Author Topic: General Chitter Chatter & His Sidekick Captain Claptrap! (Read 65875 times)

manicscousers · « **Reply #60 on:** February 25, 2007, 16:55:43 »

that's it for the sweet peas, some pots will go in with the beans, in a corner..the rest will be sold at the plant day we've got coming up ;D

bunjies · « **Reply #61 on:** February 25, 2007, 17:29:32 »

Quote from: tabbycat on February 25, 2007, 15:33:25

Quote from: bunjies on February 24, 2007, 16:09:55
my blokes mates just came round an asked him if he wanted to go power kiting.

in my delirium I read this as "power knitting" ::).... puts a whole new slant on what your OH and his mates do on their days off Bunjies. ;D

Am now sitting here crying with laughter at the scene in my head - especially you knitting away in your riggers - those knitting needles can be really sharp!

(Don't mind me - I'm not well ::))

Tabby

theothermarg · « **Reply #62 on:** February 25, 2007, 22:39:51 »

Today I had my whole family round, 2 sons,1 daughter and 4 grandaughters all together for the last for a while because my youngest son has just got his visa and is going to the USA to marry his dreamgirl. he can,t come back util he gets his greencard and when they do I shall meet my daughter in law for the first time
we are a family that will never be well off but perhaps one day OH and I might
manage visit they will marry in Los Vagus and live in LA just over the hill that the big hollywoon sign is on
margaret

manicscousers · « **Reply #63 on:** February 26, 2007, 12:06:15 »

hope your dream comes true, marge, we went to see our daughter get married in las vegas, we're not well off but had a windfall at the right time, you'll never forget the place and the ceremonies, if you go to the right place are wonderful..lots cheaper than uk and a holiday in to the bargain ;D

Trixiebelle · « **Reply #64 on:** February 26, 2007, 16:05:56 »

OOOOOHHHH ... LAS VEGAS ;D

I'd love to go there but my bank manager would have something to say about it. 24hr casinos + no will-power etc. ::)

Had a visit from Ahmed today and he 'confessed' something to me that he has never told anyone for 71yrs (apart from his doctor - 71yrs ago)

He watched Alfie get the eggs out of the chicken shed and launched into an elaborate tale about when he was 4yrs old in Pakistan. Apparently he was ADDICTED to eating raw eggs and buffalo milk butter.

He used to eat 12 raw eggs a day and approx: 2lbs of buffalo milk butter for 6 months - nothing else! He nicked the eggs out of the chicken shed (his Nana couldn't understand why the hens weren't laying as much as usual) and the buffalo milk butter out of his Nana's kitchen when no-one was looking.

After 6 months of this artery-hardening, stomach-churning diet he ended up at the doctors - 'very sick'! No b***dy wonder :o

But Ahmed, being Ahmed, justified it by saying "I was very very healthy on this diet. But I was also sick"

The doctor asked him what he had been eating and he 'confessed' and asked the doc not to tell Nana because he would get into trouble. The doc grassed him up though and Nana put a lock on the chicken-shed and kept a strict watch over the buffalo milk butter ;D

HILARIOUS ;D I wouldn't swap allotment life for ANYTHING ;D

Marymary · « **Reply #65 on:** February 26, 2007, 18:16:57 »

Lovely story Trixiebelle, but just goes to show he has lived many years since despite his early bad start nutritionally. :)

Trixiebelle · « **Reply #66 on:** February 26, 2007, 18:22:36 »

He had a heart attack a couple of years ago Mary! I told him it must have been to do with his junior diet!

He denied it ... of course ;D

Emagggie · « **Reply #67 on:** February 26, 2007, 22:06:54 »

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Ahhhh for Ahmed.

Trixiebelle · « **Reply #68 on:** February 27, 2007, 17:32:03 »

Rainy day in Nottingham so I resorted to 'shed-work' (sitting in the shed and drinking tea) and planting in the greenhouse.

Ahmed had a few words to say about my planting techniques: As follows:

"YOU'RE DOING IT ALL WRONG!"

Fair enough. I'm an amateur! But when he told me I didn't need labels on the seed trays because I should KNOW what they are, I lost my temper.

"I CAN'T SEE INTO THE SOIL, I AM NOT PSYCHIC, I NEED A LABEL!"

Ahmed's response:

"I know exactly what's in my seed trays without a label"

I give up ::)

lorna · « **Reply #69 on:** February 27, 2007, 17:49:49 »

Trixie.. be careful about losing your temper, Ahmed might get his own back and change all your labels round :o :o

Trixiebelle · « **Reply #70 on:** February 27, 2007, 17:52:59 »

No he won't Lorna! He's banned from the greenhouse ;D

manicscousers · « **Reply #71 on:** February 27, 2007, 20:12:52 »

bad day, trixie ? :-\

cheer up, son be tomorrow ;D

lorna · « **Reply #72 on:** February 27, 2007, 21:34:16 »

;D ;D

Emagggie · « **Reply #73 on:** February 27, 2007, 21:42:01 »

That was your golden opportunity to get him to do it all while you stood watching and drinking more tea and 'learning' ::) (Then you sneak in and label up what you can remember)

mc55 · « **Reply #74 on:** February 28, 2007, 00:26:45 »

Got a new boss 3-4 weeks ago, old boss de-moted but still there. New boss going to be based in USA, so stressing as to whether my job will 'exist'. New boss flew in to make announcement to all employees and the next day I was struck down with flu-type virus which kept me off work. Great. New boss goes back to USA, I go back to work. Couple of days later get appendicitis !! Old boss sent message to hospital - 'did I think I'd be back on Monday?' !!!

Out of hospital and OH & mother fighting to look after me - mother PO as she lost (I'll suffer later) - but she has lupus and dad due to have heart surgery next month, so they are barely well enough to look after themselves.

2 weeks on and doc has signed me off for another 2 weeks (and will happily sign me off for 6 weeks in total apparently). New boss sent e-mail - 'has he tipped me over edge' ....

... am bored, very bored. Can't lift, not allowed to go to lottie ... NO seeds sown. OH got me some compost today so may be able to negotiate a visit later this week.

OH's sister started hemo-dialysis (spelling ?) last week. She lives in London and has to go every other day for 3-4 hours. She can't go anywhere unless she can find someone to swap with at the local hospital. She is on the transplant waiting list for a kidney.

Not a great year so far.

theothermarg · « **Reply #75 on:** February 28, 2007, 13:42:31 »

Isn,t itpants when every thing goes wrong one thing after another? then you begin to see that light at the end of the tunnel and before you know it you will be able to look back and think I got through that and feel proud and remember if it doesn,t kill you it will make you stronger
margaret :-*

Trixiebelle · « **Reply #76 on:** February 28, 2007, 16:16:57 »

Sorry you''ve had a nuts time so far this year Mc :-[ But there are a lot of seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months left for it to improve :)

manicscousers · « **Reply #77 on:** February 28, 2007, 17:23:24 »

commiserations ? (spelling,) on your year so far, mc..lots of time for it to cheer up, our 2006 started like that but improved after the first two months, 1st March tomorrow, time for a change..everything crossed for you :)

Trixiebelle · « **Reply #78 on:** March 02, 2007, 14:57:47 »

WOOHOO! One of my allotment neighbours has given me a complete market stall today, including a canopy ;D Don't know what I'm going to do with it yet but I never look a gift horse in the mouth!

Sowed some of Sprouty's squash seeds today and shed a little tear :'(

cambourne7 · « **Reply #79 on:** March 02, 2007, 15:00:15 »

wow

post a photo i am sure you can get some ideas :-)

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