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Rusty Nails

Rusty Nails

We remember
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Living in the slow lane
My daughter and three year old granddaughter went back home today after four days with us over Christmas.
I have always thought of myself as reasonably fit for a pensioner after years of exercise and regular cycling, but I was wrong. My wife and I are absolutely knackered after coping with a non-stop three year old bundle of energy and enjoyment.
I have been climbed over, chased around the house, raced around a local park by a mad kid on a balance bike, wrestled with, and sat under a table made into a den.
We wouldn't have changed a minute of it, but are now enjoying a quiet cup of coffee and a slice of homemade Christmas cake.
 
welsh dragon

welsh dragon

Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
Rusty Nails said:
My daughter and three year old granddaughter went back home today after four days with us over Christmas.
I have always thought of myself as reasonably fit for a pensioner after years of exercise and regular cycling, but I was wrong. My wife and I are absolutely knackered after coping with a non-stop three year old bundle of energy and enjoyment.
I have been climbed over, chased around the house, raced around a local park by a mad kid on a balance bike, wrestled with, and sat under a table made into a den.
We wouldn't have changed a minute of it, but are now enjoying a quiet cup of coffee and a slice of homemade Christmas cake.
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It's nice to see them, but it's also nice to see them leave. The peace and quiet is heavenly :laugh:
 
Tenkaykev

Tenkaykev

Guru
Location
Poole
Rusty Nails said:
My daughter and three year old granddaughter went back home today after four days with us over Christmas.
I have always thought of myself as reasonably fit for a pensioner after years of exercise and regular cycling, but I was wrong. My wife and I are absolutely knackered after coping with a non-stop three year old bundle of energy and enjoyment.
I have been climbed over, chased around the house, raced around a local park by a mad kid on a balance bike, wrestled with, and sat under a table made into a den.
We wouldn't have changed a minute of it, but are now enjoying a quiet cup of coffee and a slice of homemade Christmas cake.
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Have similar with our four year old granddaughter. An absolute joy but so exhausting! 😁
 
Tenkaykev

Tenkaykev

Guru
Location
Poole
Back from Poole with our Grandson who’s celebrating his 12th birthday today. The place we were intending to eat at was closed due to staff shortages as were a couple of other establishments. We ended up in the Lord Nelson on Poole Quay. Wandered back up the High street and spotted this bike outside a Turkish barbershop. Looks very secure but a tad inconvenient to park.
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ColinJ

ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
Location
Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
12boy said:
Other types of dwellings include condos, apartments, town houses, and double and single wides.
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The traditional name for an 'apartment' (in England, at least) was 'flat', but the word 'apartment' seems to be slowly taking over.

There is a term that you might not use in the USA - 'bedsit' - as in bedroom/sitting room? They are incomplete flats/apartments. Take a big house with multiple bedrooms, living rooms, a kitchen, and one or more bathrooms, and split it into semi-independent dwellings. The tenants each get their own living/sleeping space, but share the kitchen and bathroom(s). One of the other rooms in the house might be kept as a communal area to socialise in. My idea of hell, but sociable young people seemed to like it! :laugh: A lot of properties let out to students were traditionally like that but there are many purpose-built blocks of student accommodation springing up in cities here now.
 
Tenkaykev

Tenkaykev

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Location
Poole
" Apartment " sounds grander than " Flat " so the builders charge more 🤔
 
12boy

12boy

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Location
Casper WY USA
Can a flat be on 2 floors? Would it still be a flat? Once I separated from my wife and lived in a single room in a nursing home that was made into apartments. There were communal bathrooms and a kitchen area where we each had 2 shelves in a fridge. One of my fellow denizens of this place only ate one meal a day....one pound of cheese and two pounds of raw carrots. Seemed healthy though.
Went for a little ride....about 13 miles. It was windy and about -7 C. Wasn't too bad although I would guess it was a lot more work than a summer day ride on lightweight tires (these were studded snow tires today) wearing only shorts and a T.
Be safe and well.
 
classic33

classic33

Leg End Member
12boy said:
Can a flat be on 2 floors? Would it still be a flat? Once I separated from my wife and lived in a single room in a nursing home that was made into apartments. There were communal bathrooms and a kitchen area where we each had 2 shelves in a fridge. One of my fellow denizens of this place only ate one meal a day....one pound of cheese and two pounds of raw carrots. Seemed healthy though.
Went for a little ride....about 13 miles. It was windy and about -7 C. Wasn't too bad although I would guess it was a lot more work than a summer day ride on lightweight tires (these were studded snow tires today) wearing only shorts and a T.
Be safe and well.
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A flat would have to be just the one floor, unless you're sharing facilities within the building.
 
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