and today i have mostly been...

[lozz]

Hi Steve '.
So sorry to hear that..

You said I hope we are not being ' selfish'.

No your not..

If the dog couid talk she wouid tell u the same for sure.

[steve_earwig]

Cheers Lozz. T'wife just went in to brush her (she's in her bedroom) but she's sound asleep and snoring. Aw bless

Anyway, some pictures, 'cos life, you know.

It's all a lot more obvious with the tubes and cables in:





The dangley cables are for the lights, as they'll probably be run up on top of the plasterboard (probably, I've no idea what lights we're going to have yet)

These are for the washer & drier

Note the earths below - they need to be earthed?

I made myself up a couple of guards to stop the grinder catching in the urethane foam and insulation and flipping out of my hands. They work too.



The grinder just scuds along them making a whirring noise.

I took this one because I spotted even more earths (the wires head off to my main pipework)

but then I noticed how much dust you could see in the picture That's a while after I'd finished sanding too.

The earths do seem a bit mad, it looks like he's earthing everything, pipes, taps, the lot. The shortest path to earth is through you to the nearest inanimate object Thing is, if you touch a live but no earth you just get a warning tingle, if you just happen to be leaning against something that's earthed you'll be testing the sensitivity of the RCD, which I think it was Doggy that pointed out, aren't anything like sensitive enough here and would pass enough current to stop someone's heart.

And what about nearby lightening strikes? Everything in the house will be lethal!

What is the point of having the taps on a plastic bath properly earthed?

Hold on, I've not moved in a while, should I stick an electrode up my arse so I'm properly earthed?

[highlander]

should I stick an electrode up my arse so I'm properly earthed?

Not the usual sort of request for information placed on a car owners' club forum...

[steve_earwig]

Betty has gone.

She woke up from the sleep in agony, cramps and fighting for breath. Mirela, the vet, was here in probably less than 10 minutes. She asked us what we wanted, she could give her something for the cramps and pain but she almost certainly wouldn't make it through the night, probably dying in agony in a few hours. My wife said no, that's enough suffering, so she was PTS.

Betty would have been 14 on April 24th, in golden retriever years she was well over 100.

We're ok, more-or-less. I'm surprised at Mary though, rushing about whining and she vomited a few times, when her sister died she looked round for her for a while but no real stress, so I guess the bond must have been stronger with her mother.

[Doggy]

Sorry to hear she's gone, but at least she's not suffering now.
Make a fuss of Mary, but try not to overdo it, our single surviving cavalier now can't be left on his own since losing the other two.
Can't help but think that's our fault somehow. We get by borrowing daughter next door's labrador, or younger daughter's cavalier.

[lozz]

Sorry to hear the bad news Steve.

[OllieNZ]

Sorry to hear that Steve.

[trem1]

Sorry to hear betty has gone, but at least she's out of pain now.

[Welly]

Really sorry to hear this mate, logged on especially to see how you were getting on. As others say at least Betty is at peace and didn't suffer for too long.

[steve_earwig]

Thanks guys. We're doing ok, it's not like it was with Vicky, a bolt from the blue, we could see this one coming so it wasn't too much of a shock.

I saw your replies earlier but I wanted to pick out some pictures, but that's a bit of a minefield with all the pets (and relatives) we've lost in the last few years. SO I skimmed through and picked a few out.

Betty age 4


Playfighting with Srečko


"Wassat?"


With Mary


"I don't know what these are but they keep following me about."


Snow!


Aged 12 after a B-A-T-H


Betty had a lovely life, (certainly much better than the majority of dogs in Croatia), a huge garden to run around, plenty of nice grub, a bed to sleep on and hardly ever wore a collar (and certainly never got tied to anything ). Obviously we will miss her but we've nothing to feel bad about.

We still have Mary and Scooter, and 6 cats of course

[lozz]

Excellent pictures Steve

Nice to see dogs that get along with cats.

[406Break]

Got my 406 back on friday.
Compared to the Mazda, it's a damn blessing from the french
And the bodyshop did a fine job also.





I'm happy

[steve_earwig]

That looks ok I can't see it in the picture but did they put back the bit of anti-chip underwotsit in the corner? That's exactly where mine got hit and I got into a tizwaz with the repairer as he just put a bit of clear vylin there but nobody could tell me what Pug actually used

Excellent pictures Steve

Nice to see dogs that get along with cats.

Cheers Lozz

I didn't spot the picture until just now, nasty!

[406Break]

That looks ok I can't see it in the picture but did they put back the bit of anti-chip underwotsit in the corner? That's exactly where mine got hit and I got into a tizwaz with the repairer as he just put a bit of clear vylin there but nobody could tell me what Pug actually used

Would you care to elaborate? Don't really get what part are you talking about

[steve_earwig]

Pictures here, courtesy Welly - viewtopic.php?f=18&t=4825&hilit=lidl+ca ... =75#p49028

It's much clearer in the 2nd one.