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Pigmy Pony
03-05-2021, 15:06
Been very wet all day here, and cold... Tomorrow looks to be the same, but with added gale force winds. My tomorrow job involves being on a low roof of clay Rosemary tiles, so that's not happening. I'll stay at home safe and give up a day's money.
Been very wet all day here, and cold... Tomorrow looks to be the same, but with added gale force winds. My tomorrow job involves being on a low roof of clay Rosemary tiles, so that's not happening. I'll stay at home safe and give up a day's money.
H&S says 23mph wind and its a no no.. so day off mate
torrential rain here, had to go out in it to the shop as run out of food. Got soaked. It's blowing a gale too.
Pigmy Pony
03-05-2021, 15:32
H&S says 23mph wind and its a no no.. so day off mate
These days there are a lot of A&E programmes on telly, and Mrs. P sees most of them - often featuring blokes who fell off roofs/ladders/scaffolds, often similar age to me, and they never do well. So she has become a bit of a worrier. I've never had a fear of heights, but I look at it more logically these days - broken limbs = more than a day off.
only fell of one ladder...it was a long way down, with plenty of think time. i managed to adjust my landing position and kinda got away with it; at time anyway although it contributed to my hip being as it is i think. still as my leg was jammed in a rung at time i thought i would snap off the lower bit. amazing how much clarity you get in such times. wasnt silly high; maybe 30 ft
walpurgis
03-05-2021, 15:57
I don't like ladders. Gutter height is my limit and I doubt I'd do that now. Broken a few things in the past though.
I don't like ladders. Gutter height is my limit and I doubt I'd do that now. Broken a few things in the past though.Yes I wasn't keen on heights when I started. 10/12ft seemed a death sentence [emoji23]. Doesn't look much looking up of course.
. Ladders wise we occasionally used massive ones but it wasn't common. Impromptu scaffold was more common and probably more dangerous
When my parents lived in a bungalow, I would often be up on the roof to sort out the TV aerial. Just used a step ladder to climb onto the roof and then up to the chimney stack. However a few years later when we were fitting an extra aerial on the end of the bungalow, I volunteered to again go up onto the roof and sit astride the ridge. Sitting at the end of the roof I could see the ground below and then realised I was no longer at ease with heights, and quickly retreated!
Since then I have developed an alarming fear of heights, to the point that I have to look away if I see a vertiginous view on TV, even though I'm in the safety and comfort of my armchair. Not surprisingly, I'm now happy pay to have the windows cleaned and gutters cleared.
Pigmy Pony
03-05-2021, 20:50
When my parents lived in a bungalow, I would often be up on the roof to sort out the TV aerial. Just used a step ladder to climb onto the roof and then up to the chimney stack. However a few years later when we were fitting an extra aerial on the end of the bungalow, I volunteered to again go up onto the roof and sit astride the ridge. Sitting at the end of the roof I could see the ground below and then realised I was no longer at ease with heights, and quickly retreated!
Since then I have developed an alarming fear of heights, to the point that I have to look away if I see a vertiginous view on TV, even though I'm in the safety and comfort of my armchair. Not surprisingly, I'm now happy pay to have the windows cleaned and gutters cleared.
There's no doubt that fear of heights become more of a thing as we get older. I'll not relate some of the stuff I did when younger as it would just make me look stupid. If I'm honest I do think more about the consequences of it going wrong these days.
going up on the roof to fix the aerial is how Rod Hull copped it. And Tony Hares.
I also have trouble with heights even if it's only on TV. Worst vertigo I ever had was in the Empire State Building. I was on the 86th floor and there was an open lift door with one of those plastic safety barriers in front of it. I felt compelled to look over it down the empty lift shaft so I did. Took a bit of time to recover from that.
Pigmy Pony
03-05-2021, 21:07
I think most people would struggle with the 86th floor, I know I would.
When on holiday, if our hotel balcony is more than say 70-80 ft, I need a minute to get used to it and check the integrity of the balcony rail and fittings.
Mrs. P is a lot better than me, but then she's done bungee and parachute jumps. And she still thinks it's funny that I screamed like a girl when we went on a bungee catapult :( Although I maintain it wasn't the height, it was the feeling that my guts were dropping out my arse.
The more I think about it the less I like heights after all.
walpurgis
03-05-2021, 21:13
I used to enjoy being high :peace:.
torrential rain here, had to go out in it to the shop as run out of food. Got soaked. It's blowing a gale too.
Strange concept that. running out of food... Do you mean that there wasn't anything left at all in the house you could eat, or rather there wasn't anything in that you fancied eating?
We've got two fridges and a freezer full of food, not to mention a 'larder' filled with tins and jars of all sorts (soup, etc). plus tons of dried foods, such as pasta and rice, plus fresh veg, so to completely run out of food would take several months!;)
Don't you keep any stocks in reserve?:)
Marco.
I think most people would struggle with the 86th floor, I know I would.
When on holiday, if our hotel balcony is more than say 70-80 ft, I need a minute to get used to it and check the integrity of the balcony rail and fittings.
86th floor? Lol.... You're going to the wrong hotels! Don't think I've ever stayed in a hotel with more than half a dozen floors, as I much prefer small family-run places to 'stack-em-high' soulless skyscrapers in package holiday resorts, if indeed that's what you're referring to?:)
So if you're not too keen on heights, avoid the above and stay in smaller hotels with more character - simples!;)
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
04-05-2021, 05:55
86th floor? Lol.... You're going to the wrong hotels! Don't think I've ever stayed in a hotel with more than half a dozen floors, as I much prefer small family-run places to 'stack-em-high' soulless skyscrapers in package holiday resorts, if indeed that's what you're referring to?:)
So if you're not too keen on heights, avoid the above and stay in smaller hotels with more character - simples!;)
Marco.
:D Too excited about your two fridges to pay any attention to the preceding posts - I was replying to Macca's post about the 86th floor of the Empire State building, but you weren't going to let that get in the way of your telling me I might be doing holidays wrong :ner:
Lol... 'Tis true, I just jumped in for a giggle, read the most recent posts, and made an arse of it, so my apologies:D
And yes, having two fridges is a frequent cause of much excitement. I had a dream about it last night.
Marco.
Strange concept that. running out of food... Do you mean that there wasn't anything left at all in the house you could eat, or rather there wasn't anything in that you fancied eating?
We've got two fridges and a freezer full of food, not to mention a 'larder' filled with tins and jars of all sorts (soup, etc). plus tons of dried foods, such as pasta and rice, plus fresh veg, so to completely run out of food would take several months!;)
Don't you keep any stocks in reserve?:)
Marco.
Nothing left except tins of beans and sardines, which is the emergency/collapse of society food. And some cheese but nothing to go with it.
86th floor? Lol.... You're going to the wrong hotels! Don't think I've ever stayed in a hotel with more than half a dozen floors, as I much prefer small family-run places to 'stack-em-high' soulless skyscrapers in package holiday resorts, if indeed that's what you're referring to?:)
So if you're not too keen on heights, avoid the above and stay in smaller hotels with more character - simples!;)
Marco.
You'll struggle to find a small. family-run place in Manhattan. The hotel I stayed in was only 5 floors but they were situated between floors 33 and 37 of the building. But you want to be up high when staying there, gives the best views of the city. Once you get used to it. I couldn't go near the window for the first day.
Nothing left except tins of beans and sardines, which is the emergency/collapse of society food. And some cheese but nothing to go with it.
just enough food to keep you going, long enough to wish you didnt have it. you need a bigger stock of end of the world rations:D
Lol... 'Tis true, I just jumped in for a giggle, read the most recent posts, and made an arse of it, so my apologies:D
And yes, having two fridges is a frequent cause of much excitement. I had a dream about it last night.
Marco.
only one normal fridge but 2 large beer fridges and 2 freezers:eyebrows:
Nothing left except tins of beans and sardines, which is the emergency/collapse of society food. And some cheese but nothing to go with it.
Lol... Couldn't imagine that. We always like to keep an emergency stock of food (mostly frozen or dry), but as much fresh as possible, for as long as it lasts, all of which came in handy during the first lockdown, with all the queues and idiots panic-buying and emptying supermarket shelves.
Admittedly, our 'reserve fridge' is mostly full of white wine and beer, which one could argue are equally 'essential items'!:D
Marco.
You'll struggle to find a small. family-run place in Manhattan. The hotel I stayed in was only 5 floors but they were situated between floors 33 and 37 of the building. But you want to be up high when staying there, gives the best views of the city. Once you get used to it. I couldn't go near the window for the first day.
Yeah, if I was going to somewhere like that I would want to be high up, simply for the view.
Heights don't really bother me. When you're 1000s of metres up in the air, in an open ski lift, going up some huge mountains in Austria in the middle of winter, and all of a sudden it just stops, and you're left dangling there for 10 mins, trying not to look down, you can't be too concerned about heights!;)
Del's different, she screams like mad, especially when I wind her up and start jiggling the thing around, and then say 'Was that a bolt I heard coming off?':lol:
I pay for it later though, when we get our feet back on the ground, and she kicks my arse!!:eek:
Marco.
walpurgis
04-05-2021, 07:21
It's been my lifelong habit to keep a stock of 'essentials', so I have never come close to running short of anything. I did buy a second freezer in March 2020, as I anticipated how things were likely to go and that was a good move.
It's been my lifelong habit to keep a stock of 'essentials', so I have never come close to running short of anything. I did buy a second freezer in March 2020, as I anticipated how things were likely to go and that was a good move.
ive some canned tomato soup that will have to go out.. its best before 2018 lol.. just too old. still, its better to have had it.
my beer fridges are really countertop fridges i used for beer.. now used mostly for water etc
Pigmy Pony
04-05-2021, 08:00
A half and half fridge freezer in the kitchen, and the garage has a second fridge for extra milk, beer and soft drinks, and a chest freezer which we decant into kitchen as and when. Garage fridge is also handy for anything I don't want the ankle biters to have, as I know they're too bone idle to go out to the garage.
Anticipating the idiots buying up everything just before the first lockdown, before then I had been slowly building up a stock of tinned food (tomatoes, tinned fish, sweetcorn, kidney beans etc.) as well as pasta and rice (all kinds). Now every time I use a tin, it gets replaced the next time I shop. Fortunately there doesn't seem to be a shortage of anything now; but having built up a food stock I'm going to maintain it.
Pigmy Pony
04-05-2021, 14:42
Anticipating the idiots buying up everything just before the first lockdown, before then I had been slowly building up a stock of tinned food (tomatoes, tinned fish, sweetcorn, kidney beans etc.) as well as pasta and rice (all kinds). Now every time I use a tin, it gets replaced the next time I shop. Fortunately there doesn't seem to be a shortage of anything now; but having built up a food stock I'm going to maintain it.
All good as long as the cupboards are organised so that stuff doesn't end up stuck at the back, passing its best before date. Easy enough with regular items like tinned soup and beans, but I think I may have an old Christmas pudding back there... Just been for a look, no Christmas pudding, but two bags of flour that expired December. Probably ok for a few months yet :)
alas im not orginised well and have difficulty getting deep into cupboards, so i end up with suff well out.. im bad for it and always have been
walpurgis
04-05-2021, 15:09
alas im not orginised well and have difficulty getting deep into cupboards, so i end up with suff well out.. im bad for it and always have been
I have organised chaos. Mountains of stuff that looks haphazard, but I actually know where to lay my hands on any item.
i wonder how long i could last on what is in house... i would think quite a few months; maybe a year. it wouldnt be fun but i guess i'd live
All good as long as the cupboards are organised so that stuff doesn't end up stuck at the back, passing its best before date. Easy enough with regular items like tinned soup and beans, but I think I may have an old Christmas pudding back there... Just been for a look, no Christmas pudding, but two bags of flour that expired December. Probably ok for a few months yet :)
We have a load of these in our garage, stacked side by side, which act as a 'larder', for storing all our tins and jars/dried foods: https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/omar-1-shelf-section-s69829083/
Nice and open and at a manageable height, so you can see all the contents, neatly organised, and access them with ease:)
Marco.
All good as long as the cupboards are organised so that stuff doesn't end up stuck at the back, passing its best before date. Easy enough with regular items like tinned soup and beans, but I think I may have an old Christmas pudding back there... Just been for a look, no Christmas pudding, but two bags of flour that expired December. Probably ok for a few months yet :)
All replacement items are put behind the current ones, and I keep an eye on the packs of dried goods such as pasta, rice. and beans I recently had a sort through the various jars of herbs and spices, and was shocked that some of the spices were years out of date! It has been a long time since I made any curries, so not surprisingly the spices were so out of date. :doh: I don't think I would have been poisoned, but the spices would have lost their flavour and 'zip'.
We have a load of these in our garage, stacked side by side, which act as a 'larder', for storing all our tins and jars/dried foods: https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/omar-1-shelf-section-s69829083/
Nice and open and at a manageable height, so you can see all the contents, neatly organised, and access them with ease:)
Marco.
Is that £60 per shelf, or for the complete unit?
What's shown in the picture - and they're stackable:)
Plus also modular, so you can incorporate wine racks, etc. Great things, which keeps our kitchen cupboards free from clutter!:cool:
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
04-05-2021, 20:06
We have a load of these in our garage, stacked side by side, which act as a 'larder', for storing all our tins and jars/dried foods: https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/omar-1-shelf-section-s69829083/
Nice and open and at a manageable height, so you can see all the contents, neatly organised, and access them with ease:)
Marco.
Must be a pretty big garage, to squeeze all them in as well as the big ass Brabster, and access all with ease. Our garage barely has room for the fridge, chest freezer, 3 motorbikes, camping, fishing, archery gear as well as some garden furniture. Car doesn't get a look in.
Lol - and neither does the Brabster! It lives outside, as the garage (as large as it is) has always been full of shite - mainly stuff from the larger house we had in Glasgow, which there's no room for here, and of course also booze and food!:D
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
05-05-2021, 05:48
Lol - and neither does the Brabster! It lives outside, as the garage (as large as it is) has always been full of shite - mainly stuff from the larger house we had in Glasgow, which there's no room for here, and of course also booze and food!:D
Marco.
If cars had feelings the Brabster would have a right cob on with you :(
Lol - it's used to it. Hard as nails, the fucker...:D
Marco.
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