Yawn ... wakey, wakey ...

Good (early) morning everyone.
I've just been outside for a stroll and it is not as cold as last night. As I went outside Oscar came rushing out of the greenhouse and tried to trip me up. If he could understand English his ears would have been burning . He is actually becoming a bit of a nuisance because he either runs between my legs or throws himself in front of my feet whenever I walk in the garden. I trod on him twice yesterday but it doesn't seem to stop him. It's becoming dangerous for both of us. He was even getting in the way when I was using the lawn edging shears :eek: .

Does anyone know how to stop him from doing it? :confused: Thanks

 

I've just been outside again as a car has run into a telephone pole. I called the police and ambulance and they both turned up within ten minutes. The driver didn't appear to be hurt but was taken to hospital and will then be taken to the police station as he had been breathalised and was over the limit. The car has also been towed away as it is by a bend.
Excitement over

 

Good morning everyone,

It has been at least a couple of years since a car has hit the telephone pole or the street light. Although they must have been hit over a dozen times since we have been here, including one new lamp post and three new poles, no one has ended up in our front garden. We live on a country road that is now unclassified but used to be an A road 20 years ago. It is a fairly wide road with a very deceptive bend and further down the road another telephone pole has been replaced four times to my knowledge. Not all the drivers had been drinking but they had been driving too fast for the road. In their wisdom the authorities put a 40 mph limit on the road about 5 years ago. It has reduced some of the driving to 60 mph!!!!

Re Ley Lines. I am also a rather sceptical persons and prefer hard science but try to keep an open mind. If our friends said it worked for them I accept what they say - with reservations. Although it is on a different matter I was very sceptical about dowsing (and still am) but have had first hand experience of it. For some years I suspected that we had a water leak. I thought that the pressure and flow were lower than they should be and I could hear water movement in the pipes when all the taps were turned off. Mrs shiney couldn't hear it but I have very sensitive hearing. Over the years the water authority came in twice to check it and said there was no evidence of a leak although the flow was a little low. The third time I called them in (some years later) I had told them that there was a noticeable drop in pressure and flow - I had done the highly technical test of holding my thumb against the tap spout to stop the water coming out. This is based on how long you can hold back the water because of build up in pressure. When they came out and tested they said there must be a leak because the flow and pressure are much too low.

They then spent three weeks trying to find the leak by using one of their highly sensitive electronic leak finders without success. I suggested that as our house is 100ft from the road it would be quicker to replace the whole pipe from the road to the house but they said that their rules don't allow it. Meanwhile Mrs shiney had been in contact with someone she knows who makes a living out of 'distant dowsing'!! How pseudoscientific can you get :eek: . He said that all he wanted us to do was send him a sketch of the house and mark the boudaries of our land. He didn't want any details of rooms etc. He sent it back marking three separate leaks on it. By that stage the water authority were willing to try anything. So their engineer dug in the easiest spot marked on the sketch which was the only one in a flower bed. He found quite a large leak and fixed it and said that it looked like wear and tear in an old pipe. He then tested the flow and pressure again and although it had improved it was still too low. They were now in their fourth week.

The next day he returned with his area supervisor. I pointed out that if they wished to believe the dowsing then we had a major problem. The supervisor said that they regularly use dowsers but had never heard of someone dowsing from 200 miles away. He asked me what the major problem was and I told him that one of the other spots marked is under the middle of the driveway and the third is in the middle of a laurel hedge that is 12ft high 30ft long and 20 ft wide with some trunks that have a diameter of 2ft. He then decided to replace the whole pipe and they did it using a mole that tunnels through the ground.

As far as I'm concerned the jury is still out with regard to dowsing but he did pinpoint one leak and showed that there were more leaks. The inspector was willing to give it the benefit of the doubt but it could have been that he decided my original suggestion was the more economic option. The pipe was replaced after I had negotiated that I didn't have to pay towards it.

Have a great day everyone :D

 

Good morning Helen,Shiney,Walnut,Rosa and all my other friends all have a lovely Sunday and stay safe
Rosa what a lovely greeting.

 

Hi Kandy, I'm pleased you had a good holiday . Is three words a minute 'up to speed' :D

LoL, I guess I'd better not hold my breathe waiting for your revelations about Cal :D