Twenty Two Years And Counting.
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Cordless Mini Trimmers
Does anyone have one of THESE or something similar? I need something light to tidy up plants & the smaller shrubs - I get a man in for the big stuff! :o) I wondered if it will only cut very soft new growth or if it would also be handy to cut down perennials that might be a bit woody?
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Dawgs. How true it is that the UK and the US of A are "two nations separated by a common language." I meant pants as in pants! Generally I deliberately mix American and British English but I must admit I wasn't aware of this particular distinction until y'all started going on about going commando and knickers and things... TUT! Do y'all remember when Dame Edna enlightened Parkinson as to what going commando means, ha ha ha! (I'd better point out that while hanging my curtains I was wearing knickers AS WELL!) And another language thing: Forgot to say yesterday that "gardinen" is "curtains" - the words are almost identical in Swedish and German, apparently. Scrambler: Thank you Robinia. I'll forget it again, but thank you... It's a strain on the brain trying to speak a foreign language - let alone your own, at this age! I'm noticing old knowledge slipping away. The other day when we were mentioning the jazz musician who drowned? was drowned? I couldn't for the life of me "hear" which was right. "He drowned" sounded wrong to me, but "he was drowned" sounded as if somebody else had held him down...! In the past such confusion would only last a few minutes for me, but now... I still can't "hear" which is right.
Woofy you must post your picture here (a seventies or sixties one will do) so that we may cut you out and place you in louche surroundings. That's the whole purpose of this school.
PS. Thanks Jude, saw your article just now, will make a cup of tea and read it! So sorry about your friend too...
Woofy you must post your picture here (a seventies or sixties one will do) so that we may cut you out and place you in louche surroundings. That's the whole purpose of this school.
PS. Thanks Jude, saw your article just now, will make a cup of tea and read it! So sorry about your friend too...
Cut the snoring out Woofy...me door keeps opening and shutin...tut...ooops sorry its the wind...erm...from outside....
boing bing....! robinia to the front desk please.
I was walking pass this cottage and outside there was this plant bout 3 ft hight quite bushy with white flowers and I swear it smelled just like a mince pie...! is there a mince pie plant...and can you buy them in december? this is not a joke....(:O).
boing bing....! robinia to the front desk please.
I was walking pass this cottage and outside there was this plant bout 3 ft hight quite bushy with white flowers and I swear it smelled just like a mince pie...! is there a mince pie plant...and can you buy them in december? this is not a joke....(:O).
Morning all - lovley hot day here, am laying by the pool and getting bored: The supermarkets are almost full again apart from a few veg like cucumber but I can live without that.
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Can anyone tell me what this plant is, it smells very strongly of lemon, but both marm and I are at loss - no surprise there then!
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Can anyone tell me what this plant is, it smells very strongly of lemon, but both marm and I are at loss - no surprise there then!
oh crikey...
<dons Charlie Dimmock wig & stuffs bra with chicken fillets....neti can have 'em when I've finished....
well Vinny my initial thought was a viburnum - only ever had one & v. beetles chomped it off to a skellinton :o(
anyroad, as we say, a quick google tells me that viburnum burkwoodii actually smells of cloves....
so might that be it pray tell?
a bit late for flowers actually but if it's only 3' it might be a young plant...
neti I know you're in a weakened state mi dear but you could have held the camera a bit stiller/more still? (and Kit thinks she's got problems)...all the same, it looks like a lemon scented geraniumumumum...
luvvly
<dons Charlie Dimmock wig & stuffs bra with chicken fillets....neti can have 'em when I've finished....
well Vinny my initial thought was a viburnum - only ever had one & v. beetles chomped it off to a skellinton :o(
anyroad, as we say, a quick google tells me that viburnum burkwoodii actually smells of cloves....
so might that be it pray tell?
a bit late for flowers actually but if it's only 3' it might be a young plant...
neti I know you're in a weakened state mi dear but you could have held the camera a bit stiller/more still? (and Kit thinks she's got problems)...all the same, it looks like a lemon scented geraniumumumum...
luvvly
well when you've done fiddling with your pipes Vinny you might like to give my neighbour a hand, seems he's having a bit of trouble....
I know nothing...
it's very spooky about your plant btw 'cos yesterday I found a jar of mincemeat at the back of the shelf (yes, still in date)...is it legal to make mince pies in June? :o)
oh neti just say to anyone who asks that it's a pelargonium crispum then....is that exotic enough?.....tut
I know nothing...
it's very spooky about your plant btw 'cos yesterday I found a jar of mincemeat at the back of the shelf (yes, still in date)...is it legal to make mince pies in June? :o)
oh neti just say to anyone who asks that it's a pelargonium crispum then....is that exotic enough?.....tut
You can remove them chicken fillets now Robinia they've stopped asking about plants. Robinia do you hear me: Remove them at once! They're not kosher! here, try these (chicken style ha ha ha!)
O! We're building the world's largest moose! Boring clip, just watch the first minute, you'll get an idea. Nevermind you don't understand what he says, neither do I (hardly), it's a northern dialect, need I say more, northerners make no sense in any country it seems ;-) There is to be a restaurant in the belly of the moose (cute) and a concert hall and gallery... bet it will attract some Germans though, they love anything Swedish to do with moose - search me. You'll have to ask your German rellies for me, Shaney.
I've been to my English Shop for Twinings Darjeeling, and Marmite, and a Dunoon mug for my friend, the one I'll be visiting later on. Almost burst out laughing thinking of you and T'bag, Jude,'cos I also saw (and bought) a stainless steel device "excellent for squeezing your tea bag."
Be thinking of you tomorrow morning Vinny - yo
O! We're building the world's largest moose! Boring clip, just watch the first minute, you'll get an idea. Nevermind you don't understand what he says, neither do I (hardly), it's a northern dialect, need I say more, northerners make no sense in any country it seems ;-) There is to be a restaurant in the belly of the moose (cute) and a concert hall and gallery... bet it will attract some Germans though, they love anything Swedish to do with moose - search me. You'll have to ask your German rellies for me, Shaney.
I've been to my English Shop for Twinings Darjeeling, and Marmite, and a Dunoon mug for my friend, the one I'll be visiting later on. Almost burst out laughing thinking of you and T'bag, Jude,'cos I also saw (and bought) a stainless steel device "excellent for squeezing your tea bag."
Be thinking of you tomorrow morning Vinny - yo
morning garden god & goddesses...it's very strange coming in & not falling over jno's cofee mugs & empty pro-plus boxes....and have you seen this?...very big-hearted I'm sure...just 'cos I may have mentioned athlete's foot in passing....
Kit I think it's the world's largest mousse that would gain the most interest in here...make mine strawberry please, has anyone had any English ones yet?....s'pose they've been ready dahn sahf for ages, grrrr.
well I think I ought to add a bit more artistic structure to my garden, what do you think....bit OTT maybe?
(looks like a load of polony to me)
hope you're ok today Vinny x
Kit I think it's the world's largest mousse that would gain the most interest in here...make mine strawberry please, has anyone had any English ones yet?....s'pose they've been ready dahn sahf for ages, grrrr.
well I think I ought to add a bit more artistic structure to my garden, what do you think....bit OTT maybe?
(looks like a load of polony to me)
hope you're ok today Vinny x
Morning..
thanks, a couple of hours to go....I always get nervous on occasions like this......downs another coffee....blimey...im seeing flying cats now...over there<<...catch you later...(*_*)
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thanks, a couple of hours to go....I always get nervous on occasions like this......downs another coffee....blimey...im seeing flying cats now...over there<<...catch you later...(*_*)
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No more coffee now, Vinny - it's a raccoon... It will be over in a couple of hours - isn't it strange how you are even able to smile and laugh at the reception afterwards, when all the tension loosens up. Come back and play us something nice tonight won't you Vinny, we'll be waiting for you.
Today is Midsummer's Eve so I should be out somewhere practising my heathen ways, picking seven kinds of flowers and place them under my pillow to dream of my future husband and dancing around the maypole and singing a snapsvisa (you have to sing before you're allowed to imbibe your snaps.) I suppose I could stretch to teaching y'all the frog dance: First you must do the hand gestures to signify that frogs have 1) no ears, and 2) no tails, and then you sing ko-ack-ack-ack, ko-ack-ack-ack till you're blue in the face. (Ko-ack is ribbit! ribbit!) And if there's a sufficient number of people doing this, there isn't even room to dance so you do it standing still. I suspect that to you it looks more or less like a mass psychosis...?
Sorry Robinia we're fresh out of strawberry mousse - but...
Today is Midsummer's Eve so I should be out somewhere practising my heathen ways, picking seven kinds of flowers and place them under my pillow to dream of my future husband and dancing around the maypole and singing a snapsvisa (you have to sing before you're allowed to imbibe your snaps.) I suppose I could stretch to teaching y'all the frog dance: First you must do the hand gestures to signify that frogs have 1) no ears, and 2) no tails, and then you sing ko-ack-ack-ack, ko-ack-ack-ack till you're blue in the face. (Ko-ack is ribbit! ribbit!) And if there's a sufficient number of people doing this, there isn't even room to dance so you do it standing still. I suspect that to you it looks more or less like a mass psychosis...?
Sorry Robinia we're fresh out of strawberry mousse - but...
<what is that racoon?>
I'm back with the lunch that the cake shoppe very kindly prepared earlier...if I can wipe the smug smile off long enough to eat that is - <loud tooting of trumpet>.....just been told I look 42! By a woman, so no hidden agenda....how naice...
...and no neti, she didn't have a white stick....that was me.
Do you do it differently? (moving swiftly past the frog dance) it's midsummer's day on June 24th here Kit, when I .....oops....they dance around hawthorn in the nuddy, which isn't a very good idea I'd have thought. Today's the summer solstice when the hippies go & look at big stones in the middle of nowhere. Tarquin often goes to Arbor Low. He swears it's got a strange atmosphere & there aren't any birds or wildlife (until he arrives).
<oooh, this sticky tape's giving me a rash behind me ears.....>
I'm back with the lunch that the cake shoppe very kindly prepared earlier...if I can wipe the smug smile off long enough to eat that is - <loud tooting of trumpet>.....just been told I look 42! By a woman, so no hidden agenda....how naice...
...and no neti, she didn't have a white stick....that was me.
Do you do it differently? (moving swiftly past the frog dance) it's midsummer's day on June 24th here Kit, when I .....oops....they dance around hawthorn in the nuddy, which isn't a very good idea I'd have thought. Today's the summer solstice when the hippies go & look at big stones in the middle of nowhere. Tarquin often goes to Arbor Low. He swears it's got a strange atmosphere & there aren't any birds or wildlife (until he arrives).
<oooh, this sticky tape's giving me a rash behind me ears.....>
O, I love a good henge! There is one close to where I grew up and yes those places absolutely have a strange atmosphere, no doubt about it, I could sense it as a child and I really hope to go back there one day, and to Stonehenge... and to New York... <What! I'm just day-dreaming anyway aren't I! Might as well squeeze Manhattan in while I'm at it.> ales stenar close to my childhood home town.
Yep we've changed it, Robinia, so that our Midsummer's Day is always on a Saturday, but it used to be the 24th here too.
Speaking of youthful appearances / good strong surgical tape behind your ears ha ha -- has Mick Jagger done the eyelid thing?? There was one recent clip on YouTube where he looked... weird. I like(d?) his hanging eyelids!
Yep we've changed it, Robinia, so that our Midsummer's Day is always on a Saturday, but it used to be the 24th here too.
Speaking of youthful appearances / good strong surgical tape behind your ears ha ha -- has Mick Jagger done the eyelid thing?? There was one recent clip on YouTube where he looked... weird. I like(d?) his hanging eyelids!
In A Pickle tried to do himself in: http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Body-and-Soul/Q uestion583612-2.html
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