Haircut this morning and in about 25 minutes time as soon as Mrs Mottie gets in, we're straight off out to Sotheby's in that there London.
What have you been doing today?
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You going in a yellow three-wheeler, to sell a watch?
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Has Mottie got a watch?
lol.
Back home now! Went up Sothebys to see some of Freddie Mercury's personal possessions that are up for auction in September. He had some right nice stuff. Less than three hours door to door. Didn’t cost us a penny either - free travel and free entry. Not bad.
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Just returned from a weekend in Amsterdam - had an excellent Steak & trimmings in 'Restaurant Verena', definitely an Italian eatery to go back to.
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If I went to Italy then I'd eat Italian. If I went to Amsterdam I'd go Dutch.
I've kept an eye on this sale and might bid for something (relatively) cheap n' cheerful...like something from his record collection - that Wurlitzer looks amazing but i bet it'll cost a leg to buy it. Ye Gads he had a lot o' bling!lol.
Back home now! Went up Sothebys to see some of Freddie Mercury's personal possessions that are up for auction in September. He had some right nice stuff. Less than three hours door to door. Didn’t cost us a penny either - free travel and free entry. Not bad.
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Been trying to locate a new inner handle for our patio door that had cracked and was about to break. Obsolete, can’t get one anywhere and nobody even seems to make them in this size nowdays. I had a spare outer handle but of course it’s upside down/back to front. Anyway, I set to work with hammers, punches and my multi tool and I managed to remove the peened locking handle, cut a new slot for it, form a new keyhole and re-peen the locking handle into the original keyhole. Works a treat and has got me out of trouble but I’m going to look about to see if I can get the cracks on the original handle alloy welded.
Visited a solicitor today. We had our Wills done about 5 years ago and we (mainly Mrs Mottie) were unsure about some things contained in them so we decided to have them completely re-written. It was mainly to do with joint tenants/tenants in common. The solicitor that originally wrote them didn’t bother getting back in touch despite several emails and phone calls so we went elsewhere. Half an hour in with the new solicitor and she had explained to us with the help of diagrams with picture of the house, the commercial property and assets, how it was more than good enough for our current needs. She told us to think on it and let her know what we wanted to do. I think we're going to leave it as it is and we'll be more that happy to pay her bill for the advice given.
Visited a solicitor today. We had our Wills done about 5 years ago and we (mainly Mrs Mottie) were unsure about some things contained in them so we decided to have them completely re-written. It was mainly to do with joint tenants/tenants in common. The solicitor that originally wrote them didn’t bother getting back in touch despite several emails and phone calls so we went elsewhere. Half an hour in with the new solicitor and she had explained to us with the help of diagrams with picture of the house, the commercial property and assets, how it was more than good enough for our current needs. She told us to think on it and let her know what we wanted to do. I think we're going to leave it as it is and we'll be more that happy to pay her bill for the advice given.
Plenty of universal replacement handles available. You may have to drill new holes through door for the fixing screws.
Try Duffells or Northwest Hardware.
Yeah, thanks. Northwest offered me a replacement that needed the door drilling. I'm a bit wary of that so I made do and mended for now.
Mowed front and rear lawns.
Started hand-pulling weeds from block - paved drive: gotta be a better way......
Started hand-pulling weeds from block - paved drive: gotta be a better way......
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There is, it's called Tarmac.
Can i get one o' those to shoot down pigeons, i wonder?Had a little play with my new toy over the allotment. I’m getting better. Sort of!
Went out for lunch with Mrs Mottie and friends that I've known for 50 years.
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