we are on 43. 46 north.
Suns come out again. Not so hot but still flippin sweating. 
Flares and wide lapels? Love it!!Oh gosh and gawd-blimey.
In prep for the incoming cuckoo family I have been forced to go through the wardrobes in the "other bedrooms" of my house to clear them.I have found 3 or 4 really nice 2-piece nice suits. Now I may never ever NEED a suit again (except in my final box) but I am not donating them to charity (mean aint I?). Similar story with casual jackets and trousers that were not at all "cheap" but have somehow migrated to "out of sight" and so are still as new because they never got worn. I need to be a bit more selective instead of just chucking on jeans & a ragged T-Shirt. I also need to take us both out more often and wear some of this clobber.
How did you know? LOLFlares and wide lapels? Love it!!
Have to say I am a bit jealous in that any clothes I wore before retirement and a little while after I could no longer get into, except for shirts and sweaters. Jackets would not button up and trews wouldn't get anywhere near fastening. The diff between 32" and 36". Yet I eat far less than I did then. (Ok I drink more but as an experiment I did dry january, once, and didn't lose an inch or an ounce.)Oh gosh and gawd-blimey.
In prep for the incoming cuckoo family I have been forced to go through the wardrobes in the "other bedrooms" of my house to clear them.I have found 3 or 4 really nice 2-piece nice suits. Now I may never ever NEED a suit again (except in my final box) but I am not donating them to charity (mean aint I?). Similar story with casual jackets and trousers that were not at all "cheap" but have somehow migrated to "out of sight" and so are still as new because they never got worn. I need to be a bit more selective instead of just chucking on jeans & a ragged T-Shirt. I also need to take us both out more often and wear some of this clobber.
So as it isn't too hot I have been out with the big weedwhacker/mulcher. Running better since its service. Did one tank, came in, about to go out again. I think I must be the only person for miles around cutting grass/weeds as they have all stopped growing, but then I didn't cut them when all the others did!
I know exactly what you mean. The jackets fit really well, but the trews are a bit "higher-octave-tight".
But I live in hope of the resurrection of my former self.
One of the jackets is a lovely dark (almost towards brown) green and it is so unworn the side pockets are still sewn up and the spare buttons are in the bag in the inside pocket.
6pot
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Yes it is so easy with tap water, not sure those with it, most people, realise the mindset you develop when its in short supply.
Your deliveries don't sound too bad, we get less water than you for more - 10m3 for €160 and that's last years price so it could be more now. It went up last year mainly because he has to go further to get it, since the local place dried up.
We have a borehole which is 120m deep and it gets pumped up to several tanks or direct into the irrigation system. Today it ran for 18m & 24 seconds so its declined a bit more but still much better than most summers. Still, most water around the house gets used twice, we can't afford to waste it.
We had a fire here about 3km away but it wasn't much of a worry because it is only grass fires here generally and they spread slowly compared with forest fires. We see water dumping helicopters now and again every summer so its not an unusual spectacle, though what was unusual this time was a plane dumping red fire retardant, not seen that here before. Sometimes I think I can smell smoke too but not sure if its wafting from somewhere or just imagination...
Living in the Montagne Noire, so called because the mountain sides are covered in Oak trees, or pines, more recently. We do worry a bit about fires. In all the time we have holidayed here and since then lived here 6 months of the year, there have been fires. So far we have been lucky, but you do wonder how long your luck will hold out. I feel for those poor sods in the Aude. Next dept to us and we are right in the corner next to them.
And then there is the Barsteward Frog insurance which will only pay out on fire if the culprit who set the fire can be caught. I know of one couple who live in France who refuse to pay house insurance. You can kind of see why.
If you have clothes you haven't really worn you must have been a bit of a dandy in the past. I have to admit to having worn all of mine regularly, though my red weskit with the shiny back got a few looks askance when I wore it around school! The kids loved my ties. did you wear a lot of ties? I flipping had to so I made it a real issue!I know exactly what you mean. The jackets fit really well, but the trews are a bit "higher-octave-tight".
But I live in hope of the resurrection of my former self.
One of the jackets is a lovely dark (almost towards brown) green and it is so unworn the side pockets are still sewn up and the spare buttons are in the bag in the inside pocket.
Funniest was at early morning staff briefing just before christmas when I crossed my arms forgetting that I had my tie on that played loads of christmas carols!
It has actually been raining here, but it is as if the clouds are on work to rule, as the drops are so slow.
