I had a hawthorn hedge once – never again!  Clipping it was bad, picking up the clippings was even more painful.  Go for something without thorns.

Just heard about Clocky this morning, such very sad news.

I did the extended test, apparently I am completely neurotic…

That was interesting.  I got almost zero on that first question, I really didn’t see what was happening!

I’m more than happy with being in the top 5% for verbal comprehension and mental rotation.  I found the target detection hard to do on a laptop with a slightly dodgy touchpad – I couldn’t get the cursor to the shape in time on a few of them!  If I’d been using a touchscreen I reckon I’d have got all of those.  They didn’t account for equipment used in that.

Add a R881 antenna to that Uniden and you’ll be laughing.  (according to the Other Half)

0 – but then I don’t come here very often these days.

Oh… it’s not looking good for us near The Wash then…

There are three of them here for a few weeks, based at Fairford.  They arrived with call signs of Death11, Death12 and Death13 😀

Get a decent machine, then sewing your curtains etc will be a pleasure, rather than an endless round of swearing at a crappy machine. Apart from saying modern Singers are rubbish,  I can’t really advise, as I have machines that are used a lot, and are therefore a lot more than I expect you want to pay.  Perhaps go to a real life shop, they may have some traded-in machines.

It’s not a plug in hob, it’s a 7.2kw wired into a 32A circuit, so can’t be a power issue.

I’m now looking at pans, although ours are induction, they are only cheap, and having spent half the morning boiling pans of water, I’ve found the Tefal wok is much faster, and has a different base to the Salter saucepans, which are not all magnetic, having a non-magnetic ring round the outside and a non-magnetic circle in the centre.  The Tefal is entirely magnetic.

I’m starting with ordering a Procook Gourmet non-stick…

So, basically, it should work?  But it doesn’t so is it broken?  Or just how they are?  It also gets very hot underneath, so last night I even took the cutlery tray out of the drawer underneath and left the drawer open, but it made no difference.

Do I get a ceramic hob that will boil a few saucepans properly, even if it takes five minutes to get them up to heat, or risk another induction that may also be rubbish?

It’s a Beko  HQI64501  and I think it is s 7.something kw, and it’s on its own circuit, can’t remember what that is  but a cooker circuit not your normal 13 amp.

I’m so reluctant to get another and it be just as bad…

FLAB stuff is great, and especially as they don’t assume all cyclists are skinny, they do real people sizes.

Having just looked at this for the first time, and randomly picking squares around our house, one of the three words for just where our dustbins are is actually dustbin.

I’ve not been on here for a while, so just seen this post.  I wondered why you were taking in cats that had been left in a house, but obviously as I read on, it all became clear.  They look lovely, and pleased to hear they are settling in now.

I’m very sensitive, 38°c is fine for me 😀

Proper testing/treating the water and a 38° temperature and you’ll be fine – or at least I have been for the last couple of years.  I love my hot tub.

T’Other Half’s summer hat, as modelled by Poppy Poodle Dog

I have had silicon hydrogel extended wear lenses for many years now, love them, no more dry eyes in the evening, and I leave them in for a month at a time.  I tried the multifocal ones about four years ago, but only got the right ones a couple of years ago when I went to a different optician that offered the Biofinity Multifocals that have a wide range of add powers for the reading part.  A lot of other multifocals only do a “low” or “high” add power and didn’t work for me.  When you find the right lens, it’s easy to get them from various online stores for much less.

Lenstore also give you free eye tests and contact lens aftercare via Vision Express.  I’ve this time used Mister Spex, who were the cheapest for my extended wear multifocal lenses, and they also offer free shipping – from Germany…

A local farmer empties our septic tank…

There is often muck spreading on the fields around us…

Not been on STW for a while, so very sorry to read this, condolences to his family.

My Other Half lived in Blackpool all his life (until I dragged him away a few years ago) and has never heard of this term either – he has of course partaken in the activity.

Have a look at One Green Bottle products.

Our pup has just thanked us for the tiny bit of turkey and sausage hidden in her food – by weeing on the lounge carpet and depositing three piles of sick on the carpet too.

Big merry shi… oh, no, that’s not what it says  (note to self – ask Santa for some new reading glasses next year)

Have a cool Yule y’all.

You can’t beat a bit of rough – icing that is.

If only I could add a pic, this site always fools me.

Ooh, it worked 🙂

Do you have a friend who might help by getting something for the kids to give you? It may be your birthday, but half the fun for the kids is them giving you a pressie, no matter how small. Do you feel up to making your birthday tea more of a party for their sakes? Hope you can get through this difficult day ok, and as you know, everyone here is thinking of you.

Online, fortunately I’d, err, um, mis-typed my year of birth, otherwise T’other Half’s search criteria would have excluded me. Our first actual meeting/”date” was a day of trail building at Gisburn forest 😀

I can’t believe no-one suggested “Shortie”, or is that not allowed in these days of PC-gone-mad-ness?

It’s ok, it can’t be Jesus, he won’t be born for another 10 days yet. Far too early to start Christmas…

Cos you’re trying to do something else at the same time? As we all know, men cannot do more than one thing at a time.

I have no experience of other brands, but my old Garmin Edge 800 with OS mapping has been brilliant.

I lived in a small motorhome for almost two years – a static caravan would be absolute luxury!

Presumably the crossing lights were red. If so the car was in the wrong, if not then there’s something wrong with the crossing.

If only there was a convenient link to a news article with written words that could solve that mystery.

An amusing observation, but the article doesn’t say anything.

” General manager Andrew Munden said the Sweet Briar Lane crossing’s lights and sirens were sounding at the time.”

Matt Baker cycled past our house two years ago with the Rickshaw Challenge thingy.  We said hello.

One not too far from us, I do love the note on the page –

*Please note: Due to Sutton on Sea beach having no high points the portrait of the soldier may not be visible as a whole, however you will still be able to see the giant portrait taking shape in the sand with the aim to be completed at 2pm.

I don’t think I’ve ever had a job where there’s been time to sleep!  I do remember many years ago when we first got a computer in the school office, going on a training course (data protection, so pretty dull!) with the headteacher – I coughed fairly gently to wake him up.  I don’t think anyone else noticed…

What an epic tale!  Amazing, just amazing what everyone has done!

I hope you enjoy the car Gnusmas and that it helps to make life a little easier.