Author Topic: What are you doing right now? (Read 2482332 times)

interzen · « **Reply #6250 on:** 09 January, 2011, 03:40:34 pm »

Quote from: itsbruce on 09 January, 2011, 03:36:45 pm

Quote from: jogler on 09 January, 2011, 12:57:24 pm
Trying to read & type on thius forum without the benefit of specs

And it's turning you into Foghorn Leghorn.

What, ah say, what you implyin' there boy?

I'm still trying to thaw my feet out after this mornings little potter, erase prescription-drug addled images of weird Japanese Wii games from my memory and fettling my iPhone GPS app. In that approximate order.

CrinklyLion · « **Reply #6251 on:** 09 January, 2011, 05:58:11 pm »

Making my eldest child emnpty the dishwasher (child labour FTW!) and watching the young'un run up and down the room dragging a stuffsack with a ball in in whilst shouting 'Captain Scarlet' and occasionally coming up to ask 'can I have some more uncooked bus-get-ee*? Please?'

*Spaghetti. Well, words can be tricky when you're 3....

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #6252 on:** 09 January, 2011, 07:11:11 pm »

Running a bath.

Jasper the surreal cyclist · « **Reply #6253 on:** 09 January, 2011, 07:13:08 pm »

Quote from: CrinklyLion on 09 January, 2011, 05:58:11 pm

Making my eldest child emnpty the dishwasher (child labour FTW!) and watching the young'un run up and down the room dragging a stuffsack with a ball in in whilst shouting 'Captain Scarlet' and occasionally coming up to ask 'can I have some more uncooked bus-get-ee*? Please?'

*Spaghetti. Well, words can be tricky when you're 3....

Words can be tricky when you are 50...

mike · « **Reply #6254 on:** 09 January, 2011, 11:13:43 pm »

at washington airport after an exhausting conference. Hopefully will get some sleep on the plane cos next weeks pretty busy too.

so much for my new years resolution of not working too hard....

CrinklyLion · « **Reply #6255 on:** 10 January, 2011, 11:47:25 pm »

Making chocolate fridge cake. With cherries and apricots and sultanas in it, and white chocolate stars on it.

SandyV · « **Reply #6256 on:** 11 January, 2011, 07:41:38 am »

Watching the Brisbane River rise. Have seen 18 pontoons(2 with boats attached and 3 with lights and seats) and 1 cabin cruiser float past so far. High tide in about 6 hours. Another1.5m and the swimming pool is flooded. 2m and its the basement (and lift well). I'll post some photos when it gets dark as it's quite mesmerising in its steady rise up the riverbank.
And here come pontoons 19, 20 and 21. I wonder how long ours is going to last.

Clare · « **Reply #6257 on:** 11 January, 2011, 07:52:23 am »

Good luck Sandy.

Wendy · « **Reply #6258 on:** 11 January, 2011, 08:09:08 am »

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/kYUpkPTcqPY&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/kYUpkPTcqPY&rel=1</a>

SandyV · « **Reply #6259 on:** 11 January, 2011, 08:23:59 am »

And here comes pontoon number 40. At least it will be dark soon and I won't be able to see it.

Basil · « **Reply #6260 on:** 11 January, 2011, 08:52:35 am »

Hope you're OK Sandy.

woollypigs · « **Reply #6261 on:** 11 January, 2011, 10:32:42 am »

Well its gotta be some flood before SandyV's need to move out, as she is on the 12th floor. Just hope you got enough food and water to last. A great place to see it all from I'm sure

SandyV · « **Reply #6262 on:** 11 January, 2011, 12:14:13 pm »

Thanks all.

This is what I sent to friends tonight:

Thanks for your kind wishes, everyone. Here is a link to some photos from today. I've just gone down to have a look at the water and it is now at the top step of the steps down to the pontoon - and it's low tide! I've never seen it that high in the 22 years I've been in this building. The river is so wide, it reminds me of Bangkok for some reason!

West End pictures - Day 1

There's a couple of pictures that look rural - I took these yesterday when I was out to look at our potential new home in Lowood. It was high and dry unlike the other ones we were considering in Forest Hill and Laidley although many of the roads to Lowood were cut by the floodwaters that came down from Toowoomba.

If the forecast is correct the water here may get to the level of the swimming pool over night or tomorrow morning and could peak around the level of the roof of the car port between the pool and the building (ceiling of the ground floor/ foyer level) on Thursday and maybe stay until Saturday. This would be a metre or two higher than 1974 and mean that the basement will be filled with floodwater. I hope the forecast is wrong.

The pontoon is still there, though not much is visible. While I was down there, another 3 pontoons floated past - that's 69 that I've seen today plus 2 cabin cruisers!

The car is now moved up the hill and the basement is cleared. Water bottles, buckets and bath are filled with water (ironic eh?), mobile phone is charged and new batteries in the torches and radio so I'm set.

I'll take some more pictures in the morning.

I hope that those of you in the same boat (pun intended) are coping ok.

interzen · « **Reply #6263 on:** 11 January, 2011, 12:26:34 pm »

Blimey, that's bad

We got news last night that our Australia office had been evacuated as a precautionary measure when the waters started encroaching on the car park, and they're based just outside Brisbane proper.

Good luck to anyone affected by the floods.

jogler · « **Reply #6264 on:** 12 January, 2011, 09:09:16 pm »

Sorting a route from Euston to home .

CrinklyLion · « **Reply #6265 on:** 14 January, 2011, 11:30:51 pm »

Essential ride prep.

Yeah, OK, I'm baking.

Jaded · « **Reply #6266 on:** 14 January, 2011, 11:38:59 pm »

Prepping for tomorrow's ride and fretting.

Kim · « **Reply #6267 on:** 14 January, 2011, 11:40:20 pm »

Not posting a Red Dwarf quote to the turkey vindaloo thread.

interzen · « **Reply #6268 on:** 14 January, 2011, 11:42:01 pm »

Writing an accident report for my insurers

Oaky · « **Reply #6269 on:** 14 January, 2011, 11:45:39 pm »

Wishing wasabi peas weren't so damn nommy!

Basil · « **Reply #6270 on:** 15 January, 2011, 01:12:17 am »

After pub cooking.
That'll be bacon and plum jam sandwiches again.

mondobongo · « **Reply #6271 on:** 15 January, 2011, 01:14:02 am »

Having a couple of Ardbegs.

Oaky · « **Reply #6272 on:** 15 January, 2011, 01:32:42 am »

updating my NiMH battery charging records

BrianI · « **Reply #6273 on:** 15 January, 2011, 08:36:12 am »

trying not to fall asleep despite just getting up and having porridge for breakfast. Darn dark days make me sleepy all day long.

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #6274 on:** 15 January, 2011, 10:02:53 am »

Thinking how utterly miserable January is and wishing something nice would happen.

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