Nice People Thread No. 14, all Nice and Proper

GDB2222

LydiaJ wrote: »

He is understandably suspicious. Thanks for the update.

Yes, you cannot trust humans. At least, not if you are a fox.

PasturesNew

mystic_trev wrote: »

Pie and Pizza, with a whole BBQ Chicken thrown in :eek:

What's there not to like?

As Gen would say……..nom…nom



http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/australia-food-blog/2015/may/27/pizza-or-pie-or-neither-pizza-huts-fourn-twenty-pie-pizza-thing-reviewed

I couldn't eat a whole one ...but I'm prepared to give it my best shot

GDB2222

PasturesNew wrote: »

Imagine the scene: 10' high fir trees next door, currently cut square on top so it's a fat bush (7' deep). And that grows up/over my shed.

So, I've got the gear, right? Out with the loppers .... and I can't reach much. Not got the upper body strength to hold loppers at full length, up in the air, round a twig, then (other hand), pull the long string that operates the blade.

Did the bit I could reach (2' deep past the shed) but needed to get the back corner.... shed's in the way.

Got the ladder out .....

20 minutes, four ladder positions, two different lopper lengths .... and one small piece of greenery eyed up for destruction. Still not achieved it.

I just don't have the strength to hold that thing at full length over/above the shed -and- pull the string. AND ...when I do manage it, the weight of the cropping head pulls down on the branch so it just gets chased out of the blades.

And, on top of that, I tried the loppers shorter, hoping I'd need less strength and now they're stuck shorter as I've not got the strength to lengthen them again.



About 45 minutes ''work' and I've enough clippings to 1/3rd fill a regular supermarket carrier bag

And I'm sweating and my arms ache. Sat down beside my coffee ....and stared at it at first as I didn't even have the strength to pick up the mug.

Helpful as always, with practical suggestions that you don't want: perhaps attach a broom handle to the handle of the lopper so as to balance it - not to give you extra reach but just for balance to make it easier to hold?

Someone will be along with sympathy in a minute. I don't do sympathy, just practical, if unwanted, suggestions.

LydiaJ

PasturesNew wrote: »

When I was growing up we'd eat when dad came home, usually by 6pm. Often 5.30. If it was egg/chips night mum cooked those pan by pan - she'd fry a pan full and you'd stand beside her with your plate and they were tipped onto your plate, then the next person waited with their plate... so we'd be fed first, hopefully timed so that dad's were ready when he walked in.

When I was growing up we ate when my dad came home too. Usually about 7:30. It's not unique to London. He didn't have a long commute, either - it was a 20 min walk. I've always thought it was more of a class thing than a geographical thing. Professional jobs tend to make people work later (shift work excluded, naturally). My in-laws ate early, but then he was a minister, so eating early made sense to leave plenty of time for evening meetings/visits etc.

When I was very little I ate earlier than the rest of the family. I was very proud, at the age of 5 or so, to be judged old enough to "stay up for grown-up supper".

michaels

PN as it is next doors bush and you are struggling I would have thought it would be reasonable for you to ask if they could trim it.

We eat between 6 and 7 generally, kids have never been too young to eat at the same time. TV is off. Tmings do vary a bit depending on which train I catch and which kids activities we are fitting around.

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

She's a bit odd/snotty to be honest. Nice neighbour asked her to stop feeding the birds as they were pooing on our patios and cars and she told nice neighbour to p*** off.

I banged on her door about the furries and suggested she gets the council in to bait and she said "Oh no, I can't kill wildlife" and refused to entertain the idea of poisoning them at all.

Well, she doesn't have to POISON them. She could sit there with an air rifle

vivatifosi

silvercar wrote: »

We eat at around 7.30pm. I think that is quite late, I suspect it is a London thing, with a lot of people having a long commute.

The boys would often eat first - the choice between feeding them a snack to keep them going and then finding them too full for dinner or letting them eat earlier.

We tend to eat at different times due to our different shifts. DH tends to eat about 6pm, I eat about 8.30-9.00 as quite often I'm not in long before then and like a bit of a sit down before I prep dinner.

Taking a cruise out of Barcelona on an American ship is interesting... all of the Americans prefer the early dining at 6pm, the Spanish all want the latest possible dining, which is normally 8.30pm. I wonder how eating times differ culturally worldwide.

vivatifosi

Pastures, you might find keeping your front bit easier to keep tidy with a cheap hedge trimmer. I use loppers too, then my dad brought a hedge trimmer round. Took him about 10% of the time and looks way neater. Not sure it would work on your neighbour's tree though. It's the sort of thing that they do cheap a couple of times a year at Aldi or Lidl.

Spirit_2

vivatifosi wrote: »

Pastures, you might find keeping your front bit easier to keep tidy with a cheap hedge trimmer. I use loppers too, then my dad brought a hedge trimmer round. Took him about 10% of the time and looks way neater. Not sure it would work on your neighbour's tree though. It's the sort of thing that they do cheap a couple of times a year at Aldi or Lidl.

We looked at the Aldi hedgetrimmer a few weeks ago. It was about£65. The reviews online for it, pretty much condemned it as unreliable so we went back to plan A and bought one at a garden machinery supplier. It is a Tanaka and a hedge cutter rather than trimmer as if you have branches to cut that are as thick as a man's thumb a trimmer may not do it. OH has used it to cut the hornbeam as that is light and open so he could see there were no nests in it, but the other hedges will just have to look a mess until all of the chicks have fledged.

michaels

vivatifosi wrote: »

Pastures, you might find keeping your front bit easier to keep tidy with a cheap hedge trimmer.

Snigger snigger

Saw a possible BTL which came onto right move on Friday, viewed and offered 8% below asking price on Saturday. Told yesterday they had a higher cash offer they were accepting.