montag hielten sich für schlaue leute witterten schon fette beute riefen krieg und wollten macht

sungod

'ning

cloudymild start, feels rather humid

ride, cafes, usual, sort out stuff for hols

nena in her sparkly outfit, some things are just better in german
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHLcoR9U2_M

ballysmate

Yep. remember it well.
Must have been a posh do, she shaved her oxters.

Anyway, today will be a short bimble with a mate and then after that, normal service will be resumed.
All this loafing about won't do itself you know.

MattFalle

ciao

misty. going to work. currently sitting in the car outside the house waiting for B&B as mornings ate a tad, errrr, stressful in our place so I get out of the way.

thistle_

'ning
WFW
Bike ride later

tlw1

Shoot sleep, back in pain after moving loads of sandstone yesterday.

Board call today which is fun(less), later is cycling over to my parents to pick up loads of erm heavy logs

oxoman

Morning, el-schorcho out. Easy day doing not a lot hopefully. Try and find new plasterer as original one has let me down.

ballysmate

oxoman said:

Morning, el-schorcho out. Easy day doing not a lot hopefully. Try and find new plasterer as original one has let me down.

Tradesmen are absolute bastards when they no show. And there is FA you can usually do about it. Bastards!

oxoman

Your not wrong, my decorator is booked for November. Struggling with plasterers and decent joiners. I blame covid, people spending money on their homes rather than holidays.

orraloon

This not so smart person who locked himself out and had to break a door glass panel to get back in has today learned there is an average lead time of 2 weeks to get replacement panel made... global supply shortage of everything. And that's from a local supply company. Indie glazier I spoke to as well said no chance of him getting materials for n weeks.

Buttocks. At least the outside temps are above freezing finally. Mutter, mutter, grumble....

Off to finish a raised bed in absent daughter's garden. Using those preshusss timber sleepers I cornered.

pinno

MattFalle said:

ciao

misty. going to work. currently sitting in the car outside the house waiting for B&B as mornings ate a tad, errrr, stressful in our place so I get out of the way.

This morning was unusually, rather seamless.
Muggins does hair and supervises brushing teeth.
Mum runs around like a Blue fly wotsit.
Bathrooms are a hazard - if you can get in.
Because the weather is good, I make coffee and sit outside, Sparrows for company which generates a certain calm in me before the chaos ensues.
Cat usually appears when we come back. Today, he's still on our bed snoring having crept in at 4am.
Come Thursday/Friday, we'll have to drag them out of bed and try and get them to school on time somehow.

Weekly shop out of the way and will go for a carefree pedal. It'll make me or break me as I have a sore throat and i've run out of paraffin to gargle with.

Stevo_666

In the office today enjoying the peace 'n' quiet as Mondays & Fridays are usually a bit 'light' on people. Trying to do a bit of admin on house purchase stuff as well as work and mandatory online training courses about not clicking on dodgy links etc, so keeping busy. Must be lunchtime soon.

Wheelspinner

Disorganised day. Was waiting on delivery of new turbo gadget, fiddled about doing odds and ends to fill in the time. It showed up finally mid afternoon. Had to nip out after that and collect some replacement wheels for the ute, and by the time we got back was too late to bother with new gadget...

And tomorrow will be another omnishambles playing taxi driver all day.

homers_double

2 x site meetings this morning followed by a rushed lunch and drive back to work.

Tea me thinks...

pinno

'Ute' ?

orraloon

pinno said:

'Ute' ?

U2. Or you too. Or utility vee-hickle aka bakkie.

Raised bed raised and looking good. All my preshusss timber sleepers used bar a single 15cm offcut. Happy with that given the crazy pricing currently.

Charlie_Croker

orraloon said:

This not so smart person who locked himself out and had to break a door glass panel to get back in has today learned there is an average lead time of 2 weeks to get replacement panel made... global supply shortage of everything. And that's from a local supply company. Indie glazier I spoke to as well said no chance of him getting materials for n weeks.

Buttocks. At least the outside temps are above freezing finally. Mutter, mutter, grumble....

I feel your pain/frustration loon. Get a spare key (brass/bronze) cut and hide it well away from the door and not under the plant pot please!

Montag! Haha missed that

Been faffing about trying to mend a puncture this morning (at home), waste of time and effort really, ended up popping a new tube in. Which I was going to do in the first place but decided to have a go at…
Anyway needed to get some shopping so took the bike for a test ride – all done, having a coffee getting changed for a ride out and the heavens opened, good grief did it come down, bit o good luck there missing that lot haha just chillin now,
cider n darts later

pinno

orraloon said:

pinno said:

'Ute' ?

U2. Or you too. Or utility vee-hickle aka bakkie.

Raised bed raised and looking good. All my preshusss timber sleepers used bar a single 15cm offcut. Happy with that given the crazy pricing currently.

I did this with sleepers and shifted some Peony's into it that often got wrecked with a bit of wind (plenty of that here), especially as the flower heads are heavy.
2 weeks ago saw me sticking 12 or so Bamboo canes into it because of a windy weather warning. They survived.
I think the Peony's are taking over quite nicely.

oxoman

I believe a UTE is basically a utility vehicle aka pickup. Good news got a plasterer, bad news he's fitting us in between jobs in 2 wks time so everything in main bedroom has to be cleared ready and walls prepped ready. I'm going to be busy.

hopkinb

pinno said:

orraloon said:

pinno said:

'Ute' ?

U2. Or you too. Or utility vee-hickle aka bakkie.

Raised bed raised and looking good. All my preshusss timber sleepers used bar a single 15cm offcut. Happy with that given the crazy pricing currently.

I did this with sleepers and shifted some Peony's into it that often got wrecked with a bit of wind (plenty of that here), especially as the flower heads are heavy.
2 weeks ago saw me sticking 12 or so Bamboo canes into it because of a windy weather warning. They survived.
I think the Peony's are taking over quite nicely.

That's not a peony. This is a peony.

hopkinb

You're right about the heavy heads though, droopy buggers they are.

hopkinb

The air conditioner in the office at the end of the garden has been replaced under warranty today after it went kaput in the winter - no problem in the winter - a cheap 'leccy radiator warms up the room, but now it's getting warm, Mrs H3 has been slightly cooked. I've just been down there for a quick stand in the cool.

orraloon

Ooh, the peony wars have started. Bring 'em on.

hopkinb

My neighbour just brought me a thank you gift for putting his bins out while he was away. I'm not sure if it's a coded message and should go round and punch his lights out.

elbowloh

hopkinb said:

My neighbour just brought me a thank you gift for putting his bins out while he was away. I'm not sure if it's a coded message and should go round and punch his lights out.

See what they taste like first.

elbowloh

orraloon said:

Ooh, the peony wars have started. Bring 'em on.

That's how WW2 began in France.

Oh no, wait, that was the phoney war.

Carry on.

hopkinb

elbowloh said:

orraloon said:

Ooh, the peony wars have started. Bring 'em on.

That's how WW2 began in France.

Oh no, wait, that was the phoney war.

Carry on.

👍

I'm waiting for Pinno to respond with Operation Market Garden (a pic of his prize winning leeks), then I can respond with a picture of me in bibshorts captioned "battle of the bulge". Hours of WW2 related fun!

seanoconn

Charlie_Croker said:

orraloon said:

This not so smart person who locked himself out and had to break a door glass panel to get back in has today learned there is an average lead time of 2 weeks to get replacement panel made... global supply shortage of everything. And that's from a local supply company. Indie glazier I spoke to as well said no chance of him getting materials for n weeks.

Buttocks. At least the outside temps are above freezing finally. Mutter, mutter, grumble....

I feel your pain/frustration loon. Get a spare key (brass/bronze) cut and hide it well away from the door and not under the plant pot please!

Montag! Haha missed that

Been faffing about trying to mend a puncture this morning (at home), waste of time and effort really, ended up popping a new tube in. Which I was going to do in the first place but decided to have a go at…
Anyway needed to get some shopping so took the bike for a test ride – all done, having a coffee getting changed for a ride out and the heavens opened, good grief did it come down, bit o good luck there missing that lot haha just chillin now,
cider n darts later

hopkinb said:

pinno said:

orraloon said:

pinno said:

'Ute' ?

U2. Or you too. Or utility vee-hickle aka bakkie.

Raised bed raised and looking good. All my preshusss timber sleepers used bar a single 15cm offcut. Happy with that given the crazy pricing currently.

I did this with sleepers and shifted some Peony's into it that often got wrecked with a bit of wind (plenty of that here), especially as the flower heads are heavy.
2 weeks ago saw me sticking 12 or so Bamboo canes into it because of a windy weather warning. They survived.
I think the Peony's are taking over quite nicely.

That's not a peony. This is a peony.

You two need to tie them up before they flop. How are Scottish peonies out before mine 😕

seanoconn

Charlie_Croker said:

orraloon said:

This not so smart person who locked himself out and had to break a door glass panel to get back in has today learned there is an average lead time of 2 weeks to get replacement panel made... global supply shortage of everything. And that's from a local supply company. Indie glazier I spoke to as well said no chance of him getting materials for n weeks.

Buttocks. At least the outside temps are above freezing finally. Mutter, mutter, grumble....

I feel your pain/frustration loon. Get a spare key (brass/bronze) cut and hide it well away from the door and not under the plant pot please!

Montag! Haha missed that

Been faffing about trying to mend a puncture this morning (at home), waste of time and effort really, ended up popping a new tube in. Which I was going to do in the first place but decided to have a go at…
Anyway needed to get some shopping so took the bike for a test ride – all done, having a coffee getting changed for a ride out and the heavens opened, good grief did it come down, bit o good luck there missing that lot haha just chillin now,
cider n darts later

Ooh darts, currently teaching two 10 year olds a lesson in the garden. 👍

ballysmate

seanoconn said:

Charlie_Croker said:

orraloon said:

This not so smart person who locked himself out and had to break a door glass panel to get back in has today learned there is an average lead time of 2 weeks to get replacement panel made... global supply shortage of everything. And that's from a local supply company. Indie glazier I spoke to as well said no chance of him getting materials for n weeks.

Buttocks. At least the outside temps are above freezing finally. Mutter, mutter, grumble....

I feel your pain/frustration loon. Get a spare key (brass/bronze) cut and hide it well away from the door and not under the plant pot please!

Montag! Haha missed that

Been faffing about trying to mend a puncture this morning (at home), waste of time and effort really, ended up popping a new tube in. Which I was going to do in the first place but decided to have a go at…
Anyway needed to get some shopping so took the bike for a test ride – all done, having a coffee getting changed for a ride out and the heavens opened, good grief did it come down, bit o good luck there missing that lot haha just chillin now,
cider n darts later

hopkinb said:

pinno said:

orraloon said:

pinno said:

'Ute' ?

U2. Or you too. Or utility vee-hickle aka bakkie.

Raised bed raised and looking good. All my preshusss timber sleepers used bar a single 15cm offcut. Happy with that given the crazy pricing currently.

I did this with sleepers and shifted some Peony's into it that often got wrecked with a bit of wind (plenty of that here), especially as the flower heads are heavy.
2 weeks ago saw me sticking 12 or so Bamboo canes into it because of a windy weather warning. They survived.
I think the Peony's are taking over quite nicely.

That's not a peony. This is a peony.

You two need to tie them up before they flop. How are Scottish peonies out before mine 😕

Are you suggesting it's last year's photo?

hopkinb

seanoconn said:

Charlie_Croker said:

orraloon said:

This not so smart person who locked himself out and had to break a door glass panel to get back in has today learned there is an average lead time of 2 weeks to get replacement panel made... global supply shortage of everything. And that's from a local supply company. Indie glazier I spoke to as well said no chance of him getting materials for n weeks.

Buttocks. At least the outside temps are above freezing finally. Mutter, mutter, grumble....

I feel your pain/frustration loon. Get a spare key (brass/bronze) cut and hide it well away from the door and not under the plant pot please!

Montag! Haha missed that

Been faffing about trying to mend a puncture this morning (at home), waste of time and effort really, ended up popping a new tube in. Which I was going to do in the first place but decided to have a go at…
Anyway needed to get some shopping so took the bike for a test ride – all done, having a coffee getting changed for a ride out and the heavens opened, good grief did it come down, bit o good luck there missing that lot haha just chillin now,
cider n darts later

hopkinb said:

pinno said:

orraloon said:

pinno said:

'Ute' ?

U2. Or you too. Or utility vee-hickle aka bakkie.

Raised bed raised and looking good. All my preshusss timber sleepers used bar a single 15cm offcut. Happy with that given the crazy pricing currently.

I did this with sleepers and shifted some Peony's into it that often got wrecked with a bit of wind (plenty of that here), especially as the flower heads are heavy.
2 weeks ago saw me sticking 12 or so Bamboo canes into it because of a windy weather warning. They survived.
I think the Peony's are taking over quite nicely.

That's not a peony. This is a peony.

You two need to tie them up before they flop. How are Scottish peonies out before mine 😕

Mine are tied. Just incompetently.

thistle_

Charlie_Croker said:

orraloon said:

This not so smart person who locked himself out and had to break a door glass panel to get back in has today learned there is an average lead time of 2 weeks to get replacement panel made... global supply shortage of everything. And that's from a local supply company. Indie glazier I spoke to as well said no chance of him getting materials for n weeks.

Buttocks. At least the outside temps are above freezing finally. Mutter, mutter, grumble....

I feel your pain/frustration loon. Get a spare key (brass/bronze) cut and hide it well away from the door and not under the plant pot please!

Last time it happened to me I realised pretty quick so went back to the office because the cleaners would still be there, except they weren't they'd stayed about 5 minutes then sacked it off.
Ended up riding home and finding a window I'd left open, one of those small ones at the top. Couldn't get through it so stood there unscrewing the frame and taking it out so I could get in.
I won't fit through it now so need another plan.

Anyway ride ridden, had to go out somewhere for work and it was sunny and cycle path almost the whole way there so cycled