Jim Webster's Blog, page 49

Lambing

I just thought I���d sort of describe ���lambing��� for people. I know there���s ���Lambing Live��� on telly (or was, I haven���t a clue whether they���re doing it this year or not) but I thought people would like a peep behind the curtain. Lambing ���starts��� when you put the tups in. (Tups is the Cumbrian term …

Ode to the auld white faced witch with her head stuck in the dike

There was something I was going to tell you, but blowed if I can remember. But anyway, for those who���re following matters of international importance, one of the six ladies with their legs crossed waiting for spring has finally decided to lamb. She had two large twin lambs rather than the triplets she was scanned …

As the Bishop said to the Actress…

Oh, before I start, a number of people have asked me about the six ewes scanned in lamb with triplets who have their legs crossed and are hanging on waiting for spring and some nice weather before lambing. As of twenty minutes ago, they have all still got their legs crossed and are still hanging …

As the Bishop said to the Actress���

Oh, before I start, a number of people have asked me about the six ewes scanned in lamb with triplets who have their legs crossed and are hanging on waiting for spring and some nice weather before lambing. As of twenty minutes ago, they have all still got their legs crossed and are still hanging …

Cross your legs and wait until Spring. ��

Now personally I don���t believe in letting sheep have Facebook accounts and a presence on social media, but there are times when you read some posts and you being to suspect that others are not of this opinion and have set up the accounts for their domesticated animals. But it has to be said that …

Staring into the gap ��

You���ll have heard. Sir Terry Pratchett is dead. He���s the man who said ���The ideal death, I think, is what was the ideal Victorian death, you know, with your grandchildren around you, a bit of sobbing. And you say goodbye to your loved ones, making certain that one of them has been left behind to …

We are not the men our Grandfathers were

They say that behind every good software writer there is a man with a mallet to tell him when to stop. Fixing fences is a bit like that. It���s normally comparatively easy to know where to start, but working out when you���ve got the fence ���good enough��� as opposed to ���good��� is a more subjective …

Shocking

Shocking! What is shocking? For me it was reading reports in the local and national papers about our local hospital. Now then I know the hospital and many of the people who work in it. It���s ���Our��� hospital. Like other people, when I go there I meet people I know amongst both staff and patients. …

Making exciting mistakes and unexpected sartorial advice

Some people make really exciting mistakes, have you noticed that? Whereas some of us might fall asleep on the train, miss our stop and end up spending the night on the platform at Lancaster, (A station I���m fond of, the staff really do care) others somehow get entangled with dangerous and beautiful women, ridiculously large …

Echoes of war.

There are times when I feel especially close to my father and grandfather. Given that there are days when I do the same job at the same time as they did, often with equipment they���d recognise, it���s probably not surprising. But after all these years they can still manage to surprise you. My Grandfather was …