WTF-Beta

Finally much needed significant rainfall this evening, tail-end of some US storm I guess.

Why our council workers this morning were out in force mowing and spreading clouds of brown dust, goodness knows.

From what I've seen of Trump's dealings with Putin, he should get the Noballs Peace Prize

It's allowed in the ornithological sense.

Fanny pack is a bum bag here. Like Daniels sling bag.

We still use underpants(boxers/y-fronts/nickers) but have lost (the quite obvious use of) pants as you commonly use the word.

Rubber is still used in art contexts. I say condom. But then, I'm getting a bit long in the tooth.

Reported on our news this morning (ain't seen much due to wedding prep) and what suddenly struck me was the basic opportunistic greed underlying supposed Nazi idealists.

Here in England the apple trees are bending under the weight of a bumper harvest, guess our near draught has forced them. Blackberries also in season.
And a garden nearby is full of gladiolus, mostly red, but a lovely white with hint of pink

I have pondered on who buys such a behemoth, and why.

Built perhaps for desert or jungle terrain, and to have an ack-ack gun mounted on the rear platform for your security to shoot down drones and helicopters?

So Venezuelan or Albanian drug lord, or middle eastern Sheikh might be target customers?
Or simply a mega successful rapper with a million quid to spare and a garage as big as his ego?

London is an overbusy place of extremes, noise/vulgarity and serenity/refinement almost adjacent.
Ten minutes later we were drinking Silver Needle tea in Yushu.

Glad you're OK, even at 30+30mph a collision is going to be nasty.

We were nearly ko'd in a side street off Picadilly Circus today by a Brabus Mercedes G-wagon 6x4.
Must have a turning circle close to that of a Lear Jet (and engine and price to match).
A seven point turn had pedestrians on both pavements scurrying for cover.

And yet I dislike your Vicepotus even more.

Not sure why tbh, he's an educated professional, served with the marines; but trad RC, opposed to abortion & gun control & same sex marriage.
It's easy to say Mr T is bloody awful because...
but I can't quite put my finger on my reason to dislike Mr V even more.

I digress

Ukraine looks like becoming another Korea. West Ukraine & East Ukraine

What do you propose we do? Certainly terrorism by Hamas must not result in their gaining anything.

We ought, along with Germany France USA and UN peacekeepers, to put boots on the ground to help Israel.
Clear the Gaza strip of Palestinian terrorists and all radical Islamic terrorists so that young girls can grow up with the same rights education & opportunities as boys.
The opposite of Afghanistan which is now in a radical Taliban downward spiral.

Evacuate Gazan areas as needed, place the civilian innocents in temporary accommodation where they are cared for, search and clear every house methodically.
Any booby trap, any attack on 'our' soldiers would require that building/area be flattened with overwhelming force. No messing about with terrorists.
Then give the good people of Gaza a chance and help build a democratic society from the rubble.

Lots of spiders around. I love their webs

I have to comment that my father, who fought the Japanese through Burma & Malaysia (in The 14th under General Slim), showed no qualms regarding this action by the USA.

Of the very few things he ever said regarding his war experiences, the vast number of allied lives the two bombs saved (including his) was something he repeated every time the Hiroshima horrors were shown.

He hinted of seeing fanatical brutal Japanese soldiers in action, lost comrades, seen the Changi POW.

The idea of having allied soldiers fight on and on to walls of the Emperors Palace must have been a nightmare for Churchill and Truman.

@rustyfingers said in [Hallway; DIY milestone]

@AndyD
"I've just put on the second coat on Osmo antislip satin oil."
Ooh, what's that? We have hardwood floors on our two flights and stained plywood on the flight to the basement. As we age, I'm more and more worried about slipping. We added carpet treads on one flight because our elderly dog (now deceased) kept slipping, but the others are bare.

Same here. My Dad and an Uncle both slipped, fell and died on carpeted stairs. I've had fit relatives fall and break a hip on a single step in an open plan bungalow living space.

I didn't want carpet. Cork replacement appears unavailable.
My inlaws in Malaysia have beautiful wooden stairs, no accidents reported, they usually have bare feet.

Osmo oil - was highly recommended as a wood finish by my carpenter cousin, and checking online I discovered antislip versions widely available, for decking, stairs, in satin or mat.
It ain't cheap but the reviews were all excellent. B&Q. £106 for 2.5litres

It works.

Clear satin finish (3089/R11)
First coat darkens the wood nicely as expected. Second coat makes the wood feel covered effectively.
Think... very fine grit sandpaper. The oil has some grit in it, that simple.

We wander about in bare feet, socks, and slippers and it is a perfect finish to the stair treads.

Apparently there is advice about taking care using oils on ply or even doors that are not solid wood. Maybe apply a lot and it could affect the glue? In my ignorance I've oiled all our doors multiple times with teak oil without any problems.

@Daniel It's a TV show on channel 4 (note wtg) where usually an optomistic energetic and quite insane couple have bought some ruined remote village of 5-10 houses for a hundred dollars and proceed to spend years doing it up

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt21352768/

It's better than new, window restored, cladding has its own sill, sealed and 5 coats of zinser paint on the bespoke cut to match thermowood.

Lost track of how many days this has taken. I'm necessarily having an early night 🥱

My hand to show size. Beautiful colours

First rowan berries on neigbours tree, and so red!

Nooooooo