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Brass Neck
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Sep 24, 2020 12:24PM
"it's 10 euro a roll" - you sure this is about toilet tissue? If it's not I think you'll have to offer the ladies rather more of an enticement.
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I've stayed quite generously stocked up on everything essential ;o>M&D started with suggesting that I was possibly being a little bit too over-cautious a few week back ... but I still made the decision to carry on with bulk buying in certain things we want and need - and now we have enough essentials to see us through a couple of months of maybe not being able to source some things or not being able to get deliveries booked ... and they've taken it all back now that Morrisons has just started today with announcing Restrictions and Rationing on Stock again.
I had already guessed that Christmas time would probably trigger off yet more urgent demand and panic-buying online even if most of the Lock-down measures were lifted before December - so I've been planning towards being ready for that as well.
We were caught out the first time around and ended up in struggling some days with no Milk and very limited stocks of Food in the House and having to keep trying to work out how to get things delivered when most local places just shut down instead of offering up any kind of Delivery Service.
Hopefully things will be a lot easier for everyone this time around ... x
We won't starve here. I'm getting complaints we can barely even fit a pizza in the freezer, we have one full chest freezer and another 1/2 sized one, both crammed.Mainly a mix of Pork and Venison, and various plums n berries for wine!
This made me laugh out loud today ;o> ...
Oh bugger, I've just broken the bloody hoover (I nearly said 'buggered the hoover' but Brass woulda had a field day with that one) : ) and we've only had it a few weeks. Just counting the hours now till the boss gets home.
Slow-going today eh? Or is it my poor small talk?? Will check back in later.
Blastronaut vs Dhalsim wrote: "Oh bugger, I've just broken the bloody hoover (I nearly said 'buggered the hoover' but Brass woulda had a field day with that one) : ) and we've only had it a few weeks. Just counting the hours now...""I've just broken the bloody hoover" - honest, love, I REALLY wanted to do the vaccing but the Hoover's knackered .......... took forever to work out which wire to loosen.
Blastronaut vs Dhalsim wrote: "Slow-going today eh? Or is it my poor small talk?? Will check back in later."No, Poppet, it is often very quiet on the Forum - but there is usually a small handful of us that still bob in and try to keep the Threads going. I was here first thing this morning but had to go and crash out for a few hours because I was struggling to stay awake.
Any Forum visits from you are always very welcome ones ... x x x
I'm currently in the process of trying to work out how to sort-of 'celebrate' a Wedding Anniversary tomorrow for two Parents who don't want to celebrate it and who aren't talking to each other either! I've been doing this for a few years now so it's sadly all too familiar an experience for me now.
I've already ordered Flowers in and today I decided to try out a well-known Restaurant in Central Manchester that I've found does a Home Service Delivery of pre-prepared Roast Dinner Meals that you simply finish off in the Oven - so I've gone for it and splashed out on giving them a try.
I'm just hoping that they will deliver early enough on tomorrow that we can get to have an earlier, rather than a later, special Meal. M&D will be assuming that we are having a Chinese Takeaway like we usually do - but I want to surprise them this year (and while under this latest depressing Lock-down) with something different and a bit more interesting instead ;o>
Blastronaut vs Dhalsim wrote: "Oh bugger, I've just broken the bloody hoover (I nearly said 'buggered the hoover' but Brass woulda had a field day with that one) : ) and we've only had it a few weeks. Just counting the hours now..."Well, to turn it all around in a much more positive way (Suzy-style)... you found the fault! ... well done, Kid! ... and now you get to return it for a Replacement that is fault-free! ... ;o>
Brass Neck wrote: ""I've just broken the bloody hoover" - honest, love, I REALLY wanted to do the vaccing but the Hoover's knackered .......... took forever to work out which wire to loosen."LOL!!! ;o>
suzysunshine7 wrote: "Blastronaut vs Dhalsim wrote: "Slow-going today eh? Or is it my poor small talk?? Will check back in later."No, Poppet, it is often very quiet on the Forum - but there is usually a small handful ..."
We were out all day yesterday, driving back from a walk near Killarney we were all starving. So stopped and ordered curry and burgers and chips for the kids. Great that this place does a good selection of curry dishes and the other takeaway food for kids.
But when we ordered it was a 40 minute wait, next time now I have their number I'll phone ahead. It was a long 40 minutes with 3 hungry kids in the car too, waiting...... :0
I did drive home rather speedily with the food, the aromas upped my speed considerably.
It was worth it, thank god. Great Lamb Balti and a favorite of mine Tarka Dal.
Serial wrote: "It was a long 40 minutes with 3 hungry kids in the car too, waiting...... :0"Ohhh, do I NOT envy you on THAT kind of parental experience! - LOL!!! ;o>
Serial wrote: "suzysunshine7 wrote: "Blastronaut vs Dhalsim wrote: "Slow-going today eh? Or is it my poor small talk?? Will check back in later."No, Poppet, it is often very quiet on the Forum - but there is us..."
"Tarka Dal" - did you order that because you like your curries a little 'otter?
suzysunshine7 wrote: "GROAN!!! ;o>"Double groan....
Where does he get his material from :0
Last year's Christmas Crackers? ;o>
suzysunshine7 wrote: "Last year's Christmas Crackers? ;o>"Now I'm imagining him in a garden shed papered in years worth of faded christmas cracker jokes.
:)
With paraffin heater, beanie hat and thermos.
... after his beloved other half has recently discovered that, despite all of his promises to her, he has just bought yet another Van-load of Vinyl ;o>
suzysunshine7 wrote: "... after his beloved other half has recently discovered that, despite all of his promises to her, he has just bought yet another Van-load of Vinyl ;o>"I can promise you, hand on heart and other vital organs, I have NEVER and would NEVER promise not to buy music. She just has to content herself with dreams of me predeceasing her whereupon several skips will be ordered to dispose of the cds and vinyl ...... and, quite probably, me!
Don't forget to save enough room in the House for the new addition to the family ;o>
Hi Suzy and gang Just popped on and saw its your parents anniversary tomorrow.I hope all goes well with the meal you ve ordered.I'm back to full time so as ever no time during the day ,what with various clubs back in full swing .Thomas has swimming lessons but for the last few weeks he's the only one there so he's been having a private lesson basically for a quarter of the price.I have to take his sister to her swimming lesson tomorrow,it's been changed to 5.45!!Usually she's going in the bath then .At least with the parents working from home mum can have Thomas. His dad was having a meetin online with his team talking about problems that can crop up when working from home,Thomas walked in halfway through In his pants saying here's your lunch...It was a sandwich which he'd eaten half of?I was caught out again with the other family mum has been doing interviews on Tv and radio .Unfortunately I was hoovering during one ,I should have emailed all this Suzy😀I hope you re feeling a lot better than you had been.x
Anita wrote: "His dad was having a meetin online with his team talking about problems that can crop up when working from home,Thomas walked in halfway through In his pants saying here's your lunch...It was a sandwich which he'd eaten half of?"Ohhh Anita! - there really is just no pretending that THAT didn't just happen, is there?!! ;oO
HA HA HA HA HA!!! ;o>
Dad was ok about it,they were all so worried things like that may happen that it's nice when it's your boss it happens to.
... and Thomas was helpfully contributing an example of just what can happen when folk try to hold Online Meetings while they are working from Home ;o>
Yer folks are lucky to have you Suze, no doubt about it. Our lot think they've brought down the sun and the stars by simply scribbling on a Mother's/Father's Day card! : ) Re the hoover.... maybe I should indeed have sabotaged it, as it is now working again, at least for now. Believe it or not I hoovered up a stray computer mouse wire (yeah I'm thick like that) and it tried to take the lot. After I managed to untangle the wire and free said mouse from the jaws of the beast, the vac was making a funny noise and there was no suction. Reckon it just needed a time-out because it was ok by the time the boss got home. Mouse not in the best shape mind.
Blastronaut vs Dhalsim wrote: "Yer folks are lucky to have you Suze, no doubt about it. Our lot think they've brought down the sun and the stars by simply scribbling on a Mother's/Father's Day card! : ) Re the hoover.... maybe..."
Hoovers suck dude!
They do indeed Brass. This one can even do the golf-ball through a garden-hose thing, as advertised.... ...ok it doesn't really say that on the box - or anywhere else - but that would be funny.
Blastronaut vs Dhalsim wrote: "They do indeed Brass. This one can even do the golf-ball through a garden-hose thing, as advertised.... ...ok it doesn't really say that on the box - or anywhere else - but that would be funny."
Is that Hoover made in Asia?
I guess they've moved on from Ping Pong balls to Golf balls.
"Ping Pong balls to Golf balls"i'm sure some have attained skills with a basketball.
Blastronaut vs Dhalsim wrote: "They do indeed Brass. This one can even do the golf-ball through a garden-hose thing, as advertised.... ...ok it doesn't really say that on the box - or anywhere else - but that would be funny."
I think it was Electrolux - "Nothing sucks like Electrolux" (and where are they now?). It's mildly interesting that Hoovering became a commonly used verb instead of vaccing or Dysoning (other brands are available).
Brass Neck wrote: "Blastronaut vs Dhalsim wrote: "They do indeed Brass. This one can even do the golf-ball through a garden-hose thing, as advertised.... ...ok it doesn't really say that on the box - or anywhere el..."
'Where are they now?' Well there's one in my pantry and one in my sister's cupboard. Still going strong.
Lez wrote: "Brass Neck wrote: "Blastronaut vs Dhalsim wrote: "They do indeed Brass. This one can even do the golf-ball through a garden-hose thing, as advertised.... ...ok it doesn't really say that on the b..."
Answers my question!
We used to have a 1960's Electrolux that we stored out in the Garage yet still worked! We gave it to a Local Museum that now have it as part of a 'How We Used To Live Through The Decades' Exhibition.We also have a still working Henry that must be around 25 years now. My Dad continues to refuse to part with it and so my Mum has insisted that it always stays out in the Garage, instead of in the House, as we use it for cleaning up after very messy DIY Jobs.
Serial wrote: "Blastronaut vs Dhalsim wrote: "They do indeed Brass. This one can even do the golf-ball through a garden-hose thing, as advertised.... ...ok it doesn't really say that on the box - or anywhere el..."
Table tennis balls and maybe even shuttlecocks? Now that'd be a serious sucker!
Brass Neck wrote: "Blastronaut vs Dhalsim wrote: "They do indeed Brass. This one can even do the golf-ball through a garden-hose thing, as advertised.... ...ok it doesn't really say that on the box - or anywhere el..."
Gotta admit that I've never given any thought to the fact that I've always referred to vacs as 'Hoovers' when that's really just a brand name. It's always been that way even tho I don't reckon we've had an actual Hoover in the house for many years. Don't remember us having anything else but Hoovers when I was a kid in the 70s and 80s mind.
Weird innit - it's not like we say "Right I'm just gonna sit down and watch the Sony" or whatever when our favourite show's on. Old Hoover had it sussed back in the day... at least in the UK.
You probably do use a biro, though, put hot drinks in a thermos and take aspirin: all originally brand names (as was heroin, of course).
I don't do any of those things, Gordon. I use a pen, a flask and paracetamol.
I note you don't have an alternative to heroin, Lez ;-)
SussexWelsh wrote: "I note you don't have an alternative to heroin, Lez ;-)"rofl....
Ah the good old days when it was over the counter, nowadays we have to boil poppy heads and drink the disgusting brew.
Serial wrote: "SussexWelsh wrote: "I note you don't have an alternative to heroin, Lez ;-)"rofl...."
She's a ketamine girl all the way.
Well, yes, I'm well aware of that Brass, she kindly shared some with me last time we met in Glasgow.
Blastronaut vs Dhalsim wrote: "They do indeed Brass. This one can even do the golf-ball through a garden-hose thing, as advertised."Errrr.............say whaaa?!
I've got a G-Tech. And no.....i said a G-Tech..not a G-Spot! :)
All blokes have a G-spot Duke; that's what they say in any case. Can't swear to it as I've never encouraged anyone to seek it. : )
Dammnit Lez, I thought ya gave up the hard stuff! Just a bong-or-two nowadays you told me. There's just no point anymore is there? I'm off the wagon as of this moment then. : )
I have a special rapport with my new doctor!
Blastronaut vs Dhalsim wrote: "All blokes have a G-spot Duke; that's what they say in any case. Can't swear to it as I've never encouraged anyone to seek it. : )"Where G is for garden and the spot is the precious hut/mancave?
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