Daydream thread... without the rose-tinted specs

lostinrates

Happy birthday CTC!

Alexelisey

Many happy returns CTC!:bdaycake::beer::grouphug:

azzabazza

Happy birthday CTC! :bdaycake:

choille

:beer:
Happy Burpbday CTC

COOLTRIKERCHICK

HAHAHAHA you blabbed Alfie lol


THANK YOU for all the happy birthday's


Davesnave I wish I was that age lol


It is just another day... spent it up at the ranch...had a meal from the Chinese an now watching the star wars film, which is totally confusing me lol


LIR... how bad are things down by you??

ferretkeeper

:bdaycake:

Happy birthday!

What did you do in the end today?

Edit: cross posted, glad it was a chill day

rozeepozee

Happy Birthday, CTC. Just made it in time!

All good here. It's been frantic up to the end of term. I'm actually looking forward to the holidays with no school or term time activities scheduled.

Still not in the house. It's the battle to get the tradespeople back. I'm going to have to get heavy next week, threatening to terminate contracts if they don't complete.

I'm going to have a tootle back in time now and see how Dave's doing with his build

One fox attack has led to a loss of precious Ixworths, though I should still have enough to breed from next season.

lostinrates

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

LIR... how bad are things down by you??

Oh, not so bad. There was a reasonably significant power cut which took out also the back up power and also comes with banks impacting on commerce of some stores ( I couldn't get the type of cruddy milk replacer I've grown used to for example, or petrol, but we have almost half a tank) I'm cooking a bit this week for people staying at the end of the week and because I 'm not feeling up to big shops planning my least favourite activity twice this week. Instead, I couldn't even get what I needed for today. Grrrr.

Still, its really not that bed. If the worst is you cannot get milk. Its not a bad life, right?


We're fine. Loss of phone is a pain, but the phones were a pain. They were an extra long range but phone that theoretically should cover me I. The garden and beyond. Instead doesn't even reach the kitchen properly.

Only other option with very long range seems to be something with horrific , horrific price tag.

I'd ideal like something that could reach out into the yard, or even the veg plot, so I can get out and work from home not just house if I want to, and not rely on mobile.

Davesnave

rozeepozee wrote: »

Still not in the house. It's the battle to get the tradespeople back. I'm going to have to get heavy next week, threatening to terminate contracts if they don't complete.

I'm going to have a tootle back in time now and see how Dave's doing with his build

Dave's doing OK, but the build is less ambitious now. I will try to put a plan up here some time.

We have gone with a local chap who was known to the family prior to moving here. He isn't really a builder, but a carpenter with most of the other knowledge/skills. Being a bit of a one man band, he will be slower than a building firm, but he cares about the job and consults frequently, so we don't mind that.

We know electricians & plumbers/heating engineers, plasterers etc, so in theory, tying in the other skills isn't hard, but as you know, it's availability that can be problematic.

Anyway, so far, we've changed the garage to a pitched roof and run one side of it right over the old perspex-roofed lean- to utility behind. That's been partially re-built from the waist up, as the floor and lower walls were all fine. Windows stolen from the garage and kitchen will complete that, and I'll add insulation and an inner skin to make it reasonably warm. It will only be accessible from outside, so on paper it's a boiler room, but in reality it'll make a damn good office and work room. Compromises!

Half the garage will eventually become an en-suite, but that's the last job on our list, though it could be a winter one too.

For the rest of this year, we want to get rid of the flat roof over the kitchen frontage and change it to a gable, rebuilding the chimney above roof level at the same time. This means whipping out a huge steel beam and replacing it with another. It's quite a big job, which we cant begin until late August.....our man has other work now! Sound familiar?

Sorry to hear about the Ixworths. Being rare, it's good you have enough to rebuild stocks, but still not nice.

alfie_1

hi all.................. well iv had a super fun day with 2 superduper people. plus 3 superduper dogs which i tried to kidnap but as 2 are bigger than my mini ponies twas not gonna happen bimble was very well behaved with them .... :A had a lovely walk on a quiet bit of beach near here [only locals know how to get to it], where LIR's OH did his porpoise re-enactment and disapeared bodily into the waves he swam so far out !!... then he stood up waist deep..:rotfl::rotfl: the dogs loved it but when LIR put her likkle dogs feet in the water it was like she had done the worse thing possible.... :eek: he wouldnt go near her after and was physically walking backwards incase she did it again....:rotfl: big wuss ! and its a "water dog" :rotfl: he got over it..;) ive had a lovely day.:D:D