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Sera69 wrote: "There are bottles every house seems to have that never get drunk. Baileys in ours. I like a nice Baileys over ice perhaps once every 5-6 years but we probably have the stock to last several lifetimes."You could use the older Bottles up by making 'adult' Fudge or Truffles with it. And you could include some as little extra gift to go with the odd Bottle of Homemade Wine that you might sometimes give away to a friend? ;o>
Sera69 wrote: "There are bottles every house seems to have that never get drunk. Baileys in ours. I like a nice Baileys over ice perhaps once every 5-6 years but we probably have the stock to last several lifetimes."I don't buy Bailey's anymore..way too sickly and over priced....but i did used to drink it as a younger man. These days, and only for Christmas...co-op does a nice own brand Irish cream for practically half the price of Baileys..and it's much nicer imo.
Today feels like yet another hot!-hot!!-HOT!!! day and so I'll be making the very most of greatly enjoying two of my recent discoveries ... 
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And today we have another 50th Birthday Boy!!! ;o> ...
YAYYY!!! ... x x x ! ! ! HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLASTRO ! ! ! x x x ... YAYYY!!! ...
happy 50 birthday, blasro, all the best.
Nowzad Staff now all safely out of Afghanistan! ... and Emma Raducanu, at just 18 years old, has become the first British Woman to win the US Open in 44 years! ... what thankful and happy things to wake up to and to get to feel good about! ;o>Still always out there somewhere ... inspirational and joyful little glimmers of light and positivity that continue to sparkle and to shine - to still illuminate what is sadly so often a dark and an uncertain World.
And from me too, Blastro, hope it was fab for you. I've begun planning on what i want to do for my 50th...but I've got 2 1/2 years to go yet! :)
Thanks for the birthday wishes folks, muchee appreciated. Bless yous.
Can't hang about, we got a parade of plasterers, plumbers and electricians coming and going all week as we're having the bathroom done, job lot. Sounds like it might be just a bit of a hassle eh? Nah it's a bit more than that - our (formerly Mother's) lovely border collie, Dust, really really really doesn't like strangers on the premises. It took him three months to get used to our eldest's missus... and he's much worse with blokes!!
Yes, 'On me toes' doesn't do this situation justice. As long as they stick to the tasks they're supposed to be doing and don't go sticking their beaks into rooms (rooms containing grumbles, growls, barks etc) that they don't have any business going in, then hopefully nobody will be bitten. Of course they're all warned but every now n then ya get one of those ego types with the 'Dogs don't frighten me' attitude. Could do without one of those.
I see I have three messages. If any of those are from any of you lot (as opposed to basic info from the Horror Forum) then please bear with me and will get back to yous.
You tell 'em Dusty!!! ... get outta my Kennel!!! - LOL!!! ;o>
Well, brace yourself, all Amazon Exile Forum Folk, because it's now just ...;o> ... ! ! ! 100 DAYS TO CHRISTMAS ! ! ! ... ;o>
(*sigh*) ... sat waiting now and even sort-of still hoping against all hope ... for the annual admonishment in response to this Post from our Lez ... and feeling quite sad in knowing that it is not going to be coming ... xSuch a bittersweet feeling ... I never thought that I'd get to actually miss being 'told off' for daring to Post the 'C' word up so early on here ... ;o> ... ;o< ...
If there is an Afterlife? - I hope they serve King Prawn Curry for Christmas Lunch ;o>
I'll never be Lez but may I be a pale imitation? First of December! No sooner! 🤫 🤐We can talk about curry, though 😀
I think Christmas should be moved to February 29th.
suzysunshine7 wrote: "Well, brace yourself, all Amazon Exile Forum Folk, because it's now just ...;o> ... ! ! ! 100 DAYS TO CHRISTMAS ! ! ! ... ;o>"
I was rather dismayed to see a Christmas display in a shop window while walking into town this morning. It's not a shop I ever go into, so no point complaining, I suppose. Perhaps I should take my life in my hands and try to cross the road before I reach it.
Awww, bless you all for helping to keep up what has become a Forum tradition ;o>I noticed, at the end of August, that Iceland has already started selling their fantastic Mince Pies ... which is very early for them as they usually don't put any of their Christmas items online until just after Halloween.
I was wondering whether they are trying to bring about a much longer and far more gradual seasonal build-up towards Christmas Food Shopping this year to encourage us all to bit buy by degrees over the next few months? - in the hope that the predicted seasonal Food Shortages may not come to be quite as big a deal for so many come December?
Gordon wrote: "I was rather dismayed to see a Christmas display in a shop window while walking into town this morning. It's not a shop I ever go into, so no point complaining, I suppose. Perhaps I should take my life in my hands and try to cross the road before I reach it"Or stand outside glaring ominously at everyone through the Shop Window dressed like this, Gordon? ;o> ...
... https://www.amazon.co.uk/Z-LIFE-Costu...
Hmmm? ... Cromwell looks rather round and plump there, Gordon?Just like THAT friend that everyone knows ... you know the one that has claimed to have lost SO much weight over the years that it's a miracle they are even still alive, never mind the same size as they always are! ... who claim to be steadfastly and rigidly sticking to the very latest zero calorie fad of a Diet? ... and yet you've seen all of the Cartons and Bottles stacked up high by their Kitchen Bin and know that they secretly still greatly enjoy bingeing on huge quantities of Junk Food that they continue to publicly pretend to despise and to be disgusted by?!! - LOL!!! ;o>
I'm betting Cromwell was extremely partial to a plate of Mince Pies on the sly ;o>
You got a camera hidden in my kitchen?
Noooooo? ... Hee, Hee, Hee!!! ;o>
One of my most favourite month's of the year but sadly I can only get to see the briefest of glimpse of Autumn from being sat up in Bed so that I can stare out of my Bedroom Windows ... (*sigh*) ;o< ...
S'funny though because as strange as it sounds a tiny Wren keeps on visiting me almost every day! ;o> ... sometimes it will sit on our next door Neighbours' TV Aerial that I can can just see the very end of as it juts out by a few inches quite close to my furthest away Window. Other times ... as utterly incredible as it sounds! ... it will actually perch on the top edge of the frame of my nearest open Window (if it is left open just wide enough) and then it does such sweet and funny little Head tilts as it peers in at me! - LOL!!! ;o>
I deliberately only have my Windows open just wide enough to get some fresh air in now as I'm worried that it might try to venture further in, fly into my Room then panic about feeling trapped, and end up in hurting itself by trying to fly back out again by hitting the Walls and Windows.
I'm reminded by it that Lez also had a lovely little Wren in the Cotoneaster Bush outside of her Window that kept her company during the last couple of years of her life - and I can't help now but to fancifully wonder if maybe Lez has very kindly sent this little sweetheart onto me to also keep me company and bring me joy during difficult times ... x x x ... ;o>
Twelve days. TWELVE DAYS!!! Bloody council told us the bathroom'd be done in three days. Not trusting a word they say, I said "Well that'll be a week then"Then after that first week, we're told it's gonna be a twelve day job. TWELVE ******* DAYS!!!! Grrrrrrrr. At least they turn up most days, even if it is sometimes just for an hour or two. Bah There's a lot to be said for owning yer own home doing away with ******* landlords and such.
As you can see, I accepted the news with great spirit and love for everything council related/contracted.
On a brighter note... Dust's not yet bitten anyone. The tiler that is presently at work here was kind enough to heed my advice of shutting himself in said bathroom with door closed whilst I got the dog outta the front room (the door to which is opposite the bathroom) and out for a walk earlier.
Blastronaut wrote: "Twelve days. TWELVE DAYS!!! Bloody council told us the bathroom'd be done in three days. Not trusting a word they say, I said "Well that'll be a week then"Then after that first week, we're told it..."
Sad to say, I don't think that it would be any quicker if you weren't at the mercy of a landlord. It's in the nature of building companies to give a time and then not be able/willing to stick to it. Only once in many years has a builder stuck to his word and done an excellent job for us ...
Blastronaut wrote: "There's a lot to be said for owning yer own home doing away with ******* landlords and such."There is a lot to be said for it, but speed of repairs isn't part of it.
I've been trying to get a plumber to reply to phone, text & e-mail messages for the best part of 2 months. Spoke to my cousin, who's a bit too far away to take on the job but I hoped would be persuaded that it would be a full day's work. Instead, he gave me very clear instructions on how to do the job myself, which would be great if there were any chance of my having time to do it myself before next Easter.
i could give you the number of the semi-legendary 'pat the plumber' - send him a text and he's at your door by the time you put your phone down (he's not even from the same town!), 'aye, i was just passing, thought i'd drop in and see what you're looking for'. we employed him and (the more than legendary half of the morecambe and wise of the trade) iain the jiner, to install our kitchen and bathroom - the water in your kettle will never cool down!!!
Tech XXIII wrote: "i could give you the number of the semi-legendary 'pat the plumber' - send him a text and he's at your door by the time you put your phone down (he's not even from the same town!), 'aye, i was just..."I have a legendary Stuart the Plumber who always comes out the same day and always charges £25 whatever the job, with an apologetic ‘How does that suit ye? The completion of the job is announced with ‘We’ll just have a wee cup o’ tea noo’. The only time he wasn’t there right away was a Sunday afternoon and he was watching the football, but he turned up as soon as the final whistle blew. I’m not sharing his number with anyone.
Short video of kangaroo getting rescued from a lake in Australia, as it was stranded. Was a nice start to the day.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAtwP...
you've no idea the number of ladybugs we encountered when removing the fabric from the gazebo, within the folds and pockets - an estimate would be maybe as high as 80 of varying sizes. this considerably slowed down the process, as for some long forgotten superstition, i (we) won't harm a ladybug, taking the fabric to a different part of the garden to coax the bugs safely off before washing (the fabric, not the ladybugs - not one carcass was found in the washing machine afterward). luckily b.z. was elsewhere at the time, as he would have had a field day. never seen as many in the same place before (and, yes, had we known they were there would have postponed the exercise).
Tech, can I have some of your ladybirds to eat the aphids on my runner beans?
i'll send them down on the ladybus!oh, very poor!
Now I know what a 5.9 earthquake feels like - a herd of very noisy elephants galloping across your roof followed by the whole floor shaking. We're about 2 hours from the epicentre but it was quite unnerving. We lost power for about half an hour (knew there was a reason for keeping a transistor radio!) but otherwise no damage.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-2...
Beats ours from 13 years ago. Nearly 1am and all the roof tiles started rattling, In my dazed state thought a really big bird had landed on the roof and was running around on it. I ran out into the street (lucky for all I wear jama bottoms) looking up at the roof and then it dawned on me that I'd experienced my first and probably last earthquake.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Ma...
Only one I ever experienced was the Dudley earthquake in 2002, in the night, and a 4.8. It sounded as if all the book shelves had fallen down and it cracked the hall window. I have no ambition to experience another ...
I experienced one many many moons ago as a young 20 something. I think it was no more than 3 on the Richter scale, and if i'm honest, i gave it only a passing moment's thought to it at the time. The house i lived in back then, was built on a spit of shingle dunes near the Dyfi estuary, surrounded on three sides by water and a 100 yards from the Irish sea. So, i just thought it was just a large wave that had broke on the beach!It wasn't until i caught that day's news, that i realised it that i had felt an earthquake. Never felt one since.
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O dear.
Heading back to the UK tomorrow for about seven weeks.Hot news of the day is that our solitary bat is back! New picture in profile.
Derek wrote: "Heading back to the UK tomorrow for about seven weeks.Hot news of the day is that our solitary bat is back! New picture in profile."
I hope you have an HGV Licence, for the UKs sake.
Any tried to buy from Etsy website? Is it reliable?
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Hi Suzy, Chartreuse is a green liqueur 55% abv, (the yellow one is 40% abv I think, and is yellow because it contains honey). Taste wise difficult to explain, slightly angel..."
I was reading the Reviews and noticed that several people have mentioned adding drops of it to a Sugar Cube and taking it like a Medicine or a Tonic ;o>
That must mean that upping the medicinal dose to drinking a couple of Glasses a week will surely give you, at the very least, some remarkable Superpowers including the gift of Eternal Youth and Immortality! ;oO
The secret to still looking 50 and fabulous in 50 years time, hey? ;o>