The Virtual Lounge

[Anonymous]

well, fluffy onesie on + donkey brown boottee-tyle slippers

cuppa Twinnings tea = everyday variety, decaff + s/sk milk = no sugar +

Blue Ribband original choccy bic to hand

checking on my cat Marvellous Marty the Magnificent = beside me in his pet-bed under the wooden desk 

on which new basic desktop printer will be put = on or around next payday ..... I mean upon the wooden desk not upon the cat  

kicked my old basic Epson printer in frustration many many months ago 

therapeutic for me for about 3 nano-seconds but really, really bad for the printer 

well, let's see if there are many takers for my initial entry into the off-top unofficial world of 'the lounge area'

WispaRed7 

[Daddydoink]

@Cleoriff et al - I'm calling a sparky.  I'm admitting defeat with the lighting... which is a whole other story.

[gmarkj]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

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@gmarkj wrote:
not sure. you would imagine that an electrician could charge much more doing electrics...

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Indeed...but I was talking about his 'home' skills...not his earning potential...:smileywink:

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at least he can change the plug on the lawn mower in confidence! and knows not to run over the lead with it...

[Cleoriff]

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@Daddydoink wrote:

@Cleoriff et al - I'm calling a sparky.  I'm admitting defeat with the lighting... which is a whole other story.

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I think that may be the best bet @Daddydoink. Better to be safe than sorry....

[MI5]

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@gmarkj wrote:

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@Cleoriff wrote:

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@gmarkj wrote:
not sure. you would imagine that an electrician could charge much more doing electrics...

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Indeed...but I was talking about his 'home' skills...not his earning potential...:smileywink:

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at least he can change the plug on the lawn mower in confidence! and knows not to run over the lead with it...

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Ask him about trimming Cleo's bush then..... I dare you

[gmarkj]

erm... think i'll skip that one!!

although my beard is starting to get out of control...

[Cleoriff]

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@gmarkj wrote:
erm... think i'll skip that one!!

although my beard is starting to get out of control...

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Coward....suffice it to say......it was 10 ft tall... 8ft across and 18years old. O/H was asked by me to 'trim it back' whilst I was in Spain. I came home to find a stump as he had razed it to the ground...and a destroyed fence....

He is still paying for that error of judgement....

Oh and she was called Jasmine Nudiflorum...

[jonsie]

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@Beenherebefore wrote:

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@MI5 wrote:
Why does an electrician need to know about gardening?

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I know why a gardener needs to know about electricity.

I cut through a relation's alarm cable while strimming (I lie, it was a brushcutter...the one with a 200mm diam metal serrated blade) her wild garden area.......didn't realise until the police grabbed me.

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I did the same with a neighbours telephone cable....oh how we laughed....not!

[gmarkj]

ah - due to the type of person I am (and my sense of humour) I made the assumption of a more personal nature being involved. Oops.
We have conifers both sides of our back garden. One side has been professionally done, the other by me. I think my one may be dying due to the colour it has gone... But it must be 14ft plus as least in the places I can't reach!

[MI5]

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@gmarkj wrote:
ah - due to the type of person I am (and my sense of humour) I made the assumption of a more personal nature being involved. Oops.

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[jonsie]

I have some gorgeous conifers that I planted as miniature's around 15 years ago. They have grown a foot every year and are very low maintenance. That and grass cutting is as far as my interest now lies with gardening.