make do and mend for tougher times

mardatha

Ok ty. It would be used only for reheating leftovers and making soap. Just wondering if 3 mins in elect is cheaper than 10 mins on the gas. Quicker anyway!
I got Hovis flour and Hovis yeast, will move the petted spoiled wee lump out of the draught, feed it warmed water for its wee delicate insides, and if it still gives me a brick then it's CURTAINS

fuddle

kidcat wrote: »

Fuddle which bit is broken? If its an arm losing a screw a paperclip works best If its the nose bar thingy then I use insulation tape - again it holds better. Can you tell how many times DS8 breaks his glasses?

Kidcat, what about the fact that she feels threatened and is trying to drive you out? By leaving you'd be giving her satisfaction maybe? I don't like confrontation at all but this silly girl really needs to grow up and take responsibility for her behaviour, preferably infront of her peers. Oh I'm getting a right little arm chair warrior :rotfl: In real life, I'd leave too. It's really not worth the extra stress.

My glasses. It's the piece of plastic that the screw sits in. It's chipped off so the screw has no where to sit now. I've found goggles4u.co.uk where I can get a pair of glasses for under £5 plus delivery. The emergency fund is being hit once again :mad: but at least it won't break it. I've ordered these

Also my bra has sprouted a leak again on the other side. I now need to stitch the boning in on that side now. Does anyone get on ok with no underwire? It seems to be the only way to go as I'm going through too many bras.

Possession wrote: »

Off to Cadbury World with our Mr T vouchers today and a big picnic....is it OK to feel quite unreasonably excited?!

unreasonable? unreasonable? :j:D:j:D:j:D:j:D I'd love to visit!! Have fun!

mardatha wrote: »

Wondering how many of you have microwaves and if they are a must-have.. I managed without since mine died about 5 years ago and am wondering if it saves money v heating stuff up on the cooker. What do you think?

Interesting how it only costs about 1p for 5 mins cooking. I too could do without the microwave. I have one, I use it but not reliant on it.

We off to North Yorkshire today, taking Alfie and the kids to walk up a mound. It's proper walk apparently. Putting batteries in the camera to let eldest DD be the photographer. Have a good day everyone.

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SDG that is such a sad situation. A word of warning though - if your friend's husband really does only have two months or so left to live then your friend might not want to go with you to the craft show, she might want to spend every possible moment with him. I imagine that GP will now be ultra-careful to send people for tests. Your poor friends.

Fuddle I regularly do large loads of shopping on my bike and would recommend panniers over a basket. Panniers are much more stable; having a loaded basket on the front will cause the front wheel/handlebars to wobble and you will have much less control over the bike. I bought my panniers years ago and they are still going strong, definitely a worthwhile investment.

Hello Lisakay I'm in Manchester too.

Jem132 can I recommend Dogstoday magazines's 'perfect pup' service to you? http://www.perfectpup.co.uk/index.php5 They help you assess your lifestyle so you know what breed or breed type to look for. A border collie is a very high-energy dog and not often recommended for 'beginners'. A pup is also very hands-on (although absolutely gorgeous .... ). You might do better with a calmer breed and maybe a rescue dog from one of the breed rescues, whose personality is known and who might already be housetrained etc. Whatever you do, don't go to an outlet which sells many different breeds of puppy - they will have come from puppy farms where the !!!!! is impregnated so she has litter after litter after litter, and none of the pups are checked for hereditary diseases or socialised but usually kept in filthy pens . There are quite a few of us on here who are gaga about our dogs so you will find plenty of help here too.

Right, off to walk the dogs and get on with the day.

ETA: Swear filter - where it says !!!!! read 'mother dog'!

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Morning Toughies, Mr Doc woke me up at 6.30 this morning by banging on the bedroom door until I got up - he didn't want to go out, just some company so I got up and made tea, put the laundry on, did the housework and when He Who Knows woke up we had even opened up the polytunnel and greenhouse and picked todays veg!!! Not to be outdone DH shredded loads of newspaper and set it to soak for paper bricks, had his breakfast and was out with the boy before 8 O clock, HOWZAT?

POPS - yes I think it was The Cliff Adams Singers, clever you remembering that.

TINK - I've had a SC since Mr Noah made the Ark - My instruction book says to heat the cooker for 10 minutes on high before starting cooking, and I always seal meat in the frying pan before it goes in. Any hard veg I use is cut very very thinly and goes in on the bottom, it has to be covered by the liquid in the Sc or it doesn't cook. The liquid is meant to be boiling as it goes into the SC and don't be tempted to add more than the recipe says. The other thing my book is adamant about is not lifting the lid until the cooking time is up, or you have to add another ingredient, as every time you lift the lid, the temperature drops and it takes an extra 30 minutes cooking time to get it back up again to where it should be. I've not had problems using this method. Hope this helps.

MAR - I was asked the other day if I was a secret prepper - I didn't think I was but having had the discussions we have had on the thread over the past few weeks I'm beginning to think I am! Is there a Preppers Thread? If not would any of you who are be prepared to start one to help us beginners along, I know PAH also has vast experience along those lines. I think it would be a real asset, if it wouldn't be too much of an imposition for you to do it.

We loved the Mo Farah moment last night and also Tom Daley was a joy to see as he celebrated his bronze medal win and gave him Mum the flowers. Don't we have some prodigious talent in this country? I feel proud to be British at the moment. It's been an amazing Olympics, we've discovered handball - wow that is an exciting game to watch, and thoroughly enjoyed all the TV coverage, particularly with the separate channels for the different sports, well done Seb Co et al, and well done BBC!!!!!!!!!

Have a lovely day everyone, Cheers Lyn xxx.

fuddle

jem132 wrote: »

I am consdering getting a dog never had one before and nethir has DH but we live so close to the woods at the end of our garden and i need to loose weight about 3 stone so am thinking loads of walks its a 1.7 mile to take kids to school as well 2 a day so will be nice to walk a dog pluse with DH working such a lot i feel like a single mum at the min it will be nice for the company .We went to look at a 2 year old boarder collie yesterday put have now decided a pup would be best for the kids to get used to so off to look today woopwoop .We are not going to jump in tho .We have looked at every thing and decided we can affored it so hopefully all will be well . I am going to stop smoking as well . Dh wont hes a bear when he does but i only smoke when kids are in bed or not in so theres no point really its more out of habit than addiction hopefully doggy will take my mind off it .I stopped befor when i wanted a whole new wardrobe of clothes then spent all the money i had saved on ciggs on a new wardrobe and started again silly me well today i day 1 if i want a dog i need to be fit enogh to walk it without been out of breath ..
Have a good day everyone love to all who need it xxx

Hi I had never had a dog before either. We went to dogs trust to look at the older dogs but I wasn't keen. I just didn't want to learn with a doggy that had problems or had been trained in a way that would cause us problems with the girls. We saw our little Alfie, a pup of 4 months old in a kennel with his brother and a load of labrador pups. Alfie is beagle/collie cross. They all came to the fencing to see us but all got disinterested very quickly... except for Alfie We decided there and then we would like to give him a home and the rest is history.

We've trained him really well, so many helpful training videos on the dogstrust youtube channel and seeing him grow and develop has been a really good reward He's a handful at times but I couldn't be without him. And yes, he's my company during the day. He gets me out when the kids are at school and allows me to get to places where I can learn about foraging.

I'd say go for it! Pics, pics, pics when you find your lil pup.

Popperwell

SDG I can understand your friend's bitterness...I'll always wonder if we missed something(Me and the Dr's)or they gave up on Mum but it will not bring her back and I'll be beating myself up.

I mean she was in hospital twice in three years and she would have had what we thought was a hemmoroid then so if they'd spotted it could she still be around...

The week before Mum died she was sweating in bed in the nursing home had a Dr been called in could the pneumonia been cured? Or was it all too much coping with rectum cancer too. I'll never know...

Popperwell

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

POPS - yes I think it was The Cliff Adams Singers, clever you remembering that.

It may be sad but I wish some of the programmes we remember were still on tv and radio or is that because everything was safe and nice for some of us and we were so far from the nasty things life seems to be throwing our way now...then again, we'd still have to face it all again eventually...

fuddle

Smiley knows what she's talking about more than I do and I would agree that the collie in Alfie and probably the beagle actually makes him a very, very high maintenance doggy... but super, super intelligent and a delight to train.

Training a pup the basics really is more work than having a newborn baby, seriously. For a while I spent most of my day out side just waiting for him to go to the toilet outside so I could reward him and get him used to 'oh this is where I'm supposed to do it' and even then, it was a few months of watching very carefully for any signs he needed to go. For a long while, relaxing nights just didn't happen. One would watch the TV while the other the dog!

Still, it doesn't last long.

Popperwell

The Oympics have probably been well organised and many have enjoyed it but with the cuts and worries abut our own struggling regarding staying in work, those on benefits and cuts that are coming it's ironic we're having a summit tagged on the back of the Olympics about hunger, of course its worst abroad but but hunger and poverty is relevent to the society that you belong.

And with more food banks and soup kitchens happening how about sorting out some of our problems...and then we have the new commitment of our PM giving £125million each year until the next Olympics to support the hopefuls attending Brazil(that comes in at around £500million)using tax payers money and diverting money from the lottery so it's still our money...

Oh Well! I'm just Pops the old grump!

Popperwell

Thinking of going to Aldi to buy some items on sale today I lose out paying for a taxi but its a look out...I may find some items to put in my store room whilst I am there...