Unutterably Silly Friday's question...

[slayda]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

is that what you call it...

little tip, careful with the cake references, they haven't been too appreciated in the past.

-- Zelda (from near one of her 4 windows total. makes for a lot less cleaning, i can tell you that.)

Hey, ZP, I know where you can get blades sharpened, real cheap.

[RickyMaveety]

Originally Posted by GeoffC

drudgery more like ....

Yeah, except you at least get minimum wage for drudgery. The cats pay me squat ... hey .... now I finally understand that reference!!!

[RWood]

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

13 doors? 106 windows?? Just how big a place do you need to be in to lounge at MR all day?

It was all designed with your mind in mind, more doors and windows allow the Escape Committee to exit stage left from any stage position. The Fire Department likes the arrangement as they can smash windows all day long to gain access to any fire that they might set in the course of "doing their duty." Then again think how much fun it would be to be a kid with a slingshot and a pocket full of stones standing outside that house while Ricky is in California.

[GeoffC]

Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

Yeah, except you at least get minimum wage for drudgery. The cats pay me squat ... hey .... now I finally understand that reference!!!

diddly-squat you mean ....

[badgoodDeb]

I've had both cats and dogs. It's really more like squat then diddly. I'm just sayin, ya know.

[GeoffC]

Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

I've had both cats and dogs.

it's been doing that these past few days in a few places around here, giving lots a flooding .....

[GeoffC]

A new Friday.

Reincarnate in the name of conservation....

What plans have you for the glorious weekend?

[montsnmags]

Originally Posted by GeoffC

...

What plans have you for the glorious weekend?

Well, we're going to Sails for breakfast tomorrow morning.

We've also got to swap over the beds in two of our spare rooms. the Queen bed in the Contessa Suite is going downstairs into Frog Hollow, and the King bed - actually two king singles "zipped" together, with trundles underneath - from downstairs is coming upstairs where it will be used more. Last weekend we "modified" the Queen bed in the Princess Suite, by ripping its top off (it's a solid-base mattress from IKEA) and placing the good quality mattress on it from the Contessa Suite bed (going downstairs), but this means we have to buy another Queen mattress, which we will probably do Saturday or Sunday afternoon.

Sunday morning we'll do the regular thing and walk down to the grower's markets for our fresh fruit and veg for the week. We'll also get some eggs and some smoked fish (I'm thinking "marlin" this week), and some pide to have "scrambled eggs on toast" (with slivers of smoked fish on top, with a few drops of Worcestershire and Tobasco sauce) out on the top balcony when we get home . We might also buy some of the good half-a-lamb packs that they sell down there.

Sometime over the weekend we'll take the dogs down to Marcus-Castaways Beach for a romp in (or next to, in Oscar's case) the shorebreak and along the beach.

We might drive down to Mount Coolum and go for a walk up it too - we've been meaning to do so since we got here.

Also, I've got to dig out a dead palm (possibly two), and look at some plantings around the side and back, probably some Blueberry Ash/[i]Eleocarpus Reticulatus, and as they're a favourite tree, and, particularly at the back of the house where some heavy tree-pruning and removal has occurred (bloody Macaranga) great for privacy. The birds love them too, for food and shelter.

Undoubtedly, intermixed with all this, there will be a ready supply of Spa-and-Zany-Carter-Deluxe-Time.

Cheers,
Marc

[GeoffC]

Originally Posted by montsnmags

Well, we're going to Sails for breakfast tomorrow morning.

We've also got to swap over the beds in two of our spare rooms. the Queen bed in the Contessa Suite is going downstairs into Frog Hollow, and the King bed - actually two king singles "zipped" together, with trundles underneath - from downstairs is coming upstairs where it will be used more. Last weekend we "modified" the Queen bed in the Princess Suite, by ripping its top off (it's a solid-base mattress from IKEA) and placing the good quality mattress on it from the Contessa Suite bed (going downstairs), but this means we have to buy another Queen mattress, which we will probably do Saturday or Sunday afternoon.

Sunday morning we'll do the regular thing and walk down to the grower's markets for our fresh fruit and veg for the week. We'll also get some eggs and some smoked fish (I'm thinking "marlin" this week), and some pide to have "scrambled eggs on toast" (with slivers of smoked fish on top, with a few drops of Worcestershire and Tobasco sauce) out on the top balcony when we get home . We might also buy some of the good half-a-lamb packs that they sell down there.

Sometime over the weekend we'll take the dogs down to Marcus-Castaways Beach for a romp in (or next to, in Oscar's case) the shorebreak and along the beach.

We might drive down to Mount Coolum and go for a walk up it too - we've been meaning to do so since we got here.

Also, I've got to dig out a dead palm (possibly two), and look at some plantings around the side and back, probably some Blueberry Ash/[i]Eleocarpus Reticulatus, and as they're a favourite tree, and, particularly at the back of the house where some heavy tree-pruning and removal has occurred (bloody Macaranga) great for privacy. The birds love them too, for food and shelter.

Undoubtedly, intermixed with all this, there will be a ready supply of Spa-and-Zany-Carter-Deluxe-Time.

Cheers,
Marc

Not too busy, then Marc....hope you'll find time to drop in here...
Mount Coolum looks interesting and picturesque....

Geoff
(not quite crazy but getting there)

[Patricia]

Originally Posted by GeoffC

A new Friday.

Reincarnate in the name of conservation....

What plans have you for the glorious weekend?

I am planning to have a birthday on Saturday.
Much against my wishes, I have been persuaded to have the party on Saturday afternoon. This is because a certain Mrs Ritchie also has a birthday on the same day and, because of an ankle injury, has rescheduled and downsized her celebration for that evening in Cardiff, where she is rehearsing. My little brother is currently a minor part of her crew and wants to attend both parties. I would invite the lady to mine, except that I don't like photographers.

[GeoffC]

Originally Posted by Patricia

I am planning to have a birthday on Saturday.
Much against my wishes, I have been persuaded to have the party on Saturday afternoon. This is because a certain Mrs Ritchie also has a birthday on the same day and, because of an ankle injury, has rescheduled and downsized her celebration for that evening in Cardiff, where she is rehearsing. My little brother is currently a minor part of her crew and wants to attend both parties. I would invite the lady to mine, except that I don't like photographers.

Oh gosh Patricia, 20 going on 21, you'll be getting a key tomorrow, then?

[Patricia]

If only...

[GeoffC]

Originally Posted by Patricia

If only...

ok, 22.....

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Patricia

I am planning to have a birthday on Saturday.
Much against my wishes, I have been persuaded to have the party on Saturday afternoon. This is because a certain Mrs Ritchie also has a birthday on the same day and, because of an ankle injury, has rescheduled and downsized her celebration for that evening in Cardiff, where she is rehearsing. My little brother is currently a minor part of her crew and wants to attend both parties. I would invite the lady to mine, except that I don't like photographers.

oh, happy birthday patricia ! and all my best wishes for a wonderful year full of happy surprises and new books.