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[igorsMistress]

Good morning cafe

@Shadrach not even a splint? My goodness, in tge states you'd practically have a cast for your entire hand these days

I had a look at your house by the way, very cool! You mentioned you don't use much wood for heating in winter, what's it like in summer?

Everyone have a great day

 

[Shadrach]

Good morning cafe

@Shadrach not even a splint? My goodness, in tge states you'd practically have a cast for your entire hand these days

I had a look at your house by the way, very cool! You mentioned you don't use much wood for heating in winter, what's it like in summer?

Everyone have a great day

Not much point in putting a splint on a fracture. The health service here is in general very good, but they don't fuss over small injuries. It's a bit like chicken care; lucky I didn't get put down, or told to go away and stop being such a baby.
Glad you liked the house. Thanks for looking.
I made a mistake in my calculations for thermal gain for the sumer months; or rather I didn't take into account that while the open walls have thermal gradient and therefor transfer heat to the outside when the exterior air temp is lower than the interior, during the morning when the open wall receives direct sunlight, the air temp is higher outside than in. This means no heat transfer. It's not until the sun is directly overhead that the air temp directly outside the wall drops enough to transfer heat from the building to the outside. So, it's the time factor which I didn't get right. On hot days it's still much cooler in the building but from say 11,00hrs to 16,00hrs there is minimal heat transfer across the walls.
Sry, going on a bit.........

 

[N F C]

Good morning Cafe!

Sorry about the injury Shad. But even being on the injured list, you still make great coffee!

 

[Shadrach]

Awww, thanks N F C.

 

[igorsMistress]

Not much point in putting a splint on a fracture. The health service here is in general very good, but they don't fuss over small injuries. It's a bit like chicken care; lucky I didn't get put down, or told to go away and stop being such a baby.
Glad you liked the house. Thanks for looking.
I made a mistake in my calculations for thermal gain for the sumer months; or rather I didn't take into account that while the open walls have thermal gradient and therefor transfer heat to the outside when the exterior air temp is lower than the interior, during the morning when the open wall receives direct sunlight, the air temp is higher outside than in. This means no heat transfer. It's not until the sun is directly overhead that the air temp directly outside the wall drops enough to transfer heat from the building to the outside. So, it's the time factor which I didn't get right. On hot days it's still much cooler in the building but from say 11,00hrs to 16,00hrs there is minimal heat transfer across the walls.
Sry, going on a bit.........

Don't apologize I find it all very interesting. If our house ever had to be rebuilt I'd be tempted to go underground right here on my current property. And smaller too, we need more storage but less actual living space.

I would've had an xray too but for a fracture wouldn't have done much. People in the states are like helicopters...hovering just in case. It's ridiculous in my opinion but

 

[N F C]

Don't apologize I find it all very interesting. If our house ever had to be rebuilt I'd be tempted to go underground right here on my current property. And smaller too, we need more storage but less actual living space.

I would've had an xray too but for a fracture wouldn't have done much. People in the states are like helicopters...hovering just in case. It's ridiculous in my opinion but

With all the summer heat you guys get, an earth berm house would make sense I would suppose. Are you all thinking about building a new house IM?

 

[igorsMistress]

With all the summer heat you guys get, an earth berm house would make sense I would suppose. Are you all thinking about building a new house IM?

Not right now, but I have dreams and desires I want to move out of the heat island, I dislike street lights and we can't see the stars with all the light pollution. I hate it here, but it's where we are for now.

 

[N F C]

Not right now, but I have dreams and desires I want to move out of the heat island, I dislike street lights and we can't see the stars with all the light pollution. I hate it here, but it's where we are for now.

I could have written that last sentence myself, so I get what you're saying. Sometimes all we can do is make the best of a situation until things can be changed.

DH has decided to throw his hat in the ring on a couple other jobs that would get us moved. We'll see what happens.

 

[getaclue]

I've been having a little rat problem lately. I got the Tom Cat baits, but they won't eat them. I have a couple things to try, so I hope I can get this back under control soon.

 

[igorsMistress]

I could have written that last sentence myself, so I get what you're saying. Sometimes all we can do is make the best of a situation until things can be changed.

DH has decided to throw his hat in the ring on a couple other jobs that would get us moved. We'll see what happens.

You're right, we do and I think we're all doing a good job sprouting where we're planted.

Best of luck to you on the possible move! It's both exciting and a dreaded event isn't it?

BTW I threw Sean under the bus on the foodie thread and he doesn't visit us there

@007Sean sorry about that, I accused you of running off with NFCs breakfast