SteveT

These kids of today siousxiesue, they know nothing.

I helped a buddy do this on his first floor flat, We took up 1 board in five and slid 100mm rockwool between the joists relaid the boards, then layed some soft 10 or 12mm fibre board on top and we placed tongue and groove chip board on top of the fibre board finally we mitred quadrant to fit all around the edges between the floor and skirting. So not a 5 minute job then. Ps The materials were cheap, but it took a few week-ends to complete.

I heard on R4 this morning that Keith Waterhouse will be sadly missed. For those who are unaware of this writing colossus he took over the Cassandra column in the Mirror, and wrote Billy Liar which became a film starring Tom Courtney. There is a Happy Land, which was made into a TV production all about children, including a terrifyingly real 'uncle mad' who was the local nutter and child molester. He later moved to the Mail and continued his good works. He was one of my favourite columnists of the time.

It opened last Tuesday, so hooray. Ignore the cafe 'closed' sign on the window.

Edited for being infantile and facetious. My apologies.

Jeremy wrote:- It really depends on whether the government can broker any oil or weapons deals as a direct result of the release. That cynical post made me laugh Jeremy, as if anything like that could happen here:)) Sticking two fingers up at our most powerful ally does not bode well either.

When my two were at school I got sick of hearing the term hot-housing, then some time later on a ferry to Ireland I got chatting to an aged but wise Nun, she said if you are born a dunce, you will die a dunce. That has proved to be the truth of the matter, because all the money on private education does not change anything very much, and they are what they are, one of which is chatty and easy going, the other finds it difficult to talk to people. The most important thing is when it comes to employment, can they get along with people, can they take on and finish a job, are they dedicated to their task?

Some friends in my home town of Derby went to the wetherspoons pub which has about 20 odd real ales. They tried to go right through the list. They all ended up drunk, but very happy Keef. Then they went paintballing in a titty bar.

mlteenie wrote:-Perhaps we should set a trap... lure bike and telephoto lens? ........and superglue, and a sniper to shoot him in the leg to slow him down, and a cat'o'nine tails to give him a floggin after we have ambled up to him slowly, and then finally give him a good kickin' on his good leg and ring the filf. please feel free to add anything I may have missed.......

benjaminty wrote:- Is this standard operating procedure for dealers midday on a wednesday? Only to hippies usually benjaminty perhaps you should cut the old barnet and stop wearing psychedelic clobber:)

I have two who passed maths, ask what's six nines or seven eights and they have not got a clue what the answer is. They don't know their times tables, yet they have the qualification. The most important thing I learned at school was my 'tables' I use them every day, I didn't learn to read at school or I would have chosen that.

Muley wrote:- (though I suspect most 'Page 3 stunnas' would even find tying their shoelaces confusing). It would be a great mistake assuming big chest = small brain Jayne Mansfield had a substantial chest measurement and was fluent in 7 languages.

It sounds like your "ginger" is an independent soul, a 'go and do' variety of individual, she may end up running her own business if that trait continues to grow with her. I went and got seperated from my parents when I was five but we were on holiday in Yarmouth at the time it gave my mother an extra handful of grey hair she could have done without. Ps I have run businesses for the last forty years.

My eldest daughter went there for a year before finally ending up at Alleyns and I thought it was perfectly alright, however my eldest is now 23 so is not terribly relevant.

I bought a pair of shoes from there and as soon as I got them home the lining came out so I returned them and they said 'we can repair them for you it will only take a few days' I said I want a full refund, and I got it. I find them rather pushy.

Yes, but they are mostly in Russia I believe:)

They were on holiday, but about to open anytime now, sorry I don't have the date of opening.

helena handbasket wrote:- So every time we have a sleep issue I picture him as a seven year old who doesn't get enough sleep, dragging himself through the day. I have spent my whole life wishing my parents had read a few books, got some advice, and just showed me who was the boss. Some people are light fitful sleepers, some like me just die for eight hours, and no amount of book learning changes that. If your parents are light fitful sleepers and you are then the chances are your baby will be, and I can see no advantage in beating yourself up about it, take a step back and accept this is how it is until he is big enough to wear himself out, then he will sleep.

ED for President?

This has been stimulated by the one in the family room which many do not visit. 'Glut of Tomatoes' soup. Large pan with fitting lid. Chop onion and cook in badger fat (or similar) until lightly coloured. Remove the excess fat and rind off the bacon (which I do whilst it is still in the packaging). Remove from the packaging and hold the rashers altogether over the pan. Take your scissors and cut bits off the rashers so it looks as if its diced. Let it all cook in the badger fat for a few minutes. Shovel in the tomatoes. Add a cup or two of water and a crocodile flavoured stock cube, I use beef but what ever you have lying around is OK. Squeeze some tomato puree (I use the sun dried as it tastes much better) into the mix. Cook slowly. Take out a cupful first and then wizz it with a wizzer, then pour the cupful back in after wizzing. Add salt pepper and other stuff to taste.

They should all be given a 'damn good thrashing' and sent off to bed with no tea. Even that would be too good for 'em.

The Rosendale gets good critical write ups.

If they compared these figures with the number of 'sick days' the self-employed take, it might shock every employee both in the public and private sector. One chap I know who runs a cosmetics store has to employ 12 Saturday people to ensure he has a minimum of 9 on the shop floor. Most employees do not take their jobs as seriously as the person employing them. The NHS has some very dedicated professionals on its books, whom I admire immensely, but sadly it also has some who would be totally unemployable if the NHS did not exist.

It used to have interesting stuff about local streets and how they got their names, but more importantly I discovered this forum:)) Sorry I am getting it confused with SE22:-$

'Wicked' Glut Potatoes. Dig out from the garden and drop into a bucket, get the hose with a good jet and point at spuds. When they are clean pour soiled water onto a flower bed. Take spuds inside and wash thoroughly. Do not peal the spuds, just slice thinly 6mm but keep altogether in the shape of the potato and place in an oven dish or cast iron handle frying pan. Fill with sliced spuds and tilt them to 45 degrees so that the edges stand out. Place some badger fat on top of the spuds I use butter or oil (or goose fat if it's near Christmas) and bake for an hour at a high heat. They come out brown and crispy at the top and they always seem to get eaten until finished.