I would just like to say

[kevstar]

Friends of ours down the road, they are pretty veggy,off the grid, use natural materials, where they can. They live in a Yurt with a few extensions (green house) and have solar panels.
They chuck their compost toliet contents into the chicken run to sort out. They give us eggs during over production so they can pick walnuts up, eggs are lovely . But then the walnuts are fed from our "sealed" cesspit taste fine too.

They are slowly doing up the house on the plot, The new bathroom has a floor level flush (not water flush) toilet. they call it a "drop" toilet and that squatting to do business is good for you.

J

I was in Egypt & was touching cloth so I had to go n use one of there drop toilets......chap sat outside covered in flys
giving you loo roll aye 1 bloody sheet, I said 1 sheet ?? he said yes its to clean your finger once youve cleaned yer bum
Ok so it was inside a little cave with a sheet over the front & it had a hole in the floor with a 100ft drop

 

[kevstar]

...waited ferrim to come down. He dint. Seemed happy to watch me. Eye moved about slowly and kept some distance. Then anuvva squirrel walked diagonal down me garage to avoid bumping into him. Climbed down me trellis and started munching nuts on top ov me hedge hog box. This triggered the first one to follow. Hesitent still. Jumped oft the trellis away from the uvva one. He found the nuts by me pots. When they both finished they were circling around looking fer more nuts. One left and the other found some by me garage door. It were at this point he noticed me stood watching from the shade ov me tree ont grass. Gorrup on is back legs to gerra betterer look. Showing is fluffy tummy. Then slowly hopped oft past me water butts. Climbed me fence then up a tree. Munched his nut there. This gave me more time to finish watering and drop some more nuts ferrum. Eye were happy wiv this. Small steps. They is gerrin used to me being there.

Hippo going out to play with the squiggles

 

[kevstar]

Early advert for a prototype Freelander.

You got the runt of the litter

 

[Hippo]

I was in Egypt & was touching cloth so I had to go n use one of there drop toilets......chap sat outside covered in flys
giving you loo roll aye 1 bloody sheet, I said 1 sheet ?? he said yes its to clean your finger once youve cleaned yer bum
Ok so it was inside a little cave with a sheet over the front & it had a hole in the floor with a 100ft drop

Home from home?

 

[kevstar]

Home from home?

Nope I dont live in a top floor flat.

 

[Hippo]

 

[Stone56]

Friends of ours down the road, they are pretty veggy,off the grid, use natural materials, where they can. They live in a Yurt with a few extensions (green house) and have solar panels.
They chuck their compost toliet contents into the chicken run to sort out. They give us eggs during over production so they can pick walnuts up, eggs are lovely . But then the walnuts are fed from our "sealed" cesspit taste fine too.

They are slowly doing up the house on the plot, The new bathroom has a floor level flush (not water flush) toilet. they call it a "drop" toilet and that squatting to do business is good for you.

J

Are thay planning to retire there, love to see them squatting at 70yrs

 

[Hippo]

 

[DanClarke]

Morning All.
Looks like another nice day!
Have a great day.

 

[Hippo]

Going to be hot again. Make sure yer put water out for wild life. Tis a good job eye gottid me harvester wuking. Eye collect 4x the amount of rain eye did before. Helps to correct the lack ov rains.

 

[doriz]

I have the unenviable task of removing 30 year old loft insulation today. Unavoidably the task day is set for today and tomorrow. Having been up there last week, it is like a furnace.

 

[marjon]

I have the unenviable task of removing 30 year old loft insulation today. Unavoidably the task day is set for today and tomorrow. Having been up there last week, it is like a furnace.

Thats not going to be a nice job.
If you need any moral support I will be cheering you on from the pool, OK

J

 

[marjon]

Are thay planning to retire there, love to see them squatting at 70yrs

They are only young 30s? So they have time to change or at least make a stool wif an ole in it.

J

 

[doriz]

Thats not going to be a nice job.
If you need any moral support I will be cheering you on from the pool, OK

J

Exacerbated by being in a Tyvex suit with a ffp face mask on It’s my own fault, I could’ve paid the £3k the contractor wanted to do the job. I just channelled my inner @kevstar and thought the money would be better spent on a tractor.

 

[DanClarke]

I have the unenviable task of removing 30 year old loft insulation today. Unavoidably the task day is set for today and tomorrow. Having been up there last week, it is like a furnace.

Don't envy you the task at all. Small parcels of it shoved into bin-liners and tied off and lobbed thru the hatch. For each "goal" reward yourself with 1 ice-cold beer. Job "jobbed" in no time. Are you vacuuming out all the "bits" too?

 

[Def90man]

I just channelled my inner @kevstar and thought the money would be better spent on a tractor.

The mighty grey Fergie. Good choice sir

 

[doriz]

Don't envy you the task at all. Small parcels of it shoved into bin-liners and tied off and lobbed thru the hatch. For each "goal" reward yourself with 1 ice-cold beer. Job "jobbed" in no time. Are you vacuuming out all the "bits" too?

So it only took 2.30 this morning to clear one half of the loft, 30 bags zip tied off, hoovered and bleached. Daughter helped. I’ve bought all the ppe, hepa vacuum, paid her £300 and still come in £2k under quote skip dependant. Same task again tomorrow with the other half of the loft. Just pleased I’ve cleaned the other two lofts already, and bugger the void in the main roof it’s a confined space job.

 

[marjon]

So it only took 2.30 this morning to clear one half of the loft, 30 bags zip tied off, hoovered and bleached. Daughter helped. I’ve bought all the ppe, hepa vacuum, paid her £300 and still come in £2k under quote skip dependant. Same task again tomorrow with the other half of the loft. Just pleased I’ve cleaned the other two lofts already, and bugger the void in the main roof it’s a confined space job.

Good job.
Can I ask why you are removing it?

J

 

[landowner]

Afternoon
Sunny and warm
Got some respite from kidney pain till stone moves again, making the most of it
Beef, spuds and cabbage for tea, that's a salad to me
Painted one of trucks wheels, got Daresbury Steam Show at weekend
Stay cool and well lubricated all

 

[Stanleysteamer]

I was in Egypt & was touching cloth so I had to go n use one of there drop toilets......chap sat outside covered in flys
giving you loo roll aye 1 bloody sheet, I said 1 sheet ?? he said yes its to clean your finger once youve cleaned yer bum
Ok so it was inside a little cave with a sheet over the front & it had a hole in the floor with a 100ft drop

You've told this story before.
I loses nothing in the second telling!!!!