Weekly Chat (Non-Osprey), Sunday 04 August 2013

Good Morning, Everyone. Bright again here, but a little colder. Hooray! See that Diane's worry over the dangerous tree is over - no wonder you are relieved, and sleeping better, Diane. It did indeed sound like a monster tree, but I would have been sad, too, as I hate to see the end of life for these wonderful living things (I nearly said 'beings' as they all seem to have a personality). Annette - Keep it up if you are on a roll with that To Do list!!

Hi dibnlib - crossed over with you.  My post was written on my tablet but leaves out the paragraphs I put in, as I notice it has for others, too, lately.

This thread seems to go from one extreme to another - almost no posts one day then flooded with comments, opinions, news and photos the next!  Thanks all who have posted in the last couple of days.  Have enjoyed some lovely photos from Dibnlib, Alan, Mulberry and Linda (and a good laugh at the motorcyclist!).  And thanks to Heather for Margo's update.

George - I have sent a PM about our upcoming trip to Fife, which is next week - I hope you will see the message and that we can meet up.

Been quite busy indoors and out, varying with the weather.  OH will be out at the museum today, so I shall do the (thankfully small) pile of ironing then maybe make some gingerbread.

Best wishes to everyone.

 

 

 

 

Hi Annette

NiteOwl is sat beside me at this moment posting on the LOTL thread, wrapped in a bath towel with a hand towel wrapped round her head!

Diane - I know what you mean about the tree being felled. I struggle to get my head around old buildings, and the length of time they have stood. There are castles in the UK which are coming up to a thousand years old, and the thought of all the forgotten generations who have passed through them in times gone by is awe inspiring. But that is nothing really when you think about how long some of the trees have been around. the "Fortinghall Yew" in Perthshire is believed to be our oldest at at least 2000 years old. Unbelievable to think its been around since BC. Also, I understand a bit how you feel about your brother moving away. I'm still getting used to my sister moving to Cornwall and being 6-8hrs away rather than 30 mins down the M62. Still, at least there is promotion involved with your brother's move. I've just looked up Evansville, Indiana, and I am reading about something called the "West Side Nut Club Fall Festival", where "chocolate-coloured crickets", "elephant ears", and "brain sandwiches" are the order of the day. Eeeek! On second thoughts. get him home quick!  

LOL  Mulberry!!    -  Did laugh also, at your post about the bubble wrap disaster!!

Have filled the line with laundry so now have to keep an eye on the weather as we are having sudden downpours lately.

Am looking at the rest of my Flower Show pics to see if there are more to share with you all. Just a few, I think.  I took less this year as we left early because of the heat, and also there seemed to be less show gardens on display :-((

I put a post on the DU earlier and it disappeared!  - not for the first time.  Looking forward to their getting to grips with the   m a n y   problems on here, on Thursday.....

Got to mow lawn in a minute so off now, but just to finish the bubble wrap story, the lad involved left soon afterwards anyway. The job wasn't for him. Yes, bubblewrap should always be used with the bubbles on the inside. That way the thicker sheet of polythene on one side stays on the outside to form a protective wall against anything touching the item and damaging it. If the bubbles are on the outside, the protective plastic stays on the inside touching the item, so anything that touches it will touch the item also anyway.

Just another story to share though. When I first started work. it was usual for delivery drivers to go out by themselves. If going down stairs was involved. they would usually return to the store to get a helper. However, if the stairs involved were stone steps, they could simply use the wheels of the sack-barrow to lower the item down the steps. They would stand above it, a gently roll the barrow down step by step, the same way you would lower a pushchair down.

So, my friend Steve turned up at a customer's house with a cooker on a sack-barrow. The customer told him it was to be put down a cellar, as it was to be stored there until they moved into a new house they had bought. Steve, seeing the stone steps into the cellar, decided he could just roll the barrow wheels down each step quite easily. So he moved to cooker on the barrow to the top of the steps, and holding the two red plastic barrow handles, started the process step by step, with the cooker lowering in front of him down the steps. Ever so carefully, he got to the third step, then the fourth. Then CRASH BANG WALLOP, the customer ran over to see the commotion. There was no cooker, no sack barrow, a lot of mess, and one very distressed delivery man. In each hand was a red plastic sack barrow handle....

Diane - Boxers are beautiful dogs..Neighbor got one when their old dog had to be put down. Hope you can get a dog soon because that will mean you are recovering financially. Glad your tree saga has ended but it does leave an empty spot in the yard and heart.

I have always liked snakes. They have their place in the universe and some of them have quite a personality. My younger son kept several snakes when he was young but my OH never had the fondness for them that we did so eventually our son and he agreed to release them in a more appropriate place.  

I am doing well and staying healthy, thanks for asking.  Getting yard and outbuildings back into shape before the summer is over and then will turn my attention back to the interior of the house. Always something to do and only weekends to do it in..

Glad to hear that Margo is improving and pray it continues. Thanks to Heather for keeping us informed. Thanks to everyone for their posts and lovely pictures. I enjoy them all!!!  I love hearing about everyone's holidays. Fascinating stuff.

I have not eaten a white peach either but have seen them at the market. Will have to try them.

Morning all: Quick look in.

Mulberry:  Lots of smiles at your posts this morning. I also learned something new about how to use bubble wrap - also how not to wrap a washer or move a cooker down cellar stairs. The things we learn!  Hope NiteOwl has had a chance to get out of that bath towel; maybe she needs to borrow Lindybird's dressing gown?

AQ: Suspect a visit to G'Ma and G'Pa a treat for Little Miss, especially with the side trip to the playground.  Your day in the library sounds very pleasant.

Off to sort out the world.....