Frank, if your grandson gets his crackpot ideas from you (not that he would!), make sure you don't get a shed. Englishmen always invent stuff in sheds, don't know what it is, but there you go. Cockerell and the Hovercraft, Barnes Wallis and the Bouncing Bomb, and I should know, but have forgotten, the chap who invented the Jet Engine (Mitchell springs to mind, but think it's wrong, as he gave us the Spitfire).
Give an Englishman a shed, and as long as he's bonkers enough, sure as eggs is eggs, he'll go and invent something.
Maud, hope both you and your Dad are feeling better. Both Asda and Tesco do a very good home shopping service on t'interweb, get yourself a coffee, do your shop, and ring for a take-away. They deliver late at night and early-ish in the morning, so should be able to fit it in around hospital visits. At least they don't think it's cancer, as it's always a worry once it's been in someone's system. Sending some positive vibes, sounds like you both need a bit of a rest!
MMP, too late he already has a shed, the sounds that come from it make me think he is inventing an even bigger noise box for his guitar. Luckily at the moment he is busy renovating a house for when he marries later this year, being a Shop fitter helps with that, my Son, his dad tells me he comes up with solutions to problems that no one else has even seen, looks as if my engineering genes have been passed on then.
MMP, the Mitchell you are thinking of is probably RJ Mitchell, the inventor of the spitfire, Sir Frank Whittle was the inventor of the jet engine and what a difference he has made to the world today.
I'm getting annoyed with other neighbours that have fruit trees. The problem is the pests - if they don't look after them, mine also get their pests and diseases. It's a pain. If they don't want them ... grrr.
And don't get me started on all of the dandelions, catsears (Hypochaeris), hawkweeds (Hieracium) and hawkbeards (Crepis) its like everyone around here has given up cutting grass - I know a wild garden can look nice - but - an unmanaged overgrown jungle? - if you can't be bothered to look after a garden - move into a flat! give someone else a chance.
HI Time for a RANT at the chemist last week the assistant handed the lady in front of us her perscripton and asked for two euro perscripton charge said she will bring it back later turned to my wife and said terrable isnt it my wife said i will swap you we paid 104 euros we could not say bring it back later feel better now
JB, glad you feel better, but your post is a bit mystifying to me. Do you live in Ireland?
Pagey, I sympathise. My elderly neighbour can't look after his garden very well and it is full of dandelions. I was out there spraying my roses along the boundary and he gave me a real telling off. He pointed to a rose of his that had died (of neglect) and claimed I had killed it with the spray. Surprised, I let him rant for a while, then walked away. I'd help him if he was less hostile, but his constant accusations make it difficult to approach him.
Fred, thanks, know it was Mitchell that invented the Spitfire, and couldn't remember the name of the chap that invented the jet engine. Know it was definitely a shed, albeit a very big one, as in one of his tests he couldn't get the thing to switch off, and before he could cut the fuel supply it went bang and set fire to the shed.
Think I need a shed, without one the only thing I could come up with is a radio-controlled rat in order to scare ladies (and some men) everywhere. Of course, it would be marketed as a cat toy - I'm sure no-one would buy it in order to scare their mum! Or Calorie-free chocolate, but then I'm sure that there are several genii with a few million working on that one as we speak - the inventor of that would make an absolute fortune.
Several people in the area have sheds, very posh ones, with hot-tubs in them. What a waste!
planted out mr runner beans monday morning where doing very well until i checked yesterday every single one had been shredded i felt like crying the culprits....pidgeons and or pheasants so after running round trying to find netting pegs and sticks for their defence erecting it all i was feeling very fed up..thinking of bird scarers now as a deterent anyone any ideas of home made ones its an open windy site thinking flapping noisy things like pidgeons i guess
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Frank, if your grandson gets his crackpot ideas from you (not that he would!), make sure you don't get a shed. Englishmen always invent stuff in sheds, don't know what it is, but there you go. Cockerell and the Hovercraft, Barnes Wallis and the Bouncing Bomb, and I should know, but have forgotten, the chap who invented the Jet Engine (Mitchell springs to mind, but think it's wrong, as he gave us the Spitfire).
Give an Englishman a shed, and as long as he's bonkers enough, sure as eggs is eggs, he'll go and invent something.
Maud, hope both you and your Dad are feeling better. Both Asda and Tesco do a very good home shopping service on t'interweb, get yourself a coffee, do your shop, and ring for a take-away. They deliver late at night and early-ish in the morning, so should be able to fit it in around hospital visits. At least they don't think it's cancer, as it's always a worry once it's been in someone's system. Sending some positive vibes, sounds like you both need a bit of a rest!
MMP, too late he already has a shed, the sounds that come from it make me think he is inventing an even bigger noise box for his guitar.
Luckily at the moment he is busy renovating a house for when he marries later this year, being a Shop fitter helps with that, my Son, his dad tells me he comes up with solutions to problems that no one else has even seen, looks as if my engineering genes have been passed on then.
Frank.
MMP, the Mitchell you are thinking of is probably RJ Mitchell, the inventor of the spitfire, Sir Frank Whittle was the inventor of the jet engine and what a difference he has made to the world today.
I'm getting annoyed with other neighbours that have fruit trees. The problem is the pests - if they don't look after them, mine also get their pests and diseases. It's a pain. If they don't want them ... grrr.
And don't get me started on all of the dandelions, catsears (Hypochaeris), hawkweeds (Hieracium) and hawkbeards (Crepis) its like everyone around here has given up cutting grass - I know a wild garden can look nice - but - an unmanaged overgrown jungle? - if you can't be bothered to look after a garden - move into a flat! give someone else a chance.
HI Time for a RANT at the chemist last week the assistant handed the lady in front of us her perscripton and asked for two euro perscripton charge said she will bring it back later turned to my wife and said terrable isnt it my wife said i will swap you we paid 104 euros we could not say bring it back later feel better now
JB
JB, glad you feel better, but your post is a bit mystifying to me. Do you live in Ireland?
Pagey, I sympathise. My elderly neighbour can't look after his garden very well and it is full of dandelions. I was out there spraying my roses along the boundary and he gave me a real telling off. He pointed to a rose of his that had died (of neglect) and claimed I had killed it with the spray. Surprised, I let him rant for a while, then walked away. I'd help him if he was less hostile, but his constant accusations make it difficult to approach him.
Fred, thanks, know it was Mitchell that invented the Spitfire, and couldn't remember the name of the chap that invented the jet engine. Know it was definitely a shed, albeit a very big one, as in one of his tests he couldn't get the thing to switch off, and before he could cut the fuel supply it went bang and set fire to the shed.
Think I need a shed, without one the only thing I could come up with is a radio-controlled rat in order to scare ladies (and some men) everywhere. Of course, it would be marketed as a cat toy - I'm sure no-one would buy it in order to scare their mum! Or Calorie-free chocolate, but then I'm sure that there are several genii with a few million working on that one as we speak - the inventor of that would make an absolute fortune.
Several people in the area have sheds, very posh ones, with hot-tubs in them. What a waste!
planted out mr runner beans monday morning where doing very well until i checked yesterday every single one had been shredded i felt like crying the culprits....pidgeons and or pheasants so after running round trying to find netting pegs and sticks for their defence erecting it all i was feeling very fed up..thinking of bird scarers now as a deterent anyone any ideas of home made ones its an open windy site thinking flapping noisy things like pidgeons i guess
Old CD,s on a bit of string might help.(we always used the free CD,s that came with newspapers,don,t know if they still ever do those)
I find two yappy little dogs a pretty good deterrent, but that may be too extreme a solution for most people!