COLD DARK ROOM

CarolM

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It's a bit late but I have finally caught up!
Sorry to hear about the various ailments, Carol,Kathy and Linda have suffered and hope all will soon be well for you.
Hope Lena is still having a fabulous time in Italy and that Heather's daughter had a great time at the homecoming prom - she looked beautiful.
Unless I've missed it, you haven't said how your Mum and the care home are after the hurricane @ZEROPILOT, I hope they are all safe and didn't have too much damage or upheaval to cope with. Glad that Anne and her menagerie seem to be OK.
I hope Yvonne gets all her chores done this weekend and l'm looking looking forward to seeing Mark's handiwork when it is finished.
All that is left is for me to wish you Nos Da and I'll not see you over the weekend.
Take care
Now that was an awesome summary for everyone. Well done and thank you for the concern.
 

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Congrats for renewing your drivers licences. Your beach pics are soooooooo beautiful. I would love to be there. Have the surfers no fear of sharks, or is this beach shark free ?
It is not totally shark free. There is always a possibility of sharks. But generally the water is too cold.
 

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It is not totally shark free. There is always a possibility of sharks. But generally the water is too cold.

Speaking of sharks, we just had a 13 yr boy who was lobster diving not far from shore get attacked by a 11ft Great White 2 weeks ago! He barely lived.
Some kayakers heard him screaming but they thought he was excited about his lobster catch but then he yelled “ I was bit!”

It was so sad. The helicopter rushed him in. It’ll be a long recovery but he should be fine.
 

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Speaking of sharks, we just had a 13 yr boy who was lobster diving not far from shore get attacked by a 11ft Great White 2 weeks ago! He barely lived.
Some kayakers heard him screaming but they thought he was excited about his lobster catch but then he yelled “ I was bit!”

It was so sad. The helicopter rushed him in. It’ll be a long recovery but he should be fine.

Yes...i saw that. Terrible - very lucky to get pulled to shore and flown out for medical treatment.
 

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Speaking of sharks, we just had a 13 yr boy who was lobster diving not far from shore get attacked by a 11ft Great White 2 weeks ago! He barely lived.
Some kayakers heard him screaming but they thought he was excited about his lobster catch but then he yelled “ I was bit!”

It was so sad. The helicopter rushed him in. It’ll be a long recovery but he should be fine.
That is terrible. Poor boy. Glad he lived but that long road to recovery is not going to be easy.
 

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Hey....the SUN eventually came out here. :). Ive been out testing/using our brandy new 18 inch Sears Craftsman electric chainsaw. Works surprizingly well - and made quick work of some very large pin oak limbs (up to 5 or 6 in diameter) that I had trimmed a month ago. Now we have some nice oak logs for the back garden fire pit.
 

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Speaking of sharks, we just had a 13 yr boy who was lobster diving not far from shore get attacked by a 11ft Great White 2 weeks ago! He barely lived.
Some kayakers heard him screaming but they thought he was excited about his lobster catch but then he yelled “ I was bit!”

It was so sad. The helicopter rushed him in. It’ll be a long recovery but he should be fine.
Poor boy. I hope he can recover. And it is always said that sharks usually don`t attac people.
 

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In Germany warm and sunny weather. 77 F at day. Yaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy !
In the South East of England we had 25C/77F too! It was wonderful!

The rest of the country drowned unfortunately and there has been bad flooding in South Wales. I think @Lyn W probably escaped flooding, but I hope she and Lola are OK.

Today the wet weather catches up with us, but it still isn't particularly cold. At 8am it is 16C/60F

Happy Sunday everyone!
 

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Good afternoon Linda.
Storm Callum has been brushing past us since early hours of yesterday. There are yellow warnings in place because of some heavy rain and strong winds but not as bad as I thought it was going to be - I've even dried some washing out on the line in between downpours because it is very mild too.....used extra pegs though just in case my clothes took off on the wind.
Glad to hear you stayed dry

Good luck with the Xmas pud. I've never attempted to make one,but I doubt you'll be surprised to hear that:D.
Not in the least bit surprised!
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It is not totally shark free. There is always a possibility of sharks. But generally the water is too cold.
Many people don't realise that the water is cold enough for South Africa to have penguins! We saw them while we were out there. Unfortunately it is a bit warm on land for them, but they somehow cope and breed on the beaches.
 

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Greetings from Pompeii. Mt Vesuvius is behaving itself so far. :eek:
I was 9 when my parents took me there. We towed our caravan all the way there in 1970s... in the days of vinyl seats, no air-conditioning and no gadgets to amuse the kids! It made a huge impression on me as did going up Vesuvius on a chair lift (probably why I am not too fond of heights now :D )
 

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G’day All - and yes, Happy Sunday

Cold start to our day, especially since I’m off early up North to Pennsylvania to play in the great Susquehanna River. Our launch point is appropriately named Cold Cabin Creek Park. We’ll head north upstream to where there are large natural boulders and cliffs scattered about - where we often see Eagles hanging about.

Brrrrrrrrrrr

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