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[Jim]

I can remember squeezing warble grubs out of the backs of cattle, ear wax doesn't come anywhere near :-)

[M.T.]

Jim wrote: "I can remember squeezing warble grubs out of the backs of cattle, ear wax doesn't come anywhere near :-)"

I bet that's absolutely astoundingly gross! Brilliant but I think I'd definitely have wanted to wear gloves. I'm sure you weren't but yeh ... definitely would want to. Mwahahahahrgh!

Cheers

MTM

[Jim]

gloves?

[M.T.]

Mwahaahaaaaaahahahahhrgh! Why did I expect that reaction?

[Jim]

;-)

[Rosemary (grooving with the Picts)]

Have a strange hankering to syringe my own ears now. Warble grubs, not so much

[Jim]

Rosemary (grooving with the Picts) wrote: "Have a strange hankering to syringe my own ears now. Warble grubs, not so much"

understandable

[M.T.]

Rosemary (grooving with the Picts) wrote: "Have a strange hankering to syringe my own ears now. Warble grubs, not so much"

It’s the way he went, ‘gloves?’ When I asked ....

[Alicia]

I imagine there is a LOT of stuff the ordinary urban human would consider icky, but which the farmer just does - and doesn't even think about most of the time.

We're too precious any more.

[Jim]

Somebody said you can break people into two groups.
Those who wash their hands after they've been to the toilet
Those who have to wash their hands before they've been to the toilet :-)

[M.T.]

With this lock down thing, we might be getting to the point where other people’s lives are as surreal as mine ... possibly ...

https://mtmcguire.wordpress.com/2020/...

Enjoy,

Cheers

MTM

[Jim]

I think people will struggle to match you :-)

[M.T.]

Jim wrote: "I think people will struggle to match you :-)"

Perhaps, but I have to say, you live a pretty surreal existence yourself Jim, in many ways. :-)

Cheers

MTM

[Jim]

M.T. wrote: "Jim wrote: "I think people will struggle to match you :-)"

Perhaps, but I have to say, you live a pretty surreal existence yourself Jim, in many ways. :-)

Cheers

MTM"

I blame it on my friends ;-)

[M.T.]

Jim wrote: "M.T. wrote: "
Perhaps, but I have to say, you live a pretty surreal existence yourself Jim, in many ways. :-)

Cheers

MTM"

I blame it on my friends ;-)"

Two can say that! Mwahahahrgh!

[Jim]

so actually, neither of us are at fault ;-)

[M.T.]

Jim wrote: "so actually, neither of us are at fault ;-)"

Nope, we're just weird! Mwahahahargh!

[Jim]

So it is rumoured ;-)

[M.T.]

This week, I am mostly wittering about nothing very much:

https://mtmcguire.co.uk/2020/04/04/woah/

[Jim]

now there's novel :-)

[M.T.]

Jim wrote: "now there's novel :-)"

Yeh ... it’s quite weird isn’t it? Then again, as we were saying last week! 🤣🤣🤣

[Jim]

M.T. wrote: "Jim wrote: "now there's novel :-)"

Yeh ... it’s quite weird isn’t it? Then again, as we were saying last week! 🤣🤣🤣"

stream of consciousness used to be fashionable ;-)

[M.T.]

Jim wrote: "M.T. wrote: "Jim wrote: "now there's novel :-)"

Yeh ... it’s quite weird isn’t it? Then again, as we were saying last week! 🤣🤣🤣"

stream of consciousness used to be fashionable ;-)"

Here’s hoping it is as I’ve written another one.

https://mtmcguire.co.uk/2020/04/11/on...

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Very interesting - I'm trying not to think about what the world will look like when this is over, but I will think more about supporting local businesses (even though I already try) and find if there is anywhere other than co-op that has a collection point for the foodbank

[M.T.]

Here’s some more ranting, with some authory news as well ... woot!

https://mtmcguire.co.uk/2020/04/18/no...

[Jim]

woot woot :-)

[M.T.]

Jim wrote: "woot woot :-)"

🤣🤣🤣

Enjoyed yours this week too.

[Jim]

tried to keep it rustic :-)

[M.T.]

Jim wrote: "tried to keep it rustic :-)"

It was great although sounds like you need to get down there and blow those bloody doors off. 🤣🤣

[Jim]

there's a video somewhere :-)

[M.T.]

Jim wrote: "there's a video somewhere :-)"

👍🏼

[M.T.]

More bloggery https://mtmcguire.co.uk/2020/04/25/in...

Enjoy.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Glad you mastered the Twitter thing, doing some podcasts sound cool

[M.T.]

Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Glad you mastered the Twitter thing, doing some podcasts sound cool"

Yeh, it was all a bit of an unknown quantity but it was good fun.

[Jim]

I'm glad you got it to work with you. I looked at Periscope and it was so video heavy that it struggled to load
I confess I've never made any joy with twitter and loading video from here wouldn't work.
Watching the number of people who are now doing 'broadcasts' who've never done them before, getting sound quality and volume right appears to be a major thing

[M.T.]

Jim wrote: "I'm glad you got it to work with you. I looked at Periscope and it was so video heavy that it struggled to load
I confess I've never made any joy with twitter and loading video from here wouldn't w..."

Yeh, it’s all hideously complicated at the high end but I reckon I might find a budget way to do my blog ... I’d literally just read out the week’s blog post and if it was link heavy, refer folks to the actual page for links. I can do a reasonable job on that with a microphone and my ipad. I’m lucky in that, where we are, McOther works from home a fair bit and we also have a thing to listen for radio signals in our attic which sends stuff to one of his clients so they pay for us to have the most gargantuan amount of bandwidth available!

That helps.

:-)

[Jim]

we've got wet string :-)

[M.T.]

😟 yeh and a broken yogurt pot each end ... I can imagine.

[Jim]

I can do a zoom meeting, but because I don't have a camera, so that I can see others but they just get a blank screen for me

[M.T.]

In my case, I think I'd prefer that! Mwahahaahrgh!

[Jim]

M.T. wrote: "In my case, I think I'd prefer that! Mwahahaahrgh!"

just claim technical malfunction :-)

[M.T.]

I think I've proved myself dunderhead enough to just tell them that the computer says no.

[Jim]

go for it :-)

[M.T.]

Aaaaand some more bloggery pokery!

https://mtmcguire.co.uk/2020/05/02/ra...

Cheers

MTM

[Alicia]

Good one - your life is so much more interesting than mine!

Hope all the marketing is going well.

[M.T.]

Alicia wrote: "Good one - your life is so much more interesting than mine!

Hope all the marketing is going well."

It seems I’ll never have a normal existence! I think there are an unusual amount of people in my life who are nuts, in a very lovely way. But nuts nonetheless, so it’s always interesting.

Cheers

MTM

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Normal is boring and overrated MT! ETA, I've just remembered to read it! I'm another one who is worryingly happy, a friend us going back to work after being furloughed for a month and said she is ready to go back, I'm hoping mine lasts a bit longer! I was wandering round a wood earlier that I never knew existed and it was liberating to not have to think about what time it was or getting back home to do stuff ready for the week. I'm glad of my team chat at 8.30, gives me a reason to get up and plan the day. Am hoping some things stay, another nice thing wandering round is how polite people are.

[Jim]

Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Normal is boring and overrated MT!"

Absolutely!

[M.T.]

Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Normal is boring and overrated MT! ETA, I've just remembered to read it! I'm another one who is worryingly happy, a friend us going back to work after being furloughed for a month and said she is r..."

... And Jim

It's wonderful isn't it. 🙂 I just wish we could show down and it could be live this ask the time but with being able to see friends thrown in.

[Alicia]

I feel guilty when I stop to talk to another resident, even when we're separated and both masked!