Ed Rooney Posted March 31, 2021 Author Share Posted March 31, 2021 A hot water pipe burst and flooded my the hallway on my floor. Soooo a new exciting way to have things going wrong. Hmmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Ventura Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 50 minutes ago, Ed Rooney said: A hot water pipe burst and flooded my the hallway on my floor. Soooo a new exciting way to have things going wrong. Hmmm. First fire then “rain” 😯 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Decio Molaro Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 a bad thing! Hummmm ... well..I'm in Brazil, want something worse !!! ?? without vaccine, politicians fighting ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 2 hours ago, Ed Rooney said: A hot water pipe burst and flooded my the hallway on my floor. Soooo a new exciting way to have things going wrong. Hmmm. Head for the hills! 😁 wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Rooney Posted March 31, 2021 Author Share Posted March 31, 2021 Luckily, I'm on a hill here, Wim. Piano piano, we used to say in Rome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 2 hours ago, Michael Ventura said: First fire then “rain” 😯 HOT rain to boot. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Rooney Posted March 31, 2021 Author Share Posted March 31, 2021 The building management sorted things out. I thought this would go on for days. Someone named Will something once said, "All's well that ends well." 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meanderingemu Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 On 20/03/2021 at 05:44, Allan Bell said: If lockdown continues much longer I will take my razor to my hair and do myself a Bruce Willis.🤪 Allan did it years ago, it's actually lots of work to maintain, so now down to short sheer every 2 weeks note for anyone going this route for first time, remember your scalp may not be used to that much sun.... Also realise the hair was providing a bit of padding, even if you didn't have much, you will notice on you first hail storm.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meanderingemu Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 and we are likely heading back into mock-down.... so tired of the half measures... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 6 hours ago, meanderingemu said: and we are likely heading back into mock-down.... so tired of the half measures... There was a piece on tv this evening about Canadian citizens returning from elsewhere, even with a negative test, being forced into lockdown at hotels for 3 days (and not allowed to leave) at their great expense. Is that true? I never know what is true and what’s not, anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 On 20/03/2021 at 01:20, Bryan said: My missus cut both my hair and that of the kids while she also made most of their clothes when they were young. Our mothers were both seamstresses so making clothes was what you did. I still hear the sowing machine in action occasionally, and have had to fix it a few times. I guess that these activities are dying, to the best of my knowledge our daughters in law don't possess a sowing machine. My mother was a great seamstress. When we three girls were small, she used to make patterns from newspaper, then sew our dresses. There was a lot of “come here” then slapping newspaper to our bodies while scissors were working. All of the dressmaking was done on an old Singer sewing machine that had the foot rocker pedal. She still occasionally sewed for us when we were adults, and made most of her own fashionable clothes. She started the hair-cutting movement with her own and ours. I just carried it on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvallee Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Betty LaRue said: There was a piece on tv this evening about Canadian citizens returning from elsewhere, even with a negative test, being forced into lockdown at hotels for 3 days (and not allowed to leave) at their great expense. Is that true? I never know what is true and what’s not, anymore. In Australia, it's 14 days in hotel quarantine to the returning traveller's expense. There has been protests when meals served in those hotels were a disgrace. I've seen pictures, yuk!!!! Edited April 1, 2021 by gvallee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb photos Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 31 minutes ago, gvallee said: In Australia, it's 14 days in hotel quarantine to the returning traveller's expense. There has been protests when meals served in those hotels were a disgrace. I've seen pictures, yuk!!!! My brother-in-law will have to be quarantined again when he returns to Australia after another work trip to Amsterdam. In normal times we would have met up with him on some of his trips to Europe, now it's just via FaceTime. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meanderingemu Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 (edited) 7 hours ago, Betty LaRue said: There was a piece on tv this evening about Canadian citizens returning from elsewhere, even with a negative test, being forced into lockdown at hotels for 3 days (and not allowed to leave) at their great expense. Is that true? I never know what is true and what’s not, anymore. Yes Canada has a weak quarantine (3 days, proper countries have 14) program in place for people returning. Negative test is meaningless, cases will take up to two weeks to develop, and you can still get infected after. except for the Atlantic Provinces and the Northern Territories our responses trying to please everyone and not follow science has been dismal. Edited April 1, 2021 by meanderingemu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meanderingemu Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 6 hours ago, gvallee said: In Australia, it's 14 days in hotel quarantine to the returning traveller's expense. There has been protests when meals served in those hotels were a disgrace. I've seen pictures, yuk!!!! and Australia has one of the lowest death rate in the world. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 7 hours ago, Betty LaRue said: My mother was a great seamstress. When we three girls were small, she used to make patterns from newspaper, then sew our dresses. There was a lot of “come here” then slapping newspaper to our bodies while scissors were working. All of the dressmaking was done on an old Singer sewing machine that had the foot rocker pedal. She still occasionally sewed for us when we were adults, and made most of her own fashionable clothes. She started the hair-cutting movement with her own and ours. I just carried it on. We had one of those old machines and when I started using the electric ones it was harder to control what I was doing. Paulette 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 On 01/04/2021 at 06:40, NYCat said: We had one of those old machines and when I started using the electric ones it was harder to control what I was doing. Paulette It was the jackrabbit start of the electric ones! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Morrison Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 11 hours ago, Betty LaRue said: It was the jackrabbit start of the electric ones! Who said that Brits and Americans are "divided by a common language"? 😎 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 The coldest days of April are here and my gas boiler for central heating has packed up (broken down), and the gas engineer will not be here till Tuesday to fix it. BRRRRRRRrrrrrrrr! Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 39 minutes ago, Allan Bell said: The coldest days of April are here and my gas boiler for central heating has packed up (broken down), and the gas engineer will not be here till Tuesday to fix it. BRRRRRRRrrrrrrrr! Allan First the washing machine, then the boiler.........your new house seems to be broken, can't you send it back?😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 1 hour ago, spacecadet said: First the washing machine, then the boiler.........your new house seems to be broken, can't you send it back?😀 The washing machine was the fault of the manufacturer and it did go back and a different makers machine was supplied by the retailer.😃 The house is not new but the boiler has been in situ since it was built and this is the first time in 17 years (from past records) that it has gone wrong. After this repair the Ideal Classic will be good for another 17 years.😇 Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 3 hours ago, Allan Bell said: The washing machine was the fault of the manufacturer and it did go back and a different makers machine was supplied by the retailer.😃 The house is not new but the boiler has been in situ since it was built and this is the first time in 17 years (from past records) that it has gone wrong. After this repair the Ideal Classic will be good for another 17 years.😇 Allan Don’t feel alone. After buying this house 3 years ago, I’ve had to fix the heater twice, replace the A/C, fix the garage door opener and repair a leak in the refrigerator. Let’s not discuss the hail storm that trashed the roof and siding. That's the way it goes with home ownership. That said, there is a shortage of homes for sale in the U.S. In 3 years time, the worth of my house has increased $45,000. Part of that increase was from renovations, but mostly not. I have people contacting me by mail a lot inquiring if I would sell my house. They send “love letters” with pictures of them, their kids, and their pet along with what they do for a living and the dreams my house would fulfill. What I had done to the exterior and yard greatly improved the curb appeal and the neighborhood is nice. I suspect I’ll downsize at some point since it is just me and Echo here. Just not yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 I have to ask...what is a boiler? Does the gas flame in your heater boil water, sending steam to units heating the house? My heater is gas flame heating the air, then sending warm air through centralized vents in each room. It’s simply called central heat and air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Ventura Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 1 hour ago, Betty LaRue said: I have to ask...what is a boiler? Does the gas flame in your heater boil water, sending steam to units heating the house? My heater is gas flame heating the air, then sending warm air through centralized vents in each room. It’s simply called central heat and air. I could be wrong but I thought it was the hot water heater...for hot water in the house, not to heat the house Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Standfast Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 Well I would'nt want you chaps to worry, but whilst we call it a boiler it doesn't actually boil the water. The water temp is around 60 to 75C and is pumped around the radiators to heat the house and through an insulated tank to heat the hot water. Stay safe. 😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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