@floralies Sounds like when they first started making residents sort their rubbish in Brussels back in the 90s. It all got dumped in the same truck for the first year or so. presumably they thought people needed to practise a while bfore the system really went live.
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)."
I might have a go at getting my money back. They actually state "Guaranteed delivery next day by 1pm** or your money back". I'll still have to pay the standard fee, and I'm not sure how much extra I paid above the normal 1st class.
Just had a look at the cost of 1st class large letter signed for and it's £3.60 less. My Scottish blood is up!
I should @KT53, as Obelixx says, they broke the contract so deserve to pay up.
I'm curmudgeonly today as we had brilliant sunshine this morning so thought I'd dig up the ferns I'm giving to my sister. Put my wellie socks on, then wellies, jacket on and zipped, secateurs in pockets, gloves on, turned round and it was pouring with rain! Off with everything, put back in the cupboard, turned round and it had stopped. Gritted my teeth and got repeated the procedure. Fortunately for my BP, it then stayed dry till lunchtime since when it has been absolutely bucketing down. Ferns are getting drowned in the buckets I put them in.
I started cutting my 'Flamingo Willow' back yesterday. Did all I could from ground level and planned to finish it off today with my missus holding the stepladder steady. Popped into town first, then as we got back into the car she came out with the dreaded words "Can you pop me over to Cheltenham I have to take something back". By the time we got home it was piddling down so the tree currently looks like Ken Dodd's hair on a bad day. Ho hum, a couple more days won't hurt.
Why is it that you never see anyone with tattoos on their face that don't look like someone drew them on with felt tip while they were passed out? Still I'd rather talk to the low quality face tattoo delivery driver than with the religious lot that had knocked the door just before him. All fake smiles and no social skills.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
I've never yet seen a tatto I found attractive, no matter where on a body, limb or face. Ditto obtrusive piercings. Being a gardener I enjoy the different looks of each season. You can do that with clothes, make-up, jewellery but not with a tattoo.
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)."
I can appreciate the quality of the artwork in some tattoos but will never understand why people want them all over their body. I worked with one lovely young lady who had quite severe mental health problems and had used tattoos to cover up the evidence of self-harm, so at least there seemed to be some logic there. That was until she was NHS funded to have them all removed by laser treatment, which itself left scarring. Shortly after that she started having a whole new set done. Last time I saw her, virtually every inch of her body, apart from her face seemed to be covered in them again.
I don't like tattoos but if I wanted one on my face, I think I'd prefer someone doing it with a felt tip rather than a needle Why do tattooists always use blue or black rather than any other colour ? The dark colours always seem to me to make the tattooed person look fierce/angry/intimidating whereas if someone was to walk around with a bright yellow daffodil or a wandering pink Clematis tattoo, your reaction would be more likely to be a smile and a "Hello" rather than crossing the road just in case As for the missionaries knocking on doors looking for converts, I've always found JH's to be unfailingly polite. Persistent, annoying - yes - and keen to spout their beliefs even when it's pretty obvious that the listener isn't interested - but always polite.
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I'm curmudgeonly today as we had brilliant sunshine this morning so thought I'd dig up the ferns I'm giving to my sister. Put my wellie socks on, then wellies, jacket on and zipped, secateurs in pockets, gloves on, turned round and it was pouring with rain!
Off with everything, put back in the cupboard, turned round and it had stopped. Gritted my teeth and got repeated the procedure. Fortunately for my BP, it then stayed dry till lunchtime since when it has been absolutely bucketing down. Ferns are getting drowned in the buckets I put them in.
Why do tattooists always use blue or black rather than any other colour ? The dark colours always seem to me to make the tattooed person look fierce/angry/intimidating whereas if someone was to walk around with a bright yellow daffodil or a wandering pink Clematis tattoo, your reaction would be more likely to be a smile and a "Hello" rather than crossing the road just in case
As for the missionaries knocking on doors looking for converts, I've always found JH's to be unfailingly polite. Persistent, annoying - yes - and keen to spout their beliefs even when it's pretty obvious that the listener isn't interested - but always polite.