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Quote from: Trixiebelle on February 24, 2007, 16:19:48


Bunjies: What's power kiting?

its a kite which is basically a parachute, 4 sets of lines connected to 2 bars which are strapped to you wrists. they have to be strapped to your wrists so you dont let go!
it took me all of my strength to stay on the ground but i did get dragged. once you know what you are doing you can 'fly' for a fair way. it was great fun and i was shrieking with laughter ;D

Cor, wish I was a few years younger...........

well, I'd certainly be shrieking, don't know if it'd be laughter  ;D ;D :o :o

 >:( The heated propagator is still not working, despite a new fuse. I'll have to buy a new one. Anyone know how much they cost?

I went power kiting off the beach in Thailand - great fun it was 8)

Thanks DP and Emaggie. That will teach me to show off about my 4 day break :) Spent one night at Hemsby , Lorna phoned John and Alyson (without me knowing) to say she was worried about my breathing and "shaking". So the charge of the light brigade (Lorna and Alyson) arrived at midnight to bring me home. Kids realised I was rough (A..) I haven't been glued to A4A for over a week and  (B...) so short of breath my chat was down to zero. Nothing compared to our Sarah and family. I will be back to normal in a few more days.
Love Lorna.

Good to have you back Lorna. 

Dandilion, I bought a propagator from a garden centre for £19 recently, it's quite big - double the size of my previous one though no control just on or off.

Jeannine, Hope you have a better day tomorrow.  Some days it seems just safer to stay in bed.  :)

OOPS. I tell you my one cell must be damaged.. should have read John and Alyson for light brigade ;D

So glad you are feeling better Lorna :)
Well so much for my nice night in front of the TV...........there is b*gger all on worth watching............so we gels have bought ourselves upstairs to the computers..............after watching the Ruggers.......cor there was this one French player......I say missus :o :o
But at least I finally get me glass of vino! ;D

Sorry to hear that you haven't been well Lorna.Someone said that you hadn't had a flu jab. I had a pneumonia one as well this year but still had a chest infection. Probably would have been worse had I not had the jabs. Nice to see your name up again

Thanks for the info Bunjies! But I'd rather keep my feet on the ground (apart from when I'm on my broomstick of course  ;) )

Put some seeds in the greenhouse today. How good did THAT feel  ;D

Oh, and Ahmed wants his window back. Apparently it wasn't his to give away, it was his nephew Ifzal's and he went barmy when he told him  ::) Oh well ... many more antiques in the shed to be had!

been to the lottie, ray and steve tried to fix the communal greenhouse door, sticking, needed a new wheel, got it off and dropped it!!, all the glass went, we've got the plug plants transplanted in there so they had to put wood in the door

I transplanted the sweet peas sowed last october into free pots from asda, four clumps to a pot with canes around the edge

sowed some peas in guttering in the poly

ray and steve cleared out the back room in the big shed

very busy morning, knackered now  ;D

It's a nice 'knackered' feeling though isn't it Manics  ;D

Our new greenhouse is nearly finished as well. Just daren't tell Father-in-law that I think the board he put in the middle to mix the concrete is too big to get out of the door (he built the greenhouse round it) Oh well, we've got a saw ....

lovely, isn't it, especially when people 'help'..ray hung the guttering from the poles in the poly, my right arm's worn out trying to sow peas in to it, and watering's going to be  nightmare, I'll have to ask him to do it  ;D

Get yourself a step-ladder  ;D

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

Power knitting is actually listed as a 'dangerous sport' Tabby!

When you've had too many cups of coffee and you start to cast on .... well ... you know the rest  ;D

Trixiebelle, shame about Ahmed and the window- why not cultivate Ifzal instead?
Manics,  are your sweetpeas in their final growing place or will you move them on again? I ask because mine are looking scruffy now. I've pinched them out a few times and worry if I do it again they might not recover. ???
Been to the tip today,spied a nozzle for daughter 1's vac and a small computer table for me (now I am the proud owner of a 2nd puter- 2nd hand) they were in my car and I was off before anyone could say "£5 please madam".A good mornings work.
Went visiting Daughter 1 happily ensconced in her new house-everyone still in jimjams at 1.00pm  :o ::) Standards are slipping already and it's only been 1 day. ;D Power knitting...............very funny ;D ;D ;D

EMAG! I'd 'cultivate' Ifzal but he works night shifts and comes up to the allotments from 5am - 7:30am to feed his pigeons. Don't think I could spare my sleep time for an antique window  ;D

I bet he only wants it for his pigeon shed as well!

It was mine and my best mate Paul's DREAM to have our own private tip! So we could search through everything that was dumped and open a shop  ;D

We also came up with another very good entrepreneurial idea: Buy a field, let the grass grow and put a sign up on the side of the road: 'PICK YOUR OWN HAY!' Low maintenance and we could undercut pet-shops by at least 50%.

We usually come up with these ideas in the pub. But I expect Richard Branson does as well.

 ;D ;D ;D ;D
That reminds me of  my flatsharing days when we got first pick of the Young Conservatives jumble the night before the sale. Got some classy stuff- but first out , best dressed applied.