General Chat

Ann, that is so funny about your OH's haircut. Reminded me of the time, shortly after I was married, when my OH asked me to trim his neckline. He wanted to wait a couple more days before he got a cut. He was American and I didn't always understand some of his sayings at that time. Anyway, it was scissors then, and he wanted me to 'square it up', and that's exactly what I did. He had lovely corners :-D :-D He didn't ask me again - not until the hairclippers came in.

I use the cast iron frying pans. I have a large and a small. They are heavy, but I wouldn't trade them for any other kind. I've tried many, but always come back to the cast iron. They make lovely cornbread. I've also made upside down pineapple cake in my large one.

Jane, cornmeal is ground dried corn (maize). It's referred to as corn here. Cornbread or corn muffins are usually served with a meal - either that or buttered biscuits, which are similar to scones but without the sugar, and usually made using buttermilk.

I have wanted to take George out to see how cotton grows, but it's not ready yet. I'll take a pic when it is.

Isn't it sad that so many houses are taking over the lovely countryside? However, people have to live somewhere. I haven't noticed much building going on around here, although the economy is supposed to be improving. The homes built now are huge.

Hope you all have a great week, and glad that your knee is improving Frank.
Rubyx

Watching Vera.....................................................

Oh Ann I did laugh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You could always tell him you were trying to give him those swirls and wiggly bands some of the youngsters have in their hair....Ha ha ha ha ha............. :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

Poor Gordon...............................

Oh has X Factor on.

Ann, you are a NAUGHTY but nice GIRL. !!! I thought you were going to say you cut a piece out of his EAR. I bet you will be in for it when he finds out what you have done :-D :-D Ros use to cut my hair for years, her being an ex hairdresser came natural. Why it ever stopped I don't know., Must have been when I saw a pretty girl hairdresser. !!!

I remember when I was about 16 I went to an office ,where a Dentist had his practice. His nurse was a cracker, so I booked to have my teeth examined so I could chat her up. <3 <3 at first sight. As it always was in those days. !!! Things I did to get a date.

Thanks for the bean info. I thought they might be, as they have such a nice nutty flavour. I will tell her tomorrow.

My favourite programme is on X bloo#y factor. How anyone can sit through that I will never know. You included JANE !!

John and Carolyn are off to Teneriffe in the morning, and ROS has offered to take them to Luton. She will need to be up for 6.00 am and leave here by 6.45 am NO I am not going with her. I will have a lay in and she can bring me tea when she gets back. (Well what do you keep a wife for ) CRASH HELMET IS ON GIRLS !!!!

I didn't see Fiona's post about her age, but I was SPOT ON. I love all you young GIRLS ;-) ;-) ;-) Helps keep me young.

I am feeling a lot better this evening, just a slight pain round my knee.

Going to get another "SPECKLED HEN" and have a look round Ebay. See you in the morning.

Mandy.....doncha dare!!!! :-) I think I might just about get away with it.......he knows I'm not keen on his new glasses.....I keep telling him he looks like Eric Morecambe in them......he'll think I'm grinning at those......I hope. :-) :-D ;-)

There's not much to cut, so it should be easy with the clippers IF he stuck to the setting I use!! If he notices I'll tell he he shouldn't distract me with his chatter, well not after I've asked him where he went for his holidays!! :-)

No they aren't the Crueset ones Jane, I've tried lifting those and they are heavy even when they are empty. I think I'll have to go in the city and look in J*hn Lewis for some of those pans. It's a frying pan I want mainly, but not a heavy one. I saw some in the paper that were aluminium with ceramic inside and thought they wouldn't be so heavy but maybe they are. The other nonstick ones don't seem to last me very long.

That's good you have a 'bolt hole' Maureen........wish I could be a fly on the wall! :-)

LOL Ann,just keep shtum ,he won't notice :-D.I think you are very brave to cut his hair
Chris wouldn't let me any where near his.I do remember my Dad letting me cut his hair once and he too ended up with a very 'short' patch .I had no idea what I was doing ,just chomping away with a pair of scissors :-S

Do you mean the French make Crueset pans? they are brilliant but are heavy.They don't stick.I have some dishes with ceramic liners and yes they are quite heavy.I just have to use two hands
:-S

Frank the girls in this house share are the same age as Hannah I think.about 30.
Just going to dish up dinner now and the veg are in one of those heavy ones :-S

Well i know i would not be able to keep a straight face :-D once i got the giggles that would be it !! i would have to tell.

Pouring with rain here now and the sky is a funny colour ......black !!!

I will ,i will, :-D :-D how much to keep quiet !!! :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

We won't tell him Ann ;-).

My daughter has those saucepans/frying pan but they are very heavy. I seem to have collected patio tables too, have got 2 and a bistro set and 2 parasols as well.

No Ann my ex never remarried, and that's what | keep saying about the holiday, it will be interesting, at least he doesn't know where we are staying so I can just stay at the villa if I want while daughter goes and visits.

I'm off to get my dinner now and watch the mind numbing TV programmes.

Maureen we fly on the 26th.
Ann ,I think there will be no problem with getting to Kings College Hosp.She did her little stint there before from Crouch End .I think it is a bus and a tube.Probably a half hour journey.

Maureen when was the last time you saw your ex?Are you free too ??? lol

Frank ,Chris says Borlotti too :-D

What Remains has been a great prog. A really atmospheric thriller in a creepy old house of flats and tonight we get to know whodunnit!!

Your courgette/marrow find was a bonus then Mel, it's obviously put all it's energy into growing that whopper out of view! We are still picking runners, but I think I will have to cut some bunches off the tomatoes soon and bring them in the warm to ripen.

On the subject of kitchen paraphernalia, does anyone have or has had any of those ceramic lined saucepans/frying pans? I was wondering whether to get some as they don't stick and the lining doesn't come off them. I don't want anything that's heavy though and haven't seen any in the shops round here to test the weight.

Maureen, did your ex remarry? It should be a very interesting meeting! lol.

We haven't used our patio table either Frank. We got it late in the year and haven't even unwrapped the parasol! OH informs me we now have 2 patio tables and 3 parasols.

I cut OH's hair this morning and nearly had a disaster! He keeps putting the attachment on the hairclippers to do it shorter and shorter and I have to hold them off his head now or he will need a pair of 'bovver boots' this Christmas to go with his skinhead cut!! Anyway I was manouvering the clippers around the side of his head and slightly out of my view............and they dug in and cut a round patch the size of a 50p shorter!! :-0 OMG I daren't tell him he looks a bit moth eaten.....luckily he can't see it in the mirror as it's behind his ear. He was saying how neat and tidy he looks to start his clerking this week as well. :-0 At least his hair grows very quickly so I'm hoping it won't be as noticable by Tuesday when he goes to footie with his pals.....will tell him he will really need to wear a hat in the cold night air after having a scalping....I mean trim! :-S :-S The tricky bit will be trying to keep a straight face over the next couple of days.

Frank I have pm'd you.

NO I'm not free Jane, well not for him anyway lol, last time I saw him must be about 20 years ago and he doesn't look like he has improved with age.

Frank you must have missed Fiona's post then as she said 1955 which makes her one of the 'babies' on here.

Ros has done you proud with dinner today.

Maureen we fly on the 26th.
Ann ,I think there will be no problem with getting to Kings College Hosp.She did her little stint there before from Crouch End .I think it is a bus and a tube.Probably a half hour journey.

Maureen when was the last time you saw your ex?Are you free too ??? lol

Frank ,Chris says Borlotti too :-D

Have just found a way of growing yellow courgettes on a green courgette plant. Just found a monster in the poly tunnel. A spout from the green courgette had grown under the black polythene and I saw this big bump and lifted the poly to find a huge courgette all disfigured growning and it is very pale yellow. I thought that plant wass'nt producing as it should!!!!!!! :-| :-| :-| :-| :-| :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S

It's ME. I have been a GOOD BOY and stayed out of the kitchen.

Ros cooked a blinder of a meal, enough to feed the 5,000 !! but as I keep telling her it's always difficult to judge for two. Roast LEG of Lamb, Onions cooked in gravy, cabbage, cauli (with cheese sauce) runner beans (Carolyn's) peas carrots Yorkshire pudding Roast Pots and Parsnips. She wouldn't let me help at all, she has also cleared away, and put everything in the dish washer or washed it up. I could get use to this, and I am sure you enjoy it more when someone else has cooked it.

The beans belong to the dibby neighbour, so she wouldn't know what she bought, or grew. !!!

Weather here is horrible, wet and very windy, like most we have the heating on also.

Hope everything turns up trumps for Hannah Jane, it will be nice to get with a group of girls. What sort of age are they ???

I see FIONA managed to ignore my question :-D :-D NAUGHTY GIRL. Mid 50s would be my guess.

We have one of those ricers, I think they are great, but still like my masher !! Maureen shame on you !!!

We haven't used our PATIO table this year. It's been full of plants, and odd and so#s the umbrella has still got it's cover on !!

Have been thinking of Lewis, playing football in this weather, but as a kid I played in a lot worse, I bet he never felt it. Will give him a ring in a mo.

oops didn't see your post Mel, thanks for explaining a potato ricer, sounds like a handy gadget to have

Sounds like What Remains was a good series, I missed the first one so didn't bother, I quite like Vera though, mainly for Brenda whatshername, she's a good actress. Did you make your cakes Mel? I've had a pretty lazy day, been reading my book, not my usual, called One Shot by Lee Child it's better than I was expecting.

When are you actually off Jane, the weather for Granada looks good, well the next 14 days, probably all change by the time we get there. Daughter has spoken to her dad, told him I was coming too, his reply "I'm always free" HELP :-0

I'm guessing the ricer is some sort of masher!! ugh lumpy potatoes, I'm such a fuss pot

Maureen a potato ricer is like a small sauspan that has millions of holes in it. It has a handle like a sauspan and a plunger bit so you put potatoes (cooked) in it and squash them with the plunger which is also on a handle and out comes little tiny wiggles of of potato which look like rice.

Hope thats right as I can see one in my minds eye. I don't have one but do have a citrus swqeezer which is very similar.

It's the last of What Remains tonight and the last of Vera.