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Breaking Through, Travelling On

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  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Afternoon so far has been decluttering, and I discovered a way of doing two slow pieces of decluttering at once :rotfl: :

    1. old shirts that have holes in them, can't go to the charity shop, so cut buttons off and cut into pieces, while:
    2. scanning old re-accreditation notes (which I found when doing the taxes - no need to have hard copy).

    DECLUTTERING
    16. Paperwork as above :D
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    Karmacat wrote: »
    Afternoon so far has been decluttering,

    Well I've been doing some of that as well, and I've discovered I possess 8 compasses (drawing) - everything from the eerily cheap to pretty flash geared ones.

    It's strange, but I don't ever recall drawing that many circles... :rotfl:
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."
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  • Goldiegirl
    Goldiegirl Posts: 8,806 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Rampant Recycler Hung up my suit!
    We hope to start using our National Trust membership and intend to revisit properties we've been to before, and try some new ones. We went to Wakehurst Place a few years ago, as someone we know used to live in the Ardingly area. We haven't been to Nymans, so that's one that we could try. I used to go to work courses in Haywards Heath back in the 80's so I know the area a little bit


    Well done on more decluttering, every bit helps
    Early retired - 18th December 2014
    If your dreams don't scare you, they're not big enough
  • Goldiegirl
    Goldiegirl Posts: 8,806 Forumite
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    ZTD wrote: »
    Well I've been doing some of that as well, and I've discovered I possess 8 compasses (drawing) - everything from the eerily cheap to pretty flash geared ones.

    It's strange, but I don't ever recall drawing that many circles... :rotfl:


    It might be worth eBaying them, if you don't want them. Mr Goldie is/was an engineer, and we had loads of old drawing equipment that we sold on eBay, for reasonable prices
    Early retired - 18th December 2014
    If your dreams don't scare you, they're not big enough
  • edinburgher
    edinburgher Posts: 13,910 Forumite
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    What was your family finance idea KC? I think I missed it.
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    ZTD wrote: »
    It's strange, but I don't ever recall drawing that many circles... :rotfl:
    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    Z, I didn't see your previous post, sorry! You don't like my solar kettle, do you? **sobs quietly**. Its bought now, and unless I send it back cos it doesn't work, its a keeper. As for the rocket stove, one important aspect of doing what I did was creating *less* work, not more, giving it a third wall etc - its very thickly insulated anyway, with perlite. I'll blog, I promise, and you'll see how [STRIKE]beautiful[/STRIKE] insane it is :D
    Goldiegirl wrote: »
    We hope to start using our National Trust membership and intend to revisit properties we've been to before, and try some new ones.
    Especially when its about gardens, I think you can revisit almost endlessly :) thats why I have the Wakehurst Place pass. NT aren't too well represented in this area, so we don't do that. Maybe we should meet one summer's day, though :beer:
    Well done on more decluttering, every bit helps
    Thanks! Its a positive thing to do anyway, to just have things around you that are useful or beautiful, a la William Morris, but in addition, if I'm running 2 or 3 online careers, I need space for that. And if I move, as it seems I almost certainly will (moving and renting out), I need to be moving and storing the absolute minimum of stuff.
    What was your family finance idea KC? I think I missed it.
    I didn't write it out specifically, Ed :o I needed to talk to all the main parties first (I'm a bit impulsive in writing *and* speaking :p). Turns out everyone's in favour, so I'll tell you, its a combo of me retiring, my mum needing someone around, renting my house out, turning hers into two separate areas, safeguarding the house if she *did* need to go into care for any reason. I'd need a dishwasher and broadband, of course :p I think the positivity is genuine, everyone thought of new reasons why it was a good idea :j

    There are issues to sort, of course, but the bones of it seem really workable.
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • edinburgher
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    I'm a bit impulsive in writing *and* speaking

    Haha - snap :)

    That sounds like it could work, as long as you manage to retain some personal space, important to recharge the batteries from time to time as you know.
  • Karmacat
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    Yep, the personal space thing is crucial - I'd live upstairs, she'd live downstairs, we'd share the kitchen, and I'd hang out with her for meals and whatnot, trips to the village etc. In person, I'm a very *private* person, even though I blather a lot :D
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • gallygirl
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    Another vote for your idea KC, sounds like a go-er :T.

    Or you could just knuckle down and retire at 65, cos that's what 'normal' people do :D. I love the way people on here find alternative ways of doings things :j.
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
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  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    Karmacat wrote: »
    Z, I didn't see your previous post, sorry! You don't like my solar kettle, do you?

    I think it has its place - that place being under "novelty".
    Karmacat wrote: »
    **sobs quietly**.

    :p
    Karmacat wrote: »
    Its bought now, and unless I send it back cos it doesn't work, its a keeper. As for the rocket stove, one important aspect of doing what I did was creating *less* work, not more, giving it a third wall etc - its very thickly insulated anyway, with perlite.

    My suggestion was actually intended to save you work.

    Your way:
    1. Find large can
    2. Cut hole in the base in the centre to let the fire out
    3. Cut base off can
    4. Find some way to attach detached bottom onto the top of the rocket stove (welding?)
    5. Enjoy!

    My way:
    1. Find large can
    2. Cut hole in the base in the centre to let the fire out
    3. Optional: Cut a notch in the sidewall to allow the fuel inlet room - assuming the can is too long
    4. Put the can (inverted) over the top of the rocket stove and bang down a few times
    5. Enjoy!
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."
    OMD 'Julia's Song'
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