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    Because it's American .

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    WELL !!!!!!

    Just as we were shutting the doors at the Polling Station we had a stampede of voters knocking aside a strange man wearing a huge " I VOTED " badge !!

    And ( opening a Gold envelope ) .... after an all-night count .

    Because I demanded three recounts to be certain .....

    The White/ Offwhite / Sandy / Ecru? Party ............. 4¾ votes .

    The Cleverly Camouflaged By Smothering In Green Paint Party ..... 0 Votes .

    So the result is .... white ( ish ) .

    I forgot to vote .


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    Katie probably learned American English, in Oz it is Mum - quite common here.

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    I vote .... keep the columns white.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wasp View Post
    WELL !!!!!!

    Just as we were shutting the doors at the Polling Station we had a stampede of voters knocking aside a strange man wearing a huge " I VOTED " badge !!

    And ( opening a Gold envelope ) .... after an all-night count .

    Because I demanded three recounts to be certain .....

    The White/ Offwhite / Sandy / Ecru? Party ............. 4¾ votes .
    Oh dear a tardy voter! Looks like a recount and another all night reckoning.

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    @ wasp & fatone - Yes, I did learn the American version of English. I grew up with Webster's dictionary, not Oxford. Grew up watching Sesame Street, GI Joe, X-men, etc. I didn't encounter UK English until James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) and Harry Potter. The Phils is a former American colony, so waddaya expect?

    But I do know the difference between to-mae-toe and to-mah-to, ee-ther & ei-ther, elevator/lift, pants/trousers, etc. Later on, it was fun to learn the differences (and quirks) of the Am and UK English.

    Re: the columns - yay, the white/off-white/ecru columns win!

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    Sadly the Polling Station was closed ....the building demolished and the land was sold by the time Neverna turned up to vote .





    I'll put it in as a Postal Vote .



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    There's not a lot left to say about this actual building .... until later in the year when we develop the side and the back .

    Don't even really need to do that . Think maybe it's the Nicolas Ceausescu influence .

    But there are still pictures emerging.

    And I hadn't seen this one though I find it interesting .





    That's the upper part of this house as it was when I first saw it .

    Infills of different wood and someone's clearly lost their stair-banister somewhere.

    This was after I had replaced the roof cozz in this picture you can see it's got those lovely new asbestolux roof tile things.

    That little bikini grew to become the present deluxe bikini .

    And this is the closest comparison - but unfortunately it's not quite the same angle .






    I had a thought-provoking chat at this time . There was a young guy who owned a whole chisel all to himself { but the hammer was borrowed ) .

    His job was to climb up onto the roof , cling onto that fascia board under the tiles ( with his toes ) and , using his precious blunt chisel , hack out the curved shapes into which would drop those roof panel things .

    When I asked him about using a jigsaw he said to me that a jigsaw would be handy but then he would have the job done in two hours and he would only be paid for two hours . The blunt chisel took him all day so he got a full day's pay !!

    No incentive at all for him to invest in a jigsaw !





    There is one more elaborate change downstairs that I forgot .


    Originally I only had two pictures of the dingy downstairs and I said it was just one quite dirty room which had rice , animal nests , dog poo , a suspicious bundle in the corner that turned out to be the indolent brother , and a stairway up to the living area .




    But I was wrong . I had forgotten . In that ^ photo there you can see on the left a tin door .

    That was the door to a primitive toilet .

    Don't have photos of that ...... but after doing the roof I did some tiling on the ground floor and I tiled into that toilet .





    Including tiling the top of a washstand .


    But that didn't last long . Because we did all that ground floor work and we bricked up that door .





    The closed-up door-way now has that green chair in front of it .

    ..... and a Roman King of course .


    Moving along that wall ...... There's a unit with a tv , then the second green chair and a new door .





    As I was saying .... behind that first chair was the toilet but behind that second chair was simply a wall and the outside .

    Missy bricked up the first door and installed that second door .
    The indolent brother purloined the filthy squat toilet in hopes of having his own place one day .
    A fitting selection of component I think .

    Behind that wall she extended out enough to make a new room --- a bedroom for the father for when he's too drunk to stagger home to his shack .

    Which is most nights .

    Now though he uses it more as a store room .







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    The next job --- it seems always --- is to start building walls .

    The land from Missy's home to next door was open except for some trees and bushes .

    So ..... dig out the scuff stuff .............







    That raised soil and the broken stumps show the line between the neighbour and Missy .


    Put in some posts .





    ..... and more posts .





    Make sure your cement mixing trough has a big hole in it .

    Then build 4 courses of blocks .





    Now time for a lengthy chat about how is this pesky gate going to work ?





    But they got it in and painted it .











    And to save some cash some wire was run as a temporary step .
    Really it's just to keep the neighbours sweet and separate the chickens and dogs .

    The neighbours are crucial .

    They provide the only way to get a vehicle in from the road because the other access points are blocked .... by FAMILY !!!!!

    Anyway this wall and gate made the neighbours very happy .

    Admittedly this is partly because I so casually put my hand on the furthest post and leaned against it looking very cool .
    This stupidity was so extreme that the neighbours could only look open-mouthed as the army of big red ants stomped up the post and all over my arm and neck .

    " Ooh - cute red ants !! "

    But Bloody Hell . Not cute at all . Very nasty biting little shits they are . But a highly amusing cabaret for the neighbours .




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    You don't have couple columns left over?... Flanking each side of that gate and painted the same blue they would look awesome!...

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    Quote Originally Posted by BKKKevin View Post
    You don't have couple columns left over?... Flanking each side of that gate and painted the same blue they would look awesome!...
    .... And they would appeal MASSIVELY to any prospective Albanian buyers !!

    You're right .






    Surprised Missy didn't consider it .



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    Very nice blue columns there, Wasp. I like the horses - classy. Are Wat Wasp and Wat BD equal partners, or is Wat Wasp a subsidiary of Wat BD? What's the pecking order here?

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    Quote Originally Posted by katie23 View Post
    Very nice blue columns there, Wasp. I like the horses - classy. Are Wat Wasp and Wat BD equal partners, or is Wat Wasp a subsidiary of Wat BD? What's the pecking order here?


    I get badly pecked on by Wat BD .

    Him and his fancy Teak !!!!

    Pahhh !



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    Quote Originally Posted by Wasp
    What's the pecking order here?
    No pecking order at all it is a Brotherhood

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wasp
    I get badly pecked on by Wat BD .
    Him and his fancy Teak !!!!

    Pahhh !
    Quote Originally Posted by bankao dreamer
    No pecking order at all it is a Brotherhood
    I'm confused!

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    ^ Bill, I think we've just unearthed the secretive 'Brotherhood of Peckers'...











    ... what were you thinking?

    Of course I meant the ones who like wood.











    ... actually on second thoughts that may still be a bit misleading.

    I'm talking about woodpeckers, like the ones below (not so much the hairy one perhaps):



    Look, they already have an Ivory Billed one. Perhaps Wasp and BD might make space for a BKKBilled one if you wanted to join

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    Quote Originally Posted by Roobarb View Post
    ^ Bill, I think we've just unearthed the secretive 'Brotherhood of Peckers'...











    ... what were you thinking?

    Of course I meant the ones who like wood.











    ... actually on second thoughts that may still be a bit misleading.

    I'm talking about woodpeckers, like the ones below (not so much the hairy one perhaps):

    Look, they already have an Ivory Billed one. Perhaps Wasp and BD might make space for a BKKBilled one if you wanted to join
    Hairy pecker! Thanks but no thanks will leave that one to the founders besides don't think I could pass inspection.

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    Yes, the hairy pecker is a bit concerning. Actually come to think of it, a green pecker is not that great either...

    I suspect the Brotherhood will ultimately remain a fairly exclusive one.

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    Ah well it's the thought that counts ......, or so I've been told,

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    Quote Originally Posted by BKKBILL View Post
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    Ah well it's the thought that counts ......, or so I've been told,

    To be a true pecker you have to have a decent proboscis . A fine nozzle . A long snout .

    You will know whether you meet these criteriae .




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    Damn, and I was so close.

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