If there's one thing worse than the opposite neighbour's gardener coming along at regular intervals and shaping their many evergreens into upturned pudding basins, it's that he always does it with a much more powerful and noisy piece of equipment than necessary ... and he does it on a scorching hot day when we need the windows open to create some movement of air in the house and I'M TRYING TO WATCH THE TENNIS!!! 😡 😡 😡
Maybe they are trying to drown out the constant screaming which now seems to be required for a female player to hit the ball hard. To me that is far more stressful than the sound of power tools
You're obviously not into tennis ...... I'm watching the tournament at Queen's Club ... it's male players only.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
You have my total sympathy @Dovefromabove that was a really gripping match that did not need any power tool assistance.
Happily my lot seem to have been driven indoors by the weather so just the odd cacophony of dogs shouting. Now I have Jumping Jack Flash playing in my head "Dogs barking, can't fly without umbrella" but that won't spoil the joy at an all Brit quarter final and a certain Brit in the semi
"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it." Sir Terry Pratchett
No sport watching here, don't mind playing but watching no thanks. Friend has told me what she thinks of my garden,(nothing complimentary) wouldn't mind but hers is weedy building site!!
I think I'd rather watch the gardener cut the evergreens!
Mind you I'd probably end up talking about what power tools he uses and if he could recommend ones for domestic use too. Tennis isn't entertaining IMHO. Won't it just be inevitable that djokovich, Nadal or possibly federa will win it?? Everyone else is there to try and make it interesting when they get beaten. Not a tennis fan in case that wasn't clear. It always seems to me that tennis suffers from a very small collection of players in with a chance of winning. Everyone else is a bit part player.
Am on the same page Northern Jo,hubby was watching a war film, I've just cut the grass, weeded,watered pots,golly,the rhododendrons were wilted,they got the water Butt special
We are enjoying the tennis @Dovefromabove, even if no one else! we don't have neighbours power tools to contend with, it's very quiet round here. Draper is doing well isn't he?
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Happily my lot seem to have been driven indoors by the weather so just the odd cacophony of dogs shouting. Now I have Jumping Jack Flash playing in my head "Dogs barking, can't fly without umbrella" but that won't spoil the joy at an all Brit quarter final and a certain Brit in the semi
Mind you I'd probably end up talking about what power tools he uses and if he could recommend ones for domestic use too. Tennis isn't entertaining IMHO. Won't it just be inevitable that djokovich, Nadal or possibly federa will win it?? Everyone else is there to try and make it interesting when they get beaten. Not a tennis fan in case that wasn't clear. It always seems to me that tennis suffers from a very small collection of players in with a chance of winning. Everyone else is a bit part player.
Just have a read of this and see how far wide of the mark you are
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/57499482
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.