i love butcher pudding (gets up and roots through fridge and have none so add to shopping list and now starved) thanks glen :hmm: what to eat this lateQuote:
Originally Posted by Glen1
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i love butcher pudding (gets up and roots through fridge and have none so add to shopping list and now starved) thanks glen :hmm: what to eat this lateQuote:
Originally Posted by Glen1
"Battered Red Pudding is our own Red Pudding done chip shop style. A classic around our part of the world, a Red Pudding contains spicy pork and beef, flour and seasoning, and we add our own touches."
theres a Butcher pudding!! and now I see a Red Pudding !!!!
Im really on a learning curve puddings wise.
Is it just me or are Europe sticking two fingers up at us for leaving them by making it hell at the airports customs .. the same tactic Spain has done for years over Gibralta.
We kinda deserve it sadly.
Today I have mostly been sorting out my pants.
From what I saw on the news it was about new stricter EU passport controls for shengen countries ,plus some Spanish airport staff are staging strike action over pay and conditions. I guess add this into the pot with the holiday season and maybe a touch of what you have said Splashy , problems result.Quote:
Originally Posted by Splashy
Ooooh...you've turned blue, Glen! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Glen1
Just between us, I didn't notice until you said Dazzle. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dazzle
It happened because you reached 1,000 posts. You've gone up a level. :cheer:Quote:
Originally Posted by Glen1
Glad it was not with the cold :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dazzle
Same here Perdy :) As long as it's not a political indicator :eek: , I'm a happy tiger.:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
A man after my own heart. :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Glen1
I never want to go blue if it means I become a Tory boy :thumbsdow :D nor Red come to think of it :(
Maybe Orange, then theres a chance Mrs May will pay me a billion to back her, I never did believe in dinosaurs anyway, nor that the world is round and isnt held up by a giant man called Atlas. His arms must really ache by now.
Glad the weekends over, to say there is no good TV on is an understatement, how many times can anyone watch Harry Potter without mounting a quest to hunt down the TV scheduler and make him watch back to back episodes of Country File on a loop before he screams for mercy and promises never to do it again.
aww Splashy .. can never watch too much Harry Potter ... seen all films lots of times but still watch every time it is back on our screens :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Splashy
Land Lady loves Potter she wants to go back to Potter world again soon, strangely Im busy that day :cartman:
Has someone cancelled summer? I wouldnt mind but I cant shoo land lady into the garden while its chucking it down with wet stuff.
Being forced to go to Winchester today by bus... cant stand the place, full of toffy nosed southern Englanders with for life bags from Waitrose, the only good thing there is loafs of Pubs close together making a pub crawl ok ish and the booze makes you forget you are in Winchester.
They are not as good as the books though. The thing is the Harry Potter place comes up with new things each year. I have been three times taking family friends from Manchester. I never get bored of it.
Because of me poor peepers I dont read books now, it was the same with a lot of books made into films, for example in Lord of The rings Gandalf was originally a cross dressing lady boy from Birmingham with a edepus complex, but they sanitised it for the film. :angel:
I must say the film I cant stop myself re watching when ever its on TV is Conan the Barbarian with mr Arrnie in it.
Today I found I ideal flat to rent in Cowes, its a penthouse with views of the entire Solent waters, all I have to do now is work out how to pay £4000 per month.
Going to watch the Persian meteors do their thing tonight, those zippu little shooting stars .
Once in a pub garden this lovely lady asked me what I was looking for in the sky, I said shooting stars. she stood next to me for a good ten minutes in silent companionship, then said "well I have been looking at that star now for ages its not moved let alone shot across the sky" I didnt have the heart to explain it to her.
Giving up now trying to explain to people why Trump will have his war as he needs it to stop whats happening yo him at home politically and legally. I mean it comes to something when a country like China who delight in marching all their men and weapons around a square once a year as a sabre rattling performance tells Trump "to calm it down son"
Harry Potter movies is probably the one thing our whole family agrees on. Once it comes on TV or one of us slips in the DVD, we all gather to watch it. Have seen them so many times and never tire of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
Couldnt see the meteors, the 100 foot tall trees at the bottom of the garden blocked the view..couldnt assed to walk way down the road to see so went to bed. There be back next year.
Now off online to see in how much poo we are in, they wouldnt listen, they said no one would care or look, now some is asking questions about power of attourney for a relative in care, but its ok Im told because the person asking is very nice.. Im sure nice policemen still happily give you a court date. Alas I expect again I will unable to convince them how dangerous the situation is legally.
I managed to see one shooting star last night during a relatively short half hour of stargazing. :)
I watch out for them every year (if the sky's clear) and have seen many over the years (including an amazing meteor storm as a child). I'm living in the middle of a city now so wasn't expecting much due to light pollution, so I was very pleased to see one lonely meteor streak across the sky.
I am always too scared to look up when i hear that this is happening . I got up early as usual today and my son was sat up and he said he had not slept all night. He has not been able to see at all at night and his day vision has gone worse. I quickly got him to A and E and then got to go to an eye clinic by 8am. They said that he had a piece of metal in his left eye and that he was one of 10% of the population that can easily tear their retina. But for now he is ok as they took the metal out. He is 18 and asked me to get him vitamins, carrots and carrot juice as his froends have been looking up on the internet. Just bought this stuff for him. He was worried he was about to go blind. It was awful. He did not want to tell me as he thinks i have too much already with caring for 4 other family members. Now i am going to try and sleep.
Your poor son must be so worried about that eye, I am glad they were able to take the metal out. How on earth did that get in there? I guess he needs to go for regular check-ups now to make sure that the retina is ok. Hopefully you are going to have a break from worrying about your family and are able to get some well deserved rest.Quote:
Originally Posted by swmc66
I totally emphasise with your son SWM.. Ive been losing my vision all my life so Ive got used to it, but to suddenly have it threatened over one night must be devastating.
But isnt the NHS brilliant. They obviously stepped up and sorted this horrendous issue promptly.
Just booked a B&B in Cowes for next week, 50 quid includes breakfast.. not told landlady.. but intend to move around the island for a while looking for a rental for the winter....I cant stand living here much longer.. I want to be on my home island
Thanks. He kept it from me for 2 months that's the worst bit. Now he has to be aware of any changes and act immediately in future. He gets his A level results Thursday and plans to go Nottingham University. I wish he would stay in london so i could make sure he is ok.
Us blokes need good mums like you to sort us out... its a male trait to go curl up in a corner rather than go and get medical helpQuote:
Originally Posted by swmc66
My belief is he will be fine, Im no professor but Ive spent enough time at the eye hospital with sufferers to know he is now in the right hands.
Actually the only ones at the eye hospital I really do feel for in a major way are those having direct injections into their eye balls to treat wet maculaaurs. its a brilliant fix to a horrible sight issue but boy oh boy those geezers look like they would pay millions not to be there let alone have to come back next week for another injesction.
Thank you
I think Ive fought the fire on the home front, I can only hope "some" stick to their scripts, they dont seem to understand what peril they are in if they dont... now thou pandoras box is open Ive come across a new hellish mess concerning a will.
Last night one of the rich neighbours here had a huge Asian party, with very loud music and dancing... I was fuming ... I mean why didnt they invite me it looked like great fun.
My niece fascinates me, she has pink hair, brilliant tattoos and hula hoops for a living around the world. Her current hoops are programmable LED ones. this is the lady who spent new years eve being a mermaid in the infinity swimming pool in the Shard. She stayed here for two days and land lady loved it.
At least she is not boring! My son got into Nottingham University his first choice for a masters programme in Maths. Not sure what his results were as they get notification of a place before they pick up their results. They were asking for an A*AB or AAA. So he must have done well. He wants to go there so i will not persuade him to stay in London. I will miss him.
Math aint boring swm... it is the core that are modern life is based on, no math = no smart phone and we have to go back to counting on our fingers. .. math can also be sexy, watch Rachel on on Countdown I mean the lady cant dance but who cares when you look like that.:ninja:
Been making sure my smart phone has all my telly on it ready for me hols on Monday..BB owner keeps texting me now re it, beginning to wonder if his first name isnt really Norman and surname Bates. If you never hear from me again, well post the celebrations about that, please know I loved you all and didnt on a drunk night last July pee behind the sofa in the chill out room of the Emmerdale current thread.
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Originally Posted by Splashy
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You would think we would be celebrating today but my son and his friend have been really down.
My son decided not to go Nottingham and go to Surrey to be with his friend plus rent was cheaper
Then the whole accomodation issue depressed them as the rent is just under 4k and the maintenance loan is just about that for food and rent. I would have to help him and he feels bad about that. His friend gets a bursery of some sort as parents not working. Anyway they both were in tears at one point. So sad
Sounds like me that one.... i like to plan and prepare in detail. Can get on peoples nerves
Im sure he will be able to get some part time work to top up his income, bar work ASDA etc. Its also good to get into the work place and learn the realities of life.
Got my new passport, its good to have some photo ID again.
I was thinking to get him to write to Tuition centres so he could teach maths. I will get him a DBS check here so he can even do one to one tuition if he wants.
Cathartic rant alert!!!!
for those of easily bored nature I suggest you scroll on down :angel:
Feeling very guilty right now, have let slip about my trip to Cowes to landlady, had to do it when with company to soften the back lash, I announced i as me going on holiday, landlady has presumed that its just one night, I didnt correct her but she got vexed when I started saying I need a suit case... "oh you will only need a new t shirt and one boxers" yikes ... I have a minimum 3 days booked across the island and in all events I have booked appointments to see possible new lets for me to live in over the winter.
I just cant live here, it in the middle of nowhere specially bordering on the we never do anything community I cant drive anywhere re me peepers and the bus service can only take you somewhere as just as tedious but not on a weekend or bank holiday. Even the landlady is bored smegless, there is only so many times you can go to ASDA in a week.
Im a social animal, I need a local to blend into, somewhere with a view of the sea and not just piles of pigging leafs that Im then required to rake up and stuff in a bin while nasty wood spiders try and land on my head or sleep in my bed.
All I do here is stay in my rented room an watch telly, Ive actually even having all the channels o UK TV run out of telly to watch.
Its not been fun here recently, I have the dosh so its time to move on.
Wouldn't have thought you have anything to feel guilty about Splashy. Not possible to go through life trying to please everyone. Go where your heart and head tells you, and for what satisfies you. I'm sure If you spot a new home ,that ticks the boxes , you'll know as soon as you see it. Good luck with the quest. :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Splashy
What Glen says :thumbsup:
what a traumatic time I had at Newcastle station on 13th of this month. Having had a lovely holiday in Northumberland the manager of the place where I was staying very kindly took me and another guest to one of the railway stations nearby to catch our train to Newcastle. What I didn't expect was a train packed like a sardine tin full of Newcastle supporters !!! I had to stand all the way clinging on to my heavily laden suitcase and other bags. The conductor was not able to move through the train to give tickets. So on arrival at my destination I asked him if I could purchase my ticket, he told me not to bother, what happend next was awful, I had a terrible anxiety attack. I e mailed Northern trains that same day and told them what happend, they replied 4 days later and suggested I send a cheque to Arriva trains north plus a letter explaining things. I also made sure I included the e mail from customer services too. I rang them today and spoke to a young lad who was probably half awake, he gave me no support whatsoever. So I rang again later and spoke to a female adviser who really understood my problem. I am now waiting for them to phone me back. Its left me feeling sick with worry, I can't sleep properly, and my food intake is not good either.
You must not feel anxious nobody is going to take any action against you. Your very honest and they can see that.
thank you so much, just to update I saw a brilliant counsellor the other day, gave me 100%+ help and I was able to get rid of my stress and inner problems. She gave me loads of advice and relaxation exercises to do EVERY day:thumbsup: also I went to my local CAB and they rang Northern trains for me, told them my situation and a customer services chap called Nathan spoke to me ( by this time I was sobbing) :crying:he was sooooooooooooooooooo re-assuring and told me in a broad nothern dialect ' you'll not get fined or anything, don't worry, I will ave a look in the post tomorrow ( Wednesday) and call you back ( Wednesday) or Thursday, and don't worry'. I am now waiting for them to phone me on my mobile.:) Just to add I suffer from GAD and had it diagnosed in 1992. on a recent appointment my GP suggested I take antidepressants but I didn't like the idea so instead I take max strength St Johns Wort which are helping me a lot.
Hi Pyro ... I was unable to post before now as I can read stuff on my smart phone but trying to post is impossible re me bad peepers.
Getting on to a train full of ramped up foot baller supporters.. sounds like hell to me.. totally NOT irrational to get anxious in that situation.. indeed the very fact you made it is a positive and thats is what we who suffer issues like this need to embrace. POSITIVES
I also suffer OCD... I comprehend the pain of not doing the right thing and having the issue of rerunning conversations from last week or even centuries ago running through your head... its an illness ...
Im sending you my positive thoughts. ..