Alt.Mustardland

nHello GLO Yes I'm fully engaged with New Peets but haven't posted there much. I see a fair number of people I haven't seen since Sues came to a horrible halt. Age Concern amalgamated with another organisation to become Age UK, but I don't think it is as good as either of the previous versions. The ...

Yes, I'm fine. I had a post on screen that I thought I had forgotten to post. Just a gremlin. Maybe the Community Matron is whizzy idea to raise standards in community public health. But they're pushing on an open door in my limited experience District nurses are very highly qualified and excellent ...

He is still in the excellent care of both his parents, so is only removed by a couple of generations. !st cousins are the children of your parents' siblings, second cousins the children of grandparents' siblings and so on. Genealogy is a hobby I have followed for many years, and have met relatives o...

He is still in the excellent care of both his parents, so is only removed by a couple of generations. !st cousins are the children of your parents' siblings, second cousins the children of grandparents' siblings and so on. Genealogy is a hobby I have followed for many years, and have met relatives o...

Well it's raining now and most of the weekend, apparently.

I've had a call to my cousin whose adopted son is a father for the first time. I think the infant is first cousin twice removed.

My mother told me about American tractors, and how only people whose horses were on their last legs were interested. I think Ford's main problem was that they were trying to micro manage from a very long way off, just from the financial records. Cambridge Meet was funny. People wanted one, but nobod...

I've just come back from a day out on Nympsfield Long Barrow. A treat, meeting my sister and discussing old family history, Why my father was called Peter by the family. Other mysteries like why my sister gave me a cigarette on VE day. She remembered taking the paper off for me. Draws a veil over th...

It seems that like the NHS app, Essex is not fit for purpose. I downloaded it and it doesn't work. If your passport photo isn't wearing glasses it doesn't accept your identity. So I won't be using it. Have you got Covid or is it an excuse to strap you down? My car is back, mended and running. I took...

I'm almost paralysed by frozen technology. The intermittent fault on the car is probably the fuel pump, and I can't do anything about it until tomorrow at the earliest. After the RAC failed to find me at home on account of giving the contractor the wrong address, I sent them on their way rejoicing a...

We have a photography shop which sells and processes film because of the local camera clubs, but I do still have some Fuji film. It may be useable. I was never impressed by Kodak film which was always too bright for me. I do have two digital cameras, both Canon which I have always thought have the b...

I had a twin tub washing machine at first for about 10 years. I had to stand over it, spinning wet stuff while my neighbours did their gardening. I bought an automatic after that, which lasted about 15 years. The next one lasted another 15 - 20 years and died in the great appliance failure after my ...

She did live in the Manor, but was in the hospice when she died. She was allegedly trying to sell it, but refused all offers. She didn't seem to have any heirs. I think there is a law that ensures you will be interrupted whatever you try to do. It is similar to the one that says whenever a body is i...

You could plumb in a water butt to collect the water from the top of the down pipe. It could be used to water the gardens as long as there's a tap on the side. If it was on a stand, the roots wouldn't be a problem. You live in a dry county so a decent sized one would easily take the overflow. Just a...

I'm mystified. Remembering that water flows downhill and Essex doesn't have steep sided villages, how are roots affecting your roof gutters? That word Acquisition always suggests to me nefarious and dodgy dealing. I always used to giggle a bit when I saw a big sign on a city building reading "A...

They came and reaped the wheat over the garden hedge. After the rain I wondered if it would be fit to harvest. I heard the machine and went to look. I could hardly see the machine for the cloud of dust billowing round it. This morning there have been lots of birds there, and in the garden too. The w...

I did the trip on the Waverley Clevedon -Penarth-Ilfracombe-Lundy and back. It was double loaded because they had to cancel the previous day's trip. It was an interesting experience, but with along delay at Penarth to fill up with water, I didn't feel like repeating the experience. I couldn't take m...

It's been wet today so my gardener called in for coffee instead. It was the second day of my diet and I had Florida cocktail instead of brown sugar toasties, no snacks and a bean stew. I've grown tired of it taking such a long time to squeeze into my clothes. The Thames Estuary seems a very hazardou...

Are you rubbing the cover off your pin no with a coin? I sometimes find it's on the other side, but it's always legible if you've rubbed it off. Unless it was printed wrong and part of the printing is off the edge. Ask for another one if you can get it sent to you. I've had a little difficulty with ...

it will all open up, and I think coastal towns will have a resurgence. Who wants a fortnight in isolation after a week of sun, sand and Sangria? The nice thing about living near the sea means that inland areas are just as nice. My gardener is here weeding my front garden, and he has ready access to ...

In August the birds are almost completely absent, there are flies everywhere, and life just stops happening. Everyone assumes it's not worth trying to organise anything, nobody will come because everyone is on holiday. We used to be busy with harvest that month, then after leaving school, a Septembe...