As IF!
not surprisingly I didn't get back to new windows, just emails from the management company asking me why I wasn't at home.
So a few calls to the company doing the install, cutting the management company out of the loop and I now have all the new window leaning on a wall in my flat, ready to go.
I gave the key to the foreman and they will be putting the nice new, plastic, modern windows in this Saturday.
Hurrah!
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Deep snow
Yeah we had over 50cm of snow during the week so the powder was deep and the skiing was nice.
I only had the one crash all week due to getting into the white stuff waist deep! Actually there was so much snow, or rather it was snowing so much they had to close down most of the runs one afternoon. but that was okay as it was the end of the week and I needed the rest.
Powder is hard work (particularly on the legs/knee) to wade thru but when the sun is out (as it was for a couple of days) and you can see what you are doing (one morning we had fog and everything was white!) its a joy.
I got my perfect skiing moment, which I try for at least once every trip. That is; going fast, on a nice piste with a bit of powder, with something good on the music player, cutting at few clean carving turns as the sun shines down on me. bliss!
I'm back fit and able, if a little poorer (6 quid a pint due to the exchange rate was about the cheapest ) and trying to work out how to go again this season.
I only had the one crash all week due to getting into the white stuff waist deep! Actually there was so much snow, or rather it was snowing so much they had to close down most of the runs one afternoon. but that was okay as it was the end of the week and I needed the rest.
Powder is hard work (particularly on the legs/knee) to wade thru but when the sun is out (as it was for a couple of days) and you can see what you are doing (one morning we had fog and everything was white!) its a joy.
I got my perfect skiing moment, which I try for at least once every trip. That is; going fast, on a nice piste with a bit of powder, with something good on the music player, cutting at few clean carving turns as the sun shines down on me. bliss!
I'm back fit and able, if a little poorer (6 quid a pint due to the exchange rate was about the cheapest ) and trying to work out how to go again this season.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Off-ski
right !
packed and ready to wooosh down the slopes.
Haven't managed to get the key to the management company so it doesn't look like I'll be getting new windows while I'm away.
Spent all day doing project hand over notes for people at work so I don't get phoned next week.
now lets just hope the snow is good.
packed and ready to wooosh down the slopes.
Haven't managed to get the key to the management company so it doesn't look like I'll be getting new windows while I'm away.
Spent all day doing project hand over notes for people at work so I don't get phoned next week.
now lets just hope the snow is good.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
scafolding
Next week will be exiting for the flat as it will be getting a nice set of new windows. These are the ones that where due to be in by Xmas but hey no one really believed that.
The whole property is now covered in scaffolding to allow the builders access and bits of blue netting, no idea about the netting perhaps its for catching fish if we get alot of flooding!
In a typical bit of timing, I won't be there as I'm off skiing next week, with my collection of knee supports, so I'll have to sort a way of allowing the builders access.
This means I'm back in communication with the flat management company again and they started this time with a new approach to confuse, saying, when I told them my address, that they no longer manage the property!
But I'm used to them by now and such a simple attempt to confuse didn't work. After a bit of convincing that they did still look after the flats I managed to explain that all I wanted this time is for the cleaner to pick up a copy of the flat key so
the builders can get in to fit the new window.
One little bit of fun I will have before I go is to clear an area around each window
to allow the work to be done. The flat is tiny and moving stuff generally means another bit of the flat gets full. Particular fun will be working out how to let them get to the bedroom window as the bed (which is on stilts) is the size of the room and blocks the window pretty well. looks like I will have to leave that as a bit of an obstacle course
so It's 50/50 that by the time I get back my flat will be
a) still there
b) water tight (why do they want to pick the wettest month of the year)
c) have full set of new windows
The whole property is now covered in scaffolding to allow the builders access and bits of blue netting, no idea about the netting perhaps its for catching fish if we get alot of flooding!
In a typical bit of timing, I won't be there as I'm off skiing next week, with my collection of knee supports, so I'll have to sort a way of allowing the builders access.
This means I'm back in communication with the flat management company again and they started this time with a new approach to confuse, saying, when I told them my address, that they no longer manage the property!
But I'm used to them by now and such a simple attempt to confuse didn't work. After a bit of convincing that they did still look after the flats I managed to explain that all I wanted this time is for the cleaner to pick up a copy of the flat key so
the builders can get in to fit the new window.
One little bit of fun I will have before I go is to clear an area around each window
to allow the work to be done. The flat is tiny and moving stuff generally means another bit of the flat gets full. Particular fun will be working out how to let them get to the bedroom window as the bed (which is on stilts) is the size of the room and blocks the window pretty well. looks like I will have to leave that as a bit of an obstacle course
so It's 50/50 that by the time I get back my flat will be
a) still there
b) water tight (why do they want to pick the wettest month of the year)
c) have full set of new windows
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
Review of the Year!
Well so what happened in 2008. this year I've decided to use the status history from facebook to tell the tale...
26/12/2008 David a proud user of the Force since 1977. 13:21
23/12/2008 David has got Christmas in his rucksac. Heavy! 11:07
17/12/2008 David is thinking how much worse his head would be if we'd have found the sambucca. 11:16
12/12/2008 David is having the boys over. 16:09
28/11/2008 David is wrapping. 15:41
26/11/2008 David is starting a new project at work that he might call Customisation. It's got Aspects in it! 09:54
23/11/2008 David just gone all retro at a Carter USM and EMF gig. Ooh my knees! 00:01
20/11/2008 David has the distinct feeling that he's missing something. 17:13
19/11/2008 David is having a cup of tea. 16:19
14/11/2008 David is wondering what to do this weekend without being organised by a tour guide. 15:31
11/11/2008 David has returned with the Sun. 08:03
06/11/2008 David is in the warmth in Turkey. Nice! 15:50
03/11/2008 David has left the country. 10:17
24/10/2008 David is neutrally buoyant. 17:37
15/10/2008 David has paused. 13:12
13/10/2008 David is pondering hot beverages. 17:53
09/10/2008 David is having his credit crunch with chips and a cold beer. 12:16
04/10/2008 David is looking for to a long long sleep after being awake since Friday morning. 21:54
03/10/2008 David is helping out. 17:31
28/09/2008 David has just got around to doing some spring cleaning . 21:49
25/09/2008 David has been to the apple store and wasn't amused. at least the iPhone is working again. 00:03
14/09/2008 David is watching Where Eagles Dare again. Ah the snow and the music! 20:38
13/09/2008 David has got his suit out of storage. 07:54
05/09/2008 David is multiplatformed. 17:02
19/08/2008 David is looking for his badself. It's festival time!!!!! 13:43
07/08/2008 David is in need of beer. fortunatly its the beer festival tomorrow. Yarp! 17:22
31/07/2008 David is oh dear... 18:46
24/07/2008 David has crossed the Alps and met the French... 17:31
09/07/2008 David can hear the theme to 'Where Eagles Dare'. Yes he's heading for the mountains. 16:37
01/07/2008 David but it's a dry heat... 14:14
29/06/2008 David is a beening an Uncle...Chocolate! 09:49
20/06/2008 David is moving office and hoping it will go better than last time... 10:54
13/06/2008 David is wishing everything would come with chips. 12:01
02/06/2008 David has been fighting with little paint pellets. 10:42
23/05/2008 David is not in at the moment but if you would like to leave a message after the tone... 16:11
22/05/2008 David is keeping his mouth shut and trying not to get fired. 16:00
14/05/2008 David is looking at flats...nice! 18:57
29/04/2008 David is fighting the facebook API. 12:00
23/04/2008 David is chilled after his day off. 11:00
15/04/2008 David likes chips! 10:31
01/04/2008 David is forgot his gym card so he's off to the pub. 17:50
26/03/2008 David is doing some Xmas shopping! 14:55
17/03/2008 David is cursing bloody load balancers. 19:23
09/03/2008 David is back from the skiing and amazingly can still walk. 11:07
29/02/2008 David I'm going skiing...I'm going skiing...I'm going skiing...I'm going skiing... 16:14
17/02/2008 David can nearly smell the snow. 23:31
05/02/2008 David mmm! pancakes! 22:39
30/01/2008 David has seen the weather forcast and brought some more survial gear for his weekend in the mountains. 16:03
29/01/2008 David is working for a livin'. 14:43
22/01/2008 David has got the date for the return to his flat its the 18th Feb! 09:14
09/01/2008 David hears the pub a callin'. 17:56
26/12/2008 David a proud user of the Force since 1977. 13:21
23/12/2008 David has got Christmas in his rucksac. Heavy! 11:07
17/12/2008 David is thinking how much worse his head would be if we'd have found the sambucca. 11:16
12/12/2008 David is having the boys over. 16:09
28/11/2008 David is wrapping. 15:41
26/11/2008 David is starting a new project at work that he might call Customisation. It's got Aspects in it! 09:54
23/11/2008 David just gone all retro at a Carter USM and EMF gig. Ooh my knees! 00:01
20/11/2008 David has the distinct feeling that he's missing something. 17:13
19/11/2008 David is having a cup of tea. 16:19
14/11/2008 David is wondering what to do this weekend without being organised by a tour guide. 15:31
11/11/2008 David has returned with the Sun. 08:03
06/11/2008 David is in the warmth in Turkey. Nice! 15:50
03/11/2008 David has left the country. 10:17
24/10/2008 David is neutrally buoyant. 17:37
15/10/2008 David has paused. 13:12
13/10/2008 David is pondering hot beverages. 17:53
09/10/2008 David is having his credit crunch with chips and a cold beer. 12:16
04/10/2008 David is looking for to a long long sleep after being awake since Friday morning. 21:54
03/10/2008 David is helping out. 17:31
28/09/2008 David has just got around to doing some spring cleaning . 21:49
25/09/2008 David has been to the apple store and wasn't amused. at least the iPhone is working again. 00:03
14/09/2008 David is watching Where Eagles Dare again. Ah the snow and the music! 20:38
13/09/2008 David has got his suit out of storage. 07:54
05/09/2008 David is multiplatformed. 17:02
19/08/2008 David is looking for his badself. It's festival time!!!!! 13:43
07/08/2008 David is in need of beer. fortunatly its the beer festival tomorrow. Yarp! 17:22
31/07/2008 David is oh dear... 18:46
24/07/2008 David has crossed the Alps and met the French... 17:31
09/07/2008 David can hear the theme to 'Where Eagles Dare'. Yes he's heading for the mountains. 16:37
01/07/2008 David but it's a dry heat... 14:14
29/06/2008 David is a beening an Uncle...Chocolate! 09:49
20/06/2008 David is moving office and hoping it will go better than last time... 10:54
13/06/2008 David is wishing everything would come with chips. 12:01
02/06/2008 David has been fighting with little paint pellets. 10:42
23/05/2008 David is not in at the moment but if you would like to leave a message after the tone... 16:11
22/05/2008 David is keeping his mouth shut and trying not to get fired. 16:00
14/05/2008 David is looking at flats...nice! 18:57
29/04/2008 David is fighting the facebook API. 12:00
23/04/2008 David is chilled after his day off. 11:00
15/04/2008 David likes chips! 10:31
01/04/2008 David is forgot his gym card so he's off to the pub. 17:50
26/03/2008 David is doing some Xmas shopping! 14:55
17/03/2008 David is cursing bloody load balancers. 19:23
09/03/2008 David is back from the skiing and amazingly can still walk. 11:07
29/02/2008 David I'm going skiing...I'm going skiing...I'm going skiing...I'm going skiing... 16:14
17/02/2008 David can nearly smell the snow. 23:31
05/02/2008 David mmm! pancakes! 22:39
30/01/2008 David has seen the weather forcast and brought some more survial gear for his weekend in the mountains. 16:03
29/01/2008 David is working for a livin'. 14:43
22/01/2008 David has got the date for the return to his flat its the 18th Feb! 09:14
09/01/2008 David hears the pub a callin'. 17:56
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