General Chat

Just taken a look on my calender and methinks it is a certain Ozzy ladies birthday on 1st.

If I have it right Happy birthday Aunty x If not save my best wishes for the correct day :-D :-D :-D

They won't get their deposit back, but it is unlikey to go anywhere near the clean up cost. Some people have no self pride or consideration. :-0

I got a bit miffed when our tenants moved out as one of the window catches was broken. That was my responsibilty so there was no need to keep quiet. And while they were there, the agents discovered the front wall had been removed. They said that someone had reversed into it, so they had cleared away the debris. Again, it would have been covered by the insurance - we think they did it deliberately so they could get their transit van onto the drive more easily, but no proof. :-|

It will be a long time before the building is fit for tenants again it has been wrecked

Brilliant Maz. Lets hope the next lot of tenants are more considerate of others. :-)

Back to the flooding. Yes, we do have it when the rivers can't cope, but it's usually because we've had high or heavy rainfall when the ground is sodden. It hasn't been helped by the building on flood plains in recent years. Yes, its must be nice to have a river fronted home, but at the expense of flooding?

There has been talk for years about building a 3rd London Airport in the SE, on the Thames Marshes (Grain, Hoo) or in the estuary its self on a man made island. Lots of arguements about noise, houses being blighted and the wading birds, but the other consideration in my mind is....what's going to happen to the displaced water? It's got to go somewhere!

Off to the in-laws today for lunch....once we get going.

Morning all well the dogs have gone though the kennel is still there ,but it was quiet last night we have been asked that if we here noises to phone the police and say we think there are squatters in lol
I am a lot more relaxed now though However i am not sure the landlord will be happy about the bill lol

DET


most of our water comes from run-off from the snow that accumulates in the mountains ....... of which we have rather a lot in the province.


Currently, the mountains across the harbour, less than 15 minutes from downtown, have at least 200-300 cm snow pack ...... and that is at the ski resorts. Higher up or in the back country there'll be much much more.

Mountains further north and east have much more .... one of the inland ski resorts has around 500 cm

All that snow melt runs into, eventually, just a few rivers that funnel south


and that is the problem when we get rapid snow melt!

RMS


I can understand you having watering restrictions


but we're on the coast, in Temperate RAINFOREST :-S


mind you ............... rainfall in July and August here only averages 0-5 mm

we're a "wet winter dry summer" climate

..... and people do like to have green, green lawns, and just lurve watering the sidewalk and roads in the attempt to have them


they never believe that you can let them dry out for 4 or 5 months, if necessary, and they'll still come back after 2 days of rain in the fall :-)


along with all the mushrooms, and the moss etc


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Sorry - didn't think about that! Yes, we have run off, if the ground is frozen, but obviously, even in Scotland, the snow is never as deep as in your part of the world.

RMS, is your new picture recent? Can't quite see how deep it is, but it looks 'pretty'.

She's right you know! we really don't want flooding, thank you very much. People drown, roads disappear, houses float away, it is not a pretty sight

Our water savings are all year long :-P watering every other day, except when it is really hot and we are nearly out of water, then it once a week or not at all. Our valley is a semi-arid climate, which means we don't have a lot of water to spare.

no, no, DET


we don't want the snow to melt as quickly as it comes


that leads to flooding, major flooding


It has to melt slowly over several months, say from February or March until August, or even September ..... then we get even water going into the reservoirs.



and even so ............ where I live has a bylaw enforcing mandatory water saving from May 1.



don't know about RMS




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So Derek has taken up camping, has he? He certainly is a useful chap to have around.

Don't worry RMS - the snow will melt as quickly as it comes (fingers crossed behind back)

Good luck with the restore YG. At least you are back for a day or so.

Instead of noisey neighbours, Maz will have workmen to oggle. Pity the new people next to the neighbour from hell. It sounds as if they need a house in the middle of nowhere, so they can wallow in their muck without annoying anyone else.

New glasses to be collected in 2 weeks - his and hers - needed a mortgage, and thats without designer frames :-0

You wouldn't want to loiter within tent, it's to bloomin cold to camp. :-D :-D :-D ;-).

Sounds good YG. That reminds me I must put office onto this lappy

Hey Gooner...I don't lurk...I loiter..but without intent!! :-P

I'm back >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> at least for a couple of nights!!

OMG, OMG!!! On Wednesday evening, I have to do a full restore, then load MS Office, Camera driver and all my documents, plus connect with BT again!! :-0 :-0 :-0 :-0 :-0 :-0

Then on Thursday evening, my lovely little man is coming back to finish off the BT connection and anything else that I couldn't do!!


Ooh, Derek, I'm excited now!! I think we could be on to a winner with the Smelts!! I will look up my info and let you know. Thank you!

Just off to cook a very belated dinner!

WE DO WE DO! :-P

But it has to stay in the mountains so it can melt slowwwwly and can last the summer (which it never does but....)

Derek does seem like a bright 'boy', doesn't he? :-)

We had a neighbour like Mazs, he was a drug dealer. and when he left he distoryed the inside of the house.

Evening Derek,

Evening YG Maz and whoever else is lurking.

YG...In my Derbyshire "expert" disguise I have come across some SMELTS at Dronfield..and since you can spit from there to Ecclesall Bierlow, i wondered if they might be related to yours.......

Good luck with your computerman.

Derek.

YG you may miss the party we are quietly confident that they have gone ,apparently they have a new house to go to
The letting agency were here this morning in force went through the property and now it is quiet however it is possible he wants pipes etc he will be back .So we are awaitng the pop of the corks .

Evening all.

Waiting in trepidation for my lovely computer man!! I might be on later, or I might not be on for a few days!

I will let LG know by text if I lose the lappy for a few days.

If I am missing, make sure you all misbehave and live life to the full while I'm gone!! I expect no less!! BUT n o parties!!! :-D :-D :-D

Hello all, been a bit tied up the last couple of days.

RVP what a star Derek :-D :-D :-D.