Tired, your a young man in your prime you should be able to move a few beams.............goodness me. Still won't leave you out, as I said before I love you like a whippetKarma as well for you, although I don't know why you must have buckets of the stuff

Hey crispygirl your not kidding either,when I reached 40 I felt great,they say life begins at forty,but oh dear me in the early fifties the ackes and pains set in and all sorts of ailments a day dosent go by without something or other,knees hurt,back hurt,hot sweats..........it takes a lot longer to do anything and the lack of energy has just gone out the window........goodness Im off for a lay down

I'm worn out just reading that.........

I'm back after my li'l siesta followed by a quickie food shopping trip.

I can see better, but not crystal clear without my reading spectigals, so think I will keep them on just to be on the safe side.

Thanks again for the advise jdr. The nap really did help

Rosemary, I do think you're probably right about the pupil dilation thingie. I can never leave home without my sunglasses and my bike helmet has a special sun visor, but I guess it's not as good as my sunglasses.

Jandy, thanks for the well wishes and I hope your OH gets back home sooner than expected and you have a special Saturday evening together

Crispygirl, you are so "spot on"! Things just seem to be failing one after the other. I hope Michael doesn't trade me in for a newer model , although I do think I keep him on his toes

:ROFL::ROFL: Hey it aint funny,Martha posted a link for a typing course on here,thought Id have a go,then ten minutes later the fingers hurt like mad and after all that the blinking course said I was c**p keep trying I think the arthritus set in :curse:

Hey Matt,

You mentioned in another post somewhere that you like Khalil Gibran's writing. So do I. This is from the book "The Prophet" and I'm posting it here especially for you and wishing you a restful and relaxing weekend....

And a youth said,
- Speak to us of Friendship!
And he answered, saying:
Your friend is your needs answered.
He is your field which you sow with love
and reap with thanksgiving.

And he is your board and your fireside.
For you come to him with your hunger,
and you seek him for peace.

When your friend speaks his mind you fear
not the "nay" in your own mind,
nor do you withhold the "ay".
And when he is silent your heart ceases
not to listen to his heart;
For without words, in friendship, all thoughts,
all desires, all expectations are born and shared,
with joy that is unacclaimed.
When you part from your friend, you grieve not;
For that which you love most
in him may be clearer in his absence,
as the mountain to the climber
is clearer from the plain.

And let there be no purpose in friendship
save the deepening of the spirit.
For love that seeks aught but the disclosure
of its own mystery is not love but a net cast forth:
and only the unprofitable is caught.

And let your best be for your friend
that you should seek him with hours to kill?
Seek him always with hours to live.
For it is his to fill your need,
but not your emptiness.
And in the sweetness of friendship
let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.
For in the dew of little things
the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.

Thought I would show you a pic of the size of the beams we have been moving.

Oh Matt, what big beams you have

Thank god for that, I want you to be able to see ok to post in the music thread

I know, and these are just as big!!

Few bobs worth there. ;-)
We did some work on an old pub built in 1675, some s/h oak timbers from old ships were used as foundations straight onto mud.
We could not even hammer a 4in nail in one without it bending up, they were still solid as a rock.

Its all to do with moisture content and tannins. Hardwood with higher levels technically shouldn't rot in the ground, its the bacteria where water, earth and air mis in a heady mix of rot!


I have a woodcarver who buys all the old oak posts I ever take out of the ground from me, once carved it is stunning.

There is £3000 worth of oak, the job is nearly £8000 for the finished product. Some people have tooo much money!

Thanks crispygirl.......O/H arrived home quite early for him 7oclock,so we had coffee,dinner and then I thought I better let him have a go on the puter,so I thought I would go up and have a nice bath ,wash hair,get razer out,you know all the usual girlie things that take a lot longer the older you get,arrived back downstairs an hour or so later,plonked on sofa practically naked was I noticed NO NO NO swapped places at 10:20 first in hand, now he is tired has to be up at 04:45 so will be off to bed soon............I think yours was the right idea,I should of had a likkle hours ago...........oh well ,a very large scotch on the rocks I think

RSI, I know all about it, spent years as a typist, I have mega props now with my knuckles and writs joints.....

Jandy don't want to make you jealous but me and the OH have been very cosy on the sofa and I didn't even shave come to think of it neither did he