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PasturesNew wrote: »The other one is when parents tell their kids to "Go and play, so me and your mum/dad can have a rest" - foisting them on the rest of us. e.g. those who plonk trampolines furthest from their house - where the kids can spend all day annoying the nearby neighbours by appearing/staring/waving/shouting over the fence top every 4 seconds for about 3 hours .... if you have a trampoline, put it right outside your own patio doors..... please!
So that the high net round the trampoline obscures the view of the garden from the house and blocks the sunshine from coming in? No thanks.
My trampoline has always been closer to my house than to anybody else's house, but in our old house it was closer to the bottom of other people's gardens than to our house.
Here we have a corner plot, so our garden is bounded on two sides by a fence on the other side of which is the pavement and road, and on the other side it's bounded by a fence on the other side of which is the driveway of the family whose kids are forever coming round to play here because (a) they're not allowed to make a mess in their own house and (b) we have a trampoline. Nobody's ever suggested there's anything undesirable about the trampoline being up against the fence.chewmylegoff wrote: »I'm not entirely sure but I think it's because they each had a yolk sac and there are separate placentas whereas identical ones share the same placenta and yolk sac. They have been different sizes throughout as well. No-one ever said how they can tell, but everyone says they are fraternal!
As you'll see from the link I posted in reply to somebody else who said this about placentas - shared placenta means definitely identical, but separate placentas only means probably fraternal, but possibly identical - they get separate placenta etc if the fertilised egg splits really early in the process.
Regardless of the identical/fraternal thing, though, separate placentas & yolk sacs are good, though - less risk of complications than shared placenta and/or yolk sac.
Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »What kind of curry requires Krispy Kremes as an ingredient? :eek:
Fir loves Indian sweets. Really loves them. He knows the names for them and everything.
I don't know most of the names. I quite like one I call 'dog chew' ( kind of looks like a...dog chew!, but mostly, its the least sweet of all I've tasted and the curly syrupy one.) rasmolai and the like are nice, but not my favourite things in the world. Some are just too sweet for my taste anyway, condensed milk but more so!
I do miss looking at those sorts of things though, I look in fir's boxes when he has them, because they look beautiful, but in shops they look wonderous.0 -
lostinrates wrote: »I believe the theory is something like tidal pull/ lure. Some people also believe there is a correct stage of the moon's phase at which we should menstruate, and if we do not we are out of kilter with nature and should do something about it.
The way you have phrased your answer suggests that you don't find either of these arguments particularly convincing. Which is just as well because it frees me to be blunt and say that I think both of them are piffle.
Water isn't any more or less attracted by the moon than anything else. Tides are made of water because water is free to flow about the place, whereas rock/soil etc aren't. If they were, we would get tides of them too - actually we do a bit as the outer core of the earth is liquid, and even the mantle has some flexibility, but because everything goes up and down together with us on top, we don't notice any of it happening.
The menstruation/moon thing would only make any sense if all women had cycles that were (a) regular and (b) 27 or 28 days long. Loads of us don't. How do the proponents of such a theory suggest that a woman with a cycle of 23 days, or an irregular one that varies from 21 days to 33 days, etc, should get in kilter with nature????Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
The menstruation/moon thing would only make any sense if all women had cycles that were (a) regular and (b) 27 or 28 days long. Loads of us don't. How do the proponents of such a theory suggest that a woman with a cycle of 23 days, or an irregular one that varies from 21 days to 33 days, etc, should get in kilter with nature????
Probably something like finding the mane hair of a virgin unicorn on a blue moon.
Seeing as the average cycle is around 28 days (if I remember correctly), I can completely understand where the idea it is supposed to be linked to the moon comes from. Likewise if people are awoken in the night due to the extra light etc. I can see where it might be associated with unusual occurrences.
Yes - when I mentioned water I was thinking of tides. I think it's entirely more likely that people have had disturbed sleep this week due to the light of the moon rather than anything else. I'm happy for others to believe different things though. My next door neighbour is into more 'spiritual' things than I perhaps am. I'm quite tempted to ask her for a bit of help at the moment though!0 -
The way you have phrased your answer suggests that you don't find either of these arguments particularly convincing. Which is just as well because it frees me to be blunt and say that I think both of them are piffle.
Water isn't any more or less attracted by the moon than anything else. Tides are made of water because water is free to flow about the place, whereas rock/soil etc aren't. If they were, we would get tides of them too - actually we do a bit as the outer core of the earth is liquid, and even the mantle has some flexibility, but because everything goes up and down together with us on top, we don't notice any of it happening.
The menstruation/moon thing would only make any sense if all women had cycles that were (a) regular and (b) 27 or 28 days long. Loads of us don't. How do the proponents of such a theory suggest that a woman with a cycle of 23 days, or an irregular one that varies from 21 days to 33 days, etc, should get in kilter with nature????
As someone with an irregular cycle and who at times lives uncomfortably close to nature I welcome every bodies freedom to believe what they want and mine to think ' what you smoke is natural too love, but its doing nowt for you.....seen these pictures of spiderwebs have you? '
I love different beliefs and ways of looking at the world and stuff. I find beauty in many different ones. I just cannot find any group of believers I can throw my lot in with.
there is always some thing that is odd. I think maybe my believe is we should be true to our own feelings and respectful of others, so long as those others don't stamp on third parties. 0 -
Well, I know one reason we were woken up this week. DS3 let the little dog out for a pee in the wee hours. Little dog did not come back, and he could not find her in the dark. Come the morning, it turned out that her collar had got caught on some bushes under the oak tree, and she was stuck. The little dog did not make a sound all night, but the birds that nest in the tree made loads of noise. The next day Doglet was very subdued and she would not go out with DS3, but she seems to have got over it now.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0
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Well, I know one reason we were woken up this week. DS3 let the little dog out for a pee in the wee hours. Little dog did not come back, and he could not find her in the dark. Come the morning, it turned out that her collar had got caught on some bushes under the oak tree, and she was stuck. The little dog did not make a sound all night, but the birds that nest in the tree made loads of noise. The next day Doglet was very subdued and she would not go out with DS3, but she seems to have got over it now.
This is why mine do not wear collars at home. A friend's dog died getting stuck on a door knob.
Poor girl.0 -
Confession time: I'm skiving off today (even more than usual). A couple of girls (well, ladies) from work are going for a walk then stopping off for a 'cheeky drink'. I didn't take much (any) persuasion.
I've spent the afternoon cleaning the house. With a glass of prosecco.
Bad Nikkster.0 -
lostinrates wrote: »I have to say I am with pn on this. I think its a privacy thing. Though, of the parents are happy to have the kids bouncing outside and peering in to DH and I bouncing inside over the breakfast table, well.....their lookout I guess.
I'm amazed how much energy you two have.
Our house in Norfolk has a through lounge diner with big picture windows front and back. We don't have net curtains. So, any hanky panky over the breakfast table would definitely scandalise the neighbours.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
lostinrates wrote: »This is why mine do not wear collars at home. A friend's dog died getting stuck on a door knob.
Poor girl.
Yes. Poor Doglet
Glad she's ok now.
Sorry to hear about your friend's dog LIR. That must have been awful.0
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