Lucky El. My garden is too small to have fruit trees but I'd love to have apple and plum trees.

I like chutney.

Evening all hope you've had a good day each.
I've had back to school chaos! All happy and kind, just a lot if them.
Feeling pooped so going straight to bed, I have a feeling that tomorrow could well be the same

El, I'm glad your brother got home safely, albeit it delayed. I hope they do compensate him for the inconvenience.

Squiggle & yogi, I couldn't agree more about the state off bb these days, it makes me wonder at the direction our society is heading in

Leaving goodnight and get well hugs where needed

Sounds like an exhausting day, Summer. Goodnight and sweet dreams, catch up tomorrow.

Moonie, sending you a Get Well Soon hug and lots of love.

Good morning everyone

 

Quite cloudy here but according to the forecast it's sunny.

 

Get well hug for Moonie

Good morning everyone.

Weather is dry and overcast atm. Forecast is, "cloudy, with some sun in the afternoon".

I have a few errands to run this morning, catch up later.

 

Have a good day everyone.

Good morning a lovely sunny day here, I'm getting ready for another round of back to school cuts- wish me luck! I've got bags under my eyes so big that you could fit your groceries in them lol

Back when I can, and leaving a big hug for moonie

Summer, good luck with your next round of the little darlings

 

I think the cloud is starting to lift here.

 

Good morning everyone, a lovely bright morning here.  Awww Summer, it will soon be over and they will all be back to school, busy swotting, all looking smart with their lovely haircuts and you will be able to sleep and sleep

 

Have a great day everyone

It's a cut-throat business for this local man:

http://www.gloucestercitizen.c...10-detail/story.html

 

Just had a reminder email from Premierline Direct (= Allianz) that my commercial van insurance renewal is just a month away so are saying they can do a better deal.

 

What commercial van? They must be getting confused with my professional indemnity insurance with a different company.

Fremsley, I won't be going there either though there will be men who like the idea.

I hope you get your lawnmower sorted out to your satisfaction and that ebay are helpful.

 

I was listrning to the BBC radio news just now and they were talking about vacuum cleaners and the panic caused by the EU's import ban on those with a wattage over 1600.

There's a BBC article on this:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29021886

It mentions that manufacturers have been increasing the wattage over the years and older machines could be just as good as modern ones even though they had a lesser wattage.

So as I have an old Electrolux one which I bought in 1991 I thought I would see what the wattage was for that one.

Here's a Youtube clip showing the same machine as mine:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvPNCRL_L0E

It says 550 watts so my machine is way below those thresholds

 

There are a few Turkish barbers up her who offer wet shaves with an open razor. It has become quite popular.

Having a golden retriever who casts hair like mad, I like my vacuum cleaner to have a high wattage, so I'm not happy with the new rules. My current one has 2100watts.

I hope the lawn mower turns up soon.

I hope the lawn mower turns up soon fremsley.  Those wet shave barbers used to be very popular years ago, interesting that they are becoming so again.

 

My very favourite ad at the moment, I think this little girl is soooo cute

 

Off to hospital first thing tomorrow for the rescheduled MRI scan, so I need to have an early night. Goodnight and sweet dreams to Summer and Fremsley.

Love and Get Well hug for Moonie.

*night owls*

I just tried to get into bed and discovered that bramble had beaten me to it the cheeky madam! I soon evicted her

Yogi, good luck tomorrow I hope it's a nice smooth visit, and a productive one I hope you get some sleep tonight

El, well done to that young man, I hope his mentor is a good one and that his salon is very successful

Sweetest of dreams to each of you and leaving goodnight & get well hugs for absent friends

Good morning everyone

 

Cloudy here but forecast is dry.

 

Get well hug for Moonie

 

Yogi, I hope your scan goes to plan

 

Squiggle, that's a cute advert , I hadn't seen it before.

Good morning everyone.  I'll be thinking of you Yogi, I hope the scan goes well and is over very quickly

 

Cheek little madam that Bramble

 

Broken cloud and a definite autumnal feel to the air today, there are already brown leaves on my lawn, and I have found my first Christmas gift, I haven't bought it yet but have bookmarked the page

 

I hope your day is good everyone, and not too busy Summer

Squiggle, when I was driving to church on Sunday I noticed that some brown leaves had fallen on to the road though looking around most trees are still showing green leaves.

 

Good morning it's cooler and cloudier here today, I can hear birds chirping away outside
I'm off today so having a lay in.

Yogi, good luck I hope all goes well today

Aw I saw golden leaves for the first time yesterday, and some conkers! With strictly starting this weekend and knowing Downton Abbey is back on the 21st, it really does feel like autumn is almost here!

What are you up to today Squiggle & El?

2 days ago the BBC had a news article about the global need to reduce meat consumption over the next few decades due to concern over the effect on global warming:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/scie...environment-29007758

And today the BBC has an article about secret menu items at fast food outlets, some of the items are grossly excessive in my opinion.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-28990400

 

Summer, I'm glad you are having a day off ,  you need it after the last 2 days.

 

I'm still working on the big client job I do each year, and am just over half way. I won't be working on it the whole time as I have other clients to work on.

Hi Summer, I'm doing a little filling and painting in my living room today.  Nothing full scale but just here and there where the surface needs a little improvement, what are your plans today?  I think when the clocks go back this weekend we will really notice a difference.  I am sure I will enjoy it when it starts but I'm not a fan of Claudia Winkleman or Tess Daly so I'm not looking forward to Strictly as much as I normally would sadly

 

EL how can anyone eat those mountains of food?  It kills my appetite just to look at it.

Squiggle, I think the clocks don't go back until the night of October 25th.

 

I agree with you that those mountains of food put me off my appetite and encourages gluttony.

I saw somewhere that it was this weekend, lucky you told me EL, I would have been expecting my automatic bedside clock to have adjusted itself and would have ended up very confused

Squiggle, one of my clients lives in the countryside, tends to contact me during October and I try to avoid driving to see him in the early evening for a few days after the clocks go back as some drivers haven't got used to the nights suddenly being dark when they go home after work.

 

Hi everyone.

Squiggle, I love the colours of autumn leaves, they are so beautiful.

I'm afraid my scan was a total failure. I managed to drink a litre of the yucky stuff but it made me violently sick - before they could do the scan. This meant they couldn't do the particular scan I was supposed to have. They tried to do some other scan instead, but I got so wound up in case I would be sick again in the scanner and my claustrophobia really kicked in. I had to buzz to be brought out of the scanner before they even got started and I was shaking like a leaf and ended up in tears, so they decided not to try again and let me go home. The radiographer said my consultant needs to look at other options, as it isn't fair to put me through all that again.

 

Hi Fremsley. Well done on avoiding the worst of the traffic.

Bad news about the lawn mower. Have you gone into dispute about it now? 

Thanks for the hug.

Scan was a bit of a disaster, I posted further up the thread ^^^^.

Hubbby and sons have had a couple of eBay disputes over the years and they were always given refunds. Hope you are given your refund quickly and you can buy a replacement.

I think part of the problem was that I've had weeks and weeks to think about it and got myself worked up into a state. I'm not going back into that scanner so they better come up with something else.

Yogi, what a horrible experience for you.  I trust your consultant can come up with an alternative.

There is an open sided mri scanner in Newcastle and the clinic accept referrals from Scotland for those with claustrophobia. It indicates that it covers abdominal scans amongst others.

http://www.newcastleclinic.co....n-mri-tv-advert.html

 

 

Fremsley, I hope you get the mower from ebay sorted out.

 

 Thanks El.

The radiographer mentioned the "doughnut" scanner as an option, but said I would still need to drink the yucky stuff, which is a problem as it makes me violently sick.

Oh no Yogi, what a horrible ordeal for you Try to relax and not worry about it any more, it's up to them to come up with something else now, there must be another way

Thanks Squiggle. I hope there is an alternative, as I can't go through that again.

Oh no yogi! you poor poor thing, here have a big hug that sounds awful, have your nerves calmed down yet?

 I feel a lot better tonight, thanks Summer.

How has your day been, is it less busy now the kiddywinks have gone back to school?

 

Oops, it was your day off today - have you had a good day?