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General => The Shed => Topic started by: Hyacinth on December 25, 2003, 12:29:34
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How was it for you?
Here's mine...Christmas Eve morning, with all the shopping for Christmas, through to the New Year done, I had delivered (from a friend who has an organic smallholding in Glos. & who was taking produce to the B'Ham markets)...
large wooden crate containing swedes, turnips, parsnips, carrots, cauliflower, beets, savoy cabbage, a carrier-bag of spinach, leeks and spring onions, all piled on a sea of sprouts and topped by a bouquet of parsley.
A crate of fruit - 4 kinds of apples; Granny Smiths, Cox's, Royal Gala and Golden Delicious, large Jaffa oranges, pears, grapefruit, lemons, a dozen or so bananas, black grapes, white grapes and millions of mandarins, all wrapped in sellophane & topped with a huge bow.
And a duck (thankfully dead, and prepared!)
Peeps, it was Christmas Eve and my kitchen resembled Harvest Festival.
Woke up this morning hoping that this was an alcohol-induced nightmare - but it's all still there :o :-[ ;D - Lish
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I got 2 new steam irons and I'm not even ambidextrous.Wonder if I will be able to iron twice as fast.
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Happy Christmas, Did very well this morning. A new lady fork and spade, a walkman, some gardening books, lovely vase, poetry book of Robert Frost, the Broons book (love them), lots of chocolate. New pen, scented writing paper. Some French goats cheese ??? ???. Have had a couple of disasters from my husband in previous years, A hotwater bottle, fake fur inner coatliner, thick winciette nightie (hideous). A friend of ours got a wallpaper pasting table one year from an Aunt, and my brother once bought our Aunt a Toilet Brush for Christmas. Have yet to open Childrens and some Relatives presents, do those after Lunch. So far having a wonderful time. I bought my husband a digital video camera, So I expect lots of footage of the allotment in the New Year.
All my love to anyone alone, sending lots of warmth and good thoughts to you. Having a Games Night on the 27th, (Balderdash, Taboo etc.), wish you all could come.
LOL :D Busy_lizzie
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Hi everyone looking in today !!
Still waiting to unwrap most of mine as not ready yet! But the main one from the family three daughters and two sons, was a large put-together hamper containing loads of goodies like champagne, ginger, large tin shortbread, lobster, salmon in small pots,Brandy fruit truffle cakes, belgian choc collection box, mulled wine conserve, mandarins in syrup with orange liqueur, stawberry & champagne conserve, biscuits and two jars different olives, black cherries in syrup with kirsch, etc. Will last ages I think, but very pleased rather than overwhelmed and certainly not over the top for me!!
To Lish, blimey what a load enough fruit and veg to last the year I reckon, or you`ll have to share with the neighbours..... what a present or is it a farm ??
Love and best wishes for today
Bob :P
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Yo peeps
unwanted or didnt get????
didnt get yamaha keyboard
did get the most unusual experience though.... but itz crimbo so wont go there....
also had some warmth and love...wtf want that? :) sory peeps just me....
unwanted pressie Lish.... gluttony.... saw it so big today cant eat.... so the turky died for sweet nothing? god I would hae loved to have gone out into my garden.....and pull the crimbo dinner from the earth, only taking what iz needed..
oZzY but quite dashing in his new personage.... first name is ciaran but peeps thinks I act like ozzy ozbourne.. I dont see it ad memates and family are total lunatics.... now if they called me jean luc... could understad that mahn..make it so but just make it mahn ::)
oooooh or Captain Janeway :););)
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hey BB (1)...(my feathered friend? ;D) - obv. to me that your 'real' friends don't know you like your cyber-ones do? So hot'n steamy were your posts at the party they certainly ironed out the creases in my PC ;)
Drastic presents call for drastic measures, so tomorrow afternoon I'm off-loading most of the goodies, and spending a couple of hours, in...
a Nunnery ??? :o :P
so when I come back, want a bit more respect from you Young 'Uns than I've hitertofore had....right? ;D ;D Lish
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btw...notice how I'm restricting the use of the letter 'huh'? That's for the teetotallers amongst you - Lish
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Yo 'Liska
Venerable old penshioner widder woman
You bin overdosing on them ol' vodka jelly cubes or wot?
Or so excited thought of your toy boy waiting in Phucket? Blimey, better pack the extra strong support hose - you gonna need it girl - if you acquire my drift .....
At your age gravity becomes a dangerous subject ;D ;D
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Not going to strange-and-slightly-rude sounding place, Suze,
Going to Krungthepmahanakhonbowonrattanakosinmahintaraayutthayamahadilokpopnopparatratchathaniburiromudomratchaniwetmahasathanamonpimanavatansathirsakkathatityavisnukamprasit
Bangkok to you ;D ;D ;D
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Well honestly,
The older generation. No manners. And their language :o :o :o :o
Bangkok indeedy ::) ::) ::)
Thinks you need a cold shower young lady and lay off those jellies ....... ;) ;)
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Swop ya a box of Fruit and Vege for a Steam Iron Alishka???????????????????????
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Best pressie:- signed copy of Christopher Lloyds' "Colour for adventurous Gardeners"
Worst pressie:- socks and make-up brushes.
Hope you have a wonderful time away Lish, remember don't drink any water!
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Stick to the Tiger Beer.
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Hello all.
Hope you had a good day yesterday.
Presents, hmm, yes. Good, got what I wanted and was better than I thought it was going to be.
Let me explain. I know it takes the surprise out of things, but I always provide family and friends with Ideas of what I'd like for christmas (and Birthday of course - the two for me are intertwined), so whilst i know roughly what I am getting, at least its things I want. Most of the time. There have been exceptions.
Best of the gifts this year was the book charting the history of Gardeners World (Gardeners World Through the years by Gay Search). I had seen it previewed ina magazine and liked the look of it, and put in a request for it. Wasnt entirely sure i'd get it, but was pleased to find I had. Proved to be better than I'd thought. A very interesting book. A must for fans of the programme.
Rest of the day was not perhaps as good as it could have been ,but I wont go there now.
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Oh BB
steam irons?????? throw them though the window.... have never brought an electrical appliance as a pressie never... battery operated one yes ys yes..oh yes :)
I got sum acupucture appointments for this satters...
dont want give up smoking now though :)
anyone here who has any pain can only reccomend acupuncture
since feb this year..wife sciatica.... in pain all tis time ..docs do zilch..tried chiropractors and physio ..no good.... paid 220 bucks for acu and twa nee massages and wife feels great and can now run, but not far enough... realyis something in it..oh and the stinks but only have to takeit for a week...
maybe I will use the preview button next year and see just wha I iz bablin about, but hey I iz such a gewd sproooooler and dead well punctuated..dont realy see the need..
oh BB I can Iron, can eeven ironladies blouse and have ironed mofo of a pleated skirt many a time... and I can go intoshops and buy fem hygine products no problem... but there was a time when I had to buy a bra.. shedidn't want a expensiveone. a cheap one... just couldn't do that.. so asked assitant to get me cheap and oh so plain bra.... £7.00...
bable/jibber alert
need sum strawberies with lots and lots of thick cream...yummy
ciaozzy
I know its an edit but it is the "tea" that stinks..couuld have stuck wordy in right place..but thats so common ::) Much beter to corect dow here>>>> so its the herbal teas that stink and taste yuckY
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Yo Oz1 Gave us a good laugh if nowt else.I had requested an iron but like i told them 1 would have done.I've had all the pressing jokes so I won't go there.
Lots of hugs and kisses received yesterday from my youngest Grandson who told me he is having a new baby at their house so that is the most wonderful presant of all.
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Many congrats bb, in our world Grandmas are gold!
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Forgot to say Oz about the giving up smoking.Give it a whirl mahn give it a whirl.I stopped 18 months since and can't tell you the difference it makes especially to your pocket.I never knew that I walked around smelling of smoke all the time.Coughing and spluttering about .Do give it a try i'm sure that if i can so can you 'cos i had been smoking a lot longer than you believe me.
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The Alan Carr book's a must for anyone who wants to give up? 'bout 12.99 with a couple of CDs thrown in - thing is, Oz, any attempt is doomed to failure if yer funny fags contain nicotine.bad habit, nicotine - more addictive than the other stuff. Pleased you're off the Zyban, tho. - Lish
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oooh look! memo to myself and New Years Resolution No1... ;D
Must remember to write 'cigarettes'...'must remember to write 'cigarettes'...must remember to write 'cigarettes'...
Ain't this cyber-censorship a pregnant dog ?
;D ;D ;D
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Oh! what fun...would just LOVE to spend the afternoon writing 'rude' words & seeing how they're translated, but you know how it is...
Nuns to visit, rude root veggies to deliver ;D ;D - Lishka
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Yo BB
mahn cant believe you actually ASKED for an iron for crimbo...lol
just betwen you andme but this valentines day runour has it thathey are producing sum... hold steady now girl ;) oven gloves wiv cute lil red heart on them.... put you down for 3 pairs ? LOL
God reading that has made me feel dead luckY I got bu**ger all for crimbo... okay acu tommorow.... but itz my bread ayway.. swear it if wife had brought me a drill or something I would go ape..... like in junglebook a dooopdeeep doobie dee do
oZzY %)
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Now ya talking Oz my dead favourite Jungle Book ............Want ta be like you oooh Want ta talk like you walk like you oooooh ooooooh be doooooooooh.Dear oh dear you know what the song for today is now!!!!!!!!!!!
Oven gloves for Valentines day I can't wait.!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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well at 12 oclocky to day it is my acupuncture appontment...
50 carots sez it wont work? and to cover me bet 50 carrots and a turnip sez it will...
yo Lish have alan carr books and tapes plus paul mckena video which is allright but didnt work... but god trip paul
anyone like litle brittain (comedy series)
and the office was a scream so funny
laterz
oZ
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Oz , hope it works, if it does I off to to the local acu person!
My quit date is 6th Jan, (kids back at school, festivities over etc.) I wos just gonna sit here at my computer day after day cos I don't smoke upstairs! I am going to try the patches, and see how it goes.........................anyone care to join, we could start a quit smoking day!! DP
(PS: Sister did hypnosis.came out and immediately lit up a cig!)
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Yo Doris
Definately works and also body feels somehow balanced and no withdrawals whasoever.... also when get acued I loved it.. lying there involved with the ancient and the new at the same time.... and I was in there a good hour maybe more... time just did not matter... and the twanee massage.... dead nice....
laughed so much when suction caps were placed on back .... cuz you cant seee what happening
and you do think "wotz going on?" but just give in to it ad enjoy....
Lish have a vaporiser which is much healtier way.....
Still not wanting a ciggie, which is dead coool, have so long wanted to stop b4 health suffers... now I have done it and alan carr is also good read cuz its just so true..
anyway have to see about vol work at local project..
go for it doris and we will be shouting out our support for you....
oZzY
xxx
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Pressie heaven! I got a smoothie maker - tis fab! I've been mushing up fruit and veggies all week - hours of fun, but decided celery n tomatoe juice with chilli is not what it's cracked up to be - just turns into stringy mush - bleurgh...
Most unexpected pressie was chocolate potatoes from Tenuse. Look like tattys, come in a sack, taste like chocolate...joy!
They do other chocolate veggies too...bizarre!
http://www.sweetmasters.com/images/veg.jpg