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Today, I shall mostly be...
......reflecting on the glory of a back garden completely mowed (you could play snooker on it - if you were shight at snooker in the first place!) and strimmed yesterday - obvs left bob z's tuft of grass around the bird feeders so he can do the skilled ninja hunter thing, not that he's even remotely came close to catching the fat pigeon (which must be a tourist, it's got all it's toes!). and that of being a good neighbour - following my shining example in backyard grooming, my neighbour's hover mower stopped hovering, so lent him mine, which he cleaned (i don't) and washed down with disinfectant before returning! of course it struck me that i should have done this beforehand, but, well, it was manky!
Some quicke housework, a game or 2 of Fort Blaster, listening to some L.A. Guns with the headphones on (then I can play them as loud as I like without annoying D) and a nice bottle of red wine tonight, along with Copycat on the DVD player.
Getting out there on my bike while waiting for the mince to defrost so I can make meatloaf.
(Should've taken it out of the freezer last night.)
(Should've taken it out of the freezer last night.)
Waiting for Tesco. My priority ‘slot’ is 10.00am to 6.00pm! They’re supposed to notify me of an hour within those times but nowt so far.
Thought their flexi-slot was only a four hour window?
Hope they don't keep you waiting all day Lez.
Hope they don't keep you waiting all day Lez.
"(Should've taken it out of the freezer last night.)"yeah, nothing worse than a frozen bike!
Shopping done for next 5-6 days. Now need to make my mind up about whether to get wireless broadband installed (£99 installation plus £75 for a special router), since there seems no prospect of OpenReach getting fibre to us for the next few years and it's a real struggle to work from home with super-slow broadband.Trouble is, if I get faster broadband it will become even more apparent how slow my desktop computer is, so I'll probably have to shift everything onto the laptop (which I was deliberately trying to avoid using for work because of all the extra security stuff that has to be installed, which will slow that device right down as well).
Grizzlygrump wrote: "Thought their flexi-slot was only a four hour window?Hope they don't keep you waiting all day Lez."
Just been notified, it’s now 3.00 - 4.00.
Planting broad beans, that i grew on in the cold frame.Catching calves and injecting them for blackleg. Strong little bstrds they are. Then into the trailer out into the fields for the first time. No better sight than them running in the sunshine.
Gonna do the jamie oliver macoroni cheese recipe later, and puree up the cauliflower element so kids will eat it..... :0
Anyone else think 'Moneybox' is possibly the most boring program on radio 4, though it's a close call with 'You & Yours'
Tech XXIII wrote: ""(Should've taken it out of the freezer last night.)"
yeah, nothing worse than a frozen bike!"
Once the saddle defrosts, it's not too bad :)
yeah, nothing worse than a frozen bike!"
Once the saddle defrosts, it's not too bad :)
Grizzlygrump wrote: "Tech XXIII wrote: ""(Should've taken it out of the freezer last night.)"yeah, nothing worse than a frozen bike!"
Once the saddle defrosts, it's not too bad :)"
Saddle? Luxury! There 15 o' us on our bike an' it din't 'ave wheels neither …….
Serial wrote: "Anyone else think 'Moneybox' is possibly the most boring program on radio 4, though it's a close call with 'You & Yours'"Never heard Woman's Hour? Or The Archers? Or The Food Programme? (Actually, that one might be interesting to a farmer.) Or Gardeners' sodding Question Time? The list is almost endless. And don't get me started on Just a *%$!ing Minute or the abominable Dead Ringers.
Gordon wrote: "Serial wrote: "Anyone else think 'Moneybox' is possibly the most boring program on radio 4, though it's a close call with 'You & Yours'"Never heard Woman's Hour? Or The Archers? Or The Food Progr..."
You're right, Gordon, just some days I seem to always catch either You and Yours or some other similar thing.
The Archers is still blissfully Corvid free, can't help thinking they should keep it that way
Serial wrote: "The Archers is still blissfully Corvid free..."I'm sure there are still plent of crows & magpies around. It is blissfully Covid-free, though. It must be recorded a long time in advance. They'll be doing the single-wicket before long, which would be great in a social-distancing version.
With working at home I have reclaimed 2½ hours a day that are normally spent commuting. I'm generally putting somethng on to cook around 6:30 then knocking off at 7 pm and watching Richard Osman's House of Games on catch-up while I eat. I was wondering how long it would carry on with five of them sitting close together in a studio until I realized they're repeats from at least two years ago.
The Archers is still blissfully Corvid free, can't help thinking they should keep it that waySurely a horrendous infestation of the virus, to clean the whole damn place out and end the horror is what's needed.
Serial wrote: "... a close call with 'You & Yours'"Y&Yrs might not be perfect, but it's an improvement on Jeremy Vine or our local BBC at that time, for sure.
Tim wrote: "The Archers is still blissfully Corvid free, can't help thinking they should keep it that waySurely a horrendous infestation of the virus, to clean the whole damn place out and end the horror is what's needed."
Shades of the 1993 Emmerdale Farm purge (the Beckindale air disaster), Tim?
Gordon wrote: "Tim wrote: "The Archers is still blissfully Corvid free, can't help thinking they should keep it that waySurely a horrendous infestation of the virus, to clean the whole damn place out and end th..."
Oh yeah, the air crash that killed all of one or two people in the village the plane came down on. Something rather more deadly I hope. 😂
Tim wrote: "Gordon wrote: "Tim wrote: "The Archers is still blissfully Corvid free, can't help thinking they should keep it that waySurely a horrendous infestation of the virus, to clean the whole damn place..."
No one in Ambridge is easy to kill off, witness Linda Snells recent injuries from a gas explosion, only to be back at the village fete fairly swiftly afterwards
Gordon wrote: "Now need to make my mind up about whether to get wireless broadband installed (£99 installation plus £75 for a special router), since there seems no prospect of Ope..."Our small Highland village is being switched over to fibre broadband on 1st May (well, that's what they said pre-virus/lockdown but I've not heard from them since). I'll have a new SmartHub to install so if I disappear you'll know it's not worked!
Freeview/digital signal still playing up intermittently. Still can't work out why. Weather v good. Can't hear any chainsaws being used. Connections all ok. Aerial ok. I have a 4G filter thingy installed.
Serial wrote: "No one in Ambridge is easy to kill off, witness Linda Snells recent injuries from a gas explosion, only to be back at the village fete fairly swiftly afterwards"Plot armour is a bad thing. I don't listen to the Archers (or barely anything on R4) so, meh!
Michael Portillo reborn as travelling buffoon
Serial wrote: "Michael Portillo reborn as travelling buffoon"It's the red trousers, isn't it?
Gordon wrote: "Serial wrote: "Michael Portillo reborn as travelling buffoon"It's the red trousers, isn't it?"
No, it's definitely the smug, entitled, smarmy git wearing them.
But also the too tight red trousers.
like a dual coloured condom on a massive ugly p***k! with a face you'd never get tired of grinding underfoot............i'm a fan, y'unnerstand!
Gordon wrote: "Serial wrote: "Michael Portillo reborn as travelling buffoon"It's the red trousers, isn't it?"
Or the yellow ones.
Tech XXIII wrote: "like a dual coloured condom on a massive ugly p***k! with a face you'd never get tired of grinding underfoot............i'm a fan, y'unnerstand!"Not forgetting the 'Just For Men; auburn shade. ;0
I’m proud and happy to say I’ve never listened to The Archers in my life. I only ever listen to the quizzes on R4. Sad to say even ISIHAC should have been put to bed a couple of series ago. I expect it might be now.
I listen to R3 from 9.00am to midday and Composer of the Week if it’s someone unusual or that I like. Late Junction and other late night stuff too. Occasionally 6Music and the odd play.
Do you know when Counterpoint is back, Lez?Some of the contestants on this year's Brian of Britain have been a bit dim.
Agreed, they have.Counterpoint final was last November but I don’t know the sequence of RBQ etc.
Been trying to cut my hair. I actually had it done in hospital last year and she did a good job, but I’ve let it get out of control. It’s really thick and has gone quite curly in places. I've never had curly hair, slightly wavy but not curly. Interesting!
Lez wrote: "Been trying to cut my hair. I actually had it done in hospital last year and she did a good job, but I’ve let it get out of control. It’s really thick and has gone quite curly in places. I've never..."You've got the Corvid Curls, Lez. :0
Lez wrote: "Been trying to cut my hair. I actually had it done in hospital last year and she did a good job, but I’ve let it get out of control. It’s really thick and has gone quite curly in places. I've never..."You said cutting your own hair was easy! I let Mrs Neck loose on mine this afternoon, she was cautious and it hasn't turned out ridiculous (the bits I can see).
Gordon wrote: "Do you know when Counterpoint is back, Lez?Some of the contestants on this year's Brian of Britain have been a bit dim."
They could probably have spent 'Brain' properly though:-)
Derek wrote: "Gordon wrote: "Do you know when Counterpoint is back, Lez?Some of the contestants on this year's Brian of Britain have been a bit dim."
They could probably have spent 'Brain' properly though:-)"
LOL
Brass Neck wrote: "Lez wrote: "Been trying to cut my hair. I actually had it done in hospital last year and she did a good job, but I’ve let it get out of control. It’s really thick and has gone quite curly in places..."It’s the first time I’ve had a problem!
Derek wrote: "Gordon wrote: "Do you know when Counterpoint is back, Lez?Some of the contestants on this year's Brian of Britain have been a bit dim."
They could probably have spent 'Brain' properly though:-)"
It’s an ‘in’ joke Derek. Sorry. 😃
Lez wrote: "Derek wrote: "Gordon wrote: "Do you know when Counterpoint is back, Lez?Some of the contestants on this year's Brian of Britain have been a bit dim."
They could probably have spent 'Brain' prope..."
I'm happy to believe that Lez, since I haven't listened willingly to anything on Radio 4 since about 1975, Im definitely more 'out' than 'in':-)
Did I just split an infinitive? I've never understood what that means.
… actually, after a quick bit of research, replace '1975' with 'never'. I thought Im Sorry I'll Read That Again, which in any case finished in 1973, was on Radio 4 but I was wrong, it was on Radio 2.
Derek wrote: "… actually, after a quick bit of research, replace '1975' with 'never'. I thought Im Sorry I'll Read That Again, which in any case finished in 1973, was on Radio 4 but I was wrong, it was on Radio 2."There are repeats of ISIRTA on Radio 4 Extra, Derek. I’ve tried it occasionally but it’s not as funny as I remember, but then, things rarely are.
...back to work. I had a good time, hate to admit. Garden, books, music... just enjoying doing nothing.
Don't know if anybody saw this on the BBC News website, winner and runners up of the International Garden Photographer of the Year's Black & White photo project. Some stunning photos here!https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-picture...
TheFoe wrote: "Don't know if anybody saw this on the BBC News website, winner and runners up of the International Garden Photographer of the Year's Black & White photo project. Some stunning photos here!https:..."
Thanks Foe, they’re gorgeous. Favourites are the New Forest, the waterlilies and of course the birdies.
Pity Lutyens is misspelt 🧐
Lez wrote: "TheFoe wrote: "Don't know if anybody saw this on the BBC News website, winner and runners up of the International Garden Photographer of the Year's Black & White photo project. Some stunning photos..."Hi Lez, yes my favourite was the New Forest one too, and I thought the photo of the Long Tailed Tits was quite cute. :-)
Lovely photos, thanks. My favourite is the lily pond.
Hoping my Mammillaria cactus survives. I had to place it in quarantine in the isolation ward last night (in a room that has no other plants in it). It appears to have a mealybug infestation. Yuk. Not sure what to do, I don't know much about cacti. My sister gave it to me and it had one or two bugs on it a while ago but I thought I'd gotten rid of them. They're back! Hoping they haven't spread to my fabulous hairy Old Man cactus, Kevin. They were sat next to each other on the kitchen windowsill. I'll be devastated if they have. I've had Kevin for over 25 yrs, he even survived University & "the party years". He's a fine specimen!
I recently did some research (i.e googled) mealybugs as a plant in the office had them. Advice from RHS was that although they can be eliminated it’s expensive and treatment may not work anyway. They advised getting rid of the infected plant for the sake of the others.
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what's with the flatus status? not something i'm going to follow through with!
.................................................................................................too late.