Strawberries

[shaneystar2]

This is their third year and I have lots of fruit already but they don't seem to be putting out any runners this year for me to pot on .They are not in the ground but in a strawberry pot and various other containers .Are they past their sell by date and shall I chuck them once finished fruiting and get new for next year ? I have had a few ripe fruits already and they taste OK !

[Robinia]

whispers...the sun's shining

your dad certainly was a hunk Vinny...my dad served in Burma too & died young

[VINNY100_2]

Shouts..!!
The suns shining ere to.(:O)
Shaney>>Eds blog>>quizzes & puzzles

[netibiza]

Well, kit I think I am fluent in Spanish but no one understands me, so I insert lots of English words and gesticulate wildly with my hands, so that and my natural charm gets understood, and if that fails, I SHOUT at them.

It is warm and sunny here and sweti so am not best pleased, what's the point of coming into winter if it's not gonna be cold??

[swedeheart]

Afternoon, biddies. Slept with the window open last night, I'm not sure what season it is over here really. Maybe I'm not in Kansas anymore at all - there are pink elongated balloons hanging from one of the trees in my park, I see it from my window even as we chat, it's like Glinda The Good Witch had a wet dream. (Another hen party no doubt, my little park seems to be where they all start out (SoFo being jammed with bars and pubs and restaurants.)

ROTFL at that Netiesque comment - "I think I'm fluent but no one understands me" ha ha ha... Actually a good trick is to speak in your own language... When tourists ask for directions and I start to reply in English, if I notice that their English is very bad I will almost always swap to Swedish ( + gestures) instead because it's easier for me to use prosody and stuff in my own language and that makes the message more comprehensible to them. They probably think I'm an idiot but hey it gets the job done.

Aww Vinny, your dad... I'm not so sure I think he looks Nordic on that particular piccy but I have noticed that you do (did), a bit, and also your... cousin, was it? the gentle-looking doctor of ancient history you posted (or maybe you just posted his name and I did the snooping myself, I don't remember, but I saw his photo) - yes there's definitely a Viking trait. I'm trying to figure your dad's aura out, it's strong but what is it. I wouldn't be surprised if you told us he wanted to be a singer or a dancer or an actor or something, but felt as if he had had to give it up, I get those vibes from the photo. And a scent of an after shave with notes of rosemary, very nice, very clean. There, psychic reading done.

Must go find the Carrot Cake Tree. (Well if there's a *bleep* tree...)

x-models

[shaneystar2]

Oh Gawd ..Interactive games on Q&P .....no thanks .

[swedeheart]

Considering how good I am with words it's a mystery how bad I am with words... Certainly didn't mean your dad looked beaten, Vinny, if it sounded like it - more that I get that strong dreamer's feeling - and that's a good thing in my book.

Hi Shaney, you're quiet lately, are you feuding over at Q&P... you need any help, just tell us, we'll stab them with our knitting needles if they're mean to you.

[Robinia]

yes, he does look like a film star Kit...one with a naughty secret!

I wave my arms about when I'm talking on the phone...and make certain gestures when I'm not getting the right answers!

[shaneystar2]

My dad reckoned if they tied my arms or hands down I would be struck dumb .
No feuding in Q&P (well there are one or two grumpy old men but they can't help it :)
He did put a pink box up about it yesterday and got all of four answers and one those was from he who must be the centre of attention so I don't think there is much interest .

[Robinia]

I blame it on doing semaphore in the brownies...oh & it stops people from invading your space, especially if you're wielding a pointy brolly.

[netibiza]

Where is this piccy of Vinny's dad? Can't find it anywhere.

Received two parcels today full of pegs, from other sister some jumbo ones and some easy-grip type peg from Lakeland, so have used two for my bra, to see if they are strong!!

[netibiza]

btw - I hate brollys with a vengeance. the locals here are shorter than the norm, and their damned brollys poke one's eyes out!!

[Robinia]

previous page neti, last posting

[netibiza]

Found the piccy - lovely - shades of Vinny there, but then I guess there would be , although not always the case!!

[shaneystar2]

I've looked at that picture and he reminds me of a film star. Now do you think I could think of said film star ....but it's just come to me ..Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Do you know it's ten to four and I have done nothing today .

Well nothing constructive anyway .This dank weather isn't constructive to doing anything .I wish the wind would pick up and blow this damp away .
Yours
Slack Alice

[jno]

sad eyes he had, Vinny

[woofgang]

hello all, real quick pop in this morning, hope you are all okay? We are having some legal shenanigans with a couple of distant (ha timbuktu wuldn't be distant enough) relly's about Mum's estate which has been both busy and depressing which is why i haven't been around. I will come back later to admire Vinny's Dad and catch up on the rest of the thread

[VINNY100_2]

Morning Folks.
grey and damp ere.
Blimey kip,didnt know you could read face's.He had quite a sad upbringing,he was adopted at a young age.His mother was from barrow-in-furness and got pregnant from a guy in an american (glen miller type) band who were doing concerts round England at the time..She was made to come down south and get the baby adopted.The sad thing was his mother came down a few years later and stayed in a hotel and wrote a letter to his adopted parents that she would wait in the hotel and meet him.He only found out when his adopted parents both died and found the letter in a draw.bloody sad.!He was never the same person i was told after the war,he caught malaria,went blind for a few months and was injured firing shells .He would tell me about the bodies lying in the streets that people would just walk over.the stench was umbearable.He did play the harmonica and acordion very well.I always remember him being a great writer,he could write in old english and he loved sending letters and would always seal them with that red wax.And he hated the rolling stones but loved the beatles..(:O)but his favourite singer was mario lanzo here im going now...wipes tears from me eyes..

[VINNY100_2]

just heard a song on the radio ♫ i kissed a girl and i licked her cherry chopstick ♫???whats a cherry chopstick?please anybody..!!

[netibiza]

I love Mario Lanza, was brought up on him! This is my all time favourite and want it sung at my funeral

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=SUkYk46HE0k

Also want, "Spirit in the Sky" and some good old rock'n'roll.

[netibiza]

Shaney that sarumite is a darling as last week the puzzle was too big, but they've got it this week, I've thanked them, what a nice person. It's quite easy this week isn't it?