How to Get Through The Tough Times The Old Style Way.

charlies-aunt

brandeberryj wrote: »

Where are you? I am thinking of actualy selling them on Ebay as there doesn't seem to be anything like that around here. I always try and note down where there is good amount to save wondering about next year. I have found that as rule they tend to grow in abundance near pubs...can't think why that would be??
We live between Sc unthorpe and the Humber Bridge - the farmers are keen hedge cutters round here in the springtime and lop the hedgerows right back so the only sloes that we can get are on the edge of woods . . . I think you would get quite a bit of interest on ebay as they take a lot of picking

Have you ever tried the vegetable wines I mean Parsnip it doesn't sound right! at but will try it if you can say what it taste like and don't say just like Parsnips as I won't bother!!!!!

Have I tried vegetable wine ?? Sure have hic! Parsnip is usually best made as a sweet wine, its quite aromatic - earthly with slightly spicy tang (not parsnippy though!) goes nice with fruit cake or cheese. Carrot is best made as a sweet wine too - seems to be richer and heavier than parsnip - lovely for cold evenings or as a desert wine. Over the years, I've tried them all - Dad made a nice pea-pod wine! Try trawling the charity shops for a copy of C J Berrys book 'Making Wines Like Those You Buy' - not a very catchy title and very old fashioned but stuffed full of recipes - we've not made a bad one yet...the sherry from tinned peaches and the blackcurrant wine from Ribena were particularly good....and ...ermm..cheap

It still does get prime spot in my house but the insulation of modern houses allowes me not to kick it out of the way....just
:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: My 4 bar pulley dryer has pride of place in my kitchen - you have to battle past the hanging damp legs of jeans to get to the fridge and you can't see the kitchen clock but clothes dry a treat on it
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C'mon live recklessly! Give 'em a whirl! they don't turn out tasting like the veg that they have been made from.....

MaLarkin

Old lady once told me she had to wash at the sink said "you washed down as far as possible, then up as far as possible, poor old possible never got washed at all

Pitlanepiglet

MaLarkin wrote: »

Old lady once told me she had to wash at the sink said "you washed down as far as possible, then up as far as possible, poor old possible never got washed at all

LOL, that's lovely x

charlies-aunt

shegar wrote: »

Hey whats a WIPE in the sink mardatha....:eek:

Is it the same as a cat's wash? - quick paw lick followed by a quick rub round the chops

floss2

Pitlanepiglet wrote: »

Is anyone watching the Boat that Guy Built on BBC1? It's fab....I think I'm strangely attracted to the man with the funny accent and sideburns

Oh he's fab! But I prefer Mave the carpenter!

brandeberryj wrote: »

better choice of real ales in rural pubs

Not so round here in the famous Lancashire coastal resort - our regular haunt was just named runner-up in Pub of the Year & always has 8 ales on, nearest always has 4, our mate's place in town always has at least 4, several other pubs in town always have at least 4 and all will be different. And that lot is only in the town.....:beer:

bertiebots

Evening all..its taken me an hour to catch up (how many pages since yesterday!) I love all the talk of homebrewing , my mum always used to make my dads beer when I was a kid and was allowed an occasional and rather potent shandy! But it always looks so complicated to me and puts me off!
I grew up in the 70's/80's and tbh we were pretty pennyless! We had central heating but hardley ever used it, had the weekly bath on sundays! lots of my clothes were hand me downs until I got a baby sitting job at 12 and started buying my own! We has a simple life but were well fed and loved. My brother had 3 or 4 jobs (2 paper rounds ,milk round ,babysitting) at one time and used to sneek money into my mums purse..I still dont know if she knows he did this! .

Oh and on the subject of washing machine fires I was once at a friends house when his caught fire..and the fire men had to come and put it out!(the house was a one up, one down so no seperate kitchen!) its a good job we were there!

kezlou

suzi could i pick your brains? You mentioned that your growing blueberries and strawberries in containers. Just wondering do they need large containers? Also do they grow well in a mixture of chicken pellets and compost.

Sorry to be such a pain

In our house, we tend to use the shower more than the bath. My partner used to shower every day after work, he stank and i wanted rid of the dust etc off him. But me and the boys wash ourselves every day, even if its just a flannel and soap in the sink. The boys like to be clean and i'm not going to discourage it.

I don't use the washing machine at night, i'm a very light sleeper. So it would keep me awake.

Were on conjunctivitis watch, snips woke up with it, so he's off school till Monday. Apparently its doing rounds in schools and hospitals according to the GP.

We were naughty today with our homemade chips, but have to day i made them with the skins off and they tasted scrummy. So instead of oven wedges, pan fried ones. Very moreish.

Winchelsea

Pitlanepiglet - these are the tapes I use on my DH's clothes for the nursing home. Just like Cash's but cheaper. Only £3.95 for 72.


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mardatha

Yea. Wipe=Lick=quick flick with the front paws ! :rotfl::rotfl:

Winchelsea

About washing machines at night - I won't leave mine on at night or when I'm out. It's not because I've thought about the fire risk - I haven't, so thanks for that. It's because when DGS (now age 11) was born, I was staying to help out. DD and DGS were still in hospital and due home that afternoon. DSIL went into town to buy a few bits, leaving me by myself. I was doing the breakfast dishes when I started getting dripped on. It got faster and faster - something was up in the flat upstairs. I was a stranger there, but managed to find out from another neighbour where the young man upstairs worked - it was a big London hospital - about 10 miles away. I phoned the HR dept, and to cut a very long story short, he cycled the 10 miles home, arrived all in a lather, and rushed up to his flat.

He'd left the washing machine going when he went to work, and the door seal had gone. As the machine tried to fill, the water was coming straight out again round the door - and hence through my daughter's ceiling!!!

DSIL and I had to do a massive mop-up ready for mum and baby to come home!