(06-09-2025, 10:32 AM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: My Triumph was candy apple red, himself bought it after I told him an E type Jaq would be worth getting a driving licence for... Didn't work, I still hated driving a car. But two wheels? Very different story....

It was fun though, that sports car. Except for the need to have it tuned every few months, expensive fun...

(06-09-2025, 04:34 PM)GJW Wrote: KM,
Great idea re the spring onions, I use a lot so I chop them up and freeze them, then throw the bottom bits away, even with my total lack of gardening skills, I could manage that, good news about the furry one.

kazaa
I used to buy those little mice from cat shows, I used to think how patient someone was to do them, when I got them home I would put them in a zip lock bag with dried catnip, after a couple of weeks the cat got one, they went crazy with them

Popeye
Great score with your clothes. Many years ago a boss of mine had a british racing green MG, I loved it, he was 6ft 8ins, it was amazing watching him fold himself into it
My first car was a 850cc powder blue mini, I loved that car.

OHH
It must be the season for splotchy bed  covers, Iast week I put one on the spare bed, the animals promptly jumped on the bed and spent the afternoon on the clean cover. I love the colours of yours.

Busy couple of days, yesterday the pet food order arrived, 60kgs to be bagged up, and put in the freezer, the freezer had to be cleaned as well.  Will pickup the rest from a supplier in Tuakau in a couple of weeks.
Did the washing and the wire snapped in the line, I do not know how many  times I have replaced it, they do not last.
This morning made a dozen meat pasties and a batch of gingernuts, lucky brother got half a dozen. The SIL wanted some help with her phone, all sorted but it took a couple of hours.
Came home lit the fire, all the animals think it is for them, then sat down for a well earned cuppa, or at least I thought it was well earned.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend.

(06-09-2025, 04:49 PM)popeye333 Wrote:

(06-09-2025, 04:34 PM)GJW Wrote: KM,
Great idea re the spring onions, I use a lot so I chop them up and freeze them, then throw the bottom bits away, even with my total lack of gardening skills, I could manage that, good news about the furry one.

kazaa
I used to buy those little mice from cat shows, I used to think how patient someone was to do them, when I got them home I would put them in a zip lock bag with dried catnip, after a couple of weeks the cat got one, they went crazy with them

Popeye
Great score with your clothes. Many years ago a boss of mine had a british racing green MG, I loved it, he was 6ft 8ins, it was amazing watching him fold himself into it
My first car was a 850cc powder blue mini, I loved that car.

OHH
It must be the season for splotchy bed  covers, Iast week I put one on the spare bed, the animals promptly jumped on the bed and spent the afternoon on the clean cover. I love the colours of yours.

Busy couple of days, yesterday the pet food order arrived, 60kgs to be bagged up, and put in the freezer, the freezer had to be cleaned as well.  Will pickup the rest from a supplier in Tuakau in a couple of weeks.
Did the washing and the wire snapped in the line, I do not know how many  times I have replaced it, they do not last.
This morning made a dozen meat pasties and a batch of gingernuts, lucky brother got half a dozen. The SIL wanted some help with her phone, all sorted but it took a couple of hours.
Came home lit the fire, all the animals think it is for them, then sat down for a well earned cuppa, or at least I thought it was well earned.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend.

GJW I've never been in a mini lol.. should add it to my bucket list. 

Are you in Franklin? Im in Waiuku lol.. I must remember next time I head to Pukekohe to pop over to Tuakau, their antique's secondhand shop may just have a beater..

While I like Hunnie's duvet its the Amish Quilt on the foot of the bed that I love.

(07-09-2025, 01:00 PM)popeye333 Wrote: I like the, hmm if I can remember its a chevy cruiser? a modern thing. MrP always said it reminded him of the old fashioned bread van, those who just a few years older than me may remember.

Oddly they were a bit of a splash in the pan type car..  its happened in the last 20 years cos we were up here when I first saw them. And then they sort of stopped being popular.

I saw a silver one on Friday actually and thought, OH I could have one now, MrP hated them. Not that we had ever seen one up close. He also didn't want us to ever have a red car.. red Paint fades faster than others, cos of the pigments in them. The worst part of marrying a car painter lol.

Went to get the vacuum out and the clothes rack had a definite lean on it and when I picked it up one of the clamps broke.. My fault I think. I had pushed the limit on the height and it didn't have enough grip.. So I threw everything on the bed, put it back together taped it and reloaded it.

It greyed over about 30 minutes ago but it's sunny again. Good wind for helping to dry the towels, maybe need a quick zip in the dryer if they still feel damp later.

(07-09-2025, 12:03 PM)Lilith7 Wrote: Only twice have I ever understood the thing some people have about cars.

When I was a kid - back in the dim dark ages - & lived in the country, our neighbours were a wealthy retired couple who'd been farmers. She imported a baby Jaguar car - gorgeous thing, all white with red leather seats - & gave every kid a ride around the block in it; we all thought we were the cat's pyjamas.


And many years later, I was in town walking past a shop & happened to glance in their window - & there was a red Ferrarri! Which I immediately fell in love with, whipped out my camera to take a photo only to find I'd run out of film. No idea what kind it was but I remember the motor could be seen through the back window.
It was more like a piece of sculpture than a car.