COLD DARK ROOM

[Maro2Bear]

Ive been busy over the last few days....putting up things on Craigs List as we declutter.

Just added this nice hand-blown glass 1860’s inkwell, and an old school desk..

 

[Yvonne G]

Ive been busy over the last few days....putting up things on Craigs List as we declutter.

Just added this nice hand-blown glass 1860’s inkwell, and an old school desk..

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You're "de-cluttering" prior to starting packing up for your Florida move? Did you find anything worth buying on your trip, and have you decided what area you want to move to?

 

[Maro2Bear]

You're "de-cluttering" prior to starting packing up for your Florida move? Did you find anything worth buying on your trip, and have you decided what area you want to move to?

How about “determined looking” in the greater Palm Coast area (Atlantic side, not Gulf). North of Datona Beach, south of St Augustine.

 

[JoesMum]

We have Legolands here in the U.S. too:

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Amd one here in the UK. Very convenient for the Queen’s great grandchildren as it is right next to Windsor Castle... well very close anyway

 

[JoesMum]

Ive been busy over the last few days....putting up things on Craigs List as we declutter.

Just added this nice hand-blown glass 1860’s inkwell, and an old school desk..

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Nice! You don’t often find the inkwells these days

 

[JoesMum]

There hasn’t been much activity in the nest box for the last few days. I keep hearing a bird land at the hole, and can see it from our kitchen door, but it wasn’t coming in. Until a couple of hours ago when a bird came in, closely followed by a second. The first instantly left and the second started nest forming behaviour and then started bring grass into the nest.

I think we may be in the third tenant after the warring parties a few days ago.

 

[Kristoff]

And after said structure has been demolished, you either vacuum up the bits you failed to pick up with a dreadful clatter... or step on a bit with bare feet which is total agony!

Yes! Ouch... yes! [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

 

[Kristoff]

Just read this

“According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first recorded use of the word newfangled was in 1496, oldfangled was first used 268 years later.”

What is the meaning of all this? [emoji53][emoji53]

 

[Kristoff]

Exactly!!! Who in the heck ever thought legos were a good idea??

The Danes! [emoji1087][emoji53]

 

[CarolM]

We've had all sorts of weather today, sunshine, rain showers , and 2 heavy bouts of hail!
It's quite cold as well. Spring has taken a step back at the moment.

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[CarolM]

I have a wardrobe upstairs that has been here for ever.
When my nephews and nieces were small they used to love the tin of Lego which was kept upstairs and would hide their creations under the wardrobe so that when they visited again they could continue with their models.
To this day it is still called the Lego wardrobe! In the past I have had to explain to friends that it isn't actually made of Lego but is a storage place for it!

Love stories like this.

 

[Kristoff]

hmm yes I believe english Canadians say soda , we say « une liqueure » ou « une boisson gazeuse »

I would take une liqueure over gazeuse anytime! [emoji53][emoji6][emoji484]
We used the French-derived word “gazöz” in Turkey (together with “kuaför”, “asansör”, and such)! [emoji23] And “soda” is a carbonated mineral water.

 

[Kristoff]

I THINK it works like this: You send a donation check (one time donation) and you get the Tortoise Club banner. Or, if you sign up to send a recurring amount that automatically comes out of one of your accounts, you get the Platimum Tortoise Club banner. When that happens the first banner is supposed to drop off. Obviously Josh still has some work to do.

LOL [emoji23]

 

[CarolM]

I know that would have been great footage [emoji4]

It would have been perfect entertainment.

 

[Kristoff]

Us too, or sometimes a "soft drink."

In my family, we just call it the Stuff-That-Shall-Not-Be-Named-Bought-or-Drunk. And because the name is so long, we just don’t talk about it. Daughter sometimes calls it all “Coca Cola” — with a proper amount of horror on her face.

 

[Kristoff]

Good idea!!) I designated a hall table/cabinet for them yesterday. It used to hold one of the tortoise enclosures but since they upgraded, it was just waiting to be filled.. my living room looks so bare now without Legos everywhere!!!

Looks like we both need a solution like this:

 

[CarolM]

Final product.
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They did a perfect job.

 

[CarolM]

Also because we use « liqueur » it makes me remember english people use liquor for an alcohol drink right?

Yes. Liquor also means alcohol.

 

[Kristoff]

Final product.
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Lovely! And quickly done!

 

[Kristoff]

Also because we use « liqueur » it makes me remember english people use liquor for an alcohol drink right?

It isn’t in Qc?? I must be careful when I eat — ahem, drink — out! [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]