Done! (roof painting, that is)

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Just a quick "breaking news" report to say that I finished putting the last bit of second top coat on my roof exactly at 12.30, 31 March NZDST (23.30, 30 March GMT). 😀

I've got a couple of translation jobs to do right now, but will post a full report of the final stage in due time. Thank you everyone for your encouragement and support. :happy:

[Update]
Now completely in the gloomy wet weather, writing about roof painting seems not quite relevant. So I will just add this update to conclude my Project-R reporting.

I have finally uploaded the last of the last lot of photos to album, Project-R. The album is now concluded, and arranged in ascending chronological order (the oldest first). If you want to skip the earlier photos and see the newest ones, click the image.

To all my Northern Hemisphere friends. When are you going to start your painting project? 😀

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  3. Originally posted by debplatt:

    As it gets warmer and warmer, it will be harder for me to finish a loaf of bread before it gets fuzzy.

    I hate it when that happens. Hate wasting food. Also breads are getting more expensive, too. Wheat price rising! 🙁

  4. Even if you can afford the bread, who can afford the butter to go with it? :eyes:

  5. Originally posted by darkesthour:

    who can afford the butter to go with it?

    I know. I haven't bought butter for years. I've been using Olivani (olive oil spread) instead. 🙁

  6. Originally posted by darkesthour:

    which is probably close to zero already

    Not at all. :p I've always been pot-bellied since I was young, even after 8-day summer tramp in South Island!

  7. Originally posted by mimi_s_mum:

    Good for my visceral fat level, I suppose

    which is probably close to zero already 😀

  8. I suppose the dairy price hike will encourage me to practice more portion control. I'll buy the same stuff, but try to use smaller amount each time make last longer. Again the freezer is my friend. I buy 1kg block of cheese,cut it into 250g portions, grate and bag each into freezer bag and freeze. I used to use a big handful for pasta (:D) and sandwiches. Now my handful is getting smaller and smaller. Good for my visceral fat level, I suppose. :p

  11. Originally posted by mimi_s_mum:

    I suppose the dairy price hike will encourage me to practice more portion control.

    I was just at the grocery store today. Here's the price for a gallon of milk (3.79 liters). $2.79 in US dollars is $3.60 in New Zealand dollars. So a liter of milk costs $1.05 New Zealand dollars.

  12. Originally posted by darkesthour:

    drinking beer does not help the situation either

    You are totally right! 😆 :cheers:

  14. Still, land without contours is boring and flat 😆 I will still enjoy the occasional :beer: :cheers:

  15. Me too, drinking beer does not help the situation either :yes: :cheers:

  16. Well, look at Holland for example… Flat as a pancake.. :zzz: Nice people though

  17. Originally posted by debplatt:

    a liter of milk costs $1.05 New Zealand dollars.

    :(Originally posted by darkesthour:

    land without contours is boring and flat

    :yes: :cheers:

  18. I must admit that I rather like the big wind turbines on the way into Wellington, I think they look rather grand, unfortunately lots of people don't seem to like them at all

  20. Originally posted by darkesthour:

    I rather like the big wind turbines on the way into Wellington

    Yes. They are cool! :yes: :cool:Originally posted by darkesthour:

    I think they look rather grand, unfortunately lots of people don't seem to like them at all

    I find it's quite unfortunate a lot of local "greenie" folks oppose the wind turbines. Those are build on the farm land, not native forest. I'd rather have as many of those as necessary than anything that have to heat up water to get steam for generation. :rolleyes:

  21. Originally posted by mimi_s_mum:

    Seems US folks are yet to learn to build wind turbines properly

    It's not for a want of government subsidies.

  23. Originally posted by debplatt:

    Surprisingly wind energy kills more people in the U.S. than nuclear energy

    Seems US folks are yet to learn to build wind turbines properly :whistle:

  26. We are buying a lot of our alternative energy components from other countries… which is kind of ironic as U.S. politicians have been trying to convince the public that it will create jobs here and make us energy independent. However if we are buying overseas components, might as well buy some that don't kill people. :up:I don't know if you've seen any of the videos of our wind generators experiencing catastrophic failure. Pieces end up shooting off in all directions at high velocity. It's pretty scary.Well on that note, I'm off to bed. Have a good one.

  28. I'll have to see if I can borrow DVDs of the show from our library.

  31. You might be able to find it on cable, one of the US networks (comedy central :confused: ) picked it up.

  34. Originally posted by Mickeyjoe-Irl:

    All depends on how you look at it

    I still like non-flat landscape better. 😀 Originally posted by debplatt:

    that looked like a fun show.

    Seems a good "corner shop show" :up:

  35. Originally posted by debplatt:

    I'll have to see if I can borrow DVDs of the show from our library.

    You can watch Corner Gas Season 1 on YouTube. To watch the episodes in order, go to the bottom of the list on the right hand side of the screen to Corner Gas – Ruby Reborn – Part 1.

  37. You are welcome Deb. I watched a few of them yesterday. There is also a Season 2. Let me know if your want the link for that one too.

  38. Aren't you very good to be tracking those down. :up:So you've been watching the show, what do you think?I think they did 6 seasons altogether.

  41. That is why I do not have mobile internet access. The way I surf, I would end up spending more on just my cell phone bill per month than what I pay for cell, home phone, internet service, and dish tv combined. I am holding out for unlimited mobile internet access.

  42. Originally posted by Mickeyjoe-Irl:

    So you've been watching the show, what do you think?

    I like it Mick. So far I've watched Ruby Reborn and Tax Man. I've bookmarked all 6 Seasons so I can watch them in my spare time.

  43. What I mean by too expensive is that we pay per megabyte here. :left:. It's cheaper to buy a dvd full price than to watch it online. :irked:.

  45. Originally posted by SummerAngel:

    I like it Mick. So far I've watched Ruby Reborn and Tax Man.

    :yes:That's a shame it costs you so much qlue. I'm sure Opera Mini helps, but not for stuff like YouTube.

  46. I had sent myself the link to the first episode of Corner Gas, then watched it on my TV which has a computer attached to it. However once it was done I didn't know which one to watch next. :confused:Originally posted by SummerAngel:

    That is why I do not have mobile internet access. The way I surf, I would end up spending more on just my cell phone bill per month than what I pay for cell, home phone, internet service, and dish tv combined.

    We gave up our landline so that we could justify getting a flat, monthly price on mobile internet access. For us it's a bonus that only people we give our phone number to can call us, but other people might prefer being listed in a phone directory.

  47. phone book listing is optional here. You can get a land line or cellphone listed. :up:.Flat rate internet doesn't exist here in any form. :awww:.

  48. Deb, on the right side of the screen, the Season 1 episodes are listed in order from last aired to first aired. Scroll to the bottom of that list and click on Corner Gas – Ruby Reborn – Part 2. Originally posted by debplatt:

    We gave up our landline so that we could justify getting a flat, monthly price on mobile internet access.

    Originally posted by qlue:

    Flat rate internet doesn't exist here in any form.

    Verizon does not offer flat rate mobile internet access in my area. When/if it does, I would consider giving up my landline also. Deb, do you use mobile internet to watch your tv or do you have home internet also?I have honored my contract with Dish Network and am thinking about canceling my service with them soon. I can watch most of my shows on on my HDTV which has an HD computer I recently purchased attached to it. My Dish savings will pay for the new computer in approximately six months.

  49. I don't know if I can record shows with my computer. If I can, I haven't figured it out yet. I have bookmarked several websites I can watch tv shows and movies online for free. Some websites are more complicated to navigate than others, but to me, it's worth the effort.

  50. My husband did a stint guest-blogging at my site and wrote up a two-part post on how to set up your computer to record shows (here's part one). The key change to the computer was buying a new card, as described here:

    Windows 7 comes with some software called Windows Media Center, but before I could use it, I needed to add a tuner card to the PC. This lets the computer access the TV channels that the cable company provides. I ended up buying one for $20 at Woot.com…

    I have watched shows at the non-pro version of hulu.com. However we finally broke down and subscribed to instant download shows on Netflix. We primarily use Netflix to watch old TV shows and TV shows from other countries. I had checked to see if we could watch "Corner Gas" on it, but it is only available through Netflix DVD. We so far have stuck to the cheaper, download-only version of Netflix.

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