We used to get birds trying to fly through our porch which has windows at either end – a venetian blind (on one window) left down but with slats opened has stopped them.

There’s unusual and there’s bloody stupid / borderline cruel

Actually my thoughts too, poor little kids.

If you’re looking for something different, unusual names I’ve come across include Pebbles and Princess- dear little Princess said I could call her by her middle name of Jacqueline if I wanted – I guess she preferred that.

laylandie?, lailandy?,

Leylandii 😀

Lawns? I keep mowing patches of green stuff interspersed with dips, holes, mud, concrete, piles of bricks, green mesh for parking on – I would love this building work to finish soon but I think we have another few weeks yet.

I was given my name by a dear (now deceased) friend who was known as the Earl of Wisbech – I used to live in Church Gresley, and co-incidentally before that grew up a couple of miles from Netherseal Rectory where Sir Nigel Gresley grew up.

I thought he was looking particularly tasty last night, love his hair that length 😀

Taylor Made or Silver Screens are the two main makers, both seem good. External ones mean no condensation on the inside of the windscreen, but internal ones may be simpler in bad weather, although lots of condensation between screens and windows. We have external, but also built in blinds for windscreen and snap-on side screens, so easy to use either.

I guess they could flap in the wind if not pulled tight before shutting the door on them .

If you have specific ones for your make of van, then no, no flappage, they just fit.

Nothing wrong with any of those roads, just all you lot clogging them up in your cars. Oh, but of course it’s not you, it’s everyone else…

A down quilt every time in my opinion. I find synthetic ones far to sweaty. Down is just right whatever the temperature.

We often cycle this road near us,but made the mistake of driving along it the other day…

The best bits of RIAT were standing at the end of the runway as the planes landed – including Concorde one year, so low you felt you could almost touch them. I think my favourite plane is the B2, just a ridiculous shape for an aeroplane. I also used to camp quite often in a field right next to Mildenhall, the earth definitely moved when the Galaxys took off or landed.

Sorry, but can I throw in a possible complication? You say your mother was married at the time, and this is possibly not something you can ask your mum, but can she be sure who your father is? Her then husband or the other man?

Back in March at three months old –

Now 8 months old and hopefully her weed-like growth has slowed right down…

She’s not allowed on the furniture –

J11 on the M42, the roundabout there has such sensible lanes, I don’t know why all roundabouts aren’t like this one. It works so well and simply, coming on to the roundabout you go in to the right hand lane unless you are taking the first exit, and then move to the left lane just before your exit.

I’ve ridden with someone who has a relative at STWTowers 🙂

I bought t’other half one from All Saints back in January – beautifully soft leather and smells lovely.

Our 4m square conservatory was so useless it’s now in pieces, and the new bigger brick built extension is just coming out of the ground. I always thought conservatories were great – until I had one.

Well I never, I have a S7 and I never knew there was a short press and a long press option. Every day’s a school day.

Horse fly bites – I swear the little beggars have teeth. I do seem to react to them, and end up with a hand-size hot swollen area (no, not that[/i] area) which then develops a lovely watery blister in the centre. And the itching of course…
An ice pack helps – for a little while.

Only just seen this and the original post, added a few bob to hopefully ease your lives, best wishes to you both.

My son travelled to Australia a few months ago,
(with Emirates I think), and got bumped up to First from Business – he couldn’t believe his luck. First class has individual compartments and unlimited champagne…

Kryton57 – Member
Sometimes your naivety/innocence is scary.
I’ve still no idea what it means.

Poo poo paper, dear boy, poo poo paper.
Would you like me to explain the “underarm/overarm” reference too? 😀

Hahaha, love his outfit, and pleased he’s doing well.

Awwww, give him some cuddles from me, hope it all heals ok.

A slight thread hi-jack, I rather like my dremel, but I never know what bit to use. This afternoon I have been mostly melting plastic with it, rather than cutting 😕 Oh, and I also have a couple of the grindy-type-thingies covered in possibly melted aluminium.

Book the removal lorry?

Used to build some great things out of bales as a kid. And climbing up the big stacks they sometimes built in the fields was a great challenge – always annoying when the bale you’re holding onto decides to part company with the rest of the stack 😯
I remember my friend and me being caught by the farmer once, but all he said was “I thought you were two lads” then just drove off. Obviously girls wouldn’t be rebuilding his stack from the inside…

bearnecessities – Member
Louise
Don’t think it’s a common shag.

😆

no idea what any of you are on about……

seriously…
Nice bluff, Sir.

In response to my invitation, I wrote my 5,000 word application, including some very reasoned arguments as to why I no longer ride bikes as much as I did, and why I feel an Audi is not necessary. I fear it’s the second of those that will get me refused membership…

£250 for a 12′ x 6′ over here in deepest darkest Lincolnshire, but he didn’t really dig it out, more of a pile it up and then concrete the edges.

on this matter it how you pronounce scone really defines you.

Unfortunately, some people seem to have decided to use a Scottish accent and pronounce it as “sconn”, instead of the English pronounciation as in “own”.

Butter, then jam, then cream. You can pile the cream high on top. Its not easy to put jam on a pile of cream

This – and consider what one normally does with cream, would you put it in your dish first then your pudding on top? At the base of your trifle? Underneath the meringue of your pavlova?

Age 14 and £1000, lucky boy! Never had that sort of money when I was a lass…
Tell him to get a hardtail and make mountain biking even more fun.

The British Bicycle Museum, Camelford, Cornwall. More of a huge personal collection than a museum. Sadly closed now I believe 🙁

Nearly hit a deer a few miles out of Skeg the other evening, and saw a dead one the week before, a few miles further south, both on the A52, about a mile inland and with very little tree cover around – the fields are full of vegetables round here, I wouldn’t have thought deer could hide in the cabbages, kale or broccoli.

Thanks wrightyson, that’s helpful. We seem to have it under control now, with putting non-chlorine shock in after each use – it’s still not crystal clear, and goes very milky with the jets on full, but that’s tiny,tiny air bubbles. It didn’t do that when the water was completely clear though. Oh, and it gets a constant dosing of bromine from the inline Frog cartridge thingy.

Puppies are fine, but not big dogs:

No heavy pet in.
Very good 😀

Hmm, our big puppy has now learnt to climb on the step and put her paws on the top edge – it’s a bit slippery, she may just fall in one day, and have to learn to swim.

I forgot, there’s also the Bubble Car Museum at Langrick, near Boston. My 7 year old nephew loved it, very intrigued that cars could be that small.