"cathyxyz" > wrote in message
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> Shaun aRe wrote:
> > "cathyxyz" > wrote in message
>
> >>
> >>I have started to think of Usenet like this: you pays your money and you
> >>takes your chances We don't always agree with each other <ahem> but
> >>that's the way it is...
> >
> >
> > Yup! I can in all honesty say though, that I don't get myself all in
knots
> > over anything or anytone I come across on Usenet. That'd steal all the
fun
> > out of it!
> >
>
> Me neither, these days. I make the odd "rude" remark every now and
> again, but I think I must be getting mellow in my older years

Oh don;t get me wrong! I'll fire off and tear some eejit a new one and sharp
too, if they ask for it. I just won't get worked up/angry/concerned - it's
just fun to smash the bullies, heheheh...

> >>Hey, where you been Shaun? I was wondering just yesterday.... we have a
> >>whole bunch of dried chillies... want some? not sure which ones are
> >>which anymore, but I am sure the "taste-test" would work
> >
> >
> > Was off work for a few days on hols, came back to shit-loads of
work/hassles
> > and have been busy trying to get straight again = not much time for the
> > groups.
>
> That's the pits about holidays - actually having to go back to work...

To find that the work that came in while you were off has not been done, is
criminal!

> > Regarding the chiles - thanks lots for thinking of me Cathy, but not
only is
> > our kitchen full to bursting with heaps of dried chiles in bags, jars
and
> > bottles, we also have our 25+ plants all fruiting now! Gonna be a bit
chiled
> > out by the end of harvest, heheh...
> >
> > In fact we're gonna have to seriously free up some freezer space to be
able
> > to keep them raw but good until we get chance to process them all into
> > products, which means I have a helluvah lot of apple cider to get
brewing,
> > since the big freezer has about 50 to 100lb of apples all but holding
the
> > lid open at the moment... anyone in Lancashire got a small cider press
to
> > lend me? Sheesh... heheheh...
> >
> > I'm sure there's someone else who could make much better use of them
than we
> > could at the moment. Again, thanks a lot though ',;~}~
>
> I had to offer! I should have known it was like trying to offer tea to
> China heh heh heh It was just when I saw them all sitting there, it
> reminded me of you and I wondered what you had been up to.

Thanks me dear, the thought is certainly appreciated!

> > Hope yer well me dear!
>
> Very well thanks. It is supposed to be spring over here now, but you
> could have fooled me. We had a very mild July (which is usually very
> cold - in our terms) and then August wasn't too bad. But the weather has
> come back today to give us a swift kick in the pants as if to say,
> Gotcha! The reason I mention the weather is that we have managed to have
> a few braais outside and I was getting used to the idea again. Very hard
> to plan any "weekend" feeding frenzies when the weather is unpredictable.


Heh - it's *always* like that here! Hope it settles well for ya.

Starting to become Autumnish here now. Hope I don't get depressed like I did
last year, UGH! I'm solar powered yasee

',;~}~

Shaun aRe