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But it's still eternal. So everyone is right!

Ah, if it does waffles too, that's a different matter. What's the third thing? But honestly, frying pan or, ideally, a flat-top or plancha, or griddle. But those aren't really that common in home kitchens, so... frying pan.

In a frying pan. Throw the toastie machine away.

It's a right old cnut, that's for sure. Pull it up, keep pulling it up, and carry on doing that for a few years. Dig out the roots if it's in loose soil, make sure you don't chop off any bits and forget about them though! Permanent sheet mulching doesn't really work, it'll just tunnel tunnel tunnel, but what works great is removable sheets to allow the roots to go where they want, then peel back the mypex or plastic or whatever and rip it all out, until it's exhausted. Takes a long time. Easiest way to control it is convert the area into a lawn and mow mow mow for a couple of years, bindweed doesn't really enjoy a lawnmower, and you can just pull it up and de-root the edges, if needed. Spraying does not work, I guess it could after several applications over several years, but it isn't a hard-and-fast solution, and never will be. Organic techniques are more effective and better for your soul. Is this in your own garden, or for a customer? Customers need to be made aware that it is a long, hard slog that needs repeat visits several times a year, regardless of the techniques used.

I kind of wonder, too, if... when I get to Heaven... will my Grandma be in her 80s, the half-crippled old gal in a semi-assisted retirement village, where they picked a different inmate each week to sacrifice and she decided to just stop going to the funerals because, really, why would you f*cking bother? ... who absolutely adored me and the soft boiled egg and toast soldiers I learned to make her... and I loved her with every fibre of my 7 year old soul... Or would she be a gorgeous slip of a girl in her 20s, married to a dashing young airman in the RAF... who I never knew? Because if it's the former, it doesn't sound much like Heaven for her... and if it's the latter, well... sure, I guess I'd love to get to know her again, but... I don't know. It just doesn't seem like a particularly well-thought-out system. And no dogs?! F*ck right off! Leave me in the ground for eternity, I don't want any part of your idiotic afterlife club. Oh baby, do you know what that's worth? Oh, heaven is a place on Earth!

Don't know about anyone else, but any version of The Eternal attributed to any religion I've heard of sounds reaally flipping dull.

I think I'd actually be labelled a filthy prod over here, but it's all Greek (orthodox) to me.

I just meant water with a tongue firmly in cheek. Been doing a bit of whitewashing lately, that's a nice cheap and easily thinnable substance. Might not work for your application, though.

Dja know what? A lot of people don't even bother with the tape any more. The polythene, as long as you are getting a decent gauge from a decent supplier and not some shite from Homebase or whatever, is generally a better quality these days. Use it to protect from sharp edges, exposed nails, corners or whatever... but it's far more important to get the skin as tight as a drum so it doesn't move and doesn't wear.

We are all promised the eternal, regardless of your behaviour when alive 👍

To be fair, the big three are all singing to the same God, so they do at least all put no other gods before Him. And that commandment was written when there was a much wider variety of local gods to choose from and, to the absolute credit of those who chose the God of Abraham, some of those other gods were pretty nasty pieces of work who needed getting rid of. It's just a shame that the folks in the Middle East at that time didn't carry on with thinning the deitical herd until they reached zero, instead of leaving us with the single whiny, sadistic, vengeful prick we've still got today.

Hate when that happens. The clock is ticking!

Can you not just water it down a bit... 👀

Yeah, it was a bit rushed. I'll try harder next time 🙂

Not a very Christian attitude, my child...

Peace be with you, brother 🙏

Unacceptable, cannot cope.

Time does be flying Doug. Nice story to start the day on, too. Beach day with grandparents and kids yesterday, bodyboarding in the waves (with wetsuits) for 5 out of the 6, sat in a chair minding the dogs catching mild hypothermia for the remainder. Not fun to watch the elderly turn even elder, but I suppose it's better than the alternative. Swimming in the Atlantic today (without wetsuits) with a spot booked in a horsebox sauna right next to the water for Granny and me today, then lunch with the whole team. Very tempted to build a sauna on an old trailer I have sat behind the shed, they are a great invention.

You are bleating about it non-stop from your pulpit on here, we all know exactly who you are, and brother, it just ain't Christian. Feel free to share a few examples of Christian behaviour you've participated in though, if it means that much to you that we all think of you as a kind, caring, Christian. You could print a load of business cards claiming to be a brain surgeon if you wanted, but just telling everyone that you are one doesn't make it a reality... and it wouldn't even be true if you showed up to weekly conventions to loudly decry how much you enjoy being a brain surgeon (and how much better you are than other non- brain surgeons... wait, is this still a metaphor?). It takes years of dedication and molding your whole life around the decision to become one. You can't just declare to be something and expect everyone to agree without questioning it. But... to your absolute credit, you are in good company... the overwhelming majority of self-proclaimed Christians the world over are not in the slightest bit Christ-like in their behaviour. Keep in mind, too, that Jesus wouldn't be hanging out with you in today's world: he'd be out here in the drum circle with us smelly hippies, making sure everyone had enough to eat, helping everyone to get along. But I've read the Bible cover-to-cover a number of times over my life (I'll not be doing it again, that thing is f*cking boring), and I think Jesus would agree with the suggestion that you, and almost every modern-day Christian, are, in fact, among the Pharisees. Be Christ-like through deeds, not through declaration. Otherwise you'll be shitting through the eye of that needle again like that rich bloke on his camel.

I swear, as the son of two teachers, the spouse of another, and the friend of many more... I have no frigging clue what some of you guys think goes on in schools. When we lived in France and my wife taught history (at an international school in Geneva), a whole module was spent identifying sources, judging bias, questioning the motivation of whoever produced the material. This is the opposite of brainwashing. I did exactly the same thing in my history classes, last century. But of course... being the son of two teachers... I'm obviously blind to it all... because I'm double brainwashed!

You, in particular, haven't a single Christ-like bone in your body. That you claim to have let any of the teachings of Jesus have any influence on your life is laughable. You know it yourself, too.

Happy 13th birthday old man. Still got longer legs than most dogs half his age.

I've found that most people I've met who label themselves as Christian are as far removed from Christ-like behaviour as could possibly be. Love thy neighbour, rich men shitting through the eye of a needle (or something?), sinners throwing stones at a greenhouse, etc. Christ be horrified to see what 2000 years has done to his teachings, he would be chucking all of your shit right out of the temple. Nice fella, he had some great ideas, I'd love to have a glass of wine with him. I reckon we'd have gotten on great. It's a real pity about the millions of shitty people taking his name in vain these days.

In today's society, with today's economy, it is impossible to know if you are joking or not.