Daydream fund challenge part 4

alfie_1

hiya peeps..


do you ever have one of those weeks where every step forward seems to be 2 backwards !!
ive not been feeling well ... I shifted some REALLY heavy furniture and have hurt my hips/pelvis ? it wakes me for some obscure reason about 4am every morning and I just cannot get comfortable to get back to sleep .. cant take painkillers at night as they give me heartburn !!
a few times ive been stopped in my tracks during the day by a cramp style pain in my ribs/back ...
moral of the story ... don't shift furniture ON YOUR OWN !! well after ive shifted 2 desks ,5 chairs, 2 tables and a rug tomorrow :rotfl::rotfl:


son has a sort of "wing" here [2 beds and a bathroom , 2nd bed being his lounge ] and decided he wanted a corner sofa for a change .. saw one advertised quite local so off we went to view it [wasn't cheap] ... it was carp ! had scuffs and mends and was stacked in her garage so couldn't see it all together. woman was most indignant when we said it wasn't what we wanted .. and we noted she added to her add that she had "had time wasters " ....:rotfl::rotfl:


sorry ...im having a gripe ...BUT I am laughing at my gripes

greenbee

Alfie... I've given myself back ache, hip pain and sciatica raking the long grass in the garden and splitting logs. It's just one of those things. I also move furniture on my own...

I know you and Dave had some discussion about mowers recently. I have a feeling mine has just died - sounds like the engine has seized and given that I discovered a rubber connector had become disconnected which I THINK was where the oil should have been going through, I suspect it's terminal. Of course, I'm only about 1/3 of the way through getting the grass ready for the winter AND I'd just refilled the petrol tank.

I only have 1/4 acre, and it's not exactly lawn, but calling it grass would be stretching the truth a LOT. Mostly it's creeping buttercup, thistles and teasels, with grass and molehills in between. Very bumpy (mostly due to the moles, and to ground-out stumps that are still settling) and full of stones thanks to the moles...

Any recommendations gratefully received. Current one is an ancient Efco with a Briggs & Stratton engine. It generally starts reasonably easily, although an electric start is tempting. Whatever I get needs to be fairly robust.

I will send this one off to be looked at, and if I can borrow one from a neighbour in the meantime I've got a bit of time to get sorted out.

lucielle

Hi Greenbee have you thought about battery operated ones? Easy to start and no servicing apart from a blade sharpen now and then. Ego have sold very well for us and people who've purchased them have sung their praises.

L

choille

Welcome Plantpot - great name.

Lovely weather here for quite a few days - orange sunset - gorgeous run on the beach down the Gairloch with the evil collie wobble - who actually weed on someone's clothes that were left in a pile as they were swimming. It wasn't that warm. I just can't apologise enough sometimes sooooo I sort of turned a blind eye which is shocking & I am still feeling really guilty.

Watch your backs when lifting stuff. I've seriously done mine in & it is not good. I am taking things much tamer & less being gung ho as I can't stand the pain - so don't go overdoing it Alfie as when you get to our age it doesn't heal the same at all at all.:(
I am feeling old and slightly down as visited ex neighbour in care home and thought I wouldn't want to end up in one - although it is all very jolly with the lovely staff - it kinda left me feeling down.

Seem to have a hectic week with stuff which I want getting through - dental, hospital etc - see there I go again with all the decrepit stuff. Evil Collie Wobble ate Mr Choille's denture so he has to have a new one made as it's in bits.

These early dark nights leave me tired out for some reason.

Hope the GS 's op goes well Dave - what a shame for one so young.

Fay

I just dropped in to say I am on the move tomorrow and as I'm having to deal with BT and open reach I still have no phone line and therefore no broad band. I've been trying to sort it for a month. So as soon as I'm on, I'll be back.
I hope you're all well and day dreaming. I'm ambivalent about the move but hopefully it will be ok!

choille

All the best with the move Fay - Hope it goes smoothly.

Davesnave

I would agree with battery powered if it's rugged enough. There's no worrying about fuel going off or starting problems after a winter lay-off. Simply love my battery chain saw and hedge trimmer. :smileyhea

Otherwise, I have a Honda, probably 1980/90s vintage and it takes anything I throw it at, but whether the newer ones are as good, I can't say. Stands to reason they can't be or no one would need to buy a new machine! :think:

greenbee

lucielle wrote: »

Hi Greenbee have you thought about battery operated ones? Easy to start and no servicing apart from a blade sharpen now and then. Ego have sold very well for us and people who've purchased them have sung their praises.

L

My mum has one, so I might have a look - I wasn't sure that it would be robust enough for the terrain. I also frequently have to do several cuts in succession as when I'm away it can get very long. When I'm cutting regularly it takes about 30-40 minutes to cut. When I've left it for ages it can take a lot longer... Mind you, the thought of not having to buy petrol again appeals (I'd like an electric car too, but at the moment range and price are an issue).

Any advice/suggestions on how to select the correct model would be appreciated - a quick look online suggests that the prices are pretty comparable to petrol versions.

Good luck withe the move Fay.

Choille - I hope your naughty collie doesn't cause anymore damage for a bit :cool:

Davesnave

Oooh!, sudden flurry of activity.....

Yes, all the best with the move, Fay. Start of a new chapter....might be a great novel or just a modest poem, but it's way better than an idle doodle!


Sam's birthmark op is just a laser thing, choille. Not his first; in fact I think it's the last. He is also out of plaster now, so all looking good.


Laughed at collie-wobble's mischief! :rotfl::rotfl:

DaftyDuck

Been a bit busy here over the last few weeks, but all moving vaguely in the right direction. I've brought in the rest of the animals I owned, but were not on the farm already, and it's nice to have them all here together at last. There are now seven rare breeds chomping away, and that might be it for a while, until I get conned into adopting some other needy project.

The butterfly conservation project went quite well, two of the four established good breeding populations, one more looks promising for next year, and one it's clear we will struggle with. The river has, finally, come alive, and the water vole banks (that the environment agency helped build) are now stuffed with voles... which is a bit unfortunate, as the Environment Agency has decided they are too close to the river, and run in the wrong direction. Different departments, different policy! The kingfishers are back in force, as are several rare dragonfly species. It's a much-needed boost for morale in shifting all that soil. I have a pet kestrel that follows my little tractor across the meadows, to see what I scare up (which is probably a sacred water vole!).

Real work keeps invading my life here, with the dreaded "B"-word occupying too much time, but at least the consolation is it's paying for the wildlife and tamelife. It does get more tempting just to tell them all to just s0d off, close the gates, and stay here forever in isolation, but hey ho, that's life!

Like the rest of you, from the sounds of it, health isn't brilliant. My asthma is quite a bit worse, and difficult to control, not helped by the fact that I'm allergic to sheep, goats, dogs, cats, horses and donkeys... and that's before all the pollens get involved. those ribs I broke still hurt as well.

At the moment, it's dropping white stuff from the sky, the heating is on, and I've got "man-flu", so I'm doing nowt about nuffink, and even having my supper cooked for me!

I've muddled through three years here now, and I know a little bit more than I did when I started. But, each day shows I know 5% of what I should. It does look very, very different, but there's a lifetime of work left. If the money doesn't run out, and health holds out, I may yet get to understand 14% of what I need to.

Good luck, Day, here's hoping for a promising new start. To everybody, hope the injuries heal, the aches vanish, and the pennies keep filling that jar.

Now, where's the [STRIKE]whisky[/STRIKE] medicine bottle?:D