Dust everywhere

Mudge

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Feb 18, 2015, 6:05:11 PM2/18/15

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Halooooooooooooooooooooooooooo !

Echoeechoeechoe

--
The Canadian Curmudgeon (in Calgary)
Remove noxious CO2 - plant many trees

carol

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Feb 19, 2015, 7:52:48 AM2/19/15

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Mudge <Nos...@never.ever> wrote:
> Halooooooooooooooooooooooooooo !
>
> Echoeechoeechoe

Who goes there ?

Mick Fanner

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Feb 19, 2015, 11:46:06 AM2/19/15

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Please don't mention dust. You have no idea.

--
Mick.

carol

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Feb 19, 2015, 2:22:19 PM2/19/15

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Why ?
Longer version please.

Mick Fanner

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Feb 19, 2015, 4:51:45 PM2/19/15

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On Thu, 19 Feb 2015 19:21:39 +0000, carol wrote:

> Why ?
> Longer version please.

When we moved in here, in August, we engaged a builder chap to take down
the chimney from the roof and demolish the chimney breast into the
lounge. And plaster gap that was left. He said he'd be along in September
to do it. And he turned up last Saturday.

Not totally his fault. The appointed date in September turned out to be
wet, and you don't want a gaping hole in the roof when it's pouring with
rain. As time passed and winter drew nigh, it seemed less and less like a
good idea to have the work done and we were thinking that maybe early
March would be a great time.

Until last week, when he rang and asked if he could come and do the work.

Well the weather forecast seemed fair(ish) so we thought, why not. They
turned up, kncked the chimney off, sorted the hole in the roof and came
indoors with a large hammer.

Unfortunately, for them and us, the fireplace wasn't a fireplace as such,
but a false 'breast' built entirely of heavy concrete blocks that
enclosed the flue for the gas fire. So the hammer didn't really do
anything except make a noise.

Enter the electric demolition hammer. Noisier, but more effective. They
stayed till six on Saturday when I sent them away. They couldn't come
back for a week, so I decided that I'd finish the knocking down and get
it ready for them to come and plaster. Which I've now done.

But despite my best efforts at sealing doors, the bloody dust is
everywhere. Even in here at the far end of the place, there's a thin film
of dust over everything.

Tomorrow, we start the big clean, because, hopefully, there will be no
more knocking things down. Please.

Was that long enough? ;-)

--
Mick.

carol

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Feb 20, 2015, 4:23:11 PM2/20/15

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Scroll ALL the way down for my reply

Yes that was sufficient. I can now understand why we mustn't talk about
dust. I know the guy isn't a roofer even though he went on the roof but
roofers don't work around here in Jan and Feb. Didn't you notice it was a
flue when you moved the fire out ? Huh men !
Well happy dusting day, a fluffy duster and some good music it will be done
in no time.

Mick Fanner

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Feb 20, 2015, 4:59:28 PM2/20/15

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On Fri, 20 Feb 2015 21:22:30 +0000, carol wrote:

> Didn't you notice it was a
> flue when you moved the fire out ? Huh men !

We, that is both Wendy and I, noticed that it was a flue rather than a
chimbley, when we took the fire out. But that was just the day before
they
arrived and we had other stuff to do. *they* were doing the knocking
down, what cared us if it looked a bit more robust than would have first
been thought of.

No they ain't roofers, but the slope on our roof is rather shallow. I
have oft wandered up there to measure things, why I even moved the TV
aerial last year in readiness for their arrival.

> Well happy dusting day, a fluffy duster and some good music it will be
> done in no time.

Tis done, the lounge anyway. All ready for plastering. The rest of the
house will get dusted in due course.

Fluffy Duster: You've met my wife then ;-)

--
Mick.

Mudge

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Feb 20, 2015, 7:30:22 PM2/20/15

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On 2015-02-20 14:59:27 -0700, Mick Fanner said:

> Fluffy Duster: You've met my wife then ;-)

Chuckle !!!!

Me hands Carol a slice of gingerbread loaf !

carol

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Feb 21, 2015, 6:26:16 AM2/21/15

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Mudge <Nos...@never.ever> wrote:
> On 2015-02-20 14:59:27 -0700, Mick Fanner said:
>
>> Fluffy Duster: You've met my wife then ;-)
>
> Chuckle !!!!
>
> Me hands Carol a slice of gingerbread loaf !

Thanks Mudge, it will be most entertaining when Wendy finds out she's been
called a Fluffy duster.

Diogenes of Sinope

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Feb 21, 2015, 12:51:19 PM2/21/15

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On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 11:25:35 +0000, carol wrote:

> it will be most entertaining when Wendy finds out she's been called a
> Fluffy duster.

Not *a* fluffy duster. It's Fluffy Duster, her stage name when she
appears in panto. ;-)

--
Dodgy.

Mick Fanner

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Feb 21, 2015, 1:03:06 PM2/21/15

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On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 17:51:18 +0000, Diogenes of Sinope wrote:

Oh dear. Who let him out? Still, he's right. ;-)

--
Mick.

Mudge

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Feb 21, 2015, 2:29:29 PM2/21/15

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Is that what they call those "Adult Clubs" in the UK ???

--
The Canadian Curmudgeon (in -10C Calgary)

Diogenes of Sinope

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Feb 21, 2015, 2:55:05 PM2/21/15

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On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 12:29:27 -0700, Mudge wrote:

>> Not *a* fluffy duster. It's Fluffy Duster, her stage name when she
>> appears in panto. ;-)
>
> Is that what they call those "Adult Clubs" in the UK ???

You'll have to explain that to me Sir Mudge. I'm from ancient Greece. I
know nothing of 'the UK'. I could hazard a guess at what 'Adult Clubs'
are. I'm guessing something like our bawdy nights at the foot of the
Acropolis steps, but yours may be different.

Do tell. All education is good.

--
Dodgy.

Mudge

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Feb 21, 2015, 6:51:40 PM2/21/15

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More like warm nights near the Parthenon where we went in the nude to
taste the wine and listen to the sages tell of their early battles Q

GordonD

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Feb 23, 2015, 5:28:43 PM2/23/15

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"Mick Fanner" wrote in message
news:54e7ae3e$0$29685$862e...@ngroups.net...

> Fluffy Duster: You've met my wife then ;-)

Indeed, the Fair Wendy. It's been too long.
--
Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland

Nemo

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Mar 14, 2015, 6:46:53 AM3/14/15

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On 18/02/2015 23:05, Mudge wrote:
> Halooooooooooooooooooooooooooo !
>
> Echoeechoeechoe
>

Ahoy there, ahoy!!
(I gotta very old telephone!)

Dust everywhere?

Praps there's a snake on the premisssses who suffers from
Psssssssssssssssssssssssssoriasis.

Nemo

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Mar 15, 2015, 12:11:10 PM3/15/15

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Eccles does!

Eccles: "There - there - theretherethere . . . there - there . . . . ."

There he goes now!

(One skit I don't think Spike thought of.)

Nemo! 68 last Thursday and loving it! - mainly because I still feel like
a tin etcher inside!

Nemo

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Jul 18, 2015, 12:33:19 PM7/18/15

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OK. I'll sing it instead:

Dust a song at twiyyyyylight,
When the lights are low.
Too dark in this bedroom,
Just can't find my po . . .

Wanna finish it?

Nemo

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Jul 18, 2015, 12:42:11 PM7/18/15

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Instead of leaving in a huff or a minute and a huff even, does she go
off in a Duffy Fluster?

(First pun from the pen of Groucho Marx and Spensive, who can be seen in
his pen every Wednesday afternoon. And that one's from The Goon Show!)

Nemo

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Jul 18, 2015, 12:44:02 PM7/18/15

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On 21/02/2015 00:30, Mudge wrote:
> On 2015-02-20 14:59:27 -0700, Mick Fanner said:
>
>> Fluffy Duster: You've met my wife then ;-)
>
> Chuckle !!!!
>
> Me hands Carol a slice of gingerbread loaf !
>

. . . after removing the Parkin ticket I hope.

Nemo

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Jul 18, 2015, 12:46:38 PM7/18/15

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On 21/02/2015 19:29, Mudge wrote:
> On 2015-02-21 10:51:18 -0700, Diogenes of Sinope said:
>> On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 11:25:35 +0000, carol wrote:
>>
>>> it will be most entertaining when Wendy finds out she's been called a
>>> Fluffy duster.
>>
>> Not *a* fluffy duster. It's Fluffy Duster, her stage name when she
>> appears in panto. ;-)
>
> Is that what they call those "Adult Clubs" in the UK ???
>

Only after the adults have all eaten sufficient truncheon meat.