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The Nice People Thread, No.16: A Universe of Niceness.
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My family tree would be so boring in comparison to others!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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She's beautiful
Thank youWell, it looks like she fetched all right!
I like 'labradippet'!
Yes, very good at fetching. One of the other dogs we met was great at running after the ball, but would stop to sniff about on the way back, and put the ball down, and end up returning without it. :doh:
New Dog is not so good at letting go of the ball when she's brought it back, though. :think: With Avatar Dog, we had balls on ropes. This time, I was thinking of having ordinary balls with one of those throwing things, but if she's going to need persuading to let go, then a ball on a rope is probably a better bet. We'll see.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 -
Yes, very good at fetching. Not so good at letting go of the ball when she's brought it back. With Avatar Dog, we had balls on ropes. This time, I was thinking of having ordinary balls with one of those throwing things, but if she's going to need persuading to let go, then a ball on a rope is probably a better bet. We'll see.
Maybe she could learn to let go if you start off with a soap on a rope :rotfl:0 -
Maybe she could learn to let go if you start off with a soap on a rope :rotfl:
Poor dog! That reminds me of taking Avatar Dog to the beach. He liked water - would fetch a stick from a river or lake for hours on end - but hadn't come across salt water before. He got sand in his mouth picking up the ball from the sand, and then tried to have a drink to get rid of the sand, and was puzzled and distressed as to why drinking didn't seem to be making him feel better.
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 -
My family tree would be so boring in comparison to others!
That's what everybody on WDYTYA says ....
Most people have no idea what went on in previous generations... they just know as far back as "granny, the old lady we visited on Sundays 30-40 years ago" ... and then they find that granny's parents did something unexpected or outrageous.... or just "very giggle-worthy".
My gt-gt-granny was a name on a chart.... then I found she'd been in prison, twice - and been evicted from a house for anti social behaviour (and living in sin) .... running a disorderly house.
You just think/assume that people were born, married, had children, died ... and did their washing on Mondays .... until you uncover stuff.
I had no idea that my granny's first Xmas was spent without her father as he was in prison for stealing a neighbour's chicken!0 -
"Little man" just phoned. Originally expected yesterday, revised to tomorrow; now postponed until next Monday.0
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When all that hot weather came, the grass stopped growing. Hurrah!
After 7-10 days or so I did worry about it all being brown and watered it most evenings for 10 minutes... I'd never watered any grass before.
It looked all right.... well, it was still a bit green in places.. and I felt "pleased" that I might've "saved" it ... then I read that you shouldn't bother, so I stopped bothering.
Over the last week or so, with the rain etc, it's begun to grow again - only bizarrely ... it's only the s0ddin' weeds and thick/fat grass that's grown, up to about 6" high ... the lawn itself's not moved... and it looked bl00dy awful. So I reluctantly dragged the mower out of the shed and gave it all a shave.
I really should get round to buying a weed killer that you see on the telly that says "kills the roots" ... perchance if I just do it all once it'll magically get rid of the weeds. Lots of dandelions in the main .. and some odd looking green fern-like stuff.0 -
New Dog is lovely, Lydia. May you have many happy years together playing Fetch!.
So pleased that it sounds as if Little Dog will have a new family very soon too
As regards distant relatives, when my sister-in-law (late brother's wife) went to the US a few years ago to visit her father who had had to go into a care home, the nurse looking after him had the same uncommon surname as my brother and me! Evidently a distant cousin, descended from our G-G-Grandfather who had emigrated in 18-somethingorother.0 -
Not "horse's tail" is it?PasturesNew wrote: »When all that hot weather came, the grass stopped growing. Hurrah!
After 7-10 days or so I did worry about it all being brown and watered it most evenings for 10 minutes... I'd never watered any grass before.
It looked all right.... well, it was still a bit green in places.. and I felt "pleased" that I might've "saved" it ... then I read that you shouldn't bother, so I stopped bothering.
Over the last week or so, with the rain etc, it's begun to grow again - only bizarrely ... it's only the s0ddin' weeds and thick/fat grass that's grown, up to about 6" high ... the lawn itself's not moved... and it looked bl00dy awful. So I reluctantly dragged the mower out of the shed and gave it all a shave.
I really should get round to buying a weed killer that you see on the telly that says "kills the roots" ... perchance if I just do it all once it'll magically get rid of the weeds. Lots of dandelions in the main .. and some odd looking green fern-like stuff.
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You want to get rid of that. It's a right pain.0
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