As The Workhouse Approaches....How To Do Everything To Avoid It, the Old Style Way

lostinrates

ChocClare wrote: »

If you have a few quid, then Asda are selling those flexible plastic bucket thingies (DD uses them for feeding her horse, so I always buy one when I see them) for about £3 IIRC. Do you know what I'm talking about? This sort of thing. Jolly useful in the garden generally, and great for making plant food!

They are useful. We use them as feed buckets too. And garden buckets. And general carrying things about buckets.

VJsmum

EstherH wrote: »

Oh yes, I remember pineapple upside down pudding.

Seems most on here were grammar school educated not inner city comprehensive like me but this thread seems to be a leveller.

YOU ARE NOT ALONE!

I am a "comp" girl, probably one of the roughest schools in the country, failed my A levels but eventually made it to Poly (anyone remember those?) got a degree and became chartered. I now teach at that Poly (now a University - aren't they all?) - closing the circle!!

I think the thing here is that we all come from different backgrounds - mine was very working class, rather poor, there were between 4 and 6 children in our house at varying times. My poor old mum worked her fingers to the bone to make ends meet, hated cooking and housework and had no interest in food really. But she had to make do and mend, we may not have had loads of clothes, we didn't have mod cons, we never really went on holiday but that woman could make a nourishing, filling meal out of anything and had her own, particular brand of common sense that was second to none.

I learned so much from her and would love to think that i can pass some of that on to my own children.

Hippeechiq

Oh right - I'm glad you posted a link, because I didn't know what you were talking about, lol. They do look very useful. Be good for mixing water retaining crystals into compost when I plant all my pepper plants on....I wonder how the OH would feel about bringing one home on the bus after work

ChocClare

Hippeechiq wrote: »

I wonder how the OH would feel about bringing one home on the bus after work

Get him to do a bit of whoopsie shopping at the same time and he can use the flexitub as a carrier bag . I have before now - they're not THAT big!

lostinrates

VJsmum wrote: »

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I think the thing here is that we all come from different backgrounds .

Yes, and that's what gives such collective experience. And even houh our backgrounds are varied, what we want is a good, fulfilling, safe and happy life, with good nourishing food, and contentment and satisfaction.

EstherH

Thanks everyone. Esther

EstherH

Chelsea Girl: I loved that place. My mum and gran (who had been a tailoress) said the seams weren't straight and would fall apart, but I have fond memories of the clothes I bought there when I first started work.

I also had a flying suit and a white bib and braces dungaree type thing that my grandad who was a painter and decorator couldn't get over me wearing because he said he had a few pairs of those for working in and I could have had one of his. Looking back there wasn't a lot of difference but I thought I looked the bees knees.

katholicos

EstherH,

All forums have that benefit of putting everyone on a level playing field. Thats possibly why i like forums so much!

As for me, i'm as common as they come. I was bought up on huge council estate and the schools i went to were 'primary school' and 'high school'. I'm a post graduate from the school of 'hard knocks' andi'm quite probably as common 'as they come' so to speak.

Having said that, i've been mistaken at various points of my exsistance, as being 'posh' or 'privately educated' etc. In fact, i didn't turn up to half (or more) my GCSE's and could usually be found hanging out with some long haired rocker dude on some motorbike or downing newcastle brown with the local chapter of Hells Angels.

Life experience is all that counts here in the real world. Strip us all naked (God forbid, i'd make you cringe!) and we all pretty much look the same. No one is any better than anyone else, we all just have different experiences

cat_smith

katholicos wrote: »

EstherH,


Having said that, i've been mistaken at various points of my exsistance, as being 'posh' or 'privately educated' etc.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:ROFL. And I do it the other way round! Isn't life funny.

ceridwen

lostinrates wrote: »

They are useful. We use them as feed buckets too. And garden buckets. And general carrying things about buckets.

...don't forget - using as household cleaning buckets too. I have a variety of trugs in different sizes because they are so useful.

Speaking of matters garden-wise. I have leaf miners showing up in my mint and chard. I keep picking off the leaves as I spot afflicted ones. I'm not too sure where these things come from - as in are they anything to do with the small clouds of tiny insects I see ascending from some of my plants as I go near them. Anyways - I frequently spray these with some "garlic deterrent spray" from a cheapjack shop and cant actually smell a thing.

I guess this "cheapjack" stuff isnt "the real deal". Now wondering about that comment earlier about diluting garlic powder in water and spraying to deter cats. Well...if it will deter cats...who knows? I'd heard of using fresh garlic to make a deterrent - but not gotten round to it...

Would some garlic powder I have mixed up in a spray bottle with water do the trick for spraying against these leafminers on my plants? (and must admit I would certainly spray it at any cats I see coming towards my garden too as a deterrent)..