tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608530810701782531.post2096030348386769019..comments2023-11-13T15:02:11.678+00:00Comments on fraise: Lesons still unlearnedmagsmcchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17278148796772565928noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608530810701782531.post-26192950964648118082015-05-07T18:45:41.773+01:002015-05-07T18:45:41.773+01:00Bwahaha! Just nip out and wash the car? What? Our ...Bwahaha! Just nip out and wash the car? What? Our van is disgusting. It's bad when you avoid touching the very car you're sitting in ... sigh. We don't have a good car-washing situation though, so I can't blame anybody. <br /><br />I've tried reading 2 other books since finishing Forster, without success. I'm going to give away books that disappoint, I think. Your fireside sitting sounds so lovely. M.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09205619221345704689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608530810701782531.post-27070622615897154052015-05-04T08:35:37.171+01:002015-05-04T08:35:37.171+01:00Surely the rain washes the car? But you are two ye...Surely the rain washes the car? But you are two years older than me, so if you should decide that manual washing is the way to go I plan to defer to your greater wisdom and buy a pretty sponge. Misehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01784548726623938608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608530810701782531.post-27668213267355146722015-05-04T06:47:06.348+01:002015-05-04T06:47:06.348+01:00My goodness, my poor old car doesn't get washe...My goodness, my poor old car doesn't get washed for months at a time! we don't have real fires here but I remember my mother lighting them and in particular holding a huge sheet of newspaper over the opening to draw the flame up the chimney to get it going, and our old cat sleeping on the dead embers and smelling all singed in the morning! Hope you get the hang of it. BettyElderberry-Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14197689596360708239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608530810701782531.post-83252688756811800242015-05-04T02:05:16.168+01:002015-05-04T02:05:16.168+01:00I don't think it's normal either, lol! My ...I don't think it's normal either, lol! My poor car...<br />My husband and I heated with woodstoves for most of our 33 years of marriage. For the last 26 of those years it was mainly me (I?) who would get up in the middle of the night and get it going so we wouldn't all freeze. (The rest of the family would sleep merrily no matter what was going on.) I was so protective of my kids that they never learned how to do it! Fortunately, nobody really needs to know how anymore. But I'm glad to have that skill in my bag of tricks. ;) It is a good way to get rid of stacks of paper.Lisa Richardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00567160304529796810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608530810701782531.post-81927627725533201962015-05-04T01:50:22.412+01:002015-05-04T01:50:22.412+01:00Wow! No, that's not normal, but I did have a ...Wow! No, that's not normal, but I did have a friend who vacuumed her car EVERY DAY! I vacuum the car MAYBE once a year and Bill drives it through the carwash for me when necessary.<br />I cannot build fires at all. I'm impressed that you plan to do so. I loved MK's post, too. Mmmmmmmm. Reading. Pom Pomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01524994024698986829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608530810701782531.post-17772521647331171622015-05-03T23:04:14.881+01:002015-05-03T23:04:14.881+01:00I'm a fire expert ,not in pyromaniac terms,but...I'm a fire expert ,not in pyromaniac terms,but pretty good at getting a fire going and keeping it going.<br />I should pop over and give you lessons.<br />Jane xJane and Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08102086552682194819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608530810701782531.post-30997017353020968902015-05-03T19:14:36.050+01:002015-05-03T19:14:36.050+01:00I always found washing the car a nuclear scale ope...I always found washing the car a nuclear scale operation-at least the way my Dad taught me! Well done though. I am totally scared of lighting fires, didn't light a match until 17, scared of bunsen burners and when I thought I was ok with bonfires, I went inside to answer the phone, forgot about one and it some timber fell down and almost burnt down my shed! XKezziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15705356707599121605noreply@blogger.com