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I like fruit - particularly soft fruit, so I'm always trying out new-to-me tropical fruits which many of the Asian shops stock. Yesterday, I tried a fruit that I had read about but not seen or tasted...
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Fruits 'r ME! Love almost all of them.
My #1 all time favourite that I can't get here is guinep which is grown pretty much in Tobago. It is rather like a lychee in that you peel back the green skin...
They don't live here in BC however Great Snowy Owls live on the prairies and live in hole in the ground. In the winter they're virtually unseen until you almost step on one and then in a great puff...
Just a quick heads up, it looks like the scammers are at it again with telephone calls to say your 'Visa' card (assuming you have one) has just made a £600 withdrawal then asking you to press a key...
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When I got nuisance/sales calls in the UK or Egypt I used to just blow a whistle very loudly down the phone. The squeals as the caller was usually wearing a headset were quite entertaining! :dv...
Mollisonia plenovenatrix preserved in dorsal view, showing the large eyes, the walking legs and the small chelicerae at the front. Alberta’s famed Burgess...
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When the daughter and I first went to the river bed it was nothing but rocks to me but soon as you can start to SEE the rocks and know what you're looking for it is like mining for gold. You can...
A very interesting development in computers happened today, Google with its massive resources announced that they had developed the worlds first Quantum Computer. What on earth is a quantum computer...
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I think technology is amazing and wonderful and is going to break us into areas we can't even yet imagine.
This is from memory. It was an article I scanned a year or so ago and I really don't recall...
When I was in the pharmacy yesterday getting my dental prescriptions filled I queried when the flu shots would be arriving as this time last year I'd already had one. The technician didn't know yet...
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I did have a text from the doctors surgery last week suggesting that we get flu vacs. However, we do have more difficulty getting to the surgery so it is easier when we do the shopping at the in...
Swimmer Lewis Pugh Tweeted 'When we think we have reached the limit of human endurance, somebody shatters the record'
He was paying tribute to Sarah Thomas, a 37 year old open water ultra swimmer who...
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Wow - that is pretty impressive. I thought I was at the limits of human endurance yesterday after 90 minutes of dental surgery to get the implant into my jaw.
I came across these videos the other day and thought I would share it with you all especially as our LLL will probable appreciate the differences. You may need to run it through a couple of times as...
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I often get asked if I am from Australia. Maybe the South East accent has some similarity.
My brother when in his mid 20's met and married a young lady in Staffordshire. He worked in Burton and in no...
Yesterday 86 illegal immigrants crossed the 22 miles of the English channel to Britain in a variety of inflatable craft many little more than a family dinghy. They will all be processed by the border...
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H, your last post prompted me to mention three TV programs that i watched earlier in the week. I think they were repeats put on in the afternoon but they were about top end engineering in the...
Seems the wild kingdom has gone crazy on the Island this year. Now not only can I worry about grizzly bears, black bears, cougars, wolves and rabid bats(yeah 2 bats have now been tested for rabies...
Way back when when I was young and in my prime our beaches were FULL to brimming with huge Oysters. Oyster stew was a regular meal and the half dozen oysters for it could be collected in a few...
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Horus That is exactly what I thought too! They only grow pearls in response to some irritation, piece of sand etc. Nobody mentioning (thankfully) the suffering the oyster when through to make these...
Geez - turned on the morning TV News and all I'm getting is your Boris & Brexit & it all Blowing Up! And a DEFECTION! WOW!!!
Seems everything is in an uproar.
We actually hear very little about...
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It can't really make much difference LLL, for months they have all been behaving like spoiled school kids, utter disgrace. No work was being done as they made petty squabbles between themselves with...
As you all know I have just had a short break in Wales. I went to one of my favourite chill out sites which is actually in a small field on a farm, nothing fancy but has everything I need such as...
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LLL, the inside walls have a hard Lime plaster on the stonework which would have naturally been white when first rendered. In later years it would have had a crude Lime wash, but nowadays they...
Did my usual 10 minute run to Sainsburys this morning for Newspaper, Milk, and Wine. I am still off alcohol so the latter is a small tipple for Mrs G with dinner.
My short journey gave me some time...
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You are nicer than me Horus I would be more than slightly annoyed if my neighbour behaved like that!
We were in very good moods on Saturday as we had a lovely lunchtime at a hog roast, followed by...
So Hurricane Dorian is heading towards Florida and battering the Bahamas now. Instructions are to LEAVE YOUR HOME NOW but yet many don't.
It is the same here when forest fires loom - do you stay or...
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Horus That was our conclusion too as we talked about it. This is the second time my friends have done this cruise and said they really loved it particularly catching all the Fall colour changes.
Here in the UK sees the start of the week when the new school year begins. Today, the weather is bright sunshine with blue skies here in the South-East, and I remarked to DH that it is just this kind...
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My Grandaughter is 11 next week, and she should be taking her 11+ too, but from comments from my son, I don't think she wants to. A shame really, because she's a very bright little girl - but I...
It must be a sign of age but I find more and more that many of the posts that you folks put on here, trigger memories for me.
On another thread we touched on glass which lead me to post about a few...
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Horus Quite agree. I've basically got all the stuff I was given when 'starting out' and also have lots of ornaments/knick knacks I've acquired over my life of travels however when I've asked the...
Seems I have a non-paying tenant who has just arbitrarily moved in without letting me know and is now refusing to leave.
Not too sure what I'm going to do about this guy. He just took it upon...
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I'll come clean - these little frogs are basically 'tree frogs' and locally known as sticky frogs as they can climb up and about on anything. I doubt the bird house was much of a challenge at all....
Last week I took the crew to see The Raptors which is a birds of prey training, raising, rescue/help for injured bird center way out in the country about an hour south of here. They started out...
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Kiya Yeah I wasn't too thrilled to have them flapping past me but all the kids loved it. Granted they didn't have the really BIG birds flying up and down the audience just the little guys.
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