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Well, as usual, I blame our Mitzy-Moo entirely! - LOL!!! ;o>Got my Mug! - YAYYY!!! ... AND I've got Tea in it! - YAYYY!!!
suzysunshine7 wrote: "Your Post about the Washing Line reminded me of an old episode of Hancock's Half Hour when Tony is busy rummaging through all of the rubbish that he has got collected in a Kitchen Drawer - and poor..."
Don't even go there with the washing line!
Such a simple thing, you'd think - buy a washing line, fit a washing line.
I started off in Tesco - no washing lines there. This was followed up with B&M, the Original Factory Shop and Poundstretchers, all with no luck. I ended up in Dunelm where the only ones they had were 40M.
OK, that'll do - it means that I can just use one line then instead of the two I had been using. Next step was, this morning, to take down the one remaining washing line so I could put the new one up and, of course, I couldn't get it undone at one end. Problem solved with a pair of snips. That just left me with the task of unwinding the new one and securing it at three points.
Now, I'm not the most patient of people and have zero tolerance with inanimate objects so, when I had to try and untangle it with by then numb fingers - I'm called grump for a reason!
Ah well, it's all sorted now :)
Don't even go there with the washing line!
Such a simple thing, you'd think - buy a washing line, fit a washing line.
I started off in Tesco - no washing lines there. This was followed up with B&M, the Original Factory Shop and Poundstretchers, all with no luck. I ended up in Dunelm where the only ones they had were 40M.
OK, that'll do - it means that I can just use one line then instead of the two I had been using. Next step was, this morning, to take down the one remaining washing line so I could put the new one up and, of course, I couldn't get it undone at one end. Problem solved with a pair of snips. That just left me with the task of unwinding the new one and securing it at three points.
Now, I'm not the most patient of people and have zero tolerance with inanimate objects so, when I had to try and untangle it with by then numb fingers - I'm called grump for a reason!
Ah well, it's all sorted now :)
Grizzlygrump wrote: "suzysunshine7 wrote: "Your Post about the Washing Line reminded me of an old episode of Hancock's Half Hour when Tony is busy rummaging through all of the rubbish that he has got collected in a Kit..."You probably didn’t see my post last year about the ‘Feu’ directives up here when we first came:
It was only in 2000 that Scotland abolished the Feu (like leasehold) system!
When we moved here there was a long list of regulations including:
Only twirly clothes-lines allowed.
Only one dog per household but you could have 2 cats.
No rabbits.
No ‘exotic’ pets.
No garden fires.
No cars parked on the road.
I quite like twirly clothes-lines but you do need a ginormous one for a kingsize duvet cover!
Twirly sounds much better than rotary, Lez :)
There was a twirly in the back garden when we moved in, but when I tried to open it up it just fell apart. It's now lurking behind the shed in the corner of the garden.
We actually prefer a normal washing line as it's much easier to hang the bedsheets on, especially super king-size :)
I do remember seeing your post because the conversation then went on to whether 'Feu' was derived from Feudal, and I'm sure there was also a question about what would be classed as an exotic pet :)
There was a twirly in the back garden when we moved in, but when I tried to open it up it just fell apart. It's now lurking behind the shed in the corner of the garden.
We actually prefer a normal washing line as it's much easier to hang the bedsheets on, especially super king-size :)
I do remember seeing your post because the conversation then went on to whether 'Feu' was derived from Feudal, and I'm sure there was also a question about what would be classed as an exotic pet :)
Grizzlygrump wrote: "Don't even go there with the washing line! Such a simple thing, you'd think - buy a washing line, fit a washing line. I started off in Tesco - no washing lines there. This was followed up with B&M, the Original Factory Shop and Poundstretchers, all with no luck. I ended up in Dunelm where the only ones they had were 40M"We are very lucky as we still have an old-fashioned family-run Hardware Shop in almost all of the Villages around here. And there is a couple of Wilkos too and they are only a few miles away. I often use their free Click&Collect service to guarantee that I won't have a wasted journey.
One good thing about twirlies is that you can have them near the house so if it rains you don’t have to run the length of the garden with a laundry basket! You can even throw a cover over the whole caboodle.
Run?
Had to look that one up :)
Had to look that one up :)
I've always been intrigued by those pictures you see of Italian Buildings with moveable Washing Lines strung up across from one side to the other. I don't think I fancy sharing the close-up sight of all that Laundry so intimately with all of my close Neighbours though?!! Some things, like Underwear, are surely better left unseen and also unimagined as well! ;o>
I'd never get that much on a Twirly and it would take absolutely ages to dry as well.We mainly put out Double Duvets and their Covers and lots of large Bathsheets - some of them being ours and some of them being Dog Bedding.
All small Items, including Underwear, just go straight into the Tumble Drier as they would probably end up taking almost as much time to peg them all up and out as they would to dry - and so I really can't be bothered with wasting any of my limited time and energy/strength in doing it ;o>
I don’t care who sees my undies, unless I’m wearing them at the time!
We don't do badly for shops and facilities here - there's the 'only when you're completely desperate' cornershop, a Post Office, a Chemist, two car sales places, the garage where our cars go for MOT, the medical practice, one pub, a chip shop/Chinese takeaway and let's not forget the Tea Room :)
I am loathe to go into Peterborough city centre unless I really have to so normally go to the retail areas of the surrounding towns.
Even better for me is doing the shopping on my way home from work as Sainsburys is only half a mile from the depot :)
I am loathe to go into Peterborough city centre unless I really have to so normally go to the retail areas of the surrounding towns.
Even better for me is doing the shopping on my way home from work as Sainsburys is only half a mile from the depot :)
Lez wrote: "I don’t care who sees my undies, unless I’m wearing them at the time!"I do! I like nice Underwear but I don't want to share it with the whole Village - LOL!!!
And I don't want to see any saggy greying Y-Fronts with fraying Seams and dodgy Elastic whilst sat outside enjoying a Coffee - and then not being able to stop myself from picturing my Neighbours wearing them! ... ARRRGGGHHH!!! ... HA HA HA HA HA!!! ;o>
Wilko almost became my Home from Home, and my first and foremost as well as favourite go-to Place when I was suddenly presented with having to buy so many basic but essential fittings and furnishings (of very good quality yet at affordable prices) for my friend's old, and then his new, Flat. He literally just sat there and pretty much left it all up to me to work out as to what was needed/wanted, source it all and then also pay for it as well ;o<
But it had to be done as everything wasn't going to just miraculously do it all by itself - and although it was incredibly exhausting and such unbelievably hard work for me - it also turned out to be some of my proudest and most immensely satisfying few years of my life in seeing it all slowly come together and look so good too ;o>
I'd never used a Wilko before and it was only just 5 minutes away (well, 3 minutes probably, but I walk much more slowly these days) and I was SO impressed by it and SO grateful for it being there.
At M&D's now, I need to get a Lift or take a 20 minute Bus Ride and then take a short walk to get near to either one of the two Wilkos that we have around here - one near Stockport Town Centre and one in Wythenshawe - but I still enjoy shopping there whenever I need to and can.
suzysunshine7 wrote: "Lez wrote: "I don’t care who sees my undies, unless I’m wearing them at the time!"I do! I like nice Underwear but I don't want to share it with the whole Village - LOL!!!
And I don't want to see..."
I’m lucky to be really private here, I can’t see into either of my neighbours’ gardens from downstairs. However one of them uses some foul smelling sickly-sweet fabric conditioner which wafts over to me when it’s windy. Ugh!
It's pretty hard to manage (should you want to) to see much into any other folk's Gardens around here as well as we all have so much greenery and there are so many Trees around here. I know I would struggle and be extremely unhappy if I ever had to live in a Town or a City where I can't ever get to see any green spaces and if I had to live somewhere where all of my, and my Neighbour's, Washing was regularly left strung up between the Balconies and the Buildings.
I NEED my privacy - my very own bit of a grass, a few Trees and Bushes, and a secluded and secure Patio area to sit out on - just as much as I need to breathe air to stay alive ;o>
Despite neighbours all around, we do have a fair degree of privacy (especially now the new fence is up) but, even so, the way I have the washing line set up in a triangular pattern allows us to put underwear on the shortest side which runs between two points of the house.
Anybody wanting to look at what is on that part of the line would have to either be in the back garden or be hanging over the fence. The only downside is that the view from our kitchen window on laundry day is, literally, pants :)
Anybody wanting to look at what is on that part of the line would have to either be in the back garden or be hanging over the fence. The only downside is that the view from our kitchen window on laundry day is, literally, pants :)
We've reached that point where the temperature is starting to drop now so a couple of towels from the last load of laundry are going in the tumble dryer for ten minutes - not bad from four big loads :)
Looking at the weather forecast, the bedding will have to wait until Thursday as tomorrow is looking gloomy.
Looking at the weather forecast, the bedding will have to wait until Thursday as tomorrow is looking gloomy.
suzy, that wummin's in awe of the 24" skidmark she just scraped offa those! yarooga!
Well, Mitz has spent most the afternoon looking more and more relaxed and comfortable with it as the day has passed by - so I'm hoping that we have nipped whatever is going on with her in the bud this time around ;o>
Spot The Odd Ones Out Game ;o> ...
"Lovable Dog Lives Harmoniously with 8 Birds and a Hamster" ...
https://mymodernmet.com/bob-the-golde...
suzysunshine7 wrote: "Well, Mitz has spent most the afternoon looking more and more relaxed and comfortable with it as the day has passed by - so I'm hoping that we have nipped whatever is going on with her in the bud t..."
Fingers crossed that Mitz is over the ..... runs :)
Fingers crossed that Mitz is over the ..... runs :)
"Lovable Dog Lives Harmoniously with 8 Birds and a Hamster" ...
Nice :)
I can say that Phoebe lives harmoniously with Tufty, our sole surviving Zebra Finch - but that is only because Tufty is kept in his cage to avoid him chasing Phoebe all round the house! :)
Nice :)
I can say that Phoebe lives harmoniously with Tufty, our sole surviving Zebra Finch - but that is only because Tufty is kept in his cage to avoid him chasing Phoebe all round the house! :)
I'm starting to get the distinct impression that poor timid little Phoebe finds daily life to be rather challenging sometimes? - which is probably why she occasionally feels the need to hide behind the Curtains and makebelieve that she isn't really there?!!Awww bless her! ... x x x ;o>
Cheese on toast and a nice cuppa for supper :)
A Heinz Sandwich Spread Butty followed by Fruit Salad & Yoghurt for me ;o>
Super Snow Moon - incredible Photographs are being put on the Internet showing places all around the World bathed in Moonlight ...
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/s...
Bought a jar of Bovril today as I can't find the cubes anywhere locally so I'm looking forward to some beef tea with lots of pepper. Weather remains very changeable still, early-ish morning was very pleasant when I took the dogs out so I decided to go into town and do some serious shopping but by twelvish was cloudy and cold breeze plus I had to wait half an hour for taxi so I was glad to get home. Pictures tomorrow night, Alita, Battle Angel then a meal afterwards.
Oooh? - that sounds like an action-packed night out ... ENJOY!!! ;o>
suzysunshine7 wrote: "Super Snow Moon - incredible Photographs are being put on the Internet showing places all around the World bathed in Moonlight ...
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/s......"
I have noticed over the past few nights that the moon here has been very bright, but tonight it is slightly dimmed by a light mist.
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/s......"
I have noticed over the past few nights that the moon here has been very bright, but tonight it is slightly dimmed by a light mist.
My mum used to give me a cup of Bovril with cubes of toast in it if I was poorly when I was little.
It's been drizzling through heavy Cloud tonight so I can't see anything much here either - but apparently we will have another chance on the 21st March so I'll try to remember to look out for it ;o>
I used to get told off or helping myself to OXO cubes and eating them straight out of the wrapper when I was a kid.
I like Bovril as well although it's been years now since I last had some. My beloved Nan constantly kept telling me to drink lots of 'Beef Tea' and to have a couple of Bottles of Stout every Weekend ... "to keep your strength up, Girl" ... ;o>
Martin;
We used to go to the cinema at Kettering nearly 20 years ago now and used to grab a meal at the Australian themed restaurant that used to be there. Don't know if you were living round there at that time but, if you were, can you remember what that place was called?
Been racking my brains trying to remember.
We used to go to the cinema at Kettering nearly 20 years ago now and used to grab a meal at the Australian themed restaurant that used to be there. Don't know if you were living round there at that time but, if you were, can you remember what that place was called?
Been racking my brains trying to remember.
suzysunshine7 wrote: "I like Bovril as well although it's been years now since I last had some. My beloved Nan constantly kept telling me to drink lots of 'Beef Tea' and to have a couple of Bottles of Stout every Weeken..."When my husband’s auntie was in hospital after an accident, the nurses used to give her stout to ‘build her strength up’!
I tried a sip of some Irish Stout once and very nearly threw up! ;o>
Grizzlygrump wrote: "Martin;We used to go to the cinema at Kettering nearly 20 years ago now and used to grab a meal at the Australian themed restaurant that used to be there. Don't know if you were living round ther..."
You have me stumped on that one GG, lived locally for most of my 64 years but can't recall anything of Antipodean persuasion, however I shall do some research on the matter and report back.
suzysunshine7 wrote: "A Heinz Sandwich Spread Butty followed by Fruit Salad & Yoghurt for me ;o>"Heinz Sandwich Spread! That;s a blast from the past for me. It was a staple of my childhood. I didn't even know they still made it! I looked it up and both the main supermarket chains here have it listed but both say "Temporarily unavailable". britishsweets.com.au have it for £4.00 and who knows what shipping costs are so I won't be bothering. I'll stick with my Branston Pickle (with either ham or cheese) which is readily available. Although I have recently been enjoying
suzysunshine7 wrote: "Super Snow Moon - incredible Photographs are being put on the Internet showing places all around the World bathed in Moonlight ...Last night's moon in Melbourne
Yes, I can still get it from a few places, Val ;o>I always buy the Light version because it not only tastes tangier and yummier but it also has a higher Vegetable content than the original one ...
suzysunshine7 wrote: "Yes, I can still get it from a few places, Val ;o>I always buy the Light version because it not only tastes tangier and yummier but it also has a higher Vegetable content than the original one ...
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Another fan here. I love Heinz Salad Cream as well, use it instead of mayonnaise.
Martin wrote: "Bought a jar of Bovril today as I can't find the cubes anywhere locally ..."I didn't know Bovril came in cubes. We still buy and use Oxo cubes although they are rather heavy on the salt. I do love the liquid Bovril on toast.
My younger daughter recently explained to me that Oxo cubes are designed to be crushed first and then opened. After all these decades of doing it wrong, it now makes perfect sense.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCUwe...
suzysunshine7 wrote: "I tried a sip of some Irish Stout once and very nearly threw up! ;o>"I can remember being given milk stout when I was about 7/8/9 but it seemed (to me) to always bring on a nose bleed. Maybe it was coincidence.
A friend told me about this many years ago now - but I don't find that it always works out well as the Foil casing can sometimes tear too easily and end up creating a mess. I usually just pop one in a small Teacup, pour a little bit of boiling Water straight out of the Kettle over it, and then attack it with a Teaspoon ;o>
I've always opened OXO cubes like that, with about a 95% success rate - the rest of the time I'm sweeping up crumbs from every corner of the kitchen!
Val wrote: "Martin wrote: "Bought a jar of Bovril today as I can't find the cubes anywhere locally ..."I didn't know Bovril came in cubes. We still buy and use Oxo cubes although they are rather heavy on the..."
Good idea, saves getting bits under your nails. I use Knorr which are rectangles rather than cubes and easier to undo.
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I've gone through a mug of tea an hour since getting up at half past seven but can't get anywhere near the bathroom as Mrs Grizzly is in the middle of her weekly cleaning blitz.
Good job it doesn't go straight through me :)
The laundry is drying quite nicely - when the breeze drops it's actually fairly warm here today. Third lot of laundry about to go out on the line, once the washing machine has landed :)