General Chat

The eclectus parrots are very pretty, just been looking at a girlfriend for Colin.

Yeah, ladies and Tec...

Hello - are we having a Ladies Meeting? :-)

I have loved milk all of my life and took it in my tea and coffee until I had to change to skim milk. It has taken me a long time to get used to that and I don't mind it now, but don't drink it down with gusto, as I can with the full cream milk. I drink coffee black with no sugar now and I can't remember when I last had a cup of tea. I went right off it, unable to drink tea without milk or sugar, where the transition with the coffee seemed easier - so now I'm a coffee drinker.However, I always favour coffee, but if only tea was available, I would drink it with m & s. The odd drink would not hurt the diet.

I hardly touch milk. I will sometimes have a flat white when I am out but mostly it is a long black and I only drink black at home.

Himself goes through a fair swag of milk on his breakfast etc but I only use it for puddings. custard and baking.

I do hope Honey enjoys her birthday on Monday.

Persie xx

Hi everyone,

Tec, I'm fine thanks, the usual family day to day life, I'm quite boring really. I hope you and the Duchess are both well? What are the latest home projects? Have you been doing much out in your garden?
Honey turn's 12 on Monday, gee, that's 84 in doggy years. I think I'll get her a special treat.

Perse, we were forced to drink the milk at school, same as yours, in little bottles with the foil tops. To this day, I am unable to drink plain milk. I can have it in coffee and cereal, that's as far as I go. My children, on the other hand guzzle the stuff, its nothing in this house to go through 4 litres a day.

Carole <3

No apology needed, Berona <3

It's been cold and windy all day although the sun has been shining brightly. I got a load of washing dry in no time.

Oops. My apologies, Sue. I sent my post and closed down last night, not knowing you had replied.
The weather here is the same as yours. Sunny with a promise of 20 later, but quite cold at the moment - and will be again after sundown. (7c overnight). Still no sign of rain though.

I can be quite intelligent if I really try :-) well I think so anyway.

Enjoy your day Sue - take care,

Hello Berona - Hello Persie, Enjoy your day.

Goodnight,
Tec.

We have problems here where children go to school without breakfast and with lack of warm clothes in the winter.

When I was a child (yeah that's going back some years) we had free milk in schools.. this is being reintroduced. The problem when we were children was the milk (in bottles) in crates would sit in the wooden pen by the front fence and on a sunny day the milk would be warm so less and less children would have it (and besides we were well fed) Now they are producing it in those little cartons with straws and all kept in upright refrigeration. Jamie Oliver will be pleased as there is no flavoured milk.

P xx

Mmmm.....not sure about you not being disruptive :-|

I need to hang some washing on the line Tec so I'll say goodnight to you. Sleep well <3

Hello to Berona and Persie if you should look in <3 <3

I know what you mean Sue - someone like that can break down barriers, and lighten the proceedings, putting people at their ease.

I would be good at your training sessions :-D but not disruptive :-)

We did accept her once her police check came through and she is hoping to come to our training day. She will liven things up I think. I always like to have someone like her in the group as they get everyone talking.

Sue I doubt that the girls parents would wonder, or question, where the coat came from. Suffice to say, that family are "well known".

I hope that you get some quality applicants today.

Any news of your "quirky" lady from the last batch? :-D

I can well imagine that your daughter would do something like that - she has a kind and compassionate father as an example.

I do have to wonder if the parents questioned where the little girl's new coat came from.

This afternoon I have 3 more interviews to do. We are getting loads of applications at the moment.

Goodnight Amanda - sleep tight <3

The site is running a little slow for me too :-(

That is very kind and thoughtful of Aimee's teachers Sue, and they obviously want to do their best for her.
My daughter is teacher in a Primary School, and I know they do a lot to help the children, beyond the call of duty.
She noticed that a little girl didn't have an outdoor coat during the bitter winter, and arrived at school frozen every morning. She eventually bought the child a coat at her own expense, and the girl was very proud of it, and wore it every day.
There was no word of thanks from the parent.

Amanda we have bamboo growing on the riverbank, in competition with the obnoxious Japanese knotweed.

This site is playing up tonight so I am going to say night night / good day :-)

Sue , I hope you have reasonable weather and can be spontanious , seeing as you have no plans :-) Your not wrong about Bamboo going silly , I think I was certainly silly to plant it so close to the house .....lol

Good evening Tec . There is an area on one of our local beaches that has a grove ? of wild bamboo or at least , bamboo that has been released into the wild :-S
The one in my garden is a black bamboo , I thought it would behave itself , but I was wrong .

It's a lovely sunny morning here but oh so cold. We don't seem to have that gentle change from one season to the other. One day it's hot and the next it's cold.

People complain about school teachers but Aimee's teachers go beyond the call of duty. They have bought her a little scooter and intend teaching her how to use it to help with her motor skills. My daughter doesn't have the heart to tell them that Aimee has been playing on her pink Barbie scooter for ages at home. I just think they are wonderful.