To be impressed and ever so slightly jealous that I never thought of this??

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Took DC to the country park today, and while waiting for a space in the carpark, noticed another mum packing up. Before folding her buggy into the boot, she pulled out a scrubbing brush and scrubbed each wheel! She then replaced it into its plastic baggie cover, popped it into the bottom of the buggy and happily loaded it - mud free! - into her boot.

Am now eyeing my own grubby-wheeled buggy with a new perspective entirely!

Ah well, it matches the grubby, muddy dog....

When our tribe were little we had waterproof covers on our car seats. Wet/muddy/sandy children were scooped up into the car and dealt with at home. (DH sometimes used the car for business clients so it needed to be decent).

I suppose she didn't get them pristine, without water. Just got the worst of the lumps off ...

I used to take the shower caps from hotels for buggy wheels.

I once saw a man at the seaside with a biscuit tin labelled "Sea Fishing", I've seldom been so impressed since. Imagine how well organised that man's Christmas lights must be. A level of adulting to aspire to.

I just used to put a waterproof bootliner in the boot of my car and then periodically take it out and give it a wash ... job done.

I do admit that I keep a laundry basket in my boot now though - if DD has dirty stuff (football boots, wet swimming gear, shoes covered in sand etc) then they go into the basket to keep it together, prevent the mud/dirt/sand/water going everywhere in the boot of the car and means that when I get home I can just remove the whole basket to carry it inside without having to touch the dirty stuff. It's also handy for when I go shopping to keep carrier bags upright or if I've bought lots of clothes/homeware bits (aka things that aren't necessarily heavy but can be bulky/awkward to carry), rather than trying to grab all the bags individually, I just grab the basket and carry them all in at once.

a man at the seaside with a biscuit tin labelled Sea Fishing

I'm pretty sure that tin had maggots in so probably for the best to label it in case someone fancied a snack.

I once saw a man at the seaside with a biscuit tin labelled "Sea Fishing" That is one of the saddest things i've ever read

I don't get the sea fishing biscuit tin?

Am I numb or what?

I’m usually too busy shouting “No, not in the front DS; in your seat in the BACK!” and chucking mini cheddars at the kids in an attempt to stop the whining to clean the buggy wheels. I’m with old and Palliser - ain’t no one got time for dat shit.

oldlaund I don't get it either. Wasn't it just storing flies/bait for that particular type of fishing? Isn't that a normal thing to do? What's the relevance to this thread? Sorry if being thick.

I admire this type of organisation but I can’t be arsed tbh. I just let the boot get dirty and clean it periodically 🤷‍♀️

ILostItInTheEarlyNineties Crab lines and such like :)

I imagine he has a very organised house, never has to search for his insurance certificate or the right sized battery etc.

It's quite common to save those tins you get with biscuit assortments or chocolates at Christmas to keep things in, no?

pictish A thread about impressive "adult" behaviour.

Thanks for clearing that up. Sweet My joke about maggots has fallen on it's arse now...

Sorry to steer the thread on a sea fishing tangent..as you were.

Ok. I still don't understand. What's impressive or adult behaviour about keeping bait for sea fishing in a separate labelled tin from bait for fresh water fishing? They're different, so it goes without saying that one would do that.

And btw - my house/life is a hive of disorganisation...but I'd still keep different types of bait separate in different tins.

I remember being in awe of another mum who upon a sudden downpour got a packamac out of her bag for each child and herself. Ds just looked at me and said why don't you have things like that mummy?

I went out and bought us packamacs the next day.

There is no way on god's green earth my toddler would sit and patiently wait for me to clean off her buggy. She'd be trying to stealth ninja out her car seat and hot wire the car.

If you have a cigarette lighter style PowerPoint in the boot like many modern cars, you can attach a water filled pump to shower the buggy/dog/small child. I nearly got one. Alternatively, get a car box boot liner that lifts in and out and can be hosed. Or a tarp.

Wow, I thought my day to day life was full of onerous shit and pointless tasks, but there is a whole, undreamt-of other level out there, isn't there?

sweeticedtea I have one word for you. Shadow board

I once saw a man at the seaside with a biscuit tin labelled "Sea Fishing" That is one of the saddest things i've ever read

You need different lines/floats/hooks for sea fishing. He's obviously got one tin for river fishing, one for sea fishing just like me.

Nowt sad about that!

I just don’t give a shit and my mum gasps when I let the dog launch his muddy self on to my back seat!

I bought a (lovely when it was new) car with leather seats so that the DCs, dog and various cricket, rugby, football and judo paraphernalia could be chucked into the car and wiped clean at a later date.

A friend of mine is great at those Pinterest-style Adult Moments where I stand, staring thinking "what the fucking fuck is she doing now" as she makes her DCs wear rubber gloves for painting so they don't get filthy. I've no energy for that shit. The most adult thing about my life is that I carry spare pantaloons in the boot for the DCs. And even that is only because we've been in several predicaments where they've been forced to wrap themselves in one of DH's coats, commando underneath as we race home trying not to cry laughing that yet another child managed to fall off a harbour wall.