General Chat

I really don't want to know where you've been bitten Tec:-))

Sue xx

Sue, As far as I know snowdrops grow anywhere in the UK, maybe it doesn't get cold enough where you are.

Answer me this - does everyone in Oz grow gladioli?

Tec.

I wonder what Tec considers to be unmentionable? Being a refined lady, I shall not enquire any further

And I wouldn't be so indelicate as to tell you either :))
Tec.

Thank goodness for that

No Tec - not everyone grows gladioli:-)) Actually you can of course buy the bulbs but I don't often see them anymore. I don't think they're fashionable or maybe Dame Edna put people off them.

Sue xx

Yes - I suspect Dame Edna may have killed them off. You don't see them here much either. Personally I've never liked them - too garish.

Tec.

The problem with tall plants like gladioli is that you have to stake them up or they blow over, well up here they do. I don't mind where you have a drove of plants in a border and you can stake them in a block so the plants grow and cover the supports, but can't be doing with individual plants

I'm off to wash up after dinner - we don't have a dishwasher in the cave.
Tec.

How uncivilised, but then I suppose caves are. Just put the dishes in the stream and let the water run over them - job done

I don't care for Gladiolus either , we grew some on the allotment one year because OH quite likes them .

I don't have a dishwasher , I'm commonly know in the home as the " sink fairy " ....as soon as something goes in their I feel compelled to wash it up .....lol

I have had a dishwasher for years. I first got one because OH was working abroad so often and I was working as well as looking after the children. It just made life easier for me. I wouldn't be without one now

Amanda - we don't have a dishwasher either. When we had the new kitchen put in just over 2 years ago we debated whether we wanted one and decided not to.

Sue xx

That's the thing with household appliances .....if you have them you come to rely on them .
I don't and never have had a tumble dryer either ( or a micro wave ) , I use an old fashioned " sheila's maid " drying rack in the kitchen in the wintertime , there is a small gas fire on the wall heating the room and as the washing is hoisted up high it gets dry quite quickly .
I'd never used a tumble dryer until we holidayed this year , I was impressed by it but still wouldn't want one ...lol

We do eat off plates though.
Tec.

I have a tumble dryer and a microwave lol

We also use plates Tec

I do have a tumble dryer although we don't use it often and I do like my microwave. My daughter has a dishwasher and dryer and I certainly see the value in her having them.

We use plates here too - it's a new thing here in Australia:-))

Sue xx

Amanda - If you lived in Wales, you would want a tumble dryer. When our old one died, it was chaos here with the wet washing until a new one was delivered.

Tec.

I've got plates ....lol....but they don't match : ))

We still use cups and saucers - does anyone else?
Tec.