COLD DARK ROOM

[Lyn W]

Wow ! Soooo many questions to soooo many roommates. Well done Carol.
In my case, sad and good news. One lamb died a few weeks ago. The dark one. It was the "black sheep" from the beginning on. The other developed well and is nearly as big as her mother. I have to take new pics.

That's a shame for the black sheep but glad the other is thriving

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

That's because you lived near a nuclear power station for so long.

Indeed I did!
Hinkley Point on the Somerset coast near Bridgwater.
When I was a lad I collected fossils on the beach by it, dug under the security fences and collected alongside the cooling pipes.
My wonderful Great Uncle Ken used to work there and I remember his metal framed glasses glowing slightly in the dark!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy !
Finally caught up !
I wish all my roommates a lovely, happy Sunday.
Today it is a little bit cooler outside ( 25 C ) and torts are out again. When it was so hot I kept them indoors. I have fear they could overheat in the sun. Now shelled big babies playing outside. Look:

Lovely!
Hungry little things!

 

[rjamesbeasley]

Indeed I did!
Hinkley Point on the Somerset coast near Bridgwater.
When I was a lad I collected fossils on the beach by it, dug under the security fences and collected alongside the cooling pipes.
My wonderful Great Uncle Ken used to work there and I remember his metal framed glasses glowing slightly in the dark!

Did your uncle have superpowers?!

 

[Lyn W]

Are you talking about the cat peeing on my evaporative cooler? It happens on and off all the time. Anytime a cat decides to go up on the roof. Right now there is no cat pee smell. If only I could figure out how to keep them off the roof.

Take away their ladder?

 

[rjamesbeasley]

Take away their ladder?

Stop putting cat food up there?

 

[JoesMum]

It would be amazing if you could also see a couple of roommates! Exciting plans and well worth the wait! [emoji173]️

Wouldn't it just. The sooner I know dates then the sooner I can stop JoesDad filling up my diary!

 

[JoesMum]

Indeed I did!
Hinkley Point on the Somerset coast near Bridgwater.
When I was a lad I collected fossils on the beach by it, dug under the security fences and collected alongside the cooling pipes.
My wonderful Great Uncle Ken used to work there and I remember his metal framed glasses glowing slightly in the dark!

My Dad worked there too before moving to head office in Bristol

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

If our bin collectors would pick up the mess it would not be a problem. But they refuse to, so it stays behind and you must clean it up yourself and sit with it for another week.

The donkey man and two donkeys go first and pick up the majority of the stuff.
He uses two big pieces of stiff card to pick up the dirt and rubbish that's lying about.
About twenty minutes later, they're followed by two street cleaners, usually women, with palm leaf brooms and a cart who remove every last scrap, cigarette end and broken bit of rock! The whole street is spotless! Until the kids go to school!

 

[Lyn W]

Did your uncle have superpowers?!

No - he should have gone to XraySpecsavers

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Yes! We can buy them on the stalk here. I fed the tops to Joe

We used to grow them, back in Somerset.
I remember the pain of freezy fingers as I used to have to go and pick them on icy mornings. They're very hard to snap off in the cold.
(the sprouts, not my frozen fingers.)

 

[Kristoff]

Take away their ladder?

Stop putting cat food up there?

Remove the roof?
Just brainstorming...

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

So nice of them to send you those fossils.

I have been sent more than twenty parcels this year!
The generosity is incredible!
Six more en route or will be soon!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

When?

Last year?
I think.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Hooraayyy!!
That didn't take you as long as I thought it would
You must have been reading (not rocking) around the clock for the past few days.

I think about a week, 8 to 10 hours a day!

 

[Lyn W]

The donkey man and two donkeys go first and pick up the majority of the stuff.
He uses two big pieces of stiff card to pick up the dirt and rubbish that's lying about.
About twenty minutes later, they're followed by two street cleaners, usually women, with palm leaf brooms and a cart who remove every last scrap, cigarette end and broken bit of rock! The whole street is spotless! Until the kids go to school!

That must be back breaking work!
My sister who lives opposite a hospital entrance has a constant battle about the litter left on the road by staff and patients
(No smoking in any hospital ground now so they stand on the roadside)
Anyway one day as she walked past some road sweepers she pointed out that there were some beer cans in a small ditch near the entrance.
They told her that she would have to ring the office because they aren't allowed to bend more than 45 degrees to pick anything up!
Health and safety gone mad along with no pride in their work no wonder this country is going to the dogs!!!

 

[Lyn W]

I have been sent more than twenty parcels this year!
The generosity is incredible!
Six more en route or will be soon!

......that will be their kids for you to babysit for the summer.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I find the rain waters it down too much.
Can't beat a nice soup on a winter's day.

Beating it is as silly as putting rain in it, quite frankly.
You could beat it, but I expect it would fly everywhere, especially with added rain.

 

[Lyn W]

Remove the roof?
Just brainstorming...

Move their trampoline further away?

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Huh. Thats insane!!

Last year, a student did it on a bus, 'cos he couldn't find work.
It happens a lot in Tunisia.
That's what started the 'Arab Spring'.