Daydream thread... without the rose-tinted specs

Davesnave

Bright sunshine here and it was quite warm until a blustery north-wester set in.

Went to have a scan for aortic aneurysm today, which was a bit scary, because my Dad nearly died from his and genetic influence can be significant.....but I'm fine.

Apparently they do it to all men of a 'certain age' now.

Having a clear out in my workshop. It all started when I wanted to make up a load of Dexion shelving that I used to have in the shed at the old place, but all (about 10) uprights have vanished.:( I have the shelves.....:o

I like the pond. You can grow fish in ponds, though pond fish might be an acquired taste.

Edit: We have as heating chappie coming here next week too.;)

Alexelisey

Stitchy - soooooo so proud of you for walking out! Stay strong, you know we're all here cheering you on :beer: You're doing the right thing, as others have said, by taking some time before the Wales move.

Best of luck to you honey!! :A

The job's going fine so far, enough to keep me interested for now. It was a bit rough to start with and I felt very out of place, but better towards the end of last week and onwards.

Nothing happening on the daydream front, but patience is a virtue (allegedly).

Keep warm everyone, pretty chilly here tonight.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

wet wellies???? not anymore

http://www.clasohlson.com/uk/Shoe-Dryer/18-4300

http://www.clasohlson.com/uk/Coline-Shoe-Dryer/18-4230

either that or you can have nice warm wellies to go out in the snow in:D

alfie_1

EVENING ALL

well i heard from son. he made it to calgary but missed the connecting flight to edmonton :eek: not sure if 1st plane was late or what but they wanted stupid money to get on next flight ...:mad:
luckily the friends he's meeting drove 3hrs to pick him up. so hes prob chillin on a snow slope somewhere now

my mum said to me "does anything go smoothly for you two !?" i just said NOPE...:rotfl:

ive had a call from waterboard asking for all details of agent [given at 90mph;) ] so watch this space....:D

friend is having carpets layed all this week so im helping her sort stuff. had the most beautifull silk curtains/roman blinds fitted in her bedroom /dressing room/bathroom...

a load of doors arrived for the wardrobes shes had built in and they came in a big crate thing... 6ft long and aprox 3ft x 3ft. im not sure what i can use it for but i bagged it..;):rotfl:
i thought it would make a brill log store either longways or on its side [opening to front]
any good for anything LIR?:D
ive got to decide wether im going to have a garge sale , have to get add in paper by 11am tomorow if i am....:cool:

there was ice on my van windscreen this morning.... :eek:
bright blue sky today but brass monkey temps .....

Rummer

Evening

The roads were a bit worrying this morning as the side roads were covered in ice :eek: and in places there had been snow :eek: I think we should return to rain as I am less likely to fall over in the rain :rotfl:

Well you will all be relieved to hear that I have started my annual gardening reading and planning currently reading Allotted Time which CTC recommended and I have hauled out the WWII gardening books which are always a pleasure to read. It will be a while before I bring out Allotment Month by Month and my Alys Fowler books but I know they are waiting patiently

choille

Alex - how brave - A new job. I don't know how I would fair after so long being self employed & allowed tea break when ever and such.

Alfie - I'm sure son will be fine - what a chance to see the world.

Rummer - The read up will be good & ensure Rumlet will be the next Mony Don, but less wrinkly - well maybe not to start with.....

We have such thunder & lightening - another thunder-snow Winter perchance?

lostinrates

I'd love to see thunder snow. Is it beautiful choille? Does lightening light up the snowfall?

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Lir I'm with you wondering if the lightening lights up the snow, sound magical

Seen this link over on the shtf thread on the OS board

http://www.thelocal.es/20131112/spains-solar-police-to-kick-in-your-door

With just skim reading it, it looks as though the government encouraged solar panels, by giving grants/funds etc, but it looks as though they are realising energy companies and themselves are now losing out on income/taxes etc..

in this country log burners etc that are popular now, do you think it will not be long before our government realise that there is a load of wood being used as fuel, and they are not getting a penny tax on it etc, and start putting a some sort of tax scheme in place??

I know we have briefly talked about this a long while ago, but now that there is a huge increase in people using log burners etc.. just wondering if you think some sort of tax will be added somewhere along the line??

rhiwfield

CTC, wood/logs sales currently attract VAT at 5% atm, same as for gas, leccy and oil.

Solar production atm gets no tax. FITs are tax free atm so a useful income. I could see the tax status of these change in due course for new installations

Stitchy, welcome back!!

COOLTRIKERCHICK

rhiwfield wrote: »

CTC, wood/logs sales currently attract VAT at 5% atm, same as for gas, leccy and oil.

Solar production atm gets no tax. FITs are tax free atm so a useful income. I could see the tax status of these change in due course for new installations

Stitchy, welcome back!!

there are loads of us who get our wood for nothing, so not paying any tax on that fuel source...