The EX daughter in Law is being really awkward and trying to score points. We are looking after the kids while my son is at a trade show in Brum. She is meant to have the kids this W/E but instead of coming over here to pick them up (like she...

Mornin Brightening up here but a bit breezy Tidy up the house today I think Need to service the Freelander soon ready for Scotland / Ireland trip Stay safe all :)

Morning All. :D Cool and dismal here. :( My right knee appears to be borked. Can walk on it on the flat but stairs, err No. :( Have a good day. :D

Friday again I'm sure time is speeding up !! Bet Stans got a hangover today 😃 27 deg yesterday but cloudy to day , have a good one ,

Given the evidence it would seem the knob has hit something himself and is looking to the MIL k cow to take care of it? Yes, am older, more cynical... Yes, the dickhead needs a punch on the nose.

Bloody hope not 😃

I hope she hasn’t got her cheque book in hospital/anymore. J

I am happy to report that there may in fact be a god of Karma. :) My wife went to see her mother at the hospital today and the old gal was well out of it. Very confused and not good at all. :( But, it transpires that the carp BIL & his missus...

Them tiny ants are a pain I use Nippon 2 days and thay varnish thay take it and feed the queen end of nest

Not pregnant is she ☺☺

Well what a day, and it ain'nt over yet. In order to work on the Pluriel I had to mow the "car park" In order to mow the car park, I had to fix the brushcutter/mulcher. Once fixed I had to find the abandoned petrol can in the wilderness, finally...

Hello stranger, hope all is well!! :):):)

I wonder how far in the future AI bots will be the norm 🤨

All good thank you, how's the whiplashed neck?

Luckily no. We are catching them in metal bottle screw caps, one for 1 litre fruit juice. a small dollop of jam in the middle surrounded by water. Also we wathci to see where they enter and put ant powder there. I have suggested to W that take...

What you said made perfect sense but I had a look, you would not believe how far I had to dig to check that .... you were right! also thinking about it, very few plates woulfd have been enough alike to make casting a sensible proposition.

Its been hammering down all morning, the poor lads got soaked. I had to open the front window of the machine to let the hot air out. 😅

Where's ya bean, not that bean the other been. 🤣 🤣

For our friends above the English borderline

Morning All. :D Cool and overcast here. :( Got the G-kids here for 2 days (son at a trade show at the NEC). I have worked out what it was that made my shoulders hurt. A very big AXE/MAUL. I split a tree trunk round for the fire last week, it...

See if she'll take the volvo as settlement.

Mornin Drizzle and breezy Taking gf to hospital in Liverpool for tests today Getting a bit of vertigo recently, need to find the cause Still not sold me Volvo Still not divorced Need to get things moving Stay dry all :)

Are thay the wood ants ? We get some horrendous nests in the Forrest some over a meter high and the lines of ants foraging can stretch for Klms When a nest is near the house I need to destroy it, got a vicious bite to 🐜🐜

Good morning all. Hope all is well.

Wrought iron I believe. Cast iron was too brittle.

I really should take some vids. :)

So you had a nice fillet then oh yer lurvly. :p Laughed at the La Clape 🤣🤣

I heard that the reason the SS Great Britain managed to survive being as it was for so long was that its riveted cast iron hull resisted rust where a steel one would have rotted away. I'm sure you'll put pics up along the lines of "Wot I did at...

and as we all know that @kevstar loves cookery notes... Just to say that my main course today was tournedos steak with truffle sauce, which was very nice indeed and that the trimmings and veg were exquisite too. W was vastly amused as I kept on...