tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23123441341079609.post217707213592451298..comments2023-05-15T15:44:16.566+01:00Comments on dolce far niente: elbow grease or "if something's worth doingI, Like The Viewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00423569600315825506noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23123441341079609.post-76751016333378010002010-04-06T20:07:38.884+01:002010-04-06T20:07:38.884+01:00What, all in one day? Oh I just got the artisitic...What, all in one day? Oh I just got the artisitic licence bit. <br />Even so, Coo! Sounds like Spring is bursting out in The Smoke.mighttp://letouttoplay.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23123441341079609.post-6827908693161213972010-04-06T17:01:52.065+01:002010-04-06T17:01:52.065+01:00I'd travel by train to the Big City.I'd travel by train to the Big City.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403853324345062446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23123441341079609.post-14870605051600735302010-04-06T15:38:25.551+01:002010-04-06T15:38:25.551+01:00man she is the very famous Gertrude Jekyll, garden...<b>man</b> she is the very famous <a href="http://www.gertrudejekyll.co.uk/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=55&Itemid=143" rel="nofollow">Gertrude Jekyll</a>, gardener extraordinaire. . .<br /><br />I'm sure she would have been very helpful<br /><br />as for the rest of my day, I might have misrepresented the case somewhat<br /><br />artistic license and all that<br /><br /><b>*blushes*</b><br /><br />(but I did hoover, dust, mop, clean windows and doors - well, a door - weed and plant seeds)<br /><br /><b>Dave</b> wandering the world is with a knapsack on your back is a very different proposition to driving down a motorway to the big smokeI, Like The Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423569600315825506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23123441341079609.post-13483546068842476782010-04-06T13:11:08.471+01:002010-04-06T13:11:08.471+01:00When I first started to read about how you turn mo...When I first started to read about how you turn molehills into mountains when it comes to doing chores, I thought, "From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a short leap"<br />I used to have a handyman business. It was called Joe Spado Maintenance Service. You could call, I'd come out and give you an estimate of how much it would cost to fix the wall, flirt with you a bit, then go do some work someplace else.<br />That old lady looks big and stroing enough to be manly for any chore. Have her fix the wall!<br /><br />Peace.Spadomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17781369901345409341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23123441341079609.post-83399522018631823312010-04-06T13:01:45.398+01:002010-04-06T13:01:45.398+01:00I'm clearly going to spend my retirement trave...I'm clearly going to spend my retirement travelling around the world, my pack on my back, doing DIY jobs.<br /><br />Not a bad life. I think that's my blog-post for tomorrow sorted. :-)Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403853324345062446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23123441341079609.post-37552254176992974572010-04-06T12:20:15.960+01:002010-04-06T12:20:15.960+01:00ok. . . *gets thoughts in order*
the thing about ...ok. . . *gets thoughts in order*<br /><br />the thing about the front wall is a statement of fact, not a hint. . .<br /><br />the guy next door had his broken wall replaced with railing (like the other next door house) and it cost him £4K - I probably can't even afford new bricks, let alone Dave's expenses. . . so it's going to have to be a patch and mend job (you know, dig out the old grouting and fill in the gaps and repaint). . .<br /><br />. . . but as I said, it wasn't a hint (Dave coming to do my DIY hadn't even occurred to me actually, but there are all sorts of jobs around the house that need a man's manly touch)<br /><br /><b>Christopher</b> why! it's Getrude, of course (weren't there anough hints in the text!)<br /><br /><b>Mel</b> fresh asparagus - yum!<br /><br /><b>ZiggZ</b> Much Wenlock, Brosely or the small hamlet of Posenhall, where I lived in The Old Smithy. . . I should try and google street view it<br /><br />(-:<br /><br /><b>Dave</b> (-:I, Like The Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423569600315825506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23123441341079609.post-86765294586894321322010-04-06T12:09:42.291+01:002010-04-06T12:09:42.291+01:00(such a thought I even made a typo in my excitemen...(such a thought I even made a typo in my excitement)I, Like The Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423569600315825506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23123441341079609.post-39825812231805262752010-04-06T12:09:15.556+01:002010-04-06T12:09:15.556+01:00hey!
wow
now thayt's a thoughthey!<br /><br />wow<br /><br />now thayt's a thoughtI, Like The Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423569600315825506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23123441341079609.post-66648290255292447762010-04-06T12:07:34.470+01:002010-04-06T12:07:34.470+01:00Pay my travel expenses and I'll go a long way....Pay my travel expenses and I'll go a long way.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403853324345062446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23123441341079609.post-72050679636274480802010-04-06T11:26:33.483+01:002010-04-06T11:26:33.483+01:00Thinkin' about bricks on the patio--how far do...Thinkin' about bricks on the patio--how far does Dave travel?Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14408403855260279799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23123441341079609.post-41788833076611229742010-04-06T09:31:47.450+01:002010-04-06T09:31:47.450+01:00Dave: travelling DIY.Dave: travelling DIY.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403853324345062446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23123441341079609.post-83963784525593547992010-04-06T08:11:07.058+01:002010-04-06T08:11:07.058+01:00Quite understand. It's not easy to deny one...Quite understand. It's not easy to deny one's genes. Who is the old lady, in fact?Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14227767014123557100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23123441341079609.post-41031662177710873882010-04-06T01:32:57.852+01:002010-04-06T01:32:57.852+01:00And I left early to do some 'stuff' that n...And I left early to do some 'stuff' that needed done. One neighbor waved. Probably wondering how long before I size up the asparagus in his garden. (not that I've noticed that it's up.....)<br /><br />Thinkin' with all that work done, you oughta sleep really, really well.<br /><br />Hey!! Maybe Dave can fix up that wall for ya!<br />Just sayin'......Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14408403855260279799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23123441341079609.post-2107801532899671012010-04-05T21:12:56.049+01:002010-04-05T21:12:56.049+01:00we drove passed where you used to live in Shropshi...we drove passed where you used to live in Shropshire (so Himself said) today :)Zighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14325808421083028026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23123441341079609.post-26507254175696967792010-04-05T18:12:01.075+01:002010-04-05T18:12:01.075+01:00:-):-)Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403853324345062446noreply@blogger.com