OI !!!!

take of the w please. its still early.

I won't be back on till after lunchtime.

(says she)

jangly!!!!!!

My mum uses two camomile teabags at once and goes through a HUGE bag-squeezing operation every night.

jangly, you're mad, but we love you!

Right.

I will try that. Thankyou.

If I get bad dreams..... ! I'll be back!

love you too mwah mwah mwah

Nutty as a flapjack.

Baggyflapjack, obviously.

Has anyone tried to drink an infusion of valerian when the cat's about? It seems to work on him like catnip - so, lying in bed trying to relax and sip a cup of valarian tea is impossible! He climbs all over me and tries to stick his face in the cup!

greenmossgiel Valerian is a cat's favourite, even more than catnip. In fact, one of its common names is cat's valerian. By the way, did you know that if you drink it regularly or drink lots of it, you can become addicted? Perhaps your cat is thoughtfully saving you from yourself.

absentgrana - I didn't know that!!! Thankfully he did save me from myself, then - because it was absolutely impossible to drink any of it without scalding myself and him! I must tell my friend - she's poor sleeper but doesn't have a cat to guide her!

Herr Hitler was addicted to valerian (and look where it got him!!)

Oh dear......!!!!

i used valerian on a long haul flight ...and it worked! better than a few large whiskys even...
that was in the old days when you could take what you liked in your hand luggage..i bet it is addictive ....i had it surgically removed from my left hand..on alighting the plane!

duckysnan

jangly! I've decided that you must be a famous person??? Why else will you not put your photo on! Now, if I remember a few months ago Polly Toynbee wrote an article about Gransnet in the Observer Magazine, and mentioned that she may join - you're not...are you...? Really? Come on - out with it??!

Yes. I'm Polly Toynbee.

(for a long time I let my grandson believe I was the Queen. Encouraged him really.)

Come on then, post your photo. If you show yours, I'll show mine (but I'm not famous)

I hardly need to post my pic. You can just google it.

I don't think she PT. PT would know how to use all these Smileys and things.
I like Jangly but I don't like PT much

Put something on my serious thread

go on

mossgiel I have Googled "Gransnet Observer" and I can reveal - the May article on Gransnet in the Observer was written by Geraldine Bedell, our very own Geraldine, "regular Observer contributor and editor of the Agebomb blog".

What is the name of your serious thread?

Oh yes. Our matron is famous.

that is not the name of the thread.

go and have a guess

Is that 'matron' or 'patron', jangly? Go on - you know you're Polly!!! And you're also clever enough to pretend you're not clever enough to be able to do the smileys! Go on admit it!!