It maybe on its travels, a few years ago, in a village near me someone had quite a collection of Gnomes.
A very bad sign, it‘s flown away to avoid the coming winter, it knows something you don’tThe mystery of the missing fairy.
I've had a little white fairy in a plant pot for decades but today it's gone. It was pushed into the soil near a rose bush and I'd sometimes find it laying on the soil, presumably pulled out by a bird, and I'd push it back in but today there's no sign of it. The last time I pushed it back into the soil was a week or so ago and I nearly gave up and brought it into the house to put with an indoor plant. Oh dear
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Might be a Magpie or Crow if it’s small enough.
Hope this will help you overcome your loss. It all depends how old she was, I’m guessing under 4 decades because:It was maybe 4 or 5 inches tall so small enough for a critter to carry off if determined enough and we have a family of magpies and they often pick at the plants but to take the fairy and fly off with it just seems so odd. Anyway. I don't really feel all that guilty about hoping the thief choked on it especially if it was the magpie who killed a starling outside our window a while back. Maybe I do feel guilty, but not too much
There’s been a recent ad on TV for some sort of face cream that’s main claim is that for what looks like tiny pot it’s “the best selling cream for over £100”1.We've been trying to get a hospital appointment changed for 10 days as we'll be away. All we get is an answering machine with a message that someone will get back to us. Then a letter came on Saturday explaining that the appointment has changed .Nothing to do with our phone calls. The new date is no good either. This morning my wife tried again and again 'someone will call back' but no-one has. We'll give it one more try tomorrow and then we'll have to go to the hospital dept. I can't see any other way. I hope that will work.
2. Spent ages trying to sign up (for online delivery) with a Chanel product from Chanel for my wife. I'm taken aback at the cost of their products. £90 for a 200ml bottle of face cleanser ! What's wrong with soap and warm water ? https://www.chanel.com/gb/skincare/...shing-and-radiance-revealing-cleansing-water/
On the 'sign up' page is a box for our telephone number. I'd selected +44 (GB) from the options infront of the box and then wrote in our number. A red message came up. 'Telephone number incorrect' So, I've heard the first zero has to be left out of the regional code so I tried that and it didn't work. Infact ,after I put in that '0' a space was created. I rang the number for customer care and got a message to the effect that they're very busy and to leave a message and..yes..someone will get back to me, however the line then went dead.I tried twice and that happened both times. So..I Emailed them and got an automated reply :
Dear Client,
Thank you for your recent message and your interest in CHANEL.We have now received your message. We are experiencing high volumes of contacts and there may be a significant delay in our reply to your enquiry. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. In the meantime, we invite you to check the FAQ section.
Should you need urgent assistance please contact us on 0800 028 5005 from Monday - Friday 10am-6pm except Bank Holidays, and a member of our team will be happy to assist.
I thought I'd try to get the Chanel product through John Lewis but the reviews for their online service are awful .I'm sure our local Debenhams would have had it but they closed in April. It's going to be a city-centre campus for the Uni of Gloucester.
3. My wife uses Liz Earle skin products too. I signed up with them ok and got a welcome Email. They have so many products of the type I want ..page after page after page... that look pretty well identical to me but on close examination different...the tubes, the bottles...I'm unable to match any with what she has. Very close but not quite the right one and I assume it has to be THE right one. I'm amazed at the variety she has. I assume it's the same for the wives of others on here.
So..I've actually given up today. Somewhat stressed out but just before I threw the towel in I tried another online company and was very pleased to see that I can get the Chanel product from a retailer in Stroud 9 miles away but I hope it's a store as well as online. A couple of reviews stated the shop staff were very good in the Northampton store.
I don't even like Christmas but can you imagine not getting anything ? Well, I could say I've got a surprise. "Oh, what's that ?" "Nothing" ..That would be a surprise..and sudden death for me.....
Turns out to be the fuse, though that begs the question of why it blewBloody leccy kettle not working! Again. I’ve lost count of how many I’ve bought, admittedly cheap ones since I retired my original at least 30 year old one (with no failures).
Haven’t checked it yet, could be just a fuse, unlikely to be overheating as had water in it and this was first thing this am.
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Yes, my parents used to have one similar to this, not automatic of course , only toasted one side at a time, you lowered the ‘door’ and put it back up to reverse the slice, never failed. It sat on the table so everyone could get hot toast dome to their liking
. Two slices of corse, same arrangement at the back. I’d buy one if they were still made.
Wow. I seriously hope your mum is leaving her out of the will?
My parents had one like this too. They married in 1947, and I'm guessing this was either a wedding present or something they bought around the same time.Yes, my parents used to have one similar to this, not automatic of course , only toasted one side at a time, you lowered the ‘door’ and put it back up to reverse the slice, never failed. It sat on the table so everyone could get hot toast dome to their liking
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And what annoyed me yesterday was that the sky box failed to record it so we're having to watch it this evening.So..Guiseppe wins the The Great British Bake Off tonight. The Great Italian Bake Off..
We went through that last January
I think it's too late for that as sadly she's rarely all there now.
He may have missed my thread as not everyone stalks me as intensely as you do John
For the record, I don’t come on here too often and hadn’t seen woofwoof’s posts about his mum.
If you recall,Alan..back in January it was me who suggested you get Power of Attorney re your mum.
Stalking intensely ? Ok..you've added a grinning emoji but nevertheless you're suggesting..stating infact, that I take every opportunity to 'have a go' at you. How do you come to that belief ?
First off some of your posts are so bizarre and/or banal that they invite wry comment but in the main no comment as they leave the reader somewhat bewildered. I'm absolutely amazed, intrigued even,with the complexities of your life with, seemingly, a degree of family dysfunctionality. It's also baffling to me, how someone can post such 'private' matters. I recall Marc posting that before anyone posts anything on here just bear in mind you might as well be posting it in one of the Red Tops.I think he said something akin to..'if you don't want the world to know then don't post it on here'
So... lets' take a look at reality shall we rather than perception.? I've looked back at some of our interactions.
WCMUT..From the most recent, apart from the current one back. N/R shows that I didn't respond..no reply.
Yesterday. You mowed your lawn and intend growing an orange tree and a banana tree. N/R
Oct 28.. You posted a clip of a retriever in the sea interacting with a young lady swimmer. ..I gave it a like.
Oct 25. A post about a Thai restaurant (in response to Marc).....N/R
Oct 16 Reference to your parent's experience in a haunted house..N/R
October 16. Five more posts .I didn't respond to any of them.
Oct 14 and 12.. No response to either.
Oct 9. Your wife has tweaked her ice cream recipe and made strawberry ice cream which I love so I asked that you send me some.I'm still waiting btw
WBMT.
November 21st. You've lost your pillow and your wife found a sock. Unable to resist the banality of the post I suggested that you certainly lead a dramatic, riveting and dynamic life.
November 16-18. Five posts .A discussion on parcel deliveries. N/R
Oct 25. My Mrs has two birthdays one in June and one in November..N/R
Oct 11. Discussing your wife's friends in Thailand who chat with each other but clearly dislike each other. N/R
WAMT
November 10-16th. Three posts informing us that quote 'I've had a little white fairy in a plant pot for decades but today it's gone' N/R .But sphexx, clearly a man of compassion and empathy, did respond.
November 4th .More on parcel deliveries. Clearly a common issue on here. N/R
November 8th .. ............Ditto. N/R
November 3rd.. 5 Posts re parking. N/R
October 28.. one re. family problems N/R
October 25. one re. scooters N/R
Oct 23 and 24..re a Bible basher in town..N/R
There's one other I'll come to re fireworks.
So,..out of 28 of your posts..and no doubt I've missed a few and in just the three categories going back to October 9th I've replied to precisely three. In percentage term that's 7% and one was a positive.(the ice cream).You can hardly describe that to quote you as ...'intensely stalking'. Infact, you must be a tad paranoid because you didn't just refer to me as 'intensely stalking' you, you seem to think that there are others engaged in it but to a lesser degree.
' not everyone stalks me as intensely as you do, John'
There's one of your posts I responed to that I haven't included. Remember this re fireworks ? Some of us think they should be banned or,at least, have no explosive element which is what causes the most distress.
My response initially to Cambsno.
Yes..I see what Alan has written. I'm surprised because most times his posts on serious matters are sound but now and then he comes out with something that leaves me scratching my head..like this post.
You wrote:
If we ground private jets for just one day, 5th November, and allow public fireworks displays I'm sure the net pollution figures will drop and dramatically so. Even more so if we can gag the usual mouthy hypocritical elites from pontificating on the day too.
A lot of people like fireworks and maybe that's a big part of the move to ban them as happiness and joy seem to be being squeezed out of us in these joyless "it offends someone or harms the plant" days.
Ground the private jets and allow the fireworks.
My response:
Who exactly the 'mouthy hypocritical elites' are who 'pontificate,' I don't know. 'Harms the 'plant' ? You've got me on that one, too. What does that mean ? Maybe you could enlighten us, Alan ?
I used the 'quote' facility so you would have had an alert. You failed to respond.
So, Alan... I don't need to speculate on what could possibly be a reason for the nature of some of your posts as you've volunteered it.
October 16th in response to Box Brownie in a discussion about visualising problems and finding a fix you wrote...
'I wouldn't describe myself as being completely normal. I'm pretty sure I could be diagnosed with something if I bothered.'
Well ,I won't state the obvious re bothering.
Woah, obviously a sensitive area.
and don't worry about me in regard to any offence about your will comment as there isn't any.
This https://news.stv.tv/scotland/gamekeeper-fined-for-killing-birds-of-prey-that-died-suffering?top
Even when they are caught this is all that happens, is it any wonder that this is still going on even in this day and age.
Sounds pretty stupid but I think they have a way to go to compete with this, it's from a few years ago.
Unbelievable
Which tv?We got a new TV and there are four things about it that really annoy me and as I tend to fixate they really annoy me all the time
They're all software setup things and all could be covered and changed by user preference options if they were there. As gadgets become ever more "smart" I do wish that alternative ways of doing things could be user selected. For example one function which takes one button press on every other TV or under set box I have takes 5 button presses on the new TV. If it was just me I'd use the TV through the Tivo box as that bypasses the annoyances.
I know these are 1st world issues and no one other than an obsessive will notice or care but these maddening things should be so easy to fix.
The picture quality is good though.
