They had special "laundry buttons" which were often used on shirts or undergarments, they were made from rubber or a metal ring covered with...
Another Hellebore starting to bloom, I think this one is called "Winter Moonbeam". It has beautiful marbled foliage. [ATTACH]
I used to go to the launderette for my mum, but we were too poor to pay for the driers so the washing was very heavy to carry home again.
I don't use the term "anglers", I call them "fish botherers".
True, but I suspect previous generations of women stayed stronger for longer due to constantly lugging heavy shopping home.
I shop on foot so I have to have strong bags that are comfortable to carry. For that reason I've been making and using my own cotton shopping bags...
Had this lovely male blackcap in the garden yesterday. [ATTACH]
I saw someone commenting on X on the fact that the handbaskets in Asda had security tags on. This has been common in my local supermarkets for...
The common cormorant or shag Lays eggs inside a paper bag. The reason you will see, no doubt, Is to keep the sunshine out. But what these...
I trust there's an alternate way to exit the store, if you decided not to buy anything?In our old (and still missed) Wilko you couldn't actually...
A sad lack of "rotten turkey" posts on X this morning, in fact there's lots of people asking where the rotten turkey posts are ...I did find a...
Not sure about unkillable; I planted one the year before last and it flowered nicely, but it didn't come back this year!
One of the TVs is muted and they've got the captions switched on.
How about an annual such as candytuft? I grew them in pots with lilies this year. Pretty flowers, small skinny leaves. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]Virginia...
There is a brand called Cello which specialises in smaller TVs, and even still makes TVs with a built in DVD player because there is still demand....
Put in 50 muscari and 10 daffs this morning. That's all the bulbs now. Then did an hour tackling brambles. My green bin was collected yesterday...
All towns chose their own days as well, so you could go on a shopping trip to a neighbouring town thinking you were fine because half-day closing...
That's true. When I first started work all shops kept to office opening hours, apart from a few little corner shops. (Actually it was less than...
This afternoon I planted 50 Tête à Tête daffodil bulbs and cleared a lot of dead leaves and birch brash from the paths.
Also lately they often seem to lock the little gates where you exit the self scan area. So you can't escape until you can attract the attention of...
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