Oh now I have that thought.
Did you get more bricks laid today?
Yes, but went onto the Blockwork, the window aperture is now complete, tomorrow I will fit one side of the door frame, so the other side can be used to establish a level.
I dislike building generally, but, just as you can polish cash into a car, you can build equity into a property, should you want to cut and run.
Well the weather has been perfect my way.
I hope to see some pics, when you have completed the work.
I will buy you a drink at my bar to celebrate.
Sweetie, a shed of the size of this office would cost a Grand, I predict this fully insulated, traditionally constructed building, will come in at less than that but, will create equity of five times that.
You can buy me a drink then.
Seriously though you are sensible looking at it that way. If you can do the job yourself, all the better.
My parents removed the grips Spitty, they didn’t want their kids flying off the handle on a Saturday night, God knows there was enough stragglers shouting coming out of the pubs, the last kid to step into the bath came out dirtier than before he went in.
Well you learn something new everyday, baby ferrets are called kits, adult males are called hobs and adult females are jills, and the word ‘Ferret’ in latin means ‘Little thief’ I’ve never seen a ferret in the flesh, though I have seen a Jill in the flesh, yes Jill got her kit off, it was in a pub in Blackheath back in my younger days, on a Sunday morning of all times, they used to do that kind of thing back then, the pubs would be packed and business was booming.
That reminds me of what an old lad said in the pub today “I See some chap invented a new exploding prayer mat, I believe the prophets are going through the roof”;-)
Wonder what a female mouse is called?
You just have to get over, whilst other folks are sharing moments in their gardens, you are laying Bricks, but, if you live long enough, when you cut and run, before all the others, payback will come, if you don’t live long enough, some other folks will think, what barmy bugger built this.
I would insult the “old fella”!!
watch out for those gut wrenching heart attacks spittie they do away with ya equity pretty fast and blow away all you’ve undertakered??
Wonder what a female mouse is called?
in a cage full of males ??? - bloody terrified!!
Our old Jem doth like his prose
Nothing better on the nose
Stories of the past abound
Film stars; writers; will astound
But young laddie of the heart
Where’s the Utube – up ya ar…?
Pictures appear from time to time
But is just totalizing mime!
Yes we need the moving pictures
Of the silver screen – those critters
Then we’ll know you are not crippled
You have mastered – come to gripples!!
© old grumpy 
Did you know??
Jane Seymour well known for her role in “Dr Quinn – Medicine Woman” has so far been married six times? Her first marriage was to Michael Attenborough son of Sir Richard Attenborough – she has six children [two being step children]. Her original name was Joyce Penelope Wilhemina Frankenberg – [you can see why she went for Jane Seymour heh?] She starred in a James Bond film “Live and Let Die” She owns residences in Malibu, California and Bath, England.
Married six times, that’s incredible, too think, someone can make the same solemn vows, six times over, she may have a home in “Bath”, bet she don’t have a “Tin” one.
I used to get into all sorts of trouble, and skirmishes as a youngster, and not worry about it but now, I feel panicky and anxious at the first sign of trouble, I wonder if I have developed Aggrophobia?
Morning Possums
Another hot day
Good moaning all and one. 'Tiz a lovely day by here on the Riviera. I have just ordered a load of brass chain to string (or should that be to chain) across my pond in my eternal fight against the fish stealing heron wot keeps a-visiting.
Pond life is an oft used derogatory expression, but the lives of the things wot inhabit my pond are to me a thing of beauty, and fighting for their lives is something I take seriously.
In the early days of stringing chains, ropes, and cables, a new mathematical formula had to be invented to calculate the correct length. Previously it had been assumed that a chain, rope, or kay-bell would describe a parabola when hung.
However, every time this was done, the chain rope or cable length came out wrongly, lengthwise. It was eventually realised that the shape described was different to the parabola theory and thus a formula was developed, called a catenary.
y = a cosh(x/a)−a.
When calculating the length of chain needed for my garden pond, I pace it out, convert paces to metres, and then guess how much extra I need for the amount dropped over the length or width. It are very compilcated, I assure you.
Blimey Fruity we need Pugsy Bear on that, he would have the whole formula laid out on four pages.
You need a chain gang:mrgreen:
Fruity, can you supply a Link?
“Can you supply a link?”
I was just about to suggest Sam Cooke singing that Sweetie, fair play to you, love that man singing.
Very warm here today, but lovely all the same.
Lovely to hear your written ‘Voice ‘ again Fruity.
I recently saw a BBC documentary on iron chain making in 1800’s Britain, mostly women working on the smaller gauge chain, bloody tough work.
Would that brass chain not tarnish yery quickly from the weather Fruity? Maybe it has some sort of plating or coating to make it more weatherproof, anyway good luck with it.