No iPhone, no iPad, no Aldi and I use an ad blocker on my PC. The upgrades to the GW site are not, unfortunately, focused on better forum access but on better magazine and other access for increased revenues.
Bright and sunny out there but breezy and chilly so I've already brought tender stuff back in. Need to water all my pots and then take Possum to a golf initiation and then I can potter. Don't really want her to play golf but want her outside in fresh air and open to new experiences and people.
Have a good BH, whatever you're doing.
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)."
When I wrote to Nora about my problems with the website she said it wasn’t to do with the Forum, it was to do with my Internet speed. But I don’t have any problems with anything else, only the Forum. I think there are too many ads and they keep changing. When they change it all gets stuck. I said I thought people had left because of the change of the Forum, but Nora said that had nothing to do with it – the Forum members have increased by 30% over the last year. I wasn’t talking about casuals, I meant regulars who dropped out. Nora said people had only left because of unpleasantness.
Another sunny day, have been putting the sprinkler on the beds last night and this morning. So dry.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
My garden has had a good soaking, waiting on a wilco delivery, hopefully tomorrow, with my darlek and wheelbarrow. Going to finish off the self assembly and housework so I don't feel guilty while out in the garden tomorro.
I access the forum almost exclusively on my Chromebook, unless I'm travelling, and with the ad blocker it's fine. I preferred the old format, particularly the "go to last read post" feature, but I can live with this. But clearly, for some people in some situations, it's a real pain. Sorry for you, Lizzie, GWRS and Topbird in particular. It must be really frustrating.
Well, it's not raining... at the moment. I've washed a couple of peanut feeders and pulled up some rosebay willowherb from the bit of the bank I've sown with wild flowers. The flowers which like the shady position are establishing nicely - particularly ragged robin - and I don't want the willowherb to crowd them out. Now I'm going out again, to establish how many bamboo canes I need for runner beans etc this season. The old ones are beginning to break...
I wonder what happens to Eton mess when you make too much, and leave it until the next day? I'm about to find out.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Busy - change your Word font to Verdana and install an ad blocker such as this one - https://adblockplus.org/ It's free and quite straight forward to do. If you and OH can't manage it, ask a son or daughter or more techy friend to help. It works fine on PCs but have no idea if it's good on iphones and iPads as I don't use them. Internet is often slow here but I get on OK cos of ad blocking.
Liri - the meringue dissolves so the cream goes very sweet and the strawberries go a bit soft. I now put a suitable portion of strawberries in each person's dish then let them crush their own mini meringues and then I spoon on dollops of lightly whipped cream. Never any leftovers or soggy meringues.
I don't think I'll ever need to buy another bamboo cane. OH has taken down and stripped half the canes of what turns out - probably - to be giant miscanthus and has stacked it all in the barn. Masses of it.
Last edited: 17 April 2017 12:21:52
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)."
Some software does need you to restart your PC before it kicks in Busy. Every now and again a rogue ad gets thru but if you click on ad block (icon on top right of my screen) it will let you delete them form your screen. I do get the Sarah Raven ones but they don't interfere with performance.
I'm just back from dropping Possum off for her golf thingy and am about to water my pots and then cut out a denim skirt for her. The car said it was 17c outside but it feels a lot cooler in the breeze and we're due to get down to 2C just before dawn so all softies will be brought in.
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)."
Obelixx, the meringue had indeed dissolved. The raspberries were very sharp though, so the resulting slop tasted good.
I worked for a woman once who'd inherited a huge, spreading clump of bamboo in her garden. I made arches over her path, and woven trellis between the arches, from the flexible green canes, as supports for runner beans and sweet peas. Looked good! I left some of the leaves on for an interesting effect.
The 8ft canes I inherited from my Dad - much straighter and heavier weight than anything I can buy now - are coming to the end of their useful life. Perhaps not surprising, since Dad died in 1998. I've been looking at alternatives to bamboo, given the feebleness of the ones available in the local GC; they sell an aluminium framing system for making "lightweight garden structures", with tubes up to 8ft long; good but expensive. They also sell "Gro-Stakes", heavyweight plastic and about a third of the price. Not really keen on plastic, but...
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
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No iPhone, no iPad, no Aldi and I use an ad blocker on my PC. The upgrades to the GW site are not, unfortunately, focused on better forum access but on better magazine and other access for increased revenues.
Bright and sunny out there but breezy and chilly so I've already brought tender stuff back in. Need to water all my pots and then take Possum to a golf initiation and then I can potter. Don't really want her to play golf but want her outside in fresh air and open to new experiences and people.
Have a good BH, whatever you're doing.
Morning all.
We had a lie in this morning.
When I wrote to Nora about my problems with the website she said it wasn’t to do with the Forum, it was to do with my Internet speed. But I don’t have any problems with anything else, only the Forum. I think there are too many ads and they keep changing. When they change it all gets stuck. I said I thought people had left because of the change of the Forum, but Nora said that had nothing to do with it – the Forum members have increased by 30% over the last year. I wasn’t talking about casuals, I meant regulars who dropped out. Nora said people had only left because of unpleasantness.
Another sunny day, have been putting the sprinkler on the beds last night and this morning. So dry.
Bother, used Word, as couldn't type here and it's not a good font.
Won’t edit
But I don't even live near an Aldi
My garden has had a good soaking, waiting on a wilco delivery, hopefully tomorrow, with my darlek and wheelbarrow. Going to finish off the self assembly and housework so I don't feel guilty while out in the garden tomorro.
Morning - no, afternoon all!
I access the forum almost exclusively on my Chromebook, unless I'm travelling, and with the ad blocker it's fine. I preferred the old format, particularly the "go to last read post" feature, but I can live with this. But clearly, for some people in some situations, it's a real pain. Sorry for you, Lizzie, GWRS and Topbird in particular. It must be really frustrating.
Well, it's not raining... at the moment. I've washed a couple of peanut feeders and pulled up some rosebay willowherb from the bit of the bank I've sown with wild flowers. The flowers which like the shady position are establishing nicely - particularly ragged robin - and I don't want the willowherb to crowd them out. Now I'm going out again, to establish how many bamboo canes I need for runner beans etc this season. The old ones are beginning to break...
I wonder what happens to Eton mess when you make too much, and leave it until the next day? I'm about to find out.
Busy - change your Word font to Verdana and install an ad blocker such as this one - https://adblockplus.org/ It's free and quite straight forward to do. If you and OH can't manage it, ask a son or daughter or more techy friend to help. It works fine on PCs but have no idea if it's good on iphones and iPads as I don't use them. Internet is often slow here but I get on OK cos of ad blocking.
Liri - the meringue dissolves so the cream goes very sweet and the strawberries go a bit soft. I now put a suitable portion of strawberries in each person's dish then let them crush their own mini meringues and then I spoon on dollops of lightly whipped cream. Never any leftovers or soggy meringues.
I don't think I'll ever need to buy another bamboo cane. OH has taken down and stripped half the canes of what turns out - probably - to be giant miscanthus and has stacked it all in the barn. Masses of it.
Last edited: 17 April 2017 12:21:52
Thanks Obelixx. I've installed it, at least I thought I had, it's window it had finished installing it, but there are still ads. Should there be?
Did you use one specifically for your iPad Liz? Or the one one for your laptop. You need the correct version.
The only ad you should be seeing is the one in the top right corner, currently Sarah Raven and that's not offensive.
You may need to power right off and turn on again.
Some software does need you to restart your PC before it kicks in Busy. Every now and again a rogue ad gets thru but if you click on ad block (icon on top right of my screen) it will let you delete them form your screen. I do get the Sarah Raven ones but they don't interfere with performance.
I'm just back from dropping Possum off for her golf thingy and am about to water my pots and then cut out a denim skirt for her. The car said it was 17c outside but it feels a lot cooler in the breeze and we're due to get down to 2C just before dawn so all softies will be brought in.
Obelixx, the meringue had indeed dissolved. The raspberries were very sharp though, so the resulting slop tasted good.
I worked for a woman once who'd inherited a huge, spreading clump of bamboo in her garden. I made arches over her path, and woven trellis between the arches, from the flexible green canes, as supports for runner beans and sweet peas. Looked good! I left some of the leaves on for an interesting effect.
The 8ft canes I inherited from my Dad - much straighter and heavier weight than anything I can buy now - are coming to the end of their useful life. Perhaps not surprising, since Dad died in 1998. I've been looking at alternatives to bamboo, given the feebleness of the ones available in the local GC; they sell an aluminium framing system for making "lightweight garden structures", with tubes up to 8ft long; good but expensive. They also sell "Gro-Stakes", heavyweight plastic and about a third of the price. Not really keen on plastic, but...