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Last post 19-06-2013 6:14 PM by sue1002. 6973 replies.

• 30/11/2010 05:24 PM
  sue1002 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Joined on: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 9,505	Reply | Contact  Thanks Dave, I've been doing it the first way you mentioned so I think it could be that I might not be pulling it quite tight enough to smooth out the wrinkles. sue1002

• 30/11/2010 05:40 PM
  Valerian Location: South Essex Joined on: 20 Jun 2010 Posts: 483	Reply | Contact This is the conifer in my neighbours garden. The road has been salted but as it has got colder the road has iced over. I have decided not to go anywhere until the snow thaws a little. Keep safe and warm everyone.

• 30/11/2010 05:54 PM

  richardpeeej Location: Leicestershire Joined on: 22 May 2009 Posts: 3,499

  Reply | Contact  Nice pic Valerie that would make a nice Christmas card too. The wind is icy cold lillyrose isn't Brrrrrrrrrrrrr !!! Do you leave your car somewhere private Sue or leave  it on the road. We have a drive and used to throw an old carpet over the car that would do the trick. We also had an old sheepskin rug we used to put over the engine and shut the bonnet, that was good too. The only thing was that Cheryl drove to work with it still in there once..lucky it didn't get caught in the fan belt. We used to leave a message on cardboard inside the car to remind her after that. We are lucky now the frost has usually gone now when we want to use the car, since we are not working any more! -Richard

• 30/11/2010 06:13 PM

  lillyrose Location: kent Joined on: 02 Mar 2010 Posts: 2,973

  Reply | Contact Lovely pic Valerie, as Richard said it would make a nice christmas card. I have just been out in the garden with Maisie and nearly slipped over on the path, all the melted snow from earlier has frozen over, so please all be careful, tonight and in the morning. Unless I have to go anywhere early I always wait till the frost has melted too Richard, the joys of not working eh. Doing steak for dinner tonight so had better go and put the griddle on, I am hoping I don't wake up so early in the morning, mind you it was my fault for going out in the snow and waking myself up too much to go back to sleep. Hope you enjoy your crab Susiq. Stay safe and warm everyone and sleep well x

• 30/11/2010 06:19 PM

  sue1002 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Joined on: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 9,505

  Reply | Contact  My car is parked on the driveway Richard.  I've just been looking at Lidl's website and see that on Thursday, they have some car covers on sale and am thinking that might do a better job as I won't be needing to defrost or scrape any windows after that  I might just have to leave for work that day extra early to make sure of getting one Go easy outside lillyrose, you don't want to be doing your knee a mischief again sue1002

• 01/12/2010 09:09 AM

  EvaInNL Location: Holland Joined on: 25 Sep 2009 Posts: 1,759

  Reply | Contact  Shiver me timbers it's cold today! Thanks for the tip on the car covers Sue, I just checked and we have the same offer on Thursday at Lidl. I'm going to get one for Lilian, she was complaining this morning that it took her 15 minutes to scrape the car windows. Mine is safely tucked away under one of those carports round the back. It is dangerous though, 'they' don't grit or salt the parking deck, let alone the slope you have to go down. The bottom of that slope joins up with the exit from the shopping mall and I'm nervous about hitting someone if I can't stop the car from sliding. I cleared the walkway to the parking deck from my door last night, but will have to get some grit or salt for the worst bits..  Lovely pic Valerie! Quite right to stay indoors till things thaw out a bit, but with this cold I'm not sure that will work.   What's the forecast for the UK? It's supposed to get warmer here starting Sunday, back to above zero at least! I certainly hope you get some warmer weather Susiq, you must be SOOO fed up with it by now!  That poor fish guy, having to go out in this cold (ask him to bring you some ciggies next time ).  Catch you later, stay safe and warm everyone! x

• 01/12/2010 10:43 AM
  EvaInNL Location: Holland Joined on: 25 Sep 2009 Posts: 1,759	Reply | Contact  I'm starting to think you're all frozen in your beds, where is everyone!?!?

• 01/12/2010 11:17 AM

  richardpeeej Location: Leicestershire Joined on: 22 May 2009 Posts: 3,499

  Reply | Contact  Morning all, snow flurries here all last night and this morning, hope everyone else is coping if you have snow. Your steak sounded tasty last night lillyrose, did you forget to send me some? I hope you managed to stay in bed later than 4.30am this morning. Good idea to get a car cover Sue, you will find it handy. Hi Eva it is very cold here too, I think we need to get out the hot water bottles! -Richard

• 01/12/2010 12:20 PM

  asj Location: esher Joined on: 01 May 2010 Posts: 1,050

  Reply | Contact Hi everyone - hope you're all surviving the cold.  Susiq, please check in so we know you haven't turned into icebergs up there in the frozen north.....  Nice snowy pics, Val - glad to hear you are staying safe indoors.  Perhaps you should be more careful, lillyrose - wasn't it you who landed on your bum a while back?   Hope you enjoyed your steak . sue1002, sarnie report please!  I'm going to put the steak and kidney on to cook slowly this pm so that I can have a pie tomorrow - will probably do the diced lamb after that.  Don't know if I said that I got an extra delivery in case we get more snow and Ocado don't make it tomorrow.... Eva - you'd better fit your car with a siren, in case it slides down the parking slope . Richard - speaking of hot water bottles, yesterday I finally got sensible and changed the bedding from the summer lightweight duvette to the autumn duvet - amazing how well I slept last night instead of shivering . Back later. asj - War on slugs and snails!

• 01/12/2010 12:29 PM
  dave Location: iver buckinghamshire Joined on: 16 May 2010 Posts: 526	Reply | Contact get a free 2011 year planner http://www.year-planner-calendar.wanadoo.co.uk/2011-year-planner-wall-diary-calendar-public-holiday-chart-free.htm dave do not look down on people only when you are helping them up

• 01/12/2010 12:54 PM

  richardpeeej Location: Leicestershire Joined on: 22 May 2009 Posts: 3,499

  Reply | Contact  I can see you will be nice and cosy inside your winter duvet asj..you will not want to get out of there until next March at the earliest . Thanks for the year planner link Dave we can start planning our growing  year now for the garden We have just been making some marmalade from the Marmade  tin we have made some before it is quite easy to make and tastes nice too.. All you have to do is  boil the tin contents with sugar for 15mins, test it and put it in sterilised jars!..job done!... The tin cost £1.20 or something like that, plus 1.8kg (4lb) sugar and it makes 6lb of marmalade! -Richard

• 01/12/2010 01:14 PM
  asj Location: esher Joined on: 01 May 2010 Posts: 1,050	Reply | Contact  You must be kidding, Richard - I've only put the autumn one on so far (4.5 tog) - it's much too early for winter mode! Where is everybody today?   There's only you, dave and me!! PS - can't use the planner, unfortunately, as I don't have Word! asj - War on slugs and snails!

• 01/12/2010 01:39 PM
  dave Location: iver buckinghamshire Joined on: 16 May 2010 Posts: 526	Reply | Contact asj every one have word its a part of windows have a good look or just google for one you can use dave do not look down on people only when you are helping them up

• 01/12/2010 01:54 PM

  lillyrose Location: kent Joined on: 02 Mar 2010 Posts: 2,973

  Reply | Contact Hi everyone. I decided to do my Sainsbury shop today, needed another sack of puppy food for Maisie and a couple of other bits so thought I might as well do a weeks shop in case the snow gets worse down here. We have had flurries all morning and yesterdays has frozen over so the roads are very slippy, a couple of times I felt the car slide. I will read the posts shortly, need to thaw out first

• 01/12/2010 02:02 PM

  Valerian Location: South Essex Joined on: 20 Jun 2010 Posts: 483

  Reply | Contact Hello Everyone, We had more snow last night and it is more than a foot deep in the back garden. I've just had a phone call from a nursery to say that three trees I had ordered wil be delivered in the next few days. I'm afraid that I laughed as there is no way that I can deal with them until the snow thaws. The very nice lady said to open the package so that the plants can breathe and to keep them somewhere cool. She also said to put them into soil as soon as possible. My bags of compost are frozen somewhere at the wilder end of the garden. Advice anyone.