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FurryBeastOz

ivyleaf wrote: »

My friend in Milngavie is snowed in. She's quite pleased, as they have enough food for a fortnight, and she can sit and read

Meanwhile we've lent our dear elderly neighbours an extra heater as the condenser pipe on their boiler has frozen and BG aren't sure what time they'll be able to get here although of course they're doing their best

We’re just up the road from her ivyleaf I won’t be going anywhere for some time.:D

ivyleaf

Keep safe and cosy FBO!

nursemaggie Did you manage to look at any homes? Thoughts are with you as always xx

camelot1001

I'm not too far from Milngavie, we are pretty much snowed in too. We've heard that we have another day off tomorrow, may feel obliged to do something in the house!

Hope you're all safe and warm.

FurryBeastOz

DH was at a course today at QEH. He!!!8217;d already driven to Newton Mearns this morning to collect a colleague who was stuck (BMW driver!) They got kicked out at 1500. He dropped colleague home. Got back at 1845. He couldn!!!8217;t get through the tunnel and had to go via Erskine.

He!!!8217;s just siphoned my car for petrol to take another colleague into the hospital for a night shift (his wife is stuck in Larbert with the car), and a carer who is stranded here (wearing trainers and a T-shirt!) back to Balfron. They need to travel, but has she not heard of !!!8216;proper preparation!!!8217; for goodness sake. You can guarantee she!!!8217;s not an Old Styler!

I!!!8217;ve sent him with a snow shovel, army issue hot chocolate and an army artic warfare sleeping bag.

He!!!8217;s thriving on it!

nursemaggie

I just lost a long post. How annoying.I did not do what I tell others to do.

Not until the weekend ivyleaf. DS had yesterday off. He could not even be bothered to go get himself a takeaway. Most of the places we are looking are small towns around where DS works. It is quite difficult to get to them all without a car. Most you can go by bus but you have to keep coming back to Bolton in between. It takes about an hour each way.

I think DS would rather I went to view them but took his eyes with me. What he wants is not always what I want. One came in today that is very suitable for him but not quite so handy for me.

After looking at it for a while he said it's a younger edition of the house in Bognor meaning the basic house not the rooms. Our Old house had almost all of its original fittings. I collected a lot of nice china plates that we had in a plate rack in the morning room. This one has the morning room knocked into the kitchen, it does not have any of the original fire places, coving or arches in the hall. There is not a mezzanine floor with this one and thankfully no steps down into the kitchen. I would like all the original things in this one. Everyone used to admire all the original fittings when we were in Bognor.

This house will need some prettying up a bit it looks a bit stark. The rent is low enough for DS to stay there after I am gone. If I was buying I would say yes without seeing it as it could be made so nice. We will just have to do what we can. If we can get it. I hope we look at this first.

silvasava

Everything crossed for you NM x

Softstuff

Fingers crossed for that for you Nursemaggie.

Am I the only one imagining that Mardatha has locked the RV outside and is measuring snow depth by where it reaches on his legs?

I'm almost jealous of snow. But then I think I'd like to go play in it for an hour, like a child, then return here to normal warmth. Should get to 31 or 32 degrees here today, the warmth I'm getting used to, the humidity not so much.

How did today go Monna? Betting you're exhausted, here have a cuppa :coffee:

fuddle

NM I want this for you. Everything crossed.

Mr Pea Seedling will be having sleepless nights I'm sure. -temps and snow are set for into next week too. Poor fella. He's sown 160 all in all :eek:

Islandmaid

fuddle wrote: »

NM I want this for you. Everything crossed.

Mr Pea Seedling will be having sleepless nights I'm sure. -temps and snow are set for into next week too. Poor fella. He's sown 160 all in all :eek:

Frozen Peas :rotfl::rotfl:

monnagran

Yes Islandmaid, I've been round the harbour twice today. The yachts are going nowhere, the houseboats look pretty dejected and the seagulls are doing Happy Feet type dancing on the ice. I'm sure that I saw one do a triple axle, or should that be axel?
30 people turned up for Lunch Club, but only 2 of us to do everything from setting up the tables, cooking the food, washing up and collapsing into a exhausted heap.

Then it was shopping for the funeral on Friday. Have no idea how many people will make it. Some were due to come over from the mainland, and I don't think we will be seeing them

Much later.
I actually wrote this post nearly 4 hours ago and have just woken up with tablet in my hand, specs still in place and goodness knows what on the telly, something that I've never seen before. Oh, and I've just spotted a mug of cold coffee on the table.
I pressed " submit" before I realised that lots of people had posted in the meantime. I think that answers your last comment softstuff.

nursemaggie, I think you would love making this house into a home. Even if it doesn't have many original features, it won't have a screaming, stomping, banging family upstairs either.