Thought it was about time we had this!
A very frosty start to the day and lovely and bright, but the next 5 days look awfully wet……
Winter Bits and Bobs.
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Yes, lovely today. We were very lucky last night, the rain stopped just before set up time! Phew. We had a cold market, it was very busy, and I did really well, as did my friend and stall neighbour. I think it was their best ever at this event. I haven't been to the bottom of the garden to see the hedge removal distruction. The quagmire (lawn) is all my fractured nerves can take right now. I hope the new neighbour is happy. I'm not. He also had the cheek of trying to get the tree surgeon to take more off my eucalyptus tree, when there was only about a 2ft stump left anyway. The tree guy told him to go away and mind his own business.
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So glad all your hard work, payed off, Retropants….bet some people will be getting some wonderful Christmas gifts, that have been made by you!
It’s amazing how lawns can recover…not the best time of the year, admittedly!
Don’t like the sound of your new neighbour….sounds a bit of a bully on the quiet…
It’s amazing how lawns can recover…not the best time of the year, admittedly!
Don’t like the sound of your new neighbour….sounds a bit of a bully on the quiet…
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Good news the spenders were out Retropants, makes it all worthwhile for you & there is nothing like getting a home made gift instead of a voucher or something impersonal. Your neighbour sounds a dislikable individual. I have one next door to me as well, I haven't spoken to him for years now but his wife & grown daughters are lovely so we chat a lot. He has no other friends now all his male friends deserted him too. I raised the fence in the end.
I'm getting my trees cut down when the lads are available, but they have already had issues with him from when the 'studio' was built interfering & advising. They reported straight to the council & his wife advises a very curt letter was sent to him about disability rules. Absolutely no one speaks to him in the close now as he's had a go at just about everyone of them. Some folk hey??
I'm getting my trees cut down when the lads are available, but they have already had issues with him from when the 'studio' was built interfering & advising. They reported straight to the council & his wife advises a very curt letter was sent to him about disability rules. Absolutely no one speaks to him in the close now as he's had a go at just about everyone of them. Some folk hey??
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Thankyou OH and Westi. We were very lucky with the previous neighbours. Unfortunately, both older ladies passed away in January a few weeks apart, so we’ve had building works and now new neighbours both sides for most of the year since about May. We feel like we don’t want to be here any more. I bought the house in 1997.
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Milton Bryan is a very welcoming place, Retropants…
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Is anyone else getting different adverts coming up on the bottom of the page, on here?
Really annoying as I don’t know how to get rid of them….can click the little x in the box and they go, but then come back again…..
Really annoying as I don’t know how to get rid of them….can click the little x in the box and they go, but then come back again…..
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Yep, just been looking at a Hertz van rental advert. If it's putting a few quid back into the site though it might help keep it online.? Annoying to have to click it away every time..then another pops up....kill the second one and it seems to leave alone then...
Talking of the van rental company....we used to have a climbing rose 'Dr Van Fleet'....I used to jokingly call it 'Dr Hertz Van Rental'..maybe as a way to remember it....just had to quickly think not to tell a visitor its alternative on site name.!!
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Talking of the van rental company....we used to have a climbing rose 'Dr Van Fleet'....I used to jokingly call it 'Dr Hertz Van Rental'..maybe as a way to remember it....just had to quickly think not to tell a visitor its alternative on site name.!!
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Glads it’s not just me then, Clive!
Your van rental ditty, made me smile….
Not much gardening achieved today, just couldn’t get any enthusiasm up at all…
Your van rental ditty, made me smile….
Not much gardening achieved today, just couldn’t get any enthusiasm up at all…
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I got a slightly different company advertising but managed to delete it but it was a bit persistent until I wondered what the black dot was for & sure enough it went away. Not beginners luck unfortunately these adds pop up all over FB. I think I am getting repetitive strain injury constantly deleting stuff. Mind at least it being A1 it's not offended!
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I’ve been getting some of these ads too OH.
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...and I grumble when we get 6mm rain overnight.!
Seems to be running sunny day and opposing rainy event at the moment, over here on the drier side... Pond is full+ after being very low during the summer.... more rain billed for 2pm and 3pm hours..
Not gardening.... but did get a job done this morning that has been ignored for far too long.....my bedroom front window curtains were becoming less and less attached to the Swish track.
I had some new sliders/hooks in stock so decided it was the morning to sort it...
Facebook has a habit of putting things on my home pages that uncanny like are allied to interests...this one doesn't seem so good at it..as i am unlikely to want to book a cheap flight to Lapland.......
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Seems to be running sunny day and opposing rainy event at the moment, over here on the drier side... Pond is full+ after being very low during the summer.... more rain billed for 2pm and 3pm hours..
Not gardening.... but did get a job done this morning that has been ignored for far too long.....my bedroom front window curtains were becoming less and less attached to the Swish track.
I had some new sliders/hooks in stock so decided it was the morning to sort it...
Facebook has a habit of putting things on my home pages that uncanny like are allied to interests...this one doesn't seem so good at it..as i am unlikely to want to book a cheap flight to Lapland.......
C.
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Westi
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Isn't this really an invasion of privacy? I don't ever recall being asked for my permission to use my data & put on sites I've not signed up to, nor for them to update my computer without consent...this really peeved me as they transferred my messages & mail to the phone not the computer & took me ages to find. Maybe they realise I have an old phone & it will die quicker when no space left & I will have to buy a new one or along these lines?
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