numbnuts
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- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah
The Retirement Thread
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Damp sort of morning with showers forecast so nothing outside will get done.
Bread on rising just now but nothing more of note.
According to the forecast it will be the end of the week before we get back to some good weather.
I have some nasturtiums getting a bit leggy indoors so they will have to go somewhere. Weather is a bit nasty to put them out anyway but if I put them in a flower bed the snails will devour them the first night anyway and I have no hanging baskets. I may try a tub but the wind tends to damage them before they get properly established. Nobody else seems to have problems with them and they seem to reseed for everybody else. Surely I am not the only garden infested with snails.
In this garden we don't have a big slug or snail population, we get the odd nibbled leaf and thats about it, in our last house the garden was infested them, it was a major battle getting new seedlings established.
classic33
Leg End Member
Not a full shilling then, 12 pence.
gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
Saint Fraimbault, very pretty village in the spring. Been there a few times.
A quick search leads me to believe that there used to be a ninepence coin in circulation. I subscribe to a podcast called " Something rhymes with Purple" which is a history / discussion of the origins of the English language presented by Giles Brandreth and Susie Dent, well worth a listen. There are so many rich colloquialisms in the English language, " Not the full Shilling" I think refers to someone not in full possession of their mental facilities. There was a band who named themselves " Sixpence non the Richer "
gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
If you get enough big ones. that would provide a good meal with a butter garlic sauce.No you're not. Since the damp weather started I have a whole army of the things, and they seem to be able to pole vault over all of the defences I have put down.
That reminds me of a pub I used to frequent many years ago. There were the usual lounge and Public bar areas. One Sunday lunchtime the landlady provided snails in garlic butter as the complementary bar snack. It certainly made a change from the usual bowl of peanuts!If you get enough big ones. that would provide a good meal with a butter garlic sauce.
classic33
Leg End Member
You stopped visiting after they were introduced?
Only in Spring?
gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
Flowers everywhere there. I think it has been voted the most pretty village in France a few years ago.
BoldonLad
Not part of the Elite
- Location
- South Tyneside
Damp sort of morning with showers forecast so nothing outside will get done.
Bread on rising just now but nothing more of note.
According to the forecast it will be the end of the week before we get back to some good weather.
I have some nasturtiums getting a bit leggy indoors so they will have to go somewhere. Weather is a bit nasty to put them out anyway but if I put them in a flower bed the snails will devour them the first night anyway and I have no hanging baskets. I may try a tub but the wind tends to damage them before they get properly established. Nobody else seems to have problems with them and they seem to reseed for everybody else. Surely I am not the only garden infested with snails.
Definitely not, our Hostas look like a plague of locusts have been at them every year!
waffles
Active Member
- Location
- Mayenne (53), France
It's a four flower (think four star) village fleuri. It is rather pretty. Good little camp site, boating lake, gentle walks, nice cycling.
One of the things I love about living here is that there is a real sense of community in towns & villages, with lots of floral displays (not wrecked by idiots) and great Christmas decorations in the winter.
Saint-Fraimbault
numbnuts
Legendary Member
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
Dunwalking and I didn't get wet 
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Some people come out with the most outrageous excuses/lies. A friend used to work at a bike shop. His boss had ordered 25 frames from a British frame builder but delivery dates kept slipping with one excuse after another being offered. Eventually frame guy was given a final deadline. He swore blind that the frames would DEFINITELY be delivered by then. The noon deadline passed so angry LBS owner phoned unproductive frame builder. Frame guy sounded really shocked... "What, they aren't with you yet? I loaded them into the van myself and my daughter set off with them 2 hours ago. There must be jams on the motorway. They will be with you shortly." They never arrived, even after allowing an extra day. Order cancelled...
Why tell that lie when you will be found out within hours? All I can think is that the liar wanted to get off the phone but thought it too rude to just put the phone down, and too scary to be shouted at for telling the truth!
They snails in garlic butter were a one off, the landlady was a very good cook, her husband was ex RAF and they were excellent hosts. This was back in the late 70's / early 80's, so you can well imagine that there was much bemusement in the Public Bar as she would occasionally bring out "exotic " fare. I used to frequent the Bar as it was there that you would meet the local "characters" The pub was opposite the allotments and some of the allotment holders would come over for a pint. It was a great place to get fresh produce for the price of a pint or two.
