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CURMUDGEONS' CORNER 4. I blame it on the eevil weevils 🐜

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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Strange how people who write like that prefer to be rude than kind or understanding when you suggest ways they can achieve better answers @Fairygirl.   

    No major grumps for me other than frustration for Bonzo dog who still has to be on a lead for 5 minute excursions for leg stretching and potty breaks.  Stitches out tomorrow and then 2 more weeks of no running or bouncing.  We'll all be climbing the walls.

    And the hunting season has started so Rasta doggy is even less keen to do walkies on her own.


    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Fairygirl said:
    How are the weevil family getting on @wild edges?
    I'm just mopping up the stragglers now I think. I average about 5 a night but apparently they will hibernate over the winter and get an early start on laying eggs next year so I want to get as many squished now as I can.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Obelixx said:
    Strange how people who write like that prefer to be rude than kind or understanding when you suggest ways they can achieve better answers @Fairygirl.   



    I'm finding it increasingly difficult to be charitable. I am officially becoming a grumpy old wumman  :D

    All you need to do now is  find their overwintering weevil paradise  @wild edges.... ;)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Forums seem to attract the lazy. You can just ask a question and let other people do the research for you. I like the research and often value the questions as much as the answers but when people are rude and expect you to have a crystal ball to hand it does get on my nerves. I've been told off too many times for winding up newbies though so I'm doing my best to be extra nice recently :#
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Me too @wild edges.  Learn loads by dipping into the RHS and other sites for how to look after a certain plant or deal with a problem and there are some great plant/weed/insect identifiers and other problem solvers in this community.


    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Forecast for Saturday was 6mm of rain this morning and I know I said I'd believe it when I saw it but now they're taking the p*ss.  It's changed to 2.4mm.   Wonderful.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • I've got shingles.  Face, eye and ear very painful... it's lovely out but I don't have the energy to go into the garden.   :(
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • Oh @Liriodendron poor you ((hugs)) ☕️ 🍪 
    Put your feet up ... 🕊 ‘s orders. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    You have my sympathies on the chicken herpes. :#  I had it a few years ago and it left me feeling drained for weeks. The blisters were painful enough on my side and back but I can't imagine how bad they'd be on your face :/  Be very careful with them, I knocked one of them and it felt like having a knife driven into my ribs.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Not good @Liriodendron.  Stressed by all the moving preps?   Try and rest and get rid.  This info may help you get thru it - https://www.healthline.com/health/shingles-natural-treatment#2  
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
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