General Chat

Annx just ask for a refund on both unsuitable items. I have done that and they do send a refund. I like the Longley reduced fat cottage cheese but I don't like the adsa one, its somehow too acidy and you get nice big bits in the Longley one. I did buy in the hsop up the road Longley cream cheese to try it but its not on Adsa. If they say it may take 72 hours its their fault not ours so give it a try for a refund.
I have had troubel with the bread I like, Warburtons Wholemeal they keep sending Hovis and I find that too sweet. They had it back this week and for the next order I have ordered a small one and a large one so thye may send the right one this week or just the small one, we'll see.

I had all oh's cards in one of his drawers and mine in one of my drawers.

I have been having one of those corner cupboards out today and its taken all day to do just half of the bottom bit. I can't reach right inside as if I get down to it I can't get up again. Lots of stuff gone in the bin for the recyleing and a lot in the dustbin. I am going to ask Em if she wants the new pizza baking tin I bought as I never used it and she was saying she had her grans 1lb loaf tins which were a bit worse for wear so I have put aside three of mine that I had for bread baking and they're not too bad and one is a new one. There also an oval pasta type dish hardly ever used and if she dos'nt want it it will go to the hospice shop along with other things.

Not eaten today yet so I am now going to feed the chickens their corn and get myself something to eat probably a bacon and egg sandwich, cherries and an apple for desert and maybe cheese and biccies later on.

Probably the same reason for weird subs etc at Tesco. When I mentioned something the other day the young lady driver raised her eyebrows and grinned and just said ‘students’. Apparently at weekends especially and now school holidays students are employed as pickers.

I first met him 4 years before that AnnG. Yes he surprises me what a softie he can be at times. That's very true about a purse full of coins. I remember my dad saying we would need a wheelbarrow to take our wages home in the future.

Mel you've taught me something as I never realised it was Thrift on the old Thruppenny bits. I won't be throwing out any cards now, but will have to find somewhere to put them all as he has never sent just one card each time!! Some of the old ones are in the loft which we will get someone to help empty at some point when the other jobs are done. At least it's good you have some new tyres and a spare now. We've had more rain here so no gardening done.

Three subs with my Asda order and I forgot to hand back the non decaff coffee sub. Their new site is having trouble with refunds and they say it may take 72 hours to sort which is too late to ask for a refund usually so I will have to see. I ordered the Longley fat free cottage cheese, so why do the pickers send the non fat free Longley cottage cheese when they could have sent me the Asda fat free one instead? You'd think they'd realise that the 'fat free' was the thing that mattered.

Mel Mandy was talking about cucumbers and that was my reply to her post. Sorry, I assumed the posts were all read before being answered :-)

Disappointed in what Anng?

BIL popped in and I was still in my pj's thinking I had the day to myself. He had come to mend the puncture on the new mower and actually said he must'nt be lazy and pick up stuff thats cut off before he mows. I always have told him not to go over branches that have been cut off but you can't tell some men anything can you. He leant the hard way and has now bought 4 new tyres which are supposed to be for thorny ground. He needs two for the old mower on the front so he will have a spare for the back of the new mower.

Its so good that G is feeling better with the diet and exercise. Yes I still have all the cards I gave oh and the ones he gave me so you keep them all as G is right they ARE ALL special.

Today would have been my best friends 76 birthday. We were at school together had children about the same time and kept in touch for years.She died in France years ago and her hubby did'nt even tell me.

aawe he is just a softie Ann. Had you known him before you became a couple or was it at first sight?
that is a long drive for him these days.

Mel, at least if you had a purse full of coins in those days it was actyally worth something.

Mandy I was really disappointed in the one my friend gave me but I haven't told her so.

Morning All,

I was looking forward to my nice clean bed last night, but as I pulled the duvet back what should scuttle under it again but a black fat spider, just like the one that lives in the bathroom! I moved the duvet back again and it scuttled back under it. No way was I going to bed with that cosying up to me so I grabbed my nightie as it was nearest and peeled the duvet back further and threw my nightie over it. Boy do they scuttle quickly! I scrunched the nightie under it and hoping I'd got it I made for the new toilet. No light in there though as it was disconnected for the plastering. I shook the nightie umpteen times over the toilet and hoped I'd got rid of it. It was too dark to see it in the toilet. Wondering if it was still lodged in my nightie somewhere I didn't fancy putting it on. I was about to get another when I remembered I keep a torch in the drawer by the bed. Luckily the battery wasn't flat so I checked the toilet and there it was. I quickly flushed it away and went to bed and lay there ages looking around to see if there were any more! Not the best start to a good sleep.

OH went for his walk first thing and I cut his hair next. He's meeting three of the ladies that worked for him on Friday. It's over 60 miles away but it will do him good to have a catch up with what they are doing now. It's started raining now so it looks like indoor jobs today and the food order comes this afternoon.

His appointment is a week on Friday Mandy. He's counting the days! The sooner they try some treatment hopefully the slower it will progress. He's doing everything he can himself dietwise and with exercise he can manage and is getting more sleep now.

I was clearing some papers to put in the bin and came across some cards from him for my birtday etc and said to him again that we ought to bin some now as we have kept them since we became a couple 35 years ago (today is the anniversary of that day!). I said we could just keep the special ones. His immediate answer was that 'they are all special.'

Morning girls,

Not a very nice morning here as its overcast with that fine misty drizzle in the air. I'm hoping it may cheer up a bit later on. Pc says rain by 2pm.

You talking about the old coins I too loved the old names of a tanner, a bob, etc but my grandad called the theepence a thrupenny Joey and I used to get given those to buy sweets with. I liked the picture of Thrift on those coins and their shape. Remember how heavy your purse was if you had those large coins in it, half a crown, and the big pennies and two bob bits.

The memories still keep coming don't they even after all these years.

Morning Anng, morning all,

Clouded over a bit now but the sun has been shining, nothing planned for today just a relaxing Sunday I think .

Anng the cucumbers are lovely ,crunchy and fleshy with a nice flavour I've grown those for the last few years ,I think they are La Diva .

That's a good saying from your dad Vera I shall have to remember that one ,hope your not to stiff today after your stint in the garden .

Ann thats good the physio is helping OH's neck pain ,not long now for his other appointment didn't you say it was this month .

Just forgot about my cuppa and now its nearly cold ,If I have tea it has to be hot when I drink it ,Colins always saying I don't know how you can drink it so hot , better go and make another one.

good morning all. 17 degrees and quite bright so far. had a strange dream filled night. Weird because when I woke and go up for the loo then went back to bed, the dream continued where it left off and it was more like I was watching it or reading it not in it.

Nothing planned again so I shall see what needs doing.

Mandy lots of tomatoes ready to ripen looking good though you will be eating yours when mine have finished.
Cucumbers look good are they nice flavours? Somebody gave me one recently it was not very long but was really fat and tough to chew with not a nice flavour.

I chuckled at that saying of your dad's Vera! I much prefer the old words for money like florin, tanner, thruppence and a bob and ten bob note! I have a feeling at the city horse sales when I was aged about 10 and would go with my friend they still sold the horses in guineas. I wonder when the new pence we have now will become old pence? You did well to manage an hour in the garden. I hope you aren't stiff tomorrow after doing it. We seem to have got out of the habit of crosswords too this year.

Thanks for the photos Mandy. You have a bumper crop of tomatoes as well as all the cues you have had. You could have a table on the front with your produce, but look out for ladies on mobility scooters! ;-)

Cheers Mel. I hope you did go and sit in your special place.

Sent some photos of my toms and cucumbers they are good this year but just need to turn ,think I'd better get a stall on the market .

Mel you do that and enjoy your G&T raise a glass to all the happy times together <3

I use roundup and buy the small 1 litre bottle ready made up. I did buy Asda's one but that was useless. The Roundup kills docks and dandelions and nettles and thistles. Ann have you triued watering between the pavings with a boiling kettle. I do that on the pation as I can't spray near the pond.

Picked more of the Beauty of Bath applease and went to Janines and gave her some and then to Arons and gave him some.

Thrup is waiting for me to go and corn the chickens so I better do that and feed the fish.

Its a lovely eveing I may go and sit by the pond with a G & T like we used to do.

I have the extra strong resolva but it doesn’t seem to work on weeds with large leaves. I have a lot of that weed that has leaves like clover and yellow flowers. Much more of it then usual this year in the patio cracks between pavers. The weather must suit it.

I was quite pleased with myself this morning as I managed a good hour in the garden but I’m paying for it now as I have completely stiffened up. We had our full roast dinner followed by strawberries and cream but now we both keep thinking it’s Sunday!

AnnG, OH quite likes Round Up as a weed killer. He buys the small bottle with the strong stuff that you have to dilute but I doubt if any weedkiller would be able to tackle all weeds.

It’s good that the physio is helping OH’s neck Annx. I didn’t know that about bumble bees and snapdragons so I’ve learnt something new. I’m glad you’re nearly there with your bathroom. It will be half a crown to talk to you soon, as my Dad always used to say :-D. That’ll be another saying dying out soon as twelve and a half pence doesn’t have quite the same ring to it as half a crown.

I hope all your memories today have been of love and laughter Mel <3. Yes, the library is still in the old Corn Exchange though it has changed internally over the years. I seldom go there these days. We do have a smaller library a bit nearer to us and I get books on my iPad through the Libby app.

Thank you for your good wishes Elizabeth. I hope you are having a lovely weekend.

I think I might take a look at a crossword now. I used to do the crosswords every day but I don’t seem to have any spare time lately. Right, I’m off to find the newspaper and a pen. Have a good evening and a peaceful night everyone.

Of course AnnG, it was Mavis and I don't know why I put Hilda Ogden, they are so different! Yes she was in Dinnerladies with the wonderful Victoria Wood who wrote it.

Regarding weedkillers I don't find them very good compared with what we used before all the restrictions on chemicals began. On the nasty weed I have used Resolva Lawn Weedkiller that doesn't kill the grass, but kills clover which the nasty weed is related to. It has killed some of it, but needs more than one application. I've got some Extra Tough Resolva to use on some of the dandelion type weeds that grow in the gravel as they are hard to get out without pulling up the weed fabric.

I think Thelma Barlowe played Mavis in Corrie (Rita's friend in the corner shop) Was she also in dinnerladies?

Yes I have been on statins for over 20 years and never had any problems I am on Simvastitin which is the lowest dose I think. If I ever get to see a GP when I return from son's (No point trying now, I will ask.

what weed killer do you use on your weeds and does it work?

Afternoon Ladies,

The sun is out here and OH has gone to a match with his friend, so there will no doubt be book talk as well as footie talk. :-) He went to physio earlier and says it really has helped his neck the last couple of times.

I went to the shop and passed a strange new house they are building just up the road from my teenage home. It appears to be mostly timber up to now and is on an angle with the whole of the end of the second floor being a large glass window that will have a view across fields of a granite hill next to the quarry. It's the same view mum and dad had from their bedroom window.

I hope you have some happy thoughts of the good times today Mel. <3 I think causing the puncture may be the best lesson for BIL not to drive over the branches as he has made himself an extra job sorting that out now. I popped an envelope in the post for you yesterday so look out for it. Have you had any problems with your Asda orders since they changed the site? Yesterday I got an email saying I had missed my recurring slot for tomorrow. When I checked it showed I had an order placed and paid for. This morning I got a text confirming delivery tomorrow???

Mandy I read the bumble bees are supposed to be the only insects that are heavy enough to open the Snapdragon flowers to pollinate them, so I wanted to save him if I could. I've put some on flowers before and watched them drink the nectar and revive, but this one was too weak to stand properly. Well the ceiling is 90% dry already and looks good so it should be painted and finished in there this week now. It doesn't look as if it will need any sanding so I've changed the bed and washed the bedding.

I bet you were glad of a better night's sleep AnnG but it might be worth seeing your GP if it's happening more now. You aren't on statins are you as they can cause muscle aches. Yes our Lavender needs cutting back too now it's going brown and very straggly.

I'm glad you seem to be on the mend Vera and feeling a bit better. Don't do too much today, enjoy a rest. I don't know how you and AnnG do so much and go out so much as well. Mind you I was watching Alan Titchmarsh interviewing Thelma Barlow (Hilda Ogden in Corrie years ago) before I got up this morning. She was so animated and lively, looked smart and still works and is aged 95!!