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Originally posted by Padraig View PostIn all the talk about 'taking a knee', far from disparaging the Flag it is an alternative way of showing respect. That's what we were taught as Catholics when told as boys how to behave properly when at services. Traditionally it was the right knee. Two knees was kneeling and we did a lot of that too.
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Originally posted by rathfarnhamgirl View PostI'd forgotten that that actually happened to two of my friends, Pat and Ella.It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Originally posted by cloughie View PostOur village Christmas lights were switched on this evening - no countdown or ceremony but good to see. Many of the villages in the area decided not to do any lights this year because of Covid, including the very popular Mousehole ones.I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.
I am not a number, I am a free man.
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Originally posted by teamsaint View PostWhy did many of them decide not to have lights?
Excuse to save money?
Not putting workers at unnecessary risk?
Dunno, but could perhaps be one of the above.
Just put our lights out today at Grumpy Towers. Probably about 2.5 weeks earlier than usual, but must admit it does cheer the place up!
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Originally posted by Old Grumpy View PostNo lights, no crowds?
Excuse to save money?
Not putting workers at unnecessary risk?
Dunno, but could perhaps be one of the above.
Just put our lights out today at Grumpy Towers. Probably about 2.5 weeks earlier than usual, but must admit it does cheer the place up!I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.
I am not a number, I am a free man.
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Originally posted by teamsaint View PostWhy did many of them decide not to have lights?
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Here's a relief: the answer to all your lockdown Christmas present dilemmas.
From a list of 10 brilliant homemade Christmas gift ideas on the Guardian's website.
However, I have no idea how to 'pop out' the ball, and, in true DIY instruction style, there seems to be something missing: how and when do I pop it back in?
Headache oil
Pop the ball out of a used essential oil roll-on container (or buy new ones cheaply at etsy.com), and sterilise it as you would a jam jar: wash in hot soapy water, and rinse but don’t dry. Place on a baking tray in an oven heated to 160C/gas mark 3 for 10 minutes. Soak the ball in boiled water for a few minutes.
Mix 20 drops of peppermint oil (for relieving stress and easing headaches) with two drops of camomile oil (which promotes sleep and reduces anxiety) and two of lavender oil (for calming and easing tension), and top up with coconut oil (try nealsyardremedies.com).
Place an attractive coloured sticker on the bottle, then tie on a dried leaf or flower with twine. On the bottom of each container, on another sticker, write the product’s name, ingredients and how to use it (roll it on your temples and relax).
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Originally posted by Pulcinella View PostHere's a relief: the answer to all your lockdown Christmas present dilemmas.
From a list of 10 brilliant homemade Christmas gift ideas on the Guardian's website.
However, I have no idea how to 'pop out' the ball, and, in true DIY instruction style, there seems to be something missing: how and when do I pop it back in?
Headache oil
Pop the ball out of a used essential oil roll-on container (or buy new ones cheaply at etsy.com), and sterilise it as you would a jam jar: wash in hot soapy water, and rinse but don’t dry. Place on a baking tray in an oven heated to 160C/gas mark 3 for 10 minutes. Soak the ball in boiled water for a few minutes.
Mix 20 drops of peppermint oil (for relieving stress and easing headaches) with two drops of camomile oil (which promotes sleep and reduces anxiety) and two of lavender oil (for calming and easing tension), and top up with coconut oil (try nealsyardremedies.com).
Place an attractive coloured sticker on the bottle, then tie on a dried leaf or flower with twine. On the bottom of each container, on another sticker, write the product’s name, ingredients and how to use it (roll it on your temples and relax).
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Originally posted by oddoneout View PostI saw that too and reckoned you would need a headache remedy after battling through the instructions. It's been decades since I had any close contact with such containers (I didn't favour such application methods but other family members did) but the balls were plastic so the idea of putting one in the oven made me cringe.
No clue given as to the temperature of the water: so just the fact that it's been boiled is good enough?
As you say, headache providing rather than curing!
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Originally posted by Pulcinella View PostThe ball doesn't go in the oven though, merely in 'boiled water' for a few minutes.
No clue given as to the temperature of the water: so just the fact that it's been boiled is good enough?
As you say, headache providing rather than curing!
When making jam etc putting jars in the oven is as much about getting them thoroughly dry after washing and making sure they don't crack from thermal shock when the hot contents are added as sterilising. Getting the container dry would be important for the repurposing idea but using the oven is a dubious suggestion to my mind. I wonder if the buy new ones mentioned are glass?
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