Moan, moan, moan----get it off your chest or have a chat

[Paddy Tobin]

And. I believe, Teddy was very attached to them as is inclined to be the case.

Paddy.

[Lesley Cox]

Well he won't be by now. It will be all over. He was SO GOOD when I took him down the road. He hates the car because he gets car sick but he sat still and calm and behaved perfectly for the vet when she examined him. I was really proud of him. A special treat tonight or whenever he's ready for it.

[ranunculus]

A special treat tonight or whenever he's ready for it.

Not much chance now ... even if he IS ready for it ... !
What do they shout at tennis matches at Wimbledon?   "New b---- please"   

[Paul T]

When I was growing up our tomcat was neutered by our shearer.  One end of him *the cat, not the shearer) in a hessian sack and the other end of him being worked on.  I expected him to never come near us again but from that night (literally) onwards he was the smoooziest cat, always wanting company and being so friendly.  Before that he'd been a bit standoffish and scratchy.  Obviously the removal calmed him down... or else he was so worried that if he wasn't nice we'd remove something else?    Ah the wonders of growing up on a farm. 

[Rogan]

These last posts have made me smile - I've had a miserable week of chicken, pig, whatever flu and anything that makes me smile is a ray of sunshine at this time - in my wife's opinion anyway. Hope you can't pass it on through the keyboard - the flu that is, not the sunshine which happens to go through just fine.

[ranunculus]

Do hope you are feeling a lot better now, Rogan?  The one consolation is you are certainly feeling happier than poor little Teddy - I suspect he might be a tad 'grizzly'!   

I bet Roger is a bit worried, Lesley?  He probably won't take too many car rides with you for a good number of weeks!   

I've hidden the keys in our house in case Sue reads any of this.

[ranunculus]

By the way - in Teddy's case - should this thread really be called; 'get it off your chest'?   

[David Nicholson]

Cliff, it's just a suitable thread for the oddballs 

[Anthony Darby]

I wonder if a reed warbler would be angry if it knew the fat bird in its nest was a cuckoo. Well, I feel just like that poor mother bird as I have been growing a 'cuckoo' from SRGC seed labelled "Arum creticum", sown 10/2/03 and flowering for the first time! I am not happy!!!

[ranunculus]

Cliff, it's just a suitable thread for the oddballs 

       

[ranunculus]

I wonder if a reed warbler would be angry if it knew the fat bird in its nest was a cuckoo. Well, I feel just like that poor mother bird as I have been growing a 'cuckoo' from SRGC seed labelled "Arum creticum", sown 10/2/03 and flowering for the first time! I am not happy!!!

Maybe it holidays in Crete, Anthony?      

[Anthony Darby]

Maybe it holidays in Crete, Anthony?      

Well I don't think it was a Cretan who sent in the seeds as they were from the first section of the seed list?

[Lesley Cox]

Its common name is "cuckoo pint" isn't it?

Teddy is not even slightly grizzly, far from it. He came home at 5.30pm, scoffed a large bowl of tea and then started on Cain's as well. Of course he had had a painkiller tablet so wasn't feeling any ill effects. Since, he has practically wrecked the house, so pleased to be home.

I wanted to add something to Cliff's Wimbledon comment but I see others have filled the spot nicely.

[Lesley Cox]

As for Roger, he doesn't take many drives with me anyway, if he can avoid them. He thinks he's a better driver. Poor fool! It is just possible that he's a better TECHNICAL driver, but I'm a better DEFENSIVE driver, so that my passengers don't arrive feeling as if they've been having a nervous breakdown. They are cool, calm and collected.

Rogan, I hope you'll soon be better too. And no, the flu and other greeblies don't travel by internet fortunately. Imagine how fast swine flu would have travelled around the world if it came by the Forum!

[Anthony Darby]

Yesterday evening, after a quick pint in the 'Tappit Hen' (local pub, not one of those imaginary sleasey ones between here and Glasgow) I took Heidi for a walk up the hill. Had to pull one of those red rubber bands (the ones posties drop all over the place) out of her bum!