Countdown to Christmas 2020 (thread 9): Vibrating beds and tiny choppers!

[NoWordForFluffy]

Here we go. We're still a chatty bunch. We're going to knock any previous thread count into a cocked hat!

Go, go, go...

I have not got any Christmas bedding. Maybe I need to invest in some this year indeed you must whydoes

I loved some M&S bedding patterned with tiny fir trees one year but it didn't appear in the sales in the size I wanted .
When I see the bedding of my dreams ( Ha Ha) I will know .

Lovely tea-pot Crazy and lovely of your DM to treat you .

I bought a stainless steel one for my DParents ( from The Range) and I was so impressed with it , I bought one for myself (even though I'm a rare tea-drinker . DD tries to make tea-in-the-cup , it needs to stew nicely in the pot )

Went up to their house recently to find them still using their scabby old stainless steel one ( practically copper coloured with tea staining ) , it has a short triangular spout that would rather pour the tea over the floor than in your cup.
The new one.............was happily sitting on the sideboard with my DMums Ugly Tea-Pot Collection.

I swapped the useless metal one for the nice one that won't give you 2nd degree burns when you just want a cup of Tetley . (I am still impressed when I use my tea-pot at how nice it pours . )

Our neighbours looked after our hamster when we went on holiday, and when we came back he had departed this life

Aww wee soul.

I have Cat Watched my brothers cat ( or DS has Cat watched ) and she is a lovely cuddly but quite elderly cat . I always think "Don't die on my watch"
But it is inevitable that one day they will , and we were always aware with our guinea-pigs that the odds that one might die at Small Animal Boarding was the same as die at home .

When I left Bro Cat , happy that her folks were home and came back to my two disdainful moggies who don't do cuddles ...

The night I got back from DParents , our female cat stayed out late (for her) didn't come indoors till 11pm. Protest that I was back .

Crazy lovely pot. You'll have to update with the quality of the

70 My mum used to soak her stained stainless steel teapot with sterident tablets once it turned black. The tea was a bit 🤢for a few weeks afterwards!

Denture cleaning tablets work a treat. I've never known them leave a taste though!

How many do you use? half a tube?

One tablet!

That's where she went wrong then 🤦‍♀️

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Minty fresh tea! 😋

Thanks for the bedding tips folks will look for some after payday next week. I use a spoon of bicarbonate of soda for cleaning tea stains.

I soon learned how to make coffee!

A former colleague used to clean her tea mug with "Flash with bleach" spray.🤢

Astonish paste on a sponge
Doesn't scratch and no aftertaste

I found a tube of leftover denture tablets and used them to clean the loo ! Brillliant .

Afternoon all.

I can barely move today. Can't wait to get into a hot bath to soak away all the aches.

I think I've said before but I got a Mary Berry teapot from boots after Christmas one year. It only makes about 3 cups but it's handy. Plus it can go into the dishwasher.

My dm puts bleach into the cups because I drink black tea to get rid of the stain. Too many times I've took a gulp and it's tasted of bleach 🤢.

Bleach really isn't needed! 🤮

I get my hand down the loo and give it a good scrub when I clean the bathroom. It's stayed much cleaner since I adopted that technique instead of the tablets!

Matalan will have their Christmas stuff out next month, Why. Might be worth waiting.

Boots my dear old Mum used to put Sterident tablets in or Daz washing powder to clean it. Was always sparkling clean though so must have worked.

Yes it is inevitable 70 unfortunately. DD1 and partner are getting dogs soon, so I know we will be called upon, hoping against hope that it doesn't happen on my watch. Love a good cup of tea out of a stainless teapot think it's the Irish in me

Neros hope you feel better soon.

Afternoon everyone
I have to congratulate your Ds MARSH
Nero l always wanted to shoot , closest l got to it was when the fair came to town
Crazy well done with the job you will crack it no worries, give yourself a few weeks. l know you will be fine
Shouldn't be long before Dd2 house is completed & about time too.
Wreck l am sure you really made a lot of ppl very happy in the supermaket the other day. The CCTV recording will be sold on the dark web
Boot well done on the looking after the NDN cat

Fluffy Must confess l have been putting hot soapy water from the bath with a jug down our loo lately and it really seems to have cleaned it up well. I realise you think l am nuts for doing this

Lovely Tpot CRAZY well done to your Mum
I have been buying these tbags for cold water for Kids , l think they are Twinings, l really like them very mild but fresh, they have them in B&M bargains for 79p and they are 1.99 in Tesco .
Went there after seing to Mum & Bob today, tok lads of pics for Dd2 of the stuff they have there, also Christmas stuff creeping in

Have a look 😂

Thank you Mrs he's really happy ooh must take a peek in B&M

Mrs I'd love to have a gun.
Thanks for the pic of the lanterns - I need those

I'm going to check out B&M too. I popped in yesterday and say a few things creeping into their seasonal aisle. I'm looking for LED/battery powered candles. I've got a couple already but when I was at Belvoir Castle last year they were used so effectively in little groups on any flat surface that I'd like to try to recreate the look in Woolly Towers.

Woolly Towers
That's why I want lanterns for tealights in Boots Manor

Cold tea?! 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

Did I say 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮?

Guns have their uses, Boots!

@NoWordForFluffy

Cold tea?! 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

Did I say 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮?

Guns have their uses, Boots!

I agree with you on the cold tea. Also, you need to have words with my DH who apparently believes milk is being rationed...I like a strong-ish cup, but not one that only has the milk wafted over it.