tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post2636518658519401546..comments2024-03-27T09:13:32.912+00:00Comments on News From Nowhere: Flats (nearly) for sale!Alan Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-7904671185232243922009-08-08T16:01:30.152+01:002009-08-08T16:01:30.152+01:00i know how you feel AB...i was not wired myself to...i know how you feel AB...i was not wired myself to be the handyman...lol. your specialites are no existent...come on now. smiles.Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-44018961839011819672009-08-07T01:02:26.378+01:002009-08-07T01:02:26.378+01:00Cinnamon, the curious thing was that the dog knew ...Cinnamon, the curious thing was that the dog knew to wake me up gently, not a big sloppy kiss, more a nose of "Come on Edwin".<br /><br />Absurdly intelligent dog - one time I took him for a walk in the car he was sitting up on the back seat blocking the driving mirror, eager for his walk and I may have whispered but actually I think I merely thought "I can't effing see through the mirror if you sit there..." actually I remember being startled he suddenly sat down BEFORE I'd had time to say. And with a look of basically apology. This didn't, of course, stop him racing off to roll on a dead fox on the walk despite me yelling furiously he was not to do that... and the glare I got I was intruding on his pleasure... and the look of "So you'll wash me..." Almost a "so what?" look.<br /><br />I didn't say there was no more work to do - I've a huge list for the inside! Definitely no time for your radiator.. although if you have a radiator coming off the wall I instantly have a reminisce.. my brother and I fixed up my parent's retirement house including the radiators... but his daughter at age four or something was a lively bunny and clambered over one of the radiators causing it to fall clean off the wall. She was using it as a climbing frame or something. Or, more interestingly, she was absolutely determined to get attention as children that age (and much older people) do... frankly, she didn't like that we were all talking about radiators rather than her. So she played on it until it fell off the wall.<br /><br />A very long time ago. And I did fix it. And the damaged pipe. I'm terribly old (nearly as old as Alan!) - that was so long ago that since then niece Emma is now a qualified and head of department teacher, and in between worked on our educational courses as office organiser and then tutor just stunningly capable on both counts... but also remembers when she caused the radiator to fall off the wall and says I was just SO funny about it not mattering.<br /><br />Actually, I also remember my blessed family leaving me to paper the sitting room with niece Emma as my helper, by now aged about six.. and my god she was just about the best assistant I have ever had. Mostly I prefer to do such things by myself because I have a curious property I nearly always make things good if there isn't some idiot saying what I should have done whilst I'm still trying to work out what the best ideas might be.<br /><br />This may sound exaggerated - we have an electric drive narrowboat actually works just everybody told me couldn't possibly. Oh no, it works. Article in the press, instant emails to me why it must have faults. Humans are SO odd, I'd only been trying to say it DID work and why!<br /><br />Jane told me to write a blog about it - I have. Just two people commented on it, one for a silly thing that of course was part of it, the other a small manufacturer is now making units copying the ideas and it's looking good they may be making suitable units... who knows?Edwin Osbornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15892411809138609516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-45694282990203007952009-08-07T00:54:13.819+01:002009-08-07T00:54:13.819+01:00I should hastily add that this post comes from my ...I should hastily add that this post comes from my friend Edwin and not from me. Unfortunately if I was asked to wire kitchens, fix radiators, or lag pipes the results would be truly disastrous. Edwin's areas of expertise are property development, electronics and canal barges and he occasionally posts on these subjects. My areas of expertise are non existent and therefore I regularly post about almost anything.Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-89362636264013147362009-08-07T00:22:13.717+01:002009-08-07T00:22:13.717+01:00You are really going to enjoy that front yard. Do...You are really going to enjoy that front yard. Does your dog get to be in there. It sounds like you are having a lot of work done. Good luck on that. .... Oh yes I have sent a small white dog flying and he was just as surprised as I was.L. D. https://www.blogger.com/profile/02270923121962761209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-70918835949512675382009-08-06T22:59:02.389+01:002009-08-06T22:59:02.389+01:00Doggy kisses- oh no! I love my dog, but can't ...Doggy kisses- oh no! I love my dog, but can't abide those sloppy licks!<br /><br />The house front looks great- no more work to do? Well I've got this radiator coming away from the wall...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com