ali-s Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 If I find a £5 in the clean laundry, is it mine to keep? YES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Of course! A copper friend calls it 'theft by finding' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reikiranf Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 I think of it as a tip for good service! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Palmer Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 If I find a £5 in the clean laundry, is it mine to keep? I found a folded up £10 note on the ground whilst putting out the washing one day. I don't know whose pocket it had fallen out of, but it was definitely MINE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 Was thinking about elephants feet today, not the real thing but those great big cream cakes that you used to get from bakeries. Think they were like overgrown profiteroles/choux buns filled with cream and covered with chocolate. Can you still get them? I used to love them when I was little, bet they don't seem as big now though! I thought that these were invented by my MIL I have never come across them anywhere else, they are seriously yummy I made some for ED's birthday last year and stacked them like profiteroles, they were huge It is her birthday today, so maybe a trip to the kitchen is in order Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 If I find a £5 in the clean laundry, is it mine to keep? I keep any money that I find around the house either in the laundry or around the floor, down the sofa etc. perk of the job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reikiranf Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Beautiful weather today, got lots of washing dry & spent a couple of hours in the garden watching the girlies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Beautiful weather today, got lots of washing dry Me too - mundane, but satisfying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutti Frutti Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 (edited) Beautiful weather today, got lots of washing dry Me too - mundane, but satisfying Me three - sitting on the patio with a cup of tea, two rescue kittens and our 18yr old tom cat Edited September 29, 2011 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 I did the washing thing on Monday with loads more to do tomorrow thank heavens for good weather. I have been stuck in the office all day today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 I've got two loads on the line now while I am at work, and another in the machine to go out when I get back for lunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reikiranf Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 I love getting the washing done, even seeing it dancing about on the line makes me smile But the downside is ironing it and putting it away, I'm ashamed to say that my conservatory is quite often a detention camp for clothes, until I get round to the ironing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 That sounds like me too My ironing pile is legendary in this house Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Palmer Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 My ironing pile is about two thirds my height . There are things in there I come across on the rare occasions I venture into it, that I've forgotten we have! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 I am so glad that I am not alone I love ironed clothes but just don't have enough time. My pile was also 2 thirds my height this morning it down to half a basket now , but there is more hidden away in an ottoman that everyone has forgotten about Also I have done loads of washing today so produced a load more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looney Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Ironing? What's ironing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looney Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Was thinking about elephants feet today, not the real thing but those great big cream cakes that you used to get from bakeries. Think they were like overgrown profiteroles/choux buns filled with cream and covered with chocolate. Can you still get them? I used to love them when I was little, bet they don't seem as big now though! I thought that these were invented by my MIL I have never come across them anywhere else, they are seriously yummy I made some for ED's birthday last year and stacked them like profiteroles, they were huge It is her birthday today, so maybe a trip to the kitchen is in order Ooh, a stack of them! Now that does sound fantastic! We used to get them from a bakery called Copelands (or something along those lines) in my Granny's village near Doncaster. We were only little and our eyes used to pop out ogling all the cakes behind the counter! Mum would never let us have things like that so we always felt a bit naughty and thoroughly spoilt - happy memories! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 There are young pheasant all over the village and surrounding fields this morning. The local gamekeeper has just released them ready for the slaughter later in the year I hate it, they are so incapable of looking after themselves and are both easy prey for local dogs and foxes and very easy targets for the shoot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 I know, the ones around here are so daft/tame that they walk right up to you. It's driving my dogs berserk as I have to keep them on-lead in some of the usual areas that we walk. what with that and all the squirrels, they are in doggie heaven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reikiranf Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 My 7 month old grandson is sound asleep in the dining room, fingers crossed he has a nice long sleep as I'm planning a trip to Bluewater later! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheilaz Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 Think I may be the last of an odd generation. Describing a location, I referred to the modern houses. Er, they're 60 years old, they were modern once, but not now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 I do that too, I remember a housing estate in Norfolk being built on farmland, those houses are now over 30 years old! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 There are young pheasant all over the village and surrounding fields this morning. The local gamekeeper has just released them ready for the slaughter later in the year I hate it, they are so incapable of looking after themselves and are both easy prey for local dogs and foxes and very easy targets for the shoot Here too - they were released by the estate workers around a fortnight ago. They just mill around by the side of the road,waiting until a car comes,then they leap out in front of it (the Pheasants,not the estate guys!) On a different note,I got a couple of the Heston hidden orange Christmas Puddings today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 When giving directions to our house, I say 'the group of modern houses' they are 25 years old now, but had just been built when we moved to Cheltenham Wish us luck we have 10 teenagers belonging to other people and 3 of our own in the house tonight, for ED's 18th party. I am just taking a toast break before cracking on with the preparations At least the weather is good so they can spend some of the evening outdoors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 woo hoo! Had a full house today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
