General Chat

Ann, I'm doing a few oven chips - this 'learning curve' is not good for the waistline :-0
It seems I wasn't pressing the on/off button after selecting function/temp/time - logical? why would I think to do that? I'm still not sure whether I press on/off after selecting all three or after each selection. Lost in translation? :-S

photos sent out.

Island that is a puzzle. I am struggling to think what you could have pressed to cause it to flash constantly. Is it refusing to do anything else when it is flashing? i.e. is it showing temperature/timing or is the flashing blocking that?

Good afternoon all, sorry I missed posting this morning I was out of the house at 0955 to catch the bus to town. I didn't need to go for anything special but I wanted to see the knife angel at Gloucester cathedral. The bus was packed, a lot of young men on it in groups I assume heading for the same lace as me.

Anyway I went straight there and it was busy but not too crowded so I was able to take photos. It is a fantastic piece of sculpture almost completely made with knives, But despite the beauty of the sculpture it is frightening and horrific in what it represents.

Morning Mel, Gwyn and all

Cold and frosty with icy pavement here. No need to go out so it's an indoor day for me. Bit of crafting I think :-D

Ann, I switched off to start again, it still just flashed. Strange how it worked for the first three times - fluke? I've scanned the booklet so that I can read it more easily. Google has an unhelpful habit of not giving answers appropriate to the questions sometimes :-|

A really bright morning here, no fog, but we did have a light overnight frost, which is disappearing fast in the sunshine.
A quiet day at home today trying to find more room in the kitchen.....

Son dropped off his blood pressure cuff yesterday, so that I can do daily readings and take them back to the nurse practitioner to review the week after next.
When the nurse took the reading on Monday, she at first said it was fine, then decided it was a little high hence the home readings. I am used to slight discomfort, when they take it with their automatic machines, these days, but she really hurt.
I now have to do 6 readings a day :-0, ...3 first thing in the morning, then 3 in the evening and record the lowest reading each time.
The downside is that I know each one is going to be uncomfortable, the plus is that I know the intense feeling is soon gone. It feels sort of bruised inside the arm since the nurse's reading, if that makes sense.
Hopefully the home readings will show that I can keep to the medication I already take.
We shall see.

Morning all,

Been up since 7.45am and turned on pc only to find I had a bid on an item I sold last week and it has been posted. I had to wait for a call from a man who helped me and talked me through some other points on how to rectify this if it happens again.

Sunny here after a very hard frost and it 0 degrees. The suns having a job burning of the frost this morning and my pond was a bit frozen so it must have been a hard one.

I am now going out to defrost the chickens water and feed them and the wild birds.

Island is it still flashing? Have you tried switching it off and on again at the plug. Or if it is still flashing is that both drawers? Have you tried holding the buttons 1 and2 or whichever one is flashing for two or three seconds. Normally it flashes for you to change something
Presumably for crispy veg the fries function would be best so touch that icon and see if that works. What veg were you trying to crisp? You could try shaking the veg in a bowl in a very small amount of oil.

My poly bag over the cooker was'nt done up so when I lifted it it only lifted one side but it was enough to get my hand under it to lift it out.

Shan't be using mine yet but my friend says he does smashing chips in his much better than oven chips.

Iv'e had Andrew and Terrie down here as its their dads funeral tomorrow and I am not going. Les lived in the cottage where I drive into my place. I always had a good chat to him when he went to the library in the village hall car park and popped in to see him now and then. His son told me he had a leccy bill for £1300 as he could'nt get down to get the logs and coal out of the store anymore. If I had known Jonathon next to him would have done it for him.

Yes Ann; Just looked in.
I've used it three times with degrees of success. Roast veg didn't crisp after 3 x 10 minutes so I'm not impressed with that - won't resort to big oven though.
Today the so and so thing is just flashing at me, what am I supposed to press to stop that after doing temperature and time - I didn't have this when I used it before and it determined that I'm cooking meat - how do I cancel that?
I looked online - Lakeland how to use - it isn't how to use it's all about them selling the product. Zilch about how to actually programme it.
The booklet is too small print to read. I'm not happy! What changed after my first three goes? :-S :-S :-S

I opened the lid on the outer box, then the lid on inner (product) box. took the 'egg box' out and used the poly bag to lift one end of the fryer to get it out. No problem! They will all be the same fit in the outer box.

Mine was completely jammed. I could have turned the box upside down and it wouldn't slide out. Have you got it completely out now Mel. I don't think it is that big. In fact it is not a lot larger than my singer drawer one. Which a friend had off me today.

Island are you looking in? How are you getting on with it? What have you cooked so far. (I know it won't be meat or fish).

No trouble getting it out of the first box as I undid the top folded the sides down and turned it over and it slid out but is'nt it HUGE.

Well I would have had to break the outer box up anyway so I just did it earlier than usual.
I can't remember if I said but the salmon teryaki I cooked last night was very nice.

My air frier has just arrived. I hope I don't have trouble getting out of the box like you did Anng. I'll let you know.

I did'nt get it. I only wanted one item in the bundle but it went up to £50 in the end!!!

Good morning all -2 here hard frost and freezing fog outside although the sun is shining. I slept quite well, woke twice then woke later than normal. Dressed now and a load of washing in.

I was just thinking, If my Mum had got up this late then had a load of washing to do it would not have been finished and on the line until lunch time. Our parents had to work so much harder than us.

Well done on the sewing machine Mandy, there seem to be some good bargains around.

I have a friend coming to look at my old airfryer this morning. It is as good as new But she can have it for £30. she is one of the people who takes me out. I know if I offered it for nothing she wouldn't take it so I set a low price (they are £100ish new) I need the space now though. It is in the conservatory.

Mel, hope you got the ebay bid.

Morning all,

Very frosty again and a little fog too but the suns shining aways it should soon lift the frost.

Gill I was thinking about your garden ,is there a hire place near you, could you hire one of those little mini diggers as your OH can drive I'msure he'd be able to use it ,our hire centre delivers them and shows you how to use them ,son use to use one when he was working with Colin ,I think Jewsons use to hire out equipment too ,if you had one over the weekend when the weathers better you'd probably get a lot cleared and levelled out.

Yesterday I was looking at our Benjamin foundation website and I spotted a sewing machine on there it is a Janome and was only 25 pound so we nipped out and had a look and I got it ,it needs a bit of a wipe over but all the feet are there with it and lots of other bits ,it's been tested by an electrician so should be OK, my other machine I bought from a car boot years ago so I thought I'd keep that one for the girls to use .

Mel hope you manage to win the thing on ebay your bidding on .

Mornig All,

Looks like its going to be a nice day again after a heavy frost again last night. Pc is saying 0 degrees and mostly cloudy but its just a bit misty at the mo.

I am bidding on something on ebay and it ends at the same time the shopping should arrive. He's only 3 stops away so I better get mysself together as I don't want to lose this item on ebay.

Hope you all slept well. I went out like a light last night.

Yes a rest will do you good Gill don’t over strain your back.

Mel do you know when your air frier will arrive

Island how are you getting on with the air frier.

I managed to cook teriyaki salmon in one drawer and reheated left over roast potatoes.in the other so getting used to two drawers.

Having come back from the post van this morning I realised I had'nt banked a cheque I was sent. I went into Holsworthy for chicken food so took it with me then and banked it in the post office there.

Had a quick look in the factory shop at their cotton long sleeved tops and they had a nice blue one but when I looked through they were all 10/12's I like these tops as I use them to sleep in and under shirts. The other colour they had was a sort of terracotta which I have one of and don't wear it much only inth esummer with my gongalongs.

Must see if I added my biscuits to my asda order as it comes tomorrow.

Your getting on well Gill I think you deserve a bit of a rest.