Nice people thread part 4 - sugar and spice and all things

vivatifosi

Can you buy ordinary MP3s on iTunes? What if they don't have an iPod?

tomterm8

Maybe an Amazon voucher?

misskool

i think i have found a sloe bush but is there anything resembling sloes that are poisonous? in case i kill OH with this fandangled notion?

tomterm8

Er... there probably are, but the blackthorn bush itself is very distinctive. Think bush with leaves that look like tea leaves, and very impressive thorns. So, if you think you have a sloe bush, you probably do. (disclaimer: not an expert, maybe ask in the old style money saving board?)

However, you should be careful. Blackthorn's have VERY prickly thorns, and they almost always go septic although not seriously so.

p.s. they should only be picked after a frost, so you have plenty of time yet.

silvercar

You can buy itunes vouchers online or from Tesco/ WhSmith/ Next - anywhere that sells the gift vouchers that look like credit cards.

lemonjelly

lostinrates wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:DH just got asked if this was his parents house.

When any sales person calls & asks for Mr jelly, I used to ask "which one?" as there were 3 of us. However seemed pointless to then go through a charade of "not here's".

I then developed a knack of intuitively knowing they were in sales when calling, & adopted a "daddy's not here...." type answer.:D

Ended up a nice afternoon round here at the bowls match. Pretty overcast in the morning & early afternoon. However the sun managed to break through from 3.30ish.:)

silvercar

vivatifosi wrote: »

Can you buy ordinary MP3s on iTunes? What if they don't have an iPod?

Chances are they have an ipod or an iphone.

To be double safe you could buy an amazon voucher as that can be used to buy an itunes voucher (or a million other things).

Davesnave

lostinrates wrote: »

They are hedge cuting already round here. Depressing or what.

Most are done around here, but not the one that gradually hides our view. That'll go any day now, and I won't be depressed when it's lowered.

I find the tendency of swallows to gather and chat more in the morning/evening a bit depressing. The second brood babies are airborne now so there's more time for socials. Although I know they won't be 'off' just yet, the gatherings will reduce in a month or so, and then one day early October there will be none left.

tomterm8

I found the fact we had to go in at 8:30 pm tonight because it was getting dark, and cold, was very depressing.

It feels like we've wasted the summer, spending so much time fixing the drains ( home serve were useless !!!!!!s: they "fixed" the drains, we had problems a week latter, dug up their "fix" and what they had done was make a hole and put a rock on the top, then fill it up. I swear to you, the boogers didn't even make the pipe water tight. So we dug it out, found the problem, and put in a manhole on our own).

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

oh, and, a question probably silvercar is best placed to answer...but not sure....anyone have any ideas for a thank you gift for a 16 year old boy who wants for nothing?.....oh for the days of HMV vouchers!

Hot hooker twins.