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General => The Shed => Topic started by: daveandtara on August 11, 2005, 00:58:50
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is it my imagination or are things really quiet on here?
where's emma jane? this place needs livening up,
quick lottie, say something funny ;D
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Think that it is a combination of the nice weather and the school hols Tara. Everyone is sooooooooooo busy. 'Cept us oldies with no kids at home. ;)
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hOLIDAY SEASON AND SCHOOL HOLIDAYS ARE PROBABLY WHY.
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Yes, I am disappearing for two weeks come the weekend as well . . . :D
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;D ;D ;D ;D
Well I have noticed Emma J has disappeared, without a word as well. :( :( :(
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Tara I thought it seemed a bit quiet. Couldn't sleep last night and came on here at 4am nobody was about LOL.(Dog was snoring her head off)..Probably as others have said... school holidays etc.
MIMI If you are classing yourself as "an oldie" what terminology will describe me :'( Happy gardening to all. Lorna.
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A bit quiet :) I was in bed before 9.00 pm. Went to make the bed - our Russ was already up there fast asleep in his basket. When bed made thought I'd rest my eyes. My old man woke me up about 9.15 pmphoning me from the footy match asking if I wantedpicking up to go to the pub. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz "No!zzzzzzzzzz
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Had to be up with the larks again worse luck :(
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I'm off on holiday as well next week so have been catching up with everything else. Havenlt even thought about packing anything yet cos their has been more important things to do like arranging willing harvesters! The thought of coming back to about 20 marrows and 6 foot long stringy beans.....ooh eck.
Iain
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I wouldn't bother packing. All you need is a corkscrew with a bottle opener on the other end ;D
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Sorry!! Yes it has been quiet!! I have 4 cherubs at home at min, plus loads of work on, which is nice but knackering!! In process of clearing area for polytunnel ( Dad won't lend me his scythe ??? ??? ???), the start of my multi-million pound business empire, Dibber gone :'(, Derek going :'(, Icy off :'(, too depressed to be funny, and I think Georgie has lost my care sheet.......... ;D, paper bag got hole in it........Bob gone again.........found spot of rust on JCB.....sigh Lottie ;D ;D ;D
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If dad won't lend you his scythe you'll not have to let him have any of your shares when they're floated on the stock exchange ;D
If you buy a scythe it'll be deductable from your tax as a business expense. Go on, get one ;D
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Oooo Wardy!! Do you think I should? I do get a buzz when buying a new tool, sad eh? Can just see me in overalls wielding a scythe!!!! Helmet probably wise.....and armour I think.. :-\ Mmm may need to dash to Tool shop!! Bye!!!!!!! Lottie ;D
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Sounds good to me Lottie, just warn me beforehand so I can stand well back . . . :D
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U P, It dosen`t say much for us if you are depressed because some peeps have gone away, you can always post a message and some of us will answer. ;D
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Aww Rosebud!! Only joking!! Would love to have chat/post/glass of wine with you. Wonderful thing about A4A, nice big family, Can't wait for Christmas..... :o :o :o Lottie ;D
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definately tax deductible lottie and what's more, FUN ;D
might even run you up a black cape to terrify late paying customers with!
have you ever read terry Pratchet?
in one of his books 'Death' (in black cape and with scythe) got hold of some large farming equipment.
quite sure that lottie + cape and scythe on a JCB will be just as effective :-\
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Not sure whether to be pleased or insulted!!!! ;) Will go for pleased, been known as evil too, so what's a resemblance to death amongst friends!! And, strange you should mention it, my 10 yr old has an old batman cape........ :o :o :o Lottie ;D
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in terry pratchet's discworld series, Death is a fantastic character, always gatecrashing fancy dress parties and he rides a harley (which really upsets his horse ) and loves pickled onions on cocktail sticks.
you'd love him ;D
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;D ;D ;D ;D
Well I have noticed Emma J has disappeared, without a word as well. :( :( :(
;) Wise Emma :) Much better to slip away unnoticed, especially if you tend to pass your addy's around :D Get my drift ???
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So true Roy, lot of queer folk out there. Now when are you going on holiday?
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;D Tomorrow ;D
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Don't talk to me about holidays. I am not going away til october and that is cub camp - hardly a relaxing time to soak up the sun. So I am afraid you are stuck with me for the time being.
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good! ;D ;D ;D
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I'm not going away either :( I've not been on holiday for ages :'(
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Me either...... Need to polish my harley ( ::)) and sharpen my scythe, sort out fancy dress clothes...... Actually have a 40th party coming up, not mine yet :-\, theme is black and white, anyone have any good ideas? And not a skunk, thank you.... Lottie ;D
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got to be cruella deville.
Dave
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LOL!! Brilliant idea!! Don't know if JCB right vehicle though..... :-\Lottie ;D
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Just give it a paint job Lottie ! ! ! :o ha ha ha
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I am really considering the Death option, if you know what I mean, but a nice death with a white fluffy kitten or something, cardboard cut out scythe. What do you think? Scythe carrying/two-stepping/kitten hugging/happy Death thingy? Lottie ;D
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I did the Death thing many years ago for a New Years Party, just that, cardboard scythe on a long pole, large grey blanket and rope belt, drawn over my head (the blanket, not the belt), long cotton wool beard, my face whitened out with blackened eyes. My wife was 8 months pregnant and went as a nun. We had an absolute scream, everyone in the local pub seemed to be dressed up. Ah those happy memories ! ;D
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Go as a dice? Or my preference, a penguin?
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Sorry Lottie I can't think of anything much. I just keep thinking about a zebra carrying a bit of road ! I've resorted to dunking my chocolate into my cappacino. Always thought provoking that. :)
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A zebra with a bit of road....Mmmmm, dice? Grey blanket over my head..... :o Mmmmmm, blow it!! Pass us the chocolate and cappacino!! Would like to vaguely resemble a female if at all possible.....! :-\ Last time we went to a party, I went as James Bond ::), My OH went as Money Penny......think he enjoyed putting on the make-up a bit too much for my liking. ;) Lottie
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OK, assuming the nun is a bit boring, what about Lisa Minelli from Cabaret? Sorry not very good at this sort of thing! :-[
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Bit late to the thread but I am not going on holiday either - bit broke. Hoping to set up a week away in November half term - after my boat comes in.
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Hope your boat is really full Red Clanger!! Think mine sunk...!! Love the idea of Liza Minelli, could combine it with a Nun?!!! Thanks D! Lottie ;D
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Got knocked off my pushbike two years ago - broke both my wrists it was entirely the drivier's fault - hoping legal issues might be resolved early autumn.
I hope you manage to raise your boat from the bottom of the sea.
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You poor thing! Hope you win!! I'm sure I'll be able to raise my boat, if not will invest in submarine!! But same as you, no pennies for hols at min, haven't got a passport, nor has OH or kids, so would cost us the price of a holiday to get them!! Quite happy pootling though, especially having been listening to BA strike on radio! Lottie ;D
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Arrghhhh no, who mentioned passports ! ! ! Hyperventilating here now, arggghhh! Must relax . . . Calm ... tis ok . . . :)
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LOL! Sorry D!! Forgot your recent troubles, still, you're all set now, don't forget paper bags..... :-\ Lottie
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Thats ok Lottie, apology unnecessary. I am just still a bit twitchy, it will take a jug of sangria to sort that out I think. The passports are now well secured inside my personal bag, paper bags not needed, they give them out free on the ferry ! :D
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OOOO you lucky thing!! Free paper bags!! Grab me some D! :-\ ; Lottie ;D
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Too early to start celebrating yet but my not going on holiday again might be about to change. My OH who worked on a coalface for yonks and who has a history of lung problems (spontaneous pneumothorax) etc has heard today he might be getting a one off payment of £1400
It worries me me though as you have to say you'll never ever come back at the coal board and yet my son who is only 23 and never been near a pit has just had a spontaneous pneumorthorax and it's taken about a month for him to get to some kind of normality. So who's to say problems won't recur.
Anyway the upshot is we might have £1400 we might not have otherwise have had so we're thinking of going to Cornwall and the Scilly Isles. That is if we get the money any time soon :)
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fingers crossed :)
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Wardy. My fingers are also crossed and my toes (might have to uncross toes now and again as I keep getting cramp!!) Best wishes and GOOD LUCK Lorna.
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BYEEEEEEEEE I'm off today - tomorrow - whatever lol See you all in a week with tales of how well my lottie has been looked after! No not that lottie - my patch of earth lottie.
Talking of lottie look after her too - we're all leaving her with just Bob for company. oh and some otter..... lolol at responses but couldn't resist.
BYeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee {GG} Iain
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HAd to mention Bob didn't you..sob :'(... ;D Have a great time Icy, tis OK, have Ploytunnel to get on with and I hope, mates here, Rosebud???? ;D Jcb to polish, otter training to get on with...all sorts!!!! And swing (?) dancing to Glen Miller band at Blenheim tomorrow!!! Been practicing 2 step :-\ Lottie ;D
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Considering the weather :'( it is still very quiet on here. Oh well I have an appointment at Meadow Lane at 3pm.
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Enjoy yourself at Notts today :) It will be quiet here too as OH is going to Chesterfield match - again! Went Blackpool Saturday, then at home on Wednesday and now at home again. I never see him :) It's a local derby today - playing Rotherham. I was supposed to be at a barby this afto on the LOTTY and we've been planning it for over a week and now it's all off because of awful weather. We were going to be using all our produce too :'( So I'll be listening to the match on the radio but relaxing at home. Should be cleaning up my B & B after guests have left but I can't be bothered. I was up again at the crack of dawn cooking breakfast as my guests said they wanted full English so I have to be up an hour earlier than them to get me sausages on. They came to brekky at 8.30 and only wanted bacon and scrambled egg! I could have stayed in bed ;D
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rain reached us at 1.30pm today.. I had just finished removing a lot of ivy from garage side. boy was that a b.....er!! .I want to kill it off have got too much ivy round the garden and with the conifer hedge between me and Lorna I am finding it a little difficult to cope with all that trimming (in my old age).
Couple of kids went past on their cycles and looked at me in a most strange way, then I realized I had my sons spraying mask on probably thought funny old girl. :o
Last time I cleared ivy by pulling it away from the wall without a mask I had a job breathing.
Wardy sorry about your barby but hope you are making most of your rest.
Lorna.
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So much for my rest! The barby went ahead as planned! I didn't get the message til about 2.00 pm that it was still on,and it was starting at four, and not a thing prepared as I assumed it would be off. They are a "never say die" bunch and a downpour didn't deter them so they sent me off to the lotty to get red onions, cues, beans etc. I got absolutely drowned but no time to shower as veggie kebabs etc to prepare. For a laugh we made my old man a totally courgette kebab (he hates em) ;D We had a huge veggie spread (all lotty produced too) well, cept for sweetcorn which wasn't ready :( It cost me £1.85 per pack of two cobs :o AS all the "younger" folks ;) had grown the veg the elderly ladies in our group made the puddings. They were fab - all fruit jobs like rasp pavlovas etc. My niece had four different puds ;D Lovely time had by alll even though the rain lashed down :)
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I am so impressed Wardy! I love these 'never say die' events, they are so much fun and everyone remembers them afterwards. Not that I get involved in much myself, although I did do a couple of barbies for the technicians at work, during our summer break. Classed as team building . . .
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Our top lottie bloke is very happy. Every year he has tried to organise things and nobody has turned up. This year, as seems typical thorughout the country, he has had an influx of keen newbies (me included). Nowadays he organises a meeting and we turn up. So he has organised a lottie get together and veggy show which we are all looking forward to. He is having a much better year.
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That sounds promising RC. If you get a strong team of folks on the lotties you get more done. Our open day raised loads of dosh for the society - more than they've had for years. Are they happy though? Are they eck! ;D
Our lotty barbie (although not on the lotty as planned due to rain) was a right success and I've never seen so much veggie inspired food. I am a real pig but I can honestly say I only had one sausage and all the rest was veggie kebabs and salads etc. Had far too much to drink though and have been paying for it all day. I've had about 30 cups of tea ;D
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Sounds wonderful, Wardy. I'd love to get involved with something like that, but I have noone near my lottie for miles, it's on a piece of diused farmland!! Might throw myself a party, but worried I won't turn up!!! However on brighter note, have started bonfire construction for a big Guy fawkes party, like they used to have when I was a kid, miss those, hoping to get most of village there, by force if necessary!! Threaten them with a marrow...... Lottie ;D
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I was on my own on the plots yesterday for a couple of hours just pottering about with no-one but the birds for company :) Picked a whopper of a squash which will be tonight's tea - either curry or soup :)
I have one lotty neighbour who's great! She's away though and the chap on the next plot is a squatting rent dodger so if he comes he just throws a few ashes about and leaves very quicky :( On the other side is a bungalow with the most vicious dog in the world (ate his fellow guard dog so rumour has it). So that side of my lotty tends to get a bit neglected ;D
I've got to find some room for the brassica collection I've ordered. I've got a massive plot but it's mostly still black plastic with squashes romping all over it. I'm going to use the space where me spuds have been but couch is coming through thick and fast worse luck :(
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I am very lucky, but I l know no other person who grow there own veg, let alone has a lottie. Probably why I spend so much time on here!! OH likes eating them, kids like running around there, but the only knowledgeable local I know is my Dad, he was a farmer so we have very differing views!!! He knows how to grow 15 acres of spuds, but not quite the same, I feel!! My lottie freinds/advice/social veg bit is here....and in truth, I wouldn't have it any other way!!! Lottie ;D
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It's funny innit that some folk think your mad to grow veg. People have looked at me as if I'm an alien. "Oh we get ours from the supermarket" ;D
Fortunately my brother is lotty mad and I have made a real chum (bloke) through my lottying. We wouldn't have become mates if not for our plots and now we go out socially and find we have loads of things in common. I get on better with him than the old man ;D We are like kids though with our enthusiasm and he's had his lotty for years so I suppose he's passed that on to me. We swop and share stuff plus he's a great cook and always has some delicious morsels for me. His chilli stuffed pickled onions are fantastic ;D Our in bloom group are always messing about on the plots too so it's a real community with oldies, middle aged, young folks and kids. It's great and we love to get together to eat, drink and be merry. Any excuse to celebrate is seized on. We have a couple of farmers on here who grow wheat and cabbages and the acres of cabbage provide food for all the caterpillars. Keeps em away from ours so we co-exist happily :)
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I have a little stall outside the house where I sell excess if I'm out of freezer space, the veg sell really quickly and peeps love the taste of it. Doesn't seem to occur to them to grow their own!!! I was surprised to learn that a neighbouring farmer has to spray every fortnight to keep blight of his spuds, didn't realize it was so regularly, so glad I grow my own. Would hate my future Great grand children to have 2 heads cos of all the chemicals ingested now... :-\ Lottie
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Dont panic guys if you think I should be on holiday !
I am just posting this via an internet cafe in Spain - how sad is that?
I am regarded the same way, ie a bit of a strange one for wanting to grow vegetables. Fortunately I couldnt care tuppence . . . :D
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how sad is that?
Very
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Dont panic guys if you think I should be on holiday !
I am just posting this via an internet cafe in Spain - how sad is that?
Stop rubbing it in you !
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I thought he'd be dancing on the tables in some doodah - full of sangria, rose in his teeth, doing a flamenco on his gee ta ;D