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[[deleted user]]

I prefer to think of it as ruddy :)

[suzysunshine7]

... just several shades lighter than the colour of your new Car? ... ;o>

[suzysunshine7]

♫ ... Lazy Sunday afternoon, I've got no mind to worry, Close my eyes and drift away ... ♫ ... (*YAWN*) ... Z Z Z Z Z z z z z z z z ...

[Gordon]

I was just watching the birds on the feeders while I was waiting for my tea to brew. My goodness, blue tits are messy eaters: they drop more on the ground than they eat, much to the delight of the blackbirds and - unfortunately - pigeons.

Anyway, I'm supposed to be working...

[suzysunshine7]

Hee, Hee, Hee!!! ... it sounds far more like you are filling in for Phoebe while she is enjoying a very long and luxurious lie-in ;o>

[Craig White]

whit? has gordon got a cat called phoebe too?

[[deleted user]]

Soss, egg and chips for a very late dinner - only just got home :)

Seems Phoebe is a popular name for cats on here :)

[suzysunshine7]

Ohhh, flippin' heck?!! ... sorry Gordon ... and Grizzlygrump ... and Phoebe as well! ;o>

I've got a horrendous Headache which means I'm only skim-reading today to try to spare my aching Eyes - and it seems I got my Gordons and Grizzlygrumps all mixed up?! - LOL!!!

[suzysunshine7]

I think I had better go back to Bed for a couple of hours to see if I can shift it ... x

[[deleted user]]

I feel sorry for Gordon, being mistaken for me :) :)

[Craig White]

me too, what an affront! i mean, everybody knows hobos don't keep cats! they usually befriend a shabby, but faithful, german shepherd that will often save timmy from the depths of any well he has fallen into!

[suzysunshine7]

That Timmy was such a relentless rascal for climbing up and falling down things, wasn't he? I always thought they should have given up on the kindly lecture at the end of each Show and just left him where he was! - LOL!!!

His accident-prone Cousin, Sonny, never learnt his lessons either - but I guess that's just what happens when Parents decide they can't afford to splash out on a Babysitter and hire a Bush Kangaroo instead?! ;oO

[Craig White]

"Bush Kangaroo"?

is that not an infestation of the pubic area?

[suzysunshine7]

Someone is heading for a smacked bottom if he doesn't behave himself ;o>

[Lez]

Who the heck is Timmy? And for that matter, Sonny?

[suzysunshine7]

TV Shows, Lez Lee ;o> ... Timmy was the little American Boy in 'Lassie' who always managed to fall down an abandoned Mine Shaft out in the middle of nowhere that no-one knew about ... and then Lassie would race back Home and Bark and Mime that Timmy was in trouble and everyone would drop everything to race off to save him!

Sonny was the little Boy in a very similar themed Show that was set in Australia - and he had his very own Skippy the Bush Kangaroo who played the part of 'Lassie' to the rescue! ;o>

[Craig White]

"Someone is heading for a smacked bottom if he doesn't behave himself"

ooooh, matron!

[theDuke]

I received a Premium Bond prize today :)

It's only been...ooooo....3 years since the last time! Not enough to retire on, alas, but a nice wee surprise, non the less. :)

[Lez]

theDuke wrote: "I received a Premium Bond prize today :)

It's only been...ooooo....3 years since the last time! Not enough to retire on, alas, but a nice wee surprise, non the less. :)"

I won 3 lots of £25 last year and one last month. The website always annoys me, it’s so complicated, you need 2 numbers, a picture and a Capcha.

[theDuke]

Lez wrote: "theDuke wrote: "I received a Premium Bond prize today :)

It's only been...ooooo....3 years since the last time! Not enough to retire on, alas, but a nice wee surprise, non the less. :)"

I won 3 l..."

What website is that Lez? I don't need to visit any site..it's just comes in the post! :)

[[deleted user]]

To celebrate five years of working for Ocado, Mrs Grizzly received a "Happy Anniversary" card, a bottle of wine, a box of chocolates and ......... a driving assessment!

[theDuke]

Grizzlygrump wrote: "To celebrate five years of working for Ocado, Mrs Grizzly received a "Happy Anniversary" card, a bottle of wine, a box of chocolates and ......... a driving assessment!"

Mrs GG better not drink that wine then when she does the assessment GG!

[Craig White]

best to keep the bottle between her knees for easy access - this will allow her to text without distraction and enable her to roll a cigarette/spliff, whilst of course, keeping an eye on the copy of 'hello' on the passenger seat - she'll breeze it!

[[deleted user]]

Don't forget having the window wound down so you can tell other people - loudly - just what you think of their driving!

Mind you, I think she said that's part of the Advanced Road Rage course she's been recommended for in the coming week or so :)

[Lez]

theDuke wrote: "Lez wrote: "theDuke wrote: "I received a Premium Bond prize today :)

It's only been...ooooo....3 years since the last time! Not enough to retire on, alas, but a nice wee surprise, non the less. :)..."

I do everything online and NS & I email me when I win, so I check the website to see how much. I don’t really need to as it goes into my bank in a couple of days.

[suzysunshine7]

Well, I believe in Father Christmas, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy but you'll have to try harder than that to ever convince me that Premium Bonds really do pay out - LOL!!! ;o>

I was bought 100 of them by my Grandad the day after I was born almost 51 years ago - and all that they have done ever since is take up space in a Drawer ... HA HA HA HA HA!!!

[suzysunshine7]

Tech XXIII wrote: "best to keep the bottle between her knees for easy access - this will allow her to text without distraction and enable her to roll a cigarette/spliff, whilst of course, keeping an eye on the copy o..."

Is that the traditional Scottish way of passing a Driving Test? ... with the Emergency Stop being at A&E and coming about 10 minutes after the Munchy Box Battered Sausage Manoeuvre? ;o>

[Lez]

suzysunshine7 wrote: "Tech XXIII wrote: "best to keep the bottle between her knees for easy access - this will allow her to text without distraction and enable her to roll a cigarette/spliff, whilst of course, keeping a..."

;-)

[Lez]

One of my friends on Talk Classical posted this:

“My neigbor woke on the couch at 12:30 am to find her cats acting strange. Further investigation revealed a raccoon sitting in the kitchen sink! They got the raccoon out by opening a lot of windows and doors, but it first went into the television room for a bit.”

I’ve asked him what it was watching.

[suzysunshine7]

! ... ;o>

[Martin]

Lez wrote: "One of my friends on Talk Classical posted this:

“My neigbor woke on the couch at 12:30 am to find her cats acting strange. Further investigation revealed a raccoon sitting in the kitchen sink! Th..."

Possibly waiting for repeats of "Davy Crockett"!
(1954/5 mini series with Fess Parker and Buddy Ebsen)

[Lez]

Martin wrote: "Lez wrote: "One of my friends on Talk Classical posted this:

“My neigbor woke on the couch at 12:30 am to find her cats acting strange. Further investigation revealed a raccoon sitting in the kitc..."

Don’t think so - it features a dead relative!

[Martin]

It's a little known fact but the racoon, much like the Japanese, is very big on ancestor worship you know!

[Martin]

Today, hot from Amazon, arrived box set of the first three Harry Potter books as narrated by Stephen Fry for under £35. A snip at that price, too good to miss I thought, came within 24 hours of ordering too! Unlike my Snoopy t-shirt which after five weeks has still failed to materialise despite promises from the supplier to the contrary!

[suzysunshine7]

Awww? - Snoopy? ... I love Snoopy! ;o>

[suzysunshine7]

Thick juicy Gammon Steaks with Potato, Cheese & Onion Bake for Tea ;o>

YUM! - YUM!! - YUM!!!

[suzysunshine7]

Mitz is absolutely full of herself and feelin' goooooooooooood ;o>

I'm almost tempted to try out these Burns Kelties Biscuits myself!

[theDuke]

Lez wrote: "theDuke wrote: "Lez wrote: "theDuke wrote: "I received a Premium Bond prize today :)

It's only been...ooooo....3 years since the last time! Not enough to retire on, alas, but a nice wee surprise, ..."

Ah i see, I have been prompted many times about switching over to the digital method...but i cannae be arsed! besides..it's quite nice getting the cheque in the post.

But i suspect, one day, they'll stop posting cheques out, probably.

[theDuke]

suzysunshine7 wrote: "Well, I believe in Father Christmas, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy but you'll have to try harder than that to ever convince me that Premium Bonds really do pay out - LOL!!! ;o>

I was bought..."

These days you'll need quite a bit more, to stand a chance of winning any prize...as i gather one can have upto 30k worth's of bonds nowadays. But you never know Suzy. Some years ago, one very lucky holder of a single bond, bought in the late 1950s came up....& that single bond holder is probably still enjoying the pleasures that a cool million can afford.

*Sighs* If only i could too! :)

Ah well...there's more to life than huge wads of cold hard cash....but it would be nice to have it!

[suzysunshine7]

Congratulations Duke! ;o>

If it's for anything higher than your Savings Limit though then don't forget to enjoy it but spend it quick before the DWP find out - LOL!!!

[theDuke]

suzysunshine7 wrote: "Congratulations Duke! ;o>

If it's for anything higher than your Savings Limit though then don't forget to enjoy it but spend it quick before the DWP find out - LOL!!!"

I hardly think they're going to be overly concerned with a very blerdy rare £25 windfall Suzy! Mind you...it is the DWP we are talking about here..so who knows?!

[suzysunshine7]

Awww? - I thought from the way you were talking about it that it might be for a couple of Grand at least! I was hoping you might be able to kit the Man Cave out in deluxe fittings and furnishings ;o> ...



https://www.amazon.co.uk/LouisXV-baro...

[suzysunshine7]

Talking of Amazon Orders and monies ... has anyone seen any great Bargains in the Amazon Spring Sales (8th to 15th April)?

I can't really tell if there are any Items that are greatly reduced by anything more than they tend to be in the usual and regular Flash Sales, to be honest, but then again I haven't gone searching through everything that is currently on offer.

I keep on getting sent Deals on some very weird random stuff that Amazon reckons I might possibly be interested in though ... like giant bottles of Engine Oil? ... and bulk-buys of Disposable Nappies?!!

[[deleted user]]

A quick glance at the first page of the Spring Sales was enough to convince me that they weren't offering anything different, so my biggest saving was the time I didn't waste looking any further!

I only use Amazon now for the Subscribe and Save (where I have to keep changing things due to the prices going up unacceptably) and if I am looking for something specific. Even then, I look around to compare prices before buying.

I decided not to renew my Prime when it came due in February and since then have been absolutely bombarded by Amazon to try Prime again - big banners across the top of the page I would be looking at, coming up first on the delivery options and so on - at one point they even offered Prime for a week for just 99p. If that comes up again at the right time I would take advantage of it :)

[suzysunshine7]

That's pretty much the same way that I use Amazon ;o>

I rarely ever bought anything off them when I was using their Forums - I would often have little wanders around the Site out of curiosity as much as anything but everything that I looked at was generally so much dearer than it was on eBay, or elsewhere, and so it was mainly the Ratings and Reviews that I was always far more interested in.

Then, about 2 years ago, I suddenly noticed a genuinely competitive change in prices on the things that I buy online and Amazon were starting to regularly become the cheapest around. I've also used Subscribe&Save, and Vouchers, and various Gift Card with extra Free Credit Offers to save myself quite significant amounts of money and, for the first time in years, Amazon has recently just edged into becoming my main shopping site over eBay.

I reckon that I've saved myself at least £200 just over this last year on Amazon and all of it was on things that we genuinely really did want and need ;o>

I do find their Sales to be a complete waste of my interest as well as my time though - but I was thinking that perhaps that is more because I only ever go straight to and buy what we really need and am not interested in Bargain buying any stuff we don't need?

[suzysunshine7]

Egg & Bacon Butties all round today and it gave me a chance to use up the last of the Hogs Pudding that we had in the Freezer. I paid a lot(!) to buy it online last year from a Farm in Redruth and it certainly is very nice indeed and I can see why it has won various Food Awards over the years - but? - it still isn't anything close to the divinely delicious Hogs Puddings that I loved and remember so well from my childhood Holidays in Constantine.

Ahhh well, I guess I shall have to keep on searching until I find it? - although I am starting to have the distinct feeling, after almost 30 years of searching so far, that I might have much more luck in finding the Holy Grail than this ever-elusive Hogs Pudding?!! ;o>

[Val]

No Premium Bonds for me but I have been recruited by the Nielsen Ratings Co. as a guinea pig in their internet usage ratings. I have no idea whether they are looking at sites visited or amount of time spent on the 'net/time of day etc. or maybe both. But they give me £5.00 a week in vouchers of my choice (I choose the main supermarket I use) plus credit me with points each month, which build up. Since the end of Feb I've had £25 in vouchers and I think I've got £5 in points accumulated. And all for messing around on the 'puter.

[suzysunshine7]

We have lots of Sites over here, Val, that offer up various kinds of incentives such as Cashback, Discount Vouchers and Freebies but I've always steered well clear of them because I am guessing that they make their money by collating and then selling on info either volunteered or gleamed from you for Market Research?

It actually doesn't bother me too much that they would do this with any more random data on our Shopping preferences and it's certainly a great way to make some savings - but I can't be doing with any increase in Spam Emails, Cold Calls over the Phone, and Mail-outs that might result and feel like I might be extending an open invitation to all of these things if I join in?

I don't think it is usually the original Site but far more the Third, Fourth, Fifth (etc, etc) Parties that appear to be responsible for this? Amazon have clearly done this with my personal and private details at some point as every now and then I get inundated with Spam Emails in badly broken English about Free Trials and offering up all kinds of (seriously cwappy!) Freebies in exchange for Reviews on Amazon ... GRRR!!!

It all pretty much started off within a week of the Forums shutting down which makes me think that the Sellers probably feel that they are far more immune from Amazon Customers complaining about this in a public access place or reporting it on to Amazon now. I must admit I haven't complained to Amazon about these Sellers on their Marketplace because I'd very likely end up in doing it almost every day of the week if I started doing so.

[suzysunshine7]

Grizzlygrump wrote: "at one point they even offered Prime for a week for just 99p. If that comes up again at the right time I would take advantage of it :)"

I often get offered that extra week for 99p after cancelling the Monthly Free Trial just in time to avoid paying for it ... and I've discovered that, if you cancel on the day before the week is up and click on the 'End Benefits Immediately' option instead of keeping them on until the last day, Amazon then treat the week like it is part of a Free Trial and refund you the 99p! ;o>

[suzysunshine7]

Anyways, this is NOT getting any of my Spring Cleaning done! - BYEEE!!! ;o>