CoTT 2 House of Cards

[Bucket1]

27 minutes ago, Headstall said:

That's a long time to wait. I hope it's good news, and that your dad isn't stuck in a waiting room. Hospital chairs are the worst.  

Just got the results - 12:30am here

[Timothy M.]

10 minutes ago, Bucket1 said:

Just got the results - 12:30am here

I hope at least the result are good, even if the waiting time wasn't. And that they got your dad a bed for the night and fed him.

[Marty]

22 minutes ago, Timothy M. said:

I hope at least the result are good, even if the waiting time wasn't. And that they got your dad a bed for the night and fed him.

What Tim said!

[dughlas]

2 hours ago, Bucket1 said:

Aaaahhhhhhhhhhh
Deep breaths

Dad was transported to hospital this afternoon for an MRI. It was supposed to be an ambulance ride there and back this afternoon. My sister drove separately to be there to support him. All good...

Except it’s now after 11pm and they are still waiting for the results of the scan. My nephew is now staying the night with friends while Dad and my sister wait and wait...

Once they get the results it’s over an hours drive back home  

Aaarrrrrrrgghhhh ...

[Headstall]

My computer died in the middle of posting the new chapter so I had to reboot and start all over again. Sorry for the delay, but it is now posted...

 

[Albert1434]

Aloha All

[Marty]

45 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Aloha All

Greetings. young Albert!

[Marty]

My bread dough is currently rising.

Can hardy wait for it to go in the oven and fill the kitchen with its delicious aroma.  

[Headstall]

1 hour ago, Albert1434 said:

Aloha All

Aloha, Albert!  

[Marty]

3 hours ago, Headstall said:

My computer died in the middle of posting the new chapter so I had to reboot and start all over again. Sorry for the delay, but it is now posted...

Spoiler

 

Jayzus, bro! You had me worried there for a moment!

I thought you were telling us your computer had completely died. As in: kaput died... 

Can't tell you just how happy I was when I read the "so I had to reboot" bit.

[Headstall]

1 minute ago, Marty said:

Jayzus, bro! You had me worried there for a moment!

I thought you were telling us your computer had completely died. As in: kaput died... 

Can't tell you just how happy I was when I read the "so I had to reboot" bit.

It was my fault. I should have plugged it in before I went into editor, because it never gives me enough warning when the battery is low. I don't get any warning at all when I have Word opened. The screen doesn't even dim. I'm sure there's a way to change the settings.  

[Marty]

3 minutes ago, Headstall said:

It was my fault. I should have plugged it in before I went into editor, because it never gives me enough warning when the battery is low. I don't get any warning at all when I have Word opened. The screen doesn't even dim. I'm sure there's a way to change the settings.  

Not sure... 

But possibly somewhere in Control Panel/Power Options, if it can be done.  

[Marty]

I'm sure I'm possibly beginning to annoy some of you with my continuous stories and photos of my progress in the garden. But, then again, quite a few of you did clamour for before and after pictures when I first announced that I had bought this property. Mind you, I think you may have been talking more about the house itself, rather than the garden.  

Here's the ladder the other side of the wall, in the neighbour's garden:

Now, when I say neighbours, perhaps I should point out that both the property beside me on the main street, and the two story stone built house next to the upper garden, have stood empty for the past number of years. So the gardens of  each of them are a bit overgrown, which means that I am having to clear away brambles and saplings in order to be able to find the space to safely rest the ladder against the wall.

But I made a bit of progress today, and I estimate two more days work should see the main job of clearing all the overgrowth from the two sheds just about finished. Although I shall then have to decide what to do with the sheds themselves...

For reference, the building you can see behind the ladder, on the other side of the wall, is the two story stone cottage in my lower garden. You can see the roof of my own house to the right of it.

The met office have issued a 24 hour yellow alert for rain from tonight in my county, with the possibility of up to 50mm (2 inches) of rain. That means that it is unlikely I'll be able to get any work done outside tomorrow. I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that the rain won't continue for days on end.

You'll notice the wall isn't actually rendered (parged) on the neighbour's side. The stonework looks to be in good order, so maybe I'll see about getting the rendering removed from my side eventually.  

[Marty]

In other news...

The bread is in the oven, and the kitchen smells divine. 

[Sherye Story Reader]

8 minutes ago, Marty said:

I'm sure I'm possibly beginning to annoy some of you with my continuous stories and photos of my progress in the garden. But, then again, quite a few of you did clamour for before and after pictures when I first announced that I had bought this property. Mind you, I think you may have been talking more about the house itself, rather than the garden.  

Here's the ladder the other side of the wall, in the neighbour's garden:

Now, when I say neighbours, perhaps I should point out that both the property beside me on the main street, and the two story stone built house next to the upper garden, have stood empty for the past number of years. So the gardens of  each of them are a bit overgrown, which means that I am having to clear away brambles and saplings in order to be able to find the space to safely rest the ladder against the wall.

But I made a bit of progress today, and I estimate two more days work should see the main job of clearing all the overgrowth from the two sheds just about finished. Although I shall then have to decide what to do with the sheds themselves...

For reference, the building you can see behind the ladder, on the other side of the wall, is the two story stone cottage in my lower garden. You can see the roof of my own house to the right of it.

The met office have issued a 24 hour yellow alert for rain from tonight in my county, with the possibility of up to 50mm (2 inches) of rain. That means that it is unlikely I'll be able to get any work done outside tomorrow. I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that the rain won't continue for days on end.

You'll notice the wall isn't actually rendered (parged) on the neighbour's side. The stonework looks to be in good order, so maybe I'll see about getting the rendering removed from my side eventually.  

That pic would be perfect for a b & w pic!

[Marty]

Just now, Story Reader said:

That pic would be perfect for a b & w pic!

Possibly...

But it isn't actually taken from inside my garden or house. All of the current ones up to now for my 52/52 challenge have been.

Perhaps this one that I took from my garden this evening?

There's a lot less growth above the sheds now. And a few more of the stones on the left hand gable wall have come down...

[Albert1434]

Man Marty you sure got a lot done

[clochette]

4 minutes ago, Marty said:

Possibly...

But it isn't actually taken from inside my garden or house. All of the current ones up to now for my 52/52 challenge have been.

Perhaps this one that I took from my garden this evening?

There's a lot less growth above the sheds now. And a few more of the stones on the left hand gable wall have come down...

Maybe you could get a goat or two to eat all those branches and house them in the shed

[Marty]

1 minute ago, Albert1434 said:

Man Marty you sure got a lot done

A labour of love, Albert!

Just a pity I don't love painting and decorating inside the house the same.

 

[Marty]

4 minutes ago, clochette said:

Maybe you could get a goat or two to eat all those branches and house them in the shed

Not going to happen, clo!

Goats would completely destroy the garden. They'll eat anything. Even the washing off the line.

There'll be a bonfire made of the branches eventually.  

[Sherye Story Reader]

1 minute ago, Marty said:

Not going to happen, clo!

Goats would completely destroy the garden. They'll eat anything. Even the washing off the line.

There'll be a bonfire made of the branches eventually.  

Does the school there do bonfires at times, cause you could donate the branches and brambles to the school. Our school loves it when people donate stuff like that so they don't have to get it later when they need it for homecoming games or other special school things they have bonfires for

[Marty]

5 minutes ago, Story Reader said:

Does the school there do bonfires at times, cause you could donate the branches and brambles to the school. Our school loves it when people donate stuff like that so they don't have to get it later when they need it for homecoming games or other special school things they have bonfires for

No. It's only a small village.

[Albert1434]

Aloha Bucket

[Valkyrie]

7 hours ago, Bucket1 said:

Aaaahhhhhhhhhhh
Deep breaths

Dad was transported to hospital this afternoon for an MRI. It was supposed to be an ambulance ride there and back this afternoon. My sister drove separately to be there to support him. All good...

Except it’s now after 11pm and they are still waiting for the results of the scan. My nephew is now staying the night with friends while Dad and my sister wait and wait...

Once they get the results it’s over an hours drive back home  

  

[Marty]

20 minutes ago, clochette said:

Maybe you could get a goat or two to eat all those branches and house them in the shed

And apparently goats can cause serious health problems to humans...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/18/we-need-answers-why-are-people-living-near-dutch-goat-farms-getting-sick

Although, reading the report it seems the problem is as much to do with overstocking than simply the goats themselves...