The revenge of the stripey socks - a DFW adventure

troglodyte

Hi everyone!
Congrats Fay on getting your space back!!
I popped to Wilkinsons at lunch time and am now the owner of 2 pairs of colourful stripey socks for summer - yay!
Got to go and set up an experiment:rolleyes:

boredofbeingathome

fayjmck wrote: »

Waves to L and Olive -

PS Bro no 1 taken bro no 2 to his house - and he's now sleeping on the floor - he told him I have lots to do and I needed to get ready for lodger coming

Bless brother no 1

Twinks hob nobs baked in his honour later

I read that bit as Pierce Brosnan..think i am getting obsessed:rotfl:

Well done that Brother of yours:TNo 1 that is and to No 2:D

EssexHebridean

hampsterpoo wrote: »

runs back in to just say , HOMEMADE elderflower cordial is very nice and refreshing , potatoes plants now poking their leaves out , greenfly diminished but not gone complety , American guest back home safe and sound and loved the roast chicken I did..
....walks out (smugley?)

We made elderflower cordial at the weekend HP - it is rather tasty isn't it!!

Lemon_Tree

well my moral dilemma of last month is over, they have finally found out they made a mistake and have taken the money back off my account. Of course as they had promised to tell me as soon as they rectified the mistake so i could sort my end out, oh yes they forgot to do that didn't they!!! i went over the card limit as it's all happened since i check the account last sunday. I've now had a 'discusion' with them and have been told i won't be charged for going over the limit as they've made a mistake (don't believe them for some reason so taken every reference i could) and have put the money i've had in backup back on the card. Now they won't take this months direct debit so i'm going to have to face that battle before the next statement is due. I just want to scream.

Been for blood tests today, so will hopefully get the results within a week. Work has been a bu99er as well, just more and more of it in tighter deadlines.
sorry for the winge, just got thrown when i opened a letter saying my card was over the limit when they let me use the same card on the way home from work tonight

Scottishmummy

Lemon_Tree wrote: »

sorry for the winge, just got thrown when i opened a letter saying my card was over the limit when they let me use the same card on the way home from work tonight

DH managed to take our card overdrawn by £5 on Friday because the card isn't a 'Link' card so the cashmachine didn't 'know' we didn't have enough money:mad:. That'll be a £25 charge mid July.


Fay your brothers are like chalk and cheese aren't they? But doesn't buying him a bus ticket from Aberdeen mean he'll have to get the more expensive ferry to there too? Wouldn't it have been better to get him a ticket from Thurso so he can suffer a longer bus journey:rotfl:or is he more likely not to go if that was his choice?

Good luck with the assessment on monday.

hampsterpoo

EssexHebridean wrote: »

We made elderflower cordial at the weekend HP - it is rather tasty isn't it!!

I took some into work yesterday and now have to make some more on request. This weekend I'm going to make elderflower cheese cake.

Piquant_2

hampsterpoo wrote: »

I took some into work yesterday and now have to make some more on request. This weekend I'm going to make elderflower cheese cake.

Sounds lovely hamster, please can you share the recipe for both the cordial and the cheesecake.

I have a black elder bush in my garden, it has bright pink flowers, do you think I'd get a pink cordial?

Karmacat

Wow, there's a lot going on. Hope everyone is coping with all the stuff that life is throwing at them.

I have some elder flowers that are still on a bush that has to get chopped right back - its fallen across the path that leads to the rest of the garden, and there's no way to shore it up. Recipes gratefully appreciated!

hampsterpoo

Piquant wrote: »

Sounds lovely hamster, please can you share the recipe for both the cordial and the cheesecake.

I have a black elder bush in my garden, it has bright pink flowers, do you think I'd get a pink cordial?

probably a hint of pink


For the cordial , I looked at this one first ,
http://uktv.co.uk/food/recipe/aid/570531/
and then this one turned up on sunday ,
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/recipes/article6414460.ece
I used this one , mainly because the time scale was quicker , I tweaked it a little ,cutting back a little on the sugar and added a lime instead of the orange. :j

As for the cheesecake recipe I havent quiet decided yet what I'll do , I'lll probably just adapt a lemon cheesecake recipe, rather than do a baked cheesecake.

Yesterday I had some free time so had a go at making an elderflower emulsion and an elderflower froth :rolleyes: , just for garnishing purposes ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,needs more work. :rotfl:

Pippilongstocking

troglodyte wrote: »

Hi everyone!
Congrats Fay on getting your space back!!
I popped to Wilkinsons at lunch time and am now the owner of 2 pairs of colourful stripey socks for summer - yay!
Got to go and set up an experiment:rolleyes:

If you read this back it sounds like you are doing a stripey socks experiment....................is the experiment??

H 1 - stripey socks make you feel better

H 0 - stripey socks don't make you feel better


LT - boo to them - pah
HP - ta for sharing - no elder flower flowers here or near me - x
Tg well done
Waves to bob etc


Brothers very funny yeah

just found out my mother took him to the ferry terminal and he got her to buy his RETURN ticket:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

I have had words with her she's a pensioner - and whilst not parent of the centuary he's constantly borrowing money from her and he never pays it back.

Man am I cross

Single bloke, no kids, 8k (ONLY 8K) worth of debt and he smokes like a chimeny and has no money every week so my mum bails him out most weeks

I want to punch him - or at very least slap him with a very soggy wet fish several times

He's not even bought a pint of milk since he's been here, offered petrol or anythign - yeah they have done some gardening but OMG - he's not offered petrol even and anything.

I said I will get the cash for the bus ticket he looked a bit quizzical (£7)
I want to say OK you Winker - give me £47 - so I can pay mum back


GRR GRR GRR GRR