Mundane News

[Sjw]

http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/38813/three-ingredient-peanut-butter-cookies.aspx
i used bog standard granulated sugar but doubled amounts and didn't bother flattening them. They are very sweet. They come out very soft but harden a bit as they cool off. Really nice

 

[Accy cyclist]

A large spider's turned up in my kitchen. It must be due to the cold weather. I've read it the riot act. No making webs in awkward places,no dropping down on me from the ceiling and no crawling across me while i'm in bed or in my chair. Any messing and you're out! If you behave we'll get along just fine.

 

[Reynard]

I am trying to pretzel a poem into submission, but the last verse isn't playing ball.

 

[Accy cyclist]

On about houses i notice Al Capone's Miami Mansion's up for sale at $14.9 million.https://www.elledecor.com/celebrity-style/celebrity-homes/a19863610/al-capone-mansion-miami-sale/ What's that in pounds,about 8 million or so? If i had the money i'd buy it. It looks stunning. Imagine just sitting there and imagining all those dodgy characters who'd been in the place.

Look at all those palm trees surrounding it!

 

[Gravity Aided]

Two reasons I wouldn't want that house, besides global warming and sea levels- It was his last house, so he's probably haunting it, and he died of heart failure after a stroke caused by syphilis.

 

[Gravity Aided]

See this bathroom? I'd be cleaning this thing with live steam whilst the exorcism was taking place.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Next stop-

Name,Dates, and My Jesus Mercy. Usually an open beer and a vigil lamp sitting around, too. On the Mt. Carmel Cemetery Tour, I think, as well as a memorial to the Irish who joined the Clan-Na-Gael Guards, Irishmen from Chicago who went to South Africa to fight for the Boers.

 

[Gravity Aided]

On about houses i notice Al Capone's Miami Mansion's up for sale at $14.9 million.https://www.elledecor.com/celebrity-style/celebrity-homes/a19863610/al-capone-mansion-miami-sale/ What's that in pounds,about 8 million or so? If i had the money i'd buy it. It looks stunning. Imagine just sitting there and imagining all those dodgy characters who'd been in the place.

Look at all those palm trees surrounding it!
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BTW, I think that's just the beach house you see there, although the main house isn't all that huge by American Rich Criminal standards.

 

[Reynard]

Right, I'm off to the Land of Nod.

Plan on being intermittent for a bit - just the usual. So see y'all on the other side, folks xxx

 

[raleighnut]

[QUOTE 5398499, member: 9609"]why did you no use red tiles ?[/QUOTE]
I believe planners these days require extensions to be evident in order to preserve the integrity of the original building's design/construction.

It's a good idea, preserving the historical significance of 'how it's built' for future generations I think.

 

[Illaveago]

See this bathroom? I'd be cleaning this thing with live steam whilst the exorcism was taking place.
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Looks like you could keep bikes in there.

 

[MikeG]

[QUOTE 5398499, member: 9609"]why did you no use red tiles ?[/QUOTE]

Because the roof is at a pitch below the minimum for plain tiles. Slates can be used down to 22.5 degrees, but plain tiles minimum pitch is typically around 35 degrees (it varies with the manufacturer). The roof pitch was determined by the window above it.

Besides, there are enough tiles on the house. It looks nice to extend the palate of materials a little sometimes.

 

[MikeG]

I believe planners these days require extensions to be evident in order to preserve the integrity of the original building's design/construction.

It's a good idea, preserving the historical significance of 'how it's built' for future generations I think.

Whilst this is pretty much the case, everything to the right of the red line in the following image is extension. The original 300 year old house (with a new roof) is to the left of the line, and I built everything to the right. This parallel-roof arrangement is known as "double pile", so in jargon, the front pile is original, and the rear pile I built, including the mono-pitch outshot which I've just slated.

 

[MikeG]

Here's a similar angle 3 years ago:

Here's the front part when I was giving it a little decorative touch-up:

You can see now why my cycling opportunities have been somewhat restricted in the last 4 years.

 

[MikeG]

That's a lead flashing for a future conservatory. It's easier (and a better job) to put that in before rendering rather than trying to cut it in afterwards. It's something of a gamble, as I don't have planning permission for a conservatory as yet.

The render is lime. It is a lime-chalk (and fibre) mix, as was traditional around here, rather than lime & sand. You buy it ready-mixed and just mix it with water.