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The Nice People Thread, No.16: A Universe of Niceness.
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Re PM, re other side.
Thanks for letting me know.
To the person affected: Sorry to hear of your recent issues; they really do excel in getting things spectacularly wrong. They do prefer to compound their stupidity, once started.
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What does one do with a pumpkin, bought for haloween, stuck outside the front door for 2 hours uncarved and now sitting in the house?I think....0
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What does one do with a pumpkin, bought for haloween, stuck outside the front door for 2 hours uncarved and now sitting in the house?
On another thread here, about food frugality, someone cooked half a pumpkin to find it tasted like nothing at all except the chicken stock she'd added. The other half went into the composter.
There aren't half some boring vegetables out there.There is no honour to be had in not knowing a thing that can be known - Danny Baker0 -
Pumpkin pie? Home roasted pumpkin seeds?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.
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What does one do with a pumpkin, bought for haloween, stuck outside the front door for 2 hours uncarved and now sitting in the house?
Scoop out the flesh and see if it's edible. Pumpkin pie, pumpkin soup, etc.
Then turn the shell into a Christmas elf.
Or a happy smiley face?
Edit. Pic of smiley face pumpkin went ape. So had to delete it.
Or carve Christmas snowflakes into the sides. Purty!(I just lurve spiders!)
INFJ(Turbulent).
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Take a few days out, relax, recharge, have some fun. Washing etc can wait for a few days whilst you get your mojo back a little.
As for the backlog, don't think of it as a whole, break it down into chunks, so instead of stressing about getting a whole job done, plan for doing a part of it and treat each part as a success and not a failure. It may appear that this approach will take longer but it also comes with more success as it is less overwhelming than trying to do everything at once.
If you are worried about clean clothes, budget Asda are good for the important things with packs of underwear available cheaply (I know it's not exactly MSE) to cover the most important things.
Remember health comes first, not housework.
Edit - The little bits approach was how I managed to clear my house (James is a hoarder and I had issues with it too), it always overwhelmed me when I looked at a room and I pretty much failed before I had started. What worked for me was making a decision to clear say a corner of the room rather than the whole room. It was less daunting, saved some of my ever diminishing energy and in the end, led to a cleared space rather than the started it, got overwhelmed with it and given up room we would get before.
This is pretty much what I'm trying to do. To hear that it worked for you is very encouraging. Thank you.
Some schools have a scheme where the pupils have an "auntie" who acts as a guardian and takes them in holidays. That's usually paid, a bit like being a host family to foreign students.
I don't expect they are called aunties any more, though.
Indeed, they are called guardians now. IMO all boarding schools require any student whose parents are not in this country to have a guardian who is.I'm at work, luckily I just about remembered my password for the site on my mobile!
I'm actually starting to feel a little bit more human now, still pretty wiped out but my chest is a lot better.
Glad to hear that Sue. 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.0 -
Compost bin.
Yes this is what I would do with it.
GDB Thanks - I think you win a prize for most prompt response to a PM or something! I've also sent one to the other person. 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.0 -
I would cut the pumpkin up and leave it in the local woods for the wildlife to eat.Spend less now, work less later.0
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What does one do with a pumpkin, bought for haloween, stuck outside the front door for 2 hours uncarved and now sitting in the house?
Given that no one eats pumpkin skin and that it has only been outside for 2 hours and is still intact with no [STRIKE]hacking[/STRIKE] carving, why not use it in the same way that you would any other pumpkin eg soup or chopped and oven baked?
It's not as if spiders can have crept inside it or the inside is full of candle wax, or am I missing something?I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.0
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