Weeping and wailing - and wiping.

Lily I'm the same! I live in fear of the day of being in a public loo with no loo paper and no tissues!! My OH calls me the Tissue Fairy!

grandMattie I agree, we have had a few older people move near to us in a town from the countryside, yet also have friends who are moving out to places with huge gardens!

I love this thread ! It's as though you can all read my mind lol

I wonder about all the entertaining these people are going to do and if there friends and family will come for the first time to be nosy and then say its too far to come after that. They could of course make new friends if the locals don't think them 'incomers' which is what my SIL calls people who move to 'her' village in Dorset - she's been there 8 years!!! A bit lacking in insight!

Rosina, think I know what programme that was and that was my reaction too. 'For Pete's sake, someone give her a tissue!' Good programme though

I always keep a box of tissues in the kitchen because sometimes I could weep when I go in there because I need a new kitchen.

I love Escape to the Country, it's my secret afternoon vice and excuse to be lazy. But it always puzzles me why some people want such HUGE houses, and why some want to spend so much money. Why not just use half the money to buy a house and the other half to go travelling/whatever?
I often shout at screen....

I don't watch any of the programmes mentioned, but occasionally I see someone televised and crying. They usually seem to use the long sleeves of their jumpers for what I would use a hanky for. They pull the sleeve down over their hands and use that.

I confess to always having a hanky, never a tissue. So does DH, he has men's size hankies.

They are AKA Greensleeves, margrete

Don't you hate that Jalima!

I am thankful my property is detached or my neighbours
would not appreciate my language viewing on tv some of the dripping noses that are disgustingly wiped on the back of hands. Another of my pet hates,do not actors on tv soaps know what handles on cups/mugs are for?

My friend used to call her DC that.

When I had DC I always tried to keep hankies/tissues handy! Same now with the DGC.

And NEVER the same tissue for eyes as for noses!

Margrete I salute you. Bring back the hanky, banish the tissue in the wash rage.

Always have tissues - every pocket, every handbag, every room!!

Annoyed by politicians patronisingly saying 'now, look ..'. and the constant so, um, er, you knows from supposedly professional people.

Blue skies - I have that DVD on my Amazon wish list, going to order it today. Love the dance/tune. At a party years ago I was enjoying dancing it with my eyes shut, only to discover I was the only one, everyone else was watching me!! Just as well I am fairly uninhibited.

Escape to the Country is one of those progs. I love to hate, don't watch it often but when I do, I enjoy having a good old internal bitch about the ( mostly) annoying people.
IMO a lot of them just want to be on telly, which is pathetic anyway, and many also want to show off about their extra-large budget, and how very discerning/demanding they are - Oh, I couldn't possibly live with that! etc.

There was a prog. yers ago that Dh and I only ever watched because all the characters were so unbelievably annoying, so we'd enjoy a really good bitch-fest about them. I think it was called Howard's Way - anyone else remember it?

henetha isn't it about choice? Myself and late DH visited many countries during our working years. I am so glad we did it that way round, the world today fills me with horror, so on retirement we bought a coastal property with far more rooms than would be lived in and with a large garden that kept us occupied.
This was to be an investment and in which our children will benefit.

It drives me mad when presenters asked bereaved people. How do you feel? Wait for the close shot of the tears. It's obvious how they feel. Devastated!

Also presenters who feel they have to walk and talk. They look awkward, like they might trip!

Going back years everyone carried a hanky and mostly used it. Since hankies went out of fashion not many people seem to carry tissues. At home I have a man sized box of tissues always open...yet my husband will always use kitchen paper to blow his nose. The only programme I have seen were tissues are used is a programme called Judge Rinder ....were his assistant Michelle is usually needed to bring a glass of water and the box of tissues.

I read somehere that 'old people' keep tissue under their pillows..aaaagh guilty!!? Got tissue OCD pockets.bags.car.etc....also watch..with a very cynical eye..Escape to the country..love seeing the properties...cant stand some of the "buyers??? hmmm?"....but do love Alistair&Jules?....

I keep a toilet roll in my bedside drawer Tissues would cost a fortune when my hayfever kicks in .I do have a pack of tissues in every bag though and in coat pockets .If it was the programme I watched last night with the disabled 13 year old ,I broke my heart at it too,and I DONT cry at TV or films etc .I thought that woman was amazing,so strong for her family and her son was lucky to have her.I understood why it was all so overwhelming for her and I hope life will be easier for them all from now on.

I do watch Escape to the Country sometimes & can't believe how unrealistic people nearing retirement are. I was brought up in a small village, lived on the edge of "suberbia" for many years moved to rural Somerset after DH retired & I took early retirment. Sadly DH died 15 months after we moved, I have now moved to Devon to be nearer DD & DGSs, edge of small town with everything I need apart from a Hospital (closed 2 years ago), shop 5 mins walk away, half hourly bus service to nearest larger town or Exeter. Whilst I still drive I am 5 mins from Dartmoor National Park.

Back to the subject of tissues, they are more hygenic than handkies (unless boiled), always have some & yes I have needed them in public loos.

Another one with tissues everywhere. I in buy one of those cheap job lots of little packets and have one in every pocket and bag. Boxes dotted around the house.
I don't think I could afford to keep this habit up if I had a huge house.
What about the programme where people want to move to Australia and they show them a film of the family they would be leaving behind? Sob.

Another Escape to the Country fan here.

My pet gripes are: where oh where do some of the much younger couples (say, in their forties) get nearly £1m to spend? There seem to be quite a few of them about.

And second, when the couple (of whatever age) view the kitchen that's as big as a bus station and say 'Well, it IS rather on the small side'. What on earth are they planning to do in it???

a family friend grew up in a three bed semi with 6 siblings ,she was recently on Grand Design and was building a house with 4 bedrooms and SIX bathrooms ,all massive of course .I still cant figure out why she needs SIX bathrooms and I'm happy that I wont ever have to clean them all .Even her brother who is one of our closest friends thought it was bonkers

Loved Howards Way Witzend particularly one of the main characters who did a few hours in a frock shop and decided to become an international designer- the shoulder pads were enormous!