Putting a positive spin on things..........

[Snadger]

Everything seems to have turned to rats sh*t lately until I got to thinking about it and managed to put a positive spin on things!

First of all the cast iron guttering came down on the house bringing the cst iron stand pipe with it.
I say came down, but in effect I had to pull it down in case it went through next doors window!

The glass roof on both my main grenhouses has also collapsed neccessitang blocking the roof off with tin sheeting and wooden boards until the snow subsides.
The other greenhouse roof is basically a write off so for the time being I've just shut the door on it!

Now here comes the positive spin bit..........
I've been meaning to get up and inspect the guttering and clean it out for a while now.........mission acomplished!
I want to change the facia board and guttering downpipes from black to white to fit in with my plastic extension facia proposed colour scheme.
I can now get to the facia very easily for painting or repair. The cast iron guttering and piping seems to be ok (after inspecting it on the ground) so I can clean and paint each piece white before re fixing it.........good news!
I have been meaning to repalce the greenhouse spar that collapsed in one green house for ages so now I have no option, its just forced my hand a bit.
I was going to demolish the second greenhouse in the spring (the one with very little glass left in the roof) so it can stay patched up until then.

Every cloud has a silver lining!

Here's a nice piccie of my downcomer lying in the snow!

[Glutton4...]

Oh I love happy pills - can I have one!

[taff]

good job you hadn't changed the pipe yet then, otherwise you'd never have found it in the snow...yet another plus

[rustylady]

Well done Snadger. I just wish I could be as optimistic - I used to be, I don't know what's gone wrong.

[Bigmallly]

Good for you Snadge...........I suppose in the end you just have to get on with no matter how bad things look, come spring you will have forgotten all about it.......maybe....

[Two_Sheds]

necessity is the mother of invention

[Seahorse]

And that kind of attitude is why we all love our Uncle Snadge

I currently have a laminate floor totally wrecked by a burst pipe and a leaky ceiling (thanks to the weather) but hey-ho, it was horrid anyway and I have a cheap labourer to help me sort it (step forward PW!). Always look on the bright side of life!

[valmarg]

Every cloud has a silver lining!

And conversely, every siver lining has a cloud.

Sorry.

valmarg

[Snadger]

Every cloud has a silver lining!

And conversely, every siver lining has a cloud.

Sorry.

valmarg

But what came first, the silver lining or the cloud?

[Jax]

Its fabulous that you can flip it on its head and make it positive. Its something we could all do with learning. Well done you

[Florence Fennel]

It just goes to show that sometimes if you leave things alone when they need doing, eventually you're forced to do them! Glad your glass is half full again Snadge and well done!

[Hilary B]

The perfect application of the theory that one should only do the urgent tasks. The others, if neglected, either become urgent (and therefore get done, tomorrow), or cease to need doing at all!

[Snadger]

The perfect application of the theory that one should only do the urgent tasks. The others, if neglected, either become urgent (and therefore get done, tomorrow), or cease to need doing at all!

Confucious say "He who doesn't repair gutter or gweenhouses finishes up habbing velly velly empy pockets"