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What have you learnt today? Nov 10, 2022 8:15:14 GMT -5 a_muppet likes this

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Nov 10, 2022 8:07:21 GMT -5 cassie said:

Nov 10, 2022 8:03:11 GMT -5 jen said:

I learnt that no matter how peaceful things are you can still get big surprises. I was out on my walk and walking down a peaceful track behind a housing estate. All was quiet. On the main road to town, behind a hedge behind me, a passing lorry had something explode on it with a large bang. I'm not sure what happened as it went a way before it stopped. I saw the driver got out as he was wearing a high vis jacket. I couldn't see what was happening but thought I saw flames to it's rear. Shortly after it departed. Strange things

Oh wow. You were lucky there wasnt anything hazardous on board...

Yes I was. Over the years I have had some real scares, but luckily things have mostly gone well. It was a small, construction workers type, lorry so there may have been something in the back or it may just have been one of the tyres but I wasn't close enough to see.

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Post by a_muppet on Nov 10, 2022 8:16:01 GMT -5

Nov 9, 2022 10:42:50 GMT -5 cassie said:

I learned more about drainage and sewer systems than I really wanted to but it was helpful and informative.

They are not that difficult are they?

One boxing day I was out the back garden digging up and replacing a sewer pipe. I had no choice, all our toilets were backed up. It was freezing, but mostly dry.

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Nov 10, 2022 8:16:01 GMT -5 a_muppet said:

Nov 9, 2022 10:42:50 GMT -5 cassie said:

I learned more about drainage and sewer systems than I really wanted to but it was helpful and informative.

They are not that difficult are they?

One boxing day I was out the back garden digging up and replacing a sewer pipe. I had no choice, all our toilets were backed up. It was freezing, but mostly dry.

That's something that I would dread

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Nov 10, 2022 8:16:01 GMT -5 a_muppet said:

Nov 9, 2022 10:42:50 GMT -5 cassie said:

I learned more about drainage and sewer systems than I really wanted to but it was helpful and informative.

They are not that difficult are they?

One boxing day I was out the back garden digging up and replacing a sewer pipe. I had no choice, all our toilets were backed up. It was freezing, but mostly dry.

Our new house is a 1986 building that means a concrete slab floor and all the drainage and the water pipes are run under the concrete slab which you can't get to.
At some point the old man had a new kitchen fitted and while they were fitting the new kitchen they added in a dishwasher when they added the dishwasher they strained the pipe and it broke an elbow under the slab...
Short of excavating the house there wasn't a lot we could do so we traced the directions of the drains and to find out if it was an essential fitting as it isn't we capped it sealed it and now we can carry on elsewhere.

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Nov 10, 2022 8:17:32 GMT -5 jen said:

Nov 10, 2022 8:16:01 GMT -5 a_muppet said:

They are not that difficult are they?

One boxing day I was out the back garden digging up and replacing a sewer pipe. I had no choice, all our toilets were backed up. It was freezing, but mostly dry.

That's something that I would dread

It wasn't really as bad as I expected. Once it starts moving, it shifts fast.

THe problem was that the main pipe out to the septic tank was flexible, so over the years, the weight of the soil was flattening it out. We managed to move in just before it got seriously troublesome. In the first year it was fixable by pouring buckets of water down the toilet from height.

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Nov 10, 2022 11:13:32 GMT -5 a_muppet said:

Nov 10, 2022 8:17:32 GMT -5 jen said:

That's something that I would dread

It wasn't really as bad as I expected. Once it starts moving, it shifts fast.

THe problem was that the main pipe out to the septic tank was flexible, so over the years, the weight of the soil was flattening it out. We managed to move in just before it got seriously troublesome. In the first year it was fixable by pouring buckets of water down the toilet from height.

Yes, we've had the toilet issue too. Luckily it's been fairly readily fixed by using water out of the greenhouse water butt and with the watering can, without rose, from height. I found the spout useful for directing the jet.

I am wary of any plantlife in the region of the sewer pipes so attempt to reduce any possible issue, like tree roots. We don't use much in the way of oily things, at least to go down the drain, but next door's system is upline of ours so I do wonder, at times, whether anything they put down the drain will clog it. I know they fry far more fatty things than we do.

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Nov 11, 2022 4:04:05 GMT -5 jen said:

Nov 10, 2022 11:13:32 GMT -5 a_muppet said:

It wasn't really as bad as I expected. Once it starts moving, it shifts fast.

THe problem was that the main pipe out to the septic tank was flexible, so over the years, the weight of the soil was flattening it out. We managed to move in just before it got seriously troublesome. In the first year it was fixable by pouring buckets of water down the toilet from height.

Yes, we've had the toilet issue too. Luckily it's been fairly readily fixed by using water out of the greenhouse water butt and with the watering can, without rose, from height. I found the spout useful for directing the jet.

I am wary of any plantlife in the region of the sewer pipes so attempt to reduce any possible issue, like tree roots. We don't use much in the way of oily things, at least to go down the drain, but next door's system is upline of ours so I do wonder, at times, whether anything they put down the drain will clog it. I know they fry far more fatty things than we do.

I had that problem. Our neigbour wasn't flushing enough, so his effluence was pretty solid. We had to get a guy round. I will never forget seeing him with poo on his hands, rolling up and smoking a cigarette.

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Nov 12, 2022 18:55:01 GMT -5 a_muppet said:

Nov 11, 2022 4:04:05 GMT -5 jen said:

Yes, we've had the toilet issue too. Luckily it's been fairly readily fixed by using water out of the greenhouse water butt and with the watering can, without rose, from height. I found the spout useful for directing the jet.

I am wary of any plantlife in the region of the sewer pipes so attempt to reduce any possible issue, like tree roots. We don't use much in the way of oily things, at least to go down the drain, but next door's system is upline of ours so I do wonder, at times, whether anything they put down the drain will clog it. I know they fry far more fatty things than we do.

I had that problem. Our neigbour wasn't flushing enough, so his effluence was pretty solid. We had to get a guy round. I will never forget seeing him with poo on his hands, rolling up and smoking a cigarette.

Thats not a pretty picture...

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Nov 12, 2022 18:55:01 GMT -5 a_muppet said:

I will never forget seeing him with poo on his hands, rolling up and smoking a cigarette.

Eew, I wonder if he got no sense of smell and missed the smell on his hands as he smoked.

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Nov 14, 2022 3:18:07 GMT -5 cattleya said:

Nov 12, 2022 18:55:01 GMT -5 a_muppet said:

I will never forget seeing him with poo on his hands, rolling up and smoking a cigarette.

Eew, I wonder if he got no sense of smell and missed the smell on his hands as he smoked.

He was filthy from top to toe tbh.

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Nov 16, 2022 17:44:52 GMT -5 kjay said:

Nov 14, 2022 3:43:45 GMT -5 cattleya said:

What have I learnt today?

I've learnt that cockroaches have two brains. Whaaat?

They must be twice as smart...

Apparently they will survive a nuclear war. One of the few species that will.

That makes them 'smarter' than us.

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Post by alsr on Nov 17, 2022 23:20:27 GMT -5

Nov 12, 2022 18:55:01 GMT -5 a_muppet said:

Nov 11, 2022 4:04:05 GMT -5 jen said:

Yes, we've had the toilet issue too. Luckily it's been fairly readily fixed by using water out of the greenhouse water butt and with the watering can, without rose, from height. I found the spout useful for directing the jet.

I am wary of any plantlife in the region of the sewer pipes so attempt to reduce any possible issue, like tree roots. We don't use much in the way of oily things, at least to go down the drain, but next door's system is upline of ours so I do wonder, at times, whether anything they put down the drain will clog it. I know they fry far more fatty things than we do.

I had that problem. Our neigbour wasn't flushing enough, so his effluence was pretty solid. We had to get a guy round. I will never forget seeing him with poo on his hands, rolling up and smoking a cigarette.

EW EW EW EW EW

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Post by cattleya on Nov 17, 2022 23:55:31 GMT -5

Another cockroach trivia. Yes, I got intrigued so I read: "If you find cockroaches in the daytime, it indicates that you may have a serious infestation. These pests are evolutionarily designed to be active at night. However, their primary trait is adaptability. If they need to, roaches will thrive at night but do their best to survive during the day."

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Nov 17, 2022 23:55:31 GMT -5 cattleya said:

Another cockroach trivia. Yes, I got intrigued so I read: "If you find cockroaches in the daytime, it indicates that you may have a serious infestation. These pests are evolutionarily designed to be active at night. However, their primary trait is adaptability. If they need to, roaches will thrive at night but do their best to survive during the day."

Insects can be fascinating. Ants are my favourite. There is a nest I know of, and it is the size of a double mattress, and about 3 feet high.

My dog wouldn't go anywhere near it.

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I love spiders, a_muppet. I also dream of spiders a lot: last night I dreamt a spider was trapped in the fridge and I wanted to set him free.

In real-life I always avoid killing spiders: instead I put them outside, where they can live their lives without household dangers.

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Nov 18, 2022 4:41:56 GMT -5 Popcorn&Candy said:

I love spiders, a_muppet. I also dream of spiders a lot: last night I dreamt a spider was trapped in the fridge and I wanted to set him free.

In real-life I always avoid killing spiders: instead I put them outside, where they can live their lives without household dangers.

I used to live in a 500 year old farmhouse. Most everyone got nervous of the spiders we had. They were huge, almost tropical in size.

Oddly, my son now has pet spiders.

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Nov 18, 2022 3:36:52 GMT -5 a_muppet said:

Nov 17, 2022 23:55:31 GMT -5 cattleya said:

Another cockroach trivia. Yes, I got intrigued so I read: "If you find cockroaches in the daytime, it indicates that you may have a serious infestation. These pests are evolutionarily designed to be active at night. However, their primary trait is adaptability. If they need to, roaches will thrive at night but do their best to survive during the day."

Insects can be fascinating. Ants are my favourite. There is a nest I know of, and it is the size of a double mattress, and about 3 feet high.

My dog wouldn't go anywhere near it.

Cherry, I find them fascinating too. Down here we have one ant we stay away from. Fire ants. f you encounter them you will know why. Their bite burns and they swam if you disturb them.

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Nov 18, 2022 4:46:44 GMT -5 jen said:

Talking about infestations - It's got to the time of year (and weather) in the UK when the mice start to invade seeking shelter with food for the winter.

Jen, sounds like up in New Hampshire. Every winter they would try to shelter in my garage.

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Nov 18, 2022 4:53:07 GMT -5 a_muppet said:

Nov 18, 2022 4:41:56 GMT -5 Popcorn&Candy said:

I love spiders, a_muppet. I also dream of spiders a lot: last night I dreamt a spider was trapped in the fridge and I wanted to set him free.

In real-life I always avoid killing spiders: instead I put them outside, where they can live their lives without household dangers.

I used to live in a 500 year old farmhouse. Most everyone got nervous of the spiders we had. They were huge, almost tropical in size.

Oddly, my son now has pet spiders.

Where I live it is rare to find spiders that large. However, I would still protect a spider of that size.

Did you also know people find it harder to kill larger spiders than the smaller ones? Even though the larger spiders are more scary. I wouldn't feel comfortable around a spider too large, though.

My mum had a spider behind the television years back and told me to leave it alone. I was also taught that spiders are lucky. Maybe they are!

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Nov 21, 2022 23:40:59 GMT -5 alsr said:

I had an eye check up on Saturday. My Opt D told me I had cataract but I don't have to get surgery for at least 2-3 years.

I'm sorry about your cataract: it isn't a diagnosis anyone wants. But I am sure you'll regularly check your eyes and update your optical doctor about any changes.

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Nov 21, 2022 23:40:59 GMT -5 alsr said:

I had an eye check up on Saturday. My Opt D told me I had cataract but I don't have to get surgery for at least 2-3 years.

Hopefully they won't progress that fast Annie. From what I understand a lot, if not most, people have some minor cataracts and they never need anything done.

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Nov 21, 2022 23:40:59 GMT -5 alsr said:

I had an eye check up on Saturday. My Opt D told me I had cataract but I don't have to get surgery for at least 2-3 years.

I hope you never need the surgery but, if you do, it is usually straightforward these days with laser.

You remind me that I am due for an eye check too

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Nov 22, 2022 8:46:14 GMT -5 jen said:

Nov 21, 2022 23:40:59 GMT -5 alsr said:

I had an eye check up on Saturday. My Opt D told me I had cataract but I don't have to get surgery for at least 2-3 years.

I hope you never need the surgery but, if you do, it is usually straightforward these days with laser.

You remind me that I am due for an eye check too

Thanks Jen, my doctor told me I will, eventually.

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Nov 21, 2022 23:40:59 GMT -5 alsr said:

I had an eye check up on Saturday. My Opt D told me I had cataract but I don't have to get surgery for at least 2-3 years.

I must have listened to hundreds, actually hundreds, of my patients over the years telling me of how successful cataract ops they have had. So much so that I remember the one telling me it hadn't been successful. She said she was no worse, but it had not improved her.

Those are magical stats. It is a really successful op, I would not think twice about accepting it.

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