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“I don’t know about you, but at about this time of night, I like to place a small orange thing on the back of a heron.” – Vic Reeves
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I'd never heard of the Free Speech Union, so I thought I'd Google them quickly. All for free speech as long as you are saying the Right thing, obviously. Toby Young proves my conviction that cocaine does nothing but amplify one's preponderance to being a raging bellend. Say what you want about Toby Young – no, really, he’ll defend your right to say it | Joel Golby | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM The grifter who keeps on giving has turned his attention to defending free speech on Twitter. What a... Free Speech Union - Wikipedia EN.M.WIKIPEDIA.ORG Toby Young - Wikipedia EN.M.WIKIPEDIA.ORG A few quick links there in case anyone was as uniformed about the organisation and its founder as I was and wants to gauge the quality of the opinion piece JD has listed before dirtying their eyes with it. Nothing surprising, obviously. Carry on!
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I mean fair play to you for trying to give it another chance, I'm 100% in favour of keeping trees alive if at all possible, so fingers crossed. Was the cost of moving it less than a fairly established tree bought new? Best thing you can now do is to sheet mulch it, in this order, with a big pile of high-tide-line rotting seaweed, then a decent handful of chicken pellets or half a bag of manure, then 3 layers of brown cardboard, and bark or woodchip. Fingers crossed it'll bounce back, and hopefully some of those pruning wounds will develop into nice rot pockets for creepy crawlies to live in and Robins to nest in. Keep it watered, and keep us updated 👍
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You don't know that yet. It could take years to die.
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We've got a pair of them that were used on 11mm static rope. Doesn't need a wire core at all. Switched to prusiks now for the application they were used for though, I found them awfully fiddly.
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Sorry for my part in it everyone. Best if we take it back to the covid thread, it did help to keep the rest of the place nice and tidy.
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It's delicious, but I've never cooked with it, only ordered it in dishes when out or takeaway. I prefer it on its own, as the star of its own little show. I keep meaning to buy some and try using it. I'll pick up some ajwain too whilst I'm in the right shop.
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Just free-ranging roosters, living life as they please and eating well. Boilers, not roasters. Pheasant would be great in it.
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Yeah, it's more than one step all right. Worth it though, especially if you make a big enough batch of it.
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Duplicate post, please ignore
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Fenugreek is very easy to overdose on, you are absolutely right. Best added towards the end I think, and carefully. Edit Let me see... this is the recipe I loosely follow, but I essentially slow-cook the bone-in rooster pieces in the sauce then flake the meat off the bone. A few more peppers added in mine, too. Edit 2 I guess I'll add the link, shall I... Pathia - Sweet, sour & hot Indian curry recipe from 'Ome Made WWW.OMEMADE.COM Pathia recipe from 'Ome Made. A tasty Persian inspired curry ideal for special occaisions... Edit 3 Reading it again, I actually leave out the paneer and dial it down a bit on the sugar.
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Sorry JD, my wife's boyfriend doesn't want me talking to you any more. He says the swearing and name calling is a bad influence.
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A well-made chicken pathia is a decent way to pass the time, if you are receptive to any curry recommendations. I like to fill takeaway containers with a nice spicy and tangy rooster pathia when I get the chance to process a spare bird and keep them in the freezer for an emergency treat dinner when I'm home alone. Couple of na'an from the freezer, few tins of IPA, quick spliff. Heaven.
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Best print that out and stick it on your fridge. Fold a few up and keep them in your wallet too, you can hand them out to any argumentative strangers you stumble upon.
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apple Pruning advice for young Apple trees
peds replied to Myatix's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
They look very similar to a bunch of trees I grafted and planted along my laneway that were then pruned by a few horses the neighbouring farmer had wandering around when he was moving them, before I added a bit more protection. It's not ideal, but they seem to be coping well enough. As MattyF suggests, I'm going to ignore them for a couple of years and take it from there. -
I'm sorry to hear that. Big blue again here, for now.
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Yo, mediocre part time tree climber here, life-long mountain and rock climber. It takes time for muscle memory to build up, and to forge the right pathways in the brain to use newly learned skills effectively. Passing an assessment doesn't mean you are a capable operator in any discipline, it just shows you are technically capable of becoming one. Your assessor probably clocked that you were just having a brain fart, but that you'd be well and able to perform decently given enough practice. Don't lose any sleep over it, channel that frustration into a motivation to get out and use the skills you've learned until you can do it reliably, 100% of the time, even when you are cold, wet, hungry, and in the pouring rain. Get out there and get good. (I'm sure some of the better tree guys will have something to say too, but there's really no difference between a tree and a mountain when ropes are involved: ****************ing up will still kill you or the people around you.)
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Sounds like brilliant fun. I'd jump at it if it was near me.
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Depends who's tongue though to be honest.
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Hello all. I'm on another rope rescue course in a pretty seaside village this weekend. 7000 euro for this thing?! I've got a long list of other things to spend it on first. (Rock Exotica Arizona Vortex) Could probably buy half a dozen of the swing set next to it for the same money.
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Has anyone found a defence or an explanation yet? I've seen accusations of sexual abuse from all corners, and suggestions that maybe it is an ugly wife and not a young lad... but very weird body language. Hope if he's a nonce he gets his comeuppance and the kid gets some help.
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The video of the fella nibbling on either a young lad or a remarkably androgynous young woman's ear? Yeah, pretty weird. You'd hope there's a reasonable explanation... but it doesn't seem likely, does it.
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Well yeah, those big long tap roots suck all sorts of things from deeper in the soil than many other plants their size, so they are great to have around even if just used for chop and drop to feed other plants nearby. Especially on soil in poor health, broken ground, that sort of thing. A surplus of pissenlit roots can also be turned into root beer as long as another favourite "weed", burdock, is available in roughly the same quantity. In fact roots, leaves, stems, buds, flowers, and seeds are all edible and, prepared appropriately, delicious. They are also, predictably, more chock-full of nutrients than other leaves you'd be eating a similar amount of. Can replace frisee, endive, radicchio, and other substantial leaves in salads. Use with a similar volume of green herbs to make pesto or salsa verde. Cook with peas and bacon or wild mushrooms for an exciting side dish. Well worth having around.
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We are going to have to agree to disagree on this one I'm afraid. Personally, I find a square of plain lawn visually unappealing and detrimental to the overall aesthetic of a garden, and I don't understand the obsession with maintaining it, no matter how small and no matter how extensive your other meadow may be. But that's okay, you can't see eye to eye with everyone all the time, and at least noone got their feelings hurt.
