sime42
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Peasgood is right of course. But for the sheer fun of it I'd try chucking in a Crow Scarer and then plugging or putting something very heavy on top. Very quickly. Those things are the closest you can get to dynamite.
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There ya go, my treat.
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No, they're average kinda size but pack a big punch! I'm lusting after those olive stalls that you get in French markets now. They have big dobber ones, (Queen Olives), infused in all sorts of nice things like lemon, thyme, chilli ........
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That's the weird thing, they don't really taste very fishy at all, nothing like anchovies by themselves. Just a very savoury, olivey flavour. Honestly, worth a try if you've not done so before. That brand is is particularly smooth.
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Anyone like olives? These are bloody lovely.
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Pumpkin and bacon curry.
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Is that dumplings I see? Good call. Not had them in years, my dad used to do them.
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Wordle 1,233 X/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩
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Tis the season to see Fungi, fa la la la la....
sime42 replied to David Humphries's topic in Fungi Pictures
The photos don't do them justice, but these were fully 10 inch diameter I reckon. Plus some immature oak apples of some sort.
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Reminds me of the Ottery St Mary Tar Barrel rolling. That's a great show by all accounts.
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Wordle 1,232 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟨🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Should've gone with the dogg first.
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Nah, they just don't give a fck.
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Firework display Chinese style. PXL_20240601_115711798.TS.mp4
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I didn't vote for him, but yeah he's a vast improvement on the previous three incumbents so I can't complain too much. No doubt this will be controversial but IMHO he is more honest than Boris, (who wouldn't be?), more intelligent than Liz, (who wouldn't be?), and less rich than Rishi. Anyway, dragging it back on topic. Can you explain the American system wrt air and rail travel a bit more? First time I've heard anything like that. Were election campaigns funded by rail barons or something?
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Nah, not really, Kier Starmer isn't great is he? Obviously better than the previous three incumbents, but that's not exactly difficult. Ken Dodd's dad's dead dog could've done a better job than that trio. Don't think it matters what pictures he hangs on the wall though, that's doesn't bother me. As long as he doesn't spend hundreds of thousands of pounds of our tax money on flat refurbishments, fancy wall paper or some such nonsense. Bringing it back to POTUS anyway. At least our political system is not as fcked as the American version, that's something to be thankful for at least. It's not quite all about money here.
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Maybe they do Halloween better there over in Ireland. It looks and sounds more community spirited than what we get here. Kids roaming round the streets begging/threatening for sweets, clad head-to-toe in plastic crap doesn't have the same feel as the old bonfire parties I remember as a child. And I'm not even going into the pumpkin aspect! The Grinch is early this year!
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Loving that contraption!
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Down to the 6th this evening. Wordle 1,231 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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What does everyone do these days then? How many bother? We always try and do something. I'm just out to buy a large cake type jobby from Aldi. To take to a mates house next weekend. I can't be arsed with a selection box where you're fiddling around for hours individually lighting piddly little crappy things. Organised public displays don't seem that good these days. Impressive fireworks but they're generally far too locked down and sanitised by H&S. On the small chance that they actually have a fire, you probably can't get within a 100 yards of it, certainly not close enough to feel any heat. Plenty of fireworks kicking off round here this evening already. They could equally be for Diwali or the yankee abomination that is Halloween though. The latter seems to be overshadowing Guy Fawkes night more and more every year. It's shite!
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The Trumpian System? Maybe, pending the outcome of the big day next week.
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Me too. I can apply more torque with it than a standard drill driver, and in a more controlled fashion than an impact driver. Tool of choice for tapping Birch trees for sap wine too, due to lighter weight. (Followiing in my grandfather's footsteps many years ago).
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They should've got a real bike, E-bikes are for Pussies!
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Not pottering as this was very much planned, but my turn for some clockwork. A children's, (or maybe Dad's more likely), clock kit. It's a triumph of plywood engineering, all laser cut. Amazingly intricate. I guess it's Birch ply. It's even got an adjustable pendulum, made up from lots of little constituent parts. It's challenging with a mega impatient 5 year old but we're making good steady progress.
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Yes! Wordle 1,230 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Speed Wordle again too, been a while since I've done one of them.
