How many Grandads do we have?

i am grandad & new to this site ? use to work on building sites,still busy around the house !! so be gentle with me.

Oh we can't promise that, bunic! Welcome, though!

my first smiley face,thanks

Hello Bunic, welcome to the small (but very elite) band of Granddads in here.

Yet another grandad (or granddad) for the list.Although looking at this thread there doesn't seem to a great demand for our expert knowledge(?)
I'm only pretty good on vegetable growing and the odd flowers I use at the allotment to attract the bees.I used to run marathons so could give some advice on training (if I can remember).Anyway I expect i'll soon get into the swing of things

My daughter started growing vegetables this year so advice will be needed next spring please. Welcome

I've just planted some bulb's for the spring so advice may be needed,this year I had awful luck with the plant's I put in,pansie's and livingstone daisie's they went all stringy for some unknown reason,so hopefully we will have some help at hand for the spring time,so welcome ronald to GNTrs.

erm Good evening ( Looks around nervously). just how many of us are there?

Not enough, but you are very welcome, Bristolboy. Stick around and maybe visit the shed.

Anyone know how I can locate the joists in my kitchen ceiling so I can put a clothes pulley up without bringing down the whole ceiling?

Also need advice about fixing a new oring < is that what they are called? Anyway its the rubbery elastic thing which fits around the metal bathplug.

Need car advice too - I have a 95 Mazda MX5 which has a leaky roof. I think it might be the sills. also any idea how to renovate a vinyl soft top?

its a bit technical for me in here lol I am more a 'which do you prefer, red or white, and would you like the steak or the lobster?' lol

lol... bristolboy White with lobster then please

Welcome BB, Ronald, we need more GD's , we hang out in GD's shed.

Nanny1, "O" ring, take the plug along to a specialist plumbers merchant ( not B&Q etc). they will have a selection of "O" rings and will fit a new one, shouldn't cost more than £1. Alternatively, if you know the size, they are available cheaply on eBay.

Ceiling joists - tap the ceiling with your knuckle or a piece of wood, the ceiling will sound hollow where there is no joist and solid where there is, marke the centre of the solid sounding area, this should be the centre of the joist. Do this across the ceiling and mark where you think the joists are. Measure the distance between your marks, they would normally be evenly spaced, if not repeat the process, with practice you will hear the difference in sound. To make sure, use a bradawl or small screwdriver to poke a small hole through the ceiling to check that you are hitting the joist, if you get it wrong, it is easy to fill the small hole.
OR -- spend £20 ish on an electronic device that will locate them for you, I have both, but find the knuckle tapping the easiest.

Crimson, tell your Daughter to start planting NOW, don't waste a season. You can sow Broad Bean Aquadulce Claudia until mid November, you will then get early crops in the late spring and the ground will be clear in time to plant summer crops. Aquadulce is the only hardy broad bean that can be sown now, do not try any other variety, the frost will kill them, Aquadulce will stand through the hardest frost. You can also plant Japanese onion sets or Shallots this month. I have planted both Broad Beans and Shallots this week.

Makes note that Nanny1 is a lady with taste...and expensive taste lol

Hi Bristolboy and welcome. By new GD, do you mean the first GC has arrived recently, or that you are new to GN? Now, a dilemma, mine would be the steak and the red please - how do you deal with two such vastly different ladies?

Any chance of making the red a good Rioja ?

Em I am new to GN. still not sure how I got seduced ynto here. Oh yes, it was from twitter. 5 GC at the moment. i could cope with the varied tastes, but unsure whether my waistline and my bank balance would cope with the hits lol

I wouldn't affect your bank balance Bristolboy, I make my own wine!

Welcome to GN....look forward to seeing you around the threads

Notsogrand. lol Thanks for the welcome. Nice people on here.

NSG my lovely neighbour(no longer with us now) used to make the most fab nettle wine we used to have a great time at her famous Tupperware partie's at her house which was directly opposite mine,when it was time to come home it could take about half an hour to cross the road depending on how much wine you had consumed,good day's and happy memories,and sore hangovers.

Making wine is a great hobby glamma. I started in the 1970's and like your friend, had some interesting Tupperware parties. Taking a long time to get home was the least of it. Some people ended up in the wrong home. I stopped, got rid of all the equipment and did nothing for 25 odd years until 3/4 years ago when I started making it again.

Now retired so I have more time to faff with it. As most of it's made from fresh fruit, then the resulting wine contributes towards my 5 a day!

I tried (really) to make wine. I had a batch in the airing cupboard bubbling away but, unfortunately, it exploded and everything in the cupboard ended up dyed pink. The wine was - or would have been - damson.

NSG I will now be informing all my pals that any alcohol I consume will be going towards my 5 a day allowance.