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ThunderBunk
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The fabric conditioner is also excellent, doing its job faultlessly and without leaving suffocating odour behind.
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I did check Amazon, and also which shops sell it. The possible issue is that we're also dealing with dermatitis, and Zero doesn't have brilliant reviews from people with sensitive skin (both of us). Sadly.
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They do a Zero fabric conditioner for sensitive skin, not sure about the washing liquid ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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I don't use fabric conditioner, full stop. It's bad enough finding a washing powder/liquid that doesn't bring me out in hives (literally), without adding another set of chemicals to make me itch. For anything that touches my skin, there is often one product, and one product only, I am using because it's all I can find. So if it isn't necessary I'm not using it.
That includes cotton clothing - I am allergic to viscose, modal, nylon, wool, 100% polyester and whatever is used in elastics for socks and some knickers. I can cope with a small percentage of polyester in a cotton polyester mix. Another current irritation is that most high street stores are using viscose cotton mixes for their cotton rich clothes, which is another reason I'm having to dressmake so much.
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L'organist
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A lot of eczema in our family - aka itchers-and-scratchers-and-snifflers - so we tend as a larger family group to have a routine:- Fairy non-Bio liquid (not powder or tabs because they cause itching)
- No stain remover - use ordinary soda crystals instead, adding a spoonful of ordinary bleach if absolutely necessary
- Always use the "additional rinse" button - twice if the clothes required bleach
- Line dry if at all possible
- Above all, try to avoid wearing any synthetics next to the skin
I'm not saying its foolproof but most of the time it seems to work. On the rare occasions it doesn't then anoint with a mixture of aqueous cream and honey.
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Baptist Trainfan
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Nothing to do with the above - but did anyone else feel the earth tremor this afternoon? Quite scary here in Cardiff although it didn't last long.
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Bishops Finger
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Nothing here, AFAIK, but I'm a few miles south-east of London, which seems to be as far as the effects were felt.
Scary, I'm sure, but not unknown in the UK. I recall trying to get to London by train one day, and finding that services were disrupted by an earthquake at Folkestone which had caused some considerable damage to houses etc.
I blame Tr**p.
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Brenda Clough
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There are historical accounts of earthquakes in London.
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Bishops Finger
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And in lots of other parts of the UK.
Few do any real damage, thank God.
I still blame Lonald Lump - he's upsetting the Whole World.
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Piglet
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I'm about to come across the pond and you start having earthquakes ... ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
We've now got everything booked - flights, car-hire and the ferry to Orkney.
Ferijen - I doubt that L's funeral will be while we're there; she died in hospital in Aberdeen, and will have to be brought home. ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
Wearing all your clothes at once is all very well, but not if you're all hot and hormonal like me. ![[Killing me]](graemlins/killingme.gif)
TBH, one of the reasons I'd always have hold luggage is for toiletries: I really can't be bothered faffing about with a load of exactly 100ml bottles and see-through plastic bags; and for some inexplicable reason, the contact-lens cleaner that I use comes in a 105ml bottle - how brainless is that? I find it easier to have all that out of sight and out of mind in the hold where I don't have to worry about it.
This of course places an inordinate level of trust that the airline will reunite me with my suitcase at the appropriate time ... ![[Paranoid]](graemlins/paranoid.gif)
[ 17. February 2018, 19:00: Message edited by: Piglet ]
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St. Gwladys
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We're about 20 miles from Cardiff and our neighbour posted on f/b that the house shook. A friend in Merthyr reckoned he'd felt it We were in Hereford and didn't feel anything.
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Bishops Finger
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Thoughts and prayers to all affected by the earthquake in Wales.
I understand from one report that TEA was spilt...
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Sandemaniac
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I hear it's done millions of pounds worth of improvements in Newport....
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Bishops Finger
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Seriously, though, we're fortunate in (usually) not having quakes of the much greater magnitude that some countries suffer.
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St. Gwladys
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Nothing to do with earthquakes, but I saw my first lambs of the year on the way back from Hereford.
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Sioni Sais
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quote:
Originally posted by Sandemaniac:
I hear it's done millions of pounds worth of improvements in Newport....
AG
It started a few days ago when a chimney fell off a house just down the road. That improved things no end.
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We have had a superb evening at the opera - La Forza del Destino in Cardiff. ![[Cool]](cool.gif)
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Bishops Finger
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Opera??
In Lent??
Is Outrage!!
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L'organist
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Not an outrage having opera in Lent on a Sunday though ...
At our place we marked the First Sunday in Lent with proper Choral Matins: Jubilate Deo sung to Stanford in C, Almighty and Everlasting God by Gibbons and finishing with The Litany.
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Pigwidgeon
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quote:
Originally posted by L'organist:
Not an outrage having opera in Lent on a Sunday though ...
I'll be enjoying 'The Barber of Seville' without a touch of guilt two weeks from today.
There are, however, some operas (I won't name names) that might be considered penance.
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Piglet
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I'm going to confess it now: in my humble opinion, all opera except Gilbert & Sullivan would be penance. Sorry about that.
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I'm not a huge fan of Matins - it doesn't quite float my boat the way Evensong does - but that sounds like a nice one you had, L'Organist. Actually, anything that includes a bit of Gibbons is all right in my book.
They're doing the Litany next week at our place, but we'll still be away, which is a shame - I rather enjoy it in procession.
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Sioni Sais
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quote:
Originally posted by Bishops Finger:
Opera??
In Lent??
Is Outrage!!
IJ
As it is Lent, will the fat lady be present, let alone able to sing?
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She could certainly sing, but she wasn't fat.
The bass, on the other hand, was fairly well-proportioned ...
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Piglet
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Anyone want to come over here and try to squeeze clothes for two people for nearly a fortnight (including smart funeral clothes) into one medium-size suitcase?
Oh yes, and they also need to include something warm enough for Toronto and cool enough for the south of England.
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Sioni Sais
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quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
Anyone want to come over here and try to squeeze clothes for two people for nearly a fortnight (including smart funeral clothes) into one medium-size suitcase?
Oh yes, and they also need to include something warm enough for Toronto and cool enough for the south of England.
I would investigate the cost of hiring some decent outfit for the funeral, buying the cheapest acceptable clothes possible in the UK then (ideally) selling them on before you have to return to Canada.
I don't suppose you can leave cold-weather clothes at Toronto? Have you friends there who could look after them while you over here, taking them from you on departure and being there to hand them back on your return? A bottle of something old may help.
![[Votive]](graemlins/votive.gif) Hoping it all goes smoothly, could be a challenging trip.
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Bishops Finger
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Hope the trip goes sell, Piglet - the logistics do sound a bit complex...
for the funeral, too.
The weather is mild and lachrymose in southern Ukland just now, but set to get a bit colder (well, cold to us effete Southrons) later in the week.
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Bishops Finger
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Hope the trip goes well, I mean...
(Actually, the idea of buying cheap clothing here, and then selling it, is OK as far as it goes, but how would you go about the selling, given your limited time here?
If your budget can stand it, you could always pass it on to the homeless, if a convenient agency is to hand, or simply leave it with a charity shop.)
IJ
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Jengie jon
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A quick trip to your local charity shop or two when here?
Jengie
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Bishops Finger
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Do you mean in order to buy clothes, Jengie?
Cos that's a Very Good Idea!
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Pigwidgeon
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I know of some people who ship their luggage to their destination because they find it is more economical that paying the airline rates.
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quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
We've got our flights booked - we're heading over the Pond on Monday.
Oops! I guess it's too late for suggestions.
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There's always the final resort -- wearing two or three jackets one on top of the other, with four shirts beneath.
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Jengie jon
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quote:
Originally posted by Bishops Finger:
Do you mean in order to buy clothes, Jengie?
Cos that's a Very Good Idea!
IJ
Yes.
pack essentials
buy others from charity shops
give back to charity shops excess clothing
It is standard backpackers advice iirc and I am prepared to bet there will be something from the charity shop that becomes an essential.
Jengie
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Bishops Finger
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Excellent advice, though I suspect Piglet and D. are on a tight schedule, and may simply not have enough time.
In other circumstances, yes....
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Bishops Finger
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Just to brighten your day, if you live in the damp parts of Ukland (i.e. most of it), here is a cheerful rendition of a little musical snippet by Dmitri Shostakovich, courtesy of Yuja Wang and an anonymous trumpet player.
Enjoy!
IJ
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Piglet's journeying seems to have slowed down this thread. Hoping her travels have gone as well as one could expect
Happy Friday everyone. Sunny and cold in this bit of the South...
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Originally posted by Bishops Finger:
Just to brighten your day, if you live in the damp parts of Ukland (i.e. most of it), here is a cheerful rendition of a little musical snippet by Dmitri Shostakovich, courtesy of Yuja Wang and an anonymous trumpet player.
I heard this live in Heidelberg, played by the Heidelberg symphony orchestra - simply marvellous.
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Sioni Sais
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Originally posted by Ferijen:
Piglet's journeying seems to have slowed down this thread. Hoping her travels have gone as well as one could expect
Happy Friday everyone. Sunny and cold in this bit of the South...
At 8am it was -2C in South Wales (and *not* up in the hills either). Quite a bit of ice to scrape off the car. Happily it is half-term so a quick journey to work. It will all be different next week when the little darlings will have to be ferried to school - we have two primary schools and three large secondary schools close to my office so that's a lot of SUVs/People Carriers and Chelsea tractors to contend with, especially with a lot of road works going on.
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Bishops Finger
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Horrid east wind here - the one that makes your ears seem tight, as though they need a quarter-turn on order to feel right again....
Sn*w is forecast for next week, as in 'KILLER SN*W STORM ALERT!!!!' on the front page of the tabloids. Maybe it's to make Piglet feel welcome
Though I'm sure we all hope that she and D. are OK, and that her Dad's funeral went as well as could be expected (it was today, IIRC).
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LRP and I have had a pleasant but cold trip to Wakefield at the Food, Drink and Rhubarb festival, and met with Arachnid in Elmet for what could be the last mini shipmeet before Ship II sails. Unless you know otherwise.
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Bishops Finger
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The east wind persists, but we have some Sun-Shine today, and, as the Palace possesses a sequestered Nook or Den, I am able to take some advantage of it.
However, on visiting the corner shop this morning, I found that, with the threat of SN*W next week, the population of South-East Ukland has decided (as per usual) to stockpile bread, milk, and toilet rolls.
Not that I particularly need any of those commodities, but why do Uklanders persist in buying stuff that they obviously know will make them incontinent?
The Palace is, I am happy to say, replete with SOUP, logs, coal, and WHISKY, so it can sn*w as much as it likes.
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St. Gwladys
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People obviously like stale bread and milk, otherwise there's going to be a craze for bread and butter pudding.
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Bread and milk was what Mum used to give us when we were poorly - that and stewed apple 🍎
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No need for bread and butter pudding at Chez Arachnid as we've just had a very tasty rhubarb frangipane tart from yesterday's Rhubarb Festival meeting with Balaam and LRP. There's some rhubarb waiting to be stewed for tomorrow.
It's definitely crumble weather. I'm writing this from under a duvet supplemented by a hot water bottle.
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Bishops Finger
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Yes, indeed - Comfort Food required! I've just had some nice chicken-and-mushroom SOUP.
My Old Mum used to stew a mean apple (Bramleys, mostly, IIRC, as we had a huge old tree in the wilderness that passed for a garden), and we were so fed whether we were poorly or not.
But it was delicious (where's that drooly emoji?).
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More Black Breath of Putin (i.e. east wind from Russia) today, but a most beautiful cloudless, and clear blue, sky.
However, Siberian temperatures, along with SN*W, are on their way, which will interfere (possibly) with My Arrangements.
Thank you, Uncle Vlad.
Not.
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In mitigation of which, I have today (despite it being the Sabbath) been to the shop, and bought some nice SAUSAGE ROLLS, and smoked CHEESE, together with PEANUT BUTTER, for the adorning of TOAST.
Isn't comfort food wonderful?
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