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Very sorry to advise but is is a very sunny day here again
,but we do need some rain 
,have spent the last hour transfering from water butt at the front of the house (by Lidl pump
) into the rear butt as it was empty, pond is gettng very low , East of England forecast is for possible thunder storm
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OP wrote: In some ways this period reminds me of the late 1940/50’s where we shopped little but often. As we can walk to our Supermarkets that precisely what we are doing now. This saves carrying too much weight.
I remember, as a youngster, trekking to the shops to assist my mother with carrying the shopping. A shopping bag ( remember those?) in each hand. Felt pretty heavy by the time we'd walked home.
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We had shopping bags and it was a two mile maybe more walk to the big shop?Sainsburys ,when my brothe and i used to be amazed at how the behind the counter ladies could make up butter into packs from the big slabs with their butter pats?
It got much easier when Mother got a wicker shopping trolly
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We had similar tales from when I used to visit my Grandmother in a Care Home in Knotty Ash ( yes it really does exist). The first time we went we pressed the bell to get in and immediately half a dozen residents rushed the door waiting for an assistant to open up. We were shepherded to a side door and informed that every time someone came in those same half a dozen would try to escape and some often did, which entailed rounding them up in the busy locality. Apparently they would devise escape plans for unsuspecting visitors such as delivery men whereby one would offer to hold doors open whilst they delivered whatever. Then a quick escape. Gran used to laugh but shake her head in disapproval.
Upon leaving my GM would accompany us to the side door with stick in hand to repel any would be escaper as we flung ourselves out. We were eventually trusted with the code for the employee entrance. All in all it was a pretty good care home though.
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Yes we do have a name for puppy, all will be revealed on Friday 😀
Bakers2 you might change your mind about your puppies name once you meet her. We chose a name for our youngest son and as soon as he was born we both said 'oh that doesn't suit him at all' and changed it.
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I didn't realise that Oneputt was that old
We shouldn't forget that in days gone by many people didn't have a fridge so that would have made the storage of perishables difficult. Likewise many didn't have a car so they could only shop for what they could carry. It is true that in recent years there was a return to the shop little and often way of doing things but all that changed with COVID 19. Now we make sure our cupboards are full and probably need a small Transit to go shopping with!!!David
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"Yes we do have a name for puppy, all will be revealed on Friday 😀"
Will be looking forward to the revelation!
We've never been in the position of choosing a name, Harry was youngest at 6 months when he came to us. Ralph, apparently, was called Sebastian by his first owner (only for a couple of months) - certainly don't fancy calling out that when I'm trying to recall him!
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The day started grey and wet, not rain as such just that fine mizzle.
Went out and did the shopping for our neighbour and some bitsand pieces for my sister and us.
Had a lazy couple of hours on return but the sun is now out so I'll have to give myself a shake and get on with something.
OH has been asked to make more face shields, he can only do about 6 as we are just about out of foam. He has a sore hip at the moment, don't know what he's done but it hurts when standing or walking. No pain on riding his bike or sitting though.
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Just watching the news and it now appears that we up here in Scotland will be falling into line with the rest of you this week. Travel restrictions etc relaxed and allowed out more. So glad it is getting really hard now and to be honest the place has for very busy here now anyway we live across from the beach and last night it was very busy. Keep looking out the window at the caravan sitting on the drive hoping to be out in it soon still we are occupying ourselves by doing research on lots of areas we haven’t victors before that hopefully we can get it later in the year.
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We used to have a not just the milkman filling our jugs from his churns in the back of his pre war van and the baker with his big wicker basket full of bread/rolls and sometimes cakes ,plus of course the coalman with sacks on his back, there used to be a communal "pig bin"for food scraps and the dustmen carried each house dustbin on their backs
Those were when we did not have the "problems ?" of elf and safety and other ways of spoiling things
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yet another beautiful day here,
I've lost count how many days there has been since it rained!
went to the shop this morning, took the car thought I might as well top up the fuel tank the local garage owner was surprised to see me, I then realised that I hadn't put petrol in the car for nearly 3 months instead of 3 times a week!
while OH was shopping, took bramble for a walk along the old rail line. As the council havn't been out cutting grass or strimming, being Portland stone and working Quarries the ground is normally barren like a wasteland however, the wild flowers have taken over and it is very pretty even on the roadside verges. I hope it stays this way.
a couple of pictures of the walk, enjoy -
the old rail line the station would have been behind me, on my right is a 30ft high cutting made from crumbling Portland stone
some of the wild flowers, there are yellow blue white and purple variants
view towards one of the remains of 2 windmills, they were burnt out by friction during a storm. There were 4 magpies fluttering around here, (bramble is hiding by my feet!)
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We're biding our time and waiting for more settled weather before silaging. I've just realised there's another Bank Holiday on the way. That seems to have sneaked up on me.
Meanwhile our son has made a short video for the "EatFarmNow" website as part of their Lockdown Learning. My husband seems to feature quite a lot.
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Puppy naming. A very important ritual. Even our rehomes, all but one got new names....Tina (Rottweiler, really🤷♀️) became Dina, then we had Meghan, Lucy (naughtiest Airedale in the World), Bingley (1996, Pride and Prejudice, but Airedale’s are also known as Bingley Terriers), the floral twins, Lily and Poppy. Then along came Chester, too thick even at eight months to know his name, now named after a famous Yorkshire landmark, and lovely Millie, who at seven when we got her, stayed Millie!
The Rabbit was Attila the Bun😂
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We were up early (for us) and over at our local Lidl for the 8am opening as DD had asked if we could get a BBQ Pizza Oven for them, and we had reckoned we might get ourselves an ice cube maker as we never seem to have a flat spot in the freezer for an ice cube tray. DD has one of those American style fridge freezers, came with the house, that makes and dispenses ice, so we have got quite used to having ice in our cold drinks.
Just as well we were there early as there was only one ice maker and two pizza ovens on the shelf, it is a very small store as Lidls go.
Was dull early on, but the sun soon appeared so it is very warm again now. After checking the pizza oven for dents or damage, we set up the ice maker, so we now have a box of ice in the freezer which should last a few days,
The freezer is rather full at the moment, so we only had room for one x 2 litre ice cream box, so the surplus cubes were used immediately. Quite interesting to watch how the Ice is made!
Had facetime with DD and Callum and discussed the easing of lockdown, which is not till the 28th, and it seems she may have a problem. Teachers are to return to schools in June sometime, to prepare for the return of pupils in August, but Callum's nursery will not be open for a while, so how she is supposed to continue working will need to be sorted out if SIL is to be in full time in June.
We understand that the schools will probably be operating with the pupils being half the time in school receiving teaching, and half the time doing set work etc at home.
We will be allowed to meet up outside with one other family, but how social distancing can be observed with a 2 year old is not yet clear!
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Got my early morning fone call today -- telling me my meds were all ready for collection at the local pharmacy
! So I got out of the bath ( !! ), wiped the bubbles from the fone and later, neatly attired, strolled to the shop. Only one (1) inside getting served, nice clear signs saying that they have good stocks of masks [ but NO thongs mentioned !] gloves and hand sanitiser. Announced my arrival and happy assistant went off to gather the goods. I'm glad I had an ASDA bag with me 'cos there was a strange error in the provision department ! All the meds were there as requested but a surfeit of both types needles and blood sugar test strips all neatly bagged & sealed away. Home via McColls for a paper & some eggs but even there it was 12 eggs or none -- so it looks like there will be more salads this week-end whether I want them or not. So now its time to start boiling the radishes & spring onions and dusting off the last one of the Snowdonia Cheeses from N E C in February. I've eked 'em out nicely but I'll not be able to wait until the next holiday show to get more 
. Oh I do HATE this silly Lockdown 
grrrrrrrrr.Take care, keep safe & Enjoy The Clapping
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KjellNN, I think it needs an attack on the Theatrical Dressing up box to wrap each Little one in one of the big round bouncy " Diddy Men " outfits. Can you imagine trying to cram 15 - 20 little peoples, dressed like that, into one room at 'Sleep Time' never mind when they are being more active
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