CoTT 2 House of Cards

[Marty]

1 minute ago, Headstall said:

Happy Tuesday, all! 

And the same  to you, Gary!

All good in Garyland?

[Headstall]

3 minutes ago, Marty said:

And the same  to you, Gary!

All good in Garyland?

Hey, bro.  Yup. Plan to do a lot of work today. I ordered two new oil-filled heaters last night for my son's apartment since I closed up the furnace vents downstairs to keep air movement at a minimum(because of covid precautions). I hope to be done in another eight or nine days.  

For two old fellas we are sure keeping busy.  

[Albert1434]

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[Marty]

1 minute ago, Headstall said:

For two old fellas we are sure keeping busy.  

Yeah. We'll show them young whippersnappers a thing or two, eh? 

It's raining here today. So I've started sanding the wainscoting around the inside of my front door. The door itself will probably need paint stripper applied before I'll be able to sand that as well. I'm planning to varnish the bare wood eventually.

[Marty]

Good morning, Albert!

You seem in fine fettle this morning.

[Albert1434]

 

[dughlas]

4 hours ago, Marty said:

So would that make it morning wood?

 

That's why I specified inanimate, as in nonliving, wood. I knew someone would go there. 

[dughlas]

3 hours ago, Headstall said:

Happy Tuesday, all! 

He always gets that look when I tell him no lollipops before he finishes what's on his plate ...

[Marty]

4 minutes ago, dughlas said:

 

That's why I specified inanimate, as in nonliving, wood. I knew someone would go there. 

 

[Sherye Story Reader]

22 minutes ago, Marty said:

 

What is this whatever vid for? Are you trying to show us who you are trying to be like? Or were you the one who taught him? lol 

[Marty]

I spent a good few hours today, sanding and scraping off some of the old varnish on the wainscot to the left of my front doorway. Here's a not very good photograph showing my progress so far:

You can see the damage that was caused by the water that was leaking in, due to the now fixed faulty gutter (eave run) on the roof whenever it rained (which does tend to be quite often in this part of the world). 

Actually, now the woodwork has dried, the water hasn't really damaged it, although the plasterwork around the doorway has been damaged quite badly, and most of it will need replacing. I think this internal woodwork originally had a layer of interior varnish, but most of that is now cracked and crazed, possibly from the water, or maybe just from old age. But that actually makes it not too difficult to scrape it off with a paint scraper, before sanding.

However, as I said in another post today, I think the door itself will probably need paint stripper to reduce it back to bare wood. It's almost a shame in a way that I don't live closer to real civilisation, as there would be places which would remove the door (and even my internal doors) and dip them in a tank of chemicals to remove all the old varnish and paint. I've a nephew in Manchester who bought an old house, and that's what he had done with his doors. He claims it was quick, efficient, and not even all that expensive. But I moved to my current location 30-odd years ago largely because I had had enough of the city life.

Edited January 19, 2021 by Marty
Tidying up

[Albert1434]

Tonight were having for dinner

Crispy Chicken Tenders with Sriracha Ketchup

with garlic and sesame broccoli

Edited January 19, 2021 by Albert1434

[Albert1434]

[dughlas]

I made a small beef roast in the crockpot. I added carrots, onion and a bit of roasted red pepper. I served it over brown basmati rice. Oh, sorry Val but mum's plate included the leftover peas from last night.

[Albert1434]

[Sherye Story Reader]

1 minute ago, Albert1434 said:

Wonder if the snake would share with me if I made another one like that! lol

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[Albert1434]

Aloha Dear Bucket

[Albert1434]

You will not believe here it is mid jan and we have a dust storm😲

[Bucket1]

Hello young Albert