KidKruger

I like the long sleeves for decorating cos they cover your arms / neck from splatter.

I use my old work shirts as decorating shirts, gardening shirts, pyjama tops in winter. Too well made to just chuck so they get a 2nd career.

I don't think it would become a 'destination' or suffer parking issues any more than it does during the day currently would it ? In which case why not ?! As per Vik's note, I would not use it for alcohol (weak selection/too expensive - even for day time shopping) but may use it for groceries if I were cooking late at night, but it'd need to be well-stocked at that time, not loads of empty containers in the fruit/veg section.

14 hrs of internet / EDF browsing shouldn't be that tiring - surely ?!

Salsa - she didn't ditch you for lying again did she, and you haven't been calling/texting her mobile until she switched her phone off, then you started calling her home no but have now stopped calling ?

many artists were not appreciated in their early days though...

How has ex taken it / responded ? How does it feel to have made the break.

Well swapping recipes sure beats dog poo, planning permissions, cats, waitrose, noisy parties and needle exchange.

Hood question - however I've Never sharpened it. Could be part of reason why I got a cut off it last week.

This is what I was trying to explain lameduck. However, I remember when the council started to paint the 'white lines' next to dropped-kerbs, without telling anyone they were going to do this, and instantly had a waddle of wardens ticketing residents who'd previously been parking unhindered in front of dropped-kerbs. This was chiefly to clear the street crossing points (typically at end of roads/corners) deployed for prams/wheelchairs, but the way they did it was entirely cynical and surely designed to capitalise on the new white lines (maybe they had a cost-recovery strategy where they supposed that enouigh fines would cover the expense of the works). Where's DJKQ on this ? He/she seemed to think if you've no dropped-kerb you deserve to be blocked-in, sort of open seasone on those who have a house with a front yard big enough for a car.

Would forumites slagging off great local businesses and accusing them of making stuff up qualify as 'pests' ? If so, K&O Pest Control could do a job on 'em...

My tool of choice is a big feck-off cleaver that I use for almost all cutting in the kitchen, I'll post a photo later. I swear by the mean Mother, which has chopped and peeled its way through many a beast and vegetable, and also the odd finger. Still sharp after 15 years. Bought in NE Thailand. Also cuts Japanese knotweed and carpet underlay.

I can make fresh chana in 30 mins if you want that recipe, and paneer.

meat dishes to freeze. I regularly make huge batches of lasagne and load those plastic take-away cartons with double portions before freezing. Also I make large Thai meat (mainly chicken) curries and do same. Then, when required, remove from freezer in morning ready for evening cooking (or micorwave if you have one), just preparing some pasta / rice respectively. I've also done this with goat curry (West-Indian) but rice n peas can take a bit too long to prepare properly if speed / convenience is what you're after.

tell the police, they also use the expression 'child pornography'.

I don't answer the door these days I'm sorry to say, I just ask through the door who it is and say 'No' if it's not what I want or I have no time.

Someone posted a couple of days ago saying they'd challenged a couple of teenagers who were making off with a Vespa I think it was on the same road. If I remember right, the poster was weighed down with shopping bags do could not chase. Search the board you'll see the post - if same bike then it'll be posts no older than Sat evening.

No. The dropped kerb simply makes it easier to move the car from / to the drive. It does not indicate any more a right of way than the absence of a dropped kerb. So, if there's no white line painted by the drop-kerb it's down to whether you can see someone uses their drive or not. The fact that you can see they're using their drive makes your decision to park there belligerent if their car is not there and bloody belligerent if you park there whilst their car IS in their drive. No-one purchases the highway outside their property, it's not for sale.

So, smfrs, what's the reason for the question ?! Are you parking / tempted to park in front of someone's drive - or - is somebody doing it to you ? Hmmm, well ? Yes well, hmmmm, eh what ???

Watched David Price get KO'd by Tony Thompson last night. Some say it was a lucky punch or that Price has no chin. I think Price just got too close and didn't have the experience (enough fights where he's tangled up-close) to deal with TT. The people who've been saying Price is 2-3 fights away from facing one of the Klitschkos are crazy, why would a 15-0 professional fight a 50-3 champion ? That's sick in anyone's book surely ? The punch didn't look that strong, which will fuel the comments about Price being weak-chinned. Although Price's chin is arguably untested before last night, that blow to the neck could have disabled many a big fighter. Price sure was a wobbly spectacle though when he stood up for the count, his balance was GONE !

Taste it and see, please post within 2 days to tell us how it was.

It's probably legal to do so but a bit discourteous if its obvious that the front area of the house is being used as a drive / parking area ? Even if there was a dropped curb you may still be able to argue you can park in front of it if there's no white-painted line indicating 'dropped-kerb', but again, that'd be a pretty ignorant thing to do.

Oh, Kalamity Kel - I er, well what I mean is, er, ooops...

Called florist in same postcode and Auntie has been furnished with a huge arrangement for much less than aforementioned provider. All within 45 mins of calling. Local business supported so win-win all round. Cheers !!

Good call PR, will try that. Salsa - you shouldn't have to point that out !