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The overnight temp of 17 c accompanied by relative humidity below 80% made for a better sleep, and I would be very happy if this could continue for
the rest of the summer. The entrails reader has declared that 24 c shall be the maximum temp for the day.

Awoken with cup of tea. I'd rather have slept on!

Good morning folks. Broken Cu but we did get some rain late afternoon yesterday. Prob 30 Tempo of the same today.

Going to inspect the new pond at the safari camp in a while. The last managers installed a natural pond with fish from the lagoon and a water fall. These new ones have put in a new one with tropical fish, coloured lights and a fountain. The water will be too murky to see the fish or lights.

limeygal wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 05, 2024 1:21 pm

GG-quickest way to get Hubs out of a room is to show him a paintbrush! I actually like to paint. I do all the painting-and there is a lot. I have also wallpapered and tiled in my time. Pink would do MY head in. I hate the colour. A friend wanted me to go to the Barbie movie with her. Er, no. All that pink would probably induce a seizure.

In my childhood in the North of England it was almost always the women who did the "beautifying" (painting & decorating), men wouldn't be allowed near a paint brush or a roll of wallpaper, their place was in the garden or the allotment. Not sure if this is still the case.

Overnight snow in Orkney - 5 inches or so on mainland Orkney but only an inch or so here on Stronsay. View over Kirkwall from a drone earlier today. Photograph from "The Orcadian".

Lovely photo, Ricardian. It would, in my view at least, make an excellent Christmas card, especially with the church front and centre.

Re northern women and decorating etc. In our house, all painting and decorating was done by my dad, but with help from mum. My mum, and later I, took care of the garden. When I lived in Rossendale (NE Lancs) in the 70s, in the more traditional Lancashire households the women often did the decorating. I certainly heard of this on many occasions. I can well imagine that this is still the case in many places.

As a slight aside, during my days working in the paper industry, I used to visit Crown Paper Mills in Darwen, where their machines made only wallpaper base. One night, some poor unfortunate (rumoured to be the result of having one too many before he came to work), fell into the vat of pulp and was never seen again. With typical ghoulish humour, it was rumoured this his remains now adorned the walls of No 15 Acacia Avenue.

That is just not any church, that is St Magnus Cathedral.

Seeing the snow has reminded me of brushing it off the wings of the 748 one morning at Grimsetter.

Was glad snow didn't happen often in the Orkneys.

Fabulous photo Ricardian!

Grandma and mum, East Yorkshire, did the decorating, and indeed most household DIY, plus textiles.
Cornish (paternal side), ditto.
Men did electrical and vehicles.
Rarely did the twain meet, except both genders did gardening, veg and flowers.
Still true in current generation.
Entire family very handy, and all can in fact do either, but this is what they specialise in.
Indeed, there isn't much point me spending ages trying to choose colours and materials when Sis#1 can do it perfectly without taking a breath.
Ditto me fixing her house wiring, or my brother fixing her cars.
It's not that there is complete segregation now, or was then. Both genders would normally take part in the activity, but the subordinate gender would (happily) do the Mate's job - fetching, carrying, doing the easy bits. They would also observe carefully, so they could do it all themselves in a pinch.

Oh, and men did shoes - polish, care, repair.

After many many MANY years of getting up at 06:00 to get the bed linen in the wash at cheap tarif, we're taking advantage of the new machines timer, and doing it at 3am, machine loaded up the night before....

Mother always did the decorating and cooking and Dad did the growing and working. I was no good at growing but was a very good decorator, I then showed Mrs 1DC how to wallpaper and then because she didn't have to wait for me to find the time to do it I was never allowed to do it again. A smart move on my behalf, I reckon..
Been a nice dry day on the Humber today, starting to cool off a bit and the guessers are rumouring snow tomorrow. I doubt if we will get any maybe see a little dusting in the Lincolnshire mountains(all 400feet off them!) but not much.Fish and chip day today very nice too, a pensioners Haddock for me and a gigantic Plaice for Herself. Had a bit of a migraine but I am living with it, will be an excuse for an early night..

^ Hope the migraine goes quickly, 1DC.

9s on both.

PP

Why do shampoos' instructions for use generally say "Lather, Rinse, Repeat"?
Why doesn't one application work?

PP

I think the first gets the dirt off, and the second can then get the grease out.
That's what I find when I've been doing stuff under the house in the crawl space.
The first rinse is noticeably red, as I have red dirt here, but my hair is still greasy from the sweaty work. The second wash removes this.
I find I need less shampoo the second time around.

PHXPhlyer wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 07, 2024 7:23 pm

Why doesn't one application work?

PP

It does, but they want to sell more shampoo.

"Lather, Rinse, Repeat" is also said to keep blondes occupied.

PP

When I was 11 we moved into our own (new build) house from a rented house.
The quarter acre 'garden' was still a field and my father bought a rotavator and became a gardener.

When I offered to help I was given the job of collecting stones, with the result that I never acquired any interest in gardening.

When I married and we moved into our new-build semi the 'lawn' was, likewise, virgin field with the addition of solid clay that dried out in summer and opened deep cracks that extended more than a foot deep, remember summer 1976? the hottest summer for more than 350 years.

I didn't mind building a low wall and steps (the grass was higher than the ground level of the house).

Subsequent house moves were to established gardens with more needing to be done to maintenance of the building.

I never became a gardener.

PHXPhlyer wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 07, 2024 7:23 pm

Why do shampoos' instructions for use generally say "Lather, Rinse, Repeat"?

I use real poo...... none of that "sham" stuff.....

Hair doesn't need washing.