Weekender Thread 23-27 August 2018
Mr
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: FRANCE
Posts: 5,230
Morning weekenders.
Busy morning with outdoor work.
Cleaned out the garages and washed down the 16 solar panels on our roof.
This last week of holidays will be dedicated to DIY, outdoor jobs, getting in the firewood for the winter...
Hope you all have a great day.
Busy morning with outdoor work.
Cleaned out the garages and washed down the 16 solar panels on our roof.
This last week of holidays will be dedicated to DIY, outdoor jobs, getting in the firewood for the winter...
Hope you all have a great day.
Member
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Washington State
Posts: 591
Just checking in on the morning of day 3. I had a good aa meeting last night - posted about it in the August class thread. Now back to work with some shakiness but its tolerable now. Have a great day everyone!
Mr
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: FRANCE
Posts: 5,230
Have a good day too SONW.
I always find putting on a brave face in work and affronting it head on is the best way. Everybody is too busy with their own problems to notice. People usually just want to be nice.
I always find putting on a brave face in work and affronting it head on is the best way. Everybody is too busy with their own problems to notice. People usually just want to be nice.
Guest
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Ashburn, VA
Posts: 30,196
Originally Posted by PhoenixJ 
They would write the prayer on a clay tablet or little bottle and smash it. The experts estimate there are about 5 million such clay smashed bits going back over 5000 years.
Member
Join Date: Jul 2018
Posts: 1,137
Originally Posted by MesaMan
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Kev ~
Yes, just laying right there! There's also a number of Flintknapped Tools about. One was the size of a Croquet Ball where ~1/3rd had been broken off. That 1/3rd then had a number of tiny chips off one side to sharpen it. Best guess was that it was a Deer Hide Scraper.
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Kev ~
Yes, just laying right there! There's also a number of Flintknapped Tools about. One was the size of a Croquet Ball where ~1/3rd had been broken off. That 1/3rd then had a number of tiny chips off one side to sharpen it. Best guess was that it was a Deer Hide Scraper.
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Originally Posted by saoutchik
Kevlarsjal, you could also get one of these, a 100% modern redesign of the Mark II Jaguar by Ian Callum, designer of the Aston Martin DB9 and Jaguar F Type. The engine is a 4 litre V8. If you ask him he will build you one. The only teeny, tiny drawback is that they cost £360,000 or +/- €400,000
saoutchik
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: London
Posts: 16,200
Congratulations on Day 3 StartingOver!
I have left London's Notting Hill Carnival in full swing and to the younger folk. Thankfully the rain stayed off this year. 1 million plus people meant that I couldn't get any decent pics of any floats or dancers. This is still well over half a mile from the actual parade.
I have left London's Notting Hill Carnival in full swing and to the younger folk. Thankfully the rain stayed off this year. 1 million plus people meant that I couldn't get any decent pics of any floats or dancers. This is still well over half a mile from the actual parade.
Sober-T- Dragon
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Manitoba
Posts: 8,759
Originally Posted by theVman31
So how is the business trip going Dragon. ?
I'm driving a 2019 Kia Forte, nothing fancy but it's got pep. The hotel is a bit worn, could use a sprucing up. New carpets & coat of paint that kind of thing. The light is a bit dingy too. Everytime I ride the elevator it sounds like the cables are streaching and about to snap. But the place is quiet. I was suprised to have slept well last night, I don't normally do well in hotels.
Member
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: South Africa
Posts: 1,536
Originally Posted by STDragon
I'm driving a 2019 Kia Forte, nothing fancy but it's got pep. The hotel is a bit worn, could use a sprucing up. New carpets & coat of paint that kind of thing. The light is a bit dingy too. Everytime I ride the elevator it sounds like the cables are streaching and about to snap. But the place is quiet. I was suprised to have slept well last night, I don't normally do well in hotels.
The hard work that we are here for starts later this morning, so please wish us luck!
Have a great Tuesday, everyone!
Mr
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: FRANCE
Posts: 5,230
Morning weekenders.
It's time for coffee I'm sure.
Good to hear your trips are going well Captain and Dragon. Sorry I forgot to mention yours Captain.
I will have a few work trips coming up too before the end of the year... Hopefully I will bring you all along.
It's time for coffee I'm sure.
Good to hear your trips are going well Captain and Dragon. Sorry I forgot to mention yours Captain.
I will have a few work trips coming up too before the end of the year... Hopefully I will bring you all along.
Guest
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: UK
Posts: 1,280
Originally Posted by CaptainHaddock
The hard work that we are here for starts later this morning, so please wish us luck!
Have a great Tuesday, everyone!
Thanks, you have a great day too!
John
Guest
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: UK
Posts: 1,280
Good morning weekenders
I hope that everyone has a great day.
If you're struggling things will pass and get better so please hang on in there.
Venus, I hope the pneumonia has started to clear and that you're feeling a little bit better now, get well soon!
Best wishes to all,
John
I hope that everyone has a great day.
If you're struggling things will pass and get better so please hang on in there.
Venus, I hope the pneumonia has started to clear and that you're feeling a little bit better now, get well soon!
Best wishes to all,
John
Ocean Lover!
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: You know nothing Jon Snow - UK
Posts: 2,604
Another weekend in the bag! Been making my own bread each Sunday so I can have boiled eggs and toast for breakfast and least I know what’s in the bread. Each loaf recipie is getting tweaked each week so nearly at optimum taste now lol
One more pound to go to reach a milestone goal of losing a stone (14lbs) so I am off to the pool to do some laps and get a treat after of a sauna, then a homemade pineapple, mango and spinach protein smoothie afterwards. I am so determined to get this weight off, total goal is to lose 42lbs so need to keep on track and motivated! Hope everyone is well xx
One more pound to go to reach a milestone goal of losing a stone (14lbs) so I am off to the pool to do some laps and get a treat after of a sauna, then a homemade pineapple, mango and spinach protein smoothie afterwards. I am so determined to get this weight off, total goal is to lose 42lbs so need to keep on track and motivated! Hope everyone is well xx
Sober-T- Dragon
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Manitoba
Posts: 8,759
Originally Posted by CaptainHaddock
Dragon, I woke up at 03:00am, so unfortunately not doing that well in the sleep department on the first night away from home. I had the good fortune to be given a lift here in an Audi S6, which is also our get-around car for the next few days. Now if only I could convince the owner to give me a turn behind the wheel!
The hard work that we are here for starts later this morning, so please wish us luck!
Have a great Tuesday, everyone!
The hard work that we are here for starts later this morning, so please wish us luck!
Have a great Tuesday, everyone!
Mr
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: FRANCE
Posts: 5,230
For the first time since I'm in France (15 years) we had a mini snake come into the house this afternoon.
Mrs vman seems to be very calm about it.
There are vipers around this part of France.
They are small but venomous.
This little one I think it is a couleuvre (grass snake) but not sure. It was about 40cm long.
Anyone able to tell me what it is confirm. ?
Mrs vman seems to be very calm about it.
There are vipers around this part of France.
They are small but venomous.
This little one I think it is a couleuvre (grass snake) but not sure. It was about 40cm long.
Anyone able to tell me what it is confirm. ?
Guest
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: UK
Posts: 1,280
Yep, I'm pretty sure that's a grass snake. Not venomous but can still give a painful bite if threatened. Looks young so hasn't got its full colour and markings yet.
https://www.francethisway.com/wildlife/grasssnake.php
https://www.francethisway.com/wildlife/grasssnake.php
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