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CURMUDGEONS ' CORNER 5 - BAH HUMBUG!šŸ¬

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  • A reminder now to everyone who intends to get me a birthday present ... BUY IT NOW!!! ā€˜cos by the time my birthday comes around at the end of January there’s never anything left in the shops ... that’s what they tell me anyway 😭 

    🤣 

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





  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Possum's is also towards the end of January so we get to take advantage of the sales for extra value.Ā  Ā Works for us.
    VendƩe - 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
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    What do you fancy for your birthday @Dovefromabove?Ā  ;)
    I know quite a few folk with 'C'mas approaching' birthdays. Bad timing by the parents I say....Ā  :D
    I have the same problem with mt nephews - they have February birthdays so the shops are full of Valentine cardsĀ Ā  :/
    I'm going to stop cards - it's an outdated concept.
    Nothing to do with the price of stamps you understand....
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    My OH's birthday is 1st December,Ā  his brother's on the 4th, auntie and SIL on 17th, and his dad's birthday is Christmas Day.
    I always buy their cards in September because as @KT53 says, it's impossible to get a good selection after that. In the supermarket yesterday they had loads of Halloween stuff reduced to clear. A good opportunity to save money for next year perhaps......
  • My son was due on the 7th ... he arrived on the 22nd. Not my fault ... I did everything I could ... šŸ¤’

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





  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Raspberry leaf tea next time @Dovefromabove!!
    VendƩe - 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
  • Tried that ... used to give blackberry shoots to my goats that were due to kid. Tried everything ... double digging the new veg patch Ā ... even a very bumpy level crossing ... someone said he had an over inflated sense of his importance and had decided to arrive on Christmas Day ... it took two hospitals and an ambulance ride to get him to make anĀ appearance šŸ˜Ā 

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





  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Fairygirl said:
    What do you fancy for your birthday @Dovefromabove?Ā  ;)
    I know quite a few folk with 'C'mas approaching' birthdays. Bad timing by the parents I say....Ā  :D
    The problem is you come out of winter and women shed three layers of clothing and finally shave their legs after months of looking like a wookie and everyone's blood gets up because spring is in the air. Or blokes bought them some good chocolate for easter to make up for forgetting Valentine's day and they finally forgave him a bit. The trick is to stay in the bad books all year round. Much cheaper in the long run.
    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
    @wild edges :D

    If it's really that bad - you can always nip up to the local garage for a bunch of sad carnations...that always works well....
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Or a leftover bunch from a florist, with a card addressed to someone else lurking in the folds of the wrapping paper. That'll do it too.
    Then there's the birthday card chosen with such love and care, that he even remembered to cross out 'son' on the front.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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