It's on days like these

When you see your 5 foot high flimsy wooden fence flapping in the wind, that all the fears you have that you're really an idiot are well and truly confirmed.

What did you think would happen you fool?

 

Well it must be nearly 3 months old by now. It's had a good innings (by English standards).

 

The wind's made a right mess of my hair when I was out walking the dogs earlier! Also, cars & pedestrians having to negotiate past wheelie bins blown into the road and pavements. The dogs didn't seem bothered at all by the high winds. I, on the other hand, grumbled and belly ached to myself all the time until we got home. Totally out of character, of course!

 

I've just seen the contents of my wheelie bin fly past the office window; and I work 2 miles away from home.

 

Same down here. I have to go out with an A0 portfolio case in a little while, which could double as an impromptu hand-glider. Luckily it's only carrying my own rubbish, not the nation's precious stuff. This will be fun. I like to think I'm sufficiently grounded nowadays, but if you hear reports of an undignified, scruffy, Harry Potter-like imbecile being buffeted over Hampstead Heath, shrieking like a girl - make up something else to tell my Mam.

 

"being buffeted over Hampstead Heath, shrieking like a girl"

Ooooh missus.

 

Re: "being buffeted over Hampstead Heath, shrieking like a girl"

Tut, grow up!!

 

Re: "being buffeted over Hampstead Heath, shrieking like a girl"

It's days like this that I'm glad I work from home and that I'm not a postman. Just wish the kids were old enough to get themselves home from school!

Looking out of my window at the heavy wind and the rain splattering against the window makes me remember all the times I've stood on the away end at Portsmouth. Every time I've been there I've ended the game looking like I've been dunked in the sea. At least you dry off when you're getting chased back to Fratton Station by the local neanderthals.

 

"Ooh look. It's Mary Poppins".

I typed that with a Dick Van Dyke inspired Cockney accent. Could you tell?

 

To add to that

If you're thinking of taking up one of these free offers for cavity wall insulation, my advice to you would be don't bother.

We had ours done last year. Supposedly, we didn't have enough ventilation in the front room where our boiler lives, despite a breeze blowing through it even on the calmest days, so before they put in the cavity wall insulation they drilled a 6" diameter hole to outside and stuck a grill on either end. The house has been freezing ever since. Hardly surprising since there's now a great whacking hole in one of our walls and the wind just gusts in.

The wind has just blown the vent apart and the front room is full of cavity wall insulation. At least I can bury myself in it to get warm.

I'll let them come round to fix it and then I'm sealing it up.

 

Aye, picked a top day to move house.
Having lots of fun we are.

 

Funnily enough I was just about to txt you to see how the house move was going

 

I watched that film "Up" the other day. Is it a bit like that?

 

2 things mate. When did you grow some more hair ? Also it must have been a big ache then !!

 

Garden trampoline lifted over ten foot hedge on our road, ended up fifty yards down the road on top of a car !

 

I spent a good half hour on the roof, trying to fix the aerial that had snapped from it's bracket. It then started snowing. So I felt a lot like one of those sherpa blokes scaling Everest. Much fun was had.
Chasing our lasses canvas painting things down the street was great. And trying to carry an 8 foot sofa in 90mph gales with it pissing it down was an experience.
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No broadband until Sky get off their arse. And my attempts at fixing the aerial have left us with channels one thru five.
It's like the 1990's again. Only without the Premier League reds.

 

I watched my neighbours dog have the same 5hite 3 times !

 

Ah, well. You see, the thing is, erm...............................
Oh bugger off!

 

Picked up half a tonne from my two dogs, bagged it up and brought it home with me (as per usual).
Hope you're not having your tea, mate!