OFF TOPIC - old fashioned toys

I'm sure it was butcher's twine that we used - it was heavier than thread but not as heavy as hemp. My oh my, wouldn't kids today think we were nuts?

Sharon (N.B.)

We used to call it "hairy string"...

They already do! C

Sharon ? what is a Butcher`s twine ? some kind of rope ? mirjam never that name.

I expect it`s the same everywhere - a thin, smooth white string - used for tying up rolled joints.

Pat

Sometimes known as kitchen twine; remember when the butcher would tie up your package of meats in a neat bundle? And it's the same thing you'd use to tie a piece of meat to help it keep it's shape in the oven while it roasted or while it was becoming pot roast. (I haven't had pot roast in ages) C

ROFLMAO - the "rolled joints" - at least here - would be other than a roast being tied up.....

ellice

LOLOL! They`d be those here too - no string involved, I`m sure! Never thought of that! Showing my age, I suspect.

Pat

Talking about showing my age - I staggered out of bed this morning (Not having gone to sleep until about half past five a.m.),and sat on the sofa trying to find a history channel I wanted to see - frantically pressing away at a long, slim, black box of chocolates, and wondering why I couldn`t find any buttons and nothing was working!

Pat

LOLOLOL!!! Shoulda put on your specs, Pat!

Joan

Oh I had those on or I wouldn`t have even seen the TV! No, it was just my brain that was missing!

Pat

snort

Put on the specs, dear. I feel your pain. As someone that doesn't have good sleep patterns at all, I sometimes worry that by the time I'm "old" - hah - I'll be going days without sleep. As is, I'll sleep an hour or two, be up for a couple, then maybe sleep another couple. Or, if it's a good night - sleep about 3 hours, then be up for 1, then sleep 1 more, maybe 2. Unless the blood work is really a quart low - then I'm good for a good 6-8 hour sleep. But, at least my eyes are still working. However - when the vertigo hits - you never know what I'll walk into.

Hope you ate some chocolates - and didn't put your "clicking" finger through a bunch of them before realizing the problem.

ellice

The first thing I do is put on my specs! LOL! Actually, I think my cataracts are "Maturing" - it makes life quite entertaining at times - things aren`t always what they seem, particularly in bad light! Fortunately I can see fine, to stitch, but it`s definitely coming up to the time when I`ll have to get something done about it! Can`t wait, really - John can see like a hawk since having his done a couple of years ago.

Be careful about the sleep loss. My daughter (who`s bi-polar anyway) has major sleep problems, and has ended up in hospital several times in the past year after not sleeping for three or four nights. She just goes completely nuts. By that I mean that she rambles on non-stop and unintellibly for hours at a time. At last the doctors have come to the same conclusion that we have - she needs to go to a sleep clinic!!! Loss of sleep can be dangerous.

Pat

AHA thank you ,mrs PP have seen it in Europe not here,, mirjam

Sorry ,, but hahahahahha

Nothing to do with age ,, years ago i felt a bad taste in my mouth at night and wanted to wash my mouth was sleepy and took my husband`s Aftershave by mistake ,,,, mirjam