My darling husband

lsm1066 · Post: # 97118Post **lsm1066** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 5:56 am

Oh how I love him. His entire input into the garden is that he's said he'll cut the lawns. The rest is up to me. And with ducks currently nesting in it, he's got out of that one nicely, at least for a couple of weeks

Still, yesterday he went out to his latex suppliers and came back with a dozen used pallets for me, all in perfect condition, and the promise of as many as I want whenever I want. So the next few weeks will see me up to my armpits in power tools, making a new leafmould box (we've got 42 trees here, I really need another one) and a couple of cold frames and then making a start on my raised beds.

A stack of old pallets says it better than flowers ever could

Lynne

Millymollymandy · Sat Apr 19, 2008 6:06 am

What a nice man he is!

What a cool woman you are!

ina · Post: # 97135Post **ina** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 8:02 am

This may be a stupid question - but what does he need a latex supplier for?

lsm1066 · Post: # 97185Post **lsm1066** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 10:43 am

He's a theatrical armourer. He makes latex weapons for film, tv, theatre, but mostly for live roleplayers. And whereas he used to get it shipped in by the importers in Malaysia, we've moved 100 miles to discover a mould making suppliers in the next village who'll sell to us at wholesale (for the odd exchange of favours), thus reducing the miles from several thousand to 6. One small step forward in reducing our carbon footprint :)

Millymollymandy · Sat Apr 19, 2008 11:16 am

I think Ina was hoping the answer was going to be something kinky!

lsm1066 · Post: # 97196Post **lsm1066** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 11:20 am

Well, that too ;)

ina · Post: # 97204Post **ina** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 12:05 pm

Millymollymandy wrote:I think Ina was hoping the answer was going to be something kinky!

Well, I was hoping it wouldn't... After all, this is a forum "suitable for the family", isn't it! But I must admit it had crossed my mind.

lsm1066 · Post: # 97225Post **lsm1066** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 1:12 pm

ina wrote:Well, I was hoping it wouldn't... After all, this is a forum "suitable for the family", isn't it! But I must admit it had crossed my mind.

A very fair point. Perhaps I should just have said "one of his suppliers" to avoid confusion/concern. My apologies.

Anyway, while I think of it, do you suppose I could use pallets to build a chicken coop? After all, if I can get as many as I want, it makes sense to do as much as I can.

Lynne

ina · Post: # 97232Post **ina** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 1:44 pm

lsm1066 wrote: A very fair point. Perhaps I should just have said "one of his suppliers" to avoid confusion/concern. My apologies.

Don't worry - I wasn't really concerned!

Would have been funny, though, wouldn't it... Say he was a manufacturer of certain latex items?

Post: # 97244Post **MKG** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 2:35 pm

Have you ever thought of building your chicken coop out of latex?

lsm1066 · Post: # 97252Post **lsm1066** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 3:16 pm

ina wrote:Say he was a manufacturer of certain latex items?

Nah. Leather

ina · Post: # 97255Post **ina** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 3:35 pm

lsm1066 wrote: Nah. Leather

Oooh. Now that's open to interpretation, too...