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RE: 2025 doing something new / different - PyreneesPlot - 12-02-2025
I went back onto a gardens forum for the first time in ages this year.
Still peopled by the same characters...
RE: 2025 doing something new / different - Veggie - 12-02-2025
(12-02-2025, 03:17 PM)PyreneesPlot Wrote: I went back onto a gardens forum for the first time in ages this year.I hope you mean this one, PP.
Still peopled by the same characters...
RE: 2025 doing something new / different - Veggie - 14-02-2025
Had a religious discussion on the doorstep with 2 Jehovah's Witnesses. Haven't seen them around for years.
RE: 2025 doing something new / different - Veggie - 21-02-2025
I've acquired several tins of potatoes which I will never use so thought I'd try roasting them in the halogen oven. Like this https://jamieoliverdishes.com/jamie-oliver-air-fryer-tinned-potatoes/
I didn't bother will all the fancy bits - just spuds, oil and some salt, once cooked.
They were OK, not quite as crispy, crunchy, fluffy in the middle, as proper roasties but it did make them usable - in fact I ate the whole tin of them lunchtime!
RE: 2025 doing something new / different - SarrissUK - 23-02-2025
I wouldn't normally eat tinned potatoes either Veggie, but roasted in an air fryer, they're actually quite good!
RE: 2025 doing something new / different - Small chilli - 12-03-2025
Used crushed egg shells as a slug deterrent today. Never tried this before.
RE: 2025 doing something new / different - Small chilli - 22-03-2025
I’ve just completed an online CPR training course. Took 15 minutes. And I feel a lot more confident about it now. As I really didn’t have a clue before.
RE: 2025 doing something new / different - JJB - 22-03-2025
(22-03-2025, 09:47 AM)Small chilli Wrote: I’ve just completed an online CPR training course. Took 15 minutes. And I feel a lot more confident about it now. As I really didn’t have a clue before.
Commendable SC, you've prompted me to have a look at one too. We have a defibrillator some 5-7 minutes run away, but as in many elderly households there's only two of us and no one spare to run and get the defibrillator in a heart emergency.
RE: 2025 doing something new / different - Veggie - 22-03-2025
(22-03-2025, 11:30 AM)JJB Wrote:A 5-7 minute run would probably bring on another emergency situation!(22-03-2025, 09:47 AM)Small chilli Wrote: I’ve just completed an online CPR training course. Took 15 minutes. And I feel a lot more confident about it now. As I really didn’t have a clue before.
Commendable SC, you've prompted me to have a look at one too. We have a defibrillator some 5-7 minutes run away, but as in many elderly households there's only two of us and no one spare to run and get the defibrillator in a heart emergency.
RE: 2025 doing something new / different - JJB - 22-03-2025
(22-03-2025, 11:36 AM)Veggie Wrote:(22-03-2025, 11:30 AM)JJB Wrote:A 5-7 minute run would probably bring on another emergency situation!(22-03-2025, 09:47 AM)Small chilli Wrote: I’ve just completed an online CPR training course. Took 15 minutes. And I feel a lot more confident about it now. As I really didn’t have a clue before.
Commendable SC, you've prompted me to have a look at one too. We have a defibrillator some 5-7 minutes run away, but as in many elderly households there's only two of us and no one spare to run and get the defibrillator in a heart emergency.
You're right about that. It might be OK going, coming back would be impossible. 10 - 14 mins running under stressful conditions would floor either of us.