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TheFoe
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Aug 09, 2020 04:25AM
I have a leak from an overflow pipe sticking out of my house. Went to investigate it in my attic, something to do with a ballcock in a water tank. Lift it and the dripping stops, but once you let go it starts again. Forgot to mention that the attic floor is only partly floored, so I was gingerly stepping on wooden beams with sweat pouring off me. Anyway scratching my head as to what to do next, when a big bloody bat flew past me. My instinct was to leg it, but my head was telling me to be careful as I didn't want to end up falling through the ceiling. Never been so relieved to get out of the attic and have it shut. Don't mind bats, but not that close!
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You're too honest, Collette, you could pretend you're shedding the pounds. 😊
I blame D, Lez. Lockdown turned him into Mary Berry. ☺️
Foe, if the bat's in residence you'll have to live with it/them. They're protected and you can't get rid!
Lez wrote: "Foe, if the bat's in residence you'll have to live with it/them. They're protected and you can't get rid!"Yeah I know Lez, I've had bats in my attic for years now. I let them be as they don't do any harm, just wasn't expecting one to fly past my face when I was resting precariously on a wooden beam.
Awww I absolutely love Bats - but only if they aren't flying around as I seriously can't cope with anything that suddenly swoops or tries to dive-bomb or simply drop on me ... and, as you can probably guess, it isn't as if I can easily duck or just quickly side-step out of the way these days to try to avoid this from happening.The last time that a Wasp tried it on with me I panicked so much that I half-jumped and half-fell right out of my Wheelchair! - LOL!!! ;o>
Oooh? - should I go back and delete my previous Post?!! Only it's just occurred to me that the DWP could possibly try to use that as a whole new part of their Assessments?!! ... release a live Wasp or drop a dead one into someone's Lap just to see if their Mobility is suddenly miraculously restored to them?!! ;oO
@Duke ... you will left utterly underwhelmed and disinterested to hear my bargain bulk-buy of Dettol Antibacterial Surface Wipes were delivered by Amazon to me at 9pm last night ... LOL!!!Everything was just as described ;o>
I'm clearly not privy to whatever weird relationship has developed between Serial, Mr B and Collette.....but what is it between you three?! Nothing but cheeky insults and innuendo from you two guys. What has Collette done to receive this treatment lads?
theDuke wrote: "I'm clearly not privy to whatever weird relationship has developed between Serial, Mr B and Collette.....but what is it between you three?! Nothing but cheeky insults and innuendo from you two guys..."Don't worry, Duke.
Us three all have past history. In fact we all house shared in the 1980's. Some stories i could tell you.
Isn't it obvious? ... our Collette has simply been her usual absolutely amazing and incredibly wonderful self ... and they are secretly all in complete and utter awe of her, Duke ;o>
@Duke ... I hope you are bracing yourself there for the arrival of my Jug with A Lid on Monday? ;o>I know?! - I know?!! - there really is such a thing as TOO much excitement in one lifetime but ... this is not just any Jug this is a 'Pyrex' Jug!!! ... with a Lid, Kid!!!
Oooooooh!!! - I betcha can hardly bear to wait now?!! ... HA HA HA HA HA!!! ;o>
Serial wrote: "Don't worry, Duke.Us three all have past history. In fact we all house shared in the 1980's. Some stories i could tell you.
Like when I caught one of you going through my knicker drawer one time too many, and the other one trying to squeeze their self into my favourite black dress? I could just about live with the untidiness but that was taking it a step too far.
suzysunshine7 wrote: "Isn't it obvious? ... our Collette has simply been her usual absolutely amazing and incredibly wonderful self ... and they are secretly all in complete and utter awe of her, Duke ;o>"I'll slip you that 20 quid when nobody's looking, Suzy. 😉
WOO-HOO!!! ... I can buy even more Pyrex with it! - LOL!!! ;o>
Collette wrote: "Serial wrote: "Don't worry, Duke.Us three all have past history. In fact we all house shared in the 1980's. Some stories i could tell you.
Like when I caught one of you going through my knicke..."
That was Brass with the cross dressing issues, C.
And as I told you at the time, I just had the wrong drawer.
suzysunshine7 wrote: "@Duke ... I hope you are bracing yourself there for the arrival of my Jug with A Lid on Monday? ;o>I know?! - I know?!! - there really is such a thing as TOO much excitement in one lifetime but ...."
I wait with excitable anticipation Suzy! :)
Serial wrote: "theDuke wrote: "I'm clearly not privy to whatever weird relationship has developed between Serial, Mr B and Collette.....but what is it between you three?! Nothing but cheeky insults and innuendo f..."Ahh i see...gotcha. I think..with all consideration....might be best if i didn't know!
Collette wrote: "Serial wrote: "Don't worry, Duke.Us three all have past history. In fact we all house shared in the 1980's. Some stories i could tell you.
Like when I caught one of you going through my knicke..."
You shared a house with a pair of cross dressers?!
Note to self *turn off the computer and move away..you don't want to know...you REALLY don't want to know*
Um.......er......i think i'll go and make some supper....!
Collette wrote: "Serial wrote: "Don't worry, Duke.Us three all have past history. In fact we all house shared in the 1980's. Some stories i could tell you.
Like when I caught one of you going through my knicke..."
"trying to squeeze their self into my favourite black dress" - didn't help that you were in it at the time.
theDuke wrote: "suzysunshine7 wrote: "I wait with excitable anticipation Suzy! :) "Well? ... it arrived!!! ... WOO-HOO!!! ... LOL!!! ;o>
suzysunshine7 wrote: "theDuke wrote: "suzysunshine7 wrote: "I wait with excitable anticipation Suzy! :) "Well? ... it arrived!!! ... WOO-HOO!!! ... LOL!!! ;o>"
Pyrex Jug?
I need a new measuring jug with clear marking for homebrew, Suzy. Have a crappy old one you have to hold up to the light to see the measurements
Yep! ... with a Lid! ;o>I'm trying to cure my Mum of her lifelong addiction to Cling Film by replacing as many Kitchen items as I can with lidded ones. It hasn't proved easy as she has rather weak Wrists and struggles with most Lids to open and to close them properly.
However she seems to be enjoying using and coping well with the newer range of Pyrex Cook & Store with their Lids and so I thought I'd try seeing if she can manage the Jug with the Lid as well ;o>
Exciting times, hey? - LOL!!!
suzysunshine7 wrote: "theDuke wrote: "suzysunshine7 wrote: "I wait with excitable anticipation Suzy! :) "Well? ... it arrived!!! ... WOO-HOO!!! ... LOL!!! ;o>"
Yaaaaaayyyy!! Woohoo! The couriers of Leeds have earned their pay today! :)
suzysunshine7 wrote: "Yep! ... with a Lid! ;o>I'm trying to cure my Mum of her lifelong addiction to Cling Film by replacing as many Kitchen items as I can with lidded ones. It hasn't proved easy as she has rather wea..."
There was a lady down our road when I was a child, had those tupperware parties.......sadly i don't think they were a cover for anything salacious involving car keys.... ha ha.
She was a really annoying women, I distinctly remember my mum hiding behind the sofa pretending to be out oneday when she called to the door...... tee hee.....
Tupperware ... that was another addiction of many a Mum, wasn't it?! ;o>It was okay for a while but the Tupperware Tumbler that accompanied your Primary School Lunchbox would gradually develop that slightly faded colour to it and every drink after that happened acquired a mouth-puckeringly plastic flavour that was just ... EUWWW!!! ... and your favourite Squash would have to be poured away in Breaktime down one of the Sinks in the Girl's Toilets ;o<
theDuke wrote: "Yaaaaaayyyy!! Woohoo! The couriers of Leeds have earned their pay today! :)"I don't know where they start off from or the entire journey that they then travel? - but the 'Delivery Station' that all of our Amazon Parcels end up in and then come from to us is in Manchester.
suzysunshine7 wrote: "theDuke wrote: "Yaaaaaayyyy!! Woohoo! The couriers of Leeds have earned their pay today! :)"I don't know where they start off from or the entire journey that they then travel? - but the 'Delivery..."
Well..my new office chair was sent from Germany..so who knows?!
When I first started buying with Amazon back in 2010 almost all of my Parcels came all the way from Dunblane ;o>
Ours mostly go out for delivery from Edinburgh. Fascinating stuff... A couple of months back I ordered D a Diesel bracelet for Xmas. Can't remember if it was sent from Italy or Germany but it got over the Channel fine, then they lost the bloody thing in England. Replacement came fine luckily. Today I shall drag myself in for a shower after I catch up with last night's Corrie, then me, my kindle and my bottle of wine are off to Mum's til Thursday.
Lock your knicker drawer before you go, Collette!
I'm sure your Mum will thrilled and delighted to see you, Collette ;o>Mine used to seriously sulk and go into terrible strops whenever I went off to stayover with my friend so I always made sure I had an interesting bagful of treats and a huge bunch of Flowers with me every time that I came back to M&Ds - LOL!!! ;o>
Serial wrote: "suzysunshine7 wrote: "There was a lady down our road when I was a child, had those tupperware parties.......sadly i don't think they were a cover for anything salacious involving car keys.... ha ha"Thinking about it, none of those kinds of 'Parties' in our Road were ever up to much? ... not even the Ann Summers ones? Bits of Chocolate that only vaguely ever could pass for looking rude, different colours of furry Handcuffs, cheap-looking skimpy Baby Doll Nighties that only a Girl from Pan People's might be able to make look sexy, and a variety of Lotions and Potions that claimed to miraculously turn your Les Dawson of a Husband into George Clooney overnight!
It was no great secret around here that some of our Neighbours had rather sad private lives, and very unhappy marriages too, and I often used to wonder if these kinds of Parties only made them feel even worse ... for still daring to invest yet one more time in all of those unfulfilled hopes and dreams that these Products promised to deliver on - yet surely failed to ever make into a reality.
Even though I was only a young teenager at the time with no real experience of anything - I could still pick up on the underlying sense of sadness and sometimes of desperation too and absolutely hated being dragged along by my Mum to them. And she only went herself to get to feel a part of something and to get out of the House for a few hours away from my anti-social Dad.
It put me off at a very young age ever wanting to get married myself in being around such incredibly brave and strong, beautiful and wonderful Women who always seemed to have such an intense sadness going on behind their big bright smiles ;o<
Awww, I'm feeling all sad myself now! - and that won't do at all!@Serial ... do they also sell the Measuring Jugs that you are after at the place that you bought all of your Brewing Kit from? ;o>
Otherwise it sounds like you are probably looking for something like this? ...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Emsa-2217050...
WoW?!! ... I still find myself amazed occasionally at what you can buy on Amazon! ;o> ...https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=moonshin...
suzysunshine7 wrote: "Awww, I'm feeling all sad myself now! - and that won't do at all!@Serial ... do they also sell the Measuring Jugs that you are after at the place that you bought all of your Brewing Kit from? ;o>..."
Speaking of home brewing..my brother has been doing a bit of that too. He brought round a couple bottles of his latest brew..which he named "Geordie".....after one of his favourite brews, the venerable Newcastle Brown ale. This one was dark, heavy, very malty & hoppy, moderately strong at 5.5% ABV ..and was absolutely delicious. His first attempt didn't fare so well....being that it was supposed to be an Indian pale ale type of beer, that one turned out to be so so bitter to the tongue..i chucked that down the sink! It was revolting!!
But i have asked for more Geordie, when he's brewed some more! :)
There used to be a brand of home-brew kit called Geordie. My dad (a geordie himself) used to buy them.Just checked and they are still around: https://www.lovebrewing.co.uk/beer/be...
I've never tasted home-brewed beer or home-made wine that was remotely tolerable. Not that I'm all that fond of the professionally made stuff, mind you. Booze is something I can definitely take or leave.
suzysunshine7 wrote: "Awww, I'm feeling all sad myself now! - and that won't do at all!@Serial ... do they also sell the Measuring Jugs that you are after at the place that you bought all of your Brewing Kit from? ;o>..."
That looks ideal, Suzy, think I'll order one!
Amazon is good for us, as we still have Prime so it's free delivery. It's been worth it for us as it's 25 sterling minimum order to get free delivery otherwise.
I only picked it out at random, Serial, so make sure you have a good look around first and see if they do anything better or cheaper, won't you? I wouldn't want to be steering you in the wrong direction on this as I know nothing about Home Brewing or what kind of Measurements that you are needing to be using?
Spent a good while feckin about yesterday morning, trying to sort out fitting a new car battery. The old one was definitely on the way out.Bought the battery, got home and could I get the old one out....could I hell. One on this car like no other I've had, there's a small 10mm nut you have to undo that's up under the positive connection. Struggled with long nose pliers, and various other things.
Ended up going back to town where the motor factors lent me the right little socket to get it sorted and he came out and helped me fit it outside the shop :)
Shop local I say. You won't get that help when buying your battery online.
Anyway, I bought a socket set off him afterwards.
suzysunshine7 wrote: "I only picked it out at random, Serial, so make sure you have a good look around first and see if they do anything better or cheaper, won't you? I wouldn't want to be steering you in the wrong di..."
suzysunshine7 wrote: "I only picked it out at random, Serial, so make sure you have a good look around first and see if they do anything better or cheaper, won't you?
I wouldn't want to be steering you in the wrong di..."
I have a 2 litre plastic jug at the mo, it's rubbish! Anything is an improvement! Thanks to you I'm currently lost in a wide selection of measuring jugs and their associated reviews......
Ha ha.....
And typing on here and watching the snooker....who say's men can't multitask :0
This evening I shall mostly be... watching almost continuous lightning. It's biblical out there.
Same here, Gordon. The person in the flat two roads away opposite my bedroom has a coloured light display. The flares of Grangemouth are doing their thing, and there's intermittent lightning over the Ochils. I'm quite enjoying it all.
suzysunshine7 wrote: "Serial wrote: "suzysunshine7 wrote: "There was a lady down our road when I was a child, had those tupperware parties.......sadly i don't think they were a cover for anything salacious involving car..."Never been to an AS party but mega years ago I purchased an undies set from a catalogue D's younger sis had. Nice set but the matching bluey grey stockings were just weird. What colour shoes are you meant to wear with those? I also remember a garish orange lipstick from an Avon party. Don't think I've ever been to a Tupperware party.
Our librarian wouldn't let us have an AS party at the library but we did have an undies one. The stuff was quite cheap and nasty - really garish colours and badly made. AS might have been quite fun.
Gordon wrote: "There used to be a brand of home-brew kit called Geordie. My dad (a geordie himself) used to buy them.Just checked and they are still around: https://www.lovebrewing.co.uk/beer/be......"
My late stepdad George (nickname Geordie), used to brew that same make of beer. I used to pinch bottles of it from his collection, then hide the empties in my divan drawer. He got too fond of it though and Mum wouldn't let him make it anymore. He tried to make his own cider one time in an old baby bath, but it stripped the paint ha ha. 😊
Lez wrote: "Our librarian wouldn't let us have an AS party at the library but we did have an undies one. The stuff was quite cheap and nasty - really garish colours and badly made. AS might have been quite fun."And at least their stuff's well made. Their perfumes are gorgeous too, and a great price.
Another sizzlingly red-hot night of Thunder and Lightning here too - lighting up the Sky yet again and yet again too far away to bring us any blessed Rain or desperately longed-for coolness. Mitz has taken up residence in my Room for the second night running and has had to be dosed with NutraCalm again - and I've got another very looooooong night ahead of listening to a neverending cycle of snoring, smacking of chops, the slurping and chitting of four furry Paws, half hourly re-making of the Bed, and deep signs and groans followed by more snoring!!! ;oO
My dad-in-law used to make home-brew. I don't like beer but my husband said it was very good. The mouse he blew up in the pantry might not have agreed.
Lez wrote: "My dad-in-law used to make home-brew. I don't like beer but my husband said it was very good. The mouse he blew up in the pantry might not have agreed."Poor mouse!
Yes you're not meant to bottle until it's finished fermenting.
Mine's all in demijohns still. Haven't bottled yet. Here's hoping it I get it right and it has finished, otherwise it's exploding bottle time.
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