Page Scrawler Posted January 29, 2021 Posted January 29, 2021 7 minutes ago, Drew Espinosa said: Your strippers? This isn't your birthday party! Paint strippers. A couple of young lads who live in Marty's neighborhood. 7 minutes ago, Drew Espinosa said: Howdy y'all! Hey, Drew! 3 2
Site Administrator Valkyrie Posted January 29, 2021 Site Administrator Posted January 29, 2021 19 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! I'll be a spry 126, so I'll be there 1 4
Popular Post Drew Espinosa Posted January 29, 2021 Popular Post Posted January 29, 2021 4 minutes ago, Page Scrawler said: Paint strippers. A couple of young lads who live in Marty's neighborhood. Hey, Drew! Why would you bring paint strippers to a birthday party? Hey, Pagey! 7
Popular Post clochette Posted January 29, 2021 Popular Post Posted January 29, 2021 (edited) 1 hour 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. And you'd still be our baby Edited January 29, 2021 by clochette 6
Popular Post Marty Posted January 29, 2021 Popular Post Posted January 29, 2021 5 minutes ago, Drew Espinosa said: Why would you bring paint strippers to a birthday party? Hey, Pagey! They're actually wallpaper strippers, Drew. I had them in my bedroom a few months back. Spoiler 2 4
clochette Posted January 29, 2021 Posted January 29, 2021 1 minute ago, Marty said: They're actually wallpaper strippers, Drew. I had them in my bedroom a few months back. Hide contents Naughty naughty Marty 5
Popular Post Headstall Posted January 29, 2021 Popular Post Posted January 29, 2021 I brought my mare inside for the night. There is a cold weather alert, although it doesn't feel that cold out. Better that I don't have to spend the night worrying. Every morning I worry that she might have passed away in the night. She'll soon be in her twenty-ninth year. 7
Popular Post Marty Posted January 29, 2021 Popular Post Posted January 29, 2021 1 minute ago, clochette said: Naughty naughty Marty 6
Marty Posted January 29, 2021 Posted January 29, 2021 Okay... Time for week 44 of my attempt to take and upload a new monochrome photograph every week for 52 weeks... I've gone for something a little different this time. It's one of the door hinges from the right hand one of the two stone cottages in my lower garden... 5
Marty Posted January 29, 2021 Posted January 29, 2021 33 minutes ago, Headstall said: I brought my mare inside for the night. There is a cold weather alert, although it doesn't feel that cold out. Better that I don't have to spend the night worrying. Every morning I worry that she might have passed away in the night. She'll soon be in her twenty-ninth year. Reckon you made the right decision, bro. ❤️ 5
Popular Post Marty Posted January 29, 2021 Popular Post Posted January 29, 2021 (edited) I mentioned yesterday that there's a mat, maybe a centimetre or two (half to one inch) thick of decayed leaves, etc, formed on top of the boundary wall, that the ivy has sent aerial roots into, and some of the thinner branches are embedded in... Today, I actually managed to strip about a six foot (two metre) length of it by carefully using the garden trowel to work under it and loosen it enough to roll it off the top of the wall. Here's a photo of it on the ground, which should give you some idea of just what I was talking about: You can see a few of the ivy branches embedded in it, and that I had to saw through whilst perched near the top of the ladder, before I could persuade it all to be moved off the top of the wall. Edited January 29, 2021 by Marty 8
Popular Post Marty Posted January 29, 2021 Popular Post Posted January 29, 2021 (edited) And (final photo of mine for the night) here's what the two sheds and the boundary wall looked like from my side as it was coming on to dusk this evening: The branches on top of the right hand shed are really all that need removing now. They're proving a bit difficult because (a) some of them are growing under the slates, and (b) the roof doesn't look as though it would take my weight should I try to climb onto it. I'm thinking I'll remove the (unmortared) concrete blocks that are blocking the doorway, and see what the roof looks like from the underside, before I go any further... Edited January 29, 2021 by Marty Correcting another of my inevitable typos. 2 4
dughlas Posted January 29, 2021 Posted January 29, 2021 2 hours 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! Went to a garden party to reminisce with my old friends ... 4 1
Popular Post dughlas Posted January 29, 2021 Popular Post Posted January 29, 2021 2 hours ago, Valkyrie said: I'll be a spry 126, so I'll be there I will be 139, a rather unfortunate age, too old to be spry, too young to be decrepit. 1 5
dughlas Posted January 29, 2021 Posted January 29, 2021 2 hours ago, Marty said: Okay... Time for week 44 of my attempt to take and upload a new monochrome photograph every week for 52 weeks... I've gone for something a little different this time. It's one of the door hinges from the right hand one of the two stone cottages in my lower garden... Looks to be in need of some lubrication before it'll move freely. 1 4
Marty Posted January 29, 2021 Posted January 29, 2021 2 minutes ago, dughlas said: Looks to be in need of some lubrication before it'll move freely. Definitely! *Marty waits for clo to make a comment about lube...* 5
Popular Post dughlas Posted January 29, 2021 Popular Post Posted January 29, 2021 29 minutes ago, Marty said: And (final photo of mine for the night) here's what the two sheds and the boundary wall looked like from my side as it was coming on to dusk this evening: The branches on top of the right hand shed are really all that need removing now. They're proving a bit difficult because (a) some of them are growing under the slates, and (b) the roof doesn't look as though it would take my weight should I try to climb onto it. I'm thinking I'll remove the (unmortared) concrete blocks that are blocking the doorway, and see what the roof looks like from the underside, before I go any further... You've got your own archeological dig going. Perhaps you'll find a pot of medieval gold and silver coins and trinkets buried behind a loose stone in the back corner. 7
Popular Post dughlas Posted January 29, 2021 Popular Post Posted January 29, 2021 Just now, Marty said: Definitely! *Marty waits for clo to make a comment about lube...* I wouldn't mind her, she's a bit unhinged 6
Popular Post clochette Posted January 29, 2021 Popular Post Posted January 29, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Marty said: Definitely! *Marty waits for clo to make a comment about lube...* Oh I'm sure you know way more than me about using lube to make your tool move more freely in a tight space Edited January 29, 2021 by clochette 6
Marty Posted January 29, 2021 Posted January 29, 2021 8 minutes ago, dughlas said: I will be 139, a rather unfortunate age, too old to be spry, too young to be decrepit. That made me think of this Jethro Tull track from their album of the same name, released back in 1976: 🎶 No he was too old to rock and roll 🎶 🎶 And he was too young to die 🎶 🎶 No, you're never too old to rock and roll 🎶 🎶 If you're too young to die 🎶 5
Albert1434 Posted January 30, 2021 Posted January 30, 2021 (edited) God Marty Jethro Tull is my favorite Band I have seen every us tour since 1976. Last one I saw was Homo Erraticus! Edited January 30, 2021 by Albert1434 5
Marty Posted January 30, 2021 Posted January 30, 2021 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Albert1434 said: God Marty Jethro Tull is my favorite Band I have seen every us tour since 1976. Last one I saw was Homo Erraticus! They're high up on my favourite list as well, Albert! They are particularly famous as having been the first rock band to use the flute as a lead instrument. I only ever saw them the once. At the (in)famous Isle of Wight Festival, back in 1970 Anyway, I'm off to bed now. So goodnight all I'll leave you with this track from that Isle of Wight festival: Edited January 30, 2021 by Marty 5
Popular Post Bucket1 Posted January 30, 2021 Popular Post Posted January 30, 2021 5 hours 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... Forecast here is very different Sat 36 Sunny Sun 38 Sunny Mon 38 Sunny Tue 38 Sunny Wed 38 Sunny Someone in BOM got bored and did a cut and paste 1 6
Popular Post Bucket1 Posted January 30, 2021 Popular Post Posted January 30, 2021 3 hours ago, clochette said: And you'd still be our baby no escaping that 1 5
Albert1434 Posted January 30, 2021 Posted January 30, 2021 This was the one you saw Marty Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 4
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