Try to keep quiet, BUT, the shoes will squeak when walking in them 

 

Don't ask me why, but my Granny used to say that squeaky shoes meant they weren't paid for 

Love it Cinds, I wonder where that came from.. They usually have some sort of history that kind of makes sense.

Jen, I've just googled and found that it goes back to the old days when shoes squeaked while you wore them in, and poorer people who had to buy them on credit would probably pay them off around the time they stopped squeaking.  Don't know whether that's the answer, but it seems logical.

Yeah it kind of makes sense lol

I swear I'm developing a cold or possibly flu

God if you could hear this right Dhead in our office right now.  Claiming he's a mercenary who's worked all over the world.  Yeah right mate, that's why you're in our office right now asking for work to help us recover bad debt 

 

ETA:  After I posted that message he went on to claim that he'd been requested to be one of the funeral cortege guards at Margaret Thatchers funeral 

 

Yeah OK Walter Mitty

Jen it could be the tree pollen, I always feel like that at this time of year.  Never really get hayfever, but I always feel a bit lousy when it's tree pollen time.

See! This is my point. I asked for volunteers to go out and attack silver birch trees, and all I got were the namby pamby soft attitudes from tree huggers. No-one listens to me.

Next time I see one, I'll snap a branch of it and whip it using the branch.

My mum always says squeaky shoes aren't paid for too 

I love winding people like that up Cinds.... i 'one up them' and see how much bull i can get them to come out with

Re: the tree pollen, i've been aching, like all across my shoulders/upper back hay fever doesn't do that to you does it?

Silver Birch can do that

Bloody hell!!  Royal Mail aren't half making their money these days!

 

I bought some boots on ebay this week and paid a fiver postage to the seller.  They arrived this morning and I noticed the postage was £8.  I thought that was a bit dear but shrugged it off thinking the seller had sent them some other way than I would normally.

 

Then I went to the post office to post 9 items that I sold on ebay (I've sold 20 but think I'd be taking the pee if I took 20 parcels in with me in one go).  Anyway, first few parcels were fine although I noticed that they had gone up in price from the usual £2.20 to £2.80.  No big deal.  Then I got to the 5 pairs of shoes I was posting.  £5.50!!  I nearly had a heart attack.  They've gone from £3.75 (or round about that) to £5.50.  I am pissed off because 2 of the pairs of shoes I sold went for cheap so I made exactly 80p on one pair and 25p on another.

 

Feckers.

The thing is with postage, you're better off going to the post office prior to selling them on eBay, so you know what postage is going to cost.  We learned the hard way when we sold some vacuums that in mainland UK would cost us £10 carriage but one went to Ireland and it negated all profits.

There was a major price hike that came into effect 30th April.  Loads of sellers on ebay have been caught out by it just like me.  I can't imagine ebay doing too well from this, buyers won't want to pay big postage prices to get a 'bargain'.  Well I won't anyway!

 

Anyone planning a barbie this weekend? I am - hope I don't put the mockers on the weather 

I'm clothes shopping with my daughter tomorrow.  Just High Street clobber and nothing fancy; she needs holiday  'stuff' and I'm obviously the mule.

Err... it's forecast to rain in the south, Soozy, but I don't suppose that matters much to you

EEeee bah gum - nay mind lass ...............it's gonna be reet good oop North

Doh!

 

Alright, don't rub it in!    

 

And mind you don't flambe those sausages.

The thing is with barbies - it should in theory be easier as the 'men' traditionally do the cooking. I end up fetching and carrying - the washing up seems to be ten fold and all the ectra bits and bobs are a faff. In all honesty I'd rather do a roast but .....you've gotta make hay (and kebabs/burgers/sausages etc.) while the sun shines I suppose.

 

I'm making a Slimming World cheesecake using Quark .....never done that before - I'm a bit apprehensive TBH.

Quark was a computer graphic package when I used it back in the day! Be careful what you eat Sooz! 

I've never let Mr Cosi near our barbie and I never will.

To be fair, he's never wanted to go near the barbie either.

 

It's all peace and harmony at ours

We also understand Quark Express to be an electronic counting machine graphic package.

 

 

Meals on Wheels

I should point out that one can buy Quark balls on the Fatherland. Supposedly a desert delicacy.

That's inspired ...........BRILLIANT

That has to be one of your finest incomprehensible posts and yet still needing a good subbing! 

* makes notes to send nephews out in search of supermarket trollies. The weather has been too good not to today *

I think it'll catch on.

You put your shopping in the trolley and stick straight onto the coals

Victory!

She sounds like Cheryl Curl.

It'll save the councils having to fish them out of the rivers and canals! 

I'm watching reeves and mortimer on gold. It hasn't aged one bit - still funny - quite surprised.

You're right. She's not exactly Pippa Middleton in this instance. 

UKIP 2nd in South Shields..!