Ive got the itch, bug !!!!!!!!!!!!

Glad you survived the blood tests. I think it's good that some places haven't moved on to the modern ways, I'm not keen on quite a lot of 'modern ways' and I'm no fan of fashion.

I like the idea of the lady walking her cat on the lead.

Looking forward to seeing your pics!

Oh Dungy you do make me laugh, I can remember wearing one of those strips of plastic, we always carried one in our handbags, the water always ran off and trickled down your neck, mind you that was better than getting ones backbrushed and heavily lacquered hairstyle ruined, lol..
Those plastic tablecloths were a godsend when the children were little, in fact I have a huge special xmas one that still comes out when its our turn to play host for the family..
Market day here as well, every Friday and a small one in the town square on Saturdays, it was packed today as the good weather had fetched people out, plus the local radio station were in town, needless to say I avoided it, don't like shopping or crowds, my sojourns are only done when I can't get out of it..
We use that saying," You know you're getting old when the policemen get younger" these days the policemen are even younger than my kids, guess I'm now considered ancient in some circles then........

Hello folks, and fashion followers,
The weather here this morning is hot but dull, its forcast a storm this afternoon 'early evening'
so it's strip plastic hair covers to the ready,

I was thinking "they make a shampoo called head & shoulders for the hairy headed man!!!!!
but shouldn't there be one called just shoulders for the balder man?"

"Linclass"
was saying if she won the lottery she'd have someone in to do the garden when she got to old to do it,

Well i had a lad working for me once and he loved going to see liverpool play,

"Now he wasn't the sharpest knife in the draw and some of the other males who worked for me tended to pick on him in as much he never got to sit in the front of the van "always tucked up in the rear of it
& he was the one always putting materials away while the others would be standing around talking,

Anyway saturday morning for the lads was half day and time & a half pay,
I knew this lad liked the overtime as it was towards his saturday football visit and so i'd make sure he got this extra,
One saturday i was tobe honest beating myself up what to do with him for this overtime as i had to be in Manchester & I knew i wouldn't be back to take him back to his home after the 4 hours overtime,
he didnt drive and as i had'nt touched the front garden i'd said to him my front garden looks like nobody lives in the house, the grass has gone wild and the borders the same,

(because of his being so shy it was hard to talk to him about anything)

Well to my surprise he "said" I love gardening (full stop)

Would you like to cut my grass and tidy the borders instead of going off with the lads???
He only lived up the road from us and he could cycle home when he'd finished.

Oh that would be great "he replied".
I'll make sure the wife gets you your tea/coffee etc at break time and there's a loo if you need one And as a exta bonus its job and finish just for you.

Now the front garden was'nt as bad as ive said but could do with a little weeding around the rose's and the lawn grass cut.
So much to the dislike of the other lads i took him to our house showed him where the tools we're kept and as he'd passed the front garden going in he knew what needed doing, (an easy 4 hours work more like 2).

Off i went to Manchester and i felt good looking after this
lad and getting the garden sorted.

The quoting for more work at Manchester was hard work and by the time i returned to my home i just wanted a coffee and a bit of time to myself before checking in calls etc,
Yes a cuppa and a walk around the front garden would do me nice.
I at the time had a jaguar car and it was my pride and joy but unlike the car i have now i didnt have a lot of time to really enjoy the Jag, but this nice long drive did me & the car good and as i turned into our drive this picture of sure bliss turned to a nightmare,

The Lawn had been scalped, not a single rose could be seen in the border, infact nothing was in the border,

He adjusted the lawn mower to setting "low" 1 inch from the soil,
And when my wife appeared with the tray of coffee/cakes etc my worker was greeting her with a big smile and the words,
Ive really cut the grass short so it wont grow to fast,
we're should i put all those dead rose's ???

The wheel barrow was full of every rose i had in the front borders approx 12 .

My wife didn't know what to say,
and the lad continued, if you want me to do anything around the back (that was an acre of land scaped lawn and flower beds, bedding areas full of flowers, etc)

When my wife stood infront of the Jag she just burst out laughing at my face and open mouth.

We still laugh at that short cut to employing someone to garden for you time in our lives.

So Linclass for me when my age puts a stop to the gardening,? It's a water feature idea i'll give serious thought too.

Once again ladies thanks for your replies.

Dungy it sounds as if your in the perfect place, the market place sounds interesting and the folks that frequent it. Like Lincs I remember the plastic rainhats well - kept the hair dry and the collar soaking wet.lol.
Looking forward to the bird box instructions.