Doug Tait
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My favourite childhood memory is of being in the sun with ice cream and home made lemonade while building sandcastles with Grandad and Grandma. It's a shame mum found out and hid the Urn.
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What an interesting article, thanks Billhook. I recognise so much of what it refers to, its like listening to my uncles chatting... "they gimmers hae ta'en a bield frae the snaw, best gaun ower tae the kist for bait"
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Interestingly here in the borders we'd say Gimmer and Clegg too. Hadn't heard of Merlin so you are ahead of the curve on that one, I'll have a look though thanks. Edit. Still under the Danelaw is highly amusing...
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Went close enough to see tonight again. There were half a dozen Lapwings (peewit, peeweet, pyewip, plover or whatever local dialect you prefer) around where the nest is and they were defending the area noisily from a couple of crows, with great success.
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I think the blink too long thing happens when The Party are forcibly downloading new software due to whatever glitch in her last vocal output.
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I watched a documentary a long time ago by Eddie Izzard about languages. Part of it was he travelled to various places in Europe to ask farmers a question in Old Flemish I think. This is terribly inaccurate but something like "unt uh brunta coo, unt uh muchy milka". From Dumfries to Belgium, Holland, and so many other places, all understood enough to know he wanted to buy a lot of milk from a brown cow!
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My oh is German and it's remarkable how well she understands when I use words that I'd consider to be local Scots dialect learned from Dad and his brothers. How my uncles would count sheep seemed like a foreign language when I was young but she finds it very familiar.
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My dad always said Peeweep. When Stubby wrote Peewip I thought that'd be the 'proper English' and dad had probably known a Scots version of the word. We passed near the nest last night hoping to see the owner in residence but no luck yet.
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Elderly lady visits the doctor complaining of terrible flatulence. It's not embarrassing though she said, strangely they're always silent and never smelly but it does happen constantly, believe it or not I've passed wind a dozen times since I came in! The doc says take one of these pills a day and see me in one week. When the lady returns she said I don't know what you gave me but my flatulence has become terribly smelly. Good replies the doc, that's your sinus issue dealt with, now we'll look at improving your hearing.
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That looks very plausible. We do see Lapwing up there, Curlew and Oystercatcher too, and the odd Moorhen.
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There are some birds hidden inside but not sure what they might be? Found in a field on the moor...
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Had the pleasure of a temporary arbdog at work with me this week. As the OH is away Cassie who is usually an office dog has been out with us. Did her first limb walk today, checked the crane had been greased, quality control of everyone's lunch, busy day indeed.
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Some say it will make your eyes fall from their sockets and your head may explode under the stresses of such velocity.
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Surely everyone loves terriers!
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Ted triggered a bout of pink floyd lyrics, time. Very apt I'd say as most lyrics to that song would do as worthy "midnight musings" in my mind.
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Ten years have got behind you What we need next is a drummer!
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You missed the starting gun. 👏
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Thanks very much for that information, it's priceless! Just walked past some Birch lying in the wood, gonna make a killing.
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Surely whether it works depends if the fat lad, sorry, sufficient counterweight is on site.
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20 isn't far off for two round here, if you count the posh coffees and obligatory truffles!
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I think you've got it the wrong way round somehow. It usually works that people pay us to take trees out their garden, it may work occasionally that we agree a deal with someone for good quality timber that could become profitable after we've added value in some way, but you don't have anything that fits the bill. You've a small heap of Birch with Ivy on it that you want paid for the pleasure of removing it. You might find an individual locally that will take it for free to use as firewood but it's not a business proposition.
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Ivy chip is through the roof just now.
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5k is a decent bid but we need some clarification whether we're bidding on 2 or 3 tons, it's a bit vague. Feeling is it's 2 ton of birch, and literally a ton of ivy. Must be substantial if the garden shredder in the background didn't manage to tackle it.
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Is the ivy free with it or will that cost extra?
