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Post by Humph on Apr 4, 2020 15:33:38 GMT
...Or for those of a more anglicised heritage, I've cleared out my rain gutters today.
Funny how all those jobs that had been stacking up suddenly seem like opportunities to do at least something to while away an hour or two.
Well, I've done the ones I can reach from a short ladder anyway. There are some others that are scarily high up. I do have a long ladder but I'm short on the courage to use it. The thought of being that distance from the ground without being on skis or a bike is quite irrationally perhaps, beyond my current levels of resolve. 😰
I'm guessing most of you are tackling, or at least planning to grapple with some jobs that you've been meaning to get around to since shortly after the turn of the millennium?
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Post by EspadaIII on Apr 4, 2020 15:55:14 GMT
 You need one of these |
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Post by Humph on Apr 4, 2020 15:59:57 GMT
I'm not telling her I've got one...😉
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2020 21:06:41 GMT
Getting around to finishing off the tiling in the cellar utility room. Got all the tiles cut today.
The boss had plans for a new patio in the garden, guess who's doing the heavy lifting.
Then the drains. Every two years I need to get up on the terrace roof with the Kärcher, I do the drains while I'm up there. I've got two sizeable batons I use while up there, it's still not my favourite job. Loose my balance there's not much to aim at to take my weight.
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Post by tyrednexited on Apr 4, 2020 21:33:07 GMT
Despite half of each day spent "exercising" (7.5 miles today), I'd put you all to shame (and the list is actually growing longer).  |
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Post by Humph on Apr 5, 2020 1:36:12 GMT
Having trouble sleeping to be honest. "Normally" we go to bed around 11.30-12.00 and are up about 6.00-6.30. Varies of course depending on where I need/ed to be and when, so some mornings I'm up much earlier than that.
Since the lockdown we've been going to bed earlier and getting up later, which was great for a few days, a bit like being on a holiday, but now it's starting to feel like a royal waste of time. I've always taken the view that eventually, like all of us, I'll get plenty of chance to lie horizontal in the dark so I'd better make the most of the time when I get to enjoy being alive and active.
I'm not good at this doing SFA thing. Not good at all.
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Post by dixinormus on Apr 5, 2020 1:54:56 GMT
Surely you’re less tired Humph because you’re not behind the wheel 3-6 hours/day? Got to be good for you. I’m certainly not missing my 120 mile twice-weekly drive. $50/week not being spent on petrol either.
Window-cleaning is next on my list of domestic pastimes 😬
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Post by Humph on Apr 5, 2020 1:56:19 GMT
That may well turn out to be a career option for me !
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Post by Hofmeister on Apr 5, 2020 7:28:20 GMT
Getting around to finishing off the tiling in the cellar utility room. Got all the tiles cut today. You pre cut your tiles? gosh that a unique way of doing it. I have one job to do, change the kitchen tap. And thats only because it was bought a year ago. Smart up fellas " Sorry my little nest of vipers, but I don't have (insert item here) and essential trips only by Gov orders" |
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Post by Hofmeister on Apr 5, 2020 7:29:52 GMT
Having trouble sleeping to be honest. YOu must have, posting at 3:30 am in the morning? |
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Post by dixinormus on Apr 5, 2020 8:18:15 GMT
Am finding that a good 3-4 mile walk every afternoon helps me sleep at night. Or maybe it’s the beersies in the sun afterwards from 4-6 pm every afternoon 😂.
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Post by Hofmeister on Apr 5, 2020 8:30:03 GMT
That may well turn out to be a career option for me ! 😉 Yeah, the local market scene has taken a real dive these past few years, so no selling cheap schmatta or tiddly ones 'n twos down there either |
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Post by tyrednexited on Apr 5, 2020 8:39:03 GMT
That may well turn out to be a career option for me ! 😉 ...not if it's ground floor windows only..............l |
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Post by Hofmeister on Apr 5, 2020 8:39:31 GMT
They have pole things these days.
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Post by Humph on Apr 5, 2020 9:00:38 GMT
My wife has/had recently taken up pole dancing classes. She's 55.
She even wants one in the house. I'm not at all sure...Although, if it turns out to be a quick way to get downstairs...
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