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[Lynne (Tigger's Mum)]

Lovely dry sunny morning in the West Gaff, you can keep the snow. I’m full of cold and feeling quite rough.

[Elizabeth]

Morning (or it was when I started typing) everyone.

No sun, and snow promised here overnight tonight.

I hope your foot allows you out into the woods before bluebell time, Loretta. It sounds as though you really managed to do quite a number on it. There aren't any flowers blooming up here at the mo' although the daffodil spikes have appeared. I'm hoping the snowdrops and hellebores survived the move.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Cough got worse on the way to work, but I’m not the only one sat in the office coughing, and I’ve already told one colleague to go home again, he’s my grumpy colleague who unfortunately gets even grumpier if he’s not feeling 100%!

Sorry you aren't feeling well Lynne

[Alicia]

Morning, all. What a difference a bit of sleep of several hours in a row makes!

One team won the Superbowl, as usually happens. Then people set off firecrackers in the middle of the night, and my chinchilla, Gizzy, wouldn't come out.

[Patti (baconater)]

Apparently, there were Super Bowl riots somewhere. I overheard Dave listening to something on the news a few minutes ago.

I really can't get my head round people (men) getting so worked up about something so trivial as sport. Some people's (men) priorities are seriously fucked up.

I'm sorry you're feeling so poorly, Lynne. I hope you'll feel an improvement today.

Touch wood, I don't seem any worse in spite of the sneeze incident. Just the same snotty nose I've had for weeks. I'm keeping the tissue companies in business.

The wind has been howling for hours here. Incredibly noisy, it is.

Read a reccie for The Road this morning.

It said if you're feeling too happy, it's the book for you.

[Lindsay]

Morning all,

The worst thing Patti is the fans who were rioting were from the winning team!!!

[Rosemary (grooving with the Picts)]

Morning all. We have some actual snow, on the ground! Pretty unusual

[Lynne (Tigger's Mum)]

Good morning we’ve got snow too, just lightly falling. It’s settled on cold roofs and cars but nothing on the road at the moment. I’m dosing myself with cold cure tablets. If I can stop the running nose I can cope. It’s not flu just a cold.
Man child is playing me up terribly this week, I think he senses weakness. He just won’t hold my hand while out walking. I’ve got a wrist strap thingy, but he angrily told me to take off the dog lead yesterday. I told him it wasn’t a dog lead it was for horses so Gee up, but that didn’t work either. I’m getting heartily sick of him rolling on the pavement. I can’t walk off and leave him there’s too much traffic and the little monster is too heavy for me to pick up. Violence is banned in Wales too so a physical chastisement isn’t an option. He really is testing me. Still only two more days this week then we are off to France on Sunday and I’ll get a much needed break.

[Patti (baconater)]

Sounds like he's being a right little shit, Lynne.

Try giving him loads of praise when he does behave as you'd like. Takes loads of patience, but it'll work eventually.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Morning all, has just started snowing. Eye is twinging again. Boring admin day at work.

I'm with you there Patti, very bizarre priorities. Good luck with little man Lynne and hope your cold clears

[Benjamin]

Morning, all. Light snow here as well, but we've got a weather warning for the whole day.

[G J (Gaff to my friends)]

Morning all. Hope you're feeling better today, Lynne?

Another cold start to the day in the valley, but no snow this morning, more's the pity.

Still, eh, crack on and feed the kids with knowledge!!!

[Will]

Morning all. Off to cook a vegetarian lasagne.

[Lynne (Tigger's Mum)]

Dog training is the same, praise and rewards for positive behaviour. I wonder if the child likes liver cake - It works wonders on the dog.
Still snowing here. Might get a snowball or two but not enough for a snowman.

[Elizabeth]

Morning everyone

Light dusting of snow.

Himself is off to the dentist for a filling and is already anticipating not eating much tonight, so no cooking today.

[Will]

Snow is falling.. but it looks like sieved icing sugar and isn't heavy enough for my taste

[Patti (baconater)]

Moscow is getting a good amount of snow. Let's hope it heads this way.

We've certainly not had any winter yet.

[Kath]

Morning! That's a horrible phase he's going through, Lynne. The hardest part is keeping your temper!

Been to the dental hygienist this this morning. That appointment was deferred from January as she was ill. By heck, she's a hard woman!

No snow here but a sprinkling of hailstones from the overnight fall.

Gave up on a book last night. It was a prizewinner too. So many good indies to read that I wasn't prepared to trudge on any further than 20%.

Have a nice day, all!

[Patti (baconater)]

Which book was it, Kath?

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

We have the last of the sick people back in the office today, really wish one hadn’t appeared though, she sounds like she should still be at home. I sound much better today, but eye is twinging. Has been trying to snow all morning, it is sticking to the hills etc, so looks pretty but the car park seems fine, and we have gritted it already.

I would guess the child wouldn't appreciate liver cake Lynne!!

[Kath]

The Glorious Heresies. Winner of the Baileys (liked it already!) Women's Fiction prize for 2016. Tut! The Glorious Heresies

[Patti (baconater)]

Not heard of it before.
Will avoid it, thanks.

I just heard they do chocolate Hobnobs. Is this true?

[Will]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "Not heard of it before.
Will avoid it, thanks.

I just heard they do chocolate Hobnobs. Is this true?"

It is indeed true. And very nice they are.

[Benjamin]

Will wrote: "Patti (baconater) wrote: "Not heard of it before.
Will avoid it, thanks.

I just heard they do chocolate Hobnobs. Is this true?"

It is indeed true. And very nice they are."

Dark chocolate ones especially.

[Patti (baconater)]

How did I not know this? I thought only chocolate digestives!

I booked our March break flights today.

I shall be looking for them in a few weeks!

[L.A.]

I'm found! Thanks Patti & Gingerlilly. We're only simple folk and it was scary there for a while ......

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Yay! Glad you managed to find us :)

[Patti (baconater)]

Shoulda posted the link to the late night thread.

Mwah ha ha!

[Les]

Howdo folks, just discovered this thread

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "Shoulda posted the link to the late night thread.

Mwah ha ha!"

Thats very little used at the moment. Its just a bunch of introverts not talking to each other and snoozing in the comfy chairs.

[Patti (baconater)]

Les wrote: "Howdo folks, just discovered this thread"

Yay!

Didn't think it was hidden!

[Patti (baconater)]

Gingerlily - The other Stroopwafel Sister! wrote: "Patti (baconater) wrote: "Shoulda posted the link to the late night thread.

Mwah ha ha!"

Thats very little used at the moment. Its just a bunch of introverts not talking to each other and snoozin..."

I'm imagining everyone in there wearing earbuds.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Yep! Earbuds are handed out as you enter the thread.

[Patti (baconater)]

Think I'll bring my own. I don't trust that they won't have old earwax in them.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "Think I'll bring my own. I don't trust that they won't have old earwax in them."

We boil them thoroughly after each use. Or in severe cases, during...

[Loretta]

Elizabeth wrote: "Morning (or it was when I started typing) everyone.

No sun, and snow promised here overnight tonight.

I hope your foot allows you out into the woods before bluebell time, Loretta. It sounds as t..."

Me too, but I'm fairly optimistc, and we do have some decent paths through one of our local woods. Oh, I hope your plants survived. Snowdrops are soooo gorgeous. Did you know hellebores have been here since early times? There's some dispute about snowdrops and primroses - they may not be native flowers. I spent hours researching them a while back.

[Loretta]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "Think I'll bring my own. I don't trust that they won't have old earwax in them."

Bleurgh! Other folk's earwax. Yucky, yucky, yuck!

[Will]

I am partly responsible for hobnobs. Maybe.

I know it's a strange claim to fame, so I'd better explain. Many moons ago I was living in north London. My local supermarket started to stock this unusual new biscuit called a hobnob. We tried 'em, liked 'em, bought some more.

We told our friends about them, but then discovered a weird thing. No-one else had heard of them or could find them in their supermarkets. It was a mystery. You could only buy them in our supermarket.

So we reckoned that we were part of a localised experiment to see if the public would like hobnobs. And the rest is history.

Or maybe I dreamed the whole thing. It happens.

[Alicia]

Brand new in sealed packages from the manufacturer, please.

[Darren]

Les wrote: "Howdo folks, just discovered this thread"

Claim it in the name of the Queen.

[Darren]

Will wrote: "I am partly responsible for hobnobs. Maybe.

I know it's a strange claim to fame, so I'd better explain. Many moons ago I was living in north London. My local supermarket started to stock this unus..."

Will, I think you need bigger dreams.

[Will]

Bigger than hobnobs? No!

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Alicia wrote: "Brand new in sealed packages from the manufacturer, please."

For you, definitely. Patti just gets the cast-offs.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Well, snow didn't amount to much, got to go in work early tomorrow and then got a 'meeting' after work.

[Alicia]

Gingerlily - The other Stroopwafel Sister! wrote: "Alicia wrote: "Brand new in sealed packages from the manufacturer, please."

For you, definitely. Patti just gets the cast-offs."

Thank you. I don't think they're worth attempting to clean them, not the foam ones.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

I quite agree.

[Patti (baconater)]

I'm suspicious of any airline that collects headphones at the end of a flight. Gross.

Wind seems to have died down, finally. It's quite amazing how the absence of noise can feel. Like a huge weight has been lifted from my brain.

Will, if you're correct about the hobnob thing, you're owed a big thank you. They're one of my favourite dipping biscuits.

[M.T.]

It's cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey here. There have been hints of snow over the last couple of days but so far none has settled. I am hoping, as I have to drive a 275 mile round trip today, that the lack of actual sitting snow continues. Off to Scotland for half term. It can snow all it likes when we get there.

Morning all.

Cheers

MTM

[Will]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "I'm suspicious of any airline that collects headphones at the end of a flight. Gross."

In our US holiday last year we stayed in more than ten hotels. In the seediest of the ten, we were surprised that they made a great deal about their television remote controls being totally waterproof which meant they could be easily wiped clean.

At first we couldn't work out why that was important. And then the penny (cent) dropped. As they would say "ew!"

Good morning all. It's freezing out there but the Mem's car didn't need to be scraped. Which is a little odd.

[Patti (baconater)]

Thanks for that image, Will.