If I had the time...

[Zigs]

I'd build one of these...



I took this pic when I used to go to college at West Dean in Sussex. I had to walk through the gardens to get to my class in the mornings

 

[Sheal]

That's a smart piece of equipment. Perhaps you should delay barrow production @Zigs.

 

[Anniekay]

If I had the time, and someone to dig a hole...


I've always wanted a frog pond.

 

[Anniekay]

And, I really want to make this with mondo grass, Stipa behind, and cement hands, feet, breasts and face.
Just to freak out the neighbors.

 

[Dirtmechanic]

I'd build one of these...

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I took this pic when I used to go to college at West Dean in Sussex. I had to walk through the gardens to get to my class in the mornings

You know you have to bend over with that thing. Would you Ziggy up something higher?

 

[Zigs]

You know you have to bend over with that thing. Would you Ziggy up something higher?

S'ok. I can bend down over my Zimmer frame. It'll still work if the pump don't work because the vandals took the handle

 

[Zigs]

Just to freak out the neighbors.

I was going to make a Papier Maché cow for the same reasons

 

[Tetters]

I dug out my own pond when I was young (about 60) Have a go @Anniekay it's worth it!

 

[Anniekay]

I dug out my own pond when I was young (about 60) Have a go @Anniekay it's worth it!

I could probably do it but to put it where it needs to go I have tree roots to deal with. Swinging an Axe isn't something my back would tolerate. I need a man with a machine !!

 

[Jersey Devil]

If I had the time, and someone to dig a hole...

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I've always wanted a frog pond.

Oh absolutely...with a little waterfalls ?

 

[Tetters]

Oh absolutely...with a little waterfalls ?

There you go Annie, @Jersey Devil will pop in and do it for you We always thought he was a kind and helpful, generous soul didn't we

 

[Dirtmechanic]

Oh absolutely...with a little waterfalls ?

And frogs?

 

[Tetters]

And frogs?

Yeah and garden gnomes....

 

[Anniekay]

And frogs?

I prefer elves, thank you very much!!

 

[Tetters]

My mate Paddy had two big garden gnomes. They were about 3 feet high and stood together on the corner outside his house on the green. One day, a young lunatic drove up onto the grass and smashed one of Paddy's gnomes to smithereens, So he dug a hole there and buried the broken pieces en situ and made a grave complete with a gravestone which had a very sad verse on it mourning the loss of a ''real friend''
This made the local news, and lots of people arrived, swamping the little village with camera people taking photos for the local rag. Children from the village began to bring flowers in pots for the lost gnome too - all very touching

 

[Meadowlark]

One thing that strikes me while getting older...and running on borrowed time is the importance of time prioritization.

I just wish I had fully embraced this concept in my youth.

When I was teaching college students in a course on Project Management, I tried my best to hammer the concept home...and one of the effective methods I used were the words of a dying man.

https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=b5d7544beaba8865JmltdHM9MTcyOTY0MTYwMCZpZ3VpZD0zZDA4ODJiYy0yNGE4LTY1OGUtMDJjZC05MmIwMjVhMDY0ZTImaW5zaWQ9NTU5OQ&ptn=3&ver=2&hsh=3&fclid=3d0882bc-24a8-658e-02cd-92b025a064e2&u=a1L3ZpZGVvcy9yaXZlcnZpZXcvcmVsYXRlZHZpZGVvP3E9dGltZSttYW5hZ2VtZW50K2NhcmdhZ2llK21lbGxvbiZtaWQ9Qjg2MEU4QTc1OTY2QzVDRUJDMDBCODYwRThBNzU5NjZDNUNFQkMwMCZGT1JNPVZJUkU&ntb=1

 

[Tetters]

One thing that strikes me while getting older...and running on borrowed time is the importance of time prioritization.

I just wish I had fully embraced this concept in my youth.

When I was teaching college students in a course on Project Management, I tried my best to hammer the concept home...and one of the effective methods I used were the words of a dying man.

https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=b5d7544beaba8865JmltdHM9MTcyOTY0MTYwMCZpZ3VpZD0zZDA4ODJiYy0yNGE4LTY1OGUtMDJjZC05MmIwMjVhMDY0ZTImaW5zaWQ9NTU5OQ&ptn=3&ver=2&hsh=3&fclid=3d0882bc-24a8-658e-02cd-92b025a064e2&u=a1L3ZpZGVvcy9yaXZlcnZpZXcvcmVsYXRlZHZpZGVvP3E9dGltZSttYW5hZ2VtZW50K2NhcmdhZ2llK21lbGxvbiZtaWQ9Qjg2MEU4QTc1OTY2QzVDRUJDMDBCODYwRThBNzU5NjZDNUNFQkMwMCZGT1JNPVZJUkU&ntb=1

What an amazing young man - he was worth listening to. It is so important to use time wisely - not just for us oldies. We never know how much time we may have left.

 

[Meadowlark]

What an amazing young man - he was worth listening to. It is so important to use time wisely - not just for us oldies. We never know how much time we may have left.

I'm glad you liked it and took the time to watch it @Tetters .

I like it more every-time I watch it. The technology he uses is a bit old but his delivery is timeless IMO.

Truly an amazing man.

 

[Jersey Devil]

There you go Annie, @Jersey Devil will pop in and do it for you We always thought he was a kind and helpful, generous soul didn't we

I don't know if at my age I would be too keen on digging a hole that size...I may see an omen in it

 

[Anniekay]

I don't know if at my age I would be too keen on digging a hole that size...I may see an omen in it

You'd be more than likely to see: spark plugs, broken glass, bicycle, parts, bits of chain and broken pottery !!
I haven't come upon anything more ominous than that !!