lord_seagrave

Hi chaps, I bought a Makita SDS plus masonry drill, and it came with a selection of bits. However, I almost always need the 7mm bit, and, after a year of regular (fortnightly) use for installing vine eyes in brickwork, this isn’t going in as quickly/easily as it ought. The 8mm bit that I used today is definitely a bit wonky! I like to buy good kit if I can, so, if I am looking for SDS plus masonry bits (6mm/7mm/8mm) - where should I spend my money? LS

The Meerkats offered me half a dozen energy suppliers I’d never heard of, but then my current supplier - at over £100 cheaper than what they had offered me. I rang my current supplier and was told that that particular tariff was *only* through the comparison site. Couldn’t charge direct? LS

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A bit like pipe smoke - smells far better at a distance than close up. LS

I bumped it in a chair leg just as we were sitting down to dinner this evening and terrified Little Lord Seagrave (and most of the neighbours) with my outrage and profanity. I’m not embarrassed to admit there were tears in my eyes. 😠 LS

Thanks chaps. Misidentified as amalanchier and has been niggling me even since. Definitely need one of these beauties in the Seagrave garden - the fragrance is orgasmic! LS

Hi chaps, can you help me with this one please? This shrub was in flower at the end of last month (picture was taken on 22nd of February). It had the most wonderful strong fragrance, and the bees were going mental for it! LS

I was in B&Q last week and some numpty in an orange apron came up to me and asked if I wanted decking. Fortunately I got the first punch in. 🤛 LS

Always look on the bright side I’m sorry for your condition, Hitman, but that has really made me laugh!! LS

Ugh - I innocuously caught my little toe on the bed post yesterday morning, and OH MY GOODNESS I’ve royally smashed it (the toe). Whats the point of little toes, please? Can’t I just cut them off? I’m in bleddy agony and the whole thing is an unattractive plum colour (and shape). Stoopid bed. LS

Thanks chaps. Ply is 18mm. Will look for the timber flex products. Appreciate the replies - always do when I’m slightly out of my area of experience LS

Hi chaps, Ive got a plywood counter top in the bathroom that I want to tile. Do I have to seal the plywood first, or put some sort of plastic/membrane down, or do I just crack on and tile it? Any tips on adhesive? Just regular stuff, or is there a better way? LS

I sympathise hugely with you chaps. Had a hideous bout of indigestion brought about by stress about 5 years ago - I didn’t know what it was (felt muscular - like I’d been punched in the stomach) and took a load of ibuprofen... Turns out this was a mistake! A course of rinitidin helped (finally getting redundancy cured it tho). Bad times. Not recurring and don’t know if any triggers for me - not terribly helpful, but this thread just makes me want a curry! 🤦‍♂️

I’m with the live-and-let-live crowd - be selective if ever the branches start to interfere with each other, but I would be inclined to leave it alone. LS

How much money are we talking about? Roughly? A straightforward savings account (Nationwide offer a pretty decent rate on children’s savings account), with regular deposits, soon adds up, and is a great place to start. As I was saying only yesterday, unless you actually start doing something, it will never get started. Stop thinking, and stick a tenner a week into a savings account. It’s up to you what else you do, but why not just crack on? LS

The return of @BerettaMan1 ?! Didn’t think I’d live long enoigh to see it! LS

Lemon and sugar. Little Lord Seagrave and his mate lapped them up Gearing up for a solid commination tomorrow, and a spiritually nourishing Lent. Good luck everybody. https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/book-common-prayer/commination LS

A very handsome tricot seedling amongst the “Vampire” chillis. It’s also slightly greener than the others (which are very dark purple). LS

In the Seagrave propagator, the first of the “vampire” chillies has burst through and opened up. Purply-black from root to tip by the looks of things! LS

Get to Aldi - they do a box of bite-sized pork pies!! You can literally scoff them like popcorn! er, apparently LS

Loads of variations out there. I’ve had domesticated blackberries before - big and mostly thornless, but also sugar-sweet and, well, a bit bland. These ones had pretty average-sized fruit on ****** thorny brambles, but the flavour was perfect! Hopefully, I can grow something out (setts fruit in year two, FYI), but it might be a long wait! LS

Things are chipping along here in the sunshine LS

Back in August, I was on a gardening job and tasted some of the best wild blackberries I think I’ve ever had. The brambles were choking a client’s conifers and so they were unceremoniously slashed and burned, but I did keep a handful of berries. Having read a bit of advice online, I crunched them up and spat them out and extracted the seeds. I bagged them up with a handful of moist compost (ericaceous, I think it was), and lobbed them in the salad drawer of the fridge. Well, I’m intrigued to see that at least one has germinated, and is apparently pretty eager to get going! I’ll pot them up and see what happens. LS

I went to St John in Smithfield for the suckling pig for my birthday about 10 years ago. It was a great experience, but, as the OP says, the eyelashes and teeth do put you off a bit. The crackling was wonderful, and there was a bit of a fight over the ears! LS

Mine are growing well. Germination rate so far is pretty low (50% in some cases). I will re-sow the dud pots after a fortnight if there’s nothing going on. Luckily I had tons of seed from my Basque chillies last year, so I can afford to be generous! “Vampire” and “Belgian Carrot” going in this week. These are new seeds, and, as @Mungler says - a mere half-dozen per packet 😠 LS