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Syzygy 
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 Posted: March 02 2010 at 04:04 |
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Has anybody else noticed that strange yellow thing that's been hovering in the sky for the last couple of days?
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'Like so many of you
I've got my doubts about how much to contribute
to the already rich among us...'
Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom
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Dean
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Posted: March 02 2010 at 04:10 |
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the Vogons are here?
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Jim Garten
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Posted: March 02 2010 at 06:02 |
Well that'll please Chris - Magma lyrics are somewhat akin to Vogon poetry 
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Jim Garten
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Posted: March 02 2010 at 06:03 |
Mind you - you know winter's on its way out when you can have a ciggie outside the office wearing just a t-shirt* 
* and yes, I was wearing trousers, too 
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chopper
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Posted: March 02 2010 at 06:45 |
 Syzygy wrote:
Has anybody else noticed that strange yellow thing that's been hovering in the sky for the last couple of days? |
Never mind the sun, did anyone see the moon last night? Never seen it so big. I'm just off out for a quick howl.
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Jim Garten
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Posted: March 02 2010 at 06:47 |
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It was huge - and I believe, not a little gibbous
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Syzygy
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Posted: March 02 2010 at 10:40 |
Jim Garten wrote:
It was huge - and I believe, not a little gibbous |
97% full, waning gibbous to be exact.
I know, I really should get out more...
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'Like so many of you
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Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom
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chopper
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Posted: March 02 2010 at 10:53 |
Jim Garten wrote:
It was huge - and I believe, not a little gibbous |
Sorry, but this fully deserves an "ooh err, Matron".
So there it is.
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mystic fred
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Posted: March 09 2010 at 13:39 |
Just popped in to give the place a spring clean...
tum te ta....umm, quite a few spider webs in here, and the lardy cake's gone mouldy... 
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Syzygy
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Posted: March 09 2010 at 17:04 |
Hmmm - thought I'd fetch a few fresh supplies - teabags, milk, sugar, hobnobs, some gentlemen's special interest literature* - spring appears to be springing, so it's high time to sit around wondering if anybody's going to get around to doing any weeding...
* Including copies of Allotment Architecture, Gazebo Now! and Reader's Sheds
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'Like so many of you
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Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom
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Dean
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Posted: March 09 2010 at 17:12 |
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...I think someone weed over there behind the couch
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Jim Garten
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Posted: March 10 2010 at 01:51 |
Syzygy wrote:
Hmmm - thought I'd fetch a few fresh supplies - teabags, milk, sugar, hobnobs, some gentlemen's special interest literature* |
Excellent - now we can relax in a gentleman's way*
* ie, weeding, re-creosoting the exterior & giving our tools a damned good cleaning!
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Jim Garten
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Posted: March 10 2010 at 01:56 |
Speaking of spring cleaning (well, Steve was...), finally hit the loft over the weekend & started on the mammoth task of getting rid of 19 years' worth of accumulated rubbish (including a bloody heavy & ancient lawnmower I've no recollection of putting up there).
Main problem was over the years, any large cardboard box (TVs, PCs, various white goods) got shoved into the loft, slowly encroaching on the hatchway, so starting off, it was like climbing into a submarine's conning tower... a couple of hours later though + 1 car full of flattened cardboard & bags of polystyrene packaging.... I can now stand in my loft & plan the major clearout, p;rior to it being re-insulated, boarded out & prepared..,
....for the next 19 years' worth of rubbish 
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chopper
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Posted: March 10 2010 at 04:02 |
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I've got a loft containing 15 years worth of toys and associated junk to clear out, unfortunately I've just come out of hospital after having my gall bladder removed so I can't do much at the moment. I'll be chilling out for the next couple of weeks.
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Syzygy
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Posted: March 10 2010 at 04:43 |
chopper wrote:
I've got a loft containing 15 years worth of toys and associated junk to clear out, unfortunately I've just come out of hospital after having my gall bladder removed so I can't do much at the moment. I'll be chilling out for the next couple of weeks.
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Ouch - I hope your convalescence is comfortable enough for you to catch up on your reading/listening/daytime TV, but not so comfortable as to make household chores or DIY feasible (if you see what I mean).
ITV4 is very good for old episodes of Minder and The Sweeney, which always make me feel better.
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'Like so many of you
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Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom
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Jim Garten
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Posted: March 10 2010 at 05:56 |
Syzygy wrote:
I hope your convalescence is comfortable enough for you to catch up on your reading/listening/daytime TV, but not so comfortable as to make household chores or DIY feasible |
Seconded - hope your recovery (I can't spell convalescence) goes well; if that were me, I'd be thinking DVD frenzy 
All the best mate 
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mystic fred
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Posted: March 10 2010 at 10:24 |
Good luck with the loft Jim - did mine a few years ago to fit insulation, floor panels and renew lagging, 26 dustbin bags full of of dust and accumulated rubbish over 60 years, mask and paper jump suit essential 
Looking great , very warm upstairs during the winter now but empty boxes and Christmas decorations starting to accumulate...
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Jim Garten
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Posted: March 10 2010 at 10:54 |
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I was going to do mine last summer, but I opened the hatch & there was an ominous buzzing, making me think WASP NEST!!!!!
I closed the hatch & waited...
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Jon Lord 1941 - 2012
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Dean
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Posted: March 10 2010 at 11:08 |
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I found an empty wasp nest in the attic when we went to fetch the xmas decorations down - it's an amazing structure - all made from woody wasp spit. Neat.
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Jim Garten
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Posted: March 10 2010 at 11:17 |
There's no doubt they're amazing structures, but do they have to be full of wasps? 
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