Swagger Inn thread 166 - where the forrin one tries to come up with a witty title but fails

[WickedWenchOfTheNorth]

It's because of the humidity Letus

Oh, remember that ep Helen

I prefer fucking both & ?

Haha yes. I've forgotten the acronyms but as soon as I typed it thought... oo that looks bad. But then realised it was true 😂

TOTP 1981? Bugger, missed that, need to catch it on erm catch up.

I might be a leeetle pissed - been drinking pink & watching Money Heist & Lucifer with DD. No disrobing but much smutty hilarity. I am a dubious mother.

How were the cocktails MrsG?

Fancy this thing about places closing at 10? It's real. It's EVERYWHERE. I'm in shock. They stop serving at around 9.30. I managed to throw down an espresso martini, a Pisco sour, an old fashioned, another long but strong one that tasted like a Jaffa cake and another (unmemorable) one. Then it was over! It's fucking awful. Wanted to get there early but traffic home was horrible.

Clearly preparation is required. An empty water bottle. Gloves etc for being outside in the cold. Plastic cups.

Fancy you are a good mother. I wish my mother drank pink and watched lucifer with me when I was younger!

Why thank you, I feel I'm doing something right - DD perves like a Tav wench & is possibly the most rad fem at her school

Drinking outside? Yikes I could only deal with that if in the grip of a hot flush. Mind you, 9.30 last orders reminds me of City drinking in my youth, many of the pubs shut early there. And early shut downs mean FancyMan finishes work early. Just so long as he's still working......

Morning wenches.

Love that episode of Buffy Helen

Yep Wicked, that bastard humidity in wardrobes

Yes I was a big Shaky fan back in the day. Had posters of him and Adam Ant and Rick Springfield on my wall in the very early 80s. Actually thinking back, a couple of years after that I had a little book that I wrote my Fit List in

Even drinking outside last month necessitated me taking a cardigan with me for later in the evening. I’d need a parka, hat, scarf and gloves now. Sounds like you had a super evening though MrsG despite the early end. Also, a long and strong one that tasted of Jaffa cake

Pink fizz and Lucifer - what a way to spend an evening

I have the usual weekend excitement of washing, ironing, DS2’s homework, plus exercisething this morning. It’s sunny but apparently a bit chilly.

Morning - just about, at the moment. It won't be by the time I finish typing #EasilyDistracted

It sounds like you had a decent shot at the cocktails MrsG, despite the early finish. As far as drinking outside goes, just invest in some ski gear. Also go for mulled wine all autumn/winter. Job's a good 'un

TV was curtailed by a power cut last night, didn't even get through one episode of Mandy.

Judging by the weather, this weekend will mostly be spent hibernating in the house, and venturing out to rescue trees and windfalls. The apple tree came down again overnight. I see no reason not to get HBFs involved in getting it up (in both senses of the expression) - if Fancy can suggest that Lucifer gets to stand around naked doing nothing, then I can get the HBFs working in the garden. There will still be plenty of me things for them to do once the tree situation is sorted

Also, FMNeck - it still hasn't recovered from when I cricked it a couple of weeks ago and feels much worse today. Please send DrAthos.,,,

Afternoon. Very windy here too so I'm procratinating. Should get out in the garden - bin temperature has been dropping so I clearly need to do something there and there are plenty of other jobs that need doing.

Oooooooh. Waterstone delivery has arrived (I'm impressed, given our weather!) So that's my weekend sorted Though, bloody hell, the size of Trouble Blood! The other two I got are fairly meaty, and when they're stacked on top of each other, they're the same thickness as TB I may need to invest in a lectern to hold it for me while I read...

Does the bin need more greenery Fancy? Or you could stand the HBFs around it and they can give it a boost by sheer virtue of their hotness?

DH has gone to do preparation for his SportingExam tomorrow. He has left football on the TV, and the remote is on his chair. I can'tget to it without turfing the cats off my lap, and they are asleep. at DH.

"Perving like a Tav wench" 😁😁 my new favourite saying!

Loving the mulled wine suggestion! I also have ski gear (a bit colourful) plus extreme cold weather gear from my trip to Iceland (plus having to walk a dog no matter what). So the jobs indeed a good un!

I was wondering about this wind.. bad enough in London but a bit of nature and it's really not fun! Hope it's all ok for you all and doesnt cost a fortune to fix things! When do the geese bugger off Helen?

Sorry to hear about your neck! That's a 'necking shitloads of ibuprofen' job which is not good because a) it's bad for you and b) you have to eat loads do it doesn't rip your stomach to shreds. But it does work,

Letus I so nearly mentioned Adam and the ants! He was hot! Totally mad of course! Also loved the cure and Bauhaus. And Toyah.

All dull here. I've got the contents of my summer wardrobe in piles (fat, not quite as fat, and skinny) and am about to do the same with my winter wardrobe. Depressing AF. Room smells like a charity shop and I am storing stuff I haven't fitted for over 5 years. Fuck.

Have to choose between drinking with my friend or fixing my washing machine tonight. I need to replace the door seal and it's got these beastly springs that are apparently the devils work to get back on. But it doesn't dry anything. Gah.

What would you do? A) pretend it doesn't exist and use the radiators thereby creating yet another job to add to the list of 'not done shit' to stress about or b) be a grownup and just fix the fucking thing and maybe even sort other shit from said list out.???

Meanwhile here he is..,and another of the true blood guy which you have already seen but is always good to see again..

I've got the answer to your dilemma MrsG - dry washing on the radiator AND cross fixing the dryer off the list. I was listening to a podcast this week where a scientist was talking through the theory that humidity helps reduce the severity of COVID symptoms - all to do with mucus apparently . His suggestion was to keep humidity in the house up during the winter months by drying stuff around the house. Voila - dilemma sorted and you're protecting your health at the same time. He offered no advice on any damp/condensation matters though.......

Are you still pinned to the chair Helen?

Bin has been fed with greenery and kitchen bin contents, hope it helps.

Fancy that is FANTASTIC news! I heard drying stuff on radiators was a bad idea because of the humidity but now I know it could be life saving obviously it's different!

Just walking the dog and seen two people with puppies in shiny new winter outdoor kit. One doing her very best Hot Doggy Mummy Walking the Dog Whist Exercising in an expensive pristine new parka. The other with all kinds of special trousers and bags for dog stuff plus immaculate walking boots and outdoor clothing.

I can't wait to see them in a few weeks covered in mud and dog hair shivering because they aren't used to the cold and their warm clothing doesn't feel warm any more.

I used to get dirty clothes out of the washing pile to wear for dog walking - what is the point of clean clothes for dog walking?! Disclaimer : I am a lazy slattern.

I escaped - bwahahaha. Both cats are offended snoozing away, curled up into cute little fluffy circles of cute catness StupidCat is being particularly cute by tucking her nose under a paw. Awwwwwwwwww. Lovely fluffy marauding little serial killers that they are.

I have been in t'garden, clearing up bits of tree and windfalls and picking tomatoes for soup. Geese came overhead earlier today - facing east and flying south and I was very impressed yesterday by the pigeon that took off into the wind and wasn't immediately flipped backwards into a full somersault. No idea when the geese go - when they're good and ready I should think! (I think they're here for the winter, so they'll be honking about until early next year.)

Also, I vote for Fancy's solution - use the force radiators, and ignore the dryer. Though as per earlier posts, if the humidity increases, then you may find that your clothes shrink even more.

(Awww, cats are now snoring!)

I have done the ibuprofen and heat pack thing for my neck. I suspect that peering down at my tablet-thing isn't doing me any favours either

Need to go blend the tomato soup....

Afternoon/evening. Nice day but very cold. We've put the heating on.

I've also been looking at the contents of my wardrobes. I don't recognise half of the stuff as I've been wearing the same half a dozen outfits over the summer. Can't see any of it getting worn this year. Still, I haven't bought any clothes, so there's a saving there.

No, my glasses aren't on my head Helen, but I know what you mean. I sometimes go to put a pair on and find I'm already wearing another pair. I've also gone to bed wearing them.

I always dry stuff on the radiators in the winter if it's wet outside.

Awww at cat cuteness.

Tomato soup, yum

Still working on my wall in the kitchen that I'm supposed to wallpaper, taking a lot more time than I thought, I'm doing stuff the wrong way etc etc, but I guess I'm learning at the same time.

Had some prawns and aiolo tonight, yummy.

Watched a documentary about a little place called Knutby about a pentecostal church which involves murder of a preacher's wife by the nanny, a female preacher who thinks she's the bride of christ, brainwashing etc etc. And all this in a small village in Sweden, sounds more like a crime novel.

Heated drying rack here aka Magic Drier. It’s one of the best things I’ve ever bought.

Hope you’re out with your friend MrsG. Have I seen that True Blood person yet? I’m only partway through ep4. Is it the bar owner whose name escapes me?

I don’t want to go through my wardrobes, especially if it means trying stuff on.

Never had a dog but yes, can’t see the logic in a pristine outfit. Surely right now it’s warmth and comfort that matters.

Good work in the kitchen Wicked. That sounds like a Midsomer Murders 18 certificate episode.

I’ve found Secrets of the Museum that I didn’t finish watching. I’d love to work in the V&A or British Library or somewhere like that, despite having no appropriate skills whatsoever.

I’ve had a big dinner and now feel quite sleepy. However, I’ve spotted Knives Out is on Amazon so I’m wondering if I can persuade DH we should watch it tonight.

There's more, the nanny killed the preacher's wife because the preacher brainwashed her to do so and it turns out he also killed his first wife.
And the female preacher bride of christ was married when she fell in love with a young man, he was 15! She was 25. They married when he was 18.
It really is like an episode of Midsomer Murders.

Crikey Wicked!

Right well DH is watching the football and then wants to watch Casualty so I shall retire to bed with the iPad to watch Simon Reeve programmes on iPlayer as I’ve accidentally downloaded alllll of them a book.

You do seem to download a lot by accident letus ...... Ooh Knives Out - I'd like to see that, thanks for the heads up.

Have done the shopping so have a satisfyingly full fridge. Was relieved that after a few threads on here about some people encountering empty pasta shelves again, Waitrose had no queues & plenty of everything . Well the Pinot that was on offer had all gone but I found Prosecco on offer instead, so crisis averted

That sounds like a bonkers plot ww

How's the tomato soup helen? And how are the new chickens settling in?