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Jun 29, 2021 11:53AM
I loved the flamingo one and would have bought it for the beasties,however I was put off by the review.the toucan was great too.I should get the Clangers one,I have twenty clangers of varying sizes on the back shelf of my car.
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... and a Soup Dragon in the Boot? ;o>
the toucan was great,actually I haven't got a soup dragon ,I'll have to pick one up.I was watching the clangers this week and I see Oliver postgate 's son writes the clangers now.
Suzy do you think perhaps Helen is in the watering can business?I've got my eye on the pink one ,I could put wiggly eyes on it!
Is 'Helen The Melon' an alias for 'Wanda The Watering Can Whisperer? ;oOOooh? - now there's a possibility to ponder! - LOL!!! ;o>
Anita wrote: "Suzy do you think perhaps Helen is in the watering can business?I've got my eye on the pink one ,I could put wiggly eyes on it!"😁
Hee hee. Not only am I the CEO of Cherry Red Records but I'm also a dealer of pink flamingo watering cans. Shhh, don't tell anyone.
Btw, can I interest you in a matching umbrella?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/OOTB-Regensc...
Damn! - if only it wasn't pink then I'd definitely be keen on buying that!
ARRRGGGHHH!!! ... my aversion to pink was all that saved me!!! ;oOAnita though stands no chance at all of resisting! ...
"COVER YOUR EARS AND YOUR EYES AND RUN ANITA, RUN!!!"
;o>
suzysunshine7 wrote: "ARRRGGGHHH!!! ... my aversion to pink was all that saved me!!! ;oOAnita though stands no chance at all of resisting! ..."
You are not safe/immune. They do a matching toucan one too:-
Well, maybe you are safe. I can't find it on Amazon, sorry - https://www.esschertdesign.com/en/sho...
LOL!!! ... I never thought I'd be glad that I can't manage to use an Umbrella anymore! ;o>
ooh that is a lovely FF lamingo brolly ,or flingo as T would say,I'd have to keep it away from Annabel she'd have it off me.
Errr, I just quickly scanned a few posts (don't got time to read em all - 129 since my last visit; or it could be 120; I really need glasses) and realized I missed another birthday...Happy Birthday Suze!! Apologies for it being a month late. : ) Hope ya had a good un.
Have I missed any others while I've been away feeling sorry for meself? I missed any other goings on worth mentioning? Have The Jam got back together? Is Neph back?? Is Donald Trump pregnant???
Blastronaut wrote: "Errr, I just quickly scanned a few posts (don't got time to read em all - 129 since my last visit; or it could be 120; I really need glasses) and realized I missed another birthday...Happy Birthd..."
Suzy, Helen and Anita have cornered the watering can market and are thinking of expanding into umbrellas. Isabella is a property magnate. Duke is back or has a back or something. Collette's home has a new queen. Derek is A.W.O.L. trying to contain a rampaging puppy. There's a football competition going on somewhere but if you're wearing your mask over your eyes, you may have missed it. Gordon and Sera have assured posters they are still in the land of the living. Service is normal chez Brass, Tech and Serial. And the Bulldogs may win another flag! Other than that, SNAFU.
Ha ha things pretty much as I left em then. Footie championship? Oh yes the Euro one. Canada will win it I reckon. I'll even stick me neck out and predict that Bill Werbeniuk will score the winning goal against Italy in the final. He's found his form again since they introduced drink breaks in each half. Get yer money on it. Pretty good odds I tell thee!
Su found this on one of the French dog owning UK-expat websites which I felt needed a wider audience."Yesterday I was at my local Tesco buying a large bag of Purina Dog Food for my loyal pet, Bailey, the Wonder Dog and was in the checkout line when a woman behind me asked if I had a dog.
What did she think I had, an elephant? So since I'm retired and have little to do, on impulse I told her that no, I didn't have a dog, I was starting the Purina Diet again. I added that I probably shouldn't, because I ended up in the hospital last time, but that I'd lost 50 pounds before I awakened in an intensive care ward with tubes coming out of most of my orifices and IVs in both arms.
I told her that it was essentially a perfect diet and that the way that it works is to load your pockets with Purina biscuits and simply eat one or two every time you feel hungry. The food is nutritionally complete so it works well and I was going to try it again.
(I have to mention here that practically everyone in line was now enthralled with my story.)
Horrified, she asked if I ended up in intensive care because the dog food poisoned me. I told her no, I stepped off a curb to sniff an Irish Setter's bum and a car hit me.
I thought the guy behind her was going to have a heart attack he was laughing so hard.
Tesco will not let me shop there anymore.
Better watch what you ask retired people. They have all the time in the world to think of crazy things to say."
I liked that, Derek. Made me chuckle.
Ok I best explain what I meant on t'other thread about vet not doing right by Molly. I mean I wun't want anyone to get the wrong idea and think we wouldn't throw money around to save our dog - tho anyone thinking that should be bloody ashamed of 'emselves!No, on the contrary, our beloved vet took us for several hundred - money that we can barely afford but we love our pets don't we... and vets KNOW that and some will exploit it for all its worth - giving the poor gal tests that imo were unnecessary or, at the very least unnecessary at that time. They suspected what was wrong (Cushing's) from the get-go as she had all the symptoms - hair loss, water retention etc. But did they test her for It? No did they ****; they put the poor bugger through the mangle testing her for everything else first.
In the end Molly died right here in the front room because the bastards were too busy for us to take her in and put her to sleep. THAT is gonna take some forgetting.
I'm sure you've all had positive experiences with vets and no doubt there is plenty with a genuine love for animals but... some can be cold, calculating.
So sorry to hear that Blastro.A lot of vets now are part of large chains often owned by hedge funds so they're under pressure to make money. That doesn't always mean that they give bad service or don't care for the animals they treat, but it's a trend that I don't like.
Perhaps we need a Tripadviser type site for Veterinary Practices
We've been lucky with our vets over the years. With our last five dogs our vets have always been happy to come to the house to put them to sleep. When we had to have Rig put down last year our French vet came out to the house and was very kind. When we let our UK vet know what had happened, they sent us a lovely condolences card, signed by the entire staff.
I've found that it's quite rare now for a vet to even hint that your pet's life is not worth prolonging. It's as though they're scared of being sued for wrongful death. They hum and haw when you can see clearly that your beloved pal is struggling. We had a five year old foxhound with cancer. He was dosed up on steroids which made him so thirsty he parked himself by the garden hose which we had to keep running to make sure there was a constant trickle of water for him to refresh himself with. When I suggested to the vet that his time had come, she prevaricated until I had to insist. With our last dog, our lovely Dot who wasn't even two, I rang Tim (our new vet) during his dinner on a Sunday evening at home. He said "I'll meet you at the surgery in 15 minutes." And true to his word, he left his family (including a newborn), came out on a chilly winter's night, opened up the surgery and eased her out of her pain. She had been diagnosed with PLE (protein-losing enteropathy) and he confirmed she wouldn't have lasted the night. I am so sorry, Blastro, that you and Molly had to endure her final hours when it could have been avoided so easily.
Derek/Val - really good to hear that your experiences have differed from mine and shows how a decent vet should act. Ours has been around for quite a while and made a name for themselves in the early 80s for all the right reasons. Back then they had no problem coming out whatever time it was, and I remember a couple of times in my childhood and then adolescence where in the very early hours of the morning they came out to put a couple of our collies (Mother, Father, Gran, Uncle all had Border Collies and would have nowt else) to sleep. Obviously the vets from those days have retired and tho the practice retains the same name... that's about all that is the same. Couldn't even get Molly in on that day n'mind em actually coming to the house. She got bad in the morning and they couldn't have her in till around 4-ish. Like "Of course our poor little soul will put off dying until you can get her seen!" : (K'know, strangely enough, when I went up to the chemist after putting in that earlier post, they were talking about cats and I was asked if we had any pets. I told em Molly's story, had my rant and it seems I'm not the first person to complain about this particular vet. I've been given the name of another place that's just as close (3 miles or so) and we're contemplating giving this one a go.
sorry to hear about your vet experiences, blastro. i would relate some of our mixed experiences, but having a dog put to sleep is guaranteed to have me in floods (christ, i buried my mother with dry eyes) - having the vet come out to do this is a thought that has never occurred to me - never asked, mind. it's rotten though, you have my sympathies.
Cheers Tech. I'm the same; spilled many a tear with our dogs over the years. Will be honest with ya, I even get a tad upset at the RSPCA ads and the one with the donkeys. Ah, as I type, there's been a roll of thunder and our (formerly Mother's) collie Dusty - who is now my shadow, bless him - has his head down and his breathing rate's shot up. Not happy at all. Time to maybe turn on a bit of music and it'll be a case of "Waddaya mean turn it down - I'm drowning out the thunder!"
Dust will thank me for it if nobody else does. : )
I have a great local vet. One of my favourite things about him is his straight talking, and he gives you the options and there's no pressure either way. If you want to end treatment for financial or other reasons, he just accepts it. And he's not a rip off. I used another Vet, a while back. Initially to find a diagnosis for our Dog, as our local vet couldn't get to the bottom of it.
Now this other Vet is one of those 'animal hospitals', with 2 receptionists and the bills to pay for it all.
On the plus side they diagnosed the Diabetes, but wow was it expensive. And getting definite quotes on treatment wasn't easy.
Paid em maybe 1000 euro, over a few weeks.
There was no asking if you wanted to do this or that, and I found when I questioned them, about tests and ongoing 'checkups' that seemed endless, they acted a bit like you were letting your animal down. Certainly a pressure there.
In the end I stopped going and have kept giving the Insulin, and the Dog has done well. If I hadn't stopped going I'd have had about another 12 appointments by now, each around 50 - 70 euro.
When I judge my blind old Labs life quality is on the downhill, I'll take her to be euthanised locally.
We now have two dawgs; the aforementioned Border Collie and a 'Hienz Variety' pooch called Cujo who we got from the RSPCA when he was just a few month old. He's a collie-cross-lab-cross-?-cross? Yeah there's a few breeds tossed in there. He looks and acts the total opposite to the rabid beast he's named after; we had rabbits when the kids were a bit younger and he was even scared of them! Cujo's seen off three other dogs in his lifetime; he's managed to reach fifteen and with a heart murmur at that. Deaf as a post but he doesn't seem to mind.
I now have a new found love for cats. Never hated moggies or owt like that but could never see what the appeal was. Apart from when I wuz knee-height to a grasshopper, only contact I really had with cats was at a mad mate's house and his cats.... well, they were mad. Really unfriendly.
Daughter got a couple of cats (brother and sister) about six months or so ago and they're bloody great! One's laidback, t'other's playful; both really friendly. Well, apart from when Putin the farm cat comes to visit (the laidback male doesn't mind but the female goes berzerk in P's presence) but I think he's found someone else to terrorize now. Only the odd sighting.
I want a cat now.
Our youngest and meself took Dust for a walk around village last night and we noticed that someone has an Italian flag hanging from their window!I admire such bravery... given the backward nature of some of the inhabitants of this area.
we're all Italian up here, blastro!quote of the day, from 'this morning's' outside reporter, the bristolian josey gibson, amongst a pocket of Italian fans in some *ngl*sh town,
"bonjour, bonjour, i'm talking to you from little Italy..."
Right then, at last it's time for the final. Wimbledon mixed doubles! : )I reckon you might have summat to be pleased about Tech. As much as I'd love England to pull it off (oooh I say!) it IS Italy we're talking about. Can't see em giving Sterling any room to do his thing. They'll probably try to take him outta the match altogether given the chance. And let's face it - shut down Sterling and what other England player has, not just the pace, but the nerve, to try and take players on? If old Sterling could score goals from further out than a couple of yards (and even that's not always a given) he'd be up there with the very best in the world.
I'm gonna sit n hope that home advantage cancels out the Azzurri's edge in class but.... really won't be holding me breath.
Hey what do I know? I'm just a simple armchair footie fan (despite that fact, I have received a punch-or-two in me time from rival fans of the Spireites) and certainly and no expert.
Yep good old England, doing what they do best. I'm sorry folks but I'm not proud of em, not a bit. Oh but we got to the final. Well of course we did, taking in to account the weak half of the draw and a poor German side. And a partisan crowd behind em to boot! Won't do I'm afraid.Of course the FA will move mountains to give old Southgoat another contract. Nice fella no doubt about it, but that negative style of play is such a bloody turn off.
I guess there is an upside to depression after all. Many many moons ago I'd be moping about for a long time after last night but currently.... I couldn't give a ****.
And in the words of the mighty Gump - that's all I have to say about that.
Where's Suze at? Doesn't seem to be around.
Blastronaut monologuing again. Ok here's my last un; t'other half has had a bit of a go at me for dissing England and it's not lost on me that some of you lot will feel the same way. Well... I'm not gonna apologize, ya know what opinions are like. What I will do is shut the **** up. So here's me shutting up.There, that's better innit?
Good, let the hate flow through you...;)
no need to apologize to me, blastro, i fair enjoy a good england diss!i actually tried to put my finger on what irks me so about the english national team, and i do have a definitive answer
yes, i;m Scottish, and it's my job to wish them ill, but that's not the answer.
an element of the support are racist, violent, self-serving, hooligans, but then they've always had that rabble in their following, so that's not the answer.
the media go into sickening overdrive to the point that 'oh by the way, other teams will be involved', but that's always been the case, lineker and shearer make decent tv, so that's not the answer either.
the players are a talented group that entertain whilst doing their day jobs, so that's not the answ.......oh **** it! it's harry kane (sorry, foe), i cant stand the way he looks like he just fell off a beavis and butthead storyboard. i can't stand his 'i've got a very boring' voice, and the meaningless keech he spouts. i'm allergic to him. there you go!
Football and its scummy fans, pure twaterry.
Tech XXIII wrote: "no need to apologize to me, blastro, i fair enjoy a good england diss!i actually tried to put my finger on what irks me so about the english national team, and i do have a definitive answer
yes,..."
I think if you look at Harry Kane's nose, it looks like a boxer's and has probably been broken as many times, it would explain to a certain extent why he talks like that.
I do get where you are coming from with regards to the over hype from the English press, but like Blastro I'm not too disappointed. Had this been Spurs losing an important final, like we did against Liverpool, then I can't get my head up for a few days. Club football over the national team every day of the week.
Hmm no wonder the English are not top of most folks' popularity lists around Europe if they judge us all by the way some of our footie fans act. Am trying to think of a country who's fans are as charming as our lot. I guess Turkey (in particular Galatasaray) yobs have been a pest in the past. And there was those Russia 'fans' running amok and beating upon folk a few years ago... tho the latter was a tad suspect imo; maybe state sponsored /trained even? There is no doubt other examples, they're just not coming to mind, but the English? We're the spawn of The Sith..... minus the fancy magic and shit. Just the evil.
Anyway... anybody been watching t'olympics? Just wondering if someone could explain summat to me about taekwondo. Reckon I've seen at least three British err,,, taekwondo-ers ahead on points with just a few seconds left in the (final) bout... and then throw it away right at the death. Now, maybe I'm being thick here and/or totally ignorant of the rules of taekwondo, but shouldn't the coach of said athletes be shouting to em -or signalling in some fashion - that there's literally seconds to go and to simply go on the backfoot and defend the lead they built up? It's not bloody rocket science! Three times I saw GB 'taekwondo-ers' gold medal change to silver in a handful of seconds at the end. Sack the trainer I tell thee, I said SACK THE TRAINER!!
Sorry, went all Fred Elliot there. Must be these Corro reruns they're putting on in the afternoon. I said it must be these....
yeah, i thought the monty python coaching technique could have been employed 'run away, run away, run away', but under the rules i think you must engage with your opponent or be penalised. i think the g.b. athletes have failed to keep sharp in the closing seconds, whereas opponents have played to the whistle - exciting stuff, mind!
I've been watching a lot of Olympic events because, for once, it's in our time zone. Morning events starting at 10.00am were mostly finals (in the swimming) and now in week 2, most of the athletics finals, and the soccer, start at 8.00pm our time. But I don't know enough about any of the martial arts to watch them. I find the weight-lifting very entertaining. And I do love anything equestrian. I can understand the nay-sayers - there's absolutely no logic to having events featuring animals - but it is the only Olympic event where men and women compete on an equal basis.
Watched the Great British women's football team lose against Australia in the quarter finals. 2.1 up and we miss a penalty to have made it 3.1. Instead we concede a goal in the 89th minute and settle for an unsuccessful extra time, losing the game 3.4. Bloody good game though!
I wasn’t sure where to post this, Val has suggested Snails as the best place to reach the most people.I have to share the sad news that our dear friend Lez (Les in real life) has died. She had been ill for some time with cancer among a number of troubles. As you know, she hadn’t been posting, and I had been unable to contact her. Her sister contacted me today to say that the cancer had spread and she had declined the option of more radiotherapy. She said that the end was peaceful.
She w as a long term friend of many of us, going back to the old ‘zon days. She instigated the Scottish forum members ‘Out to lunch’ meetings, and a group of us were in the happy habit of going to gigs together.
The post of pedant-in-chief is now vacant.
Oh gosh, that's sad. Had a few nice email correspondences with Lez and she was without exception a completely lovely person. I hope she was aware to some extent how much she brought to the forums here and on Amazon. RIP Lez.
So many great memories of Les! She was never shy to put one in one's place. Mondo Ray and I once got into a long discussion on champion race horses. Les told us to take our conversation elsewhere! I know she loved her trips to Fowey with Derek, Su, Mondo, Captain Pugwash(???), Cornish and many others. She was up for anything - even attending gigs in Edinburgh, on her own and with her walking stick! I will remember he fondly as an honest friend, a fellow librarian, a keen punter on both the Premier League and the Aussie Rules thread, a committed knitter, President of the Lovely Rufus Fan Club, and a luster after Roger Hunt's legs. Thank you for all the good times Les! You will be fondly remembered!
I first met Les in person at one of the Fowey gatherings and once spent a lovely evening over a meal, drinks and music with her, nc and JohnnyBee up in Glasgow. She was a lovely lady, a stickler for grammar and will be very much missed.
Sad news, I was thinking of her last night. Les introduced me to the astronomy picture of the day site after I was enthusing about seeing a comet. We never met but I'll miss her posts.
That's very sad, she was a lovely lady with a wicked sense of humour. Su and I have missed seeing her at Fowey the last few years a lot.
Ah bless you Les, I shall definitely miss you keeping us ALL on our toes! xx
nocheese wrote: "dear fried Lez "
nc, I reckon Les'd have been all over the misspell methinks? 🤭
At least I didn’t write ‘deep fried’ 😄I blame autocorrect, and out of respect I shall now amend.
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