THE Prepping thread - a new beginning :)

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GreyQueen wrote: »

Chippy is a fish & chip shop

And chips are what American's call Fries.

What American's call Chips, we call Crisps.

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daz278 wrote: »

found a 30 litre storage box in 2nd bedroom full off tins that expire in next couple of months.....

I wouldn't worry about "expiry" dates on tins.

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Cheapskate wrote: »

]Some dictionary definitions are rather derogatory, but the gentlest ones simply describe a cheapskate as someone unwilling to spend money

Reminds me of a joke.

Question: How was copper wire invented?

Answer: Two Yorkshire men fighting over a Penny.

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cornishchick wrote: »

and I've been practicing the ancient art of Blanket fort building

Something like this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94nT5an7F7s

mardatha

I use pet a lot but its not common up here. I once got abuse from an American girl who accused me of calling her an animal... Here we say just a plain and simple "Aye" or "Howzitgaun?" (how is it going)!
Reading about summer heat in various places and the world is def getting warmer, I just hope it reaches us here in the frozen north. If we got a wee bit warmer we could grow a hell of a lot more than we do now. At this height we can't grow any kind of tree fruits at all and we can't grow early tatties. This bugs me

GreyQueen

Morning all.

I survived the countryside and rolled into the flat at 11.30 pm last night. And, dammit, I could be out on the river on a dayboat excursion this aft but for the tediousity of having to earn a living. The gang are mainly teachers and lecturers so are on holibobs now and I'm not. Wah!

BB - you durdy dawg, I'm not even responding to that, I had to go start a new vat of Acme Mind Bleach..........

mila, it gets worse. As well as the possibility of being called love, pet, hen or hinny, depending on the region, in Cornwall, you can be called moi lover by complete strangers. Happened to me in a coastal village. It was an old boy, so I reckon he'd been hired by the local tourist board to wander around speaking to visitors in a quaint and rustic manner.

thriftwizard

GQ, I come originally from the very western edge of Devon, and to this day "moi lover" is still an everyday phrase there. As is the threat to small children that "Boney" will come & get you if you don't behave. "Boney" being Napoleon Bonaparte; they don't forget easily!

I love some of the phrases up here in "Furrin Parts" (foreign places, i.e. anywhere east of Exeter) that are part of local parlance; my spellchecker goes bananas at such Dorset gems as "Whenabout?" (i.e. at what time?) and "Hereabout" (i.e. in this area) & have to say that there's been a distinct resurgence in their use amongst the young in the last few years. Like flying the county flag, too, and if you ask them where they come from, they start with "Wessex!" It's lovely to see some pride-of-place developing, after many years of people feeling forgotten & ignored by the powers-that-be upcountry.

ivyleaf

lillibet_dripping wrote: »

Going back to 'Brit-speak' - a friend of mine, South African, was over here to work for a time. She asked me why everybody was asking her if she was all right? ( as in 'hello, you all right?) as if she was ill!!!
'Praps it's just an Essex thing!

It's used here as well - "Awright?" rather than saying hello. It took us ages to get used to it!

And going down the local high street is "Gahn dahna Broadway"

GQ You probably need to explain to mila about Henri d'Vac.....and Nursie!

mrs-moneypenny

Morning all

milasavesmoney wrote: »

:):):):) Love this

Barney is a purple dragon

My DD3 now in her 20s adored barney when she was younger (still does really she works in a children's nursery) and once when she was about 5 I found her studying an atlas muttering she couldn't find it. When asked "it" was the armanarna nation as she wanted to visit. Puzzled I asked where she'd heard about it. It's where barney comes from she replied. I explained barney was American. Oh no she said with all the confidence of a child that age hes got a song about it and proceeded to sing 'Barney is a dinosaur from armanarna nation'.
(For anyone who doesn't know barney is a dinosaur from our imagination)
He also taught her the alphabet was abcdefghijk 'enemenal' pqrs etc

Back from weekend in sunny sheringham which was gorgeous. The waterbutt is now bone dry so it has been raised and adjusted in prep for the next rains to come.
Lots of the garden produce has been harvested.
Need to cut back hedges today as they are getting rather overgrown and plant some more salad.

I hope everyone is as well as can be.

mrs-moneypenny

I'm originally from Lincolnshire where lots of my family still live and everyone there seems to refer to each other as 'mate' my mum slips back into it the second she's on the phone to 'home'
I'm in 'ey up me duck' country now