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Post by Sleepy on Apr 11, 2007 15:07:08 GMT 1
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Post by 4pygmies on Apr 11, 2007 16:47:36 GMT 1
 Must practise that.
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Post by sweetleaf on Apr 11, 2007 23:32:14 GMT 1
I think that when I shut the dishwasher actually!  |
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Post by debbiem on Apr 12, 2007 16:25:06 GMT 1
I knew some students who put theirs out on their balcony for the rain to do it.  |
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Post by plocket on Apr 13, 2007 9:06:45 GMT 1
Isn't that existentialism? ;D
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Post by sleepy on Apr 13, 2007 9:08:50 GMT 1
No, it's boneidlitis ;D
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Post by plocket on Apr 13, 2007 12:13:39 GMT 1
Ahha! Only men can suffer from that I believe!!!  |
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Post by 4pygmies on Apr 13, 2007 15:39:30 GMT 1
Er, no I've got it and I'm still vaguely female (very vaguely). It stops me climbing up ladders and restaining all the windows, digging over the veggie garden, recycling all the wine bottles, finishing my flower garden path and digging it, clearing out the wardrobes and defrosting the freezer (I find a hammer every so often does the job) . |
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Post by debbiem on Apr 14, 2007 5:20:54 GMT 1
A hammer? A hammer? Cor that's much more energetic than my propping the door open and leaving it for a few days. It's out in the shed so it can flood as much as it likes.  |
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Post by 4pygmies on Apr 14, 2007 7:54:33 GMT 1
Oooh, no - hammers are good! I'm rubbish at precision hammering (like actually hitting a nail...) but I do enjoy going at the lumps of ice that ALWAYS get stuck at the back of our freezer. I like to get the biggest lump possible out by some complicated calculations about where is the most likely spot to tap to get the largest piece to fall off...but then I don't get out much so this is fun for me! I think I may be able to make a career out of it during the coming Ice Age.......
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Post by debbiem on Apr 14, 2007 8:23:21 GMT 1
Funny that, 'cos I used to get a great deal of pleasure at the big lumps too. Maybe it'll be a worldwide sport in the Ice Age. |
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Post by 4pygmies on Apr 14, 2007 8:41:34 GMT 1
Personally I'm looking forward to another Ice Age - permantly in wellies with woolly socks, big jumpers and all that wood stacking - lovely! I'm at that age, (and weight  ) when summer clothing is a horrendous thought. I think I was an Eskimo in another life...  |
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Post by debbiem on Apr 14, 2007 19:23:38 GMT 1
Then I think you knew me in that previous life 4p - remember that walrus you harpooned......? |
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Post by 4pygmies on Apr 14, 2007 21:33:07 GMT 1
Ah, those were the days...
...but I WAS that walrus!
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Post by debbiem on Apr 16, 2007 12:20:39 GMT 1
Oooo 4P you pinched my line - I was just building up to it slowly.......ME being the walrus, that is!
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Post by Sleepy on Apr 16, 2007 12:31:16 GMT 1
Oooo 4P you pinched my line - I was just building up to it slowly.......ME being the walrus, that is! That reminds me of the old chestnut: What is the difference between a walrus and an Essex girl? One has whiskers and smells of fish. The other one lives in the sea ;D |
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Post by Sleepy on Apr 16, 2007 12:32:34 GMT 1
Oooo 4P you pinched my line - I was just building up to it slowly.......ME being the walrus, that is! That reminds me of the old chestnut: What is the difference between a walrus and an Essex girl? One has whiskers and smells of fish. The other one lives in the sea ;D You see Sweetie, I can do subtle jokes ;D |
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Post by debbiem on Apr 16, 2007 12:33:40 GMT 1
Sleepy that's dreadful! (she said after guffaws of laughter).
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Post by Sleepy on Apr 16, 2007 12:35:17 GMT 1
Sleepy that's dreadful! (she said after guffaws of laughter). It is good, but I'll be in trouble shortly. Now is when half the women on this board start professing with indignation that they are Essex girls! Sigh! |
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Post by 4pygmies on Apr 16, 2007 16:50:26 GMT 1
Not with me - Bedfordshire country bumpkin I am.
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Post by Sleepy on Apr 16, 2007 17:01:05 GMT 1
Not with me - Bedfordshire country bumpkin I am. A pretty, albeit a bit smelly, bumpkin though! |
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Post by debbiem on Apr 17, 2007 6:49:40 GMT 1
Yes but fresh, earthy quality smells, Sleepy- I should know, I'm a Bedfordshire lass by birth too. |
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Post by 4pygmies on Apr 17, 2007 7:44:44 GMT 1
Really MrsB? Now that's quite interesting! Which bit do you come from (it's not very big so bound to be close to me!)? I'm a Ridgmont girl - close to Woburn Abbey - my great grandfather was a gamekeeper there.
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Post by debbiem on Apr 17, 2007 9:38:52 GMT 1
I love it around there 4P - just slightly down the A5 and there you have Dunstable, where I was born and bred. A lovely old market town with a huge history which is slowly getting ruined by 'modernity'. I loved it there but long story ended up here. Very pretty here, close to the sea, but those crisp misty winter mornings in Dunstable, Ashridge and all around, you don't get it here, or those peaty earthy smells. Do you still have any connections with the Abbey because of your Great Grandad's job? What a lovely job that must have been. |
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Post by 4pygmies on Apr 17, 2007 9:48:38 GMT 1
It's gorgeous round there isn't it? Ah, the Downs too. I had many brilliant days up there as a child listening to the lions roar, seeing the occasional Wallaby escapee while watching all the gliders and kite flyers. Surreal really but I didn't think so then! Are you familiar with the Barton Hills? I lived there as a young child and roamed all over the "Clappers" completely without any adults. I wouldn't let smallest do that now.
No, sadly no connections now as all the family have moved away although I still have cousins living in Leighton Buzzard and Eversholt. I go back sometimes just for a look round but it's soo built up and busy now...I lived in Ampthill from about 8 years old and it's massive now. Sad but inevitable now I suppose with all the commuters moving in..
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) when summer clothing is a horrendous thought. I think I was an Eskimo in another life... 