The OS Doorstep - a helpful and supportive thread in these tough times

Hard_Up_Hester

Lol, Monnogran, true, true, that's my reputation busted!
Those were the days, currently my darling hubby is faced with playing The Golden Shoot, constantly asking does that hurt? And trying to decipher screams of joy from screams of pain!
Hester

SDG31000

I have caught DS1's lurgy and feel like poop at the moment. He is well on the road to recovery, I am at the "How the heck can I be producing something that colour" stage.

I'm dosing myself up with elderberry vodka and honey drinks. It tastes horrible so I'm hoping it is helping. I can't take decongestants because they put my blood pressure up, I would kill for a lemsip at the mo.
So normal service will resume shortly I hope xxx

fuddle

Monnagran do you 'know' Hester? Will you give over talking rudies, you make me blush. I think you should be like my grandma. She would sit and shuffle, tut and get embarrassed at the snuff of a cuddle on tv - I'm talking neighbours too here.

You've such a long year ahead if you Monna. I can see this rumbling on for moths all the while unsettling for you both. I'm so pleased you felt love, even if you have to leave in the end just look what you have given those people.

I can't believe baguette mountain was a year ago!!

Shame you couldn't eat what the cats catch. Sorry, eek.

Speaking of which. Remember the family who reversed into my car and their son bought my saxo? The father is a fisherman like DH and has been out on the North Sea this afternoon. He's given us ling, coley and mackerel. DH gutting and cleaning as we speak we're going to give some to MIL on Saturday... maybe that's karma visiting me for being more concerned about his upset wife than giving her grief for hitting my car. We feel a bit blessed and overwhelmed to be honest.

Ergh, SDG hope you get some relief.

shegar

the_cake wrote: »

I've just looked it up, and Hunter wellies have been made in China since 2008. I work in a shop selling wellies (and other countryish stuff), and am sorry to say that all of them are now equally cr*p, with a very short life. Shegar, I bet your Hunters are pre-2008, when they were still good. All of them now split quite quickly, so you may as well buy cheap ones; D*nlop are pretty good, tho' not stylish! I always look out for old, unworn wellies in charity shops - even find them, occasionally. (Love the way the autocorrect is insisting I discuss willies!!!) HTH, the cake.

Yes I bought my hunters in 2006, remember cos they had a closing down sale and I thought id give them a try because I do hundreds of miles in my wellies, mine are the classic green colour.......Where we live is so full of snobs everywhere, village after village, and they all go to local fetes, country fares, and they wear their "polished" hunters , and I go out in my covered in sh*te,:eek:, cos mine are for working and wearing , not a fashion statement, they also walk about in their barbours and burberry scarves:p..........What a lot of toffs.......:eek:, All talk with a plum in their gob..........And lots drive Range rover Discoverys ....................Loved reading what you all said about wellies , very interesting..........Been nice today and wearing tee shirt, but its definately getting darker earlier of a night..... .........Sheila

GreyQueen

Hope you soon feel better, SDG. Should I send Nursie? The mere prospect of her arrival tends to have the poorlies picking up their beds and RUNNING away........:rotfl:

Welllll, Shoebox Towers is seething like a kicked wasp nest today as we awoke to find a massive overnight graffiti assault. Beggar's done flats, windows, cars, every darned thing.

People are fuming. Polis have been down here with a CSI van collect paint samples and taking pix. Several of my more insomniac neighbours are furious they didn't see the pest and are determined to catch him next time.

My own personal nest missed being hit which was better for my blood pressure than otherwise but I'm still cross for my neighbours; what a blimming waste of council tax money - grr!

Otherwise, all is well in my life, slowly creeping thru undone chores and the untidier bits of the allotmentino. I'm turning over ground I've never turned before and am hoping for Treasure.

Thus far; nails, broken glass, shreds of plastic, tin cans, more glass and more nails and bits of old roofing felt. Why oh why can't I be the one to uncover a hoard of ancient coins and make a fortune? One itsy bitsy little gold doubloon? Pls?

Bigjenny

I thought nursie was still in Australia as we haven't heard from Softstuff for ages.

GreyQueen

Bigjenny wrote: »

I thought nursie was still in Aussie as we haven't heard from Softstuff for ages.

She snuck aboard an Aussie Navy vessel and got off the continent that way. She was several months and several modes of transport getting up into this hemisphere but has finally made it back to my broom cupboard.

Her fellow cupboard resident, Henri d'Vac, is whimpering quietly. I shall sit up watching for The Graffitist and launch her out the door should we spot him. She's a woman who knows exactly where to stick a paint can, IYKWIM.......:rotfl:


Poor Softstuff is still recuperating from the trauma of hosting Nursie for so long. Fondest wishes for her recovery and may she come back posting soon.

monnagran

SDG: Ouch. That sounds nasty. Flat Cola I believe is the stuff. Wouldn't know personally, I was last sick in 1976. Honestly. And if I pick up any horrid bug now I will blame you.

Fuddle: Are you incinerating that I am not Grandma-ish enough for you? I will have you know that I am easily shocked. Hester has shocked me more than once.
Do watch those fish bones, won't you darling. I would hate you to choke.

GQ: When Nursie has recovered from her jetlag, boatlag, tandemlag or whatever she is coming to terms with in your broom cupboard, perhaps you could send her to Kez. She could sort out the witches with one hand tied behind her back.

Part of my food mountain is 28 lemons. Perhaps I could make multitudinous lemon drizzle cakes cakes and freeze them. Ah...... But the freezer is full of baguettes. And pitta bread.

SIGH.....

x

kidcat

MOnnagran could you make lemon curd with the lemons? that is jars rather than freezer space at least

boultdj

How about lemon marmalade,Monnagran.