CLOSED -Hooray Hall. Adventures of a Handyman.

[diddlydee]

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Is it just me, or does that doggie look like he knows he has a green face and is REALLY sad about it........? Bless him

[CleverClogs (RIP)]

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Is it just me, or does that doggie look like he knows he has a green face and is REALLY sad about it........? Bless him

It's you.

Dogs do not have red/green colour vision.

[diddlydee]

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Ahhh, but perhaps Handy told him!

[swanfan]

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I had Freddie come to help. He's still a touch green round the gills but it is fading fast.

One of my labs ears and tail are a different colour after 'helping' paint the walls.

[Handyman]

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One of my labs ears and tail are a different colour after 'helping' paint the walls.

Yup I have had that as well. Black Lab likes to lie down against freshly painted skirting. He ends up with a Pepe Le Pew stripe down his back

It's a sod getting the hairs off fresh paint.

Regards, Handy

[CleverClogs (RIP)]

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Ahhh, but perhaps Handy told him!

If he's upset about anything, it will be the stink (to him) of the shampoo used.

Few dogs wish to smell like the inside of a cheap perfumery.

[CleverClogs (RIP)]

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Yup I have had that as well. Black Lab likes to lie down against freshly painted skirting. He ends up with a Pepe Le Pew stripe down his back

It's a sod getting the hairs off fresh paint.

Pull them off using tweezers/forceps, then carefully scrape down the paint so it's flat once more. Then apply a thin coat of spray lacquer or varnish.

[garlok]

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"a pungent whiff of pond weed" Handy?

Does Lady Hooray know Gilly Goolden intimately then? This sounds like one of her well feted wine reviews. Looking at that pond though I am surprised she is not selling beauty treatments to her aristocratic mateys.

regards
Garlok

[Handyman]

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Hi all, I will give you an update on the Pond later. Needles to say I am more pungent than ever this morning having bailed by hand over 500 litres of slurry out of the bottom of the pond. Only @ 1500 more to go

Back laters.

[Angelic]

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Is it just me, or does the green suit him?!

[Handyman]

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Is it just me, or does that doggie look like he knows he has a green face and is REALLY sad about it........? Bless him

Hi all, sorry I have been busy elsewhere on the site tonight.
Yes it is Freddie with a Green Face. Strange what happens when Duckweed reacts with Shampoo.

Actually he isn't a bad little dog if you don't mind having your ankle bitten. He P's and Craps everywhere around Hooray Hall and Barks incessantly, a bit like his owner Lady Hooray.

He has never been allowed to have a real Dogs life as he has a skin condition, a bit like Canine Leprosy. He has to be bathed twice a week in special shampoo, lathered up and left for ten minutes, then blow dried and combed.

You can guess who has that job?

So he was so chuffed when he got in the pond the other day, the smell of pond weed and mud probably made him feel like a real dog.

Regards for now, Handy

[Johanino]

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If he's upset about anything, it will be the stink (to him) of the shampoo used.

Few dogs wish to smell like the inside of a cheap perfumery.

I have some cheap perfume ...for Freddie and Mrs H....It's horrid!!! Much prefer chanel no. 5

Hi all, sorry I have been busy elsewhere on the site tonight.
Yes it is Freddie with a Green Face. Strange what happens when Duckweed reacts with Shampoo.

Actually he isn't a bad little dog if you don't mind having your ankle bitten. He P's and Craps everywhere around Hooray Hall and Barks incessantly, a bit like his owner Lady Hooray.

He has never been allowed to have a real Dogs life as he has a skin condition, a bit like Canine Leprosy. He has to be bathed twice a week in special shampoo, lathered up and left for ten minutes, then blow dried and combed.

You can guess who has that job?

So he was so chuffed when he got in the pond the other day, the smell of pond weed and mud probably made him feel like a real dog.

Regards for now, Handy

Now my boys don't like being shampooed...otherwise i'd say send some of that pond weed over and I can let them loose tee hee...

have successfully managed to pull my back again this weekend...:...

How?

Shifting 3 half bookcases with all the books on them to ma sort out the south west of the lounge :T...

am whacked now and I have a chum coming over @ 3 to help with the rest of the tidying

Apart from the fact I've somehow managed to loose a whole case of crochet hooks since last weekend all is good here....and the coffee table looks like your back yard : Papers and mess everywhere..

Guess I will have to invest in a laundry card on Tuesday to get the laundry up to date... That'll be me down to the council @ 9am then

SC

[Handyman]

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Good Morning All, if your wondering what Handy is doing up at this time on a Sunday Morning? well I have been up since @6.

I'm waiting for it to get light enough to start emptying my Workshop The Old Pig Sty (Handy's Cottage)looks like a bomb site. We spent yesterday evening emptying out the last of the lofts in the eaves. Now I have to make enough room to store what is going to the Car Boot.

We were going to the boot sale this morning but it will take us most of the day to put the place back together.

It wouldn't be so bad if Mrs Handy wasn't such a collector When we had a larger house and somewhere to display everything it wasn't so bad.

You would hardly describe our home as minimalist more like the V&A museum.

At least one thing I found my old photographs (I knew where they were but couldn't get to the box) so when I get the time to scan a few, I will post them up. Quite a few were in Angelic's part of the world or out in Derbyshire.

Each has a story attached that I hope you will enjoy reading about.

Regards for now, Handy

[Johanino]

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Och sounds fun...Yeah I'm not exactly minimalist either LOL

Anyhow weight down again today from all that housework yesterday

And a good night out at the kirk watching Joseph put on by the children for the mosaic/building project

Just hope and pray I can get a hairdryer off freecycle for my friend in sheltered housing..

Worse luck I found my backup disks for the apple mac yesterday

SC

[Handyman]

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Och sounds fun...Yeah I'm not exactly minimalist either LOL

When I get the cottage put back together I will post up some pictures.

Saturday at the Local Flea Market, I bumped into a chap I know from the Car Boots. He had just done a house clearance. I got a Brilliant Victorian Hall table from him for £30.00 Carved Pilaster legs and Scalloped top. Ideal for the porch.

There are Advantages to working at the hall. Yesterday Lady Hooray decided to open a few cases of his Lordships wine. The first bottle out of each of the three cases she opened were vinegar.

Today she asked me to check the cases again to see if there were any left that were drinkable. The bottles I opened were past maturity but still Worth quaffing.

The second one I opened to taste was sweet with a hint of Blackcurrant, Oak leaves and Sage. I said to Lady H, I am starting to sound like Jilly Goolden. Lady H looked surprised, didn't you know she used to be a friend of His Lordship Oops

Anyway as we opened too many to test, I am now sat here typing this with a glass of Chateau de la Dauphine 1982 Bordeaux

Value @ £42.00 per bottle and very nice cooking Sherry it is too.

It's not all bad in my line of work.

Regards all, Handy