Breaking Through, Travelling On

themadvix wrote: »

Enjoy the cool in the garden - it's such a lovely day, but a bit too hot for me!

Yep, there are still a lot of cool areas in the garden, it's *very* pleasant out there

ZTD wrote: »

My parents had a conversation with their next door neighbour where she was complaining that her kids didn't know how to do anything (in the DIY line especially). My parents pointed out that they (and her) were all the authors of their own misfortune, as they never allowed the kids to *do* anything when they were growing up. Never mind actually *showing* them.

I can do *small* jobs in the plumbing/brickying/electrical lines - but that's all self-taught.

Sorry you've faced that too, Z

As for livestock in the house, I've been told that my grandad used to release stuff he'd caught in the kitchen when I was a toddler, and let me run around after it :rotfl: big stuff he'd caught in lobster pots :rotfl: no wonder I loved him so much

There is a phenomenon called Olfactory Adaptation and let's face it, he probably smells a lot of dead rats since he kills them for a living...

I think you're right, Z!

AlexLK wrote: »

The American Dream exhibition sounds fantastic. Just looked it up online.

It was brilliant, Alex - we're going to go to the Japanese one too, the northwest Native American one, and I've just seen details of the Scythian one (I didn't know the Scythians came from Siberia???).

Today, it needs to be a proper work day, I've had a fair time off:
- put washing machine on.
- use dehydrator
- open post (it does build up )
- tidy and clean, pest control guy is arriving c 5pm.
- download photos to computer
- send complaint to Waitrose (onions I bought on Saturday were rotten!!!).
- open post office easy saver acc
- cat blog, other blog
- Old Style thread summary
- send Diana photos to my sister.

Thats 10, uh-oh, and some are a bit big - I'll see how it goes.

Waitrose got their act together really quickly - I'm used to the level of refund given for problems during online shopping, I suppose, which are *more* generous than in person, I think - so now, email with attached pics of mouldy onions sent, email acknowledged, refund agreed to ... and a gift voucher! Didn't expect that. So I'll have quite a bit of food shopping I can do tomorrow - between the nectar points, the money off vouchers, the refund and the gift voucher, thats a week's food shopping - not to be sneezed at.

edinburgher wrote: »

KC, saw this offer and thought you might be able to use it? I'm using it to get myself discounts on wine, basically it's loads of Morrison's points for buying £50 John Lewis vouchers (that can be used at Waitrose). Effectively 12% off Waitrose if you have access to both supermarkets.

https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/6250-morrisons-points-when-you-purchase-a-50-john-lewis-waitrose-currys-ms-gift-card-125-return-on-spend-morrisons-instore-maximum-100-morrisons-vouchers-on-a-800-gift-card-spend-2709954

Ed, thanks for this! I could use it next week if I go to Southport with my brother - we used to have a mini Morrisons here but it closed. Appreciated that you popped in to run it by, ta muchly. I'm hoping from next month I'll be doing a lot more deals like this.

earthgirl wrote: »

Hehe well done anyway!

Tee hee, thanks!

I did do quite a lot of cleaning in the end - unfortunately, I haven't seen the last of the rats, all but one of the pieces of bait disappeared this week - it's a possibility that they sniff yummy choccie flavours on another rat's coat, and follow the trail back to the food source :eek: A fortnight till the next appt.

Never mind, orf to bed now :kisses3: