The Random Thread

[Workingman]

Wednesday.



Today.



Puddles anyone?

[JanB]

We have a ceiling over the loo and basin

And a lot of storage above it too

[saundra]

Right that's enough rain for now we need sunshine or my tan will fade :lo

A ceiling Jan wow l:

[Kaz]

I hope there's plenty of headroom over the loo Jan! When my cousin recently moved into his brand new Persimmon home, they'd put the ensuite loo under the slope of the restricted ceiling, and being over 6ft 2 he had to lean sideways to pee! They moved it when he complained

[JanB]

We have cathedral ceilings everywhere Kaz, so plenty of room

He's worked flippin' hard to get this far. We both forget he's 71 soon

[Workingman]

Jan, is that in the main shower room or part of the new bedroom / utility thingy?

[Kaz]

He's a bit of a treasure really, to be so handy!

[saundra]

I wish I had the energy that you and grumpy have when do you ever have a day of to relax

[JanB]

It's part of the old utility Frank. The loo and basin are in that part. The shower is in what used to be the car-port.

It's all painted, just a couple of walls need a second coat. And he's also put sealer on the front and side outside walls They have to be done very early in the morning

The floor tiles will be going down this week

I'm so pleased with it all

[TheOstrich]

Did you know that the main area for growing garlic in the UK is the Isle of Wight?

Apparently during the Second World War, a number of French sailors who had been evacuated from the continent were stationed on the island. They complained to the landlord of their local pub that they couldn't stomach his English food of bangers, mash and cabbage, and lamented the loss of garlic from their diet. So apparently the landlord, who had a contact in the SOE (Special Operations Executive) made arrangements that the next time they flew undercover agents into France in a Westland Lysander plane, the plane would leave the agents and bring back two sacks of garlic bulbs!

The garlic bulbs eventually made it to the Isle of Wight, to the delight of the French sailors, and the pub landlord, who also owned a farm, made arrangements to plant some of the bulbs to ensure a future supply. The garlic thrived!

Nowadays, the English apparently consume more garlic per head in their cooking than the French, and the Isle of Wight remains the commercial centre for growing it.

And that explains why the variety of garlic I bought to plant out last Autumn was "Purple Wight". From the cloves, we have harvested 12 small garlic bulbs (might have been bigger but the weather probably put paid to that) but nevertheless the genuine article and Mrs O is using them to flavour roasts and sauces …..