Chitchat thread #24

[Snoop Puss]

^Looks to be genuine, LD, but better talk to your boiler service man to be on the safe side. In the meantime, here are a couple of links explaining what's happening:

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/ut...n-as-possible/

https://www.energy-uk.org.uk/custome...-need-to-know/

Looks like it's worth getting in touch with your energy supplier soon to set the whole thing in motion.

[lottie dolly]

THank you Snoop,i have chatad with son,and had a look on line,son remembers seeing something different on my meter,suggesting i have one,but i do not use an emersion heater or have storage heaters,so it may not eaffect me,but i will send my boiler man a message shortly,give him chance to get home just to check,it could also be another way off getting peeps onto a smart mtr,PHEW breath,if nothing else,i hope others might find this post usefull,as am sure there is not just me never heard of RTS thing before,

[burnie]

We have been going into charity shops a lot lately, not to buy anything, we are having a serious de-clutter. We have boxes in the loft that have been there over 20 years, some have been un opened from when we moved into out previous house 4 years before that and even from 12 years before that. Safe to say we do not need the contents. Kids clothes and toys, who are now parents themselves, even found a tub with their milk teeth in.......................the tooth fairy didn't take them and no we didn't donate those to the charity shop(kinda surprised the kids didn't want them either lol).

[Jay22]

Thanks Nicos and GF for the recipe, much appreciated!
Was there also a fruitcake made using tea or am I imagining that?

[greenishfing]

Jay, my sister sent me this recipe a couple of weeks ago and said it is good. She just uses basic tea to make it.

[Jay22]

Oh thanks GF, will give it a try. Off to see granddaughter next week but will try it when I get back. 😃

Morning all, positively balmy this morning at -3° with snow forecast and looking at the sky I think we may get some.
Hope you have a lovely day. x

[greenishfing]

Good morning everybody

It's yet another cold one here, -4°C at the moment. The car never attempted to defrost itself yesterday.

I did well with deliveries yesterday. My niece got her Morello cherry tree, my brother on law got his Amazon parcel and my Asda online shop arrived. First time for an online shop. It was only a few things to last until the thaw, but they didn't send a chicken, as they didn't have any. This was what I was planning to cook and eat this weekend. However a lot of the things I ordered are heavy: milk, beer, wine, etc. I think I will do an online shop again for heavy things. I can't believe I only paid £3.25 for them to get all my stuff together, and deliver it to my front door.... in this weather.

Yesterday afternoon I made a Paradise slice. I only made a half recipe as I didn't know how good it would be. I also made it in a round wrong sized pie dish. It was definitely undercooked, but regardless of that, was one of the most gorgeous things I've eaten. The best way I can describe it is a bit like a Bakewell tart, but far nicer.

Yet again, I don't foresee us going out today. Too cold and far too slippy. We are, however, due to have no minus temperatures next week. Yippee!!

[Bren In Pots]

Morning

Another icy cold day -5c earlier, no plans to go out but plenty of hobbies to keep me occupied.

Burnie I think we're all guilty of storing items and not giving them another thought. We've lived here for 40 years and seem to have toys from our kids and grandkids that they wished to keep, things like Lego and Brio train tack that never go out of fashion.

wrap up warm and enjoy your day

[Nicos]

Mornin n’alln’all

Off out to get some butter soon - just waiting for the frost/ ice to melt a bit more on the roads …I’m really fancying making lemon curd and fruit cake.

Very nippy here still but the sun is really trying to break through.

No real plans apart from that this weekend. I guess I should take a quick peek at the ‘Urgent jobs which should have been done months ago’ list

Enjoy your day peeps…has anyone still got lots of snow?

[Florence Fennel]

Good Morning All Sunny here with clear skies. Lots of snow still and side road is icy. My middle GG got stuck yesterday and had to call her partner and her poppa to push the car out. If she had let me know she was coming I would have told her not to attempt the side road! No plans today, just pottering. Have a good day

[bramble]

Good morning all..its a very grey morning but its 6 degs.
I may co a bit of pottering and checking stuff in my garden,
Out tonight with the family to celebrate our wedding anniversary.

We too have lots of toys and other bits we felt sentimental about in our attic.
We must clear it out...always aware of my kids having to do this when we pass on.
Anyway, on a lighter note, enjoy the day and wrap up warm.

[Nicos]

Many happies Bramble - enjoy your evening xx

[Snoop Puss]

Morning all.

Windy here today. Bright daytime but it's going to be perishing tonight.

Sorry to hear of all your road troubles. I wouldn't be going out in your weather at all. Mind you, I'm not going out in ours, either.

Meanwhile, Mr Snoop is geeing himself up for a day of mortaring and domestic chores with ABBA. I didn't even know we had any ABBA in the house. Very conducive for the domestic chores on my list too. But none of them are easy to do with him shimmying across the floor, slapping his legs and stomach and singing at the top of his voice. All in his pyjamas. Dear me, what a morning it's going to be. The dog doesn't know where to put herself. Frankie has taken to his chair in the bedroom to keep out of the way. And Missie is being a dancing queen all over the work surfaces while Mr Snoop is distracted. She's your archetypal knock things onto the floor cat. One jam jar down so far. Still had its lid on, fortunately, and just bounced. Phew.

You got a recommended recipe for Paradise Slice, GF? I looked online but the recipes look quite different. Some of the pictures look quite dry.

Have a great day, everyone.

Edited to add: Hope you have a lovely evening, Bramble.

[greenishfing]

Snoop Puss, this was the recipe I used:

https://scottishscran.com/paradise-slice/

[burnie]

Still frozen up here, the roads and paths are very slippy, even the stubble field was like a skating rink on our walk yesterday, may stay inside today and wait for the thaw.