tax breaks that accompanied holiday lets have now gone too.

On to brighter thoughts: I have gone a bit egg crazy and have twelve Brahma eggs in a friend's incubator. These are big birds and I'm not wondering how they fit into my strategy - except they're adorable

rozeepozee

CTC, I have strawberry runners, but I've not had time to do anything with them yet and I'm amazed if they're alive. I'll try to make time to salvage some this week.

alfie_1

LIR... now i know you were thinking BALLS but how about a ROCK

for your pond !!!!



it sits in the water and has a hole in the top where water is pumped out of [a small hippo pump would do it]....airiating water about 2ft 6" tall but as much as want under/above water line....

lostinrates

alfie_1 wrote: »

LIR... now i know you were thinking BALLS but how about a ROCK

for your pond !!!!



it sits in the water and has a hole in the top where water is pumped out of [a small hippo pump would do it]....airiating water about 2ft 6" tall but as much as want under/above water line....

Fabulous...where on earth do you get these things alf?

alfie_1

lostinrates wrote: »

Fabulous...where on earth do you get these things alf?

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alfie_1

i cant remember what im supposed to be doing or where ive put things but i have a file of possibility items in my brain.....:D

and i seem to focus in and by fluke find things....:rotfl:

alfie_1

MUST BE SUMFING GOOD ON THE BOX TONIGHT !! :cool: