The Night Mail

[Oldddudders]

6 minutes ago, polybear said:

 

Is that what they call "Bondage?"

What James gets up to off-camera is his affair.

[J. S. Bach]

8 hours ago, Tony_S said:

We used to have one of those but it broke. Our lawn is really a place for daisies, buttercups and clover. Plus other seasonal visitors. We stopped putting stuff on it when we had a dog and haven’t restarted. 

Our neighbours are quite particular about their lawn. Their weed and feed spreader went wrong last year and they had black stripes all winter where the lawn was overdosed. It is recovering now. 
Tony

Mine last year (and a few before but not this year):

 

 

A close-up of the yellow ones, I do not know what they are:

 

[Winslow Boy]

45 minutes ago, J. S. Bach said:

Mine last year (and a few before but not this year):

 

 

A close-up of the yellow ones, I do not know what they are:

 

Looks very similar to a plant/weed called Ragwort. Poisonous to cattle but naturalists love it as there is a butterfly that feeds off it's nectar. 

[Dave Hunt]

10 hours ago, Tony_S said:

We used to have one of those but it broke. Our lawn is really a place for daisies, buttercups and clover. Plus other seasonal visitors. We stopped putting stuff on it when we had a dog and haven’t restarted. 

 

 

For quite a few years now we've had Greenthumb put various dressings on our grass (I think lawn is a bit pretentious where our garden is concerned) every three months but last week Jill decided that all it really does is cost something like £180 annually and make the grass grow thicker and more quickly ( I did have the temerity to say wasn't that the idea ? but was pointedly ignored) meaning it has to be cut more often. Hence she has cancelled their regular visits. Should the grass now become patchy and less attractive I must remember not to say, "I told you so".

 

Dave

[PhilJ W]

11 hours ago, Dave Hunt said:

There goes another reason for car insurance to go up 50%.
 

Dave

Do they need a reason?

[Dave Hunt]

The lemon drizzle cake I supplied to the church social went down very well but Jill had the foresight to save a couple of pieces for our supper, which have now been consumed leaving us cakeless. Hence we can sleep peacefully in our bed without the possible patter of tiny feet great big paws and hoofs of marauding bears and hippos. It was a sacrifice but worth it.

 

Dave.

[Dave Hunt]

4 minutes ago, PhilJ W said:

Do they need a reason?

 

Sorry, I should have said weak excuse.

 

Dave

[Happy Hippo]

47 minutes ago, Dave Hunt said:

The lemon drizzle cake I supplied to the church social went down very well but Jill had the foresight to save a couple of pieces for our supper, which have now been consumed leaving us cakeless. Hence we can sleep peacefully in our bed without the possible patter of tiny feet great big paws and hoofs of marauding bears and hippos. It was a sacrifice but worth it.

 

Dave.

You won't hear anything now PB and I have finished Ninja school.

 

We are like Bristol Beaufighters.

[Tony_S]

51 minutes ago, Dave Hunt said:

but Jill had the foresight to save a couple of pieces for our supper,

I forgot to mention we had some cake too. Aditi made a batch of banana and chocolate chip muffins. We did give quite a lot away to neighbours but I have just eaten the last one. Unless of course some went to the freezer. Due to an ordering error we had a lot of bananas. 
Tony

[pH]

4 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said:

We are like Bristol Beaufighters.

The same nickname was sometimes applied to Glasgow Corporation trolleybuses.

[Dave Hunt]

27 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said:

You won't hear anything now PB and I have finished Ninja school.

 

We are like Bristol Beaufighters.

 

You mean blunt nosed and cocked up tails?

 

Dave

[J. S. Bach]

58 minutes ago, Tony_S said:

I forgot to mention we had some cake too. Aditi made a batch of banana and chocolate chip muffins. We did give quite a lot away to neighbours but I have just eaten the last one. Unless of course some went to the freezer. Due to an ordering error we had a lot of bananas. 
Tony

Yes, we have no bananas.

[J. S. Bach]

Night Owl from the Piedmont.

[iL Dottore]

Chocolate chip cake baked, delivered to the lucky recipient and consumed.

 

For "services above and beyond that expected of a guard dog" Lucy and Schotty were both awarded roast chicken.

 

Bbishop's Imbiss has been completed with only the roof to affix and it's travelling case to complete.

 

I've developed hay fever and am sneezing like crazy - so can't sleep 😠.

 

Goodnight!

[TheQ]

That green stuff is nothing like what we have..

Where are the nettles, brambles, Alexander, thistles, and sycamore seedlings?

 

 

 

[monkeysarefun]

35 minutes ago, TheQ said:

That green stuff is nothing like what we have..

Where are the nettles, brambles, Alexander, thistles, and sycamore seedlings?

 

 

 

 

 

..and Brown snakes?!

 

 

 

Edited May 6 by monkeysarefun

[iL Dottore]

7 hours ago, Happy Hippo said:

You won't hear anything now PB and I have finished Ninja school.

 

We are like Bristol Beaufighters.

Just one word:

 

Caltrops!

[AndyID]

8 hours ago, pH said:

The same nickname was sometimes applied to Glasgow Corporation trolleybuses.

 

aka "The Silent Death".

[Winslow Boy]

2 hours ago, monkeysarefun said:

 

 

..and Brown snakes?!

 

 

 

Don't forget the siders either.

[Winslow Boy]

2 hours ago, TheQ said:

That green stuff is nothing like what we have..

Where are the nettles, brambles, Alexander, thistles, and sycamore seedlings?

 

 

 

There's no need to brag you know.

[Happy Hippo]

51 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said:

Don't forget the siders either.

Since we are back onto one of my other favourite subjects, ie reptiles, here is another nasty little one to be aware of:

 

Atractaspis bibronii: The Stiletto Snake.

 

It mainly lives underground, so it has developed fangs that stick out of the side of it's head, so can strike sideways.

 

It means that it is very dangerous to try and hold one by it's neck as it will just turn it's head slightly and stick one with a single fang.

 

It has a cytotoxic venom for which there is no known antidote. Although not generally fatal it will cause severe swelling blistering pain and necrosis, which can lead to the loss of the bitten digit

 

After the Mozambique Spitting Cobra and the Puff Adder, it is the third most common cause of venomous snake bites in Africa.

 

 

Nasty little blighter.

 

 

Makes my duel with the old table saw look like a walk in the park!

 

Enjoy breakfast.

Edited May 6 by Happy Hippo

[Dave Hunt]

Now that really is ‘orrible. I once got bitten on the thumb in Singapore by a small green spider and my thumb swelled up and was painful for a while but that…….

 

Dave

[Winslow Boy]

I'm wondering what the purple/lilac dotted line is for?

 

Hmm on second thoughts I don't want to know as I suspect it's going to involve a saw and the phrase - now this won't hurt a bit.

[SM42]

2 hours ago, Winslow Boy said:

I'm wondering what the purple/lilac dotted line is for?

 

Hmm on second thoughts I don't want to know as I suspect it's going to involve a saw and the phrase - now this won't hurt a bit.

 

"Just a sharp scratch"

 

Andy

[polybear]

2 hours ago, Happy Hippo said:

Since we are back onto one of my other favourite subjects, ie reptiles, here is another nasty little one to be aware of:

 

Atractaspis bibronii: The Stiletto Snake.

 

It mainly lives underground, so it has developed fangs that stick out of the side of it's head, so can strike sideways.

 

It means that it is very dangerous to try and hold one by it's neck as it will just turn it's head slightly and stick one with a single fang.

 

It has a cytotoxic venom for which there is no known antidote. Although not generally fatal it will cause severe swelling blistering pain and necrosis, which can lead to the loss of the bitten digit

 

After the Mozambique Spitting Cobra and the Puff Adder, it is the third most common cause of venomous snake bites in Africa.

 

 

Nasty little blighter.

 

 

Makes my duel with the old table saw look like a walk in the park!

 

Enjoy breakfast.

 

Huge, Huge Ouch......