make do and mend for tougher times

kidcat

Sammy if you pay the £460 will they allow you time to pay the rest? I realise you should not be paying at all (and I would have thought they would suspend proceedings while they look into it) but surely you are offering a massive chunk so they could allow time for the rest?

Can you evidence the money leaving your account? It would be a start at least.

bossymoo

My kids love haribo jellies. I think you can get veggie ones too these days.

Do you remember spangles? And wham bars? Parma violets I had a sort of love / hate relationship with...

Popperwell

Oh yes, all of those Bossymoo. Spangles came back for a short time a few years ago...

Sites that sell old sweets from our memories seem to do so well...

Remember the old sweet shops where often the shelves had great big glass jars of various boiled sweets and often to make your pocket money go further you'd ask for a quarter of something:)

Popperwell

Both fire alarms started to bleep overnight I assume the batteries are low...

It's good in one way that it continues to warn there is a problem but though I have removed the batteries they still keep bleeping. Until I get out for new batteries I am being driven insane by the loud high pitched noise(I hope it will stop soon)shoved one in a draw another under some clothes in a cupboard and still I hear it!

They kept me awake overnight as I did not get around to doing something about it until this morning.

As I say it shows that they work but the only naked flame in this house is the pilot light on the gas boiler. And most of the time I am in the house if anything is on.

fuddle

I've never heard of spangles

I've just seen a lovely sight. An older gentleman lives in the bungalows up the road from me, just him and his westie. He walks badly with his sticks but walks his dog every single day and goes to the local shops religiously. It's a 25 min round trip for me so I can imagine it takes him a good while. This morning I see him going past my house on a mobility scooter all relaxed.

pops do you think it might be something you would/could go for?

Thanks for the Olympic activity link.We're going to do some shortbread medals later.

Popperwell

fuddle wrote: »

I've never heard of spangles

I've just seen a lovely sight. An older gentleman lives in the bungalows up the road from me, just him and his westie. He walks badly with his sticks but walks his dog every single day and goes to the local shops religiously. It's a 25 min round trip for me so I can imagine it takes him a good while. This morning I see him going past my house on a mobility scooter all relaxed.

pops do you think it might be something you would/could go for?

Thanks for the Olympic activity link.We're going to do some shortbread medals later.

Lovely, there is a varation on the BBC food area on their main page...do you want a link?

Yes, the thought of a mobilty scooter has crossed my mind...perhaps out of Mum's estate?

Spangles

kidcat

Fuddle - I now have a lovely image of his little westie racing along beside him trying to keep up

fuddle

It's alright pops, there was a link on the other link you posted. Its where I got the idea from.

Kids in the garden making flags and medals to stick round the TV, I've got the news on and enjoying the build up.

Washing in, about to do bread. A nice chilled happy day and I think part of it is because the sun is out!

mardatha

We saw a man on a mobility scooter on Wednesday with a wee dog running alongside him on a lead. Went to Fife for a day out, to St. Andrews where I was born and Anstruther where my grandad had a fishing boat. Sun shone, wind was warm, RV behaved, and I et too much... One perfect day in a whole summer! On the same day my son and his pal took their bikes up to Applecross because they'd seen it on Youtube . He came back awed at the beauty of his own land.
Yesterday I spent on the couch zonked and today I'm getting back up to normal slug level. Sunny spells and the sun is hot, I might make it as far as the garden today

Popperwell

That sounds lovely mardatha,
Hope you soon feel less spent...here it started off quite sunny though it did rain through the night...again...it's cloudy now...I'm sleeping and catching up but that smoke alarm is still bleeping and it's wrapped up/hidden and it still sounds as loud.

As I said I appreciate the idea is that they should be heard.

At least I have eaten already when I put the recycle bin out I toasted some muffins and put maramalade on them. I know one chime is much like another but the only enjoyable event connected to me was "Big Ben" chimbing at 8.12 this morning and them asking other people across the UK to join in some way. Even with a doorbell.

Some did but nothing was going on around here. And even the BBC only played approx 3-4 of the chimes...I knew it was happening but this morning was the first I knew it wa suppose to happen elsewhere...still feel much as kidcat does about the Olympics but for those who enjoy it...fine and especially children who still have an annocence about them.

To some extent reminding us what the Oylmpic ideal was and should be...