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Community => Introduce yourself => Topic started by: Julie S on January 12, 2009, 08:22:24 pm

Title: Hello
Post by: Julie S on January 12, 2009, 08:22:24 pm

Greetings from a wet Staffordshire  :)
I spend my days surrounded by almost 200 sheep, 4 Kunekune pigs, a couple of donks, 1 Shetland pony and a rather mottley bunch of chickens. Oh - mustn't forget the 12 cats  ;D
I am hoping this forum will be as friendly and as useful as another one I used to contribute to...

Julie

Title: Re: Hello
Post by: woollyval on January 12, 2009, 08:42:27 pm

Hello Julie!!!!

Nice lot on here!! Gawd knows what is happening 'over there'

Val

Title: Re: Hello
Post by: Julie S on January 12, 2009, 08:44:45 pm

Hi Val,

I think they've lost the plot... >:(  I have a feeling there may be quite a few new members appearing over here...

Julie

Title: Re: Hello
Post by: Fluffywelshsheep on January 12, 2009, 08:48:13 pm

hello from FWS the loony sheep

just finished some more knitting today
Linz

Title: Re: Hello
Post by: Julie S on January 12, 2009, 08:57:28 pm

Hi Linz,

Just visited your website - LOVE those fingerless gloves  :)

Julie

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Post by: Fluffywelshsheep on January 12, 2009, 09:02:53 pm

thank you  just this minute finished them,
They don't take that long to make. less than a day but I had plenty of brakes.

Title: Re: Hello
Post by: Rosemary on January 13, 2009, 08:52:57 am

Hi and welcome Julie.

Where have you come from (forum wise and geographically)?

Title: Re: Hello
Post by: juliag on January 13, 2009, 09:29:30 am

12 cats, guess that sorts out any potential rat problem before it could ever arise, doesnt it!! which other forum then is the one to avoid?

Title: Re: Hello
Post by: Julie S on January 13, 2009, 12:57:14 pm

Forum wise - River Cottage. This was a BRILLIANT forum - lovely helpful friendly people. Then they changed the format and it all started to go horribly wrong  :'(

Geographically - from Staffordshire, not far from Leek.

My 12 cats are currently USELESS at vermin control but I can make legitimate excuses for most of them...
2 are only babies and haven't experienced the great outdoors yet - the closest they have come to vermin is a grubby sock from the laundry basket :-[ 2 are too old and can't be bothered to move more than 2 feet from the fire, 2 are Sphynxes (no fur) and can't be allowed out for obvious reasons, 1 is deaf and so stays indoors on safety grounds. The other 5 have yet to learn the difference between a field vole (NOT vermin) and a rat (DEFINITELY vermin)....

Title: Re: Hello
Post by: juliag on January 13, 2009, 01:49:25 pm

how cute, they sound adorable. must keep you busy! :)

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Post by: garden cottage on January 13, 2009, 10:20:51 pm

hi julie from a very muddy forest of dean, welcome to the madhouse.................neil

Title: Re: Hello
Post by: Julie S on January 14, 2009, 07:26:36 am

Hi Neil - lovely part of the world you live in  :) I used to come down that way quite often - there was a sheep breeder who lived in Coleford(?) who I used to regularly visit...

Julie

P.S. Heaps of mud here too  :(

Title: Re: Hello
Post by: MurmuringWheel on January 14, 2009, 09:23:54 am

Welcome from me too Julie.

I'm in South Yorkshire but spend a lot of my time dashing around the Staffordshire/Derbyshire/Cheshire area.

Diane

Title: Re: Hello
Post by: Julie S on January 14, 2009, 10:42:32 am

Hi Diane,

Funnily enough I go to Yorkshire quite a lot... We probably pass each other en route  ;D

Julie