Chitchat thread #24

[Florence Fennel]

Good Morning Snoop and anyone else that is up and about Raining here and Frank is fast asleep already. Hope you're immune from the virus jay. Have a good day All

[Nicos]

Mornin n’alln’all
Dull and breezy here. Quite nippy infact.

Darn- that’s frustrating about the car Snoop. Hope it’s something simple .

Nothing organised for today so I think it’ll be a sorting and pottering day. Lots of little jobs which get overlooked indoors and out.

Enjoy your day peeps…

[Bren In Pots]

Morning

Rain here as well Flo hopefully it'll ease of later we don't have the car today and I don't fancy getting soaked taking the trolley this morning.

Rary I hope your OH had a comfortable night.

enjoy your day.

[Jay22]

Morning all and thank you for the good wishes. Seems granddaughter is on better form this morning and no more new spots so it’s either still to come, it’s been a very mild case or it wasn’t chickenpox at all. Still any sign of it I’m calling the doctor.
Dry here at the minute but who knows how long that will last. It’s still very mild too.
Not much on the cards today, a bit of ironing…maybe. Hope Mr. Snoop’s car started for you Snoop!
Enjoy the rest of your day folks!

[Nicos]

Darn Jay…you’ve only gone and reminded me of the fact I have a basket full of bedding needing ironing hidden in one of the bedrooms Maybe if it rains I’ll pop on a film and do a bit more…..

[greenishfing]

Good morning.

A miserable, wet 8°C here. I think the rain is set in for the day... or even the week.

Did Mr Snoop have to walk part way home last night, Snoop? I have a vision of you both attacking it with branches Basil Fawlty style.

Rary, I hope Mrs Rary gets home to your tender loving care today.

[Snoop Puss]

Yes, GF, he did have to walk part of the way home. Could have been worse, though. Only 20 minutes and it was bright moonlight. No boar on the way either.

The car is back home, but the engine keeps stuttering and occasionally stopping. Same problem as before, which we thought had been solved. Back to the mechanic's, assuming we can get it there.

Edited to add: It's a very frustrating problem but not so bad that we felt the need to take branches to it.

[Bren In Pots]

The rain eased of so we've done the Grory hop its only a 10 min walk so no time at all. Did forget lamb steaks though

[Florence Fennel]

Just taken delivery of my Grory Hop. It only took five minutes to put away - no time at all considering how much it cost! I feel sorry for people with children to feed, especially those who haven't been taught how to cook! I'm also considering whether to stop doing my goody bags for Saturnalia after this year. It's increased to four since my eldest GG has her own home and although I buy something each week from October to spread the cost, it's a bit much now I'm retired.

[Nicos]

Afternoon!
Flo, had you thought of making something like a single layered chocolate Victoria sponge like this for them instead?
https://www.delish.com/holiday-recip...b-cake-recipe/
Would that be easier or do they live too far away?
I used to make something similar and made spiders out of marshmallows and string liquorice legs.
I just spread melted chocolate over the top then icing sugar on top whilst still warm.
Nothing like a pie piece of homemade cake! Probably easier on the teeth too?

[Florence Fennel]

Lovely cake Nicos, but I meant Crimble goody bags, sorry to confuse I fill giant bags with tins of sweets, biscuits, chocolate and nuts

[Nicos]

****Miss Miss…she mentioned the C word ****^^^^

[Nicos]

Wow Flo…that really is a gift and a half!
Sorry - you did mention Saturnalia - my mistake x

[Snoop Puss]

****Miss Miss…she mentioned the C word ****^^^^

As a mod, surely you're the miss if you spotted it first? Me, I'm doing nothing.

[Sim]

Sorry for the late reply! The water finally started going down around 4am on Saturday. We usually say it takes 6 hours to rise and then 6 hours to fall, but it took 16 hours to go and even then there was still some around Saturday afternoon. I think it was being held back further down the river where it meets the Thames. Anyway, you wouldn't think we had been flooded at all now. We're prepared for it. All our kitchen units are up off the flower so we only have to move a few things. It's something to be thankful for! There are people who were hit worse than us. Anyway, the leeks seem fine. I only had to remove one of them.