Awful weather - typical Brits talk

twopenny

Here you go 
Scotland forum
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowForum-g186485-i107-Scotland.html

Haven't watched this 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08qlmnr/episodes/guide
This could be the same, haven't watched it either 
https://www.channel4.com/programmes/britains-most-beautiful-road

Loads of YouTube videos.

So that's you sorted for the foreseeable 😁

Dustyevsky

wort said:
Some strange neighbours you lot have. Talking of which mine pressure washed his drive, which in turn sand blasted all over my garden and dgsons car 😱. So cleaning and painting and quietly fuming were done.

I'm afraid that's fairly typical behaviour nowadays. Not blatant 'couldn't care less,' just not thinking through consequences. I don't expect any neighbours wished us ill when they opposed changes we were entitled to make to our property; they just thought about what they wanted. The result was a hold-up that gained them nothing, but cost us roughly £4k when our contractor revised his bill. Now, one is being extra pleasant, possibly because it's hoped we'll reinstate privileges enjoyed before, but that won't happen. Like you, we don't like confrontation, and we live by basically Christian principles, but that doesn't mean we're everyone's doormat. There should be consequences for choices made.

Last week, when we were chatting, this person said, “Oh, do you hear that? The horses have heard me, and they're slamming the lid of their feeder!”

I replied, “Yes, they often do that at 3 o'clock in the morning too!” 

My remark went straight into the ether, without touching a single brain cell. This person is so wrapped-up in her own life, she wouldn't consider a horse feeder banging at all hours close to someone's house an inconvenience. 

twopenny said:

As for neighbours mine stay in the house with the blinds closed in case anyone sees their business. 5 o'clock start this morning.

Ah, that's ours on the other side.  Like GB's neighbours they belong to a sort of cult which the Dad has invented, in which the rest of the world is out to get them.  The kids never went to school, and now everyone's grown-up, they're all on benefits, except the eldest child, who escaped at 16 or 17, never to return. I'm not joking when I say they all look like zombies, but then people do, if they hide indoors for weeks on end with no sunlight. They're brilliant near neighbours, because we don't hear them, and we only see them when it's rubbish & recycling time. And if you think we're callous, allowing this sort of thing to go on, many years ago we approached our local MP (now a big headnob for the Nasty Party) and social services. The MP refused to see us and social services were polite, but dismissive, saying it was “all in hand.”

Gosh I've written so much and not even covered the weekend!   

Mrs D and I did something useful on Saturday, but I forget what now. On Sunday, we moved a van load of DD2's belongings over to her new house, and somehow became employed as skirting rubber-downers for the rest of the day.  They've done wonders, eliminating bumpy walls and swirly ceilings, but the pressure was on, with carpet man person due tomorrow!  

OT: Yesterday, with rain imminent, Mrs D cleared and disinfected the chicken shed, while I attempted to give the posh gates some winter protection, and also Creocote the outside of the poultry shed. The latter ambition was only partially realised when dark fell, but I noticed the wind had gone around to the west and there were hints of a mackerel sky....

Sure enough, when I rose to inspect the plumbing at around 05.00 there was steady rain. On waking properly at 07.30....blue sky! Currently, it looks s if we shall have showers, but nothing spectacular. 

wort

We had 20 mins of rain, quite light just enough to wet the ground. And long enough to catch me walking back from town, it stopped as I reached my street.
I know you like dogs YBE but I hope for your sake they are well behaved.
Nice sky there dusty. We normally get fab sunsets but it’s not really been much more than a red ball in the sky ,the lovely shades in the sky are thin on the ground.

YoungBlueEyes

Wort would you ever consider doing the 500 now? Thelma and Louise stylee? Sitting in the garden with a big book What you reading..?

I don't know how I managed to kill my cylamen 2p, I reckon I picked up suicidal ones. I planted them out the front - it's a strip of stones under the fence, so I lifted the stones, did some weeding and put fresh compost down, planted half a dozen of them iirr, and put stones back on. They didn't wanna live so they didn't They were prolly from morries or B+M etc, so they were whatever type they sell. Thank you very much for the Scotland links, I'll look at them shortly  

Tbh I hadn't heard of Boerboels either Farway, I D'Duck'd "big bastud dog great dane type" or something, and they're what it gave me. They look just like the first pic that came up. Bit worried on reading about them tbh, and they ain't even on the banned list! Maybe he's a Proper Dog Person and has trained them rightly :fringerscrossed: I'm no cat person but I wouldn't wanna think of His Holeyness being ripped to shreds Time will tell.

Dusty your post reminded me of something daddy was forever saying - walk softly, but carry a big stick. It's alright being decent and lovely and basically Christian but it's a fine line between that and doormat. Choices = consequences, yes they do. And if more consequences were felt by the people making choices they'd soon learn to make better ones next time. Anyway. Lookit your fab sky, even a picture of it gives a sense of calm Thanks for leaving some rain in the band that washed over us, it did rain here mid morning and the whole place smelt wonderful. It wasn't a while lot of rain mind, but it was rain  

Right off to look at Scottish things.

Dustyevsky

Wow, I missed a lot of posts, somehow.   I love that desorption of post-slight-indulgence as 'delicateness,' wort!

Farway and Bluey have saved me looking up those dogs.   While they sound as you'd expect, given the names, what really matters is who trains them. Maybe the tattooed person is OK in that respect. We'll not write him off yet. After all, if you lived next door to me, you'd probably hear too much Amyl & the Sniffers. (Old person advisory....don't D Duck!  ) or Japanese heavy metal....and I look pretty harmless! 

I'm pleased some of you shared our rain, if you wanted it, that is. Frankly, we didn't have enough. It looked threatening when I went out on a surgery car call this pm, but it stayed warm & dry, so I could have the windows wide open. Just as well, as the smell emanating from my 'patient' wasn't Armani, but more like Underarmi. He was "having his dressings changed" and it took forever.   Made a mental note to be somewhere else on Friday, when they're due again. 

No sign of DD2 today, so she's obviously prioritised skirting painting over showering. I hope they get the bath plumbed-in soon. A 24 mile round trip for a shower isn't much fun. 

I saw a Lacewing on the tomatoes today. No one commented when I put up the rat-tailed maggot picture a while ago, but that's what those 'orrible things transform into. (No, Less is right, and I'm wrong - it's hoverflies!   ) Ugly ducklings to swans! No camera then, but I finally hunted down a hornet that's been sporadically visiting the mint. I've no idea why because it doesn't stop long. That's my excuse for the poor picture too! 

twopenny

Hope it was lovely in the garden Bluey. I'd do the same but it's too busy with cars and kids at the moment.

I had 2 dragonflies this morning. Back and forth even accidentally came in the house and panicked.
I was hoping they would stay awhile for a photo but they were too frantic.

I've had one branch of roses (musk ones ) pop out of the debris which was cheering 🙂

After dealing with the daily detritus this morning I ventured out to take photos of geese practicing flight off the ponds ready for migration.
An hour and got nothing! But a good excuse to return and enjoy the scenery 🙂

LessImpecunious

Nice hornet pic Dusty - haven't seen one here this year, after getting photo/s last year - tricky, as you say, they don't stay still for long! I think the rat-tailed maggots are hoverfly larvae, not lacewings?

Showers here, in the night and through the morning - quite cold rain too, in the one that caught me on the way to morning greenhouse checkup... Good to have the rain, but sad to see the beginning of the end of a sunny summer...

YoungBlueEyes

Quick post this morning, I was to bed late from watching too much telly and now I'm behind myself. I've garnered good info on the NC500 though, thanks 2p  

Will DD2 make it in time for the carpet man cometh-ing Dusty? And how's babby doing? I don't remember a rat-tailed maggot picture so it can't have been as 'orrible as it sounds   *Shudder* for your hornet, I'm shoulder deep in the things here now the yanqui ivy and the cat wee tree are producing berries   Yep next door man is in the Yet To Be Confirmed camp. I've known some right rough erses be fantastic with their dogs, it really is a case of not judging the book by the cover. They were alright last night though, you'd hardly know they were in there. I'm quietly hopeful. 

Ooh dragonflies 2p Fingers crossed you get a good goose pic, they're such elegant creatures when they're slipping through the air, all stream-lined like arrows. Lovely. Nut may you have many hours sat in the peace while waiting for a pic

I tried your cold cucumber soup Less, and it's deffo a winner. I didn't try it hot yet but cold is gonna take some beating  

OT cool this morning with damp air. It's meant to be an alright day 'til mid aft when the rain comes, possibly. 13'c currently and a high of 20' to come, perhaps. The nights really are drawing in now, I had my curtains shut and the lights on at 2030 last night. The Ber months are coming  

Dustyevsky

Less, you're right about the rat-tailed maggots.....hoverflies not lacewings. Faulty septuagenarian brain at work there!    Still a helpful insect, though.  And just for Bluey, here's a reprise:

I would add, hornets are OK too. They usually just get on with doing what they do, and if one comes to inspect you, stand still, be boring, and it'll soon buzz off! 

Baby A is doing fine, thanks, Bluey. He's smiley, good at travelling, and generally adaptable, which is just as well considering his parents' current lifestyle! We picked up an eBayed bed for them on Sunday, so at least they aren't all sleeping on the floor now!  

My fingers are crossed for tattoo man and his dogs. As you suggested, it's when they go out and leave the animals for hours that problems can kick off with larger breeds. Badly behaved, small, yappy dogs are worse IMO. They react to anything and everything, and their owners seem to tune it out. Rachel should introduce a yap tax and fill her fiscal hole with that!  B

OT: Seems like we're about to be deluged, but currently the sun's shining. I think even 2p may get a sensible amount of H2O this time. It'll be windy, so the front will go through by the afternoon, and we might just hit 20c, so still good growing weather.  With those ber months approaching, the logs are ordered, the oil tank's full and the chimney sweep arrives at the end of next month. We had a text from our digger guy saying he "hopes to be here" next week to sort out the septic tank drain. If he doesn't hurry up, the ground will be wet, and then it will be harder to work out exactly where the problem lies.  

Farway

Dull & breezy, but looking like I'll miss the rain again 

However, I was out watering the front pots early on, which should ensure rain. Could certainly use some here.

Never did any gardening yesterday despite my good intentions, well I sort of did, I stewed the pears I had.

Those pears of mine, hard & red, are living up to Dusty pear review and go bad overnight !

I had them on the kitchen top, hard as brick, but when I cut to stew some had gone manky already. 

Those that had not were superb eating, sweet & juicy, but absolutely no external indication they were ripe

Goodness knows how one is expected to deal with pears if there is no ripeness indicated

Take a tip, unless you have, or get given a pear, grow something else to save your sanity.

Sounds promisingly quite with your Illustrated Man & his dogs Blue, long may it remain that way 

With those dog breeds, I wonder if he is South African? That would be different.