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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889

    Evening all. 

    Every kind of weather here too. Sun, rain , wind, massive hailstorms too. 

    The little parade where Hubby works has a model train shop, the locksmith where he works, a hairdresser , a cheese shop ,a couple of cake shops and a "comic" shop. 

    The owners always complain about lack of trade, but some of the excuses I've heard them use for shutting as early as 3pm include. " it's raining" " I don't like driving in the dark" " I've not had a customer in over an hour" and so on. They're all very fond of " back in 5 minutes" notices on their doors too.  If they keep shutting randomly, who is going to venture into town on the offchance they'll be open? "Self fulfilling prophecy" springs to mind.

    The Globe can't swap my winning tickets, but my niece is going to have them. Whew.

    Broadchurch tonight.image

    Devon.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117

    Hosta - I know what  you mean about those shops. I'm afraid in the 21st century, with online shopping for everything under the sun, if they don't move with the times,or offer a different and unique service, they've had it.

    Doyou think B'church will be any good? I'm watching The Team, which is a Scandi/multi country drama. Quite good.

    Hope the finger's a bit better T'bird. My mother was fond of sugar and soap as a poultice. Bran was good as well - used to use that when I worked in the stables, as we had plenty of it!

    Beef Stroganoff for tea . It was  image  - even if I say so myself. 

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Can someone pop into the Snow! Help! thread in Fruit & Veg and advise on pot size for a cherry? I'm rubbish at sizes of pots - I just know the right one when I see it image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Lily PillyLily Pilly Posts: 3,845

    Hello, busy family weekend but been trying to catch up

    re religion, I believe in something but not sure what it is, I just can't beliege we aren't like trees and able to come back a few times in our " life cycle"

    re24 hour shopping, that's what is demanded in our age, doubt it will revert however , our village still has half day Wednesday and nothing open in a Sunday except the coop!

    heavy snow all afternoon but not lying. An ice warning out for tonight 

    just waiting for dil to return from Aberdeen hope she is taking it easy.

    fairy thanks fir reminding me abiut Broadchurch, hope the diction and sound better this time?

    stay cosy everyone

    sorry Dove. no idea! Never tried it

    Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.”
    A A Milne
  • Hello Lily P image

    just watching Mary Berry cooking fish on the shore at Ullapool ... Such a beautiful view ....


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117

    Dove  - just caught the last couple of minutes. Didn't know it was from here or I'd have recorded it. Ullapool is a special place Will download it. image

    We seem to have avoided the snow LP. Hope you don't get too much. Think it will be icy here tonight too. 

    Last edited: 27 February 2017 21:05:12

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • The nice young fisherman didn't detract from the view either image

    Last edited: 27 February 2017 21:15:53


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • ClaringtonClarington Posts: 4,949
    Hostafan1 says:

    I once read something along the lines of :

    " Having a religion is like having a p*n*s. It's fine to have one, it's fine to be proud of it, it's fine to believe it's better than everyone else's, But don't let it rule your head, don't make laws based on it, and don't let it lead you into a war"

    See original post

     And don't force it in someone else's face uninvited? ;)

    Evening all. Awful scouts night tonight. Made me realise how bad things are. Maybe I'm just overly tired.

  • Hope you get a good night's sleep, Clari.  image

    My mother had a tin of some sort of kaolin poultice.  Smelt nice, like old fashioned elastoplast; I remember her warming it & plastering it on my knuckle when a splinter went septic.  (It got better, eventually... though there's still a little bump in the joint.)

    I pruned until my hands went numb.  More tomorrow.

    Night all!  image

    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • Night night image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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