tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060152237863452651.post4384925050772928432..comments2024-01-03T09:00:35.413+00:00Comments on Adrian's Images: THIS IS LIFE. (29/07/15)ADRIANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060152237863452651.post-57604542486963567492015-07-31T10:37:25.784+01:002015-07-31T10:37:25.784+01:00Frances, that is cruel. I used to tell my sister t...Frances, that is cruel. I used to tell my sister that nettles don't sting this month.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060152237863452651.post-26152177446919787872015-07-31T10:36:19.182+01:002015-07-31T10:36:19.182+01:00Graham, he is a grand lad that sells the Big Issue...Graham, he is a grand lad that sells the Big Issue.<br />It should be£150.00/tonne. Still not very much.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060152237863452651.post-54970482906604604442015-07-31T10:27:57.807+01:002015-07-31T10:27:57.807+01:00Monica, cunning devils.Monica, cunning devils.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060152237863452651.post-49887293680109385822015-07-31T09:43:28.104+01:002015-07-31T09:43:28.104+01:00Ah. Dead nettles. I used to chase the little girl ...Ah. Dead nettles. I used to chase the little girl next door with them, pretending they were real nettles. It was great fun. What a horrible child I must have been, but they make a very pretty nosegayFrances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060152237863452651.post-9758653765394650442015-07-31T08:10:42.742+01:002015-07-31T08:10:42.742+01:00That's a post worth of the Adrian of Old: witt...That's a post worth of the Adrian of Old: witty, irreverent and delicate all at the same time (well, perhaps the delicate bit is new). You must be the only person in Britain to have borrowed money from a Big Issue seller. One helluva interest rate you are paying though: you'd have been cheaper going to Wonga. As for barley fetching £1.50 a ton surely you can't be serious? It must cost more in diesel alone to harvest a ton of the stuff.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060152237863452651.post-25965142200682808782015-07-30T19:48:32.146+01:002015-07-30T19:48:32.146+01:00I think what they often do at Amazon is lower the ...I think what they often do at Amazon is lower the price on the first one or two in a series to get you started, and sometimes also on the next-to-last one when there is a new one coming out... (I have to buy my Kindle ebooks from the US but I imagine that the UK probably does the same thing).DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060152237863452651.post-85168645982324128002015-07-30T15:06:09.260+01:002015-07-30T15:06:09.260+01:00Bob It's to dissuade folk from pushing them in...Bob It's to dissuade folk from pushing them into rivers and canals.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060152237863452651.post-74194466202984202072015-07-30T15:04:47.608+01:002015-07-30T15:04:47.608+01:00You are welcome Margaret.You are welcome Margaret.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060152237863452651.post-35430764778627177302015-07-30T15:04:16.707+01:002015-07-30T15:04:16.707+01:00They have all gone up then. They have all gone up then. ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060152237863452651.post-74988718826546299432015-07-30T14:28:46.351+01:002015-07-30T14:28:46.351+01:00I guess the way to test Amazon would be to get som...I guess the way to test Amazon would be to get someone else to see what KE costs for them. I assume you'd need to get into amazon.uk.<br /><br />Edit: Well duh, I can do that, even from Canada. I see her paperbacks being ~8.99 for the most part: some a little less and some a little more.Anvilcloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07974744042579564912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060152237863452651.post-7562358045293668402015-07-30T13:29:21.011+01:002015-07-30T13:29:21.011+01:00We get our quarters back as well. But I was gobs...We get our quarters back as well. But I was gobsmacked that a trolley rents for a pound instead of a shilling.rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060152237863452651.post-48021889825434116662015-07-30T06:18:27.813+01:002015-07-30T06:18:27.813+01:00Well that was a very different post of ramblings a...Well that was a very different post of ramblings and I loved that your femine side came out in the end with that lovley posy for us.Margaret Birding For Pleasurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00400663056547331997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060152237863452651.post-41414690520668914502015-07-30T05:51:37.110+01:002015-07-30T05:51:37.110+01:00Red. it is almost impossible to get all the cheape...Red. it is almost impossible to get all the cheapest offers. The prices swing about too fast.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060152237863452651.post-16586099388291854442015-07-30T05:50:09.254+01:002015-07-30T05:50:09.254+01:00Bill only at the discount supermarkets. I don'...Bill only at the discount supermarkets. I don't buy real books just Kindle ones.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060152237863452651.post-24458016962949622112015-07-30T05:49:05.018+01:002015-07-30T05:49:05.018+01:00YP, the barley here is still a few weeks away from...YP, the barley here is still a few weeks away from being ready. A few days of hot weather would help.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060152237863452651.post-598001750617583032015-07-30T02:07:59.655+01:002015-07-30T02:07:59.655+01:00The stores have become more devious than ever in t...The stores have become more devious than ever in their advertising. We have one that advertises a certain line of products for 20% off. They show pictures of these products in the ad, If you read the bottom of the ad it has only one product number so only one of the products is for sale.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060152237863452651.post-68198787064215391042015-07-30T00:56:48.780+01:002015-07-30T00:56:48.780+01:00A beautiful arrangement! Do you mean that you mus...A beautiful arrangement! Do you mean that you must leave a deposit for a shopping cart? That's a new one on me! Oh well. Don't forget the used books from outside sellers on Amazon. They can't raise those prices...Bill https://www.blogger.com/profile/04779863708462822356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060152237863452651.post-36784630802577973822015-07-29T21:59:12.638+01:002015-07-29T21:59:12.638+01:00You had better get that antique combine sorted soo...You had better get that antique combine sorted soon. Last Thursday on my walk near Hooton Pagnell they were already harvesting.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060152237863452651.post-41773444439868195682015-07-29T20:58:43.641+01:002015-07-29T20:58:43.641+01:00Bob. A pound sterling is nothing these days. You g...Bob. A pound sterling is nothing these days. You get the coin back when you park it. ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060152237863452651.post-9105691557315505882015-07-29T20:52:10.904+01:002015-07-29T20:52:10.904+01:00Please elaborate on "trolley pound"...ar...Please elaborate on "trolley pound"...are you serious? Over here Aldi's shopping carts cost a quarter, 25 cents, roughly equivalent to a shilling, to use.<br /><br />rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060152237863452651.post-82158557914196374492015-07-29T20:36:19.397+01:002015-07-29T20:36:19.397+01:00Carol, I'm not an Aussie man. I can show my fe...Carol, I'm not an Aussie man. I can show my feminine side with pride. I bet a pound to a penny if you deigned to visit I could prove that I can flower arrange and screw....Well maybe, I am old.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060152237863452651.post-2464114978067996472015-07-29T20:10:37.979+01:002015-07-29T20:10:37.979+01:00Posy? Flower arranging now? What is happening in t...Posy? Flower arranging now? What is happening in the world?carol in cairnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13361149279309934814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060152237863452651.post-39190666320086446862015-07-29T20:08:21.749+01:002015-07-29T20:08:21.749+01:00Douglas, he is someone to hate or someone to inspi...Douglas, he is someone to hate or someone to inspire belief that the system we have can work. He will scare the shit out of Cameron and hopefully show the world what democracy is. I will give up all hope if he fails, if I weren't so old I'd take to the streets. What the hell I am old so have little to lose so will, at least I will have followed my conscience.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060152237863452651.post-28661496504181055302015-07-29T19:57:15.258+01:002015-07-29T19:57:15.258+01:00I'm glad the engine is coming along nicely. I&...I'm glad the engine is coming along nicely. I'm still not warming to Jeremy though. I'm not keen on his friends now. But saying that I was listening to him last week on the Jeremy Vine (radio 2)and he was incredibly articulate despite some hostile questions aimed at him. Douglas Mcfarlanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12267360351215643395noreply@blogger.com