I hope your dentist hasn’t taken half term week off, and not bothered to arrange emergency cover, @punkdoc The joys of getting old, indeed, @pansyface. Most of my molars,( apart from my wisdom teeth which had the sense not to put in appearance until I had the knowledge needed to improve my diet and oral hygiene) mainly consist of large amounts of amalgam with the remaining slivers of enamel balanced precariously round the sides! I’ve had to have two crowned in the last few years - the roots were solid, so I’ve got two NHS non precious metal crowns, which seem strong enough to cope with my rather heavy bite and tooth grinding habit. Add on the creaky joints, unreliable ankles, and bits that don’t seem to want to stay where they are supposed to be, can get very tiresome. I do hope they do not literally drain you of blood!
@raisingirl - only back to the '70s? I can remember the registration number of my Dad's car both its Forces registration when serving in Germany, and its new reg when we came back to the UK in 1958. I'm guessing you don't actually go back that far yourself.
Now the school want contributions to the harvest festival. Apparently my cooking apples aren't acceptable and they can only take things in packaging with use by dates on it.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Now the school want contributions to the harvest festival. Apparently my cooking apples aren't acceptable and they can only take things in packaging with use by dates on it.
Bonkers, What happened to fresh produce " harvested " from the garden?
Our local primary school has had the good sense to arrange for half term this week, probably to get out of having to do any of the Halloween stuff.
My curmudgeon today is that I bought a DA rose but didn't bother to have the receipt printed out - botheration, I'd forgotten all about their 5 year guarantee!!
My mum used to make up a small box of stuff for each of us to take - only ordinary stuff like carrots, onions, potatoes, apples, oranges etc, but arranged nicely. Only a few children took prepacked stuff, the ones whose parents couldn't be bothered.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
I do remember making an effort to buy carrots with their leaves on, looked far more ‘harvested’ than the regular supermarket variety. I can appreciate that now, where the donated goods are going off to food banks and the like, that packaged and dated stuff is the order of the day, but won’t look nearly as nice laid out in church or a school assembly. Wild edges, how are you getting on with the scary costume? I suspect there will be a few kids in old sheets with eyeholes cut in them! Or you could tear some old sheets into strips and ‘ mummify’ your children? Our local schools are all on half term this week.
When my children were in school (late 80s/ early 90s) primary, I remember sending them in with tinned goods. The idea being they would be distributed to needy families.
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The joys of getting old, indeed, @pansyface. Most of my molars,( apart from my wisdom teeth which had the sense not to put in appearance until I had the knowledge needed to improve my diet and oral hygiene) mainly consist of large amounts of amalgam with the remaining slivers of enamel balanced precariously round the sides! I’ve had to have two crowned in the last few years - the roots were solid, so I’ve got two NHS non precious metal crowns, which seem strong enough to cope with my rather heavy bite and tooth grinding habit. Add on the creaky joints, unreliable ankles, and bits that don’t seem to want to stay where they are supposed to be, can get very tiresome.
I do hope they do not literally drain you of blood!
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
What happened to fresh produce " harvested " from the garden?
My curmudgeon today is that I bought a DA rose but didn't bother to have the receipt printed out - botheration, I'd forgotten all about their 5 year guarantee!!
I can appreciate that now, where the donated goods are going off to food banks and the
like, that packaged and dated stuff is the order of the day, but won’t look nearly as nice laid out in church or a school assembly.
Wild edges, how are you getting on with the scary costume? I suspect there will be a few kids in old sheets with eyeholes cut in them! Or you could tear some old sheets into strips and ‘ mummify’ your children? Our local schools are all on half term this week.