Now that is funny Busy! Not so much the oil tho. Better go and check our levels, tho it's not been that cold here and we've hardly had the heating on. Jumpers are enough.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Hi Liri.....have completed my self assessment for this year on line......it still galls me that I now have to pay tax on my UK pension and my old company pension which I started receiving last year .....have we not paid enough throughout our lives ........The Russian pension is a pittance but at least there is no tax ........no inheritance tax either
Glad to hear you arrived safely Hosta .......our guests have now been here since 31st .....Russia returns to work next Monday ......the overindulgence has had its effects on MIL and yours truly ......Andrew's liver salts at the ready
Hi Dacha. I can see why you're peeved at having to pay British tax when you don't live there... why can't they just deduct tax at source rather than getting you to do their dirty work for them? Come to that - before self assessment was brought in here, it was up to the tax office to tell you how much you owed them. We should get paid for doing the work they used to do, I reckon, or at least get a reduction in the amount of tax owing.
The roof is leaking madly, Obelixx, but is unlikely actually to blow away. It's constructed of lumps of millstone grit each around 2ft x 1ft, and an inch thick.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
I've just texted the roofer, Joyce, and he's promised we're next on his list. We've already lost a bit of plaster... the roof was totally renewed when we moved here nearly 12 years ago because it leaked like a sieve. It was felted and insulated at the same time. Perhaps naively, I'd expected a new roof to last longer than 12 years! Anyway, we're waiting for this particular roofer because he was recommended as being both honest and good at diagnostics. It's really hard to work out where a leak originates, apparently. And the honest bit is particularly important because the ground slopes away so steeply in front of our house that the only way to see the front half of the roof is from the other side of the valley, with binoculars... so a slapdash roofer could (and did, perhaps?) get away with shoddy workmanship on that side without it being apparent until later.
Needless to say, the roofers we employed 12 years ago are no longer in business...
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
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Pauline - I was following Bernina's own videos on your tube. I'll try again later.
Me too RG - some quiet rain would be lovely.
I hope your OH's cough clears up soon, Dove, makes you feel so wretched.
Just had a 2000 litre oil delivery, 200€ more expensive than this time last year.
Funny that Obelixx, they do it for something else too, capote anglaise
Good morning all
Morning all.
Arrived safe and sound .
Lots of people saying " welcome back" which was lovely , even if I didn't recognise half of them.
Went to bed at 9.30 last night after only 15 mins sleep in 36 hours. Woke up 10 hours later.
Rather cloudy here, but " 33C and partly cloudy" is the forecast.
Glad to be here and not with the hideous weather back at home.
Now that is funny Busy! Not so much the oil tho. Better go and check our levels, tho it's not been that cold here and we've hardly had the heating on. Jumpers are enough.
Glad all is well Hosta
Still a bit grim here 
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hi Liri.....have completed my self assessment for this year on line......it still galls me that I now have to pay tax on my UK pension and my old company pension which I started receiving last year .....have we not paid enough throughout our lives ........The Russian pension is a pittance but at least there is no tax ........no inheritance tax either
Glad to hear you arrived safely Hosta .......our guests have now been here since 31st .....Russia returns to work next Monday ......the overindulgence has had its effects on MIL and yours truly ......Andrew's liver salts at the ready
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Hi Dacha. I can see why you're peeved at having to pay British tax when you don't live there... why can't they just deduct tax at source rather than getting you to do their dirty work for them? Come to that - before self assessment was brought in here, it was up to the tax office to tell you how much you owed them. We should get paid for doing the work they used to do, I reckon, or at least get a reduction in the amount of tax owing.
The roof is leaking madly, Obelixx, but is unlikely actually to blow away. It's constructed of lumps of millstone grit each around 2ft x 1ft, and an inch thick.
Liri, hope your roof repairs get carried out pronto before ceiling plaster starts to fall inside.
I've just texted the roofer, Joyce, and he's promised we're next on his list. We've already lost a bit of plaster... the roof was totally renewed when we moved here nearly 12 years ago because it leaked like a sieve. It was felted and insulated at the same time. Perhaps naively, I'd expected a new roof to last longer than 12 years! Anyway, we're waiting for this particular roofer because he was recommended as being both honest and good at diagnostics. It's really hard to work out where a leak originates, apparently. And the honest bit is particularly important because the ground slopes away so steeply in front of our house that the only way to see the front half of the roof is from the other side of the valley, with binoculars... so a slapdash roofer could (and did, perhaps?) get away with shoddy workmanship on that side without it being apparent until later.
Needless to say, the roofers we employed 12 years ago are no longer in business...