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Well it's a good thing I went down to the beach on Friday, because this is what I suspected it would look like if I left it until today..and I wasn't wrong... 98 deg f here today...

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..which meant fortunate for me that the Mall altho; busy wasn't anywhere nearly as crowded as it usually would be on a Sunday.. ..which is where I went... .you can see that there's been a mass exodus out of the capital to the beaches by this picture of the solitary guy sitting in..Greenwich Park..
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I went here instead.. the retail park and Mall has a Board-walk , where lots of foodie places and restaurants are.. so I got myself some Tapas, and an ice cold coke.. at the Spanish Eateries overlooking the lake....before going into the Cool of the Mall....

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hollydolly said:
Well it's a good thing I went down to the beach on Friday, because this is what I suspected it would look like if I left it until today..and I wasn't wrong... 98 deg f here today...

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..which meant fortunate for me that the Mall altho; busy wasn't anywhere nearly as crowded as it usually would be on a Sunday.. ..which is where I went... .you can see that there's been a mass exodus out of the capital to the beaches by this picture of the solitary guy sitting in..Greenwich Park..
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I went here instead.. the retail park and Mall has a Board-walk , where lots of foodie places and restaurants are.. so I got myself some Tapas, and an ice cold coke.. at the Spanish Eateries overlooking the lake....before going into the Cool of the Mall....

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It's much the same along the coast.
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Standing room only at Bournemouth.
Thankfully The New Forest, although popular, doesn't draw such crowds.
We went in the vintage MG to enjoy lunch at The Drovers, it was busy but
not so much that you couldn't enjoy it for the crowds.
 
StarSong said:
When I had roommates, the bills were opened when they arrived and put on the table. Standard operating procedure.

Is your daughter able to get out of the lease?
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Her roommate told her she has to be gone in 30 days. If she is not gone, the roommate will turn off all the utilities. I told my daughter to record every interaction with the roommate on her i-phone. It is okay in CA, but my daughter said that she records video, too, and right in from of the woman, but she never seems to notice.

This is the woman who refused to take my daughter to the hospital so my daughter had to take an ambulance. This is the woman who now says that my daughter was partying at the club the woman works at, not at the hospital at all, because she doesn't really have Covid!

I think the woman is narcissistic, and wants to control my daughter. Luckily I raised her, so she does not wimp out. I think she may be jealous of my daughter, too -- age, appearance, education, and because of how people gravitate to my daughter.

I honestly don't think I could remain civil when speaking to that woman, like my daughter has. Darn shame my daughter doesn't want me to talk to the woman.

And to top it off, the woman only looks sort of like a woman when she is going to work at a nightclub a few times a week. The rest of the time, she doesn't wear her wig, and wears men's clothing, and she looks like a man. She is trans ... but nothing like my daughter expected her to be. I'm wondering if she is really trans, or just playing dress-up.

Thank goodness my daughter texts me a lot, and we talk on the phone daily. She is literally being yelled at by a man! Because I am going to call the police and make them come out there to check on my daughter, and help her, if she gets scared. The police, in my experience, pay attention to what lawyers say. Like the time a homeless man set up camp in the foyer to my building in Boston. The police said, "Oh, just let him stay there." They were out to take care of the problem immediately, after I pointed out a few home truths.
 
MickaC said:
Yes they were……I’m an organizer……used for all my sewing, craft, hobby supplies……had mice issues on the farm…..stored a great amount of stuff in them to keep mice out of stuff.
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Once again....wow! I can totally relate....if I had the room, I think I would be in the same position that you are in! I keep everything! It's so hard to clean out all that I do have, I don't envy you having to go through it all!
 
WheatenLover said:
Her roommate told her she has to be gone in 30 days. If she is not gone, the roommate will turn off all the utilities. I told my daughter to record every interaction with the roommate on her i-phone. It is okay in CA, but my daughter said that she records video, too, and right in from of the woman, but she never seems to notice.

This is the woman who refused to take my daughter to the hospital so my daughter had to take an ambulance. This is the woman who now says that my daughter was partying at the club the woman works at, not at the hospital at all, because she doesn't really have Covid!

I think the woman is narcissistic, and wants to control my daughter. Luckily I raised her, so she does not wimp out. I think she may be jealous of my daughter, too -- age, appearance, education, and because of how people gravitate to my daughter.

I honestly don't think I could remain civil when speaking to that woman, like my daughter has. Darn shame my daughter doesn't want me to talk to the woman.

And to top it off, the woman only looks sort of like a woman when she is going to work at a nightclub a few times a week. The rest of the time, she doesn't wear her wig, and wears men's clothing, and she looks like a man. She is trans ... but nothing like my daughter expected her to be. I'm wondering if she is really trans, or just playing dress-up.

Thank goodness my daughter texts me a lot, and we talk on the phone daily. She is literally being yelled at by a man! Because I am going to call the police and make them come out there to check on my daughter, and help her, if she gets scared. The police, in my experience, pay attention to what lawyers say. Like the time a homeless man set up camp in the foyer to my building in Boston. The police said, "Oh, just let him stay there." They were out to take care of the problem immediately, after I pointed out a few home truths.
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@WheatenLover i hope your daughter can find alternate living arrangements ASAP. Sounds like a really toxic situation 😧
 
StarSong said:
@hollydolly, have you been out on your narrowboat recently? How does storage work - do you keep it at your house and trailer it over to water when ready to use it, or does it remain docked in a nearby canal?
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You might find the British canal system a fascinating read See here. They gave rise to the industrial revolution. By the time the rest of the world caught up, steam technology had made canals redundant. The railways were cheaper to build and so much faster than a horse drawn barge.
 
StarSong said:
@hollydolly, have you been out on your narrowboat recently? How does storage work - do you keep it at your house and trailer it over to water when ready to use it, or does it remain docked in a nearby canal?
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No...Narrowboats stay at the moorings.. wouldn't be possible to have it on your property... it's 72 feet long. it weighs over 30 tons... Mooring fees are paid all year and especially over the winter... basically dry dock except it's not dry...
Some people won't or can't pay mooring fees so they moor up against the riverbank , but they can by law only stay a couple of nights and then they have to move on...

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horseless carriage said:
You might find the British canal system a fascinating read See here. They gave rise to the industrial revolution. By the time the rest of the world caught up, steam technology had made canals redundant. The railways were cheaper to build and so much faster than a horse drawn barge.
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I could teach a whole class of children for a full term on what I know about the British Canal waterways and the history of the canal Boats
 
Up in the mid 90's today, so as you know I have no AC here, so to try and keep the place a little cooler while I was out, I closed all the blinds and curtains. When I got back at just after 5pm... this was the temperature in my bedroom.. :(

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..it's now just past 10.30pm.. the fans have been on full blast all evening, and the temperature has only dropped ONE degree..
 
MickaC said:
Well, I got done what I set out to do.
All the empty storage tubs are out of the shed, came across 2 more that fit under the bed or couch…..I’ll keep those 2.
The count on these larger tubs is 28.
May not seem like many to you…..but…..I moved them from the back of the back yard to the cement pad against the garage, using my cart…..lift on…..lift off.
My thoughts were to take them down to the basement and clean them there……..
But……
My back and joints said no.
Will wash them up there, and stack them in the garage, and cover them……my garbage wheeled bin will get put outside for now.

I’m going to treat myself to Chinese take out for supper…..have you ever heard me speak of a meal not from my own kitchen…..has been like forever.
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You did a lot! Kudo!
 
hollydolly said:
Up in the mid 90's today, so as you know I have no AC here, so to try and keep the place a little cooler while I was out, I closed all the blinds and curtains. When I got back at just after 5pm... this was the temperature in my bedroom.. :(

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..it's now just past 10.30pm.. the fans have been on full blast all evening, and the temperature has only dropped ONE degree..
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Do you choose to not have ac? 87 is pretty hot! I am so sorry- hope you get cool relief soon.
 
hollydolly said:
I write in longhand in my journal/notebook, almost every day.. . . I've done it for years, I still have all my diaries , probably a couple of hundred..

I always write what the day has brought if I;ve been out...and even if I'm home, depending what I've been doing..

I took this picture back in 2017.. and this was only half my diaries.. so 5 years on, there's double that again..

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You have a book ready to publish!
 
Today I went to a Swamp park that had a boardwalk path over the swamp. It was interesting, I saw lots of little turtles swimming around in the swamp water below the path, and one strange whirlpool movement that turned out to be a larger turtle swimming in a circle with swamp vegetation on top of his/her back and dragging along behind.
I also saw several large brown flies which I'd seen in another park here in Buffalo, NY also. I tried looking at images on Google to identify the fly, but it looks to me like it matches pictures of Tabanus sudeticus, but per Wikipedia that is a European fly, so either I'm failing to correctly identify it, or else Buffalo is a lot farther East than I knew! Anybody know which fly this really is?

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CinnamonSugar said:
@WheatenLover i hope your daughter can find alternate living arrangements ASAP. Sounds like a really toxic situation 😧
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It sure is toxic. The roommate is abusive. She was going to spend Friday looking for a new apartment, but she tested positive for Covid on Wednesday, so that's a no go until she is over Covid. She doesn't want a roommate the next time around because she is afraid the person will pretend to be nice and welcoming, and then turn on a dime to the exact opposite. Maybe that won't be the case if she chooses someone who is closer to her in age.
 
My dog, Aidan, decided to get into things while my son and I were grocery shopping for my husband.

The first thing I heard was the gas stove clicking. That's not good. Then I saw that he took a 2 quart bowl of broth off the back of the counter and because it was heavy, he spilled it all over the floor and his head. He hasn't gotten into anything when we were out until today.

Aidan is hardly ever left alone. With a family of 6, he spent 10 years of his life with someone always being home. Since he's never done this before (while we were out), I think he's a bit anxious. He watched my daughter pack boxes and stuff, and then disappear, and now I'm doing it. I could explain it to him, how he's going with us, using words he knows, but he will think we are leaving this very minute. I will not hear the end of it until Thursday, and the barking, hopping around, being circled while I'm walking, etc. will drive me nuts.

I went into the grocery store wearing my N95 mask. It wasn't crowded but large swaths of shelves were bare. It was so exciting. I spent probably 10 minutes just soaking in the sight of all that food that I could choose myself, in person. We are leaving for Mass on Thursday, so we didn't buy much for our larder. I got the package of the bakery's delicious and huge eclairs, though. Only two to a package. I've eaten one, and I'm saving the other one for tomorrow.

The senior services people are coming to my husband's house tomorrow. He said to me, maybe I should cancel it because I have something to do tomorrow. I said, cancel it, and you'll be in a nursing home before I leave. You need someone to take care of you. He couldn't disagree with that; it's too obvious.
 
So I had a great big bowl of ice cream. Two kinds of ice cream. And it (they) was (were) delicious. I'd no sooner finished than DD came over with Dairy Queen. Well then, I had to eat it before it melted, right? So I did. ate the whole thing. And that was delicious, too.

@hollydolly Ack! The people at the beach look positively squished together. How could that be any fun at all? Glad you got some time in on Friday!

@horseless carriage More ack! Bournemouth sure didn't look like that when I was there. All the people put together for the entire week wouldn't have made up a crowd like that.
 
Poor Aidan, he knows things are happening that are not his usual life. I have 3 pups, if I just go out the front door to check the mail, get something out of the car, say hi to the neighbors. I come back in and they act like I have been gone for days.

He is going to have more of a problem settling in at the new home if you leave the house. I would have your cousin build a close relationship with him when you move in. This will be a new person in a new place, he needs to bond with both at that the same time. Have your cousin be the one that gives him most of his treats to help him understand he is safe in his new home.
 

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