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[ianpspurs]

6.6 this traumatised Tuesday.
garden getting a haircut with #8's help and his dad.
grass has shot up.
Mrs L has had a lie in, no rain, so I will have to water the new bulbs.
so busy with laundry day and the usual chores.

Feel a little bit better today doing things and #8 has cheered me up.

kitchen duties to do as well. Good thing I can have a rest between everything.

Best wishes to you lot as always.

That all sounds promising. If you are able to steal another rest this may provide a smile or two. My bestest wishes to you.

 

[Annb]

Thank you @Annb - you should be able to print them if you like - let me know

At present I don't have a working printer but am looking for a suitable one that will work with my computer. But I will save them and print them later. Thank you.

 

[Annb]

This site is a safe space to share something we would not want known in the local community and to get suggestions that may be useful, failing that at least some sympathy.
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You may be able to see how tight the space is here. To the left is my greenhouse, and the plants in the foreground are hiding a raised bed made of stone. Foreground to the right is a ditch. Have tried to squeeze the car between greenhouse and raised bed, but would need one of my famous twenty-one point turns to get near enough to attach straps - by then ground would be so churned up car might get stuck as well.
Time for a coffee and a new plan.

Is there anywhere nearby that has a winch that could pull the mower out from a distance? A Land Rover with the right equipment could do it, but a free standing winch of some kind would do the job - if a local garage or farmer has one.

 

[SlimLizzy]

Boards and branches have so far proved ineffective.

But after coffee and thinking, decided the main difficulty was the gradient. So started a mini landscaping project to reduce this, starting under the front right wheel which was the highest, dug a gradual slope down to the wheel, same with back wheel and removed as much earth as possible from under the deck. Then tried digging away earth from under the rear wheel and inserting boards. Dug more away from under the front wheel, hoping to alter the weight distribution more to the uphill side.and again dug more out until it was possible to insert more boards under that wheel.
Started her up with high revs and she shot out of the hole entirely, before I made an emergency stop so as to avoid running over the tools used to excavate the slope.
Huge relief to have managed that.
Hauled the ramps and crowbar back to the barn, other tools to the potting shed and the many mud covered boards back to the woodshed. Cut a very small amount of grass, just a strip that had been missed and then parked the mower back in the barn. Don't think I will try to cut the grass out the front, too many slopes there.
Now I can tell MrSlim what happened.

 

[SlimLizzy]

Is there anywhere nearby that has a winch that could pull the mower out from a distance? A Land Rover with the right equipment could do it, but a free standing winch of some kind would do the job - if a local garage or farmer has one.

I do like how you keep coming up with ideas to help. Thank you @dunelm
See post wherin I finally resolved the problem.

 

[Annb]

But after coffee and thinking, decided the main difficulty was the gradient. So started a mini landscaping project to reduce this, starting under the front right wheel which was the highest, dug a gradual slope down to the wheel, same with back wheel and removed as much earth as possible from under the deck. Then tried digging away earth from under the rear wheel and inserting boards. Dug more away from under the front wheel, hoping to alter the weight distribution more to the uphill side.and again dug more out until it was possible to insert more boards under that wheel.
Started her up with high revs and she shot out of the hole entirely, before I made an emergency stop so as to avoid running over the tools used to excavate the slope.
Huge relief to have managed that.
Hauled the ramps and crowbar back to the barn, other tools to the potting shed and the many mums covered boards back to the woodshed. Cut a very small amount of grass, just a strip that had been missed and then parked the mower back in the barn. Don't think I will try to cut the grass out the front, too many slopes there.
Now I can tell MrSlim what happened.

Well done you! Brilliant solution. Just as well to park the mower meantime though. Just think of the grass out front as a wildlife sanctuary.

 

[dunelm]

I love this art bit @dunelm

Thank you @gennepher

 

[ianpspurs]

But after coffee and thinking, decided the main difficulty was the gradient. So started a mini landscaping project to reduce this, starting under the front right wheel which was the highest, dug a gradual slope down to the wheel, same with back wheel and removed as much earth as possible from under the deck. Then tried digging away earth from under the rear wheel and inserting boards. Dug more away from under the front wheel, hoping to alter the weight distribution more to the uphill side.and again dug more out until it was possible to insert more boards under that wheel.
Started her up with high revs and she shot out of the hole entirely, before I made an emergency stop so as to avoid running over the tools used to excavate the slope.
Huge relief to have managed that.
Hauled the ramps and crowbar back to the barn, other tools to the potting shed and the many mums covered boards back to the woodshed. Cut a very small amount of grass, just a strip that had been missed and then parked the mower back in the barn. Don't think I will try to cut the grass out the front, too many slopes there.
Now I can tell MrSlim what happened.

Great result - how resourceful you are. Must be a huge relief.

 

[dunelm]

But after coffee and thinking, decided the main difficulty was the gradient. So started a mini landscaping project to reduce this, starting under the front right wheel which was the highest, dug a gradual slope down to the wheel, same with back wheel and removed as much earth as possible from under the deck. Then tried digging away earth from under the rear wheel and inserting boards. Dug more away from under the front wheel, hoping to alter the weight distribution more to the uphill side.and again dug more out until it was possible to insert more boards under that wheel.
Started her up with high revs and she shot out of the hole entirely, before I made an emergency stop so as to avoid running over the tools used to excavate the slope.
Huge relief to have managed that.
Hauled the ramps and crowbar back to the barn, other tools to the potting shed and the many mums covered boards back to the woodshed. Cut a very small amount of grass, just a strip that had been missed and then parked the mower back in the barn. Don't think I will try to cut the grass out the front, too many slopes there.
Now I can tell MrSlim what happened.

Yippee! Oh now that does call for celebratory beverage and at least one large slice of something nice.

 

[gennepher]

Fbg 6.7

This is not my day again.

I went out to get to get some stuff and my parcel at the post office...
I stopped for a coffee at Wetherspoons, for a rest.
But I needed the disabled toilet for a tinkle before I could resume getting my parcel.
Nothing could go wrong again, could it?
How wrong I was.
I checked the handle in this disabled toilet was working and locking, and I was satisfied it was.
For good measure, once I was inside I jammed my walker so that the handle could not move down from the 12 o clock position.
But as soon as I sat down someone was knocking on the door. The toilet is occupied I yelled. Fortunately I had my sound processor on.
But they carried on knocking .
I yelled again. Then came the sound of someone with a metal instrument trying to open the lock.
By this time I suddenly needed more than a tinkle because my body said Oh S***, not again. It was less than a week since the last horrendous episode in a disabled toilet.
The person was not going away, and I had no idea what might happen next.
So, I yelled, "The door is booby trapped".
Suddenly, silence....
Well it was booby trapped with my disabled walker trying to hold the handle closed.
I do my best to finish up quickly, and I am scared now that the police are going to arrive.
I open the door and peer gingerly around the door, fully expecting a swat team to yell at me to get down.
No one there. I go back along the long corridor into the pub.
Everyone is drinking as normal.
It felt incongruous after what I had just been through...
I mentioned to the bar lady someone trying to get in the disabled toilet while I was in it. Oh that's just someone trying to use some cutlery to get in the door because they are too lazy to walk upstairs to the able bodied toilets. Just ask one of us to stand outside next time you want to go...

I went over the road to the Emporium type shop for some bungee cords, and a couple of other things...these will be to try and secure any disabled toilet handle as best as possible once inside. Why should I be restricted to going out to just do my shopping, and have some life, because the able bodied general public, who attempts to use these disabled toilets because of laziness, don't even possess one brain cell?

I am going to be a hermit for a week to get some peace from the stupidity of people.

I came back home stressed, unpacked shopping and went to bed with Midnight and fell asleep a few hours.
I now feel I have wasted my day, because I now need to start feeding the strays, emptying bins, seeing to the trail cameras etc and locking up for the night.

I hope that person who tried to break into the disabled toilet has one lousy horrid day, they have wrecked my day, my stomach is still sensitive after this morning ...I am so done with the 'Peace be with you' and 'bless you' which I used to say under my breath to complete AH's...


Nighttime wildlife videos
Two badgers
Pa Badger rearranges the coverings on the swing
Instagram

gennepher on Instagram: "Two Badgers Ma & Pa Badger #ukwildlife #onenight What you see in one video is the animals that appear in the area of the swing in the span of one night. Some nights there are more animals. Some nights a lot of interact

5 likes, 0 comments - gennepher on November 4, 2024: "Two Badgers Ma & Pa Badger #ukwildlife #onenight What you see in one video is the animals that appear in the area of the swing in the span of one night. Some nights there are more animals. Some nights a lot of interaction takes place...

www.instagram.com

TikTok
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGdLb757x/

Creative...I painted some white gouache on the A5 sized paper. I have some 'dirty' porcelain palettes with dried up paint on them, and once white paint was dry, I scraped some colour off the porcelain palette (I had put some water on to soften the paint, so I could clean them). And this sort of flower appeared. Photographed it (I hope I did, because it is wending its way to another pen friend this morning)...I'll scream if it is not in photos....

Have a good day...


Thank goodness I had remembered to photograph it before posting....

Time to lock up and feed the beasties....

 

[gennepher]

But after coffee and thinking, decided the main difficulty was the gradient. So started a mini landscaping project to reduce this, starting under the front right wheel which was the highest, dug a gradual slope down to the wheel, same with back wheel and removed as much earth as possible from under the deck. Then tried digging away earth from under the rear wheel and inserting boards. Dug more away from under the front wheel, hoping to alter the weight distribution more to the uphill side.and again dug more out until it was possible to insert more boards under that wheel.
Started her up with high revs and she shot out of the hole entirely, before I made an emergency stop so as to avoid running over the tools used to excavate the slope.
Huge relief to have managed that.
Hauled the ramps and crowbar back to the barn, other tools to the potting shed and the many mums covered boards back to the woodshed. Cut a very small amount of grass, just a strip that had been missed and then parked the mower back in the barn. Don't think I will try to cut the grass out the front, too many slopes there.
Now I can tell MrSlim what happened.

Amazing.
Brilliant @SlimLizzy
I am so glad you achieved this feat.

 

[ianpspurs]

Fbg 6.7

This is not my day again.

I went out to get to get some stuff and my parcel at the post office...
I stopped for a coffee at Wetherspoons, for a rest.
But I needed the disabled toilet for a tinkle before I could resume getting my parcel.
Nothing could go wrong again, could it?
How wrong I was.
I checked the handle in this disabled toilet was working and locking, and I was satisfied it was.
For good measure, once I was inside I jammed my walker so that the handle could not move down from the 12 o clock position.
But as soon as I sat down someone was knocking on the door. The toilet is occupied I yelled. Fortunately I had my sound processor on.
But they carried on knocking .
I yelled again. Then came the sound of someone with a metal instrument trying to open the lock.
By this time I suddenly needed more than a tinkle because my body said Oh S***, not again. It was less than a week since the last horrendous episode in a disabled toilet.
The person was not going away, and I had no idea what might happen next.
So, I yelled, "The door is booby trapped".
Suddenly, silence....
Well it was booby trapped with my disabled walker trying to hold the handle closed.
I do my best to finish up quickly, and I am scared now that the police are going to arrive.
I open the door and peer gingerly around the door, fully expecting a swat team to yell at me to get down.
No one there. I go back along the long corridor into the pub.
Everyone is drinking as normal.
It felt incongruous after what I had just been through...
I mentioned to the bar lady someone trying to get in the disabled toilet while I was in it. Oh that's just someone trying to use some cutlery to get in the door because they are too lazy to walk upstairs to the able bodied toilets. Just ask one of us to stand outside next time you want to go...

I went over the road to the Emporium type shop for some bungee cords, and a couple of other things...these will be to try and secure any disabled toilet handle as best as possible once inside. Why should I be restricted to going out to just do my shopping, and have some life, because the able bodied general public, who attempts to use these disabled toilets because of laziness, don't even possess one brain cell?

I am going to be a hermit for a week to get some peace from the stupidity of people.

I came back home stressed, unpacked shopping and went to bed with Midnight and fell asleep a few hours.
I now feel I have wasted my day, because I now need to start feeding the strays, emptying bins, seeing to the trail cameras etc and locking up for the night.

I hope that person who tried to break into the disabled toilet has one lousy horrid day, they have wrecked my day, my stomach is still sensitive after this morning ...I am so done with the 'Peace be with you' and 'bless you' which I used to say under my breath to complete AH's...


Nighttime wildlife videos
Two badgers
Pa Badger rearranges the coverings on the swing
Instagram

gennepher on Instagram: "Two Badgers Ma & Pa Badger #ukwildlife #onenight What you see in one video is the animals that appear in the area of the swing in the span of one night. Some nights there are more animals. Some nights a lot of interact

5 likes, 0 comments - gennepher on November 4, 2024: "Two Badgers Ma & Pa Badger #ukwildlife #onenight What you see in one video is the animals that appear in the area of the swing in the span of one night. Some nights there are more animals. Some nights a lot of interaction takes place...

www.instagram.com

TikTok
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGdLb757x/

Creative...I painted some white gouache on the A5 sized paper. I have some 'dirty' porcelain palettes with dried up paint on them, and once white paint was dry, I scraped some colour off the porcelain palette (I had put some water on to soften the paint, so I could clean them). And this sort of flower appeared. Photographed it (I hope I did, because it is wending its way to another pen friend this morning)...I'll scream if it is not in photos....

Have a good day...


Thank goodness I had remembered to photograph it before posting....

Time to lock up and feed the beasties....

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Winner for the creative but hug for another horrendous event in the toilet. On your behalf I wish for several very dull as in uneventful, downright boring days if not weeks.

 

[gennepher]

Winner for the creative but hug for another horrendous event in the toilet. On your behalf I wish for several very dull as in uneventful, downright boring days if not weeks.

Uneventful days for at least a week, would do very nicely thank you @ianpspurs

 

[dunelm]

Fbg 6.7

This is not my day again.

I went out to get to get some stuff and my parcel at the post office...
I stopped for a coffee at Wetherspoons, for a rest.
But I needed the disabled toilet for a tinkle before I could resume getting my parcel.
Nothing could go wrong again, could it?
How wrong I was.
I checked the handle in this disabled toilet was working and locking, and I was satisfied it was.
For good measure, once I was inside I jammed my walker so that the handle could not move down from the 12 o clock position.
But as soon as I sat down someone was knocking on the door. The toilet is occupied I yelled. Fortunately I had my sound processor on.
But they carried on knocking .
I yelled again. Then came the sound of someone with a metal instrument trying to open the lock.
By this time I suddenly needed more than a tinkle because my body said Oh S***, not again. It was less than a week since the last horrendous episode in a disabled toilet.
The person was not going away, and I had no idea what might happen next.
So, I yelled, "The door is booby trapped".
Suddenly, silence....
Well it was booby trapped with my disabled walker trying to hold the handle closed.
I do my best to finish up quickly, and I am scared now that the police are going to arrive.
I open the door and peer gingerly around the door, fully expecting a swat team to yell at me to get down.
No one there. I go back along the long corridor into the pub.
Everyone is drinking as normal.
It felt incongruous after what I had just been through...
I mentioned to the bar lady someone trying to get in the disabled toilet while I was in it. Oh that's just someone trying to use some cutlery to get in the door because they are too lazy to walk upstairs to the able bodied toilets. Just ask one of us to stand outside next time you want to go...

I went over the road to the Emporium type shop for some bungee cords, and a couple of other things...these will be to try and secure any disabled toilet handle as best as possible once inside. Why should I be restricted to going out to just do my shopping, and have some life, because the able bodied general public, who attempts to use these disabled toilets because of laziness, don't even possess one brain cell?

I am going to be a hermit for a week to get some peace from the stupidity of people.

I came back home stressed, unpacked shopping and went to bed with Midnight and fell asleep a few hours.
I now feel I have wasted my day, because I now need to start feeding the strays, emptying bins, seeing to the trail cameras etc and locking up for the night.

I hope that person who tried to break into the disabled toilet has one lousy horrid day, they have wrecked my day, my stomach is still sensitive after this morning ...I am so done with the 'Peace be with you' and 'bless you' which I used to say under my breath to complete AH's...


Nighttime wildlife videos
Two badgers
Pa Badger rearranges the coverings on the swing
Instagram

gennepher on Instagram: "Two Badgers Ma & Pa Badger #ukwildlife #onenight What you see in one video is the animals that appear in the area of the swing in the span of one night. Some nights there are more animals. Some nights a lot of interact

5 likes, 0 comments - gennepher on November 4, 2024: "Two Badgers Ma & Pa Badger #ukwildlife #onenight What you see in one video is the animals that appear in the area of the swing in the span of one night. Some nights there are more animals. Some nights a lot of interaction takes place...

www.instagram.com

TikTok
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGdLb757x/

Creative...I painted some white gouache on the A5 sized paper. I have some 'dirty' porcelain palettes with dried up paint on them, and once white paint was dry, I scraped some colour off the porcelain palette (I had put some water on to soften the paint, so I could clean them). And this sort of flower appeared. Photographed it (I hope I did, because it is wending its way to another pen friend this morning)...I'll scream if it is not in photos....

Have a good day...


Thank goodness I had remembered to photograph it before posting....

Time to lock up and feed the beasties....

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Marvelous flower, what a treat. Shame about the attempted break in at Wetherspoons.

 

[Lamont D]

That all sounds promising. If you are able to steal another rest this may provide a smile or two. My bestest wishes to you.

It you change the faces and names, that could be my club.
But it is funny!

 

[Krystyna23040]

good news on taking it easy yesterday, more gold stars for Mr K despite an attempt to sully his good name over #keygate.

I wouldn't dream of sullying Mr K's good name @ianpspurs

We did take great care of the keys today.

 

[Lamont D]

Bonny night and the little ones are excited.
usually cos of our location, location, location, we get to view a good panoramic view of the display of the view of explosive gunpowder designs.
Look after your pets this clear evening, a total waste of money.
mind you, imagine Guido, and his bffs, reaction to the shocking news about charging cancer charities and hospices rent?

 

[Krystyna23040]

But after coffee and thinking, decided the main difficulty was the gradient. So started a mini landscaping project to reduce this, starting under the front right wheel which was the highest, dug a gradual slope down to the wheel, same with back wheel and removed as much earth as possible from under the deck. Then tried digging away earth from under the rear wheel and inserting boards. Dug more away from under the front wheel, hoping to alter the weight distribution more to the uphill side.and again dug more out until it was possible to insert more boards under that wheel.
Started her up with high revs and she shot out of the hole entirely, before I made an emergency stop so as to avoid running over the tools used to excavate the slope.
Huge relief to have managed that.
Hauled the ramps and crowbar back to the barn, other tools to the potting shed and the many mums covered boards back to the woodshed. Cut a very small amount of grass, just a strip that had been missed and then parked the mower back in the barn. Don't think I will try to cut the grass out the front, too many slopes there.
Now I can tell MrSlim what happened.

Well done @SlimLizzy

 

[ianpspurs]

Not read the story yet as I'm watching the film One Life about Sir Nicolas Winton, quite on point with the F word being freely banded about, but this is very clever. Stay calm and drink tea.

 

[Annb]

Thank you on Alistair's behalf. He'll probably submit to a hug, if I am quick about it when he comes in with the mail. At least he does submit, unlike his brother, who has always fended off physical expressions of affection, even as a small child.

I got 2 hugs - one when I grabbed him as he came in and again - voluntarily - as he left. Made my day.