Preparedness for when

maryb

VJsmum wrote: »

I do only iron half of everything though. Only the front side of t -shirts, one side of each sleeve for the shirts, then the shirt gets folded in half lengthways and I do each front - which then does the back. Yes, there is a crease down the back but OH always did them like this and doesn't worry about it. I used to do them properly, taking nigh on five mins a shirt. Then discovered that doing it his way took about two mins. His way it is then

Only trousers get done properly, and I don't really iron much else.

Those shirts and things the other night took under an hour :T and that was two weeks worth of ironing.

Old Army saying

First the collar then the cuff.
Then the front and that's enough

jk0

paidinchickens wrote: »

I thought by law you had to exchange details so just gave them to him. DH has not got any mates like that, or many left at all since he became sick.

I'm not worried about anyone coming round because you lot have prepared me for anything and if they get past the six foot gates and the four hounds I have a few more surprises (death by newspaper)


We rang the police after it happened and they said as there was no injuries it didn't need reporting.

The problem is if you even ring your insurance company they log the accident and your policies are 8uggered for the next 5 years, which we would take on the chin if it was our fault.

I had someone reverse into my last car and write it off, they were totally to blame as I was stationary but it has put my insurance up for the last five years, plus I'm named driver on two other cars.

Saying this I stand by my claim that I would gladly pay higher insurance for something that is not my fault than pay a little irk 50p to replace an iota for something that was not our fault.

What I can't understand is how he begged at the scene for the insurance not to get involved as he had already claimed too many times.

People :mad:

PiC x

PiC, are you possibly with Churchill or Direct Line? They both claim not to penalise you if you are hit by an uninsured driver. I'm with Direct Line for that reason.

paidinchickens

JKO Yes I'm with Churchill and they are the ones that told me that "other" companies assume if you have been in an accident you will be in another even if it's not your fault" but they don't and that's why it came up cheaper.

I hate insurance companies as much as solicitors and politicians.

DH has fixed my car, some clips or something to the bumper etc etc, but it does not have to go and be resprayed thankfully.

I had to stay in work until I had paid the car off and it definitely teaches you how much of a waste of money a new car is.

£500 bangers or a tank from now on.

DH is refusing to ring his insurance as our car is now OK and he said let the little [STRIKE]!!!!!! [/STRIKE] twit ring his and see how much it'll cost him. If he wants to play with the grown ups he must learn to pay like a grown up.

If he wasn't a wotsit DH would have helped him fix it as he's had bikes for years but eh. He has been a little more like his old self the last few weeks but I fear this will have set him back again.

En devouring to cheer up Mr Doom and Gloom I dragged him off to a village pub and we sat and had a drink in front of a roaring, open fire. It was nice to get away for an hour and he seems to have perked up a little.

On another note my prepping has nearly broken my toe as several months ago they marked down the goodforyoubeans at T's and we bought them all and went to the other T's and bought a load more. They worked out at 8p tin, I remember the days when they were at that price permanently

Well the mountain of them toppled over as the Fat cat had been in the under stairs cupboard and he has obviously disturbed something because a load fell out and landed on my toe.

Beware of preps they can fight back you know.

PiC x

GreyQueen

Witless wrote: »

I'm a lot harder than that to get rid off!:rotfl:


How very dare you use that type of language!

W*rk is the curse of the drinking classes!

I'm very sorry for using such foul language on a public forum, and hope you'll forgive me. I was posting in haste as I put my shoes on to rush out the door to that-place-where-I-sell-my-labour-for-a-few-hours-each-day. Wanted to explain why I wouldn't be responding to any posts for a few hours, wouldn't want you to think I was pulling an attitude or anything.

Glad you're still with us as I'd like to place a virtual order for a knitted tin-foil hat with museli accessories, size large, pretty please.

Was it PiC who mentioned sowing peppers, amongst other things? You really need to sow peppers with heat (heated propagator perhaps?) and it's almost too late already. They need a long growing season and the UK isn't really suitable for them, even if you're going to keep them in a greenhouse, you need to get them started in early Spring with heat.

Lots of other stuff can sit around, although seed potatoes are in the shops now and starting to sprout, so you need to get them now and set them to 'chit'. Lots of other stuff can just relax, and big seeds like beans and peas can be accelerated into germination by soaking them for 48 hours (24 hours for peas) before sowing. With this trick I've had broad beans poking up through the soil in just 6 days.

When you need to get madly busy is when you can put your fingers into the top inch or so of soil and it feels warm, that's when you really need to bend your back and get cracking. At this time you'll also see tiny weedlings coming up thickly like cress on every centimeter of bare soil. That's optimum germination time.

Tomorrow, weather permitting, I shall walk up to the lottie gathering [STRIKE]rosebuds[/STRIKE] err pea-sticks along the way. Lots of things to do up there, probably including re-planting the onion sets I planted last week as at least some of them ususally get tugged up by birds who think they're edible in some way.

Must crack on and do something creative with leftoevers.

ragz_2

GreyQueen - I think it was me who mentioned peppers... I was reading an article in a magazine earlier that said they should be ok in a sunny spot if you live in the south and that I should be sowing them now... I will give it a try anyway, if it doesn't work I won't bother next year! You've sown your onions already? We haven't been to the new lottie since the rains came, ground still isn't ready so ours will have to wait a few weeks. Haven't bought the potatoes yet either... Eeek, must get on!

Just when we thought we were going to see the back of ATOS... they are trying to get their grubby paws on the CareData contract! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10661359/Atos-awarded-contract-for-NHS-records.html?fb (I added this on to my last post,b ut then realised we are on a new page so thought I would add here)

paidinchickens

I was in a panic as our lottie is just wet through. I will do the finger test thanks to GQ but if people think I'm losing my mind poking the ground trying to wake it up I'm blaming you lot

PiC x

jk0

Did anyone see this?:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/10664372/RBS-has-lost-all-the-46bn-pumped-in-by-the-taxpayer.html

Now, I may be being a little dim here, but doesn't that mean that RBS is back to the same position they were in in October 2008?

(You remember, when the RBS chairman rang up Alistair Darling and said that they would not be able to open on Monday morning unless they had a bailout?)

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-2418033/ALISTAIR-DARLING-INTERVIEW-Too-soon-start-popping-corks-warns-Chancellor.html

Nowadays it's a bail-in. Make sure you don't have more than £85k in RBS folks.

mardatha

I wonder what would happen to state pensions paid through a bank if that bank failed? It's never happened so I suppose nobody knows, but all our money comes through the RBS and its looking a bit dodgy now. Makes you think eh?

Mrs_T_M

Haven't had a chance to read here in a while, but I wanted to check something really quick. Does aerosol deodorant expire? Reason I'm asking: Sainsbury's seem to be selling off their stocks of Dove Pure in the 'compressed' can for 50p each, and I bought 24 cans of it. This is the one kind that I can use in other places and it doesn't cause me to break out in a rash and there is no smell to it.

Thanks in advance!

I also wanted to post the 50p per can thing, just in case anyone else could find them/wanted any!

GreyQueen

paidinchickens wrote: »

I was in a panic as our lottie is just wet through. I will do the finger test thanks to GQ but if people think I'm losing my mind poking the ground trying to wake it up I'm blaming you lot

PiC x

I'm descended on Dad's side from a lot of poor farmers and farm-labourers. Here's what the old-style country boys said:

How do you know when it's time to sow?

Yer pulls down yer trousers and puts yer bare a**e on the ground an' if it don't strike cold, yer c'n plant.

I suspect this might be the kind of thing which good ole country boys in the remoter parishes of Englandshire tell passing nitwits such as country parsons with a sideline in folklore. Funny how the educated and couth never imagine that the uneducated and uncouth might just be pulling their legs and having a good laugh at their expense.:p

PiC, there will come a day at some point this Spring when you will be hunkered down weeding. The sun will be warm upon your head and the surface of the soil positively warm to the touch, and as you weed your fingertips will poke beneath the surface and it will strike surprisingly warm. And then, your Inner Peasant will recognise The Time is Right.

ragz, yes, I'm a little early with the onion sets but I garden on a very free-draining soil, silt over sand, and it warms up very quickly and doesn't get waterlogged. Am starting my 8th growing season on this site, my 6th on this plot, so am well-familiar with the habits of the soil and the climate. If the soil was claggy and waterlogged, it would be unwise as the bulbs might rot off before they started to grow. My plot is also oriented SSE-NNW and gets full sun as isn't shaded by any trees or buildings. In about another month I shall have to get my sunhat out. My hair may be turning white but my complexion is still that of a redhead.

I figured by getting the onion sets in, they'd grow when they were ready and wouldn't be likely to take any harm, and if they did, that's £2 punted and not the end of the world if it went wrong. I was also motivated by wanting to see how much ground they needed so that I could plan other plantings.

I have been caught up in a mad rush of plantings in March and got very overtired so it's easier as an ME-er if I pace myself.

Ultimately, gardening is experimentation in a constantly changing environment. People who think it's boring just haven't paid enough attention. Once the bug has well and truly got a hold of you, you'll be happily playing in the dirt for the rest of your life.