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7.9 at 0300. 7.4 now, after a cup of hot water.

More sorting out of paperwork to be done today. Maybe Neil will get that other grill down today so I can send one of them to the charity shop.

I bought a set of plastic drawers for the bathroom from Amazon and it arrived yesterday but it was badly packed and 2 of the drawers were cracked, so I'm sending them back. At present they're in their box in the hallway along with the junk for dumping. The only return options that were offered involved taking the box to a Royal Mail customer centre. I'll ask Alistair if he can take it for me (unofficially) when he comes today. An example of an organisation not considering people with disabilities, I'm afraid.

My brother and his wife moved house yesterday - not gone far but changed from a house to an apartment - and they have been sorting and getting rid of stuff for months now. He reckons that they've got rid of about 40% of what was in their house between giving useful things to family and friends, sending stuff to a charity shop and taking less usable things to the dump. Not sure I could be so ruthless. However, I must be ruthless today with the paperwork, if nothing else.

Neil will go to a building supply firm on Monday to buy a load of wood to increase the height of the beams in the loft ready for the new, deeper insulation. He'll also be getting some new light fittings so that he can take out the downlighters in the kitchen to allow the insulation to be put in place that will cover them. I had been thinking that there were 8 of them, but forgot that there are another 3 above the cooking area.

He also has to take out the old water tanks and says we could probably sell them because they were, actually, new tanks just about 5 years ago and have never actually been used. They were only put in as a back up system when we realised we might need it to support the oil fired boiler system.

Too many things to think about. At least I am feeling very virtuous at clearing out all this paper and other stuff. ;)
 
dunelm said:
- farmers all over France are up in arms about the price they get for their produce and also the massive taxes they have to pay when employing even their own family members. Big pile of dung dumped on local supermarket car park and old tractor tyres strewn along roads.
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Tuesday visited a new friend for the first time. Some difficulty in finding the house, no 30 does not exist, houses go up to 17 only, drove back to main street and fortunately spotted a post person to ask. (good practice in french.) She said no.3 back round the one-way road , parked got out cake and then found opposite problem. Houses start at no.5. It's a U shaped one way road off the main street, so back around I go. This time found a friendly pedestrian who informed me that the street I want is only two sides of the U... back in car. Checking numbers. Parked up the steps to no. 3. Long wait and then unfamiliar lady opens the door. Explain in my basic French and show her the address on my phone. "Ah, Sylyie habité á côté ".
Next door. Phew.
Sylvie is limping. Apparently due to the farmers blocking main roads she was forced onto the narrow country lanes Friday afternoon, along with everyone else. Many lorries and vans for which there is not always a comfortable amount of width. While waiting at a junction the car behind ran into her. The impact injured her back, neck, and arms. Car fortunately not too badly damaged.
When I left the amount of traffic had increased dramatically, a different main road has been blocked. The gendarmerie have helpfully put cones across the slip road I need to use, so I won't be caught up in the protest, however I am in unfamiliar surroundings and sat nav is not helping at all. Keeps trying to send me back to the main road. Eventually I see a sign for a town I need to go through on the way home. But it is as Sylvie described, a lot of traffic including many lorries and vans on the narrow country lanes. Distinctly stressful journey.
 
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dunelm said:
Good morning everyone from posh camping in the woods. The gom jabbar gave up the ghost yesterday and accidentally on purposes I didn’t pack a replacement. I’m choosing my food in stealth mode for the weekend. It’s Mrs Miggins’ birthday and it would be a fool who tried to cry off even the most waffer thin slice of a spousal celebratory block of fancily disguised clag. There is a sauna at the back of this lodge so it will be getting a visit in about half an hour. Luckily there is an outdoor shower right next to it to frighten you into the day. Art bit - we are in among the trees and these are what some might look like to the unwary. Hope your day trundles along with a hop and a skip even if it’s just in your mind. Time for some koffy - I brought my travel cafetière.

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Morening all.

Happy birthday for Mrs Miggins ie Mrs Dunelm? What a gent you are @dunelm taking her camping in the woods in February. 10 out of 10 for style.
@jjraak, cancelled operations, been there a few times, very frustrating.

Have a great day all, stay safe and always look for the positive +ve on our journey through interstellar space, hoping the force helps you live long and prosper.
 
alf_Josiah said:
Morening all.

Happy birthday for Mrs Miggins ie Mrs Dunelm? What a gent you are @dunelm taking her camping in the woods in February. 10 out of 10 for style.
@jjraak, cancelled operations, been there a few times, very frustrating.

Have a great day all, stay safe and always look for the positive +ve on our journey through interstellar space, hoping the force helps you live long and prosper.
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Thanks, I will pass on your message to Haiwatha who is rubbing acorns between two rocks in order to make what at the moment is a right old mess.
 
Morning Glampers, artists, sci-fi enthusiasts and assorted other personages hereon virtually assembled. @jjraak hug for the cancelled op but congratulations on leaping/climbing back on the wagon. @Annb what a blessing Neil is but he will be a busy man. @gennepher thank you for sharing the last two creatives. The lady looks well drawn to me. @dunelm enjoy the sauna and shower and thank you for sharing the trees. @Krystyna23040 those fbgs are looking good. I didn't take enough fluid on board yesterday so didn't sleep as well as some nights. More fluid today and no doubt some dozing while the sport is on TV which I guess counts as a +ve and in my mind is the spirit of shavat. Enjoy Saturday - Jasprit is having a ball.
 
ianpspurs said:
Morning Glampers, artists, sci-fi enthusiasts and assorted other personages hereon virtually assembled. @jjraak hug for the cancelled op but congratulations on leaping/climbing back on the wagon. @Annb what a blessing Neil is but he will be a busy man. @gennepher thank you for sharing the last two creatives. The lady looks well drawn to me. @dunelm enjoy the sauna and shower and thank you for sharing the trees. @Krystyna23040 those fbgs are looking good. I didn't take enough fluid on board yesterday so didn't sleep as well as some nights. More fluid today and no doubt some dozing while the sport is on TV which I guess counts as a +ve and in my mind is the spirit of shavat. Enjoy Saturday - Jasprit is having a ball.
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Thank you for the sketching compliment @ianpspurs

I think it does need more practise and some more improvement.
 
dunelm said:
Good morning everyone from posh camping in the woods. The gom jabbar gave up the ghost yesterday and accidentally on purposes I didn’t pack a replacement. I’m choosing my food in stealth mode for the weekend. It’s Mrs Miggins’ birthday and it would be a fool who tried to cry off even the most waffer thin slice of a spousal celebratory block of fancily disguised clag. There is a sauna at the back of this lodge so it will be getting a visit in about half an hour. Luckily there is an outdoor shower right next to it to frighten you into the day. Art bit - we are in among the trees and these are what some might look like to the unwary. Hope your day trundles along with a hop and a skip even if it’s just in your mind. Time for some koffy - I brought my travel cafetière.

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I hope the posh camping in the woods goes well @dunelm

I love those windswept trees...
 
7.1 this footie day. Crickety day, arrows day.
Grandson #2 arriving shortly from the east, to bring some goodies hopefully and an upgrade on my puter.
That is his specialty he already has letters after his name, but hopefully more coming soon. It's his job, his life, his relaxation. Impressive and he tells us as such. Not seen him since chrimbo.

Mrs L is relaxing before the visit and daily chores are done for the visit.
You would think it's a royal visit!

Be back tonight, too busy for owt else.

It's been raining here, not in forecast.

Best wishes to you all as always.
 
Annb said:
7.9 at 0300. 7.4 now, after a cup of hot water.

More sorting out of paperwork to be done today. Maybe Neil will get that other grill down today so I can send one of them to the charity shop.

I bought a set of plastic drawers for the bathroom from Amazon and it arrived yesterday but it was badly packed and 2 of the drawers were cracked, so I'm sending them back. At present they're in their box in the hallway along with the junk for dumping. The only return options that were offered involved taking the box to a Royal Mail customer centre. I'll ask Alistair if he can take it for me (unofficially) when he comes today. An example of an organisation not considering people with disabilities, I'm afraid.

My brother and his wife moved house yesterday - not gone far but changed from a house to an apartment - and they have been sorting and getting rid of stuff for months now. He reckons that they've got rid of about 40% of what was in their house between giving useful things to family and friends, sending stuff to a charity shop and taking less usable things to the dump. Not sure I could be so ruthless. However, I must be ruthless today with the paperwork, if nothing else.

Neil will go to a building supply firm on Monday to buy a load of wood to increase the height of the beams in the loft ready for the new, deeper insulation. He'll also be getting some new light fittings so that he can take out the downlighters in the kitchen to allow the insulation to be put in place that will cover them. I had been thinking that there were 8 of them, but forgot that there are another 3 above the cooking area.

He also has to take out the old water tanks and says we could probably sell them because they were, actually, new tanks just about 5 years ago and have never actually been used. They were only put in as a back up system when we realised we might need it to support the oil fired boiler system.

Too many things to think about. At least I am feeling very virtuous at clearing out all this paper and other stuff. ;)
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A lot of work to do @Annb
I have just realised I need to be more ruthless in my sorting out...
 
SlimLizzy said:
Tuesday visited a new friend for the first time. Some difficulty in finding the house, no 30 does not exist, houses go up to 17 only, drove back to main street and fortunately spotted a post person to ask. (good practice in french.) She said no.3 back round the one-way road , parked got out cake and then found opposite problem. Houses start at no.5. It's a U shaped one way road off the main street, so back around I go. This time found a friendly pedestrian who informed me that the street I want is only two sides of the U... back in car. Checking numbers. Parked up the steps to no. 3. Long wait and then unfamiliar lady opens the door. Explain in my basic French and show her the address on my phone. "Ah, Sylyie habité á côté ".
Next door. Phew.
Sylvie is limping. Apparently due to the farmers blocking main roads she was forced onto the narrow country lanes Friday afternoon, along with everyone else. Many lorries and vans for which there is not always a comfortable amount of width. While waiting at a junction the car behind ran into her. The impact injured her back, neck, and arms. Car fortunately not too badly damaged.
When I left the amount of traffic had increased dramatically, a different main road has been blocked. The gendarmerie have helpfully put cones across the slip road I need to use, so I won't be caught up in the protest, however I am in unfamiliar surroundings and sat nav is not helping at all. Keeps trying to send me back to the main road. Eventually I see a sign for a town I need to go through on the way home. But it is as Sylvie described, a lot of traffic including many lorries and vans on the narrow country lanes. Distinctly stressful journey.
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Extra hugs @SlimLizzy for the stressful journey...
 
gennepher said:
A lot of work to do @Annb
I have just realised I need to be more ruthless in my sorting out...
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A lot of work for Neil, but he thinks he'll be allright if he paces himself - and if he can get the occasional bit of help from Alistair or Em. Alistair, of course, is always busy but Em really enjoys going up into the loft and hunting around to see what interesting things are there.

The plan is to only raise the height of the beams in the middle section of the length of the roof (about 62 ft long by about 8 ft wide and, because of the depth required, to just use half the depth of wood but making up the rest with blocks of wood with air spaces in between to support the top, solid layer, then the flooring back down on top of it. This will make it easier to screw on - not sure if we can get screws about 9 inches long to go through the full depth, so it needs to be done in 2 layers anyway. I guess the whole thing will be reinforced with those kind of plates that joiners use to hold the it all rigid.

The outer parts of the loft (W shaped frame) consist of 2 lengths of 62 ft by 8 ft but quite a shallow profile and we'll just have the extra insulation laid directly over the existing beams/pipes/cables.

I wish I could help, but I can't climb the ladder to get up there.
 
gennepher said:
Thank you for the sketching compliment @ianpspurs

I think it does need more practise and some more improvement.
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Your figures are a lot better than mine. Every figure that I draw is too cartoon-like even though I try to make them realistic. At one time I did take life-drawing classes and my efforts weren't too bad, but I seem to have lost the touch in recent years.
 
Annb said:
A lot of work for Neil, but he thinks he'll be allright if he paces himself - and if he can get the occasional bit of help from Alistair or Em. Alistair, of course, is always busy but Em really enjoys going up into the loft and hunting around to see what interesting things are there.

The plan is to only raise the height of the beams in the middle section of the length of the roof (about 62 ft long by about 8 ft wide and, because of the depth required, to just use half the depth of wood but making up the rest with blocks of wood with air spaces in between to support the top, solid layer, then the flooring back down on top of it. This will make it easier to screw on - not sure if we can get screws about 9 inches long to go through the full depth, so it needs to be done in 2 layers anyway. I guess the whole thing will be reinforced with those kind of plates that joiners use to hold the it all rigid.

The outer parts of the loft (W shaped frame) consist of 2 lengths of 62 ft by 8 ft but quite a shallow profile and we'll just have the extra insulation laid directly over the existing beams/pipes/cables.

I wish I could help, but I can't climb the ladder to get up there.
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I am beyond climbing ladders as well @Annb
 
gennepher said:
Do you want the bad news first, or do you want the good news first?

Okay, GOOD NEWS first....

All the settings I altered as regards sound all worked.
The car is now silent on all the alarms in the settings on the iPad type screen. Apart from the odds and ends of beeps you get in a car anyway.

Absolute bliss.
The car is now relaxing to drive now the alarm sound alerts have been removed.
And it is much much safer without the sound distractions.
I can concentrate on actually safely driving now.
And my concentration is 100% on the road, and not on figuring out which alert is blaring at me.

I don't think I could have driven that car much longer with that level of frequency and intensity of continuous sound alerts. No one could.
It does worry me that others driving this car will be having the same problems , and I do not want to meet them during on the road while they are wrestling with their cars.


Now the BAD NEWS...

That large iPad type screen, I had better give it its proper name, is the infotainment system. It is basically a multi media computer which includes the car's safety systems. It can update itself with no input or internet connection from me. And I can find something has changed the next time I get in the car, or there might be a new agreement to agree to before it will allow me to use the infotainment system (the last agreement I agreed to allows me to use the infotainment centre until 2027), and so on.

Now yesterday I had unchecked a load of so called safety stuff, and the system appeared to allow me to do it. And also I had unchecked Haptics, which is the steering wheel vibration it does as a warning alert for various things.

Right, I am driving along just fine, no alarm noises, when I come to the dual carriageway. I know I have to test the lane assist, which I had unchecked. Imagine my disappointment when the green light icon comes on. There was no traffic and so I drove a little closer to the verge. The little green car icon is shaking sideways, then the steering wheel haptics kick in, and I feel a strong vibration in the steering wheel. At that moment I realise how much of my attention it is taking away from actually being alert on the road.
I am so disappointed. But at least there was no murderous accompanying alarms blaring at me, and that was a heck of a relief.

I park in the retail park, and get a coffee and a pasty (a treat!). And go into the infotainment centre.
I am sure that car snitched on me in the night.
The things I had unchecked the previous day, were now rechecked with the message saying they needed to be on for my safety. And this included lane assist, and steering wheel haptics.

I lost the will to live. I came home, and fell into a deep sleep for 5 hours.


I am going to forget about it until next week, when I have a long journey to make, and I will check again on it.

But the good news is that there's are no horrendous alarm noises....
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It looks s good news that you have permanently switched off horrendous alarm noises @gennepher. Very annoying about the other stuff switching back on.
 
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