Chitchat thread #24

[Florence Fennel]

Good Morning All Sunny here. Have a good day

[greenishfing]

Good morning all. It's a beautiful blue sky and sunshine here without a breath of wind. 9°C.

I got my boots out a couple of weeks ago but haven't put them on yet. My sandals are still my go to footwear. I hate Winter clothes and the feeling of being wrapped up tight. Hats, scarves and gloves are a very, very rare event. As a child I used to hate the weight of lots of blankets and the candlewick bedspread on the bed in Winter. They weighed a ton. Oh! The joy of a duvet the first time I used one, in Austria.

I made three banana loaves yesterday afternoon. The hard part now is leaving them alone for a few days until they go sticky. Two of them are to give away, much to Mr GF's dismay.

We don't seem to have any after effects from the flu jab, apart from slightly achey arms.🤞 Mr GF tried to convince me yesterday that he didn't need one as he never catches flu. I wonder why. 🤔 He seemed to have the idea that he'd just stay in the car while his brother and I had them.🤣🤣

Nothing important on the cards for today so maybe some housework.🫣🤫..... or not!

[Jay22]

Morning, it’s a dull 13° this morning with some overnight rain.
Hope Mr. Snoop had a lovely birthday. Glad to hear all ok after your jabs GF got mine on the 20th.
Enjoy your mussels and chips event Nicos, sounds like fun.
I must say I prefer winter clothing to summer as I can hide myself away!!
Have a great day everyone. x

[Snoop Puss]

Afternoon all.

Mr Snoop had a fine day yesterday till it came to supper. Total let-down, for which I am to blame (apart from the ice cream, for which I take no responsibility). With any luck, it'll be like gardening though: there's always next year.

Bright day today and ridiculously warm after a cold night. This morning rather got taken up by man who donated us Missy coming to visit her. Really nice man and fortunately she eventually remembered him.

Off for twenty winks (not enough time for forty) before I do a bit of gardening.

Glad the jabs went OK, GF. Fingers crossed the same for all the rest of us.

Have a great rest of the day, everyone.

[lottie dolly]

Afternoon all,cold this morning,so pleased i can put the heating on for a while each day as needed,i have been engrosed in my seeds and the catalogue,list is now made,and some seeds put to test/chit,have founf a couple of pts that i can sow now,my head is all go,see what tomorrow brings,i am tempted to pull up the greenhouse stuff,after all,it is warmer in there,and start getting ready for next season,i have 2 box of shelving left from the garage tidy up,each one will give me 4 units ,40 x 90 cm,so that will go down both sides of the greenhouse,it will need to have some wood attached to the bottoms to stop it sinking,and something else on the top for staging,i hope to have a better turnout in 2025,mor rain barrels need to be put in place on bricks,we have plenty,then get water transfered to them,i just wish i had a garden buddy,as it would spur me on,my head is well ahead of the game,is good to have a focus,have a good rest of the day everyone

[JanieB]

OK. Me again. Sorry I’ve got a lot going on in my world at the moment. I haven’t read anyone’s posts and haven’t caught up. The life I’m living would stretch the incredulity of any soap opera. Anyway, my youngest son (living with me temporarily) brought 2 friends home today. They asked about a bit of furniture and I told them it’s a jukebox. Actually a Wurlitzer. Does it work? Yes but…. It definitely worked when I saw it first but the autochanger has given up the ghost. I suddenly have the full attention of my guests. I now have both my sons and two of their friends gagging to stick their heads into my jukebox and get it working. I do have the maintenance manual. I can force it to play, but it means I don’t actually know what record it’s going play.

[Snoop Puss]

Good to see you, JanieB.

A Wurlitzer? Might be worth your while checking out the value before you let them 'mend' it. I believe they're quite valuable these days. Good luck!

[Bren In Pots]

Afternoon

GF I'm the opposite I like to feel warm wrapped up inlayers, if I'm out and about its lined walking trousers, thermal, fleece jumper, jacket, scarf and gloves.. It just takes some getting used to, it was only a few weeks ago I was wearing shorts

[JanieB]

Good to see you, JanieB.

A Wurlitzer? Might be worth your while checking out the value before you let them 'mend' it. I believe they're quite valuable these days. Good luck!

I bought it on eBay from someone who was selling his deceased dad’s stuff. It was by auction so I haven’t bought it knowing it’s worth a lot more. I know it’s worth a lot more than I paid. It was damaged by the courier that I employed to collect it. The sons and their friends are very well qualified to fix it, as am I. I would just prefer they do it. I’m just so intrigued that a ‘50s 60’s jukebox is such a project for them. My sons (one’s an electrician the other earns his money as an it specialist but his qualification is as a sound technician)are very, very capable of fixing this without disturbing the integrity of the machine.

[JanieB]

It’s cold. I’ve put the heating on.

[Nicos]

mornin n’alln’all

Drizzly but warm here… although we did have the hearing on first thing!

We had a great evening meeting up with people we’ve not really seen since the start of the pandemic! Loads to eat…and drink… for those who were imbibing , including locally made cider and apple juice and very locally grown veggies.
It actually had a very strong community feel.

Off to help clean up the hall we used, then I’m not quite sure what today will bring - probably a siesta! seeing as we rolled up home around 1.45am.

Hope everyone has a great day

[Florence Fennel]

Good Morning Nicos and All Dreary here, cold and drizzling. Have a lovely Sunday

[Snoop Puss]

Morning all.

Good news, JanieB. Hope they are successful.

Sounds like you all had a great time, Nicos.

Bright here. I have a plum tree that has come into blossom. Will take a photo. Friend from the village who saw it was aghast to see it in flower at this time of year. Especially as I only picked the fruit a few weeks back.

On the cards for today, gardening. Other stuff as well, but usually I let the other stuff take priority and so the gardening gets only minimal attention in the end.

Have a great day, everyone.

[Bren In Pots]

Morning

A dull start here with rain later.

It sounds like you had a good evening Nicos, its good to met up with old friends isn't it.

Dehydrating more apples that's once I've been out to pick them.

Enjoy your day

waves at Snoop who sneaked in as I posted

[Snoop Puss]

waves at Bren for sneaking in behind her!