Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer

GDB2222

Pyxis wrote: »

I also need someone to do a lot of digging in the garden, but just don't know how to find someone.

Try an ad in a newsagent's window?

Do you need someone who knows about gardening, or can you supervise closely?

Pyxis

GDB2222 wrote: »

Try an ad in a newsagent's window?

Do you need someone who knows about gardening, or can you supervise closely?

Trouble is, I really want someone who comes recommended. If it's just some random bod, I'd be rather nervous about whether he'd do a good job, and nervous about letting him in in the first place.

I need brawn work, really, but ideally someone who knows how to dig, ie. that you don't just dig the weeds into the ground!
Digging, raking and levelling, covering with weed membrane, and lugging some fairly heavy rocks into position, and moving large pots of plants around.
It's a small area, so would probably only take 2or 3 days, and once it's done, I could cope with it, and get on with what I want done.

The other problem is that I keep having periods of feeling ill, so nothing gets done then!
If I was physically like I was a few years ago, I'd have just got stuck in and done it myself.

Not to worry. Once I'm feeling ok, I'll sort something, as it's getting silly now!

silvercar

Any ideas for a cheap way to get broadband for 2 weeks whilst you wait for the delivery date of the ordered service?

michaels

silvercar wrote: »

Any ideas for a cheap way to get broadband for 2 weeks whilst you wait for the delivery date of the ordered service?

A 30 day rolling sim with a load of data (20/50GB) and use a phone (or mifi) as a hotspot? (And refrain from watching streaming tv for the fortnight).

WE have 2 days from the end of BT until the start of virgin in a weeks time, we will manage with our phones.

michaels

Pyxis wrote: »

Trouble is, I really want someone who comes recommended. If it's just some random bod, I'd be rather nervous about whether he'd do a good job, and nervous about letting him in in the first place.

I need brawn work, really, but ideally someone who knows how to dig, ie. that you don't just dig the weeds into the ground!
Digging, raking and levelling, covering with weed membrane, and lugging some fairly heavy rocks into position, and moving large pots of plants around.
It's a small area, so would probably only take 2or 3 days, and once it's done, I could cope with it, and get on with what I want done.

The other problem is that I keep having periods of feeling ill, so nothing gets done then!
If I was physically like I was a few years ago, I'd have just got stuck in and done it myself.

Not to worry. Once I'm feeling ok, I'll sort something, as it's getting silly now!

But one old coin or shard of Roman pottery from eBay. Phone time team/similar and tell them you found it in your garden....

Pyxis

silvercar wrote: »

Any ideas for a cheap way to get broadband for 2 weeks whilst you wait for the delivery date of the ordered service?

I've used a hotspot, although admittedly, that was just for the occasional 3 or 4 hours, rather than for a stretch of time, but it might work out the easiest way for you, too, depending on which hotspots are available.

Otherwise, how friendly are you with your neighbours?.............:D

michaels wrote: »

But one old coin or shard of Roman pottery from eBay. Phone time team/similar and tell them you found it in your garden....

:rotfl: Excellent idea!

PasturesNew

The Wide Awake Club met up with the I Give Up Club....

It started at 5am when I was awoken by an unknown alarm ... then it stopped. Alarm woke me up, it stopping then made me wonder "what was that then?" ... there was "strange light" so I looked from the bedroom window and one of the cars in the car park had its alarm lights flashing incessantly... so I half gave up, but thought I'd try again to sleep.

Next there was the sound of heavy/weighted plasticware scraping on the patio, so I peeked outside and saw nothing, but noticed it's VERY windy out there.

So I gave up. Put the kettle on and popped outside for a cig.

vivatifosi

It is definitely windy out there this morning.

I was woken in the early hours of the morning by what I think was a helicopter flying overhead. That's the problem... asleep lightly enough to be woken up by a noise, but also tired enough that I had no energy to investigate the noise... then before you know it you've chalked up yet another disturbed night's sleep.

Pyxis

PasturesNew wrote: »

The Wide Awake Club met up with the I Give Up Club....

It started at 5am when I was awoken by an unknown alarm ... then it stopped. Alarm woke me up, it stopping then made me wonder "what was that then?" ... there was "strange light" so I looked from the bedroom window and one of the cars in the car park had its alarm lights flashing incessantly... so I half gave up, but thought I'd try again to sleep.

Next there was the sound of heavy/weighted plasticware scraping on the patio, so I peeked outside and saw nothing, but noticed it's VERY windy out there.

So I gave up. Put the kettle on and popped outside for a cig.

Any freshly-turned earth in the garden?





That's a point! Any bits of bodies I could stick in my garden? The police'd dig it all up, then!


Hmm, slight flaw with that. They might think I'd done the murder! :eek:

silvercar

Pyxis wrote: »

I've used a hotspot, although admittedly, that was just for the occasional 3 or 4 hours, rather than for a stretch of time, but it might work out the easiest way for you, too, depending on which hotspots are available.

Otherwise, how friendly are you with your neighbours?.............:D

I did check the wifi networks that my phone could pick up, but they were all locked. They are only moving in at the weekend, so don't know the neighbours yet.