Today I shall be Mainly...

[Marilyn]

Yep...he will do nicely Sue!

[PanBiker]

Sally does mine 3mm, low maintenance and instant dry with a rub after the shower.

[plaques]

Seeing a few more mature ladies walking about with two tone hair colours (grey at the top and brown below) and what you may call 'straight' styling I was wondering if head scarfs would make a comeback?

[Sue]

Sally does mine 3mm, low maintenance and instant dry with a rub after the shower.

I wouldn’t dare do that I would be scared, first time I have ever cut Bobs hair. I know the two tone look. I have a remedy, comes out of a bottle, used it yesterday my friend has taken to wearing a beret, but then she is very arty so it suits her. Mine is anything but straight. It has huge wave developing on the left, finishing behind my ear on the right. It just sticks out no matter how well I blow wave it. That is why I keep it short

[PanBiker]

I wouldn’t dare do that I would be scared, first time I have ever cut Bobs hair.

Cant go wrong Sue, 3mm comb on the male styling shears, same all over, tidy the edges without the comb and round the ears with scissors, job done 5 minutes max.

[Marilyn]

We girls don’t like our ears fully exposed. Well I don’t, and I must have the smallest ears know, because everyone says that if they see them.
I can hear you, you know. I can hear everything you are saying....

[Sue]

I wouldn’t dare do that I would be scared, first time I have ever cut Bobs hair.

Cant go wrong Sue, 3mm comb on the male styling shears, same all over, tidy the edges without the comb and round the ears with scissors, job done 5 minutes max.

Even more scared now.Maz. My ears are covered, well half covered at the moment. I don’t like it. Too much hair, too heavy. I have mine short and shaped around the ears normally Various styles depending on my mood but always shaped round the ears, it must by 40 plus years since I had my hair long enough to cover my ears.

[plaques]

Don't want to frighten people too much so here's one of me wearing a 'Sally' mask. Hair starting to droop again but its hanging on in there. Totally out of fashion for men, bald heads have been in for quite a while.

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[Sue]

Don't want to frighten people too much so here's one of me wearing a 'Sally' mask. Hair starting to droop again but its hanging on in there. Totally out of fashion for men, bald heads have been in for quite a while.

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Bobs hair was longer !

[Big Kev]

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No haircut issues here.

[Whyperion]

I wouldn’t dare do that I would be scared, first time I have ever cut Bobs hair.

Cant go wrong Sue, 3mm comb on the male styling shears, same all over, tidy the edges without the comb and round the ears with scissors, job done 5 minutes max.

Even more scared now.Maz. My ears are covered, well half covered at the moment. I don’t like it. Too much hair, too heavy. I have mine short and shaped around the ears normally Various styles depending on my mood but always shaped round the ears, it must by 40 plus years since I had my hair long enough to cover my ears.

Is not the answer for all women to wear Burkhas?

[Stanley]

I have major matters on my mind, heat sinks.
Hair cutting no problem, when head itches get the clippers out and shear the lot off. Mine still curls if I let it grow long enough. I remember once in California, Susi and I were going visiting and I was fresh out of the shower so as we drove down the freeway I shoved my head out of the window to dry my hair. Susi said life wasn't fair, she knew women who spent a fortune each week to get a result like that and all I did was let the wind dry it, it didn't need combing...

[Marilyn]

Sue get Bob to cut your hair...

[Stanley]

Now that is a wooden spoon post!

[Sue]

Morning all
No plans today. Pilates this morning, buttonholes to do on Bob’s shirt, may walk, may do some gardening and dead heading. Today is take it as it comes.

Ah Maz, Bob already has cut my hair. He did a very neat job some weeks ago of taking some overall length off, at the back. I thinned out the top and sides and fringe. I have redone the fringe so it is now looking like a short bob ( good word!) it will last till my appointment on July 13 th

Have a good day all of you.

[Stanley]

Apart from normal routines I shall cook Jack's sausages for the week and finish Ian's heat sink.



I was doing so well and then a late surge of necessary tasks blew away 45 minutes but that's how it goes, shed is imminent!

[Sue]

Morning all

My daughter said yesterday that my daily update was short, I replied short update, long jobs. It was a very productive day. Even during pilates which more or less takes up the morning, I was up and down like a yoyo. The postman came with a parcel for me. It was the heat resistant backing for my hand quilted table mats I am making. I had just back into my pilates flow when our Tesco delivery arrived and hour early. So I had to drag Bob out of the workshop to deal with it. We have an intercom from the kitchen to the workshop in the back of the garage, so an easy task really.

I then spent a few hours gardening. I pruned the tree peony which has grown very rapidly this year, being well over 7 feet tall. As the flowers next year will be on this years growth, I thought I had better get it done now. It took an hour to cut it down, then cut up the branches( which are all soft this years growth) and disperse between the brown waste bin and our two compost bins. It means the plants in our bottom patio, will now get some sun. I then rearranged all the pots of geraniums and cacti down there. I dead headed, and pruned until the bins were full then had to stop. I planted out three of my chard plants from the greenhouse, filled troughs with compost and planted out my summer squash plants.

By this time it was afternoon brew time. Wendy and I were having a little chat online and i commented there was thunder and a few drops of rain. That soon changed. Within minutes we had the worse thunderstorm I have experienced. We had 6 cm of rain in 45 minutes and the noise was deafening. The conservatory leaked as the guttering couldn’t take the flow. I had towels down to catch the water and a plastic box. The garden pond with the leak filled as full as it could be, lapping the flower border next to it. My poor plants were beaten into the ground. My greenhouse flooded as I couldn’t get down there to close window and door. The roof at ASDA supermarket in the town centre collapsed in places with water gushing in on customers. My friend crashed and wrote off her car, all in 45 minutes.

Whilst all this was going on I decided to finish Bob’s shirt number 3 . That was the day gone.

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This morning will be a walk to the lost office to post a parcel followed by a circuit of a walk. Its a grey day but rain isn’t due till this afternoon. This afternoon Maxine, my sewing teacher, and I have a chat on whats app booked for 2.30 pm. I should think that could be nearly an hour, must charge my phone.

Have a good day, stay safe.

[Stanley]

My God Sue, that must have been a bad storm! We haven't seen anything like that but worth remembering that in June 1932 we had a cracker on Whitemoor and that was what caused the Barlick flood. If the paper had still been going I would have been warning my readers to check their gutters and drains although if it's really bad they simply can't cope. I once watched 6" of rain in under half an hour in Northfield during a tornado alert and I have never forgotten that. The gutters couldn't hope to cope and water was running off the roof in sheets and flying over the gutters.
Bit quieter here this morning.



Ian's heat sink is finished and I have cleaned up in the shed and put stuff away. Time to start on the valve gear but I've done enough this morning. I hope you (And Barlick!) avoid cloud bursts today....

[Cathy]

A few weeks ago we had a few hours of very strong winds during a pitch black night. A lot of damage was done across our area, and a mini tornado made it’s path to my daughter’s place.
Her immediate neighbour heard and watched it coming, it was full of rubbish it had collected.
Luckily my daughter had the front window shutters down (one window is 3metres wide, the other 2metres wide, both floor to ceiling). She heard a very loud noise coming straight for the front of her home, saw that her windows were shaking, grabbed her dog (a Great Dane) and they took safety in the bathroom.
When it had passed, she went outside ( her neighbour was there ), the tornado had damaged a front tree, the front fence, ripped out the driveway gate, damaged a front 3metre window shutter, gone over the roof and ripped open a 3metre plus wide garage door!
Very frightening.
Neither houses either side had any damage at all.

[chinatyke]

A few weeks ago we had a few hours of very strong winds during a pitch black night. A lot of damage was done across our area, and a mini tornado made it’s path to my daughter’s place.
Her immediate neighbour heard and watched it coming, it was full of rubbish it had collected.
Luckily my daughter had the front window shutters down (one window is 3metres wide, the other 2metres wide, both floor to ceiling). She heard a very loud noise coming straight for the front of her home, saw that her windows were shaking, grabbed her dog (a Great Dane) and they took safety in the bathroom.
When it had passed, she went outside ( her neighbour was there ), the tornado had damaged a front tree, the front fence, ripped out the driveway gate, damaged a front 3metre window shutter, gone over the roof and ripped open a 3metre plus wide garage door!
Very frightening.
Neither houses either side had any damage at all.

We get small tornadoes from time to time and the sound is what surprised me, it sounds like you are stood next to a jet engine on full power.

[Stanley]

You are China! The only one I have experienced tossed a combine a quarter of a mile and flattened barns. It sounded like the end of the world!
Valve gear this morning.... That'll be fun!
Later, domestic matters have got in the way! Washing and defrosting the freezer have meant that time has melted away. Never mind, it needed doing!

[Sue]

Morning all

Apparently there was a tornado on the hills above Todmorden with our storm on Monday, unheard of round here. We had another one yesterday evening and into the night, with another leaky conservatory. Thank goodness ours is not fitted out like a living room, but a traditional one with a place for plants to grow, and for us to eat and just sit and meditate the garden! More thunderstorms forecast for today, the garden is getting a watering and a battering.

I ache this morning, it was my double pilates and yoga class last night. The pilates is described as an advanced class and it was certainly punishing. Its the first time I have ever had to get changed completely before the second class, which I had to do very quickly as there are only minutes between them. Luckily yoga was relatively relaxing afterwards, then followed by a long warm shower. Bob had cooked a lovely meal and afterwards I felt chilled and refreshed!

This morning is a two hour online history class looking at the civil war in Lancashire. I am enjoying this but there are only another couple of weeks to go, as it is working on a college term. This afternoon I shall tackle my art project. Its late pilates today, 8-9 pm with the lovely Deborah, followed by the Great British Sewing Bee on television.

Have a good day everyone, stay safe

[Stanley]

Morning Sue. We've been lucky so far but that could change today. We have a yellow warning of thunder around 18:00. That sounds about right, the sun is pouring heat in over the cloud.
I'm in the last stages of defrosting the freezer. No shed. I shall finish the freezer and then take Jack for a walk. No regrets about the shed, these jobs have to be done!

[Stanley]

Sue!!! The post lady has just been and delivered the painting I liked so much (and they didn't bend it!).

It's even better in the flesh and will get framed and hung I promise. Thank you very much, I am very pleased and you're right, it's far better hung on a wall than in a pile with all the others. It has found a good home.
Just had another look at it, the colours are so vibrant and I love the way you have treated the foliage of the trees.
Nice way to start the day.

[chinatyke]

Love the shirt Sue. Very smart and professional looking.