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Is that imported sand? Or is that a daft question?

v8-powered wrote: Mon May 10, 2021 10:06 am

Potter wrote: Mon May 10, 2021 2:32 am

v8-powered wrote: Sun May 09, 2021 8:16 pm Ripped out our downstairs toilet. The smell of shit will linger with me forever more...

It's always better if you flush it first.

Lol, I did check for floaters first.
It was more to do with the engineered wood floor that had been down for 15 piss-soaked years and the whiff coming from the drain after I'd removed the loo that has troubled me, at least have an incentive to get the job completed double-quick now so I don't have to carry on smelling the drain

I believe it is normal to stuff a rag in the hole to help with the smell, that is one job I was happy to pay a plumber for.

Mussels wrote: Mon May 10, 2021 8:21 pm

v8-powered wrote: Mon May 10, 2021 10:06 am

Potter wrote: Mon May 10, 2021 2:32 am

It's always better if you flush it first.

Lol, I did check for floaters first.
It was more to do with the engineered wood floor that had been down for 15 piss-soaked years and the whiff coming from the drain after I'd removed the loo that has troubled me, at least have an incentive to get the job completed double-quick now so I don't have to carry on smelling the drain

I believe it is normal to stuff a rag in the hole to help with the smell, that is one job I was happy to pay a plumber for.

Carrier bag and masking tape doing their best to contain the pong.....

Taipan wrote: Mon May 10, 2021 1:36 pm Met the plumber at my Step Mothers and waited while he diagnosed and fixed the fault with her central heating. I tried having a conversation with my Step Mother who has dementia. Found it was more rewarding to watch Homes Under the Hammer. She didn't mind, well, notice.

Just had FiL round, regaling us how he only left the kitchen for 10 minutes but in that time MiL had put the kettle on the gas hob, the 240V mains powered plastic kettle

MrLongbeard wrote: Mon May 10, 2021 8:50 pm

Taipan wrote: Mon May 10, 2021 1:36 pm Met the plumber at my Step Mothers and waited while he diagnosed and fixed the fault with her central heating. I tried having a conversation with my Step Mother who has dementia. Found it was more rewarding to watch Homes Under the Hammer. She didn't mind, well, notice.

Just had FiL round, regaling us how he only left the kitchen for 10 minutes but in that time MiL had put the kettle on the gas hob, the 240V mains powered plastic kettle

Yup. It's a horrible condition that makes you watch someone you know being dismantled. Step Ma lives alone, so i decommissioned her gas cooker at Social Services request. Mikrowavvey meals only for her!

Taipan wrote: Mon May 10, 2021 9:05 pm
Yup. It's a horrible condition that makes you watch someone you know being dismantled. Step Ma lives alone, so i decommissioned her gas cooker at Social Services request. Mikrowavvey meals only for her!

It's death by instalments. I watched my Stepmum fade by degrees over a 7 year period. A fall and a broken hip hurried along the inevitable,by which time she was forgetting how to eat or drink. Death was a relief and a release.

Taipan wrote: Mon May 10, 2021 9:05 pm

MrLongbeard wrote: Mon May 10, 2021 8:50 pm

Taipan wrote: Mon May 10, 2021 1:36 pm Met the plumber at my Step Mothers and waited while he diagnosed and fixed the fault with her central heating. I tried having a conversation with my Step Mother who has dementia. Found it was more rewarding to watch Homes Under the Hammer. She didn't mind, well, notice.

Just had FiL round, regaling us how he only left the kitchen for 10 minutes but in that time MiL had put the kettle on the gas hob, the 240V mains powered plastic kettle

Yup. It's a horrible condition that makes you watch someone you know being dismantled. Step Ma lives alone, so i decommissioned her gas cooker at Social Services request. Mikrowavvey meals only for her!

Dementia sucks balls, she's also taken to putting the pots in the washing machine.
I take solace in that she doesn't have any idea, isn't suffering and can best be described as being away with the fairies, it's doing a right bloody number on the rest of the family though.

This weekend I shall mostly be fitting a hidden gas shut off valve and smoke detectors for my FiL

MrLongbeard wrote: Mon May 10, 2021 9:14 pm Dementia sucks balls, she's also taken to putting the pots in the washing machine.
I take solace in that she doesn't have any idea, isn't suffering and can best be described as being away with the fairies, it's doing a right bloody number on the rest of the family though.

This weekend I shall mostly be fitting a hidden gas shut off valve and smoke detectors for my FiL

My stubborn old Da was 92 and still looking after my Stepmum,refusing all offers of help,until he too fell and broke his hip. At that point the whole house of cards fell down. It's hell on wheels for families,you are quite right.

MrLongbeard wrote: Mon May 10, 2021 8:50 pm

Taipan wrote: Mon May 10, 2021 1:36 pm Met the plumber at my Step Mothers and waited while he diagnosed and fixed the fault with her central heating. I tried having a conversation with my Step Mother who has dementia. Found it was more rewarding to watch Homes Under the Hammer. She didn't mind, well, notice.

Just had FiL round, regaling us how he only left the kitchen for 10 minutes but in that time MiL had put the kettle on the gas hob, the 240V mains powered plastic kettle

It might be worth getting an old fashioned stove top whistling kettle.

Similar to dementia, my wife has Huntingdon's disease in her family. I've seen several people die from it, probably the hardest was her brother. A super keen walker, runner, cyclist, canoeist, anything outdoors and he was up for it. Medically retired from the Police after 24 years service, his mind went downhill rapidly until he was sectioned and spent his remaining years being cared for in a mental institution. Not having a fucking clue what was happening he was operated on to be fed by a peg. He survived like this for a few years until he got too ill and was put on an "end of life pathway". It's a morphine drip and all food and drink withdrawn until you die. He died 3 years ago aged 55.

There's a test for it now which wasn't available when he was younger. His 26 year old son tested positive a couple of years ago.

Yorick wrote: Mon May 10, 2021 8:05 pm Had a nice walk earlier.....

Do you not get bored living on what is essentially a tiny island for tourists? I'd go stir crazy after a week. I believe there's a ferry to Morocco which lets face it, looks a more attractive place to live. The nearest bit of mainland is Western Sahara which is a bit of war zone so probably best avoided.

weeksy wrote: Mon May 10, 2021 8:12 pm Is that imported sand? Or is that a daft question?

Natural. I've dived plenty, and it's as it should be.

Pirahna wrote: Mon May 10, 2021 10:46 pm

Yorick wrote: Mon May 10, 2021 8:05 pm Had a nice walk earlier.....

Do you not get bored living on what is essentially a tiny island for tourists? I'd go stir crazy after a week. I believe there's a ferry to Morocco which lets face it, looks a more attractive place to live. The nearest bit of mainland is Western Sahara which is a bit of war zone so probably best avoided.

I'm biting my tongue, or I'll get barred.

It's fucking amazing. We love it. If you don't, just fuck off with your cold, wet UK

Yorick wrote: Mon May 10, 2021 11:55 pm
I'm biting my tongue, or I'll get barred.

It's fucking amazing. We love it. If you don't, just fuck off with your cold, wet UK

Bite your tongue all you like, it strikes me as very sad. Look at my cheap beer etc but wherever you go it's all the same. Today I rode up a volcano, it's a volcanic island and if you want to go up then that's all you have. It's a small island, if you want to leave it's either a plane to somewhere or a boat to an African war zone. GSXR.

Pirahna wrote: Tue May 11, 2021 1:49 am

Yorick wrote: Mon May 10, 2021 11:55 pm
I'm biting my tongue, or I'll get barred.

It's fucking amazing. We love it. If you don't, just fuck off with your cold, wet UK

Bite your tongue all you like, it strikes me as very sad. Look at my cheap beer etc but wherever you go it's all the same. Today I rode up a volcano, it's a volcanic island and if you want to go up then that's all you have. It's a small island, if you want to leave it's either a plane to somewhere or a boat to an African war zone. GSXR.

LEts be honest, how often in a given month do you go socially outside of something the size of the island he's on ? I know for us, it's not very often. Lets say 90mins driving, how often do you go further than 90 mins ? We're mostly home-birds i think in this country and don't stray often from our nest. The only real times we do is for MTB stuff, this weekend i'm going to the Peaks which is 3 hours away, but that's a trip that's been planned for months, not just a spur of the moment thing.

I'm very much 50-50 on his lifestyle in the context of me wanting to take it up... Part of me would love to be on holiday every day from now to eternity.. but part of me could see me getting bored too... How bored, i don't know... It's not like i got rock climbing every week or building dens in the forest... I think in many ways the benefits outweigh the downsides and the boredom factor would be outweighed by having all day sun, bars nearby and somewhere to ride if an when i wanted.

weeksy wrote: Mon May 10, 2021 8:12 pm Is that imported sand? Or is that a daft question?

I was wondering if those palm trees were imported!

Yambo wrote: Tue May 11, 2021 6:48 am

weeksy wrote: Mon May 10, 2021 8:12 pm Is that imported sand? Or is that a daft question?

I was wondering if those palm trees were imported!

Dunno, but on the sand thing i can't work out where it's come from then. If it's a volcanic island then surely sand comes from the break up of the land/rocks on the outside edges... so would in theory be black sand instead of golden. The times we've visited his rock it was more rock than sand and whilst over by the lighthouse there's some light coloured sandy stuff, it's certainly in the minority from what we saw.

Yorick wrote: Mon May 10, 2021 11:52 pm

weeksy wrote: Mon May 10, 2021 8:12 pm Is that imported sand? Or is that a daft question?

Natural. I've dived plenty, and it's as it should be.

It's had a while to settle, having been imported before you arrived
https://wsrw.org/en/archive/2103
http://www.holidayvillasinlanzarote.co.uk/beaches.html

slowsider wrote: Tue May 11, 2021 7:46 am

Yorick wrote: Mon May 10, 2021 11:52 pm

weeksy wrote: Mon May 10, 2021 8:12 pm Is that imported sand? Or is that a daft question?

Natural. I've dived plenty, and it's as it should be.

It's had a while to settle, having been imported before you arrived
https://wsrw.org/en/archive/2103
http://www.holidayvillasinlanzarote.co.uk/beaches.html

I thought there was something about it being imported in the museum place we went to, but i couldn't recall.

Pirahna wrote: Tue May 11, 2021 1:49 am

Yorick wrote: Mon May 10, 2021 11:55 pm
I'm biting my tongue, or I'll get barred.

It's fucking amazing. We love it. If you don't, just fuck off with your cold, wet UK

Bite your tongue all you like, it strikes me as very sad. Look at my cheap beer etc but wherever you go it's all the same. Today I rode up a volcano, it's a volcanic island and if you want to go up then that's all you have. It's a small island, if you want to leave it's either a plane to somewhere or a boat to an African war zone. GSXR.

Ferry to Fuertaventura 30 minutes.
Then ferry to Gran Canaria 2 hours.
Then ferry to Tenerife 90 minutes.

And the others...

I haven't a clue who you are, but you have an axe to grind.