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dunelm said:
Good morning from a brisk and breezy morning here in the dark and dangerous north. 5.9 this am - woops! Apart from the gusts the morning is bright and clear. Washing bedding. (Disclaimer - I didn’t load the washing machine). Took washed bedding out of washing machine and put in tumble dryer. Later - a great big ball of a duvet cover stuffed full of damp sheets and pillow cases because someone, someone, forgot to fasten the buttons on the duvet cover after removing the blasted duvet (please read disclaimer, above). Art bit - a 2” brush, a 3” brush, a sprinkle of salt and some scratches from the edge of an old credit card. Hope your day is OK and that the wind is not causing too much grief. Not planning on going out today so best make some more koffy.

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stunning artwork.
Fail on the washing, classic mistake, I think on most duvet, duvet covers and other bedding should be washed seperate. Impressed if you have a setting on your machine for duvet! Usually, not on most!
 
ianpspurs said:
Meong/mung
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No bad thing, I'd say.

Sometimes the thoughts are like a dual carriageway, organised & with some rules .

Other times its like demolition derby meets death race 2000.

No rules, all hitting at high speed & only the real killer ones survive

Yeah.... no bad thing.
 
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@ianpspurs

Interesting post on guardian.

Had forgot about adventure play grounds.....happy days.

Quite liked her post
The end of day dance sounded spot on.

Play areas, not so much.
But when we took Steph & young family members out, I don't remember whacky warehouses etc, when I was a kid ....

As you say a different world.

Didn't read the NY links...too many mandatory cookies for me .
 
6.5 on a wintry windy Wednesday, lost the plot doing the weekly big shop. Mrs L wanted certain items that we only needed before chrimbo two years ago. It's been difficult to get her to understand what is going on. Her misrememberitis is bad this morning. She woke me up at stupid o'clock, asking what am I doing in my pit at tea time? Dinner to you posh folks out there.

Got cooking to do, some chores, the usual, need to be in garden. But had to check shed, need new tarpaulin, as it has ripped with the high winds. Nailed it down till new one arrives. It nearly knocked me over last night as the door opened. And it is still howling fiercely across the footie pitches. Haven't check the other fences close by, will later.

Gotta go, cuppa duties and a quick bite for Mrs L.

My best wishes to you all as always!
Stay safe you lot.
 
jjraak said:
@ianpspurs

Interesting post on guardian.

Had forgot about adventure play grounds.....happy days.

Quite liked her post
The end of day dance sounded spot on.

Play areas, not so much.
But when we took Steph & young family members out, I don't remember whacky warehouses etc, when I was a kid ....

As you say a different world.

Didn't read the NY links...too many mandatory cookies for me .
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Shame about the cookies - in so many ways - as the NY one really clarifies the context of and backlash against what Coslett is on about.
 
ianpspurs said:
Never mind the problems we who are basically (patiently or not) waiting for the guy with the scythe, it seems Millenials inhabit a far more complicated world than we Boomers. Huge respect to them for not just curling up in the foetal position in some corner and whimpering.all day This piece of nonsense alone makes one want to hug them and tell them it is ok, I’m here.* “When my body budget was in a deficit,” taken from here which itself was linked from here. By and large when our kids say you don’t understand how things are now we simply really do have no idea. We genuinely live in very different worlds.
* Alternatively they may just need a little Meong/mung - go google it or just go to a staring cafe (New word s'ont? so don't?? no, just a typo)
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So that's where the rot started.
 
ianpspurs said:
Never mind the problems we who are basically (patiently or not) waiting for the guy with the scythe, it seems Millenials inhabit a far more complicated world than we Boomers. Huge respect to them for not just curling up in the foetal position in some corner and whimpering.all day This piece of nonsense alone makes one want to hug them and tell them it is ok, I’m here.* “When my body budget was in a deficit,” taken from here which itself was linked from here. By and large when our kids say you don’t understand how things are now we simply really do have no idea. We genuinely live in very different worlds.
* Alternatively they may just need a little Meong/mung - go google it or just go to a staring cafe (New word s'ont? so don't?? no, just a typo)
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I love parenting books. But only if written for parents by their children's grandparents. The rest make very good kindling and can be obtained very cheap from charity shops. Dr Benjamin Spock said, “they should be fed when hungry”. He also said that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the phew!
 
Lamont D said:
stunning artwork.
Fail on the washing, classic mistake, I think on most duvet, duvet covers and other bedding should be washed seperate. Impressed if you have a setting on your machine for duvet! Usually, not on most!
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Thank you @Lamont D - I am still undergoing training on most white goods. Our kettle is red so I’m fairly OK with that.
 
dunelm said:
Than you @ianpspurs. Consultancy in this corner does not include washing, ironing, shoes or handbags.
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Quite rightly too .

I moved laurens shoes....ONCE
she still mentions it, years later if she can't find them...

Mind you that's nothing, compared to the way she reacted when I once dared to simply move her handbag 'out of the way, honey'

I can only liken it to how it must feel for doctors, when a patient wakes up while they are organ harvesting. :wideyed:

That 'noise' is NOT one a man ever forgets.
 
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dunelm said:
Good morning from a brisk and breezy morning here in the dark and dangerous north. 5.9 this am - woops! Apart from the gusts the morning is bright and clear. Washing bedding. (Disclaimer - I didn’t load the washing machine). Took washed bedding out of washing machine and put in tumble dryer. Later - a great big ball of a duvet cover stuffed full of damp sheets and pillow cases because someone, someone, forgot to fasten the buttons on the duvet cover after removing the blasted duvet (please read disclaimer, above). Art bit - a 2” brush, a 3” brush, a sprinkle of salt and some scratches from the edge of an old credit card. Hope your day is OK and that the wind is not causing too much grief. Not planning on going out today so best make some more koffy.

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I love the painting @dunelm .
 
Totally ****** now.
done checking around and this breeze, hurricane event, has dumped more leaves on my front garden, where do they come from? But the local tip has also landed there.
And to top it off, the grass needs a mow???????

lamb chops in, with pigs in blankets escorting them.
 
Lamont D said:
Totally ****** now.
done checking around and this breeze, hurricane event, has dumped more leaves on my front garden, where do they come from? But the local tip has also landed there.
And to top it off, the grass needs a mow???????

lamb chops in, with pigs in blankets escorting them.
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Rubbish.
Rubbish
Rubbish

...@ nom nom nom ... :cool: :cool: :cool:
 
dunelm said:
I love parenting books. But only if written for parents by their children's grandparents. The rest make very good kindling and can be obtained very cheap from charity shops. Dr Benjamin Spock said, “they should be fed when hungry”. He also said that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the phew!
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Spock has plenty over which to hang his head in shame. Whilst not completely agreeing with Larkin in This be the Verse he was definitely on the right lines and we Boomers clearly made mistakes. Both Millennials and Gen Z carry some scars.
 
ianpspurs said:
Spock has plenty over which to hang his head in shame. Whilst not completely agreeing with Larkin in This be the Verse he was definitely on the right lines and we Boomers clearly made mistakes. Both Millennials and Gen Z carry some scars.
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Is it just too old-fashioned to think that children need to know what the boundaries are so they know when they are pushing against them? Children, I think, need to have some measure of discipline so that they can learn to discipline their own behaviour. Discipline doesn't mean chastisement, of course, but they do need to know right from wrong.
 
Annb said:
Is it just too old-fashioned to think that children need to know what the boundaries are so they know when they are pushing against them? Children, I think, need to have some measure of discipline so that they can learn to discipline their own behaviour. Discipline doesn't mean chastisement, of course, but they do need to know right from wrong.
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I suspect there will be a generation who claim to have alternative rights. I'm waiting for one of my grandchildren to tell someone, politician like, I don't accept that. I'm spending record time being good, in fact I'm world leading at being good.
 
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ianpspurs said:
I suspect there will be a generation who claim to have alternative rights. I'm waiting for one of my grandchildren to tell someone, politician like, I don't accept that.
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Children have the right to learn to respect themselves. That is not the same thing as being self-centred. I suspect that many of the 2 generations after mine, don't either respect others or themselves, or truly love themselves or their lives. But, I suppose I am ante-deluvian at the very least.

My sons, my DIL and Em would all quite cheerfully tell politicians that they don't accept things, but there are not enough of them to make enough noise. The ones with enough confidence are few and far between and the ones who would agree with them are even fewer, it seems.
 
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