Ouch!

I'm back....(Bet nobody noticed I'd gone... )
What fun over the last couple of days.

Power off for the best part of 48 hours......No water for a while, because the pumping stations weren't working.

I kid you not....It was really bloody frightening with the strength of the wind.....SO close to being blown off my feet a few times (truly).....walking at a 45 degree angle to get back to the back door !!
Mrs T and I have been extremely lucky (so far).....certainly compared to other folk, not too far away, that have had barns and sheds destroyed and trees through their houses.

Couldn't push putty about because there wasn't any light (obviously !).....So just been helping Mrs T deal with the outdoor animals.....I'm pooped....Glad to be getting back to work...For a rest.

Worst job ?.....Having to empty the Mother In Law's mini septic tank into the main one, with a bucket.....'Cos the pump wasn't able to do its job........

Truly hope none of you lot have been badly affected.....I think poor old Mart 678 has been through the wringer with the power, even more than we have, from what we've heard on the wind up radio.

Cheers - Phil. (And many thanks to Leon for sending an e'mail for me.)

Quote from: fsn on 12 February 2014, 08:28:17 AM


There you go. Dont worry, its fine.

Did you miss the ones from "Don't" and "it's" on purpose or accident - just trying to work out how subtle your sense of irony is  

Quote from: Zippee on 14 February 2014, 08:26:53 AM
Did you miss the ones from "Don't" and "it's" on purpose or accident - just trying to work out how subtle your sense of irony is  

I gave up grumbling about missing (or wrongly inserted) apostrophes long ago. It's a waste of skin off your typing fingers. 

Quote from: Hertsblue on 14 February 2014, 09:04:34 AM
I gave up grumbling about missing (or wrongly inserted) apostrophes long ago. It's a waste of skin off your typing fingers. 

you're typing fingers, surely?

Quote from: FierceKitty on 14 February 2014, 09:22:11 AM
you're typing fingers, surely?

Oh, all right - it's a waste of skin off one's typing fingers. Happy now?

Quote from: Techno on 14 February 2014, 08:22:59 AM
I'm back....(Bet nobody noticed I'd gone... )

Given the various posts above, I suppose that apostrophes are more important than buckets of stuff. 

But good to have you back, and also good that the worst seems to be over. 

Quote from: FierceKitty on 14 February 2014, 09:22:11 AM
you're typing fingers, surely?

Nope, that's an unnecessary apostrophe (or was it irony again, it's so hard to tell  )

Quote from: Zippee on 14 February 2014, 08:26:53 AM
Did you miss the ones from "Don't" and "it's" on purpose or accident - just trying to work out how subtle your sense of irony is  

Quite deliberate.  

BTW, Techno: Hope everything's all right with you.

Quote from: Techno on 14 February 2014, 08:22:59 AM
Cheers - Phil. (And many thanks to Leon for sending an e'mail for me.)

No worries.

Ouch hope everything is OK at Techno Towers now...

Just a few relatively trivial things to 'get sorted'.  ....Thanks for asking though.
Cheers - Phil

I know how you feel with the septic tank - had to clear out a blocked sewage pipe with my hands (in gloves obviously) once due to idiots trying to flush paper towels 

Hope things are calming down now Phil.

Makes the 4 inches of water on half my garden look very minor. 

Phew, was getting worried you were okay Phil.
Good luck this weekend.

Since elements of this thread have wandered into a discussion on punctation, may I ask what the assembled ladies, gentlemen, and Fentons of the Forum think of the Oxford comma?