Christian Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 On Monday, I had to call out a local guy to come over and get rid of a wasp's nest in our roof. I offered him a cuppa and he asked what I was cooking. "christmas puddings" I said. "Oooh I love them"! He said. "How about we do a deal? One pudding enough for 8 people and I won't charge you for the nest"?? Deal done. I love country life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looney Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Excellent exchange! Bet you're pleased you were cooking, although perhaps some eggs would have got you a discount?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Brilliant. Talking of wasps I went to Brough Mill in the Hope Valley today to get some chickeny stuff and there was a wasp like thingy flying about. It was as big as a Lancaster Bomber. Folk ( me included) were scattering right and left as it zoomed about. It was quite scary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 I like that exchange!, what a good barter!. Egluntine I had one of those in my sons bedroom when he had a sleep over a month or so back, the boys went crazy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted August 21, 2008 Author Share Posted August 21, 2008 Oh err, was it a hornet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 I think it must have been. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 the one in my sons room flew into the lightshade (paper globe type) and flew straight threw the paper and ripped it!! I wouldn't mind but these were hard to find as they have hoops of different colours all over them, so son still has a ripped lightshade at moment but they have some weight to them those things, they are horrible! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffie Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 I love that, wonder if 70 eggs ( yes really) would buy the woodburner Buffie x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 It might if some of them were turned into lemon curd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffie Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 You volunteering Buffie x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisa33 Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 I had a hornet nest above my bedroom once. All night you could hear them scratching away. It was really creepy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clootie Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 We live in a very old house and every summer (except this one strangely enough) we have wasps nests. A couple of years ago when we were having building works done, we had a very large nest behind the wall in the attic where the builders were working. The noise was incredibly loud so we reckoned it must have been a pretty big next, anyway, to cut a long story short, we could hear them behind a light switch. Bearing in mind one of the builders was terrified of wasps, I decided to unscrew the light switch to have a better look. As the light switch was coming away from the wall, the wasps antennae were wriggling out at the sides and my builder shouts in horror "Look, look, it's testicles are coming through!" He was deadly serious too!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bokbokbok Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 "Look, look, it's testicles are coming through!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Egg Lou Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 On Monday, I had to call out a local guy to come over and get rid of a wasp's nest in our roof. I offered him a cuppa and he asked what I was cooking. "christmas puddings" I said. "Oooh I love them"! He said. "How about we do a deal? One pudding enough for 8 people and I won't charge you for the nest"?? Deal done. I love country life. Miss this life! I used to live near Thruxton in Fyfield and also Amport, it was always this kind of thinking in the villages! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnieP Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 We do it here too. My neighbour (a solicitor) wrote my will for a year's supply of eggs! It would have cost me £250 had she charged me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillfamily Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 It's a lovely way to shop and pay for things I occasionally swap eggs for blackberries or jam and jellies in different flavours to the ones I make :D .........now I wonder how many eggs for a loft conversion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffie Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 Better not tell Mikey, he'll try swapping me for something. Wonder what he'd get Buffie x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 .........now I wonder how many eggs for a loft conversion this made me laugh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 I used to do a reverse swap with eggs when my girls weren't laying over the winter. The egg man on the market used to swap half a dozen of his eggs for half a dozen of my home-made biscuits . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 Theres a pub near us where you can take things in and get a meal or drinks depeneding on the value of your produce. I'm tempted to take DH and a load of excess quails eggs for a drink as we can't afford to go out otherwise this is the place http://www.thepigs.org.uk/index.php5?page=1 theres a bit about it int he times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4535398.ece http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/7560246.stm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted August 22, 2008 Author Share Posted August 22, 2008 Miss this life! I used to live near Thruxton in Fyfield and also Amport, it was always this kind of thinking in the villages! I am very close to Kimpton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheilaz Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 Love the idea of bartering, that was a great result Christian. Some towns have a bartering system called "Lets". St.Albans is on the river Ver (hence Verulamium) and the local scheme is called Verlets. I haven't researched further, but I understand that there are others nationwide. I didn't join ours when I read about it some years ago, but I think I'll see if it still exists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
