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Originally Posted by JTaylor
(Post 11773058)
Still the same one, Swati.
Anyway, the local authority anti-rodent squad are coming out in the next few days to try and get the little critters! You should take a picture of at least one mouse on your phone, and post it up here for fun. :D Have gotten rid of most of the previous occupant's chintz now. Also, was up late last night stripping the skirting to clean where they'd not caulked and dog-hair and dust and other assorted ming had accumulated. Lovely. Bin-men took eighteen bags the other day, bless 'em. Are you re-decorating now, or have you already done it? Still no telly, and I kind of like it! Also, no wi-fi or washing machine or freezer. :o |
By the way, if there's no wifi in your new house, how are you posting here? Through 3G? Watch out. your data charges could be in hundreds of pounds at the end of the month! Get internet sharpish, James. It's better and more useful than having TV imo. That's if you aren't sucked into it.
If you're using neighbour's wifi, that's ok. I put my neighbour on my wifi the other day. She's made up. |
Originally Posted by Turbohot
(Post 11773103)
By the way, if there's no wifi in your new house, how are you posting here? Through 3G? Watch out. your data charges could be in hundreds of pounds at the end of the month! Get internet sharpish, James. It's better and more useful than having TV imo. That's if you aren't sucked into it.
If you're using neighbour's wifi, that's ok. I put my neighbour on my wifi the other day. She's made up. P.s. Nowhere near the decorating stage. Still cleaning and tidying and getting rid of their fittings. Hoovering the chimney tonight. P.p.s. Talking of wildfowl, took this on the day we moved in; Lizzy said it must have been a sign: https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.sco...9368b0e0e.jpeg |
Originally Posted by JTaylor
(Post 11773106)
Using 3G/4G at them moment. Lol @ the duck thread! :lol1:
P.s. Nowhere near the decorating stage. Still cleaning and tidying and getting rid of their fittings. Hoovering the chimney tonight. P.p.s. Talking of wildfowl, took this on the day we moved in; Lizzy said it must have been a sign: https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.sco...9368b0e0e.jpeg |
Originally Posted by Turbohot
(Post 11773189)
Careful. Don't get stuck inside your chimley while hoovering it. Hoover before the beers, not after. D
Good pic, but I wish there were a few more wind fowls to complete the tip-of-the-arrow pattern. However, what does Lizzie reckon it might have acted as a sign for, James? |
Originally Posted by JTaylor
(Post 11773226)
Well nothing really, she's not superstitious, it was just that the formation looked vaguely like an 'L'. :o
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Didn't vacuum the chimney; I watched Lizzy polish and reposition things whilst we listened to 'Brothers in Arms' and drank red wine. Must try harder.
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Originally Posted by JTaylor
(Post 11773271)
Didn't vacuum the chimney; I watched Lizzy polish and reposition things whilst we listened to 'Brothers in Arms' and drank red wine. Must try harder.
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Did the chimney last night after our carol service. There's candle wax all over the hearth so need to research how to safely remove it without staining the stone.
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Originally Posted by JTaylor
(Post 11773766)
Oye, thou shan't deceive nor must thou kill; may it be a mouse or mice! :mad: I'm pretty sure the Bible commands both those things. I can find exact number for them and who spoke it etc. but I'm kinda busy atm. Oh, and....
Originally Posted by JTaylor
(Post 11773766)
Did the chimney last night after our carol service. There's candle wax all over the hearth so need to research how to safely remove it without staining the stone.
PS: Heat gun shouldn't ruin your stone, unless it's Tajmahal sort of marble stone. If your hearth stones can take the heat of burning cinders in the hearth, then they should respond fine to the heat gun or the hair dryer. Good luck. |
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Not sure who plastered those walls mate, but I'd be getting someone else in next time if I were you. :D
Nice driveway. |
I think his uneven plaster looks cool. :cool: I'm trying to work out how come the pictures are hanging so flat on the bumps. :wonder:
I like the old bibles (or maybe they're something else) and the furniture as well. Old oil lamp will be much more appropriate for this setting. |
I'm not sure how the pictures sit flat. There's one on the other side of the room that stands proud.
Agreed about the light - this place does some nice items: http://www.artifact-lighting.com Oh, and the books are volumes of the Spectator from 1739. https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.sco...ef068d5cb.jpeg https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.sco...d948755e6.jpeg |
Originally Posted by JTaylor
(Post 11776510)
I'm not sure how the pictures sit flat. There's one on the other side of the room that stands proud.
Agreed about the light - this place does some nice items: http://www.artifact-lighting.com I'm more into this sort of stuff for that setting> http://antiques.lovetoknow.com/Antique_Oil_Lamps#2 If you put a real antique oil lamp in that corner, the setting will look more haunted than it already seems to be. ;) :D Oh, and the books are volumes of the Spectator from 1739. https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.sco...ef068d5cb.jpeg https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.sco...d948755e6.jpeg The book most precious to me in The Little Black Sambo. It's not as battered nor is it the first ed. and signed etc., but the revolutionary nature of that tiny book with most simple drawings shows the power of literature. I won't display it like that near a modern lamp with 1970's tacky looking furniture in my Thatcher era period property, no way. :D |
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Originally Posted by JTaylor
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Originally Posted by Turbohot
(Post 11776703)
Not my type. There's nothing ornamental about it. I can't but imagine a stuffed little bird inside it, imprisoned there forever in its posthumous state; just for the display. But if ithis lamp is cool for you and co., then you should get it. :cool:
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Originally Posted by JTaylor
(Post 11776702)
Now you're talking. :cool: This has more character than that taxidermy glass dome. |
Originally Posted by Turbohot
(Post 11776706)
Now you're talking. :cool:
This has more character than that taxidermy glass dome. |
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Originally Posted by JTaylor
(Post 11776707)
Definitely. :lol1:
Just be careful with the lantern hidden under your robe. Don't let the robe go on fire. |
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Originally Posted by JTaylor
(Post 11776711)
I'm not into smashing things out of anger or frustration, but I did smash one very antique oil lamp once, in some very complex circumstances. I'll never forget it, nor will I ever stop regretting that action of mine. It wasn't so much about the lamp, my shame was more about the lovely person who gifted it to us, and their sentiment behind it. I did aplogise to them, and they forgave me. Very noble of them. :) |
Where have you got that from? I completely made it up tbh. I don't even watch horror films. Shame no thought is original any more. :( I was made to watch one horror type Stephen King's film last night. I wanted to watch my daughter's favourite City of God, but my dearest son was hellbent on me watching The Bongoliers or something. It was so bad that we got bored half way through. The son looked at the duration that turned out to be 180 minutes of complete absurdity e.g. killing people by revolving a toaster in a pillow case and a traumatised arrogant businessman trying to look scary. What a load of rubbish it was. RSMatt would have loved it with his cat sitting next to him. :D We turned it off after enduring 90 minutes of our restlessness. |
Originally Posted by Turbohot
(Post 11776723)
Where have you got that from? I completely made it up tbh. I don't even watch horror films. Shame no thought is original any more. :(
I was made to watch one horror type Stephen King's film last night. I wanted to watch my daughter's favourite City of God, but my dearest son was hellbent on me watching The Bongoliers or something. It was so bad that we got bored half way through. The son looked at the duration that turned out to be 180 minutes of complete absurdity e.g. killing people by revolving a toaster in a pillow case and a traumatised arrogant businessman trying to look scary. What a load of rubbish it was. RSMatt would have loved it with his cat sitting next to him. :D We turned it off after enduring 90 minutes of our restlessness. |
Originally Posted by JTaylor
(Post 11776732)
It's Strider from Lord of the Rings and the scene sprung immediately to mind after reading your description. It's funny, because this morning when I ducked under the beam on the stairs the missus described the house as a "hobbit home". :)
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There are dozens of these little chaps running across my path as I make my way up the driveway. This one stopped for a photo.
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.sco...2cd9a122b.jpeg Not the greatest of shots and looking forward to some decent photos in the spring. Stew, anyone? |
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