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WEST LONDON MEET-UP THREAD - DECEMBER 2006 - from Acton to Sunbury everybody welcome

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MrsBojangles · 01/12/2006 12:17

The brand new general chit-chat thread

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Nanou1 · 11/12/2006 11:25

what's happening tonight?

Paddlechick666 · 11/12/2006 11:43

dh and I are going out!!!!

we want to go somewhere and have a few dwinkies and then a bit of a boogie.

HELP ME FIND A VENUE!!!

it's a monday night and we're both 40+ and we don't want to go into the West End!

any suggestions anyone?

Nanou1 · 11/12/2006 11:46

good for you paddle! sorry absolutely no idea... shows you last time dh and i did that!

harktheheraldfoxessing · 11/12/2006 12:03

Nanou Hi BTW its Weds, not Thurs!!!

Paddle - stay in and have sex?

Sorry, but when you get to 6 months PG and have placenta previa, you have to enjoy sex by proxy LOL

I'd love to share an allotment but I also kill all plants (except cacti). I wish DH was a bit more green fingered but he's not LOL!!

Will happily buy some organic produce off you though!

I've studiously kept out of the recycling debate as I'm very good at glass and paper but shameful at all the other bits.

Nanou1 · 11/12/2006 12:07

A man wakes up in hospital, bandaged from head to foot. The doctor
comes in and says "Ah, I see you've regained consciousness. Now you probably
won't remember but you were in a pile-up on the motorway.
You're going to be OK, you'll walk again and everything, but something
happened. I'm trying to break this gently but your pen*s was chopped
off in the wreck and we were unable to find it."

The bloke groans a bit, but the doctor goes on " Look, it's going to be
alright, we have the technology now to build you a new one that will
work as well as your old one did: better in fact. But the thing is,
it doesn't come cheap. It's a thousand pounds an inch".

The bloke perks up at this, despite the thought of the expense.
"So the thing is" the doctor says, " you'll need to decide how many
inches you want. But it's probably something you want to discuss with your wife. For
instance, if you had a five inch one before and you decide to
go for a nine -incher she might be a bit put out. But if you had a nine
inch one before and you decide only to invest in a five- incher this time she
might be disappointed. So it's important that she has a say in helping you make the decision."
The bloke agrees to talk with his wife and the doctor comes back the
next day.
"So" says the doctor "Have you spoken with your wife?"
"I have,"
"And has she helped you in making the decision?"
"She has," says the bloke.
"And what is it?" asks the doctor.
The bloke looks up and says "We're getting a new kitchen".

Nanou1 · 11/12/2006 12:09

hi foxie! nice to "see" you.... aren't i stupid... just as well i decided to "log in - sod it - its Xmas!" this morning...... do you like my little joke?! re allotment i want to learn - reckon quokka would be a good group leader [FGRIN]

Paddlechick666 · 11/12/2006 12:16

pmsl @ nanou!

foxie, we're gonna go out and get tiddly FIRST!!!

just don't know where yet LOL.

2quokkasandapeartree · 11/12/2006 12:52

Hang on a minute what you guys don't realise is that I have no idea what I'm doing! I'm learning as I go along, I just plant some seeds and see if they grow. I just follow what the book says, it tells me what to plant and what to sow every month! It would be the blind leading the blind .

pmsl at the joke nanou, might forward it to dh, poor thing was a bit randy last night and as I took 2 night nurse, I fell asleep while he was trying to get me in the mood !

Nanou1 · 11/12/2006 13:28

pmsl quokka re allotment and dh! seriously what do you think re allotment? have always wanted to do it! but it's more fun when several people doing it together. apparently it's hard work at the beginning. radishes, tomatoe, courgettes yum yum! you coming on wed or you still don't know?

2quokkasandapeartree · 11/12/2006 13:34

I think theres a really long waiting list but we can always see. I'll be up for it though, dh good for hard manual labour as well!

snowfallatxmasmum · 11/12/2006 13:51

in the only rental we had with a bit of land, dh managed to grow courgettes, spinach, tomatoes and lots of basil but beware before you know it he will be organizing rotas and what not

really trying to feel festive but not yet really guess tree up will help but have not yet managed to do it

grandparents seem very excited at the prospect of having dd around for a few days they keep calling this time for a list of what she eats

Paddlechick666 · 11/12/2006 13:52

there's allotments near my place in Isleworth - waiting list might not be so long?

need cold remedy advice. what can i take that will stop me feeling like death warmed up that i can breastfeed with AND drink with?

Nanou1 · 11/12/2006 13:55

grated ginger in boiled water; with a bit of honey or slice of lemon. fairymagic stuff!

Paddlechick666 · 11/12/2006 13:59

ta!

i've got some lazy ginger in the fridge but no lemon!

check out this list of allotments in isleworth

some are waiting list but some have vacancies.....

Nanou1 · 11/12/2006 14:01

no toilets???!!!!! thanks paddle!

trying2bgood · 11/12/2006 14:05

Paddle - love the idea of a west london WI - has anyone watched jam and jeruselum on bbc? It is not great but I love the idea of all these woman getting together to achieve things and support each other! Will have to skip the whole allotment thing though as am well known for my plant killing abilities, my mum is fab with all green things and I am the total opposite, the things I have killed by just looking at them is not funny!

quokka - I plan to fight the expansion all the way as I really do not want to have these planes all day and night. It is weird that a government who claims to want to combat global warming and imposes 'green' taxes, is now saying that an extra 500 flights a day is great news for our economy!

snow - I have my tree up and also have a lovely gate around it to prevent my dd2 pulling the whole lot down

My friend just called to cancel our night out tonight! Disappointed as was looking forward to it esp as rest of the week my dh is out in the evening(hence cannot attend the dinner)! Ho hum, will at least have time to write the xmas cards - yipee - my first festive smiley

trying2bgood · 11/12/2006 14:06

LOL, just realised I could be helpful in the allotment for weed killing!

hoxohoxohoxo · 11/12/2006 14:27

HI all: what is freecycle? I have loads of kiddie stuff that might need reusing.

PC: also have girlie clothes stuff, coming your way. Will warn however that I am one of teh last in our family to have kids os they are usually hand me down ... oh sorry, I live in West London so that must be recycling.

Also, I love the fcat that the most affected in Richmond from flights are those on teh Hill and on teh Green.

Foxy: did you know that the gasometers (correct word?) on Manor Road were famous for regularly having frozen bodies on them? Apparently the wheels on planes open just there on auto pilot and those poor wee refugees that climb into the luggage hold freeze to death and fall out there when the wheels drop.

Nanou: nice to have you back

trying2bgood · 11/12/2006 14:32

if you go to the freecycle website, you can join an email group for your local freecycle and then you get regular emails where you and others post items you no longer want and are happy for people to take off your hands for free.

harktheheraldfoxessing · 11/12/2006 14:33

Oxo - about a month after we moved to out old house near Manor Road, a man from Pakistan, who'd been hanging on to the wing of the plane, fell off and died in the Homebase car park. It was terribly sad. He must have been so desperate to leave his country to risk his life like that

Nanou1 · 11/12/2006 14:36

ta oxo! how old are your dds? where is mrsbigd??? we need a full contact details sheets to be distributed amongst us that we can stick on the fridge! with age / names of kids?

hoxohoxohoxo · 11/12/2006 14:52

Nanou: mine are 2 and a half, and 4.

Foxy: I know , it happens with alarming regularity, about once a month I think. It was even a consideration when the planning application for Sainsburys went in

I'm off the check out freecycle......

trying2bgood · 11/12/2006 15:05

Nanou - good idea, I think I need one in RL too, spent sat evening talking to a lovely lady for nearly 2 hours and then as soon as I left I forgot her name! Doh!

Nanou1 · 11/12/2006 15:15

lol ! i have been worse since dd tbh; child bearing with getting old.... not a good combination!

2Cute · 11/12/2006 17:40

Glad I'm not the only one! During our October meet-up, I sat telling Pudding that I had gone to school with Paddle's husband. When I got home I realised that I had mixed up a conversation with a mum from DS's play group (whose DH went to my school) with a conversation with Paddle. Paddle - Is there any defrag programme for humans?????

Paddle - Best of luck for tonight. Show him what he's been missing Ealing has some nice bars for drinks / dancing. Can't think of names other than HaHa bar.

More runways The worst thing is, I think regardless of how much people complain, they'll go ahead with it anyways!