COLD DARK ROOM

[Tidgy's Dad]

Good morning


I figured I would share our Eiffel Tower. This is one of the Maternity shots I took of my wife just before our youngest was born. Have a great day!

Looks nicer than the rust bucket that is the real one to me.

 

[maplewood]

Looks nicer than the rust bucket that is the real one to me.

The one here isn’t rusted at all lol

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Good morning, Roomies!
Very busy day for me, so won't be back on here until much later.
JACQUES COMES HOME TODAY!!!!!!!

We will drive into New Orleans after lunch and bring her back later this afternoon. Probably home by about 4:00 or thereafter. I will post pictures later tonight!

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME!!!!!!!!!!

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A very special day!
All my love to Jacques and to you, Bea, I'm so happy.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Busy doing my laundry today as won't be here on Sunday to do it. Doing it the old fashioned way to an extent. Does anyone remember those old washing machines where you do your washing in soapy water then wring it out then afterwards you do it in the rinsing water? Well I am using the same principal. Doing four loads with one load of soapy water, started with whites, then colours, then blacks etc. Washed them all, wrung them out by hand then will do all four again with a new load of clean water. Then will spin them all afterwards and hang up. It is alot of P.T, but should use far less water than four loads of wash, rinse and spin would. When our water crisses (crap can't spell anymore) is over I am going to have muscles like you won't believe. Who needs gym right!!!

My gran had a twin tub washing machine and a mangle.
Great fun!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

In this case you are the Fossil Adamsofa Chameleon.

Yeah!
I like that even more!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

From the point of view of Tidgy they might be creepy. They could eat her.

Probably.
We know that dinosaurs like Spinosaurus ate turtles!
But the Tidginator is Indestructibel!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Oh my God ! Why do you do washing this way? Modern washing machines do all automatically and you can safe the water too.

We don't have a washing machine.
We used to have a woman come to do it but she has moved away so now we do all the washing by hand!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Thats good. [emoji108]

No it isn't!
Adam wants to stop, but wifey won't let him and Adam finds it difficult to say no to people who want help, horrible, ungrateful, rude people though they usually are.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

One of my favourites from senior English class in high school. I also like a lot of Edgar Allan Poe's work.

I love Poe.
And his literary successor H.P.Lovecraft.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

That is one reason because I have no smart phone or i-phone: The monitor is too small for my old eyes. I prefer sitting comfortable on a chair having a big monitor on my writing desk.
Sorry, but I am a dinosaur.

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love dinosaurs!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

When I drove back from Arizona we came though Texas and I'd swear it was half the trip just crossing that state lol. There is a Whole Lot of nothing in between cities and towns there also.

Some fossils.
I would be stopping often to have a look.
It would take ten times as long to traverse!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Two books stuck with me from secondary schhol - Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre"... the plot of every tv soap opera you have ever seen

And EM Forster's "The Machine Stops". This is a short story that is well worth a read. It was written in 1909, but predicts technologies that have happened many decades later such as the internet and instant messaging! I first read it in for my O'Levels in 1980 and even then we couldn't know how much was going to come true. Coming back to it now has been a revelation! It's really cheap on Amazon UK - if you're looking for a good read I recommend it

Both great books.

 

[DE42]

Some fossils.
I would be stopping often to have a look.
It would take ten times as long to traverse!

I don't even know how to look for fossils lol. I'd probably stump my toe on one and not know it. Lol

 

[Raqib Farid]

I think pretty much everyone does. It's just that Cape Town, South Africa is in serious danger of completely running out of water. as a result difficult decisions are even having to be made about how frequently you shower and wash clothes never mind how much water you actually use while doing so.

Yeah you are right!

 

[Raqib Farid]

I am glad I have an automatic washing machine. That saves a lot of time. But I use no dryer, They need too much power. Power is expenive in Germany.

Ohh I see. Its expensive here too.
But we use automatic machines along with dryer. Here every electronic equipment is 220 volts. While in other countries I heard they are of 110 volts.

 

[Raqib Farid]

I used to be a university lecturer in paleontology for a while, but now i'm retired and just do a little bit of English teaching to help out.

That's good. Teaching is a very dignified passion. I used to teach boys/girls of Class 9,10,11&12 at home. Now I got job about one and half years ago at District & Sessions Court as Clerk of Court (C.O.C) (also knows as incharge of court or Chief Ministerial Officer Of Court) by the grace of God.

 

[Raqib Farid]

I pay $200/mo. In the winter but I also heat with electricity. In summer it can be as low as $50/mo. I don't know if that means a lot to you though lol

If I convert it in my currency 200$ approx to Rs-22,400 and 50$ approx to Rs- 5,600.

We (in our house and some other houses) normally have electricity bill in summer about Rs 9,000 which approx to 80.35$ and in winter its about Rs- 1,500 to Rs- 2,000 per month which approx to 13.39$ & 17.85$ respectively.

But people with higher standards may have their bill more than Rs.100,000 which equals to 892.95$.
Too many calculations just telling you guys.[emoji23][emoji23] Never mind [emoji25][emoji25][emoji26]


Edit: I don't have AC or heater. Just normal roof fans or whatever they called. Its too much inflation here. Politics leaders just warming their pockets and increasing their bank accounts and making nation fool.[emoji19]

 

[Raqib Farid]

We don't have a washing machine.
We used to have a woman dome to do it but she has moved away so now we do all the washing by hand!

We also have a women (Maid) for laundry.

 

[JoesMum]

The one here isn’t rusted at all lol

You probably get considerably less rain!

 

[Yvonne G]

I have solar. Just thought I'd toss that into the mix.