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by pops
Tue Jul 05, 2011 1:08 pm
Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
Topic: What does your home smell of?
Replies: 153
Views: 40274

Re: What does your home smell of?

honeysuckle - brought bunches of it home from lotty! ^_^
by pops
Tue Jun 28, 2011 10:26 am
Forum: Allotments, Veg Patches and Container Gardening
Topic: Tomato plants - removing leaves ?
Replies: 13
Views: 3993

Re: Tomato plants - removing leaves ?

i take off the really yellow ones down the bottom, but no! i wouldn't take any more off! :D

(now that i've said that i'll probably be shot down by an Ish guru! :D )
by pops
Mon Jun 27, 2011 1:13 pm
Forum: What's in the pot? Recipes and anything about Cooking
Topic: The old favourites
Replies: 6
Views: 2111

Re: The old favourites

favourites (ie when you tell them what's for dinner and they go "yesss!") -JP's (jacket potatoes) with lots of salad and choices of what goes on top -meatloaf (?!) :D -roasts! (i have in fact just done sausages but with yorkshire puds and stuffing on the side and that went down very well!)...
by pops
Fri Jun 24, 2011 1:37 pm
Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
Topic: What does your home smell of?
Replies: 153
Views: 40274

Re: What does your home smell of?

today my home smells of new car smell! i *love* the dashboard polish DH his for his car (he's one of these nuts that shows it and wins awards!)so everything plastic or non-food surfaced has been polished with it today! :D it's a turtle wax/bubblegum/plastic smell and i honstly can't explain why i li...
by pops
Fri Jun 24, 2011 10:16 am
Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
Topic: bit of a whingey whine
Replies: 7
Views: 2291

Re: bit of a whingey whine

yes it is, and it feels immoral really - knowing that someone (in this case your OH) has handed over their cash and the company, simply doesn't care if it's redeemed or not.

(((annpan)))
by pops
Fri Jun 24, 2011 10:07 am
Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
Topic: frugal, its making me an outcast
Replies: 14
Views: 5345

Re: frugal, its making me an outcast

pbf - your life sounds as close to perfect as i could desribe! MKG totally agree re self confidence: giz, enjoy your life, enjoy your animals and relax! laughter really is the best medicine and it's true that happy positive people attract others, they attract good luck and make the most our of whate...
by pops
Fri Jun 24, 2011 10:01 am
Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
Topic: bit of a whingey whine
Replies: 7
Views: 2291

Re: bit of a whingey whine

nope, sadly having dealt with lots of customers who offer gift vouchers and they expect a certain percentage of unredeemed vouchers, and they just view the money as free :(
sorry hun, perhaps you could ebay it? there must be a husband of a yummy mummy out therre who'll snap it up :D
by pops
Thu Jun 23, 2011 8:14 pm
Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
Topic: Jugit.. have you seen?
Replies: 2
Views: 1526

Re: Jugit.. have you seen?

sainsburys did a big push of this a few yeas ago, maybe as many as 5 years? i did buy a couple of jugits and for a few weeks bought the bags, but they only come in 2pts andd as a family we get through 12 - 15 pints a weeks easily, so it was not cost effective or practical to buy milk that way for us...
by pops
Thu Jun 23, 2011 2:01 pm
Forum: Wildlife, Flowers and all other things that grow
Topic: Cuttings
Replies: 7
Views: 4073

Re: Cuttings

don't try to get away without rooting hormone powder!
it's only a few quid for a pot and while some things will take happily without, most don't and you may as well give them a fair chance.
by pops
Thu Jun 23, 2011 1:24 pm
Forum: Wildlife, Flowers and all other things that grow
Topic: Roses going wild
Replies: 8
Views: 4211

Re: Roses going wild

can i hijack this thread for a mo? i have 3 roses in our garden, all here when we rented the place, landlady wants them kept but they are really leggy! it looks like they might be shrub roses that were unattended by succesive tenants and now we have roses that are all wobbly lopsided stems to about ...
by pops
Thu Jun 23, 2011 12:38 pm
Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
Topic: weight loss group
Replies: 441
Views: 1339899

Re: weight loss group

susie that sounds great, i am gearing myself up to start the couch to 5k :)

my dh has lost a 16 lbs in 3 weeks :S (i've lost 12 but it's taken me 7 weeks!)
by pops
Tue Jun 21, 2011 1:07 pm
Forum: Looks like we made it
Topic: Sewing machine, help!
Replies: 16
Views: 7454

Re: Sewing machine, help!

yep, service would be a good idea if it's 10 years old anyway. ask any retired quilting ladies for their recommendation, they do get their sewing machines serviced and are as tight as can be about paying for it!
by pops
Mon Jun 20, 2011 6:40 pm
Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
Topic: weight loss group
Replies: 441
Views: 1339899

Re: weight loss group

unless the top of your head has lost weight....or the soles of your feet....
by pops
Mon Jun 20, 2011 6:39 pm
Forum: Looks like we made it
Topic: Sewing machine, help!
Replies: 16
Views: 7454

Re: Sewing machine, help!

haha! i second the cheap thread comment! :D