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Gravity Aided
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- Land of Lincoln
I got sick after work today, infection in toe, now off for two days . If things do not markedly improve, I get to go and visit St. Joseph RC Hospital (again)
Gravity Aided
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- Location
- Land of Lincoln
I usually have a throng of House Sparrows, or English Sparrows, or Spaatzes in my yard, like a horde of locusts they are. These were introduced in St. Louis, Missouri, and have spread from there.
Gravity Aided
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Certainly doesn't look like one, from imagery I have seen. I think Avi Loeb may not be correct in his surmise.
Reynard
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- Cambridgeshire, UK
It's been a mild but ridiculously blustery day here chez Casa Reynard, with the odd sprinkling of sideways rain.
Thanks to the gale, my internet's been offline for much of the day. There's a damaged wire somewhere that keeps dropping the line whenever the wind blows from a southerly direction.
Slept well. The morning was largely vacuumed up by some troubleshooting of the plumbing in the utility room. Turning off the service valve for the water heater last night only made things worse. Mop and bucket time. Applied some plumbers tape to the joints above and below the valve. That also did not help - the water is actually leaking out of the valve mechanism itself.
The currently single feasible solution was to turn the water supply off at the stopcock. Which was stuck open. A bit of persuasion was required with a mallet, some GT85 and a spare bicycle seatpost over the handle. Water turned off, hey presto, no more leakage. Downside, I can't use the washing machine until a more effective solution is applied.
The service valve is a plastic jobby, and I suspect it's just degraded with age. I need to find out whether a) I can get a like-for-like replacement, or whether b) I can have it switched out for a metal valve. I might go over to the DIY section of the forum to see if there's a plumber here on CC whose brain I might be able to pick. If (a) is possible, I could probably effect the repair myself - I just need the part and a big-ass wrench. Otherwise I'd have to get a plumber in. Will need recommendations as the chap we used to use retired fully just before Covid hit.
Lovely luncheon of sun-dried tomato bread, cheese, an apple and a
My afternoon was spent de-skinning and chopping up a couple of kilos of tomatoes to make a big pot of tomato sauce. Had to pop to Littleport to drop off the parental's prescription, and stopped on the way home at a foraging spot that yielded about a dozen walnuts. A bit disappointed there, was hoping the gales would've dislodged more.
Lovely supper of toast, avocado, fried egg and roasted baby plum tomatoes, then apple & banana crumble and custard for afters.
A quiet evening has been had working on the writing.
And on that note, I'm going to head off to bed via a nice hot bath.
Thanks to the gale, my internet's been offline for much of the day. There's a damaged wire somewhere that keeps dropping the line whenever the wind blows from a southerly direction.
Slept well. The morning was largely vacuumed up by some troubleshooting of the plumbing in the utility room. Turning off the service valve for the water heater last night only made things worse. Mop and bucket time. Applied some plumbers tape to the joints above and below the valve. That also did not help - the water is actually leaking out of the valve mechanism itself.
The currently single feasible solution was to turn the water supply off at the stopcock. Which was stuck open. A bit of persuasion was required with a mallet, some GT85 and a spare bicycle seatpost over the handle. Water turned off, hey presto, no more leakage. Downside, I can't use the washing machine until a more effective solution is applied.
The service valve is a plastic jobby, and I suspect it's just degraded with age. I need to find out whether a) I can get a like-for-like replacement, or whether b) I can have it switched out for a metal valve. I might go over to the DIY section of the forum to see if there's a plumber here on CC whose brain I might be able to pick. If (a) is possible, I could probably effect the repair myself - I just need the part and a big-ass wrench. Otherwise I'd have to get a plumber in. Will need recommendations as the chap we used to use retired fully just before Covid hit.
Lovely luncheon of sun-dried tomato bread, cheese, an apple and a
My afternoon was spent de-skinning and chopping up a couple of kilos of tomatoes to make a big pot of tomato sauce. Had to pop to Littleport to drop off the parental's prescription, and stopped on the way home at a foraging spot that yielded about a dozen walnuts. A bit disappointed there, was hoping the gales would've dislodged more.
Lovely supper of toast, avocado, fried egg and roasted baby plum tomatoes, then apple & banana crumble and custard for afters.
A quiet evening has been had working on the writing.
And on that note, I'm going to head off to bed via a nice hot bath.
raleighnut
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We have a colony of Sparrows that nest/roost in the Ivy up the side of the house, I estimate about 80 but it could be more.
