CoTT 2 House of Cards

[Marty]

4 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Well that could be a very Gay remark 

 

2 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

I did call Gary that once 

I'm sure that, in Gary's case, he didn't get in the least bit upset.  

[clochette]

1 hour ago, Marty said:

But aren't you officially only allowed to exercise within a limited distance from your home?

We are, here in Ireland. 5km (fractionally over 3 miles)

No. At the moment there's only a curfew from 6pm to 6am.

Rules are:

- 2m between people and 4m² per person in shops (they're all open)

- Bars, restaurants, any culture places (such as cinema, museum...) are closed

[clochette]

1 hour ago, Marty said:

Do you mean snowshoes?

Yup  good thing youve understood what I meant I was lazy to look for translation 

[Marty]

Page 2097...

I'll be 150 years old in 2097. 

Gonna have me a blast! 

[Marty]

8 minutes ago, clochette said:

No. At the moment there's only a curfew from 6pm to 6am.

Rules are:

- 2m between people and 4m² per person in shops (they're all open)

- Bars, restaurants, any culture places (such as cinema, museum...) are closed

Sounds more than just a wee bit lax, to me.

I know the French can be a bit volatile at times. At the risk of straying into politics, is the government worried about street demonstrations if they bring in too many restrictions. Like what's happened in parts of The Netherlands?

Edited January 29, 2021 by Marty
Correcting another of my inevitable typos.

[clochette]

6 minutes ago, Marty said:

Sounds more than just a wee bit lax, to me.

I know the French can be a bit volatile at times. At the risk of straying into politics, is the government worried about street demonstrations if they bring in to many restrictions. Like what's happened in parts of The Netherlands?

Yes, of course. In a couple of towns there have been street demonstrations of people opposed to lockdown, "restrictions on rights"... but mostly people seem defeated and ready for a new lockdown seeing the numbers. The "good" thing making people accepting it is, apparently, it won't be as strict as the first one in spring when everyone was totally locked home. 

We also like to complain

Edited January 29, 2021 by clochette

[clochette]

Just now, clochette said:

Yes, of course. In a couple of towns there have been street demonstrations of people opposed to lockdown, "restrictions on rights"... but mostly people seem defeated and ready for a new lockdown seeing the numbers. The "good" thing making people accepting it is, apparently, it won't be as strict as the first one in spring when everyone was totally locked home. 

 

[Headstall]

1 hour ago, Marty said:

Oh. I bet you can't wait!

❤️

I'm a little nervous that despite doing all I can (and I did a lot), it's impossible to keep all air(droplets) from coming upstairs because of the forced air furnace, but I know they will be as careful as they can be. I sealed up the heating vents in my bedroom, as an added precaution (I'll use an electric heater). My son is not going to the gym until I get the vaccine, and that's a huge sacrifice for a bodybuilder. 

But yes, I am looking forward to him having his home back. It looks really good down there. The new floor is awesome... there are two good-sized bedrooms, a large sitting room, and a family room, as well as a full bath, and the kitchen turned out better than I hoped. It's small, but the sink is big with good counterspace on both sides, and cupboards underneath, and there is a pantry next to it and a new fridge a few feet from the sink in what used to be large closet. He has a convection oven, new microwave, a coffee maker and a toaster--I put in four new outlets--and new lighting.

I also installed a new entry door that was once the outside door to the walkout. It has a window in it, and looks good now that's it's been repainted. I did a ton more, but that's the gist of it. All I have left to do( other than the tent) is to seal up the door to the downstairs with tape.     

[Marty]

44 minutes ago, clochette said:

We also like to complain

That's what I was talking about when I commented that the French can be a bit volatile...  

[clochette]

3 minutes ago, Marty said:

That's what I was talking about when I commented that the French can be a bit volatile...  

Very subtle of you  

[Marty]

Just now, clochette said:

Very subtle of you  

Well, that's a common view in the British Isles.

But I think there's a common view abroad of the Irish that we do very little else than get totally drunk on Guinness just about every day.

And the English just like to portray us as stupid. But I suspect that's just because our sense of humour is just too deep and intelligent for them...

[Marty]

You might not like this piece of news, @clochette...

Apparently there's a new storm heading from the Atlantic towards Western Europe - Storm Justine...

Extract:

Residents in the northern fringe of precipitation in the United Kingdom and France may see some wet snowflakes mixing with rain at times.

In addition to rain and snow, Storm Justine is forecast to bring gusty winds to western Europe as it sinks into France.

"Wind gusts of 50-60 mph (80-97 km/h) will occur across southwestern France, northeastern Spain and the northern coast of Spain," Richards stated. "Along the eastern half of the northern coast of Spain into far southwestern France wind gusts of 60-70 mph (97-113 km/h) will be possible."
Source: https://www.accuweather.com/en/winter-weather/storm-justine-racing-toward-western-europe/890236

And the Irish Met Office have issued this warning:

Weather Advisory for Ireland

Very unsettled weather this weekend with wet and windy conditions bringing a risk of localised flooding. Cold also, with wintry falls of snow and icy conditions.

Valid: 22:00 Friday 29/01/2021 to 23:59 Sunday 31/01/2021

Issued: 14:00 Friday 29/01/2021

Looks like my outside work might be put on hold for a few days...  

 

[dughlas]

6 hours ago, Marty said:

I think that's the second time you've said you are having trouble importing YouTube links...

And I think both myself and someone else (@clochette?) said the first time that all you need to do is to copy the YouTube link, and paste it directly into your reply. If that's what you are doing, and it isn't working, I'm not sure what can be wrong...

I have read that some YouTube links may be (designed to be?) non-embeddable, but if you were trying to embed the same video link I successfully shared, I fail to understand why it wouldn't embed for you.

Just a thought... you are simply pasting the link directly into the text editor, I assume. What I mean is you are not clicking on the "Link" button at the top of the editor to add the link? If you use the Link button, the YouTube link will simply appear as a clickable link, rather than rendering into displaying the actual video in your reply.

So just paste the link directly into the text area of your reply, and it should display correctly...
*************
Hope this helps. If not, maybe pose a question in the Help Forum.  Here's one about YouTube videos from a few years ago:

 

Yep, second time I've tried without success. Thanks for your help.

[Valkyrie]

2 hours ago, Marty said:

Page 2097...

I'll be 150 years old in 2097. 

Gonna have me a blast! 

Maybe the garden will be cleared by then and we can have a party   

[dughlas]

1 hour ago, Headstall said:

I'm a little nervous that despite doing all I can (and I did a lot), it's impossible to keep all air(droplets) from coming upstairs because of the forced air furnace, but I know they will be as careful as they can be. I sealed up the heating vents in my bedroom, as an added precaution (I'll use an electric heater). My son is not going to the gym until I get the vaccine, and that's a huge sacrifice for a bodybuilder. 

But yes, I am looking forward to him having his home back. It looks really good down there. The new floor is awesome... there are two good-sized bedrooms, a large sitting room, and a family room, as well as a full bath, and the kitchen turned out better than I hoped. It's small, but the sink is big with good counterspace on both sides, and cupboards underneath, and there is a pantry next to it and a new fridge a few feet from the sink in what used to be large closet. He has a convection oven, new microwave, a coffee maker and a toaster--I put in four new outlets--and new lighting.

I also installed a new entry door that was once the outside door to the walkout. It has a window in it, and looks good now that's it's been repainted. I did a ton more, but that's the gist of it. All I have left to do( other than the tent) is to seal up the door to the downstairs with tape.     

Now if Marty was doing all that there would be photographic proof of progress.

[dughlas]

1 hour ago, Marty said:

Well, that's a common view in the British Isles.

But I think there's a common view abroad of the Irish that we do very little else than get totally drunk on Guinness just about every day.

And the English just like to portray us as stupid. But I suspect that's just because our sense of humour is just too deep and intelligent for them...

Are you saying you don't get drunk on Guiness every day? I suppose every now and then you have a pint or two of Harp.

[dughlas]

48 minutes ago, Marty said:

You might not like this piece of news, @clochette...

Apparently there's a new storm heading from the Atlantic towards Western Europe - Storm Justine...

Extract:

Residents in the northern fringe of precipitation in the United Kingdom and France may see some wet snowflakes mixing with rain at times.

In addition to rain and snow, Storm Justine is forecast to bring gusty winds to western Europe as it sinks into France.

"Wind gusts of 50-60 mph (80-97 km/h) will occur across southwestern France, northeastern Spain and the northern coast of Spain," Richards stated. "Along the eastern half of the northern coast of Spain into far southwestern France wind gusts of 60-70 mph (97-113 km/h) will be possible."
Source: https://www.accuweather.com/en/winter-weather/storm-justine-racing-toward-western-europe/890236

And the Irish Met Office have issued this warning:

Weather Advisory for Ireland

Very unsettled weather this weekend with wet and windy conditions bringing a risk of localised flooding. Cold also, with wintry falls of snow and icy conditions.

Valid: 22:00 Friday 29/01/2021 to 23:59 Sunday 31/01/2021

Issued: 14:00 Friday 29/01/2021

Looks like my outside work might be put on hold for a few days...  

 

Oh, a good excuse then to drink an extra pint of Guiness.

[clochette]

@Marty the verdict is out: no lockdown but more restrictions starting sunday:

- big shopping malls over 20 000m² will be closed

- no more going out of the UE and no coming in from outside the UE

- tests are mandatory to go to UE and coming from the UE

- more controls of curfew 

[Marty]

31 minutes ago, dughlas said:

Are you saying you don't get drunk on Guiness every day? I suppose every now and then you have a pint or two of Harp.

Cheeky young scallywag!

Although, to be perfectly honest with you, I very seldom drink any alcohol these days. Haven't really done for the past twenty years or more. When my GP advised me to cut down on my alcohol intake around 9 years ago, after my type 2 diabetes diagnosis, I just laughed and said something along the lines of "That means I'd finish up with a negative blood alcohol level."   

[Marty]

48 minutes ago, Valkyrie said:

2 hours ago, Marty said:

I'll be 150 years old in 2097. 

Maybe the garden will be cleared by then and we can have a party   

I wonder if it will be...

Hmmmm....

To tell you the Cod's honest truth....

Spoiler

I'm not all that sure about that. 

 

Edited January 29, 2021 by Marty
Tidying up

[Albert1434]

Yep we could have a grand garden party 

Edited January 29, 2021 by Albert1434

[Marty]

15 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Yep we could have a grand garden party 

That's if any of you are still alive in 2097.

Could end up just myself and young @Drew Espinosa at the garden party.

[EDIT] Oh, and my two young male strippers, of course!

 

Edited January 29, 2021 by Marty
Adding important information.

[Drew Espinosa]

6 minutes ago, Marty said:

That's if any of you are still alive in 2097.

Could end up just myself and young @Drew Espinosa at the garden party.

[EDIT] Oh, and my two young male strippers, of course!

 

Your strippers? This isn't your birthday party!  

[Drew Espinosa]

Howdy y'all!  

2097: My eldest sister would be 110, my second eldest sister would be 105, I would be 102, and my brother would be 100.

[Marty]

1 minute ago, Drew Espinosa said:

Howdy y'all!  

2097: My eldest sister would be 110, my second eldest sister would be 105, I would be 102, and my brother would be 100.

Greetings, young Drew!

And I will be 150.

So we can all have a joint 567th birthday party!