Yes I am getting old

[palinurus]

I went to the post office today to post a jar of jam to me old mother. Stuck the box on the scales and asked for second class postage.

EIGHT QUID!

EIGHT QUID!

I thought the farking trains were expensive but EIGHT QUID!

 

[potsy]

Sounds reasonable to me

 

[asterix]

I went to the post office today to post a jar of jam to me old mother. Stuck the box on the scales and asked for second class postage.

EIGHT QUID!

EIGHT QUID!

I thought the f***ing trains were expensive but EIGHT QUID!

Assuming it's a normal 340g jar then, yes that's at least twice what you could get delivered for, domestically. OTOH if 'your old mother' lives in Ireland and it is still a normal 340g jar then it is a fair cop.

How nice of you to send jam to your old mother!

 

[Julia9054]

Send it without the jar - much cheaper.

 

[palinurus]

How nice of you to send jam to your old mother!

I'm not mean all the time- that would be hard work, I like to take a break!

I make a lot of cherry jam this time of year as the tree at the allotment is very productive.

 

[palinurus]

Send it without the jar - much cheaper.

I coulda put it in a ziploc.

 

[Hill Wimp]

Sounds reasonable to me

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How much jam do you eat ?

 

[PaulB]

Well you'd be peculiar if you were getting young, wouldn't you? I had my grandson here today and like the rest of humanity, he's ageing. One day at a time......

 

[biggs682]

I'm not mean all the time- that would be hard work, I like to take a break!

I make a lot of cherry jam this time of year as the tree at the allotment is very productive.

cherry jam sounds nice

 

[hopless500]

I'm not mean all the time- that would be hard work, I like to take a break!

I make a lot of cherry jam this time of year as the tree at the allotment is very productive.

I have two cherry trees and not had a single cherry yet since I planted 'em. How do you keep the birds off???

 

[Maz]

Why not get a home delivery done by a supermarket instead?

 

[yello]

How do you keep the birds off???

Our neighbour ties CDs on the branches. I'm trying to convince my wife that we should do the same.... with her 'Simply Red' & 'George Michael' CDs.

We've only 1 tree and then pick only from the lower branches. The birds get everything higher up. I'm not saying it's a formal arrangement but it seems to work. The wife then spends the next couple of days bottling. I'm not a fan of jam (too sugary) so we've got a fair amount of jam from last year still. I prefer to stick a bowl of fresh cherries in the fridge and eat them over them over the next week or so, either as snacks or in my breakfast. When they're gone, they're gone... until next year.

Personally, I can't be doing with this bottling lark. Pears excepted, and I pickle those rather than just bottle them as such. Gorgeous with blue cheese and a glass of red. A real winter's treat.

 

[palinurus]

I have two cherry trees and not had a single cherry yet since I planted 'em. How do you keep the birds off???

Another plotholder asked me the same question. I don't do anything, they just don't eat many of them- I always get a huge harvest.

 

[palinurus]

'Simply Red' & 'George Michael' CDs.
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That would work. I hope no-one grasses you up to the RSPB.

 

[J1780]

cherry jam sounds nice

It is. Mother in law makes a pile of it every year. Smashing stuff