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[Serial]

suzysunshine7 wrote: "Ohhh dear!!! - I think I'd be far more worried about waking up to the sound of him howling a far too late last minute warning just before starting with having spectacular bouts of projectile Diarrh..."

'the poor love' ?

Not how I'd describe the little filth monkey.

[suzysunshine7]

... says the Man devoted to taking extra-special care of his Diabetic Dog ;o>

[Serial]

suzysunshine7 wrote: "... says the Man devoted to taking extra-special care of his Diabetic Dog ;o>"

:0

[Brass Neck]

So the new old Neil Young Homegrown cds arrived so I thought I'd take the opportunity in the sunshine to take a sandal-shod hike to Blind Col's and back (about 8 miles round) to drop his off. The last time I went it was drizzling and I wore the same sandals (no socks, honest - I'm aiming not to have to put any on until maybe the end of September; you have to have some goals in life?) and they chafed away at the little toe of one foot and the middle toe of the other causing blood to be drawn in both instances and some degree of pain. It being dry I thought it'd be OK but about halfway there the old wounds were being chafed. I had my face covering with me so I thought I'd continue into town and catch a bus home to save my feet to an extent.

At 3pm on a Monday I wasn't expecting crowds but the central mall really was deserted but people were on hand to jump on you if you didn't follow the one way arrows. HMV had nowt interesting nor temptingly priced so I headed for Clarks. I was the only customer but was pounced on and sent back to the door to apply hand-sanitiser. I saw a pair of sandals (bit of a theme in footwear there) in my size marked down from £75 (aye, right) to £15 so I went to the desk to ask how we'd go about this since I had sandals with no socks on at which he offered some disposable socks virtually throwing the box to the seat where I was to try the single one on. I then realised just how many scabs and wounds there are on my feet from long walks in sandals so I put the 'sock' (more like cut-off feet from tights and it fitted OK so I said I'd like the other necessitating holding my leg in the air so he could read the model and size off the sticker on the sole! I bought them (rude not to at that price for leather uppers and inners; crucial since another pair of sandals (there's that theme again) I have are initially incredibly comfortable but the synthetic sole seems to cause blister on my soles after short distance).

Then it was onto my first bus ride in more than half a year so it was headphones off, mask on for the first time since I got it a few weeks ago, replace headphones and feeling a little nervous at the proximity of other passengers who were at least all wearing some form of face-covering as required. A couple of teenage girls in front of me kept pulling their masks away from their faces every time they spoke to each other which seemed somewhat to defeat the point,

None of these were experiences I wish to undergo again in any hurry.

[Serial]

Cleaning out the neighbours sheep shed.

I help him out and get the shite for me garden.

Three trailers full, so I was pleased, though I'm not pleased the Dog has been over eating some of it.

Filthy beast.

[Brass Neck]

"dog has been over eating" - is there an acceptable level of sheep-shit consumption for dogs?

"Filthy beast" - you don't usually sign your posts?

[Serial]

Brass Neck wrote: ""dog has been over eating" - is there an acceptable level of sheep-shit consumption for dogs?

"Filthy beast" - you don't usually sign your posts?"

Dogs seem to like eating shite, now I'm no Cat fan but you don't see them chowing down on a fecal snack.

FB.

[Brass Neck]

Nor do they roll in it, very clean but perpetually aloof.

[Gordon]

Serial wrote: "Dogs seem to like eating shite, now I'm no Cat fan but you don't see them chowing down on a fecal snack."

Brass Neck wrote: "Nor do they roll in it..."

The most excited I saw my - now five-years-deceased - dog was when we happened upon a very dead and significantly decomposed cow while walking somewhere I would not have expected to find a cow. By the time I had worked out where the terrible smell was comng from he was vigorously rubbing himself against the more obviously putrefied bits.

[Serial]

Gordon wrote: "Serial wrote: "Dogs seem to like eating shite, now I'm no Cat fan but you don't see them chowing down on a fecal snack."

Brass Neck wrote: "Nor do they roll in it..."

The most excited I saw my - ..."

Jesus, I bet you had fun cleaning him up.

[Brass Neck]

Which is OK if they'd walked from home but if they took the car ...….

[Lez]

Gordon, did you see your Cab Calloway came 3rd in the 'Themes Feel Good' thread?

[Serial]

Making Neem Oil spray and spraying the Hen House with it.
Exciting times :)

[suzysunshine7]

WoW?!! ... I've learnt such a lot over the last few weeks.

For instance, I never knew that Chickens needed quite so much care and 'pampering' ;o>

[Serial]

suzysunshine7 wrote: "WoW?!! ... I've learnt such a lot over the last few weeks.

For instance, I never knew that Chickens needed quite so much care and 'pampering' ;o>"

Pampering.....LOL!

SO humid here today. Had to go buy some cold beer for medicinal reasons. Cut a neighbours hedge and within an hour was off spending the money in the off licence... :0

[suzysunshine7]

It must have been a very big crate of Beer to treat all of those Chickens to a cold one?! I hope you didn't forget to get them some Crisps and Nuts as well? ;o>

[Brass Neck]

suzysunshine7 wrote: "It must have been a very big crate of Beer to treat all of those Chickens to a cold one?! I hope you didn't forget to get them some Crisps and Nuts as well? ;o>"

They don't drink much - he pours the beer into tiny glasses until they say w....hen. There's always one or two who don't know their limits; drunken flockers!

[suzysunshine7]

LOL!!! ;o>

[Isabella]

They won't accept anything but Old Speckled Hen...

[Brass Neck]

Isabella wrote: "They won't accept anything but Old Speckled Hen..."

Only when they can't get https://www.amazon.co.uk/Old-Crafty-H...

Mind you after a couple they're randy enough for a cockatoo.

[Serial]

Isabella wrote: "They won't accept anything but Old Speckled Hen..."

Now that is a tasty beer.

Also used to buy 'Hens Tooth' said 'as rare as a hens tooth' on the label, so rare I haven't seen any for sale for years :0

[Serial]

suzysunshine7 wrote: "It must have been a very big crate of Beer to treat all of those Chickens to a cold one?! I hope you didn't forget to get them some Crisps and Nuts as well? ;o>"

Those feckin hens will be the ruination of me, snack orders, home improvements.....etc etc

[Brass Neck]

"'Hens Tooth' said 'as rare as a hens tooth' on the label" - On the same basis I'm positive there'd be a market for a brew called Rocking Horse S**te.

[Val]

Feeling rather despondent that just when we seemed to be emerging from the worst of the virus, we are now seeing a second wave of infections.

Just in on the email from Coles - one of the two biggies in supermarket chains here :

"From today, there is a limit of one pack per customer on toilet paper and paper towel, and a two pack limit per customer on the following items:

Hand sanitiser
Flour
Eggs
Sugar
Mince
UHT milk
Rice
Pasta"

So it's back to square one.

[Craig White]

"beg the question
bend the truth
bale out the basement
while there's holes in the roof" (crass)

[suzysunshine7]

Val wrote: "Feeling rather despondent that just when we seemed to be emerging from the worst of the virus, we are now seeing a second wave of infections.

Just in on the email from Coles - one of the two biggi..."

Awww, Val ... x ... I'm not altogether sure how we'll be able to distinguish a Second Wave coming here whilst we are all still apparently up to our Necks and barely staying afloat yet with the First Wave?

I still can't get my Head around the fact that somewhere between 100 to 200 people are still being recorded as dying every 24 hours here? ;o<

And - maybe it's just me who is thinking and feeling this? - but the number of Deaths gets quoted every day in what seems to be getting smaller and smaller Headlines ... almost as though it isn't quite such a big deal to us all now to be hearing about all of these Deaths as it once was?

But they aren't just some more numbers are they? ... they are our Grandparents, Mums & Dads, Children, Friends & Neighbours ... they are precious parts of our Families and valued members of our Communities ... and we are still losing them to this bloody awful Virus AND still waiting on an effective Vaccine that possibly may never be coming any time soon or even found at all ;o<

[suzysunshine7]

We all need cheering up! ... where's the Forum Cake Tin?!! ;o>

(You may have deleted your Post - but I can only agree with you, Sera ... x)

[suzysunshine7]

I also think that Government ‘could have been clearer’ on the new Rules about wearing Face Masks while travelling on Public Transport ;o>

[suzysunshine7]

I've just seen this helpful Post on Facebook! - LOL!!! ;o> ...


"So if anyone is slightly confused about the new Coronavirus Support Bubbles then this is what you need to know ...

You can now go and see up to 6 friends on a Thursday between 2am and 4am - but only if it's a Full Moon and you are wearing at least three items of Clothing that you bought after October of 2019.

If you have anything that is made of Wool or Linen in your Wardrobe or own a Kenwood Food Processor then you MUST continue to self-isolate for everyone's sake and stay the f**k at Home!

There are some exceptions to the Rules.

If you know of anyone called Nigel, Gladys, or Pete? - then you may go round to a Neighbours' House once a fortnight for a plate of Chicken Fajitas (but not Tacos) ... and only if that Neighbour has ever been to a Metallica Concert, can talk in more than 2 Languages including Klingon, always wears colour co-ordinated Socks with their Sandals, and can prove that they genuinely are a Vegan who doesn't also sneakily like to indulge in a Bacon & Brown Sauce Butty of a Sunday morning ... I hope this helps ... 😊 x x x"

[Helen The Melon]

Tech XXIII wrote: ""beg the question
bend the truth
bale out the basement
while there's holes in the roof" (crass)"

Check out Front 242's lyrics to "Terminal State" (from 1988 btw) - https://lyrics.fandom.com/wiki/Front_...

Sorry, that won't cheer anyone up.


Anyway, you'll all be most interested to learn that today, I shall mostly be......not wearing any socks!! Doesn't happen very often due to my cold bloodedness. 😁

[suzysunshine7]

Well, I'm simply amazed, shocked and stunned, Helen!!! ;oO

[Brass Neck]

Don't think I've put a pair of socks on since lockdown began (aside from the weird cut-off tights ends they insisted on to try on some sandals in Clarks). The soles of my feet are pretty ingrained with gruft and there are nicks and scabs all over 'em but it does mean I can absent-minded pick away at the hard dead skin on the heels (TMI?).

[Collette]

Yuck. Far too much information there.

Not long had a nice cool shower, so my only other plans now are giving some of my bears a brush and catching up with First Wave. Too hot to do much else.

[Helen The Melon]

Brass Neck wrote: "Don't think I've put a pair of socks on since lockdown began (aside from the weird cut-off tights ends they insisted on to try on some sandals in Clarks). The soles of my feet are pretty ingrained ..."

Ewww, don't want to know about your gross feet thanks. Those cut off tight thingys looked fabulous on you btw. Most fetching.
My feet are pristine 'cos they're usually hidden away. No mankiness here but they might start to turn blue later on this evening when it cools down a bit :-( Hello slippers.

[suzysunshine7]

(*SHUDDER*) ... what you need to use is a Pumice Stone once a week and don't forget to slather on some quality Moisturising Foot Cream (such as Flexitol) now and then as well, Mr B ;oO

[Serial]

Cutting 2 hedges for another neighbour, why do i do it, I don't even like cutting em much :0

One nasty Hawthorn hedge, and one more pleasant box hedge.

Damn humid and hot.

Sitting here in our kitchen all that can be heard is the blipping of Demijohns of wine and the fizzing of another batch in a barrel too.
Also enjoying this weeks Kombucha brew, anyone who doesn't know what Kombucha is :0

You might be freaked out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sTs8...

[Serial]

suzysunshine7 wrote: "(*SHUDDER*) ... what you need to use is a Pumice Stone once a week and don't forget to slather on some quality Moisturising Foot Cream (such as Flexitol) now and then as well, Mr B ;oO"

At this stage he'd be in need of an angle grinder and concrete grinding disc.

[suzysunshine7]

Serial wrote: "Also enjoying this weeks Kombucha brew, anyone who doesn't know what Kombucha is :0

You might be freaked out."

Nah! - I grew up being regularly force-fed a kind-of homemade natural 'Yoghurt' because my Dad absolutely insisted that it was exactly the same as the expensive stuff that you could buy in the Supermarket ;o<

It involved a Pint of Milk being left for a couple of days on top of the red-hot Boiler in the Coat Cupboard! ... and it tasted just as utterly rancid and as stomach-churning as looked!!! ;oO

[Lez]

My father-in-law (he of home-made lamp fame) used to do the same with the already utterly foul sterilised milk.
What is it with dads?

[suzysunshine7]

I dunno, Lez? ... mine will do just about anything to try to prove a point and get to save a few pennies ... including, apparently, risking giving his own kids severe food poisoning instead of buying them a couple of Ski Yoghurts a week! - LOL!!! ;o>

[Brass Neck]

All sounds a bit Spring & Port Wine! I thought we were hard done to when Dad refused to buy any bottles of pop off the (Corona?) lorry which came once a week. His answer was to invest in a Sodastream which wasn't the same but wasn't a threat to our health.

[Serial]

Brass Neck wrote: "All sounds a bit Spring & Port Wine! I thought we were hard done to when Dad refused to buy any bottles of pop off the (Corona?) lorry which came once a week. His answer was to invest in a Sodastre..."

Sodastream? Crikey I didn't know you grew up in such lofty middle class environs, Brass.

[Serial]

suzysunshine7 wrote: "Serial wrote: "Also enjoying this weeks Kombucha brew, anyone who doesn't know what Kombucha is :0

You might be freaked out."

Nah! - I grew up being regularly force-fed a kind-of homemade natura..."

Suzy, that sounds absolutely DISGUSTING!

Ski Yogurts must have seemed like some sort of out of reach super food. :0

[Brass Neck]

Strivers, Serial; working class origins (Dad was a steel worker from 14) but wanted better for their kids (even if they wouldn't spring for pop from the pop lorry).

[Collette]

I love my Soda Stream. Roll on GlenBrew re- opening. I ran out of gas a good couple of weeks back.

We used to get the ginger van years ago as well. Think it was called Alpine. I loved the pineappleade.

[suzysunshine7]

There's a female Character on 'Goodness Gracious Me' who, no matter what it is that someone is wanting, or selling, or buying always says ... "I can make it at home for nothing!" ... it always cracks me up because that is exactly what my Dad is, and has always been, like! ;o>

[Serial]

" I ran out of gas a good couple of weeks back"

A rare relief for D, i imagine.

[suzysunshine7]

Naughty Step or Taser Test Subject? ... Hmmm? - decisions, decisions?!!

[suzysunshine7]

Collette wrote: "I love my Soda Stream. Roll on GlenBrew re- opening. I ran out of gas a good couple of weeks back"

Is there nowhere else open locally to you that offers Soda Stream Gas Cylinders or Refills up for sale, Collette? ... such as maybe Argos, for instance?

EDIT: Or eBay? ... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SODASTREAM...

[Collette]

Serial wrote: "" I ran out of gas a good couple of weeks back"

A rare relief for D, i imagine."

My sides are splitting here! 🙄🙄🙄