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by baldowrie
Tue May 06, 2008 4:48 pm
Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
Topic: Where are the Wombats?
Replies: 163
Views: 29199

Ok Ina, will do. Buffet type thing????
Also do you want some eggs too?

Stonehead a picnic at Dunnydeer sounded great, just too busy Saturday....maybe on a another visit?
by baldowrie
Tue May 06, 2008 6:26 am
Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
Topic: Where are the Wombats?
Replies: 163
Views: 29199

Ina

Baldowrie - Nev has just told me he's planning on being here on Sunday - any good to you? Don't know what time he'll arrive, though.
Yep, Sunday is perfect. Just let me know when the best time for us to land on your door step....thanks!
by baldowrie
Mon May 05, 2008 6:18 pm
Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
Topic: Where are the Wombats?
Replies: 163
Views: 29199

Stonehead

People could drop in here to say hello and have a cuppa, particularly on Saturday

Can't do Saturday...dog training all morning.
by baldowrie
Sat May 03, 2008 8:15 am
Forum: Bring back the Goodlife - and other Television and Radio related things
Topic: 1900 house
Replies: 8
Views: 4278

thanks for making me feel 'old' this morning :roll: :wink: :lol: :lol:
by baldowrie
Fri May 02, 2008 5:37 pm
Forum: Bring back the Goodlife - and other Television and Radio related things
Topic: 1900 house
Replies: 8
Views: 4278

that it was, in fact, bl**dy hard work and smelly, but if you have the guts to watch to the end, they also learned a few more things along the way! Which is precisely what I said to a friend at the time but was informed...'but she didn't know/realise that' :roll: and the classic 'but they didn't li...
by baldowrie
Fri May 02, 2008 5:11 pm
Forum: Bring back the Goodlife - and other Television and Radio related things
Topic: 1900 house
Replies: 8
Views: 4278

she not complained about the lack of hot baths, shampoo and conditioner and the washing yet then.....it was at this point I stopped watching the series with uttering of stupid, bleep, woman what does she expect?
by baldowrie
Fri May 02, 2008 5:05 pm
Forum: Bring back the Goodlife - and other Television and Radio related things
Topic: 1900 house
Replies: 8
Views: 4278

oh yes they went into it with thoughts of how romatic it was instead of the harsh reality
by baldowrie
Tue Apr 29, 2008 7:11 pm
Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
Topic: What 'must have' gadget now resides under the kitchen sink?
Replies: 32
Views: 6936

I have a "proper" mandolin as well - out on loan with a friend at the moment... Never quite got the hang of playing it.
see that's where the confusion lays...I remember you saying one time you did.

Must have more tea leaves with my water in future :wink:
by baldowrie
Tue Apr 29, 2008 5:56 pm
Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
Topic: What 'must have' gadget now resides under the kitchen sink?
Replies: 32
Views: 6936

MKG wrote: A mandolin from the Good Food Show I have one (though not from the Good Food Show!), and I use it a lot: mainly for stir fries and coleslaw. And for my fingers tips. I really read these post more clearly....here's me saying to myself why would you use a musical instrument to cook on/with...
by baldowrie
Sat Apr 26, 2008 9:43 pm
Forum: Allotments, Veg Patches and Container Gardening
Topic: Anyone recommend a push lawnmower
Replies: 42
Views: 15052

Stonehead wrote: I've never understood the British obsession with striped lawns. I think you've got to be born here to understand that! Hey I was born here and I don't understand it either...accept for running up and down the stripes when I was a child making my dad mad because it upset the stripin...
by baldowrie
Fri Apr 25, 2008 6:54 am
Forum: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Topic: uses for a old water tank
Replies: 8
Views: 3087

I grow courgettes in mine...had a bumper crop last year
by baldowrie
Fri Apr 25, 2008 6:52 am
Forum: Allotments, Veg Patches and Container Gardening
Topic: Anyone recommend a push lawnmower
Replies: 42
Views: 15052

I have a panther just for my very small garden. The handle is not the best I agree. Also the grass collection box is more a of a pest than functional. I use it for quick trim ups rather than proper cutting...I have ancient petrol mower I use for that. It's too big for my garden but I don't throw any...
by baldowrie
Thu Apr 24, 2008 7:14 pm
Forum: Alternative Transport
Topic: Getting a bike
Replies: 42
Views: 22257

Stonehead wrote: The only downside is that some of the local mums like to perv at my legs... Oh, come on - it's probably the only entertainment they get in their lives! Desperate house wives springs to mind! or delusions of grandeur :wink: I have to agree with Stoney about child seats if I was goin...
by baldowrie
Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:07 pm
Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
Topic: whats the Isle of Lewis like?!.
Replies: 17
Views: 4762

I have, and still having, the same problem with school and religion as Stoney had.

My boy got sent of the classroom because he is not religious and he said.........


CHRISTMAS :shock:

The teacher felt it wrong as he not religious and it is a religious word....yep she is also a bigot!
by baldowrie
Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:40 pm
Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
Topic: whats the Isle of Lewis like?!.
Replies: 17
Views: 4762

You are not allowed to even hang your washing out on a Sunday
His wife did that once.....some of the things she was called for doing that were unbelievable