Flick of the Elbow
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Grown without chemicals presumably, like organic cotton and organic wine ? Or organic veg come to that...
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Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
Same here......itās not inspiring me to do anything.
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
Just opened a bag of Liquorice Allsorts.
Haven't had any for years.
Can't put the damned things away now!
I am like that with Maynards wine gums. I have to Stay away from them as I will eat the whole bag at once
12boy
Guru
- Location
- Casper WY USA
Paul, you said:
You talked about your root trench a couple of times. Is this a trench your taking out in preparation for root vegetables? Or is it one your digging to prevent/control tree roots?
** Before you lot start this is because we both grow a lot of vegetables
@12boy - if this doesn't work try leaving the trench unfilled. Roots don't grow in to the light.
You are probably correct, Paul, but I need to fill it in. To the left of the trench are some railroad ties, and what you can't see are the ties that were removed from where the trench is. I use them to provide a stable incline for a wheelbarrow and a rototiller because the entire garden is basically a 25 x 16 raised bed. I put 3/5 of the removed dirt back in and will let it settle, and add the rest before replacing the ties.
Little light snow overnight. It is -9C now and will get up to a toasty -2.8 this afternoon. Be well and safe.
You talked about your root trench a couple of times. Is this a trench your taking out in preparation for root vegetables? Or is it one your digging to prevent/control tree roots?
** Before you lot start this is because we both grow a lot of vegetables
@12boy - if this doesn't work try leaving the trench unfilled. Roots don't grow in to the light.
You are probably correct, Paul, but I need to fill it in. To the left of the trench are some railroad ties, and what you can't see are the ties that were removed from where the trench is. I use them to provide a stable incline for a wheelbarrow and a rototiller because the entire garden is basically a 25 x 16 raised bed. I put 3/5 of the removed dirt back in and will let it settle, and add the rest before replacing the ties.
Little light snow overnight. It is -9C now and will get up to a toasty -2.8 this afternoon. Be well and safe.
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Just opened a bag of Liquorice Allsorts.
Haven't had any for years.
Can't put the damned things away now!
I am like that with Maynards wine gums. I have to Stay away from them as I will eat the whole bag at once
I have that problem with most sweets, the one I have to be careful of is chocolate raisins, too many of them too quick and I'm blowing my own trumpet.
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Its been murky and damp all day here, I've got the housework and washing done but thats all.
BoldonLad
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- South Tyneside
Just opened a bag of Liquorice Allsorts.
Haven't had any for years.
Can't put the damned things away now!
Mrs @BoldonLad is the complete opposite, ie, she has fantastic self restraint, when it comes to sweets/chocolate, unlike me.
I recall, I bought her a bag of Maltesers (one of her favourites). The bag was re-sealable. Sure enough, we sit down to watch TV, Mrs B, opens her bag of maltesers, eats about 6, then, decides to re-seal the bag. She then says to me, "these re-sealable bag doesn't work". My answer, "they have probably never been tested, no-one else in the world, has attempted to re-seal one, except you, everyone else just eats the whole bag!"
oldwheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Isle of Mull
Turned out to be a nice day here in the end but could not get out as I started defrosting the kitchen freezer which is messy sort of job. The kitchen floor needed a wash anyway. No need to rush it as the standby freezer is better to get a run now and again.
This freezer was once immersed in seawater on a very high tide and was about a foot and a half deep at least. Fortunately it was not in use. I washed it with fresh water and used WD40 to displace water over a week or so and used contact cleaner on any electrical terminals. To my surprise it ran perfectly after this and has continued to be in intermittent use for about 20 years. I had a workshop at sea level in those days and all electrical wiring and sockets were about 4 ft above floor level.
I also put a large duvet cover in the washing machine but I never leave it unattended now since a previous machine went on fire. A fireman told me that this was not uncommon. In my case the timer seems to have gone wonky and put on the heater without first putting in water or more likely the solenoid failed to open.
This freezer was once immersed in seawater on a very high tide and was about a foot and a half deep at least. Fortunately it was not in use. I washed it with fresh water and used WD40 to displace water over a week or so and used contact cleaner on any electrical terminals. To my surprise it ran perfectly after this and has continued to be in intermittent use for about 20 years. I had a workshop at sea level in those days and all electrical wiring and sockets were about 4 ft above floor level.
I also put a large duvet cover in the washing machine but I never leave it unattended now since a previous machine went on fire. A fireman told me that this was not uncommon. In my case the timer seems to have gone wonky and put on the heater without first putting in water or more likely the solenoid failed to open.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I got the gas engineer to agree to a time so I managed to nip out to the shops, but I had missed all of the sunshine... It was back to being murky and drizzly here!
Never mind... I got stuck in on the computer when I got back and have done something that I should have done ages ago. I feel really chuffed about it!
I have a couple of 'legacy' hotmail addresses that I would like to scrap but so many people/companies use them that it would be a major hassle (unless I used some kind of forwarding system?) so I keep them.
The big problem for me is that Microsoft never got their email filters working as well as they should have done. I have been getting scores of junk messages every day (no, I do NOT need 'male enhancement' ta very much!) which Hotmail HAS detected as junk and put in the junk mail folder. The problem is that sometimes there are some false positives leading to emails that I DO want ending up in there too. I have to trawl through the junk mail to see what really IS junk and what isn't. That means I still have to see all the crap that I don't want to!
It is possible to filter Hotmail, but the filters don't work on stuff that has already gone to the junk mail folder. They should have applied user filters FIRST, and then done their own junk assessment after that.
I have been using Thunderbird for my non-Hotmail email, but just discovered that it is easy to set up to handle Hotmail accounts too. So I DID...
After setting it up and downloading everything, I created a filter (in just a few seconds) and set it loose. It immediately found all the junk emails with the offending string in the fake sender email addresses and deleted them for me. Yay!
The bonus is that I don't have to remember to go and check Hotmail now. Thunderbird logs in for me and alerts me if any email has arrived.
Never mind... I got stuck in on the computer when I got back and have done something that I should have done ages ago. I feel really chuffed about it!
I have a couple of 'legacy' hotmail addresses that I would like to scrap but so many people/companies use them that it would be a major hassle (unless I used some kind of forwarding system?) so I keep them.
The big problem for me is that Microsoft never got their email filters working as well as they should have done. I have been getting scores of junk messages every day (no, I do NOT need 'male enhancement' ta very much!
) which Hotmail HAS detected as junk and put in the junk mail folder. The problem is that sometimes there are some false positives leading to emails that I DO want ending up in there too. I have to trawl through the junk mail to see what really IS junk and what isn't. That means I still have to see all the crap that I don't want to!It is possible to filter Hotmail, but the filters don't work on stuff that has already gone to the junk mail folder. They should have applied user filters FIRST, and then done their own junk assessment after that.
I have been using Thunderbird for my non-Hotmail email, but just discovered that it is easy to set up to handle Hotmail accounts too. So I DID...
After setting it up and downloading everything, I created a filter (in just a few seconds) and set it loose. It immediately found all the junk emails with the offending string in the fake sender email addresses and deleted them for me. Yay!
The bonus is that I don't have to remember to go and check Hotmail now. Thunderbird logs in for me and alerts me if any email has arrived.
What a great day, got a few jobs ticked off my list then went went for a 2 hour walk,
Then this afternoon we both popped out in the car and drove past Coningsby just as this went over, so we stopped and watched it circle and come in really low right over our heads.
Two minutes after I took this photo the Typhoons were buzzing us.
Then this afternoon we both popped out in the car and drove past Coningsby just as this went over, so we stopped and watched it circle and come in really low right over our heads.
Two minutes after I took this photo the Typhoons were buzzing us.
It was a joke dave
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
That's what HAL said, but Dave didn't think it was funny!
pawl
Legendary Member
- Location
- Desford Leicestershire
I am like that with Maynards wine gums. I have to Stay away from them as I will eat the whole bag at once
Itās jelly babies with me. Have two or three.Disaster canāt put them down
classic33
Leg End Member
**Would we do that?
