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Hints and Tips of Things To Do On A Dreary Day

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  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    B3 said:
    Bile green, baby poo yellow, dog turd brown or Barbie pink would be a lot easier to find and would be unlikely to be stolen in daylight.

    No one would park next to you either, another plus!
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    Back in the day, I was promised a new company car but when I went to collect it, it was indeed bile green so I flatly said no way!

    My company wasn't best pleased as it was a client of theirs that owned the garage but I ended up with a more acceptable shiny plum colour.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • Sat in car at Lidl's it was pouring. Watched someone taking shopping out of their trolley and putting it into M and S bags in their boot. Trying to impress someone maybe?
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • UffUff Posts: 3,199
    Another good tip from me. Coff. 
    Be sure to check watch and turn up at the correct time when meeting a friend to go dog walking, coffee, lunch etc. or once again run the risk of being sectioned due to galloping dementia. I'm talking about me of course.

    I turned up as planned (11.30) at said friend's house on Sunday, friend looked surprised and said I was an hour early. Said no I'm not because at 10.50 I thought I'd have time to mop the conservatory but decided against it and it's exactly half past now.  
    I'd got the fingers mixed up on my watch and it was now only 10.30. 
    SW SCOTLAND but born in Derbyshire
  • UffUff Posts: 3,199
    Aww that's lovely. 
    SW SCOTLAND but born in Derbyshire
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    My car is metallic lime green (the manufacture called it "crystal lime"). I've not had close enough encounters with bile to say whether it's the same shade.......but so far I haven't "lost" it and no-one's tried to steal it.
    Like this one https://media.suzuki.co.uk/en-gb/releases/139, only right-hand drive and usually dirtier.
    I have to say, I care about the colour of my car just about as much as I care about the colour of my lawn mower :D

    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • UffUff Posts: 3,199
    I like that JennyJ.
    My lawnmower has go faster stripes. Black ones. Have to otherwise it wouldn't go at all. I bought it from a scrap yard 2 years ago. S'true. 
    SW SCOTLAND but born in Derbyshire
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    B3 said:
    Bile green, baby poo yellow, dog turd brown or Barbie pink would be a lot easier to find and would be unlikely to be stolen in daylight.

    Back in the 1960's and 70's there was a demolitions expert called Blaster Bates who became one of the early 'celebrities' with his stories of his exploits.  Once he had made enough money to buy a car, having previously shifted his explosives in a motorbike and sidecar, he purchased a Volvo Estate which was officially Saraha or Safari Yellow.  It was known to all and sundry as "The Flying Sh!te".  Baby poo yellow is polite by comparison.
  • coccinellacoccinella Posts: 1,428
    I look at the pictures of gardening books. Or cross stitch or think of when I can go to visit some place.

    Luxembourg
  • UffUff Posts: 3,199
    Counting raindrops is akin to watching paint dry. I've figured out a way to do it if anyone is interested  B)
    SW SCOTLAND but born in Derbyshire
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