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GG-quickest way to get Hubs out of a room is to show him a paintbrush! I actually like to paint. I do all the painting-and there is a lot. I have also wallpapered and tiled in my time. Pink would do MY head in. I hate the colour. A friend wanted me to go to the Barbie movie with her. Er, no. All tha...

Phlyer-here you go! https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/french-style-country-bread-recipe Lots of other good bread and general baking recipes. They also have a YouTube channel (if you are a "tuber"). I find the videos often deviate slightly from the printed recipes, so I stick with the print ve...

Belated happies Wods :YMPARTY: Hydro- :-bd Off to the airport to deliver GS6 to his homebound flight. Despite having the same weather as Phlyer, flights as yet seem unaffected. High winds forecast for later. Rain has moved east. Will make some sourdough bread when I get home. I can't be bothered wit...

Hydro-sounds like my perfect day! A pleasant surprise from GS6-he has grown up enormously and has turned into a pleasant young man. :-bd We all had a nice day yesterday. Weather was glorious and they arrived from SC after staying the night with GS1 and family. We went straight out for pizza at a new...

Dental surgery went well. Hallelujah! Youngest step-daughter and grandson arrive today. He can only stay the weekend then has to go back home for work. SD3 will be here for (gulp) over one month. I've got in the wine (medicinal reasons ;))) ). Much as I enjoy her company, a month is way too long. We...

When I was doing my internship, one of my bosses was Mexican. She could never remember the word tilde. She always said "it's an N with an enya!"

My post of yesterday seems to have vanished in the ether.

Many congratulations to Reddo's SIL and PHXPhlyer's daughter. Wonderful achievements all around.

Dental surgery was rescheduled as the nurse who does the sedation went home sick. I have a new appointment for next Tuesday. Deep joy. Re NCIS Sydney: We enjoy the NCIS franchise, but the Sydney one is, well, abysmal. The American cast is awful especially the woman in charge. I just want to slap her...

Great new about Faraday :-bd Dentist at 15.00 Me too. Dental surgery-fortunately, I will be sedated. I would have sedation for just walking into a dentist office if it were possible. I dread going. Weather is warming up. I shall put all my plants back out on the porch before my ordeal. The hallway i...

Llondel-great news about Faraday :-bd Arctic conditions here (for Florida). It actually snowed a few miles north of us. It wasn't much, but it happened. Apparently, the first time it has snowed in all 50 states since they began keeping records. Not a happy camper. We aren't prepared for cold here in...

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Dhaka for sure. I hear they have a newish airport. Glad to hear it. The old one was like a cattle shed. We were only supposed to do a quick turnaround, so of course we went tech. The body that was laying in the "terminal" when we arrived was still there the following day, but at least someone had th...

Boac-perhaps you can divert your mouse's attention and get him organizing instead

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/ ... very-night

Hydro-glad you are feeling a bit better

Suspect bought. Kiddie Hawk Air Academy, who arrange these "awards" is a charity that encourages kids to become interested in aviation. Either a big wedge or the promise of one may have influenced this. He was a helo pilot in Afganistan-so what? Many others did the same thing and, were I am sure, mo...

Llondel-fingers crossed for a good result. Had a massive storm come through here last night-tornadoes, torrential rain, high winds, thunderstorms. On the plus side, it has brought warmer weather. OFSO-when we were nippers, we used to go to Kingston with Mum as a treat. I loved Bentalls-they had a ni...

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Wods & Reddo -lovely to have some good news for a change. Hydro is now on the naughty step for not posting a spider alert before posting picture of the big arsed arachnid. FSL would have had you keelhauled! Got adventurous last night and went to the new Peruvian restaurant here. Very good nosh. We ...

Wonderful to have you back Probes. Us ladies are very thin on the ground here. We need all the help we can get!

Welcome back to you too Sveepz

RAAF as Brylcream Boys. According to my Dad (ex RAF), Brylcream was the reason the RAF boys were called "crabs." He said that during the war it was apparently made from crab fat (imagine the smell!). Don't know how true that is. I have mentioned this before, but I have a sticker from my WRNS days t...

Morning. Just dragged the Christmas tree to the kerb. Won't be staying up to see the New Year in-those days are over. Will probably, like Hydro, be subjected to illegal fireworks. The city's display is over the water and not loud enough to wake us up. One thing that puzzles me is why people shoot of...