Messymascot's faith in humanity and ginger safe haven


Good morning all on this white day here in HyvinkƤƤ .I hope all had a good night and have a fine day today .
I finally managed to get wheels and fit them ,the ones I bought had the right bolt pattern but when I raised the car the nuts were too big as they had a washer on them so off to the tyre place who luckily had the ones I wanted .I bought the wheels and tyres for 300ā‚¬ ,the guy wanted 350ā‚¬ -guess how much the nuts cost ! Anyway the test is booked for Thursday as we go to the town to shop so the wife insists she wants to drive with me in case - the faith wives have in their husbands .
I have cleared the snow for the first time but something tells me this will be a cold hard winter . We all love minus 5 and snow it is when it melts and freezes that it becomes treacherous .
Have a great day all COYB
 

blue1948 said:
Good morning all on this white day here in HyvinkƤƤ .I hope all had a good night and have a fine day today .
I finally managed to get wheels and fit them ,the ones I bought had the right bolt pattern but when I raised the car the nuts were too big as they had a washer on them so off to the tyre place who luckily had the ones I wanted .I bought the wheels and tyres for 300ā‚¬ ,the guy wanted 350ā‚¬ -guess how much the nuts cost ! Anyway the test is booked for Thursday as we go to the town to shop so the wife insists she wants to drive with me in case - the faith wives have in their husbands .
I have cleared the snow for the first time but something tells me this will be a cold hard winter . We all love minus 5 and snow it is when it melts and freezes that it becomes treacherous .
Have a great day all COYB
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Hi Blue, glad you got the wheels sortedā€¦ā€¦
 
Hi All!

My Mom has been visiting since the 14th, so I've been BUSY being chauffeur, chef, TV viewing partner, etc. you understand! lol I hope all is well with everyone!

I haven't begun my job yet which I guess is a good thing since my Mom is here. She leaves on Thursday, so my schedule will go back to normal...well until the job starts. smh

Hope all of you have a great day!!

COYB!!!
 
Good morning all (even though got up earlier cuz of work and all, but home office is a blessing lol ), hope everyone's alright!

The snow has sadly started to clear here as we're back to 0-10C temperatures for the next 2 days and we also had rain last night and this morning. Sad about that, but happy that I've gotten no damages to my car or anything - because the snow came in early a lot of the deciduous trees still had a full crown of leaves, so they were ridiculously heavy and a lot just snapped in half over people/people's cars. Mine was covered in snow and had some leaves and a few tiny twigs fall on the snow on top of it, so no damages that I can see (double lucky, as I just got it back from the bodyshop as I hit the door like a knob a while ago ffs).

Have to go through the wheels process same as @blue1948 but the snow was preventing me, so now I have no excuse but to buy and mount a new set for winter lol Also Blue - do you have a mobile wheel/tyre service in Finland? I've not taken my car to get them done, nor done them myself since forever as I just call them up and pay the minimal fee for them to do everything from a van right next to the car hah
 

Morning all, very frosty here and currently -2 but no sign of snow in the forecast. Off to the kennels this morning, Iā€™ve a sneaky feeling Iā€™m going to be like Bambi on ice as Iā€™m dragged around by my two favourite bull breeds. Spent yesterday decorating the Xmas tree and the house - I love it when it feels Christmassy. Hope everyone is ok - like @Gwladysover said, itā€™s been a bit quiet on here lately. Take care everyone šŸ’™
 
Good morning all on this wonderful day here in Finland .I hope all are well and had a good night . Off for a run around in the Jag to clear the cobwebs before I take her in for the test .The bloody thing has taken over my life for the last six months .
Have a great day all COYB
DualityNSNO said:
Good morning all (even though got up earlier cuz of work and all, but home office is a blessing lol ), hope everyone's alright!

The snow has sadly started to clear here as we're back to 0-10C temperatures for the next 2 days and we also had rain last night and this morning. Sad about that, but happy that I've gotten no damages to my car or anything - because the snow came in early a lot of the deciduous trees still had a full crown of leaves, so they were ridiculously heavy and a lot just snapped in half over people/people's cars. Mine was covered in snow and had some leaves and a few tiny twigs fall on the snow on top of it, so no damages that I can see (double lucky, as I just got it back from the bodyshop as I hit the door like a knob a while ago ffs).

Have to go through the wheels process same as @blue1948 but the snow was preventing me, so now I have no excuse but to buy and mount a new set for winter lol Also Blue - do you have a mobile wheel/tyre service in Finland? I've not taken my car to get them done, nor done them myself since forever as I just call them up and pay the minimal fee for them to do everything from a van right next to the car hah
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No I haven't heard of that a good idea .I do my own as I am a tightasre . Do you get as low as -20Ā° ? here we do and when you go into the forest you sometimes hear the trees crack with the remaining sap freezing and splitting the trunk ,it is like a gunshot . I have often thought of a trip to Bulgaria ,sadly the wife has let her passport run out and has no wish to renew since Covid . It looks lovely where you are ,what city/town is it ?
 
Morning all, bright morning here after a beautiful moonlit night. Off to see my friend for a natter again this morning.
I use the easyfundraising app to donate to charity whenever I shop online. I decided, for various reasons, it was time for a change, searching through the causes I found Mrs Jā€™s charity @jazzy, so have signed up for them, itā€™s not much but as they say every littleā€¦..
Mind how you go @Val P , pIty thereā€™s no snow you could harness the bullyā€™s to a sledge. lol
Have a good day, allšŸ’™
 
Gwladysover said:
Morning all, bright morning here after a beautiful moonlit night. Off to see my friend for a natter again this morning.
I use the easyfundraising app to donate to charity whenever I shop online. I decided, for various reasons, it was time for a change, searching through the causes I found Mrs Jā€™s charity @jazzy, so have signed up for them, itā€™s not much but as they say every littleā€¦..
Mind how you go @Val P , pIty thereā€™s no snow you could harness the bullyā€™s to a sledge. lol
Have a good day, allšŸ’™
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It did cross my mind to do that šŸ˜‚ but as theyā€™re so strong I have to take them one at a time
 
blue1948 said:
No I haven't heard of that a good idea .I do my own as I am a tightasre . Do you get as low as -20Ā° ? here we do and when you go into the forest you sometimes hear the trees crack with the remaining sap freezing and splitting the trunk ,it is like a gunshot . I have often thought of a trip to Bulgaria ,sadly the wife has let her passport run out and has no wish to renew since Covid . It looks lovely where you are ,what city/town is it ?
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I'm a bit of an outlier here as I'm in the capital of Sofia, but the apartment we picked was basically picked on location - not far from centre/underground station/bus and tram stops, but quiet, as we're in the middle of a greener area and the entire apartment looks towards a mountain (Vitosha, pictured above between the mist lol ) Most of the city is overcrowded with new buildings or just soviet/communist era 15 story blocks as you saw above, but we luckily only have a few here.

We have fantastic places to visit and great nature though, worth a visit if you want to

And on the temps - -20C is a rarity, we get -15 or so for a few weeks/month at most and we usually don't get this situation as this was a bizarre occurrence of an early snow storm, really. The trees still have leaves, leaves froze and got heavy and snapped a lot of big trees sadly, but nothing anyone could do in reality. I did hear one snap now and I have before, it's very much a gunshot tbh.

We do get 40C+ summers though, which is crap. I miss the Glasgow weather, no joke - at least you know what it is, it's a constant for the entire season. We have extremes here that can do your head in, as it's not unusual to have as it currently is - 2 days of negatives, followed by a few days of 4-10C all day or sunny days! Annoying, to be honest lol
 

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