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Re: Bits and Bobs No 15.
Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 7:04 am
by Clive.
...Yes, it doesn't look to quite fit the plans for progress that I was making whilst digging yesterday....I was working on the basis of not having cast iron ground and slight snow covering.......
...but it will be doing yesterdays digging some good.
Clive.
Re: Bits and Bobs No 15.
Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 7:17 am
by oldherbaceous
I was meant to be building some brick plinths this morning, to stand chestnut posts on, of a log store that i have got to construct.
But i think the mortar will just freeze to my trowel.
Maybe a bonfire instead, if the wind is in the right direction.
Re: Bits and Bobs No 15.
Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 7:21 am
by oldherbaceous
Seeing it is Catbuds birthday today, but they haven't been on for a good while, how long do people think it's polite to leave it before not wishing them many happy returns of the day?
I would hate for them to feel left out.
Re: Bits and Bobs No 15.
Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 8:17 am
by Clive.
Call me chicken if you like...but I got my car thawed out and got as far as the road and drove back down the drive again..the drive is a sheet of ice...and the road is the same....the roads are unbelievably bad here this morning...
Local radio says that there is a risk of ice this morning...think it may be more than a risk........
Clive.
Re: Bits and Bobs No 15.
Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 9:30 am
by alan refail
oldherbaceous wrote:... how long do people think it's polite to leave it before not wishing them many happy returns of the day?
Couple of months
Re: Bits and Bobs No 15.
Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 12:31 pm
by oldherbaceous
The roads and paths were the same here Clive, felt the front end of my barrow twitch more than once just crossing the road.
I will be guided by your wisdom Alan, two months it is then.
Re: Bits and Bobs No 15.
Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 1:15 pm
by Shallot Man
OH. thought of fitting snow chains to the barrow.
Re: Bits and Bobs No 15.
Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 1:20 pm
by oldherbaceous
Nows theres a thought Shallot Man, can you imagine their faces in Halfords when i ask for one wheel chain for my wheelbarrow, and then say, "it was Shallot Mans idea".
Re: Bits and Bobs No 15.
Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 5:30 am
by oldherbaceous
Looks rather white out there this morning, i opened the door, then shut it up pretty quickly again.
The cold wind blew straight up my dressing gown,
i've never made out how ladies can put up with that in winter whilst wearing skirts.
Re: Bits and Bobs No 15.
Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 6:17 am
by alan refail
oldherbaceous wrote:The cold wind blew straight up my dressing gown,
i've never made out how ladies can put up with that in winter whilst wearing skirts.
Ay, an it's nae jist the ladies, ye ken
Re: Bits and Bobs No 15.
Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 6:47 am
by oldherbaceous
No wonder they were known as devils in skirts.
I do hope our lady forum members wear something a little more substantial, like a good thick pair of hand-knitted bloomers.
Re: Bits and Bobs No 15.
Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 1:08 pm
by Elle's Garden
Re: Bits and Bobs No 15.
Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 4:35 pm
by glallotments
It's strange but I have always found skirts warmer than trousers! Obviously with something warm underneath like some thickish tights!
Re: Bits and Bobs No 15.
Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 5:15 pm
by oldherbaceous
Dear Glallotments, i will just have to take your word for that, there's no way i'm changing from trousers.
Re: Bits and Bobs No 15.
Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 7:36 am
by oldherbaceous
I suppose i better start clearing some space for the cards, well you never know!