The Garden Fence - proper Old Style support and chat!

monnagran wrote: »

Cross posted Fuddle. D'you know, I'm almost disappointed that Mr P. S. approves of your shed. He has stepped right out of character, which is disconcerting.

Ah, but it's a proper allotment shed, made from bits of other sheds and stuff. She's redeemed herself. A few plastic-bottle cloches and old CD & binder twine bird scarers, water butts made of old plastic barrels and compost bins made out of old pallets and she'll soon be accepted...

Now if she'd put up a new shed and had posh fake-beehive composters and terracotta water butts she'd have reinforced their original opinion of her.

Keep an eye on what GQ is up to and follow her example. Recycle and bodge on the allotment. It doesn't do to let it look too smart. Eccentric and eclectic yes, but smart means too much time titivating and not enough gardening.

I'm also kind of disappointed Mr Pea Shoot likes it. Maybe with a few fairy lights he'd be more miffed? Fuddle, your sister just sounds like a real boaster. People like that always tend to be dissatisfied with their lot too, regardless of how much stuff they get or posh things they do. They know the cost of everything but the value of nothing.

With you lot starting your hermit library commune, I will continue to man the Australian outpost. All those in need of getting back to nature are welcome to come and visit more weather and wildlife than they feel fit to handle My hubby and I maintain that the primary reason we're successfully married is that we're the only people either of us can bear to be in the company of for an extended period of time without getting !!!!ed off. And he actively encourages me reading (my ex husband thought I should have been doing housework instead).

Hester, I think you need a wind-up charger. And CHS needs to be doing the winding.

I managed zumba class number 2 last night. Not sure I'll be managing much at all today though! :rotfl:

Fuddle we call Marco Pierre doo dahh 'the stock cube botherer' and if she can appreciate a thoughtful gift then she doesn't deserve it anyway - I hope you get good use out of them x

Rushing off to work, will read all of your [STRIKE]mad[/STRIKE] informative observations on my return

monnagran wrote: »

As for Hermits R Us I'm afraid you will all have to shuffle back one in the queue. My game so I am No. 1. In any case my innate bossiness precludes me from being anywhere but in charge. I'm sorry. I don't take orders. I barely take suggestions.

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..... I was forever 'bossing' my sister about. She now tells me it's not 'bossiness' - I have 'leadership qualities':D:rotfl:

Some canals join others Mar, some are all on their own. We bought our boat in Crick in Northants we brought her home via the Grand Union canal, Oxford canal, river Thames and Kennet and Avon canal.
CHS has 2 of the battery packs but they take too long to charge on the boat, or so he tells me.
We won't be going anywhere today as it is raining heavily, I shall sweep and mop the floor to stop me getting bored!
CHS has been cogitating an intermittent/ problem with the macerating toilet, he has just informed me that from now on I need to wee in a bottle, my life is now complete!!