Chitchat thread #24

[Snoop Puss]

Morning all.

Woke up, or rather, I got woken up (Frankie shoving a rodent of some variety in a trap around the floor) and couldn't get back to sleep. So thought I might as well get up. Very glad I did, as I've just heard the rain start. Proper rain! I shall make a coffee to celebrate. Mr Snoop thought I was mad, getting in firewood and covering up some piles outside. Very glad I did now.

Anyway, no hardship, getting up early. There's always work to be done. I'll just have an eyelid inspection later on.

Have a great day, everyone.

[Containergardener]

Morning
No rain here yet but it is due for most of the day. Such a shame as yesterday was marvellous.
Need to decide on tea yet, we have some pork steaks.

[Bren In Pots]

Morning

We have rain and its here for the day according to the Met office/BBC. Wish I could send some of it your way Snoop.

Good news on the rat problem Nicos not so good news spotting a snake though.

[Florence Fennel]

Good Morning All Sharing the rain with you Bren. Have a good day

[greenishfing]

Good morning.

Very wet here and forecast to carry on all day. Yesterday afternoon was lovely weather. Sunny and quite warm.

Now I've managed to prise Mr GF from our bed I need to strip it and then give the bedroom a good clean as my new mattress should be arriving this afternoon.

[Nicos]

Mornin n’alln’all
well, we don’t have rain at the moment but the sun can’t decide whether it should peep out or stay hidden. The temperature difference is actually quite a difference!

Early night tonight then gf? Hopefully you’ll click with the new mattress straight away. I recall many years ago being told that it usually takes a while for your body to adapt to the different support

OH was saying that he feels our mattress isn’t as good as it used to be, but having slept on other beds recently , it’s actually been a joy to be back in our bed comfort wise! Looks like we’ll not be changing it soon then after all

Not sure what today will bring- I had planned on a grory hop but it’s not desperate

Enjoy your day whether you have rain or sun- it’s almost Easter and the next major landmark is the summer!

[Bren In Pots]

Afternoon

We had a new bed last August I remembers it talking a couple of nights to get used to it being different.

My friends looking for a new mattress to replace their memory foam one, she say's it’s too warm. That wasn’t something I’d not known about luckily we wanted traditional springs.

[greenishfing]

We had a memory foam mattress when they first became popular. I hated it and couldn't wait to get rid of it. Far too hot, even in Winter.....another modern fad??????

[Nicos]

The foam mattress I got for our camper has a top layer of foam impregnated with ‘cool gel beads’ Apparently your body heat isn’t reflected back to you. It was a fantastic discovery as camping in a metal box in a heatwave at night would have been unbearable .
You can buy thin toppers of it Bren. That might save your friend some money?

[rary]

Good evening, as it was heavy rain this morning we decided to head out to a GC basically to get our coffee allowance before the end of the month, while there I bought some penstemon plants as well as more gladioli bulbs, Nicos the varieties that I have are Gerona, red and white flower, Seashore, a purpley deep pink and yellow flower, CoteD'azur, a pale purple flower and Kio, a very pale green flower along with some red, yellow, deep purple and white flower bulbs, I have also ordered some phlox plants as well as Alstromeria as I am looking toward a more permanent flower display in the garden.
We tried three different mattresses before we got one suitable for us, but it turned out the problem wasn't due to the mattresses, OHs hip was giving problems, now replaced, though three of the kids were quite happy with things as they got a new mattress out of it, now off to finish off my program for next weeks garden club, have a pleasant evening and remember if out to pass on some smiles
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[Bren In Pots]

Evening

I think they tried a mattress topper Nicos, I think they’ve just had enough of memory foam mattresses.

A nice selection of flowers you’ve bought Rary.

[Nicos]

Just thinking the same about Rary’s flowers Bren.

[Containergardener]

Morning
We got a memory mattress but its a cool one. We knew they could be hot from friends and no way would OH cope (I would)

Weather is nothing much really. Grey seems to be the only colour on the colour card these days.
Kettle is on if anyone needs a top up.

[Bren In Pots]

Morning

Its going to be fine/sunny until this evening then heavy rain, so my favourite sort of day..

Toasted fruit loaf for breakfast store bought but still tasty, plenty left to share.

[Snoop Puss]

Morning all.

Grey here too, CG. A bit more rain forecast for today. Long way to go, though, before we get enough to make a difference. But anything is better than nothing.

M up the valley and friend duly arrived last night. Bearing gifts - a full set of Cordon Bleu magazines. The first issue in the collection dates from 1968 and cost 4/6d. Quite a sum of money for a weekly magazine in those days . My mum bought a later series and I really wanted to save them from the tip when I cleared out her house last year but couldn't. My mum's were much thicker and I don't remember them being structured in the same way. Anyway, M brought me these, saving his mum's from their local tip. So familiar but at the same time very different to my mum's. And odd to see the menu for the week on the back. Aspirational, obviously, but women must have spent hours and hours just cooking, cleaning and washing-up. I only had a week of it with YH and that was enough! First things I ever cooked were from a Cordon Bleu magazine - a French apple tart (I remember just deciding to make it one afternoon when I was on my own at home, and it was picture perfect and tasted great) and a julienne potato cake, which is still a favourite with us. One week, my dad (who cooked so rarely it might as well have been never) got it into his head he would make chocolate eclairs from the magazine. They were fantastic. But however much we pleaded, he never made them again.

Anyway, enough reminiscing about Cordon Bleu magazines. Bet some of you have got stories as well. I imagine they revolutionised cooking in the UK. M's mum clearly used them a lot.

Have a great day, everyone.