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by Andy Hamilton
Tue Feb 14, 2012 3:10 pm
Forum: Wildlife, Flowers and all other things that grow
Topic: Planting a hedge
Replies: 7
Views: 4450

Planting a hedge

I'm about to order some hedgerow plants to replace the fence in my gardens. I've seen packs of 2 year old bare rooted stock for sale realitively cheaply. The thing is they are a mix of plants that seem a bit odd to the novice hedgerow planter (ie me). The mixes are mostly hawthorn or blackthorn but ...
by Andy Hamilton
Fri Feb 10, 2012 8:58 am
Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
Topic: Get Well Soon Big Al
Replies: 37
Views: 8394

Re: Get Well Soon Big Al

me too.
by Andy Hamilton
Sat Jan 28, 2012 5:12 pm
Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
Topic: Favourite board games.
Replies: 41
Views: 22559

Re: Favourite board games.

I remember PIT, good game and quite like the idea of pandemic, will look it up. Backgammon is my absolute favourite. Big fan of Scrabble too, unless playing against someone who is impossible to beat. Trival pursuit always comes out too but I'm still not that sure I really enjoy playing it. It can be...
by Andy Hamilton
Fri Jan 27, 2012 4:03 pm
Forum: Eco Parenting
Topic: Does anyone NOT have a television?
Replies: 107
Views: 190859

Re: Does anyone NOT have a television?

To pick up on what Zech said It makes me feel a bit guilty about not paying the license fee, really! and I assume I'm courting controversy here but...I know we might bemoan the TV licence and the fact that we have to pay it, but I know I'd happily pay £300 a year for access to Radio 4 alone. I'm won...
by Andy Hamilton
Sun Jan 15, 2012 3:40 am
Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
Topic: Worst job ever
Replies: 21
Views: 8010

Worst job ever

Strikes me that the job I have now is alright, especially compared to the jobs I've had. Ok, worst jobs ever in reverse order. 5. Double glazing selling 4. pouring mince into a hopper in a - 5c food factory 3. making boxes in a Burton warehouse at 17 years old and having the nickname of stig of the ...
by Andy Hamilton
Sat Dec 24, 2011 3:20 pm
Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
Topic: Happy Christmas one and all
Replies: 6
Views: 6060

Happy Christmas one and all

Just wanted to wish members new and old, lurkers and even the spammers (well perhaps not the spammers) a very happy Christmas and a great new year. May your homebrew be vintage, may your chickens continue to lay, may the cats stop digging up your seedlings and crapping on them, may your runner beans...
by Andy Hamilton
Fri Dec 16, 2011 11:04 pm
Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
Topic: only if you are drunk
Replies: 0
Views: 1445

only if you are drunk

Sitting hear after gatcrashing Emma's (the other half) work do I've found myself a dit bunk listening to you tube songs... now none of these songs are necessarily my favourite songs, nor are any ones that I'd want to sit back on the tube and listen to.... they are all my drunk top 5 and all will be ...
by Andy Hamilton
Thu Dec 15, 2011 7:51 pm
Forum: Welcome New People Say Hello
Topic: Lets not call last orders at the Selfufficientish pub
Replies: 31
Views: 12802

Lets not call last orders at the Selfufficientish pub

In the past we used to used the analogy that this forum is like a local pub and the same social rules apply. The comparison states that most people wouldn't walk into a public house/bar and start shouting at people randomly, nor would they sit down with strangers and try to deliberatley wind them up...
by Andy Hamilton
Thu Dec 15, 2011 1:16 pm
Forum: Site Information and Announcements
Topic: The selfsufficientish forum awards 2011 WIN PRIZES
Replies: 18
Views: 24303

Re: The selfsufficientish forum awards 2011 WIN PRIZES

Not the best at keeping records M3 so will need your address again please!
by Andy Hamilton
Thu Dec 15, 2011 1:16 pm
Forum: Welcome New People Say Hello
Topic: The selfsufficientish forum awards 2011 WIN PRIZES
Replies: 18
Views: 5754

Re: The selfsufficientish forum awards 2011 WIN PRIZES

Not the best at keeping records M3 so will need your address again please!
by Andy Hamilton
Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:31 pm
Forum: Site Information and Announcements
Topic: Booze for free signing and tasting with Andy 16th December
Replies: 2
Views: 4484

Booze for free signing and tasting with Andy 16th December

I'd love to see any of you that are doing their Christmas shopping tomorrow (16th December) in the Bristol Waterstones branch. you can bring along a copy of Booze for Free, or buy one there and get it signed. I will also be giving out some homebrew tasters. So the Galleries branch of Waterstones 12-...
by Andy Hamilton
Thu Dec 15, 2011 11:53 am
Forum: Site Information and Announcements
Topic: The selfsufficientish forum awards 2011 WIN PRIZES
Replies: 18
Views: 24303

Re: The selfsufficientish forum awards 2011 WIN PRIZES

Will need comp winnners to PM their addresses though!
by Andy Hamilton
Thu Dec 15, 2011 11:53 am
Forum: Welcome New People Say Hello
Topic: The selfsufficientish forum awards 2011 WIN PRIZES
Replies: 18
Views: 5754

Re: The selfsufficientish forum awards 2011 WIN PRIZES

Will need comp winnners to PM their addresses though!
by Andy Hamilton
Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:19 am
Forum: Site Information and Announcements
Topic: The selfsufficientish forum awards 2011 WIN PRIZES
Replies: 18
Views: 24303

Re: The selfsufficientish forum awards 2011 WIN PRIZES

Right then, not the most successful of competitions! Perphaps next time I'll set up a comp where everyone has to jump through a ring of fire, swim across a croc swap and retrieve a golden amulet from the jaws of ancient sun god deep in the jungle that time forgot. Hmm..... or perhaps a photo comp! S...
by Andy Hamilton
Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:19 am
Forum: Welcome New People Say Hello
Topic: The selfsufficientish forum awards 2011 WIN PRIZES
Replies: 18
Views: 5754

Re: The selfsufficientish forum awards 2011 WIN PRIZES

Right then, not the most successful of competitions! Perphaps next time I'll set up a comp where everyone has to jump through a ring of fire, swim across a croc swap and retrieve a golden amulet from the jaws of ancient sun god deep in the jungle that time forgot. Hmm..... or perhaps a photo comp! S...