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michaels

silvercar wrote: »

Is this more important for boys than girls?

Not sure I agree with you on this one. Don't girls also need to have seen appropriate male behaviour so they can recognise but is inappropriate?

Generali

silvercar wrote: »

Is this more important for boys than girls?

I think girls need good male models and boys good female ones personally.

Percy1983

GDB2222 wrote: »

I don't know why I am awake in the middle of the night, but it occurs to me that all single ladies should have a tether ring installed near the front door, so Mr. Right can tie up his stallion whilst he is doing his sweeping. The last thing you want is for the stallion to run off mid-sweep, especially if there's a lot of traffic around.

And maybe you need some hay, to keep the stallion happy whilst you entertain Mr Right? So, add hay to the shopping list, as well as CAKE. Mr Right may well like cake, probably fruit cake. And Earl Grey tea, of course. And cucumber sandwiches.

Us modern Mr rights stayed with the times, I won my wife over with a citreon saxo (My then stallion) and she hooked me with a nandos (the food of love). :rotfl:

Wheezy_2

vivatifosi wrote: »

They charge you to collect recycling or garden waste? I don't see how they can meet their targets to avoid landfill if they charge people not to use landfill. Strange policy.

£50 per year and £25 one off for a garden waste bin here.
(Spelthorne Borough Council)

hjd

Wheezy wrote: »

£50 per year and £25 one off for a garden waste bin here.
(Spelthorne Borough Council)

And just down the road in Woking Borough Council
£45 per year for one garden waste bin, £20 extra for each additional bin.

Generali

Cripes! Lots of neighbours to my Mum. I was raised in Waverley.

ukmaggie45

I took some more photos of the primroses yesterday. I love the way that they have seeded into the patio side of the retaining slate edging. They have spread a long way along the hedge over the years since we planted just 3 small plants! We were very lucky that I managed to find a pin as well as thrums. :j

Primroses by ukmaggie45, on Flickr

We also have some dwarf daffodils, they're more spread out along the hedge.

Mini daffodils by ukmaggie45, on Flickr

I think I might try and plant more mini daff bulbs come autumn. There's also some full size daffs, but they're only in bud at the mo. Also rather choked with the honeysuckle, so will try and free them off before we go home. Hoping the wind drops a bit so it's more comfortable to sit outside and do fiddly pruning!

Lots of foxgloves coming up too. :j Didn't have many last year for some reason. Always get some self seeding into pots, so will try and dig some of those out and pot them up and take them home to try in the garden. Won't flower till next year, as pots weeded yearly so none are old enough to flower yet. (Foxgloves are biannual, or sometimes perennial if you're lucky)

LydiaJ

Nikkster wrote: »

The stallion can be tethered out the back. I have earl grey (and indeed lady grey) in my tea collection that probably rivals the inrates'. I could rustle up a cucumber sandwich at the moment, though I don't always have cucumber or bread. Very rarely have cake, but could pop to the shop across the road if required.

Cucumber sandwiches might be a problem here. I buy plenty of cucumbers, but it's difficult to keep them in the house. DD eats them as soon as she finds them.

silvercar wrote: »

Is this more important for boys than girls?

Important in a different way, I suspect. Whether one is more necessary than the other is difficult to define.

Generali wrote: »

I think girls need good male models and boys good female ones personally.

Agree. Both sexes of children need both sexes of good adults in parental type roles.

SingleSue

The boys would disagree about the need for a male parent, as far as they are concerned, they are so much better off without him than with him.

They are glad we divorced and think their lives are better without him being here, quite sad really but he has well and truly lost them through his own actions.

Oh and I lost 2lbs this week bringing my total to 1 stone 9.5lbs since 12th Jan....I'm a tiny bit chuffed to say the least.

Spirit_2

SingleSue wrote: »

The boys would disagree about the need for a male parent, as far as they are concerned, they are so much better off without him than with him.

They are glad we divorced and think their lives are better without him being here, quite sad really but he has well and truly lost them through his own actions.

Oh and I lost 2lbs this week bringing my total to 1 stone 9.5lbs since 12th Jan....I'm a tiny bit chuffed to say the least.

welldone to you and Josh. Are you feeling any benefit yet, increased mobility or clothes fitting better? mprovemnts in these always feels more meaning ful to me than what the scales say.