hvedra

@hvedra (1619)

Age 55

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With Friends Like These...

hvedra @hvedra (1619) 4 Dec 12

Recently a couple I know have split up and that is sad enough in it's own way. He left and put his hand up to say it was his fault it wasn't working out (no third party, just a break down in the relationship). He asked that people...

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I can't do it for you!

hvedra @hvedra (1619) 4 Dec 12

My brother-in-law is in hospital awaiting an operation because he has phlebitis. He has phlebitis because is is morbidly obese - like not far off a documentary obese. He's been obese for years and there are a number of factors...

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When so-called craft items are mass-produced imports.

hvedra @hvedra (1619) 23 Aug 12

I have a friend who started up a craft business. He does woodturning and carving and makes some very nice items. He often uses "waste" wood he gets from a local tree surgeon so he's eco-friendly as well. His prices are good...

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People who try to sabotage your diet.

hvedra @hvedra (1619) 23 Aug 12

DH and myself are on a diet and we're happy with the results so far - I've lost over four kilos and he's lost around nine kilos. It's a good diet based on the one the Hairy Bikers are doing. Their recipes are good and not "rabbit...

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If you can't say something nice, don't say anything.

hvedra @hvedra (1619) 27 Jun 12

That was one of my mother's favourite sayings. But what if someone insists on trying to get a reaction out of you and you don't want to lie and you know the truth will cause offence? A person of my acquaintance had a tattoo...

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What kind of tablet would be good for me?

hvedra @hvedra (1619) 15 Mar 12

Not medicinal tablets, I'm not sick. I'm thinking of getting a tablet computer for reading mostly .pdf files of old books and academic papers. I don't think an e-reader is what I want because most of what I have to...

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Paying to be a sheep!

hvedra @hvedra (1619) 24 Jan 12

Someone in another discussion said that the trouble with a lot of people is they try to live as if they are millionaires for a day rather than ordinary people with ordinary incomes. I got a glimpse of this on a show called...

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Waking up and thinking it's a different time.

hvedra @hvedra (1619) 11 Jan 12

I woke up too early this morning but was convinced it was time to get up. I blame the moon! You see, the moon was very bright in the early hours this morning, so bright that some of the birds started singing because they...

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My husband's powers of observation!

hvedra @hvedra (1619) 5 Jan 12

Yesterday I took down the tree and decorations and packed them all away. The tree actually went back into the box it came in which is a first - usually they never fit back in. You would think that a six feet tall tree that was...

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Forever Labelled.

hvedra @hvedra (1619) 4 Jan 12

Have you known someone who picked up a label for something and it became an extension to their name? Something like "Pam the Hairdresser" or "Steve the preacher" or "Jackie who had a baby at thirteen" that people always...

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Frugal Plans for 2012.

hvedra @hvedra (1619) 4 Jan 12

I can't have a no spend year this year, but I can have a selective spend year. We do have some home repairs and possible major purchases to find money for during the year but we should be okay for little things and...

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I'd love one of those but don't have the space!

hvedra @hvedra (1619) 22 Dec 11

There are some plants I would love to include in my garden but they are far too big. If the space was available I would want a handkerchief tree (Davidia involucrata also known as the Dove Tree) a monkey puzzle tree...

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Man wins right to be a hoarder - and then neighbours help him stop.

hvedra @hvedra (1619) 21 Dec 11

A great story here, about to be told in a documentary. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2076822/Richard-Wallace-hoarded-rubbish-seen-space.html What could have been a tragic story has turned out rather well. The...

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I think Einstein was right about insanity.

hvedra @hvedra (1619) 20 Dec 11

A famous saying that is attributed to him is "Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result". It sprang to mind today because I was thinking about the usual Christmas Dinner people have in the UK...

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I am not a quilter, but I am the cause of quilting in other people!

hvedra @hvedra (1619) 20 Dec 11

At the weekend a friend of ours came to stay. She's always done needlework of one kind or another and she has recently joined a quilting group and we were looking at design sources because she wants to start a quilt in the New...

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On a dark and stormy night, how do you keep yourselves entertained?

hvedra @hvedra (1619) 15 Dec 11

Or on nights that aren't so dark and stormy but when you have little or no budget for that entertainment? We often watch a DVD or something on the catch-up player, but I also like to read and sometimes we play cards or a board...

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Spices.

hvedra @hvedra (1619) 15 Dec 11

Do you have a spice rack or, like me, an entire shelf in a cupboard of spices? I like spicy food, especially Indian food, and I'm lucky enough to have a good Indian supermarket nearby where the spices are cheap but very good so...

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Too hot in the shops?

hvedra @hvedra (1619) 14 Dec 11

Here in the UK there are a lot of High Street Retailers who are complaining about lack of sales (which they do all year every year!) but I've found that in winter they turn the heat up so high in the shops that it's almost...

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Plain dress?

hvedra @hvedra (1619) 14 Dec 11

I've been reading up on plain dressing and it strikes me that there are two very different kinds of people who do this. First, there are those in plain communities - such as Amish, Mennonites, etc. Who are truly plain because they...

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What can you get for £1 or $1

hvedra @hvedra (1619) 13 Dec 11

Pick your equivalent in local currency! A lot of charity shops around here will sell on the DVDs and CDs that some of our newspapers "give away". One of our local shops sells them at 20p each or six for £1 so we can get quite a...

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