Elite 11+ shopping and chat thread part 2½

tweets

Latest fire news from local paper

http://www.theoldhamtimes.co.uk/news/16316988.saddleworth-moor-fire-army-called/

mhoc

Morning all

Well I for one relish savvys middle of the night postings, a meaty chewy essay that gives you something to ponder while you drink your morning brew.

The one concerning how to spend £1.50 on ice lollies is very relevant. You would have thought every womble would have ice cream but apparently not.

Angel Delight type desserts - well they do have their place if your budget is limited and they are useful for using up milk bottle dregs.
but they have so many chemicals in them that I never buy them. I bought a few when Sainsburys had them reduced to clear but I could not bring myself to use them. I think eventually they all went into a food bank collection.

Which is another stage we are at again. I am checking the dates again on store cupboard packets and tins and trying to access their usefullness - if its things we are likely to use ourselves within the time. Errant son is only going to be around now while he is on leave - August/September and maybe Christmas so we cant rely on him to finish up storecupboard excesses. IT still has to look like a full to bursting selection though and not things that were hanging around when he was last here ....
So quite a few food bank bags are being filled.

Enterprise_1701C

Good morning all, cloudy here at the moment but due to burn off.

TrulyMadly wrote: »

Morning paw sniffers:)

Shows you how much notice I take of the football:o

I was so excited to see my sweepstake team beat Germany yesterday:T:T:T

I was wondering what prize Snap had in store when South Korea lifted that World Cup:T:T:T:T:T



Gorgeous day here:T

If you thought DM was wearing short shorts yesterday......you should see him today:eek::eek::eek:

It's not a good look:o

My team (Brazil) have long gone out. Apparently the German team have been labelled a disgrace in their newspapers.

tweets wrote: »

No fire not out the Army was called in yesterday afternoon

We haven't got the smell now wind changed direction yesterday :T

They said on our local radio station that it could take days if not weeks to put out :eek:

Used to live near a forest, worked actually on the forest for 5 years. Saw a lot of fires, very rarely does the healthy wildlife get caught in a fire but it may well catch out a few old or and sick ones. Fire is nature's cleaner, in a few months time the growth will come back stronger than ever, any trees affected will take a bit longer obviously, but a lot of the bigger trees survive fires.

tweets

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Enterprise_1701C

mhoc wrote: »

Morning all

Well I for one relish savvys middle of the night postings, a meaty chewy essay that gives you something to ponder while you drink your morning brew.

The one concerning how to spend £1.50 on ice lollies is very relevant. You would have thought every womble would have ice cream but apparently not.

Angel Delight type desserts - well they do have their place if your budget is limited and they are useful for using up milk bottle dregs.
but they have so many chemicals in them that I never buy them. I bought a few when Sainsburys had them reduced to clear but I could not bring myself to use them. I think eventually they all went into a food bank collection.

Which is another stage we are at again. I am checking the dates again on store cupboard packets and tins and trying to access their usefullness - if its things we are likely to use ourselves within the time. Errant son is only going to be around now while he is on leave - August/September and maybe Christmas so we cant rely on him to finish up storecupboard excesses. IT still has to look like a full to bursting selection though and not things that were hanging around when he was last here ....
So quite a few food bank bags are being filled.

Haven't had Angel Delight in years, used to love that with Dream Topping in the middle of summer, made for a lovely cool refreshing pud

davemorton

Morning all.

TrulyMadly wrote: »

If you thought DM was wearing short shorts yesterday......you should see him today:eek::eek::eek:

It's not a good look:o

Hey! Nothing wrong with my look lady!

tweets wrote: »

I am imagining DM :smileyhea

Ooo, you spicy devil!! Well imagine no more

tweets

davemorton wrote: »

Morning all.

Hey! Nothing wrong with my look lady!



Ooo, you spicy devil!! Well imagine no more

:eek: :happyhear:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

curl_girl

Morning peeps.

Lidl £5 off £30 spend voucher in the sun today thanks to the dark side.
Valid until Sunday.

diluvsdiscounts

tweets wrote: »

No fire not out the Army was called in yesterday afternoon

We haven't got the smell now wind changed direction yesterday :T

We got it instead yesterday and in the afternoon you could see the haze as well.

tweets wrote: »

Latest fire news from local paper


http://www.theoldhamtimes.co.uk/news/16316988.saddleworth-moor-fire-army-called/

How awful for the wildlife

Enterprise_1701C wrote: »

Good morning all, cloudy here at the moment but due to burn off.






They said on our local radio station that it could take days if not weeks to put out :eek:

Used to live near a forest, worked actually on the forest for 5 years. Saw a lot of fires, very rarely does the healthy wildlife get caught in a fire but it may well catch out a few old or and sick ones. Fire is nature's cleaner, in a few months time the growth will come back stronger than ever, any trees affected will take a bit longer obviously, but a lot of the bigger trees survive fires.

I have to disagree I think it will take years to recover. It's not a forest fire and whilst the adult birds will have been able to escape the fledglings won't and there are a few ground nesting birds up there, the short eared owl, meadow piping, curlew but its all the voles, frogs, worms etc that will have a knock on effect on the birds of prey that feed on them.

Enterprise_1701C

The TV from Argos Testers has just turned up :j:j