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Feb 23, 2021 08:27AM
Awww, I'm really pleased for you all, Derek ;o>
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congratulations, derek, and as the french say 'mucho bueno'!
Looking at the Photos again ... am I right in thinking that Magni is the slightly lighter Brown colour of the two Boys? ... and was that the deciding factor on choosing him? - because I know that you had a very particular image in Mind of the Pup that you wanted.Or was it just that Magni the Mauve was the one that pulled most at your Heartstrings when you saw him? ;o>
Thank you both. It turned out to be a surprisingly easy decision since Mauve Collar Boy pretty much selected us. He was very upfront and keen to say hello whereas Red Collar Boy was much more restrained and less outgoing.
naw, he was the one that didn't bite derek!
A German Shepherd, a Doberman and a Cat arrive at the Gates of Heaven.All three are faced with God who wants to know what they believe in.
The German Shepherd says, "I believe in discipline, training and loyalty to my Master"
"Good" says God, "then you may sit down on my right side"
The Doberman answers, "I believe in the love, care and protection of my Master"
"Ahh-ha" says God, "then you may sit down on my left side"
Then he looks at the Cat and asks, "and what do you believe in?"
And the Cat replies, ... "I believe that you're sitting in MY seat"
;o>
Well done, selection panel! I'm sure you've found your new "true companion". I'm looking forward to hearing more about The Adventures of Magni.
Lez wrote: "A nice birdie to look out for :https://www.theguardian.com/environme..."
Next time I'm in Borneo ... ;o)
I had to Google where Indonesia and Borneo are - as I've always been terrible at Geography.I dunno why though because I've always been really good at Map Reading? ;o>
The full Snow Moon over the UK will be peaking tomorrow, Saturday February the 27th, at around quarter past 8 in the morning (although the Moon will continue to look full all weekend) - and our current clear skies should make it reasonably easy to spot ;o>It was named the Snow Moon by the North American Indian tribes because it appears in a Month that usually has a heavy snowfall - and is also called the Storm Moon, Bear Moon, or the Eagle Moon.
From Sunset tonight the Moon will appear to be full, but the moment that it reaches it's full illumination will be in the morning, when the Moon and Sun face each other at a 180 degree angle.
Because the Moon is not usually visible in the morning, the best time to see it will probably be tonight or on Saturday after Sunset when it rises again - and it will still look full on Sunday evening ...
suzysunshine7 wrote: "I had to Google where Indonesia and Borneo are - as I've always been terrible at Geography.I dunno why though because I've always been really good at Map Reading? ;o>"
In the pre-sat nav days and Mrs Neck was navigating she would have to turn the atlas upside down if we were heading south so she could get left and right turns ..... er, right.
I've never seen anything wrong with doing that.
I always do that as well ;o>Is that thought to be a wrong way to use Road Maps and A to Z's? ... only it has always made basic common sense to me to do it and it works perfectly as well?
I think it can be a help. A long time ago, pre satnav, we were on our way somewhere when it became clear that someone had got the directions they'd sent us wrong because they hadn't turned the map. We were travelling north to south but they had looked at the map with north at the top. All the lefts should have been rights and all the rights should have been lefts. It was fine once we twigged but we had a bit of bother at roundabouts until we did.
It's all about using a printed version of a Map to navigate ways within and through an Area, isn't it? So, to my Mind, why hold a Map or A to Z the 'wrong' way up just because that's the right way up to hold it according to the Cover of the Book or the Heading and Footers on the Page? That rigid and restrictive way of thinking makes no sense to me at all ;o>
Righto. I was always able to do the inversion mentally and assumed others could too. Maybe it's a man thing?Once had a girl in one of her first GCSE Geog lessons recapping OS map skills, an option subject she CHOSE, answer me with, "I DON'T do maps!"
Brass Neck wrote: "Righto. I was always able to do the inversion mentally and assumed others could too. Maybe it's a man thing?Once had a girl in one of her first GCSE Geog lessons recapping OS map skills, an optio..."
I don't think so. The directions we had trouble with were given by a man and I was the one who spotted what he'd got wrong. (To be fair, G was driving, so I was navigating).
Brass Neck wrote: "Righto. I was always able to do the inversion mentally and assumed others could too. Maybe it's a man thing?"No, I can also do it the other way as well, so I don't think that it is a 'man thing' as such? ;o>
What I am saying is why go out of your way to do it in what, to me anyway, seems to be a far less logical and much more of a Eye/Mind challenging way when you can simply just turn the Map or Book upside down or sideways and then follow it through in the same direction as you are actually moving - either on Foot or by Car?
Dare I suggest that always having to have an A to Z or a Book of Maps a particular way up - even if it means that it creates an inverted image and set of directions by doing so - could possibly be something that may be far more of a 'man thing' than it is a 'women thing'? - LOL!!! ;o>
Perhaps some people just have trouble reading upside down? ;o)
YAYYY!!! ... ***there's Free Delivery on ALL Plants, Bulbs & Seeds ordered from Thompson & Morgan until midnight on Sunday the 28th of February - or while stocks last - when you use the Key Code: TM_TN2074W at the Checkout*** ... ;o>I've just used it to order two of our most favourite Summer to Autumn Plants off them as they never fail to bring such immense pleasure to Mum and me every year ...
Begonia X Tuberhybrida 'Apricot Shades Improved' F1 Hybrid (exclusive to T&M) - 15 x Garden Ready Plants (to be despatched by the end of May)
Sunflower SunBelievable™ Duo: 1 x 'Golden Girl' and 1 x 'Brown Eyed Girl' (to be despatched by the end of May)
Plus I couldn't resist and stop myself from also buying ... 15 x Garden Ready Begonia 'Non-Stop Fire' ... and 1 x Jumbo Plug Plant Sedum 'Sunsparkler Dream Dazzler' as well!
I can hardly wait for them to arrive and to see them blossom in our Garden! ;o>
***Please note, this Offer excludes all Products within the Tool Shed, Outdoor Living, Buildings & Fencing, Lawn Seed and Wild Birdfood Categories***
Putting temptation in my way, Suzy! but I really shouldn't give in. We've got everything crossed that, finally, we may be moving soon but after much disappointment, I daren't go ordering stuff for a new garden, however much this plantaholic's green fingers are twitching ... ;o)
thanks Suzy ,I do like begonias in my pots.Ill go on and order.
Oooh? - I'll cross everything for you as well, Isabella ... x ;o>The Bees always make a beeline every year for the huge Stone Patio Planter that we put a couple of the 'Brown Eyed Girl' Sunflower SunBelievable™ Plants into and so I decided to try out one of each this year and get a 'Golden Girl' as well ;o>
As for the Begonia X Tuberhybrida 'Apricot Shades Improved' F1 Hybrid?!! ... Ohhh Isabella! - you really MUST get yourself a few of these if you like masses and masses of massive cascading beautiful yellow and orange blooms as much as I do! ;o>
We usually just buy 6 Plants ... and they grow and grow ... and easily manage to fill up the whole of a 4 foot long Window Sill Box that we have outside of one of our Kitchen Windows - and they are always spectacular! ... absolutely fabulous!!! ;o>
I kept on meaning to take Photos last year because they were SO incredibly beautiful and brought Mum and me such pleasure right the way through from June to the first week in December(!), but unfortunately I never got around to it somehow ;o<
Flowers as big as the palm of your Hand just keep on coming, and coming, and coming - and the colours change as they turn rampant as they bloom - from pale yellow to deep yellow right through to a flaming orange ... simply stunning!!! ... I really can't recommend it highly enough if all that you get is only just this one Plant this year ;o>
There will very likely be several more Free Delivery weekends offered up by Thompson & Morgan over the next few months - and I usually don't put my Orders in until around mid to late April - so I reckon that you've still got plenty of time yet to snaffle up some real beauties for your new Garden in your new Home.
Anita wrote: "thanks Suzy ,I do like begonias in my pots.Ill go on and order."I hope you get to enjoy the spectacular Summer and Autumn blooms of the Begonia X Tuberhybrida 'Apricot Shades Improved' F1 Hybrid that Mum and me love so much, Anita. I just wish that I'd taken a Photo of them that I could show you all.
They were SO very much needed to lift our spirits last year - and they excelled themselves as they always do by being absolutely fabulous! ;o>
They sometimes change the Codes they offer from day to day so if the Code doesn't work - then check out the Home Page and just use whatever Code it has on there.Today it is showing up as ... TM_TN2075W ... and I've just been sent another T&M Email offering me yet another Code for the same Offer of Free Delivery (a saving of £4.99) ... TM_TN2077W
;o> ... I suddenly feel I should add a Disclaimer now? ... ;o>... something along the lines that if your Begonias unexpectedly decide to keel over and die then please don't remember that I recommended them to you! ... LOL!!!
I'll add my recommendation for T. & M.'s begonias. Very good quality, beautiful colours.
I must admit we do buy a lot of Begonia Plants that my Mum likes to plant up in alternating colours all along the edge of the Patio - and we always prefer to buy those Begonia Plants locally instead and to support one of our tiny independent family-run Garden Centres by doing so - and so I can't vouch for any other T&M Plants other than just these exclusive and newer varieties of Plants that I like to buy off them as an extra bit of a surprise for my Mum every year.Last year, a couple of the Begonias unfortunately arrived looking a bit crushed and knocked about - but these F1 Hybrids seem to be a lot more resilient and robust than your usual Begonia Plants because they completely recovered and went on to bloom beautifully all the same ;o>
WoW?!! ... has anyone else seen the Snow Moon? ;o>This picture is of the Snow Moon rising behind Rivington Pike, Chorley in Lancashire last night - an amazing picture taken by Press Association Photographer Peter Byrne! ...
suzysunshine7 wrote: "P wrote: "Suze: Find your details about the Stockport tunnels of great interest. Near us, catacombs in Warstone Lane Cemetery in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter were used as air raid shelters during..."Suzy:
Thank you for the great and detailed reply. Very interesting, but also alarming about how unsavoury elements are using them. I have used the Birmingham catacombs as a 'vehicle' in my debut trilogy of YP novels, and researched similar places around the UK - Exeter and Sheffield catacombs and Kinver rock houses, all of which I made use of.
Kinver is a village on the edge of the West Mids connurbation, and on the edge of the village is a sandstone outcrop into which several house were carved and lived in by 'trogladites' for many years. When the last house was vacated, they, too, were vandalised and so the cafe there and houses were demolished. The National Trust eventually acquired the site and reconstructed the cafe and one house. Most of the house is carved into the sandstone, but the front openings are infilled with brick walls, windows and door. The house has been refitted with period furniture and artefacts, and the kitchen garden out front is filled with plants of the period.
The catacombs in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter have quite a history. They originally had a chapel above with a catafalque coffin lift, but this was destroyed during WW2. The catacombs themselves were used as shelters during the War, but have since been bricked up, as have the Sheffield ones. Rumour has it that because most catacombs were underused due the high cost of interment compared to burial, (they were originally created due to the incidence of bodysnatching, but that ceased when an act was passed that forbade teaching infirmaries from paying for corpses), they remained mainly empty. The Birmingham ones apparently are filled with the remains of bodies that were donated to a local teaching school, prior to being bricked up!
Sorry if my last post has scared everybody away!Easter is approaching, so I can talk Easter eggs and Hot Cross Buns if necessary! ;0)
I don't have any Easter Egg or Hot Cross Bun (yum) chat but maybe some of you could help me choose which donkey to "adopt" - https://www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk...They all look beautiful and characterful to me but unfortunately I can only afford to sponsor one : -(
Something is drawing me to Zena. Or Ashley. Or poor little Henry. Or... Help!
Hiyah P ... x x xAnd ... Hiyah Helen ... x x x
I'm absolutely shattered today and I need to catch up in spending some one-to-one time with my Mum and helping her to sort some things out tonight.
So just very quickly for now ...
Kinver? ... I Googled it the other day and ... WoW!!! ;o>
Donkeys? ... Awww, I LOVE Donkeys so I don't want to make an Ass of myself by rushing to reply without checking out the Link and giving it some considerable thought first ;o>
I'll be back tomorrow though - and with much longer replies to you both then.
x x x Suzy x x x
Helen The Melon wrote: "I don't have any Easter Egg or Hot Cross Bun (yum) chat but maybe some of you could help me choose which donkey to "adopt" - https://www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk...They all look beautiful and..."
I think this is a personal choice Helen. If you're drawn to Zena (or Ashley, or Henry), that's the way to go. Let your heart decide. I think I would like Harbin and his helmet haircut.
Yes, Harbin or Shocks, just on the basis of the hair/mane cut. But Val's right, follow your heart.
I'd go for Walter, as that was my Dad's name. Timothy looks like he needs a bit of love though, looks kind of sad.
Helen The Melon wrote: "I don't have any Easter Egg or Hot Cross Bun (yum) chat but maybe some of you could help me choose which donkey to "adopt" - https://www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk...They all look beautiful and..."
Can you not call the sanctuary and ask them which donkey looks best in aviators?
Val & Isabella - I had not thought to choose one based on it's hairdo! My heart is telling me...how could I be so mean & just pick one when they all look adorable. Foe - I can't make a name connection with any of them except Henry. I used to have a lovely ginger cat called Henry, but that's all. Oh, and then I know two Timothy's on here but who wants a donkey named after either of them! Ha ;-)
They all look like they need a bit of love.
Sera - I love that picture, thanks! It might be a little bit easier if I knew what music each donkey had a preference for. I'm sure they all like a bit of hoofgaze though.
I hope no one minds if I butt in here to say the 2021 Aussie Rules tipping comp is open at:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Everyone is welcome. You don't have to know anything about Aussie Rules. You don't even have to like sport. Nine games every week - you just have to pick the winners. You get to choose a charity (must be here in Australia) and I donate money each week based on the results. The criteria for earning money are so random that everyone gets something. Last year we raised £427, spread over 15 charities. I'm sure Suzy won't mind me saying that even with abysmal tipping (she always picks the underdog) she raised £40 for a domestic violence charity - more than I earned and I'm supposed to know something about the game! I'll assign you a team to barrack for, you can don the colours and I'll teach you the club song. Who doesn't want to sing "We're a happy team at Hawthorn, we're the mighty fighting Hawks" to the tune of "Yankee Doodle Dandy"? It's just a bit of fun and no one gets hurt, I promise. Hit the link if you're interested.
AFL time again Val? Please just give me shout if I've not shown up within a couple of days of the start if ya will.
Anyways, a chap goes into the doctors and says "Doc, I've got piles" and the doc says "Ok take one of these tablets each day and shove it up your back passage. Come back to see me in a week"Bloke goes back after a week and doc says "How's it going, did you do as I said with the tablets?" and the bloke says "Well, I did but we haven't got a back passage so I put em in the coalhouse... and for all the bloody good they did me I might as well have shoved em up me arse!"
Yeah yeah that one's as old as the hills but whaddaya expect eh? I had me jab on Sat; kicked the shit outta me it did. Almost urinated meself Sunday morn because I was too weak to get outta bed or to even shout anyone. Still not 100%... well am I ever but ya know what I mean.Am curious to know if any of you lot have had a rough time with it? Assuming a few of yous have had one by now.
All of yous by the looks of this... I mean wtf IS everyone? I realize my bedside manner is questionable but...
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