Got the new water butt 'plumbed in' just in time for the several hours of rain last night. Couldn't wait this morning to see how much water had been collected....... hardly any ! Should have checked the tap was off! Grrrrr
Oh, surely not, @KT53.  There are plenty of young people who are polite, concerned, and caring âŠ. at least weâd better hope so because theyâre the people who will be running the country, running the WORLD, soon.
I think perhaps that because of the accessibility of bad news these days we get the (wrong) impression that certain elements of society are inherently âbadâ, different to us and therefore somehow âout to get usâ. Â Theyâre really not though. Â Just like âusâ, âtheyâ are only trying to make their way in an increasingly complicated and difficult world.
We need to cut them a bit of slack, just like our parentsâ and grandparentsâ generation cut US slack.
Or we could continue âtilting at windmillsâ and grow increasingly grouchy and malcontent.
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Been to Nantes today to get my knee scanned for its replacement titanium jobby in July. After that we went to see the surgeon's secretary because, apparently, my check-in is 6:30am on the Monday of the op which is at 9.  We live 90 minutes drive away in non rush hour conditions and I have to be showered in iodine before the op so not terribly helpful.
New hospital policy is no admissions the day before ops - presumably to save costs and help staffing levels - which I can sort of understand but now we need to book a hotel. At least I'm not on a 2 year waiting list......
@KT53 OH finally plumbed in our last two water butts after they'd been sitting there for almost 2 years and were duly filled but only 2 days before we had the roof sprayed to remove moss and had to pour all the water away - 1000 litres all told.Â
I rather wish somebody had taught the workmen next door some manners. They had the cheek to park their lorry very tightly across our drive this morning so I couldn't even climb out and had to ask them to move it. Then this afternoon, I walked down from the back garden and inside the house to find they'd backed said lorry several metres up our drive just so they could throw their logs onto the lorry across the dividing fence. They might have knocked on the door to ask permission which I didn't hear but I rather doubt it.
Can you remember what your roof was sprayed with? We get quite a bit of moss on our garage roof, and spraying sounds like a good idea. Many thanks, Bee x
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@Obelixx  I bumped into a friend in town today who had a knee replacement a few months ago. He's very pleased with the lack of pain but less impressed that he wasn't warned that he wouldn't be able to kneel on it. As a builder that makes life a tad difficult.
@Bee witched The product used is called DALEP 2100 and deals with moss and fungae that can grow on roof tiles.
It's a "thing" here. It was in Belgium too and we had a chappy who came round the first time and pressure washed our roof, fixed broken tiles (which turned out to be the wrong order of business after I checked the attics!) and then sprayed with a preventive product. He came every year to check the roof and tweak loose tiles and spray if necessary. That was slate tiles with lots of rain.
Here we have slate tiles on the house and terracotta tiles on the annex and garden shed which used to be pig sheds.  We just called in some local chaps and they fixed a leak in the apex of the main roof then sprayed.  I don't think we'll need an annual visit.
@KT53 I can kneel on mine on soft surfaces such as the bed, sofa, cusions but not for long on our hard floors.  No medical person has mentioned it as a problem so I'm assuming it's a case of adapting. Â
Meanwhie, cos the duff knees have been so flipping painful and unco-operative, I've learned to garden bending from my hips cos I'm still flexible enough or sitting down when I need to be up close. Â
Maybe your builder friend needs some knee pads with extra padding.
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I think perhaps that because of the accessibility of bad news these days we get the (wrong) impression that certain elements of society are inherently âbadâ, different to us and therefore somehow âout to get usâ. Â Theyâre really not though. Â Just like âusâ, âtheyâ are only trying to make their way in an increasingly complicated and difficult world.
We need to cut them a bit of slack, just like our parentsâ and grandparentsâ generation cut US slack.
Or we could continue âtilting at windmillsâ and grow increasingly grouchy and malcontent.
New hospital policy is no admissions the day before ops - presumably to save costs and help staffing levels - which I can sort of understand but now we need to book a hotel. At least I'm not on a 2 year waiting list......
@KT53 OH finally plumbed in our last two water butts after they'd been sitting there for almost 2 years and were duly filled but only 2 days before we had the roof sprayed to remove moss and had to pour all the water away - 1000 litres all told.Â
They might have knocked on the door to ask permission which I didn't hear but I rather doubt it.
Can you remember what your roof was sprayed with?
We get quite a bit of moss on our garage roof, and spraying sounds like a good idea.
Many thanks,
Bee x
A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
It's a "thing" here. It was in Belgium too and we had a chappy who came round the first time and pressure washed our roof, fixed broken tiles (which turned out to be the wrong order of business after I checked the attics!) and then sprayed with a preventive product. He came every year to check the roof and tweak loose tiles and spray if necessary. That was slate tiles with lots of rain.
Here we have slate tiles on the house and terracotta tiles on the annex and garden shed which used to be pig sheds.  We just called in some local chaps and they fixed a leak in the apex of the main roof then sprayed.  I don't think we'll need an annual visit.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Meanwhie, cos the duff knees have been so flipping painful and unco-operative, I've learned to garden bending from my hips cos I'm still flexible enough or sitting down when I need to be up close. Â
Maybe your builder friend needs some knee pads with extra padding.