Monday, December 21, 2009

Walrus Gumboot...

Thanks to John Lennon for the above.
Um...the red trousers didn't fit!
Yikes!
I have gained weight since the last weeks of chemo.
About 10kg...I am determined to lose this...it is no fun feeling gluggier than I have to!
Perhaps it was the hot chocolates and lattes at work?
Did some serious damage to the surrounding flora on our section today, tho.
We are surrounded by vegetation - some of it fantastic - native, floral, noble.
And some real mongrel stuff too - tradescantia, ivy, "wild" jasmine, woolly nightshade.
We even have stuff growing in our top guttering (now I can't see myself getting up THERE with a hernia and 10 extra kg!!).
Tomorrow...AVATAR!

5 comments:

  1. My portable inverter with the really heavy 20 Ah sealed lead acid battery weighs about 10kg. I'd hate to have to carry that around permanently. And you haven't even got to all the lovely Christmas dinners and desserts yet!

    Are there any willing volunteers out there to help sort out the gutters? As well as stuff growing in them we suspect they could be a mozzie breeding ground, so they need another drain pipe or rejigging with better drop along their lengths. Plumbing qualifications not required, but a tall ladder might be handy.

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  2. Yes...
    Willing volunteers with long extendable ladders required!

    7kg is often the cabin luggage limit as well!

    I managed to do the lowest level of guttering with a borrowed step ladder.

    It would be handy if our guttering has better drop.

    Talk about architectural ineptitude!

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  3. When you say "do it" do you mean clear out the mozzie larvae or rerig it for better drop?

    It's more plumbing ineptitude than architectural ineptitude.

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  4. Yeah - just clearing the darn gutter of debris, mush and various insect life.
    Plumbing ineptitude, like some other parts of the house.
    G.

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  5. Rerigging an abseil for better drop is also fun. Anyway, would you like to figure out a time to do the gutters?

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