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Minor Strangeness (IHTM)

The trees on the property where we're presently living have spoken to me several times, most of them are fine.
One of them, right next to our living room window, told me that it was in great pain - turned out some wiring from the street was tangled in its branches. That was repaired, and now he's all right!
 
Thought you'd NEVER ask.

I've described this a couple of times. It happened one Easter Sunday when Radio 4 was broadcasting Jeremy Irons reading the Psalms.

Our garden used to have little light because of a huge bay tree next door. We tried negotiating with the neighbours but they weren't helpful.
Eventually the elderly house owner died and the house was sold and done up, including the removal of the hated bay tree, and resold to very nice new owners.

So... on the Easter Sunday I was gardening and thinking about how much more light we were getting since the tree had gone.
The garden had grown exponentially and I couldn't keep up with it. Plants I'd long given up on were flourishing.

I thought, 'But the tree isn't gone, it's still there as a stump which is growing new branches, and anyway what about Kirlian photography, where the outline of a felled tree is still there as if it's standing?'

Just then Jeremy Irons on t'wireless read from Psalm 37: I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.

OK tree, I get it. You're still'ere.
 
Could have SWORN I heard the In House GP's key in the front door, it was very clear and distinct, but when I went out into the hall he wasn't there. Showed up about ten minutes later. I'm beginning to think he's projecting his vardoger as he leaves work!
 
Further to the pants-dropping crisis:
I deduced that the garments with the failed elastic were purchased in bulk from a supermarket, possibly Tesco when the points could be doubled up to pay for clothing 10 or so years ago.

I have owned M&S knickers for twice that long with no such disappointments. So I'm not giving up on the Tesco pants and have ordered a roll of specialist elastic which I hope will rejuvenate them. ;)
 
escargot said:
This is MY pants, remember.
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Indeed. And not wishing to cast aspersions on you in any way, but over in the 'what I'm eating' thread, it seems like in most posts in which you have advised us all on your culinary creations, you quite often end it with "I ate the lot".
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Trevp666 said:
Indeed. And not wishing to cast aspersions on you in any way, but over in the 'what I'm eating' thread, it seems like in most posts in which you have advised us all on your culinary creations, you quite often end it with "I ate the lot".
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I may be gone for some time.
 

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Trevp666 said:
in the 'what I'm eating' thread, it seems like in most posts in which you have advised us all on your culinary creations, you quite often end it with "I ate the lot".
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Further to your insightful comment; after last night's soup-triumph I have today created a similar dish. More ingredients, including tikka powder and some parsnips. :cool:

Altogether about half as much again as yesterday's. Necking that lot is possibly a tall order. ;)

Soups and other sloppy foods are better the day after though so perhaps that's a good thing.

Edit - oh my FLIP it's good. :cool:
Second edit - all gone now, dammit.
 
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bugmum said:
Could have SWORN I heard the In House GP's key in the front door, it was very clear and distinct, but when I went out into the hall he wasn't there. Showed up about ten minutes later. I'm beginning to think he's projecting his vardoger as he leaves work!
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Well the NHS is understaffed.
 
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