Grizz

Er Bear, where are the piles of black pudding? No breakiefast is complete without piles of black pud.

As an old saying goes….”Grasses get mowed”….. And surprisingly and very occasionally grass can be made to look like it has mown or mowed itself…..as if by magic, as it were….or self inflicted mowing, for want of a better term. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=newssearch&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjKuMjh-PqEAxUuQEEAHWLNAgQQxfQBKAB6BAgQEAE&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Fbusiness-68534703&usg=AOvVaw1VPXQbgN10vdIsiWbLy612&opi=89978449 On another subject….does anyone know what a multi trillion dollar industrial lawn mower looks like? …. Just saying….🤔 Ooooooh hang on, Grizz Castle sometimes has big silver birds passing over head, on their final approach to Gatwick. I do hope to goodness sake that a large piece of a certain manufacturer’s aircraft doesn’t accidentally and mysteriously land on me whilst I’m in the dungeons of the castle. That would probably be a complete coincidence…. …..praps I’m not just saying now. 😂

Nothing like Bambi, it is my favourite. Shoot both and eat them. Curried Thumper is particularly good.

….and again…Uho. More bits drop off. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68584134

Did I mention the….Custardy Goodness?

Uho…. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjR2pjox_iEAxVSU0EAHe23DL0QvOMEKAB6BAgJEAE&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fbusiness%2F2024%2F03%2F15%2Flatam-dreamliner-dive-boeing-switch%2F&usg=AOvVaw3ve9_WoughNNbHL1S7KqM0&opi=89978449

Oh yes…yes they did! And they had quite a few…and they know…they know the custardy goodness is my kryptonite! ….mmmmmmm custardy goodness. I didn’t in fact complain….. I stayed strong. So strong in fact that I strolled by with my gaze fixed in opposite direction. In fact I strolled so far that I ended up in the beer and ale section. It was then that my strength failed me. So I left with a dozen bottles of ale…….. The evidence.

Wotcha All… well they’ve bleedin well done it again….Weightrose have gone and filled up their cake / pastry/ snacky goodies cabinets with scrummy lovely snacky goodies…..DELIBERATELY…….THEY HAVE DONE THIS ON PURPOSE! On PURPOSE I SAY! Just because they know that occasionally on a Saturday morning I have to come into Gotham to drop off cub 2 and I am then vulnerable for 30 minutes. Totally at their mercy. But I have not caved into their wicked evil machinations. No…no more. No never no more. I have been strong and I have blatantly ignored their tempting, sometimes custardy treats. Evidence of my tormentors evil ways.

When I arrived home this evening I discovered that Mrs Grizz had been baking and making. Ooooooooo I thought I wonder if there is any for me. Well apparently not. It is a bespoke birthday cake for a customer. And there aren’t even any scragg ends of cakey nibbles for me either!…as number 2 cub scoffed them at lunch time. The empty pint glass is just there to give a sense of scale. Surely no one person needs to have a cake that big.

Bet they have hand carved Curley fries!

WARNING… @polybear…look away now……please. This evening Mrs Grizz cooked a locally produced roast turkey crown, with soss, roast tatoes, roast parrrrsnips, carrots, swede , broccoli, and peas. With gravy made from the juices etc etc. Followed our own apples and pears crumble and home made custard….mmmm custard…. As I earlier predicted…..it is now B bise time. Nite nite all……sov godt Grizz…..zzzzzz……..zzzzzzzz………..zzzzzzzzzz……….zzzzzzzz…….etc.

From where we were sitting it ricocheted off of one of their players…..I’ll still take it!

Yeah you are completely right @Gwiwer….but right now…I’ll take it! 😂

Yes…yes we do…….AND we WON. 🤪 and I drank numerous pints of Harvey’s. Old Ale, Best, Stout, Porter, Porter, Old, Old, Porter and Old…….AND….WE WON…..did I mention that? ….”SEEEEEEEEGULLLS!!!!!!!”…..happy Grizz and number 1 cub. Gonna probs fall asweep after supper……☺️

Well on that note I’m off for the afternoon, to Gotham to drink beer, watch the football and loose my voice yelling and singing at the Amex Stadium. “SEAGULLS!!!!!!”

Hummmmph…..it is going to be one of THOSE days is it? Mrs Grizz has sent me various Gifs etc…..then she sent this one…apparently in this case she is speaking as the voice of experience……she says it sums us up well.

Ah but was that your hand holding that pint? 😉

@iL Dottore could this be an example of tribalism? Or more specifically Neotribalism….not something that I have thought about much before, other than for football etc. Even if those involved do not recognise it as such? When I typed in tribalism, the Neo bit was offered up as a search lower down. This is cut and pasted below. Neo tribalism, also known as modern tribalism or new tribalism, is a sociological concept which postulates that human beings have evolved to live in tribal society, as opposed to mass society, and thus will naturally form social networks constituting new tribes. At times it is noticeably present in some quite numbers of r@:lw@y enthusiasts and model r@:lw@y enthusiasts, with their often obsessive behaviour towards one thing or another. Couple this with what, at times, (and I have definitely noticed this element, as I am happy with my own autistic traits and autism myself) are clearly visible, with seemingly disproportionately high numbers of neurodiverse folks that seem to be attracted to R@:lw@ys and that other subject which cannot be spoken about. Could there be a link between the two? With the two accentuating each other, if that makes sense.? A local heritage rail has examples of both tribal behaviour and a great deal of visible neurodiversity, with some folks occasionally flying into rages about a pet project or obsessing about a decision that took place 30 years ago and they can’t let go. Or the detail of a project that must take precedence over that ‘pile of carp’ that has no place here because they never ran here blar blar blar. I often wonder what this behaviour looks like to others (normals) out side of our shared common interest (muddling n r@:lw@ys). I know little if anything about tribalism other than that which I have described above, and as for autism I have it to a degree, in my advancing years I recognise behaviours, responses and coping strategies that have been with me all my life.

Perhaps that should have been…. ”Our British justice system is adversarial, it is not about the truth, it is about ‘aversion’ of the truth”…..🤪

Oooooo I nearly forgot. To lighten the mood with regard to the law, legal and judicial system in the uk, I am sure that some will already know this, but for those who don’t please please check out the radio comedy series, and later tv series, Chambers. The wiki link below gives the details. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chambers_(series) The brilliant John Bird as John Fuller-Carp and James Fleet as Hilary Tripping, but my personal favourite is Jonathan Kydd as Vince Griffiths the barrister’s clerk. I have all of the radio series downloaded. They are periodically played on BBC Radio 4 extra, plus also they are on YouTube at various times. “Our British justice system is adversarial, it is not about the truth, it is about a version of the truth”…… 😂

How was the in flight catering? If you don’t mind me asking, what was you meal of choice?