This lady cannot hula no matter how much I try! I could do it easypeasy as a child but now? No way! I’ve got a weighted hoop and the bruises to prove it.
I’ve watched various video instructions on t’interweb, but it just doesn’t work. I wonder if a light/normal hoop will be easier to try?

pebbles ? Do her parents know she’s gonna be an adult one day…..”

Exactly my thoughts!

Glue the batten to the wall? I don’t think I’ve ever had a house with flat enough walls to do that…

Working in schools gives you so many names to chuckle at – Alban, Ace, Precious, Princess, Pebbles, not forgetting Hastings and his sister Scarlet.
I’d never come across the name Cian before, then got two in one group of ten kids.
But, c’mon, Pebbles… WTAF?

stopped for 1 minute to buy some sweets.

That was quick! Oh, I know, you’re one of those who parks right by the shop doorway despite the double yellow lines…

It’s unfortunate that it’s often the most illiterate parents that give their kids unusual names – I remember when I worked in a school it was only when we got to see one particular child’s birth certificate that we actually got the correct spelling.
I have one of those surnames that people assume has an ‘s’ on the end – they get told how wrong they are!

their refusal to utilise the available pump because it’s on the ‘wrong’ side – Witnessed this twice today

Am I the only one who’s wondering how far you drove in one day to have to fill up twice??

There is however the danger of ending up with some nutter, as a cycling pal of mine discovered when he started dating a woman he met through Fitness Singles.

Are you a friend of my other half?

Poor men, you’re all confused aren’t you?

It depends not only on how you dry them, but what they are actually made of.
If they are pure cotton – use them for rags, you’ll never iron them crease-free if they’re dried in a tumble drier.
The more polyester that is mixed in with cotton, the less creased they’ll be after a tumble in the dryer.

As someone said, only half the wash load when you’re drying, and a good steam iron if you need to.

DISCLAIMER – Assuming you mean work-type shirts, I’ve not washed and dried one of those for many, many years.

The first. The comma should not be included within the speech marks as it’s not part of what was said.

Not tried putting cold in, but on a similar principal, I’d always let the water cool a tad before adding to instant coffee. Using boiling water definitely makes it taste even worse.
Before anyone criticises me, I would like to point out that I haven’t drunk instant coffee for a few years.

I’m 51… – when should I give up?

Only 51? I didn’t take up mountain biking til I was 51 😀

Finding a hen-sitter so we can go away for more than two nights at a time in the new motorhome.

Salomon every time as far as I’m concerned, plenty of goretex offerings.

Is it Friday? I’m not really sure…

I had a quick look at the Omega website and saw a nice lady’s watch – £16,010!!!! I’ll just keep wearing my mum’s gold watch then.

I found two or three years worth of diaries my mum wrote during the war when she was in the FANY – I really must carry on trying to decipher her shocking handwriting and get them typed up.

I think the usefulness of conservatories depends on which direction it faces and it’s roofing material. Our very big, south facing, clear plastic roofed one is coming down very soon to be replaced by a real brick extension we can use.

Is he “mid life”?

Haha, no, well past that!

Oh, bl88dy ‘ell,that was a mistake, I’ve just shown this thread to t’other half – and he says he’d like a Seamaster!
*goes off to work out how much of inheritance is left*

I’m sure it’s a lovely watch, and the OP must like it very much, but I’m still interested to know what else it does according to that huge instruction book?

Edit: Silly me, you’re all blokes, not one of you will have read an instruction book 😀

So, what does it do apart from tell the time? It must do lots of things judging by the size of that instruction book.

Glad I’m not the only one who thought tat meant bits of crappy stuff, it took me a while to realise why some people were talking about tattoos 😳

Puce is a sort of red-purple. HTH.

More of a snot green really.
Dunno what all the fuss is about, all seems to work fine for me 😀
Although I don’t bother trying to use it on my phone – aging eyes and all that, can’t be doing with all the squinting.

The danger of opening the cheese now is you may run out by Christmas Day.

Tolerance and respect injected directly into all human beings.

Oh, and one of these

None, but then I’ve only just put it up, and it is a fake one.

It’s changed??
*makes note to book optician’s appointment in the new year*

EDIT Oooh, the “Send Post” button is a very retro sage green now 🙂

My late father always got his jumpers from Woolovers. Errr, the OP is an elderly gentleman I presume? It is just elderly gentlemen who wear jumpers isn’t it?

BUY mincepies?? But they’re so easy to make, and so much nicer pastry than that cardboard stuff you get from shops.

Put ’em in the freezer for a few hours – should kill all the smelly-bugs. Possibly do not let Her Indoors know when you do this.

teasel – Member
To be fair, he and I ‘know’ each other from a long time ago on a different forum in a galaxy far, far away…

..and reading this, I’m beginning to think I’ve gone back in time to that same galaxy. I’m not sure that’s a Good Thing…

I’ve got a mental image of everyone on here being between 5’9″ and 6ft, bearded and wearing knock-off oakleys. That’s including all the females

But I’m only 5′ 8″…

And of course women don’t come on here to argue. We don’t need to argue, we know we’re right…

Wet newspaper, then dry off with dry newspaper.

And the PDQ3 I’ve got now isn’t rubbish either 🙂

bencooper – Member

The Pashley was rubbish

The one I’ve now got isn’t rubbish 😀

But I still have a hankering for that big trike up there…

4k sounds a bit expensive!

Look like Edukator has been compiling a dossier.

It needs updating for some…

I suspect you only misread it by one letter.

So . . . with somewhere to talk?

Of course, what else could it possibly be?

I completely misread that.

I suspect you only misread it by one letter.