Messymascot's faith in humanity and ginger safe haven

[Terrarian]

Lovely start to the day here but clouding over a bit now. Off to see my friend soon for a natter. @Terrarian you’re not the only rock n roll star, Daisy is too. lol Have a good day all.?View attachment 168435

There are quite a few of these I keep meaning to get one lol good aren't they. Life would be better if everyone had a Beagle lol

Morning all hope everyone is well.

Well don't think I will be decorating this month having to pay the fitter on the day for my floors on top of the monthly payment. No biggie though it looks a lot better just with a magnolia undercoat.

I hope they're careful when removing the radiators not to damage the bathroom floor, waited long enough for that.

Anyway have a good day guys whatever you're up too.

 

[Terrarian]

I'm afraid not Blue. I didn't go. I had planned to and indeed swotted up during the day on both historic Kings and Queens and the incumbent Royals. But late afternoon the weather turned lovely so I of course sat out to enjoy it, and then my eldest sister called and I spent over an hour on the phone to her. So by the time I had cooked and ate tea it was gone 8pm and it was starting at 8pm. I hadn't even had a wash. So I asked myself whether I would rather have gone to the quiz or spoken to my sister, who I hadn't spoken to for about 2 months, and the answer was the quiz. Just joking lol Anyway. I cracked open a nice bottle of red and binge watched Stranger Things on TV.

It's not as if I'm bereft of things to do this week. i went into Falmouth today and watched the new Top Gun film on the cinema and tomorrow night I'm going to a race night with the neighbours, organised by his Round Table. Friday is forecast to be really nice so I'm going to have another BBQ and Saturday there is a live band on in the village, part of the jubilee celebrations. I'm deffo going to that regardless.

I totally lost interest in Stranger Things during season 3, I felt it had run its course and I can't seem to get into it. I will be watching Top Gun soon as it's up on IPTV just watched Morbius the other day and The Northman, but will need to watch that again, keep nodding off lol

 

[Gwladysover]

Morning all, absolutely lovely morning here cloudless skies. Should be good for the jubilee celebrations. At the risk of being at bit controversial have to admit they don’t interest me that much as I’m not a monarchist. This may go back to the day my Nan took me and my cousin to see the Queen Mother at the railway station, must have been about five. Stood there with obligatory paper flag for what seemed like hours and was deeply disappointed when, rather than the gold coach and crowned Queen I was expecting, a black car swept past with not even a wave from the occupants. My Dad, Mum and brother have all shaken hands with the Queen, so I do have connections doncha know.lol. Anyway whatever you may or may not be celebrating I hope you all have a lovely day.?

 

[blue1948]

Morning all, absolutely lovely morning here cloudless skies. Should be good for the jubilee celebrations. At the risk of being at bit controversial have to admit they don’t interest me that much as I’m not a monarchist. This may go back to the day my Nan took me and my cousin to see the Queen Mother at the railway station, must have been about five. Stood there with obligatory paper flag for what seemed like hours and was deeply disappointed when, rather than the gold coach and crowned Queen I was expecting, a black car swept past with not even a wave from the occupants. My Dad, Mum and brother have all shaken hands with the Queen, so I do have connections doncha know.lol. Anyway whatever you may or may not be celebrating I hope you all have a lovely day.?

I agree as I am not a fan of spending all that money when so many cannot get decent medical care ,I know the argument is it is only coppers per person but the point is it still is so much money .
Watching the programs about the royal family I weirdly feel a little sorry for them .
I worked on some refurbishments at Lime Street station as a lad because the queen was coming ,they changed every ladies toilet just in case she wanted to "visit" of course she never did .What a waste and I believe that mindset still continues ,so it a no from me!

 

[BornBlue76]

Copied this, think quite a few of us on here can relate


KIDS THESE DAYS WOULD LAUGH AT THIS, BUT IT'S SO TRUE…..
When I grew up our Dinner time was at a regular time, Sunday’s was a roast, simple as that!
Eating out was not heard of, we only had a take away on special occasions, only received a present on birthdays and at Christmas. None of this Halloween, Easter and congratulations you have a pulse day ?.
Fast food was fish and chips and having a bottle of panda pop from the shop was a real treat.
You took your school clothes off as soon as you got home and put on your 'playing out' clothes. - children looked like children, we didn't pout, wear makeup or have anxiety. There was no taking or picking you up in the car, you walked or rode your bike!
Our house phone had a cord attached, so there was no such things as private conversations or mobile phones! Ours was out in the hall.
We didn’t have Now TV, Sky or Netflix, we had only 3 channels to watch. Channel 4 and 5 was an exciting addition! ? we had to watch all of the adverts unless you switched to BBC.
We played Army, British Bull Dog, Kerby, Hide & Seek, knock or door run, Tag, Football, climbed trees, made mud pies, daisy chains, rose perfume ?? never smelt brill and Rode Bikes.
Everyone could play ball! We used tops for goalposts and even made a ball out of paper if we needed to. A wheelie and bunnyhop on your bike was a standard skill and we used cartons in tyres so it sounded like a motorbike.
Staying in the house was a PUNISHMENT and the only thing we knew about "bored" was --- "You better find something to do, before I find it for you!"
We ate what mum made for our Dinner. or we ate nothing at all. If we rushed our Dinner we weren't allowed to go back out and if we didn't eat it, we weren't allowed back out either ?
Bottled water was not a thing; we drank from the tap.
We had scraps, some we lost, some we won but we always had a go back.... Or we got another one when we got home ?
We watched cartoons on Saturday mornings, and rode our bikes for hours and ran around.
We weren't AFRAID OF ANYTHING. We played till dark... street lights were our alarm.
If someone had a fight, that's what it was and we were friends again a week later, if not SOONER.
We watched our MOUTHS around our elders because ALL of our aunts, uncles, grandpas, grandmas, AND our parents' best friends were all extensions of our PARENTS and you didn't want them telling your parents if you misbehaved! Or they would give you something to cry about. Everyone had respect.
I did my research by borrowing books from the library. Internet was non existent and no Google! ?
We saw toys on adverts and had to wait until 'santa' came before we expected. None of the amazon same day crap?
These were the good days. So many kids today will never know how it feels to be a real kid ?.

I have a 10 and 11 year old and I can’t say they not enjoying their upbringing but I feel they missing out on the innocence of our youth. My kids best mate has already had his phone taken away (mine still don’t have a phone) for abusing people on tik tok…

I do sometimes think we glamourise our youth and our kids will do the same.. it’s like music, it was always better in our day. but we can’t blame the kids… we are the ones that lived that lifestyle and are raising them now in a different technological world.

I still feel kids want the same thing we did.. time. Time with their folks playing laughing sharing.. our generation as kids the parents weren’t as involved in this way.. and maybe there is the good with the bad…

 

[BornBlue76]

Hello friends.

I finally have the energy physically and mentally to come visit you. The past week has been very tough, I have felt pain in my heart and soul so deeply that I have not desired to communicate much. The isolation of Covid also made me withdraw to focus on the pain that I'm feeling for those parents who once again have lost their kids to the non-sense that it is gun violence. It may be hard for some people to comprehend my devastation, after all, this keeps happening over and over in the US. But that sense of reality feels even more real as my daughter gets older and becomes aware of this violence that she thinks she is immune to it. It hit me the hardest a few days ago when my daughter found me crying outside and came ask why I was so sad, so I told her that I was still hurting for those families that have lost their children. Then I went off to tell her how is important for her to be aware of her surroundings (it really is a sickening feeling having to tell your child how to act if she has to deal with a mass shooting at her school), how to react if she were to encounter such situation, then Sofia gives me a big hug and tells me not to worry because such a thing would never happen in Asheville. That was my breaking point because the truth is that it could happen, she is not invulnerable to this country's epidemic, but I didn't want to break her heart too, so I didn't say anything and just hug her tightly against me, hoping she never has to deal with such terrifying situation. So the past few days have been too dark for me to express myself, and I ended up getting Covid. I had a few rough days running fever, but I think we are finally on the mend.

I have missed you all and I hope everyone is doing well. xxx

It’s too shocking .. I actually don’t double click on this stuff as it’s just too upsetting .. it’s so avoidable as well but that’s a discussion for the current affairs threads…

Hope you guys are 100s soon

 

[blue1948]

In Finland booze is state controlled and if there is too much achoholism they raise the tax on it to slow down demand ,you can only buy above 4.5% in special "Alko " shops .
So for @Barnfred 55 's gin collection ,the last one is Swedish but the rest are Finnish and "Kyrö" has won many awards internationally.

 

[blue1948]

 

[blue1948]

 

[blue1948]

 

[blue1948]

 

[blue1948]

You might check out the %

 

[Armaghtoffee]

You might check out the %

They would all certainly get you in the mood for dancing.

 

[Barnfred 55]

In Finland booze is state controlled and if there is too much achoholism they raise the tax on it to slow down demand ,you can only buy above 4.5% in special "Alko " shops .
So for @Barnfred 55 's gin collection ,the last one is Swedish but the rest are Finnish and "Kyrö" has won many awards internationally.
View attachment 168580

Now you know what to bring me when you come to visit your son?

Why are all the labels in English when they are local brands on sale in Finland?

 

[Terrarian]

Some pics from this mornings walk up the farm, the animals weren't interested in Daisy today but she had a paddle and a little play so she's happy. Just a bit miffed as normally we'd do a few more miles but I'm too sore it's crap.