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<blockquote data-quote="spin cycle" data-source="post: 7951995" data-attributes="member: 12281"><p>sunday</p><p>tried to have more of a day at home.....did some nutrient planning.......admiral not great mentally and i got a call just as we were sitting down for roast tea with mu'ad dibs......admiral just wanted a cuppa tea and company for 1/2 hour....i swept/mopped floor and chatted and she was fine.......the mu'ad dibs are going to live in brazil for a year (mrs mu'ad dib is brazilian).....anyhoo looks like mrs spin might supervise their two properties as holiday lets....i make a pitch for his tesla as a 'company car'<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite34" alt=":devil:" title="Devil :devil:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":devil:" />....just see me arriving at mart with that and my 8x5 ifor on the back<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😁" title="Beaming face with smiling eyes :grin:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f601.png" data-shortname=":grin:" />....i promise i'd always have a lid on my coffee and window open whilst smoking but he's not impressed<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" />....so ocd that lad<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></p><p></p><p>monday</p><p>had a job to get myself going 'mentally' this morning...everything an effort<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />...tis a bitta grind with admiral i must admit.....didn't help when we found puffa (beltex/texel ram) expired<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />....not unexpected but blimey 3 rams dead in a month<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" />....only saving grace is i can go ram shopping next autumn and introduce some 'new blood' as things were getting a little 'line bred'<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😗" title="Kissing face :kissing:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f617.png" data-shortname=":kissing:" />......can keep flock as closed as possible like that<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>found a very decent dozen ram lambs for the abattoir and took them in early afternoon <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite24" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs Up (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" /> ...i'd actually looked round the fat pen for a possible ram lamb to keep back....but nothing stood out really</p><p></p><p>i'm finding that whilst i'm often complaining about 'being tired' or 'feeling demotivated' there's still a little part of my brain still scheming so i've been having a little 'dabble' on the latest brown&co online auction<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" />...i'm still hankering to build a little haybarn but ffs it's not like i've nowt else to do <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" />........for example i want to replace holiday let ASHP with external oil boiler....stewardship starting.......some kinda all weather riding surface for strawbs<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/scratchhead.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":scratchhead:" title="Scratchead :scratchhead:" data-shortname=":scratchhead:" />..1000m fencing and HH coming back june time promising to 'motivate' me re farmhouse renovation<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite17" alt=":love:" title="Love :love:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":love:" />....when the feck am i gonna have time/energy for shed building<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />......anyhoo ..i spied some 'unloved lots'<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> and ended up buying 6 steel uprights (length unknown)...20 misc steel plates and a lifetimes supply of 4 ft metal gateposts (30).....all for the princely sum of £635....feck knows what i'll use it all for.....but i will<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>'lost in tanslation'<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />......had trouble sun night registering barclaycard with ibidder......had to ring up<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😭" title="Loudly crying face :sob:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f62d.png" data-shortname=":sob:" />.......got it sorted but feck knows how....bad line and very rapid sub continent accent translating to my 'gentlemen farmer' brogue<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />.....anyhoo around 5pm today i'd haggled some unsold lots and paid up but gotta headache.....i retire to exec for rollie and coffee....mrs spin at door ....'phone for spin doctor???'.....i knew who it was ...yorkie about fencing<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😁" title="Beaming face with smiling eyes :grin:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f601.png" data-shortname=":grin:" />....more language problems<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😁" title="Beaming face with smiling eyes :grin:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f601.png" data-shortname=":grin:" />....'owd yer git on wit mcveigh parker?...speak up i git pickle running for aw change tit oil'....feck i need a babelfish<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😁" title="Beaming face with smiling eyes :grin:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f601.png" data-shortname=":grin:" /></p><p></p><p>edit...'pickle' = pickup <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😁" title="Beaming face with smiling eyes :grin:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f601.png" data-shortname=":grin:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spin cycle, post: 7951995, member: 12281"] sunday tried to have more of a day at home.....did some nutrient planning.......admiral not great mentally and i got a call just as we were sitting down for roast tea with mu'ad dibs......admiral just wanted a cuppa tea and company for 1/2 hour....i swept/mopped floor and chatted and she was fine.......the mu'ad dibs are going to live in brazil for a year (mrs mu'ad dib is brazilian).....anyhoo looks like mrs spin might supervise their two properties as holiday lets....i make a pitch for his tesla as a 'company car':devil:....just see me arriving at mart with that and my 8x5 ifor on the back😁....i promise i'd always have a lid on my coffee and window open whilst smoking but he's not impressed:(....so ocd that lad:rolleyes: monday had a job to get myself going 'mentally' this morning...everything an effort:rolleyes:...tis a bitta grind with admiral i must admit.....didn't help when we found puffa (beltex/texel ram) expired:rolleyes:....not unexpected but blimey 3 rams dead in a month:banghead:....only saving grace is i can go ram shopping next autumn and introduce some 'new blood' as things were getting a little 'line bred'😗......can keep flock as closed as possible like that;) found a very decent dozen ram lambs for the abattoir and took them in early afternoon (y) ...i'd actually looked round the fat pen for a possible ram lamb to keep back....but nothing stood out really i'm finding that whilst i'm often complaining about 'being tired' or 'feeling demotivated' there's still a little part of my brain still scheming so i've been having a little 'dabble' on the latest brown&co online auction:rolleyes:.:banghead:...i'm still hankering to build a little haybarn but ffs it's not like i've nowt else to do :banghead:........for example i want to replace holiday let ASHP with external oil boiler....stewardship starting.......some kinda all weather riding surface for strawbs:scratchhead:..1000m fencing and HH coming back june time promising to 'motivate' me re farmhouse renovation:love:....when the feck am i gonna have time/energy for shed building:rolleyes:......anyhoo ..i spied some 'unloved lots';) and ended up buying 6 steel uprights (length unknown)...20 misc steel plates and a lifetimes supply of 4 ft metal gateposts (30).....all for the princely sum of £635....feck knows what i'll use it all for.....but i will;) 'lost in tanslation':rolleyes:......had trouble sun night registering barclaycard with ibidder......had to ring up😭.......got it sorted but feck knows how....bad line and very rapid sub continent accent translating to my 'gentlemen farmer' brogue:rolleyes:.....anyhoo around 5pm today i'd haggled some unsold lots and paid up but gotta headache.....i retire to exec for rollie and coffee....mrs spin at door ....'phone for spin doctor???'.....i knew who it was ...yorkie about fencing😁....more language problems😁....'owd yer git on wit mcveigh parker?...speak up i git pickle running for aw change tit oil'....feck i need a babelfish:rolleyes:😁 edit...'pickle' = pickup 😁 [/QUOTE]
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