Quote from: Leon on 01 November 2021, 01:47:56 PM
Sorry to hear that Barrie at TimeCast has been hit with Covid, hopefully he's back on his feet again soon.  It's becoming a case of 'when' and not 'if' with this virus it seems.

Awwww....Poor Barrie.....Here's hoping he suffers the mildest of symptoms.

What you say though, Leon.........I'm determined to do my utmost to avoid the damn thing totally.

All the best, Barrie !! - Phil.

Did a load of tests yesterday, no positives on them

That's good news, Ian.

Cheers - Phil. 

Quote from: Leon on 01 November 2021, 01:47:56 PM
Sorry to hear that Barrie at TimeCast has been hit with Covid, hopefully he's back on his feet again soon.  It's becoming a case of 'when' and not 'if' with this virus it seems.

We abandoned "if" eighteen months ago, it's just about hoping your hit mildly now, so get jabbed soon as it comes thru and keep 'em up. Which reminds me, apparently my docs have the flu jab in so I must get that sorted this week as well

A friend's daughter tested positive two days ago. He and his wife are now isolating for ten days. Since he's an anaesthetist and she's a nurse their hospital is now short staffed.

My wife and I are debating whether to get the booster shot or not. There are still too many people who refuse to wear masks around here.

Get it - a couple days feeling a bit rough is going to be waaaaaay better than the alternative...

Quote from: Poggle on 02 November 2021, 12:17:36 PM
A friend's daughter tested positive two days ago. He and his wife are now isolating for ten days. Since he's an anaesthetist and she's a nurse their hospital is now short staffed.

My wife and I are debating whether to get the booster shot or not. There are still too many people who refuse to wear masks around here.

Hope she is doing alright and will have only mild symptoms!


I've been super occupied this year and have not really noticed anything Corona related in my neck of woods. ( People have been doing social distancing in Finland since the dawn of time as a cultural characteristics )


So we started building a house this year with my soon to be wife Alexandra ( 12th day this month ).

Been building for 6 months now and we are starting the move next week. Will be a big difference from 50m2 to 122m2. Me and my Father, a Formworker and a Carpenter built everything by ourselves except the Electricity and Plumbing, also digging was done by a neighbour.




I also managed to amputate my left hand index finger from the last joint onwards ( Pattex - No More Nails ). As soon as I finished from the surgeons table I just went back to work using my right hand only. Stressful the housebuilding business!


Now that I've even soaked the land with my blood and sweat, the old gods and the new will be pleased I'm sure.




Everyone else been doing alright?

OUCH !! 

(I've only given myself a few 'nicks' with a scalpel blade.)

Fine, here, 'N'.

I'm VERY impressed with your building skills...apart from your blood sacrifice !

Very best wishes to you and your soon to be other half. ...Hope the day goes really well !

Cheers - Phil.

Wot Techno said

Just fewer nicks for me

That's very, very impressive, but the blood sacrifice of part of your finger make we wince!

Wow, that's phenomenal! 

Good work, good luck, and good grief *ouch* on the finger 

Very impressed! That's quite the build, Frigg will be most pleased with your blood sacrifice. Congrats to you and your wife to be.

Thats a very nice looking house Noktu.  Wel done for building it yourself.

Personally I think it deserved the blood sacrifice. As you can no longer sacrifice Thralls or virgins  legally. It was the best you could do

Congratulations and best wishes for the future to you and your good lady

Quote from: Noktu on 04 November 2021, 04:52:18 AM
So we started building a house this year with my soon to be wife Alexandra ( 12th day this month ).

Been building for 6 months now and we are starting the move next week. Will be a big difference from 50m2 to 122m2. Me and my Father, a Formworker and a Carpenter built everything by ourselves except the Electricity and Plumbing, also digging was done by a neighbour.

Very nice work, that looks great!  Having spent the past 6 months doing various renovation works here, the idea of building a full house scares the life out of me!

Sorry to hear about the finger though, were they able to re-attach it?

Thanks guys! I'll make a post with more pictures to follow if you are interested how it turned out. All the outside work, planting and doing the yard we'll have to do next year as the winter is nearing us. ( I'll also post a picture of my hand to serve as a warning )

Quote from: Leon on 04 November 2021, 07:31:48 PM
Very nice work, that looks great!  Having spent the past 6 months doing various renovation works here, the idea of building a full house scares the life out of me!

Sorry to hear about the finger though, were they able to re-attach it?

Yeah I wont be building another house for a good while, there's a reason why I'm a formworker and not a housebuilder!

And the finger was a clean cut with a handheld circular saw, surgeon said it will be better without re-attaching it as all the nerves and veins were cut off. My father had the same thing happen to him some years back, but he had such a powerless and dull makita saw that he had a piece left holding the parts together, and then they were able to attach it back. But it came with the finger being rather numb.