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  • Nikkster
    Nikkster Posts: 6,391 Forumite
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    vivatifosi wrote: »
    Thanks Nikks... I am now enjoying consolation Easter egg. And aching.

    Does anyone know what the little short concrete post thingies are that you put in the ground to secure your fence when it breaks are called? I need to buy one but don't know where to go or What to ask for. Thanks.

    Are they called godfathers?

    Edit: Godfathers or fence posts I think!
    http://www.grangewoodfencing.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=1&Category_Code=CONCGOD
  • vivatifosi
    vivatifosi Posts: 18,746 Forumite
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    Yes! That's what I'm looking for! Thanks Nikks. I would not in a month of Sundays have known to ask for a godfather. You are a star.

    I wonder how they got their name.
    Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    After local walk in hitherto never ever been to village I'd like to propose more of these to fir, if we have more time. :). Road walking still easier for me than 'rambling' and a small village is cover able on a tired day now I am physically not in pain often. Its fun for the dogs to see new places too. Even though the walk bit isn't long the break in routine is good for dogs and I and leaving my immediate area is nice. :) it was a food distance today, local but not too local, so we'll have to think of a few more of those.
  • ukmaggie45
    ukmaggie45 Posts: 2,968 Forumite
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    Lovely day yesterday, sat out in the front garden with a G&T and watched the insects busy about their business. Quite a lot of honey bees :j and a single bumbley, and 3 peacock butterflies. Fog rolled in from the river about 6 and it was thick this morning. Took till about 2 for it to clear and the sun come out, now signs it'll be rolling up again soon, and a definite chill in the air compared to yesterday. Had a rotten night, so not done anything today. Just very weary.

    17056486835_fc535b8189_z.jpgBumble bee by ukmaggie45, on Flickr
  • LydiaJ
    LydiaJ Posts: 8,083 Forumite
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    Generali wrote: »
    Hopefully more Thatcher than Gillard.

    Funnily enough we were discussing equality of opportunity vs equality of outcome the other day.

    You end up having some very strange conversations when you have kids. E.g. yesterday in the car:

    The Girl: Daddy, can I ask 2 questions
    Me: Sure
    The Girl: The first one is, why is the sky blue?
    Me: Well <snip> photons <snip> excited electrons <snip> more blue <snip> emitted at a right angle
    The Girl: Oh, okay. The second question is, is it right for me to keep the $3.55 I just found please?

    From simple particle physics to the philosophy of property in a couple of minutes.

    Likewise. I had a swift transfer from "how do polaroid sunglasses work?" to "what does it mean when it says 'free house' on the front of a pub?" this afternoon.
    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.
    :)
  • Nikkster
    Nikkster Posts: 6,391 Forumite
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    Are we nearly there yet? :D
  • michaels
    michaels Posts: 28,759 Forumite
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    edited 6 April 2015 at 8:29PM
    Still waiting for our new car but test drove one today, it is limited to 99mph which of course should not have been seen as a challenge....

    Dealt with my dqwd's and currently the all important post 10k but I think PN is probably pruning even as we speak....
    I think....
  • Percy1983
    Percy1983 Posts: 5,244 Forumite
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    Had a near miss in the car earlier.

    Stopped the middle of a roundabout at lights, the middle lane is for next exit or continue around the roundabout, left lane for exit, right lane continue on roundabout.

    Good job I have good brakes and reasonable reactions as a car cut across in front of me to continue around the roundabout from the left lane.

    Worries me how some people don't understand you can't just go all the way around a roundabout around the outside.
    Have my first business premises (+4th business) 01/11/2017
    Quit day job to run 3 businesses 08/02/2017
    Started third business 25/06/2016
    Son born 13/09/2015
    Started a second business 03/08/2013
    Officially the owner of my own business since 13/01/2012
  • zagubov
    zagubov Posts: 17,930 Forumite
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    I pruned before I went away, in case it was too late when I came back :)

    You know these threads are never locked now, so there's no need to panic? Misskool was the admin who could close them and she's otherwise engaged. Unless there's a desparate reason to get another admin to do it, why put them to the trouble?
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