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cassandra
Joined: 27 Mar 2013 Posts: 1733 Location: Tasmania Australia
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gz
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cassandra
Joined: 27 Mar 2013 Posts: 1733 Location: Tasmania Australia
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Mistress Rose
Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 15600
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Mistress Rose
Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 15600
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cassandra
Joined: 27 Mar 2013 Posts: 1733 Location: Tasmania Australia
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gregotyn
Joined: 24 Jun 2010 Posts: 2201 Location: Llanfyllin area
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Posted: Tue Jul 18, 17 1:33 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you all for the good wishes regarding the move. Yes I have only one willing helper, that is me, Cassandra, but I am happier that way as if something is in the wrong place it is me and no-one else's fault! It is going better than I hoped and not a lot to do now of the bulk stuff. Saturday I had a man with a fork lift on his loader tractor and he took about 12 pallets of 'stuff' for me. I was expecting to be short of space, until friend showed me how to deal with padlocks that had not been opened for years and that gave me a lot more space in a lorry body than I thought I was not going to have. As it is the new steel building is much too small as the man who built it said it would be! I thought he was fishing for business but he was so right! My next purchase will be a digger. I own one but doubt I will ever see it or the money for it. The chap who has my digger will however, pay one way or another-not violence, but I have other holds on him-nasty piece of work, which I didn't know at the time or I would never have got into partnership, he simply took and never put back, he must know that at some point I will have a go at him, just waiting to see when he is at his most vulnerable then strike. He works for the same company as me-why do you think I took the job there? He thinks the job has compensated for £3800 I invested-oh no it doesn't!
I have invested in a log splitter, a Draper 4 tonne model seems to work quite well. If only you lived next door Cassandra. The main thing for me is that I have about 80% of my kindling requirement chopped, I can net it up nearer the time; first thing is to start throwing away. Looking forward to log fires of my own making-just not looking forward to winter! I need a lot more dry weather to be sure everything is in place and dry for winter, some casualties are inevitable. I also need to set a few traps-more investment! I am not so keen on poison as it affects other creatures if they get hold of it.
The only place I have seen red squirrels is in Scotland; thought there are some in North Wales at the Welsh Language Centre, but I didn't see any when I was there. Dorset is such a lovely county, MR. I have a couple of college friends who farm near Shaftsbury.
I may have completed the move by the weekend so I should be "in" on Saturday with the 'low down' of why not to gather too many potential projects till you have a place to do them!
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Jam Lady
Joined: 28 Dec 2006 Posts: 2507 Location: New Jersey, USA
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Mistress Rose
Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 15600
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Posted: Wed Jul 19, 17 7:01 am Post subject: |
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Well glad you seem to have avoided the snow Cassandra, but the History Room doesn't seem too well laid out. I assume you didn't feel warm enough to do any spinning while you were there.
I was reading on your FB page about the senators. It seems a rather odd situation, especially as so many Australians are probably of duel nationality, but then everyone thinks other countries political systems are odd. Nice to know they are honourable though, and if they get it sorted out they may be back. Cerebral palsy affects different people in different ways. DIL is fairly severely handicapped physically, although she can walk a little bit, but she is certainly all there mentally. Others are far more lightly affected, and some, sadly, far worse.
Nice to know the move is pretty well there Gregotyn and useful that you had someone to find you more storage space. Hope you get settled in quickly and the weather stays dry for you.
We bagged charcoal yesterday and have enough for this weeks orders. Good thing we did get it bagged yesterday as we had thunder storms in the night, so everything will be wet now. By the sounds of it we didn't have too severe rain storms, but some places had some nasty flash floods.
They have started the harvest here, so assume they carried on in the next field on the next hill to us until the humidity got too high. Can't see them finishing for a while today as everything is going to be soaked. |
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cassandra
Joined: 27 Mar 2013 Posts: 1733 Location: Tasmania Australia
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Posted: Thu Jul 20, 17 6:12 am Post subject: |
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As the man said Gregotyn - work out how big the shed needs to be then double it - I have found this to my cost also. Barely room to move in there at present! Hahaha
The snow failed to arrive today too, which is surprising as the maximum was four and it rained and rained. Only 7 mm in the gauge, but better than nothing.
The History Room, as you suggest, was very chilly - the sunny morning allowed for some spinning to be done, and I moved closer to the wood heater before giving up entirely at two and coming home. No-one in their right mind would be touristing in that weather!
I did have a woman with two grandchildren in the morning - I hope she got home before the weather came down.
As a result I have two bobbins of yarn to wind off tonight, ply, wash, dry and then resume knitting. Hopefully sufficient unto the task as I have no more of the white tops left and don't particularly want to buy any (though I have several white fleeces, if all else fails).
Dinner last night was corned beef - a lump of salt beef braised in vinegar with veges. It has turned out a lot closer to the texture of the tinned variety this time, presumably the cooking method. So the leftovers (after tonight's dinner) will be done as hash with potatoes which will provide several more meals! |
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gregotyn
Joined: 24 Jun 2010 Posts: 2201 Location: Llanfyllin area
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Posted: Thu Jul 20, 17 1:42 pm Post subject: |
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We had rain but not too much, and escaped the severity they had in the South West-Coverac, I gather had helicopter rescues of little old ladies of their roofs-sp?
We appear to have the same problem Cassandra-the consolation is that I can put another shed up on my 5 acres of ground to get a place to work in! In fact I have two buildings with each with the roof off. One is easily fixed I hope, and I will be getting that into play asap after the move is completed, at the weekend I hope. Apart from the move all is quiet at home, and I have been working longer hours-knowing that once the winter comes the times will be reduced for me-but we are busy so no one worries about how much time I am there. I don't ever "spin my work out", however, I think that is totally unfair on a boss who could, realistically do without me if push came to shove, but the other 2 lads would be racing around with heads buried in the computers.
Do you carry on spinning when you have folks in the history room, Cassandra? and wait for them to comment, or do you stop and conduct the visitors round the exhibits?
The extra storage space came from an old lorry body, MR, which belonged to the friend who demonstrated how to get in when you have lost-misplaced I mean-the keys!
Glad you have the charcoal situation under control, I hate losing a sale anytime-I often have to get the shop which sells my kindling to open the outside bunker at the weekend. The time when most of the product is sold is Friday pm-visitors coming to the cottage for the w/e don't always bring firewood with them!
Corn harvest has begun here in South Shropshire they say, with winter barley. We have had a couple of combine harvesters in for servicing ,and new parts in one case was a front auger of 24 feet, very big for this area.
I am assuming you are well too Jam Lady? Well I hope so!
Back to it now Only about 6 more small trailer loads to do !! |
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Jam Lady
Joined: 28 Dec 2006 Posts: 2507 Location: New Jersey, USA
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Mistress Rose
Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 15600
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cassandra
Joined: 27 Mar 2013 Posts: 1733 Location: Tasmania Australia
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Posted: Fri Jul 21, 17 8:48 am Post subject: |
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Ah slow-worms - my introduction to these delightful beasts was finding what looked like a lethal serpent coiling on the floor of the kitchen in my house in Kent - brought in courtesy of Esther. It was only when I realised it was rather stumpy that it occurred to me it might not be a snake - turns out this rare and endangered beasty was quite prolific in that particular street and I was perpetually rescuing them thereafter.
Gregotyn, I wish I had more shed space, but I can live with what I have once the renos are complete - it is the spare stuff that is taking up floor space and that will all either find a home or a new owner as I go along.
It was bright sunshine today which took some getting used to after a week of grey dense overcast - And several loads of washing were done and dealt with which is a relief. My gas bottle ran out two weeks after I bought it so I took it back full of indignation only to discover on my return that the leak was all my fault. I don't think I will own up, but part of my conscience tells me I should.
The corned beef was therefore tricky to reheat the way I had intended last night, as the gas ran out before it got tepid, so it was finished off in the microwave. It did work today, however, and very nice it was.
The beauty of the new dishwasher is that despite the inside looking smaller than the last one, the configuration is such that all the tall plates that never previously fitted do now - and I can manage to get in several pots in at the same time for those occasions (such as tonight) when I am feeling lazy.
Time to treat the latest crop of chilblains now, so I will leave you all gasping in the heat and wondering why anyone could possibly want to see sunshine! |
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Jam Lady
Joined: 28 Dec 2006 Posts: 2507 Location: New Jersey, USA
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