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An honest but odd answer. I would have just said "it came on the telly and I couldn't believe what I was watching" might sound a bit better.
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What have you been doing today?
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If you ask a silly question...
Did you not notice my answer was in the style of yourself, including exaggerations and an "OMG"?
It was a joke!
I don't have genital inferiority complex. It's not even a recognised thing.
We watch Naked Attraction from time to time. Mostly because it's quite ridiculous how people expect it to work as a dating idea.
It doesn't!
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Very clever!
We've never watched the programme but have seen numerous clips of it on Gogglebox. What rubbish - I’m surprised some of the 'choosers' don’t have a little sniff as well!
The air con on the Audi was not as good as it used to be. I have a diy top up kit for it. Looked everywhere in my garage for it the other day but could only find the kit for the Golf. (Golf is R134 and Audi is R1234yf and the a/c connections are different so you can’t put the wrong type in). A while back I moved some of my garage stuff round to my mums house and stored it in her shed. Went round today, emptied the shed out, still no luck. Came back and thought I’d carry out a proper methodical search of the garage. Again, I took virtually everything out. Searched every drawer, filing cabinet, tool box and shelf. Still couldn't find it. Was about to give up when I saw a cardboard box right in front of me on the bench that I thought contained something else. I looked inside and fùck me, there it was all the time.
Ten minutes later and the A/C is blowing icy cold.
Just gotta put all the shìt back in the garage now.
Edit. While putting stuff away, I’ve lost my Golf kit now! Oh well, I’ll worry about that when I next need it.
Ten minutes later and the A/C is blowing icy cold.
Just gotta put all the shìt back in the garage now.Edit. While putting stuff away, I’ve lost my Golf kit now! Oh well, I’ll worry about that when I next need it.
Track day at Oulton Park. Had my first trip in to the gravel as well, got beached and caused a red flag.
Car fine, ego severely bruised!
Car fine, ego severely bruised!
I’m at a bit of a loss. Mrs Mottie has gone away with her mates to Center Parcs for the weekend. Haven’t even got the dog to keep me company. Just dossing at the moment. Pie and chips from the chippy for my tea - eaten by hand and straight of the paper. No making the bed, shaving, hoovering, tidying up after myself, taking my shoes off when I come in, washing my hands when I come in, hanging my coat or hoodie up when I come in, using a clean cup every time I want a tea or coffee, turning lights off when I leave be a room, wiping the hob down after a fry-up, putting on fresh socks and underpants every day, opening the curtains, using the toilet duck and running a brush round the bog after dropping the kids off at the pool, locking the house up like a fortress every time I go out etc etc. Going out tomorrow night for a beer and a curry with my mates - the husbands of her mates that she’s gone away with - we generally hang around/go on holiday as a group. Yep, living the life of a single man.
Might even do a boot sale on Sunday. Might!
Of course, that will all change Monday morning when she's on her way back home and it’ll be a mad dash to get things back in order but for now, I’m just going to make the most of it…..
Might even do a boot sale on Sunday. Might!
Of course, that will all change Monday morning when she's on her way back home and it’ll be a mad dash to get things back in order but for now, I’m just going to make the most of it…..
Well, I collected it, fitted it up and got it working today. A bit more strengthening and a permanent live feed for it tomorrow and it’s all done. I’m off out for a well earned curry and a beer in an hours time so a quick shower and I’m ready to go. That’s enough for today.
I’m off out for a well earned curry and a beer in an hours time so a quick shower and I’m ready to go. That’s enough for today.
I’m at a bit of a loss. Mrs Mottie has gone away with her mates to Center Parcs for the weekend. Haven’t even got the dog to keep me company. Just dossing at the moment. Pie and chips from the chippy for my tea - eaten by hand and straight of the paper. No making the bed, shaving, hoovering, tidying up after myself, taking my shoes off when I come in, washing my hands when I come in, hanging my coat or hoodie up when I come in, using a clean cup every time I want a tea or coffee, turning lights off when I leave be a room, wiping the hob down after a fry-up, putting on fresh socks and underpants every day, opening the curtains, using the toilet duck and running a brush round the bog after dropping the kids off at the pool, locking the house up like a fortress every time I go out etc etc. Going out tomorrow night for a beer and a curry with my mates - the husbands of her mates that she’s gone away with - we generally hang around/go on holiday as a group. Yep, living the life of a single man.
Might even do a boot sale on Sunday. Might!
Of course, that will all change Monday morning when she's on her way back home and it’ll be a mad dash to get things back in order but for now, I’m just going to make the most of it…..
All of the above and you have got rid of your new bird!
Andy
Yeah, I took her for a little ride to the South Essex Wildlife Hospital.All of the above and you have got rid of your new bird!
Andy
Busy day today. For me anyway. Mrs Mottie is away at the moment and although I prefer to laze about, I felt the need to actually do something. I fitted a single socket in the loft for the electric winch and had a general tidy up of the loft - you can get from one side to the other now without stepping on stuff. Next job up there will be some decent lighting. I painted the banister top rails as the paint was wearing off. Just the top rails mind - once you start touching up woodwork there’s a tendency to go on and on. Cut the grass. Went over the allotment just to check on things but got involved in weeding the paths. While I was there, I pulled my first garlic - not a bad size either. I harvested a few courgettes while they were no more than 4-6”. If I'd left them a couple of days, they'd be like marrows next time I went over. I saw the beginnings of my 'Big Max' pumpkins and the chives are coming on fine. You can eat those chive flowers too but they have a very strong garlicky flavour.
Oh yes, things are happening over there now.
Oh yes, things are happening over there now.
Feck me, I’ve started a simple job that’s turned into something bigger. Bedsheet change day in our house is Sunday. As Mrs Motties away, I thought I’d change them today so she has nice clean sheets to come home to. I whipped them all off and then thought, sod it, I’ll spin the mattress as well. It is effing heavy so I had to slide it off and nearly gave myself a hernia in the process and I’m not joking. It took two strong men half an hour to get it up our stairs when it was delivered. It’s about 14” thick and according to the label has 3870 springs in it. Anyway, I got that off and …the bloody dust that had settled under the middle of the bed where you can’t get to when vacuuming! Didn’t help that I stored the folded dog crate and dog grill under there as they wouldn’t go through the old loft hatch - now remedied with my new larger hatch. Of course to vacuum that, I’ve had to take off all the slats to get to it. Did that, vacuumed up this ton of dust only to find that something, and I suspect moths, have had a bloody field day on the carpet. Bare patches everywhere and the dust I've kicked up has settled on every surface so that will need dusting as well now. Just got to put everything back together before I can do what I started out to do - just change the sheets! Oh well I've cleaned the dust from under the bed now and fortunately we are having the whole stairs, landing and bedroom carpets replaced later this year anyway - I’ve still got to get one artexed ceiling plastered and decorate two of the bedrooms. She has been saying for months that we had moths - some of our cotton, wool and silk clothes in the wardrobes have had a few munches out of them and only recently, I bought some moth repellant for the wardrobes. She has said she's not having a pure wool carpet next time as she saw one small hole in it and thinks they are coming out of the wardrobes and having the carpet as a dessert when in fact, it must be the other way around. Wait till she gets home, I’m going to pull her up on her dusting schedule. 
On second thoughts, maybe not, or I’ll just end up getting the job myself in future.
On second thoughts, maybe not, or I’ll just end up getting the job myself in future.
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For many months, my garage compressor has been suffering a tiny loss of pressure. I have it on a mechanical timer, wind it up to allow a set number of minutes then it switches off - it avoids me walking away, leaving it on, and firing it up every so often. The tiny pressure loss, meant I would run it to charge it up, then next day it would have lost nearly all of it's pressure due to leakage at the end sockets. Last time I looked at fixing it, I traced it to one outlet, gave it a good squirt of WD40, and it fixed it for many years....
Last Friday, I went around all of the outlets, and gave them all a dose of WD40, plugged something into each, to get the WD40 well inside, then charged it up. I've just checked the pressure today, four days later, and no pressure lost at all.
Never had a problem ever whilst living here, but...
Many years ago, there were rumours of huts being broken into, and items stolen, so I took measures to reinforce that, alarm it, likewise the garage too. I wove 3mm steel wires, back and forth across the windows, beefed up the door, adding secret, hidden locks.
I have ladders stored outdoors, so I bracketed, and locked those to the garage wall. Since when the number of ladders have increased, I took the bracket off the wall, because they wouldn't fit in the bracket, and I became lax. Today, I thought I ought to try to secure things a bit better, and thought perhaps a chain and padlock. Padlocks I had in a drawer, but no chain, then I remembered that bracket. All it needed to secure them, was for them all to be fixed together. No one could steal a bundle of four ladders, padlocked together. I knew I'd stored that bracket somewhere, so turned out my pile of scrap steel looking for it.
Then, I went to look at the ladders, just to weigh them up for a chain, and found the missing bracket, hooked onto the mast brackets of my weather station. It fits round the stiles of four stacked ladders perfectly
It's just a U shape, made from three pieces of heavy angle iron, welded together, and a fourth bit, hinged with a large bolt, then a hole for a padlock. The only way to remove it, without the key, is with an angle-grinder and lots of noise.
Last Friday, I went around all of the outlets, and gave them all a dose of WD40, plugged something into each, to get the WD40 well inside, then charged it up. I've just checked the pressure today, four days later, and no pressure lost at all.
Never had a problem ever whilst living here, but...
Many years ago, there were rumours of huts being broken into, and items stolen, so I took measures to reinforce that, alarm it, likewise the garage too. I wove 3mm steel wires, back and forth across the windows, beefed up the door, adding secret, hidden locks.
I have ladders stored outdoors, so I bracketed, and locked those to the garage wall. Since when the number of ladders have increased, I took the bracket off the wall, because they wouldn't fit in the bracket, and I became lax. Today, I thought I ought to try to secure things a bit better, and thought perhaps a chain and padlock. Padlocks I had in a drawer, but no chain, then I remembered that bracket. All it needed to secure them, was for them all to be fixed together. No one could steal a bundle of four ladders, padlocked together. I knew I'd stored that bracket somewhere, so turned out my pile of scrap steel looking for it.
Then, I went to look at the ladders, just to weigh them up for a chain, and found the missing bracket, hooked onto the mast brackets of my weather station. It fits round the stiles of four stacked ladders perfectly
It's just a U shape, made from three pieces of heavy angle iron, welded together, and a fourth bit, hinged with a large bolt, then a hole for a padlock. The only way to remove it, without the key, is with an angle-grinder and lots of noise.
