That's the one. I was already in a state of shock at a terrible first half and l'm not even a Spurs supporter. Then l have some bloke shouting "Wanger" and thought l was listening to Jose's team talk.
My mum used to say, ( about pregnancy) " If the woman had the first and the man had the second, there might be a third, but there wouldn't be a fourth. "
Pauline what make you think there would be a second, haha. Never thought I might actually be pleased to have hot flushes, still no heating, (well, thank God for the electric fire in the lounge, says that now wait for the bill!!) Plumber up to his ears. It's 14c indoors, but that's OK for now, not looking forward to the latest sounding weather.
Next doors' PIR light woke me at 4am, watched the weather forecast on 10 0 clock news said heavy snow, weather warning, in the SE frost, nope none of these, frantically covering newly potted on stuff in greenhouse, putting cloches over Broad Beans.
No snow...woke up early like an excited kid on Christmas morning expecting 5ft of snow at least and threw those curtains wide (one day like this would make it right) ...and ... drizzle... no snodge at all. Bum.
But the drizzle is just turning white'ish and unless my eyes deceive me, the hills (600ft - so more like mole hills) that I can see across the road from my house are just going a bit whiter on top...
Edited: ...40 minutes later...and still drizzle. Hills not whitening..just a drab, grey, grot day agin' - dreich as those in woad would say....
I have, or more accurately had, a telescopic ladder which collapses down to about 3' and is lightweight. I'd been up it ripping mistletoe out of a crab apple tree. Safely descended and lifted the ladder away from the tree when I tripped and let go of the fully extended ladder. Thankfully (I thought at the time) it didn't land on me but bounced off the top of the timber fence. Only when I tried to collapse it did I discover the damage. One of the vertical sections has a crease in it and parts of the ladder will no longer contract. Obviously can't be used any more because the structural integrity has been compromised. I've had the ladder a good few years but was surprised that what seemed like a light knock would do so much damage. That said, it's designed to take pressure down through the assembly, not from a sideways fall. New ladder ordered!
Are potato growers using some new kind of machinery to harvest the crop? Many of the potatoes have slits in them caused by some kind of blade. I don't remember noticing this until fairly recently.
@B3 Possibly you’re seeing them as supermarkets are now a bit more tolerant of ‘less than perfect’ veg. I’m not aware of any radical change in harvesting techniques ... but I may have missed something ..,
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.