RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted May 5 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 5 6 minutes ago, polybear said: Is that what they call "Bondage?" What James gets up to off-camera is his affair. 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted May 5 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 5 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: 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted May 5 Share Posted May 5 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. 5 7 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted May 5 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 5 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 10 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted May 5 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 5 11 hours ago, Dave Hunt said: There goes another reason for car insurance to go up 50%. Dave Do they need a reason? 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted May 5 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 5 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. 3 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted May 5 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 5 4 minutes ago, PhilJ W said: Do they need a reason? Sorry, I should have said weak excuse. Dave 4 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted May 5 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 5 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. 1 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted May 5 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 5 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 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted May 5 Share Posted May 5 4 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said: We are like Bristol Beaufighters. The same nickname was sometimes applied to Glasgow Corporation trolleybuses. 8 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted May 5 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 5 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 1 1 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted May 5 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 5 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. 5 2 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted May 5 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 5 Night Owl from the Piedmont. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iL Dottore Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 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! 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted May 6 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 6 That green stuff is nothing like what we have.. Where are the nettles, brambles, Alexander, thistles, and sycamore seedlings? 5 3 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 (edited) 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 9 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iL Dottore Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 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! 3 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 8 hours ago, pH said: The same nickname was sometimes applied to Glasgow Corporation trolleybuses. aka "The Silent Death". 6 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 2 hours ago, monkeysarefun said: ..and Brown snakes?! Don't forget the siders either. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 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. 1 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted May 6 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 6 (edited) 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 13 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted May 6 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 6 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 4 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 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. 7 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 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 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted May 6 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 6 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...... 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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