I am guessing that <<dry stone walls>> has at least one characteristic, that any dampness present due to presence of groundwater can rise if at all only to the first layer of stones on the ground and no further as there be no capillary action possible between the stones given lack of mortar
the site does not offer any description of the solution, as it is a work in early process even as already applied in enough places but am looking into the matter driway.com
Re <<Socialism ... sense of community>>, maybe what is actually going on is the honour system, borne of the people, a social construct, as opposed to the political schema given rise by deliberate design of a few
dunno. watch & brief.
Re <<remember this is Scotland. I will try and be there though>>
There is a time for everything.
I get the feeling, even as it is none of my business, that you might do well to consider getting two puppies, or one puppy and one kitten, or two kittens. Of course such would add complication to any plans for meandering far away from home base.
Is your next door neighbour next door w/i 30 sec walk or at some distance? How do you, if you do, intend to meet them in any systematic way? Church? Volunteering work?
When my family and I undertook our planned 30-days stay in Cape Town, the alacrity with which I agreed instantly to my wife's suggestion surprised her for normally I am the stay-at-home type unless I veer to go-go-go-away type. I alternate, not by season, and not by age. I just alternate.
I explained to her I always whilst on vacations fantasised about "what would I do if I had to stay here forever", and many times the times were on some relatively small island that really only exist as tourist and farming / fishing economy. I said I wished the kids to learn "how" whilst we can teach them.
But because I was figuring ('planning' would be too grand a word) a simple 30-days stay starting 1st March Message 32576509 during which we shall depend on Team Uber as opposed to me driving here there everywhere in unfamiliar and potentially dangerous geography, I did not bother to renew my International Driving License, and I did not bring my HK License.
The trip started uneventful Message 32576578 after one year of street actions in HK and early days / incipient proto-pandemic protocol in same HK, before same washed over in N America.
I enunciated fateful words upon arrival in Cape Town AirBnB abode Message 32578317 <<Things may work out differently than I reckon. We shall have to wait n see. ... very quiet>> and I left out, out of politeness, 'too quiet'.
Quickly after arrival I reiterated what I often do, that Message 32579437
more <Imperatives give rise to solutions> Before setting off on this journey mostly for the good of the kids to take advantage of a bad, worsening situation and set them up to discover by rapid agile deployment, airlift, and paradrop into different society, and see how quickly they can transplant, I was concerned about one and only one item, that I shall have to endure a month of reflexology-free ' foot massageless'
Those days the CoVid news-flows were almost all-China Message 32582856 and it was mostly 'a problem out there, somewhere'. We in Cape Town only remotely followed what might be happening. S Africa was fine.
and we had pitifully little preparedness Message 32583394 of a few satchels of anti-flu tea, for what did we think the worst could possibly be?
By March 5th S Africa reported in and the world CoVid map looked so Message 32586049 "first case" and we remained somewhere between complacent Message 32587118 to very complacent Message 32587222 to extremely complacent Message 32589255
By March 9th events began to get noisy and Jack's learning re markets stepped up a grade Message 32593532 when I could only close but not open positions Message 32593547
and I was teaching as well as learning with the Jack Message 32594746 awesomely whilst the Coconut did her work Message 32601333 per life as usual and always
By March 13th we knew definitely that the pandemic is not about the virus, but to do w/ the hospital system Message 32602877
By March 14th we knew what 'they' would do Message 32604521
first we view this t get the narrative read correctly ... thepoke.co.uk
Sir Richard Wharton: “In stage one, we say nothing is going to happen.” Sir Humphrey Appleby: “Stage two, we say something may be about to happen, but we should do nothing about it.” Sir Richard Wharton: “In stage three, we say that maybe we should do something about it, but there’s nothing we can do.” Sir Humphrey Appleby: “Stage four, we say maybe there was something we could have done, but it’s too late now.”
By March 15th, half way through our 30-days planned stay, times were wonderfully good Message 32606293 even as we found Corona
The next day was exhilarating siliconinvestor.com
March 17th market looked really funny Message 32610952
and Message 32612180 the kids' game portfolios were up 7+% for the year
On March 20th we started our safari and I went big on shorting puts and buying bitcoin Message 32619301
no one can evaluate any of the pointless useless cr@p and keep a straight face, or even carry on a dialogue about them for more than 15 seconds Often wondered if I can support self and brood in the wilderness bushes by practicing a craftI do not really know how to cook, am worthless as hunter, cannot be bothered to gather, no-can-do to repair stuff, and certainly have nothing worth teaching in the environ of nowheresville And so I try to bring home some bacon
and the kids learnt safari Message 32621571 and Message 32623445 , iow all still well
By March 23rd the world seems to be emptied Message 32626372 and the Jack address DRD and FNV Message 32626801
and we found out that we were not going to be able to go home as planned March 30th - no visa, no driver's license, no Uber, no car, and streets patrolled by soldiers Message 32626886 , iow time for new life
The next 5 months were exciting in a novel sort of way
Life got down to a simpler routine in a hurry by March 30th Message 32643240
Scheduled and all for discipline by March 31st Message 32645680
Took note of new friends Message 32650335 <<just received a video from friend of 30 days who lives down at the beach level observable from our hill, as recorded from their deck.
the beach has been closed for a week, and nature, in the form of happy dolphins, returned>>
On April 14th I gave thanks for small blessings given predicament Message 32676084 and tallied what the true needs of life might be
April 18th befriended neighbourhood wild cat Message 32684766
and on June 29th we invited the Coconut's ballet teacher to move in to our place to ease teaching during lockdown, and to please bring her cats with her Message 32809260
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