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He was a most unusual teenage boy...
I had, according to instruction (thank you all for your instructions!), laid in treats and nourishments galore.
He came, like John Henry, with his hammer in his hand (actually his dad's sledgehammer, but hey, let's not carp). He broke a great hole in my back yard, hurrah; he chatted very nicely and was cheerfully indiscreet; and he accepted one (1) cup of black tea, and that was it. He didn't even take a biscuit.
I am duly and appropriately baffled by the youth of today.
And now I must clear rubble from the hole in my back yard, and see how far I can fill it with compost. I am hopeless at judging quantities. I have a couple of binsful of compost, and no idea whether that is far too much or far too little. It's like when I'm cooking dinner, I always over-cater because I worry about people leaving hungry: but have I over-catered hole, or have I over-catered compost? Only shovelling will tell...
I had, according to instruction (thank you all for your instructions!), laid in treats and nourishments galore.
He came, like John Henry, with his hammer in his hand (actually his dad's sledgehammer, but hey, let's not carp). He broke a great hole in my back yard, hurrah; he chatted very nicely and was cheerfully indiscreet; and he accepted one (1) cup of black tea, and that was it. He didn't even take a biscuit.
I am duly and appropriately baffled by the youth of today.
And now I must clear rubble from the hole in my back yard, and see how far I can fill it with compost. I am hopeless at judging quantities. I have a couple of binsful of compost, and no idea whether that is far too much or far too little. It's like when I'm cooking dinner, I always over-cater because I worry about people leaving hungry: but have I over-catered hole, or have I over-catered compost? Only shovelling will tell...