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Daydream fund challenge part 4
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oh jojo , I so know that situation and those "people" ... did make me laugh reading that as I thought I was alone in thinking some people are dorks
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Nah, Alfie, you really aren't alone.
I have quite possibly heard every stupid comment imaginable about animals. And screams. Lots of screams. In fact, I can usually identify exactly what animal related emergency is in progress through the particular timbre, pitch and note duration of screams from half a mile away - the Dragonfly Scream is the most entertaining one (we have a pond that is largely left to its own devices at work, with the result that we get absolutely stunning Hawkers terrorising the Offspring of the Parish - and staff refusing to walk past the pond - come the 2nd half of Summer Term), but there is also;
the Wasp in the Classroom Scream,
the A Squirrel Ran Past And Up A Tree Scream,
the There Is A Spider So Small Nobody Can See It Without A Microscope Scream,
I Saw A Mouse Scream and, worst of all,
the OH MY GOD THERE'S A MOTH COMING TO GET ME Scream (usually when an unfortunate Red Admiral has gotten itself wafted in the window).
I've also been informed with complete seriousness that
Wasps bite and serve absolutely no evolutionary purpose,
Flying Ants sting - and fly because they're hunting for children's packed lunches,
Earwigs are so called because they crawl in your ears, lay eggs and eat your brain,
False Widows are deadly dangerous and must be exterminated so they don't kill you,
Bats fly into your hair (because they want to drink your blood, obviously)
Foxes hunt in packs like wolves to carry off babies,
If you get pregnant, you must get your cat put down because it will hate the baby and deliberately smother it,
Goldfish only grow to the size of the tank/bowl and only live for a couple of years at most,
Geese are friendly, cuddly things,
Dogs that have been growling and have now stopped, freezing in position, with somebody fixed in their stare are 'just playing',
Dogs that make a noise when playing, tails up, wagging and bouncing about with another dog doing the same (or their toy) are 'vicious',
Dogs like to 'play' with sheep, so need to be allowed to have a run about in the same field, as the sheep will get used to dogs if that's allowed,
and many, many more.
My highly specialised research [STRIKE]purely anecdotal evidence[/STRIKE] through my life has provided irrefutable, incontravertible and indisputable proof that
Anybody got some other stonking examples?I could dream to wide extremes, I could do or die: I could yawn and be withdrawn and watch the world go by.Yup you are officially Rock n Roll0 -
Someone phoned the RSPCA because a farmer left his cows out in the rain.0
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my sister in law told me that my rescue lurcher [she was malnourished ] had worms eating her calcium that's why her legs were so spindly !!
had a friend who was convinced that goats had lambs and when I said KIDS she said .." well yes till they grow up " .........0 -
Hmm just wrote a post and lost it! Grrr.
Just popped in to say I have moved. All is well. It was a bit of a nightmare on he day with my money going awol for 3 hours. My side insisting it had been sent and the other insisting it hadn't arrived. It got returned to my solicitor and both sides still blamed the other. It was rather a stressful day and got the keys at 3. Anyway, I'm in and mostly unpacked. Just need to get some furniture for the bedrooms to unpack the final five boxes. Then pictures and mirrors to go up.
The plants all survived the move but I don't think they will enjoy their new home at present, it's like a big garden. I've had a quote for a patio and path and need to get a few more. I'm going to need some French drains putting in too, but wondering if they're something I could do myself?
I looked at preached trees as I'm overlooked and I don't like it...first time since having my own home, eek. But boy the prices are eye watering!
I hope you're all well and as soon as I get internet sorted I'll be back. I'm using my phone as a hot spot and it's denting my data something chronic. But like the solicitors BT and open reach just blame each other! See you all soon.0 -
Jojo_the_Tightfisted wrote: »
Anybody got some other stonking examples?
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Not animal-related but I once worked with a (supposedly intelligent, professional) woman who stated, on hearing that I had grown my own salad which I was eating for lunch, that she only bought veg. from supermarkets as she couldn't face eating anything grown in the dirt.
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Glad the moving is over now Fay. :beer: You can start to plan for next year and maybe get a patio done, but try to live with the rest for a while. The overlooking will be less noticeable in the greener times of the year, and you can look at different ideas to make things more private while it's winter time.
Inevitably, with houses all around, (providing shelter:D) with our 1/4 acre in the city, there was overlooking that we didn't have with the original postage stamp garden. It would have hurt others to plant tall stuff on all the boundaries, so we solved the privacy thing by strategic planting across the garden and accepting overlooking in half of it. So long as there's a place to retreat to.....;)
Where will you take the French drain? The water it collects has to go somewhere. As I posted a while back, I made a French drain at the bottom of the path I've been making and it runs into a sloping lawn which is never boggy. Have you got somewhere similar where water can run off?
One thing's more likely than not; plenty of compacted soil and broken bricks, but hey, that's quite similar to what we've been dealing with this summer, now the diggers have finally gone away!
Its all earthy, primitive, do-able stuff. I find ground work quite therapeutic in a strange way....Hope you do too!
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do hope the transition goes as smooth as poss , fay..
tuck yourself up amongst the boxes, wack up the heat, pile of chocolate and don't do anything that's boring until 2019
but that is "alf's advice" and not at all practical :rotfl:0 -
Good point Dave, where would I drain the French drain too, hmmm. The garden slopes two ways, across and down towards the house. So it would likely end up draining towards the house, as it does now.so that's not good is it. I have a good guy coming to quote for me and will ask him for advice.is there anything else you could recommend?
The ground will def Italy be compacted. There are lying pools of water already and you sink into the so called lawn too.
The overlooking feels worse as I haven't had anyone overlooking my garden for nearly nine years. I have my large arbour bench thoug and that will go up in the spring. Once covered with climbers that will be a nice little spot. There are no trees or anything, so no greenery to cover anything...I'll add some though. Out the front is a different matter. I chose the spot specifically as it overlooks a natural area where the attenuation pond had been put, but that's down about twenty odd foot. Around the permimiter are all trees with TPOs on them, it's really quite lovely and in the spring and summer will be fab.
Alfie, this house is incredibly warm. Much like you I have moved from a house that was quite chilly. So this feels like a Caribbean island at times. As of last night only two boxes of books remain, then just a few art works and mirrors to go up and the house is completely unpacked. Feet are firmly up tonight and champagne was had last night.its a comfortable feeling house and I'm starting to settle. First neighbours should move in tomorrow...0 -
Oh and the trials on openreach and BT...open reach kept giving different excuses. Yesterday they said it would be more than a week as they had registered my equipment to another house, which is empty and hasn't yet been sold. They said they couldn't turn that equipment on and register it correctly as it was unfair on that house...an empty unsold house. Cue email to CEO and waking up this morning to an email to say I could order a service as it was all sorted, service ordered and BT should send the hub tomorrow. Amazing what an email can do!0
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Great stuff Fay - BT can be a minefield when you move & even when you don't.
Pouring down here & very chilly - just back from Inverness & have to go up to Lochinver tomorrow as OH gets Physio - fed up with all the gadding around.0
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