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Title: Manure as a present?
Post by: kippers garden on October 20, 2006, 18:34:39

I was 40 last weekend and all my family and friends kept asking what i wanted for my birthday. My hubby kept telling them i wanted practical things ie slabs for my allotment.... But the thing i told everyone i wanted most was bags of manure (as my allotment can not have a big load delivered as my plot is not accessable from the road and it is impossible to dump on the road and move quick enough).

I received jewelry and smellies which is very nice (though i hardly wear jewelry and ive eczema so i can't use smellies) ....but nothing practical and definitely no manure!

I wonder how many other ladies out there would prefer practical things for there birthdays?

P.s my hubby bought me some boots that i desperately need for work...what a love!

Title: Re: Manure as a present?
Post by: caroline7758 on October 20, 2006, 19:52:52

I got some manure from my husband as a mother's day present- I was really pleased!

Title: Re: Manure as a present?
Post by: wahaj on October 20, 2006, 20:11:57

i wish that was the case too. My dad buys me some useless crap sometimes and i always end up thinking if he'd saved that fiver and bought me a bag of daffs.

Title: Re: Manure as a present?
Post by: clondalkingardener on October 20, 2006, 20:16:57

I always like getting useful presents ;D I have gotten a Wheel Barrow an Electric hedge clippers GC vouchers Garden furniture cover. It is so nice when people buy you nice useful presents isn't it 8) ;D 8) ;D :D

Title: Re: Manure as a present?
Post by: manicscousers on October 20, 2006, 20:40:45

we got a load of weed control, a saw and a ladybird box last year, we have a wish list system so at least we get some things we want :D

Title: Re: Manure as a present?
Post by: Roy Bham UK on October 20, 2006, 20:42:13

;D I bought my wife a steam iron, she never spoke to me for a week :( how unappreciative can you get ??? ;D

Title: Re: Manure as a present?
Post by: wahaj on October 20, 2006, 22:34:45

Quote from: Roy Bham UK on October 20, 2006, 20:42:13
;D I bought my wife a steam iron, she never spoke to me for a week :( how unappreciative can you get ??? ;D

aww...you should have gotten her "how to be a good wife" for dummies instead. :o

Title: Re: Manure as a present?
Post by: artichoke on October 21, 2006, 08:54:16

My 50th birthday present was 50 slabs for the garden, from husband, by request, and I was delighted.

Over the years since he has given me a petrol strimmer, hoe, new spade and fork, all sorts of really nice things that I use all the time.

Hadn't thought of asking for manure......but it's a good idea.

Title: Re: Manure as a present?
Post by: gary on October 21, 2006, 18:11:37

My girlfriend said that she would buy me a shed today for Christmas if that's what I want (means she cannot think of anything else and I was looking at them at the time) but nice thought any way.

Gary

Title: Re: Manure as a present?
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on October 21, 2006, 18:35:04

I wish Namissa would go for practical things like that. Being a fairly traditional Madingo, all she ever wants is yellow metal. I think I've finally got her trained to buy me book tokens not clothes though.

Title: Re: Manure as a present?
Post by: Emagggie on October 23, 2006, 00:23:46

I had a ton of manure for Mothers day this year too from the daughters,and they barrowed it from the gate to my plot. For my birthday I had an incinerator this month.Brilliant ;D

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