General Chitter Chatter & His Sidekick Captain Claptrap!

[theothermarg]

OH got me some more compost 3 bags so i,v been sowing MORE seeds
marg

[theothermarg]

[lorna]

Hi Everyone. Glorious day. RE Grandchildren my 8 range from 5year old to 21year old. When you hear a big hooray/woopee from this part of the world you will know my first Great Grandchild has arrived :) due 18th.. not long to go.
Lorna.

[theothermarg]

went to lotty this morning to do a few jobs when OH saw someone with a rotavater looking strange thought he had hurt himself with it but it turned out he,d had a heart attack fortunatley there were 2 retired nurses there who worked on him till a ambulance came it seems they had managed to get a pulse going we are all hoping he is well. it felt funny how we had witnessed a struggle between life and death and yet every thing seemed so normal OH decided not to do any digging today and we returned home thinking what a wonderful thing those women had done
marg

[lorna]

Do hope the man is going on OK. How fortunate that there were experienced people there. What a great job they do, even when they are retired.
I have had a few slight problems lately and our surgery Sister is so thorough it is unbelievable, she is now sending me for various tests and I have so much confidence in her,

[Trixiebelle]

Marg  :(

Glad the nurses were there to help.

I'm on tenterhooks all the while because my FIL and Ahmed, my neighbour, have both had heart attacks over the last 2 years :(

Luckily, the St. John's Ambulance Brigade have taken over the site opposite our lotties and I've been swapping phone numbers and putting notices up etc.

I've been trying to get them both to switch on their mobile phones but to no avail  ::)

Maybe I'm worrying too much?

Trixie X

[manicscousers]

you're worrying too much, trixie, but it's hard to stop, isn't it,

well, I've seen the first scan photos of the new grand-babe, little fingers, spine, even it's profile, it wouldn't stop moving around and it was drinking!!, we have to wait 4 more weeks to see which one we're getting but we know it's all o.k..my daughter can calm down now and start 'enjoying' being pregnant ...I'm sooooo excited  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[Trixiebelle]

Lovely news Manic  :)

[manicscousers]

didn't quite know where to put this so I'll put it here
does anyone know where I can get more gel bra strap supports, I've got 1 left from kleeneeze
I have my comfy ones but, every now and then I like to wear something pretty
the problem is the strap hurts my shoulder and i have to slip it off my shoulder
the gel support stops it hurting, the guy who does the kleeneeze catalogue hasn't been for 6 months and I can't find them on the internet..help, please   :)

[Carol]

I have the Kleeneeze man round every month, he is due soon.  Do you want me to look for you, order one and send it on.  Be no probs. 

;) ;)

[Trixiebelle]

I've got the opposite problem Manics. My shoulders are too 'slopey' and no matter how tight I do the straps up they're always round my elbows  ::) Fortunately the garment in question doesn't have an AWFUL lot of work to do in terms of hoisting up ... if you know what I mean!

I had a LOVELY surprise this morning. 2 lingonberry bushes arrived from Marshalls  ;D And apparently 10 globe artichoke plants and 10 parsley plants will be following shortly. No idea how that happened  ::)

[Grandma]

Maybe Marshalls have got wind of you and are just trying to get into your good books BEFORE you're famous, Trixiebelle  ;) ;) ;)

[Trixiebelle]

Nice thought Grandma  ;D But I think it woz the Chardonnay wot diddit  ;D

[manicscousers]

I have the Kleeneeze man round every month, he is due soon.  Do you want me to look for you, order one and send it on.  Be no probs. 

;) ;)

had a look on their web site, they've only got fabric ones on, can you look to see if they've got gel ones when he comes and let me know and I'll sort something out, thanks lots, mal

[theothermarg]

just had kleeneze come through the door. they appear to have only the following
a pack of 2 washable nylon soft padded bra strap cushions   they are £200  reduced from £3 don,t mind ordering them for you but they sound like the wrong ones looked through and i can,t find anything else
marg

[manicscousers]

thanks, marg..I've got some of them, they're not as good as the gel ones..I'll carry on looking  :)

[Trixiebelle]

I wish you well in your quest Manics  ;D

Today has seen the usual, annual 'Trixiebelle has planted her sweetcorn' debate between Jack, Dario and Ahmed.

The 1st year I planted sweetcorn: "Too close together, it'll never grow" was the general consensus. It grew fantastically well.

The 2nd year I planted sweetcorn: "Not close enough together, it'll never grow" It grew fantastically well.

THIS YEAR! I boxed clever ... 20 plants close together, 20 plants further apart.

And then the great SPACING debate began again this afternoon! COME ON IN BOYS ... LET'S SEE WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY!

AHMED: "They're too close together"
JACK: "They're too far apart"
DARIO: "The ones in the middle are ok but the other's aren't"
AHMED: "I think they'll do well"
JACK: "I think the ones on the outside will be all right"
DARIO: "I think they'll do well"
AHMED: "Some are close together .."
JACK: "Some are far apart .."
DARIO: "I don't think they'll do very well"

Having bamboozled them with the great 'spacing' debate they turned their attentions towards the benefits of soaking seeds before planting them and how I could have POSSIBLY done everything wrong by soaking them/not soaking them.

So I told them ...

"Every 3rd sweetcorn plant in the nearest spacing has been soaked prior to planting and every 4th one along in the furthest spacing hasn't. Every plant in an 'odd' row (i.e. labelled 1,3,5,7 etc) has been watered in and every plant in an even row (i.e. 2,4,6,8 etc) has been deprived of oxygen, light and water for 100 days. I'm experimenting."

That shut 'em up! And I'm not even that KEEN on sweetcorn  ::)

I had to give them their hour of glory though and admitted that I was going to plant a couple of courgette plants in-between the sweetcorn because they make ideal companion plants etc .... They laughed heartily, shook their heads and went their separate ways.

[manicscousers]

you must brighten their lives up, trixie, I think you do it on purpose to give them an interest,
boiler men still here, since 9.30 this morning, just got the water tirned on, no heat or hot water yet.. I'm worried about going to look, it sounds like they're knocking alls down  ;D
..had a lovely rest, well, done a bit of the dreaded housework, changed the bed..took the electric blanket off, look out for cold weather now  ;D
have to go close the poly doors after, no idea what we're having for tea, maybe a jacket spud, we had some of our poached pears for 3ses so we're not so bad for now

oh, oh, just heard 'where's my wood chisel'..they're in the garage, fitting the boiler to an outside wall, what do they want a wood chisel for ?

[cornykev]

Off to the lottie in a minute, still no rain to speak of, must water onions,carrots, parsnips, cabbages and peas.  ;D ;D ;D

[theothermarg]

i must be the only purple plastered female bricklayers assistant in england ( please tell if there is another) OH was laying bricks above our garage door as he has replaced the lintle cuz the old one was cracked, i was cracking by the time it was done!! my duties as a gofer were to hand things up but was so tired i slept all evening and all night  the beforementioned cast is due to come off next tuesday
and i am a bit scared about how it will be as it still hurts when i overdo things i think when they see it they will say it looks like you,v been spud planting or hod carrying :-[ o well i,ll cross every thing i have 2 of exept my legs of course, by the way got a pic of my son getting hiched in LV he wore makeup and the brides hairdo is bald with a tall spiky mohican but he is happy marg

[manicscousers]

souns very original, marg..as you say, as long as they're happy  :)