Guilt Housework Cottage Smell

More mopping up of old posts, and a reminder of Lockdown days.

From Facebook Archives

6 September 2009 at 12:14

Have far too much to do to be sat here doing this

6 September 2011 at 14:44

Living room mats brushed and up, floor and hall swept and mopped.  

If I'd known it wasn't going to rain (damn you BBC24forecasts) I'd've washed the bath towels. Can you tell I've got family visiting soon?

 

6 September 2013 at 08:53

Will Fixit painting the living room arch (which had to have a steel beam installed last year) and chimney breasts forced me to shift everything in that part of the living room, have a sort out, hoover (!), dust (!!) and polish (!!!). 

Wot-nots have been reassembled and shifted and ornaments moved and replaced. 

For once most of the room looks as if it is lived in by civilised people. 

So Mrs Leftfoot, Squireen, Mrs Quilt, if you want to see this phenomenon visit soon - we'll be back to the usual midden ere long.

Bess Cavalier I sometimes have to invite people round for dinner so that it makes us tidy up properly.

6 September 2020 at 16.10

Hurrah- the cottage we want to stay in in Wales at half term says yes (Covid willing*)

McChurch  Whoopee. I`d like to say Yaki dah, but it`s certainly not spelled right and probably means something different from wot i fink it does.😜

*false hope - October Lockdown

6 September 2025 at 15.16

"I keep smelling cheese - I don't know if it's me beard or what..."

Mrs Leftfoot  Deary me.

Mrs Lasagne  Has someone got hold of your phone Ben xxxx

Bentonbag  I can't facebook on my phone - this is life chez Chateau Midden

Miss Doozer  Christ!!!

 

Harvest Time

Seems to be getting earlier.

This year these things have happened a good month or six weeks sooner.

From Facebook Archives

5 September 2009 at 18:08

Have picked the first ripe cherry tomatoes of the year

5 September 2010 at 09:46

Have picked the first basket of apples - Autumn is officially here

Mr Littlefamily  So have I, yum!

Ollie Beaverbrook  Can't be... I haven't received my annual 14Kg of pears off my neighbour yet.  More wine... need a bigger house😀

White Rose  Just about to eat a plum crumble.. the first crop from a tree I planted a few years ago plus the plums that hang over from my neighbours tree!

Bentonbag  Apparently it's been a good year for plums.  Our apple trees are absolutely loaded.

Ollie Beaverbrook  You have plums on your apple trees???

White Rose  Can I have a cutting?!

 

Stuff Swimming

From Facebook Archives

4 September 2018 at 19:18

Tuesday being the day I have to myself as both boys are out I went out to get some milk and bananas from Iceland, and to drop a bag of dead socks into 

St Oswald’s Hospice Shop's ragbag.   

Took the opportunity to have a good Ferretfingers-free rake around and came out with: 

two cds for the car (one a doubler), 

three greetings cards (50p each), 

two bags of yarn for Knit'n'natter 

and a very large dinner plate.

I was very tempted by a golf umbrella but resisted.

Mrs Leftfoot  More "stuff"? (I'm desperately trying to get rid).

Bentonbag  All will be used, or given away, one way or another.

4 September 2020 at 20.57

This morning, as Ferretfingers was going swimming, and putting his trunks on under his pull ups, I popped a pair of underpants in the pocket of his backpack.   

Doing a final check to make sure he had his Beyoncé belt I noticed some blue material in the main part.

"What's that?"

"Underpants."

"Another pair of underpants?"

"Yes, two pairs of underpants for the price of one." 

intoned in the most serious voice possible.

Emil and I were in fits.

 

Per Parking Permit Peeve

From Facebook Archives

3 September 2021 at 10.06

I've blogged https://bentonbag.blogspot.com/.../parking-permit-peeve.html

Feel free to share

Miss Doozer  Just tried to get a replacement for ours and it's asked for a PIN.... a what now?

Bentonbag  You do wonder whether they ever test run these things on normal people before inflicting them on the general public.

Drummerman  Like the idea of a “snottogram”.  Around the time I started my last job one colleague was known for their “scud memos”.  The missile reference dates this somewhat, as does the sending of memos.

Bentonbag  It's my brother's coinage but I'm happy to get it into public circulation.

BJ  I've tried to explain to the parking permit team at the council where I work that their online form baffles people.  At one point it tells you to upload documents which it hasn't told you to scan, and if you don't you have to start again.  The V5C is referred to several times, but by a different name each time.  And they insist on using US-style driver's license (with varying apostrophes) instead of UK driving licence.  It's not just you or North Tyneside!

Bentonbag  Feel free to share the blog with them.  North Tyneside's form also assumes you know about scanning documents, or will photograph them on your smartphone. 

Also I suspect the US spelling is due to the platform.  I find if I copy something off here or twitter onto a document it suddenly reverts to US spellchecking and neighbour or colour get underlined.  Very annoying as my spellchecker is firmly British English.   

The thing is people must complain or the bastards just carry on regardless.   

And why do they need these documents and information?  

If they can send me a parking ticket using the car's number-plate then they can send me a permit as well.

Post Script

This year the resident’s and visitor’s permits cost £30 each.