HOUSEHOLD TIPS NOT FOUND IN WOMAN'S WEEKLY

[PanBiker]

I am pleased to see some countries are considering the risks. I think it both prudent and wise.

Personally I think they are suffering from some sort of mass hysteria. There is no clinical evidence to support an increase in the incidence of blood clots. Purely coincidental that some folk will get them after they have had the jab. Guess what, the chances are they would have developed the same symptoms regardless. What is it actually, 40 cases in over 20 million vaccinated, I'll take those odds with pleasure. We are in the middle of the greatest danger to face the human race since the Black Death. I'm looking forwards to my next dose, it will put me one step closer to getting back properly with the rest of my family and friends.

[Marilyn]

I shall be rolling up my sleeve too

Once again, Australia is a little short of vaccine, having sent a shipment to it’s closest neighbour, Papua New Guinea. They aren’t doing too well at present, by all accounts.

[Stanley]

It's not prudent and wise at all but a political gesture with no scientific basis. What can be proved definitely, beyond any doubt is that every vaccination not done increases the risk of Covid infection, and hence the chance of death, far more than the normal risk of a blood clot without the vaccination.

[Tizer]

Personally I think they are suffering from some sort of mass hysteria.

I thought the same and mentioned it in the covid thread but suggested it was more like hysteria in the leaders of the countries than in the public who are still largely in favour off having the vaccination. We always have to keep in mind that the UK has caused the European Commission a lot of unnecessary damage and grief over the last 5 years so it's not surprising that they might flinging some of it back at us. We gave them that ancient English two-finger salute and maybe now they're returning the gesture.

[PanBiker]

Aye, remember Agincourt, "once more into the breach". Maybe we should retake Calais to show them what's for.

[Stanley]

No Ian, that didn't turn out well!

[PanBiker]

Calais or Agincourt, which I am fairly sure our archers gave them a bloody good hiding. A bit more than that actually, total decimation of their cavalry.

Battle of Agincourt

[Stanley]

I meant the idea of fighting the French to regain the lands we lost.
If you have knickers where the elastic has failed don't muck about. Demote them to wipers in the shed and get on to M&S and get them to build new ones for you.

[Tripps]

Linked to the look back to history.

I watched a couple of programmes in the last few days - The Peterloo Massacre, The life of William Tindall by Melvyn Bragg, and the final days of Ann Boleyn.

I can relate to Peterloo - I did all my exam swotting in Central Library in St Peters Square, and was aware of what had happened outside the front door. The Ben Brierley books I have, are from not long after the period. It was directed by Mike Leigh, and a bit too 'Blue Peter meets Coronation Street' for me.

The other two made be be thankful that I was born when I was. Quite why people were prepared and even welcomed the chance to die in such a dreadful manner, for something which I regard (and am now allowed to regard) as nonsense is beyond me.

[Stanley]

My Peterloo reading David is 'Fame is the Spur', I reread it recently.
I agree totally about the way people clung to beliefs and died horrible deaths over trivialities like transubstantiation. (I'm immersed in reading the Shardlake canon at the moment.) I got some insights by reading 'Religion and the decline of Magic' by Keith Thomas but still cringe when I read of the punishments and the attitudes of the people who imposed them.

[Stanley]

When ordering knickers off M&S you'll usually find that a size smaller than that indicated in the waist size is a perfect fit. I gambled on that with my order and they arrived yesterday. Perfect and made with a beautiful cotton jersey knit.
I shall order another batch and cull all of my old stock!

[Tizer]

Always keep a large sheet of tarpaulin or sturdy plastic sheet in your shed or garage. It will pay you back in many ways, whether it's when you get a roof leak or want to protect something outdoors from the rain or protect a carpet when painting or plastering, or just to pour out sand, gravel or bark in the garden ready for shovelling or to dry it. I bought such a reinforced plastic sheet from Screwfix for about £15 in the mid-1990s when we moved to the village house and still have it. It's been invaluable and has helped many a visiting tradesman as well as us and can be used to help neighbours too. The family make a big joke of it: `Oh no, he's getting his tarpaulin out again'!

[Tripps]

This is definitely spooky - I ordered a full replacement set of vests and Y fronts last Friday.

Not M&S though - far too extravagant.

[Big Kev]

Always keep a large sheet of tarpaulin or sturdy plastic sheet in your shed or garage. It will pay you back in many ways, whether it's when you get a roof leak or want to protect something outdoors from the rain or protect a carpet when painting or plastering, or just to pour out sand, gravel or bark in the garden ready for shovelling or to dry it. I bought such a reinforced plastic sheet from Screwfix for about £15 in the mid-1990s when we moved to the village house and still have it. It's been invaluable and has helped many a visiting tradesman as well as us and can be used to help neighbours too. The family make a big joke of it: `Oh no, he's getting his tarpaulin out again'!

I bought some 3m x 2m tarpaulins from Screwfix, I use them for side panels on the gazebo.

[Tizer]

When Mrs Tiz reads that she'll say `Oh no, not someone else obsessed with tarpaulins!'

[Wendyf]

We have a number of tarpaulins, large and small. You never know when you might need one. In fact one is covering a pallet stacked with bags of solid fuel that Colin decided was an irresistible purchase, another is protecting hay bales from mice and yet another protecting paper feed bags from leaks in the barn roof. Bulk/ton bags are another item that you need a good supply of......

[Big Kev]

When Mrs Tiz reads that she'll say `Oh no, not someone else obsessed with tarpaulins!'

You can never have enough tarpaulins

[Big Kev]

Bulk/ton bags are another item that you need a good supply of......

Definitely I have a nice collection of heavy duty 25kg plastic sacks too.

[Stanley]

I need a very small tarp to cover my heavy duty plastic sacks of smokeless fuel. The Ultra violent is rotting the bags.....
David, very impressed, vests and knickers at same time?

[PanBiker]

I have a large builders bag which just fits in the boot of the car. Ideal for taking garden stuff to the skip.

[Tizer]

We've had green reinforced plastic garden rubbish bags from the days when we lived with a large garden and did runs to the rubbish dump at least once a week. I tend to keep the plastic bags after buying gravel, sand, ornamental bark, compost etc. Mrs Tiz objects when it starts to get difficult entering the shed!

[Stanley]

Never allow your shed to get cluttered!

[Stanley]

There is always a way back even from the biggest cock-up! It just takes longer and a bit more thought.....

[Stanley]

If you are a named legatee in a will that is in the process of probate, and if you die the legacy is shared amongst the survivors, do all you can to stay alive until the process is completed!

[Stanley]

Using a walking stick takes pressure off dodgy knees and perhaps makes an involuntary fall less likely. I hope so!