Hypno's "no more boom or bust" diary

EssexHebridean

That's some excellent life skills you're giving them there then Hypno. I too went off for holidays on my own from the age of about 12 - I went on horse-riding holidays in Somerset and Wales - delivered and collected by Dad but otherwise left to make new friends etc. Mum said to me a while back when we were speaking about stuff that she was incredibly proud of me for having the nerve to do it. The ability to pack a bag well also can't be underestimated in these days of extortionate rates for checked in bags on airlines as well! I managed at the weekend to get a weekends-worth of clothes plus a large camera and two lenses (and camera bag!) into my bag at the weekend - the value of good rucksack packing!!

LOL at the washing machine memories - I can remember us having a top-loader washing machine, all my pals Mums had front loaders and ours seemed SO outdated! My Nan, however, used to handwash stuff and then she had an electric spinner which everything got loaded into, dripping wet....you had to arrange everything really carefully or the whole thing would go mad when it was switched on and start jumping round the kitchen! :rotfl: It had a drain hose that went into the sink - my job was to hold it there so the water went in the sink.

hypno06

Ah yes, the hose that went into the sink - I remember now! And we also had a wooden pole, bizarrely called a "copper stick" to fish the washing out of the boiling hot water!

oceanspirit

I remember the jumping-about spin dryers :rotfl:. The sofas I had in my first house were the ones my parents had when they were married and I am not sure if they were new or secondhand. They had been re-covered a couple of times by the time I had them.

Then when I moved I knew they would be too big in my second house so I sold them, asked around for something else and my friend's boss gave me "lovely" 1960s beige and brown striped ones. I was offered second hand M&S blue sofas 8 years later. Those then went to another friend when I moved again and this time, aged nearly 40, I decided it was OK to buy my first ever NEW furniture - a sofabed and matching chair.

My current bed however is on long-term loan from a friend who is currently abroad, along with the bedside light and chest of drawers. The bedside table is a folding picnic table, my dining table is actually a garden table with matching garden folding chairs - nothing like bringing the outdoors in . My phone is an old fax machine which will still send faxes but not receive them...

oceanspirit

I hope DD has a wonderful time in China. Is it her first time outside Europe? It will be fabulous for her to experience such a different culture. Looking forward to hearing how she gets on.

llamahead

Good morning all - hope you are all sleeping well, I have Uni today, looking forward to the end of the month when I will only have one more unit of this course to do.

Still trying to get back the $120 that the DLA charged to my card for someone elses car rego - they have admitted its their mistake so why don't they just refund me - methinks a very strongly worded letter is in the offing.

DD will have an amazing time in China - its certainly an eye opener! They eat a lot of dog this time of year - they even have the heads on display so that you can see which type of dog you are eating (not sure how much difference that makes to the flavour though!) Still, different cultures and all that!

Speak later, when you all get up! x

InaPickle

llamahead wrote:

Speak later, when you all get up! x

Some of us haven't gone to bed, yet!

taxi73

Morning all...it's lovely reading all the lovely tales of days gone by!!!
Hope DD is having a lovely time.
Got up very early this morning..so will venture out shortly..it's cold!!!
Have a good day everyone x

Double_Trouble

Morning

Thought I would be first today but even excluding llamahead (no offence meant ) Taxi beat me to it - I give up

Why silly o clock Travelodge rooms but no £10 rooms for me I give up there as well.

Just have to wait for OHs alarm to go off so I can have my cappuccino too dark and cold for a girl to get up and get her own I am not brave like Hypno:rotfl::rotfl:

Oh well might as wll go and do scratchies

I am sure Miss Hypno will have a great time

DTxx

hypno06

Hello earlybirds - my alarm went off at 5 because I forgot to change it back to 6am from yesterday when I had to get up earlier to get DD up :doh:

Needless to say, though, I turned it off and went back to sleep for the extra hour.....not a good start to the day though!

Oceanspirit, DD has been to Cairo but other than that, Europe and Scandanavia only so this will be somthing very different for her. I've not heard that they have arrived but I work on the "no news is good news" assumption!

Off to scratch and bank - have a good day all!

hypno06

£5 b!ngo winnings has been received in the bank today so transferred to the 0% card.....other than that, nothing to report.....payday tomorrow