dunelm
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Sometimes it’s time to put things down for a while and do something else - I hope a runcible spoon is being employed with that quince - are you making jelly?
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jjraak
Expert
Had to look up Quince
Never heard of it
( Everyday is a schoolday
.)And for you, I'm sure refreshed after your break, you'll breeze through those curtains .
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jjraak
Expert
Darn ...back to Google 'Runcible spoon .'.
OooohKay
The guy who invented a nonsense thing, that spurred on one of the essential items of the 20th century...the Spork .
Okay, as you were troops ...
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Annb
Expert
From the Edward Lear nonsense poem "The Owl and the Pussycat". No such item of cutlery ever existed - it just fitted the rhyme:Darn ...back to Google 'Runcible spoon .'.
"...they dined on mince and slices of quince,
which they ate with a runcible spoon.
And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,
They danced by the light of the moon,
(The moon, the moon)
They danced by the light of the moon.
jjraak
Expert
Thank you @Annb.
Lauren is very well read, and it frustrates her that I haven't got the range of English (?) Classics she has.
Don't get me wrong, I love to read and devoured paperbacks, hardback, of all sorts from about 11, but I seemed to have skipped a lot of the things she feels "you must know that one, everybody knows that"....
The "period dramas drive her mad"...with my "so who is HE/SHE again..? "
Sometimes I actually do KNOW who it is ...
But I ask anyway..
I feel it balances out the football questions nicely ...
Annb
Expert
Not quite sure what you are creating, other than mischief, but I felt creative was more appropriate than funny. Poor Lauren.Thank you @Annb.
Lauren is very well read, and it frustrates her that I haven't got the range of English (?) Classics she has.
Don't get me wrong, I love to read and devoured paperbacks, hardback, of all sorts from about 11, but I seemed to have skipped a lot of the things she feels "you must know that one, everybody knows that"....
The "period dramas drive her mad"...with my "so who is HE/SHE again..? "
Sometimes I actually do KNOW who it is ...
But I ask anyway..
I feel it balances out the football questions nicely ...
jjraak
Expert
Well ...the "shall we watch a movie" scenario, ooh yes, that xyz movies looks GREAT..says lauren.
And it usually goes this way.
Film goes on....and now one of us decides it's a great time to have an in depth discussion about the ...
Climate/Ukraine/poverty/some
one's day at work/etc etc etc...
Same with the football ...
Then I'm the bad guy for just nodding at appropriate AND some rather inappropriate moments...
AND very occassionally when there's a silence that clearly needs filling. (rare, but it has happened..the stink eye stare & sudden silence usually alerts me )
Now they are all valuable and interesting topics I'd agree, but time & place does comes to mind.
So do I feel guilty ...I couldn't possibly say....
And it usually goes this way.
Film goes on....and now one of us decides it's a great time to have an in depth discussion about the ...
Climate/Ukraine/poverty/some
one's day at work/etc etc etc...
Same with the football ...
Then I'm the bad guy for just nodding at appropriate AND some rather inappropriate moments...
AND very occassionally when there's a silence that clearly needs filling. (rare, but it has happened..the stink eye stare & sudden silence usually alerts me
)Now they are all valuable and interesting topics I'd agree, but time & place does comes to mind.
So do I feel guilty ...I couldn't possibly say....
gennepher
Oracle
Fbg 6.9
The exciting topic of heat this morning.
I have been checking the 3 fan heaters and 2 ceramic heaters, running costs etc And they all work despite being 29 to nearly 40 years old (the ceramic heaters). The two ceramic heaters were the cheapest to run, and the most effective heat wise to run. Whatever the metal is outside them it doesn't even get warm, it stays stone cold however long I run those little box shaped ceramic heaters. The fan heaters dried my dry eyes too much, so back in the garage with them.
I tried an experiment this morning. I brought the desiccant dehumidifier into the bedroom, shut the door (the temperature had dropped in the night with the below freezing temperatures outside). Put it on turbo for one hour. Immediately I felt the very warm air that comes out of the vent flap (which I can adjust the angle of, but I have it directed to the ceiling so it affects my dry eyes less and I put loads eye gel on them!). I watched the temperature rise rapidly on my digital thermometer. My bedroom is small, about 2 and half metres by 3 and a half metres long. The door is shut, and that thermometer is going up. Half hour later it has gone up 2.4C! And it is still rising.
Still got to sort my YouTube vid for my nighttime TrailCam video....and finish off my Creative...(I write this in a separate app as I go along)
Midnight (cat) is constantly checking in the night on cat Jade, asleep on the swing. The fox looked up as well, but Jade has already got off the swing and is in the undergrowth watching the fox, then Midnight comes out again and checks on Jade who is back on the swing.
Creative is a digital painting of Autumn.
A more hopeful picture today.
The desiccant dehumidifier has just turned off. In an hour on turbo setting, it raised my bedroom temperature by 3.1C. Humidity is now 50% (how I like it). But very quickly the temperature on the digital thermometer has dropped .1C, now dropped .2C. Now the ceramic heater needs to go on to maintain this heat...
Time for a cuppa.
The exciting topic of heat this morning.
I have been checking the 3 fan heaters and 2 ceramic heaters, running costs etc And they all work despite being 29 to nearly 40 years old (the ceramic heaters). The two ceramic heaters were the cheapest to run, and the most effective heat wise to run. Whatever the metal is outside them it doesn't even get warm, it stays stone cold however long I run those little box shaped ceramic heaters. The fan heaters dried my dry eyes too much, so back in the garage with them.
I tried an experiment this morning. I brought the desiccant dehumidifier into the bedroom, shut the door (the temperature had dropped in the night with the below freezing temperatures outside). Put it on turbo for one hour. Immediately I felt the very warm air that comes out of the vent flap (which I can adjust the angle of, but I have it directed to the ceiling so it affects my dry eyes less and I put loads eye gel on them!). I watched the temperature rise rapidly on my digital thermometer. My bedroom is small, about 2 and half metres by 3 and a half metres long. The door is shut, and that thermometer is going up. Half hour later it has gone up 2.4C! And it is still rising.
Still got to sort my YouTube vid for my nighttime TrailCam video....and finish off my Creative...(I write this in a separate app as I go along)
Midnight (cat) is constantly checking in the night on cat Jade, asleep on the swing. The fox looked up as well, but Jade has already got off the swing and is in the undergrowth watching the fox, then Midnight comes out again and checks on Jade who is back on the swing.
Creative is a digital painting of Autumn.
A more hopeful picture today.
The desiccant dehumidifier has just turned off. In an hour on turbo setting, it raised my bedroom temperature by 3.1C. Humidity is now 50% (how I like it). But very quickly the temperature on the digital thermometer has dropped .1C, now dropped .2C. Now the ceramic heater needs to go on to maintain this heat...
Time for a cuppa.
dunelm
Master
I prefer a bouillon spoon myself
lindisfel
Expert
Very cold over night but garden fully illuminated with the moon almost overhead. Likely the temperature overnight close to -10 with -7 in Carlisle and Keswick
Shap likely the lowest in area.
It was a few days ago now I didn't manage to break the ice in the water barrel mini ponds in the garden even hitting it with my walking stick.
Yesterday a Fieldfare came to eat the fallen apple's with the blackbirds. I like the way once they get in, they hallow out the flesh and leave the outer skin.
Once something from nonsense verse enters the language it takes on its own life. Hence runcible spoons are said to have three prongs one outer prong with a cutting edge a sort of spork.
Runcible is also a play on the name of a friend of Lear.
I wouldn't dream of swimming the Bristol channel without wrapping my nose in scarlet flannel!
D.
Shap likely the lowest in area.
It was a few days ago now I didn't manage to break the ice in the water barrel mini ponds in the garden even hitting it with my walking stick.
Yesterday a Fieldfare came to eat the fallen apple's with the blackbirds. I like the way once they get in, they hallow out the flesh and leave the outer skin.
Once something from nonsense verse enters the language it takes on its own life. Hence runcible spoons are said to have three prongs one outer prong with a cutting edge a sort of spork.
Runcible is also a play on the name of a friend of Lear.
I wouldn't dream of swimming the Bristol channel without wrapping my nose in scarlet flannel!
D.
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dunelm
Master
Marvelous artwork. We have a desiccant dehumidifier which we use for drying clothes when it’s too cold or wet to put on the line - works really well.
SlimLizzy
Well-Known Member
Jelly yes. These quince are distinctly underipe. Make excellent slightly tart jelly recommended for eating with cheese.
we also have some medlars. Strange looking fruit that neither of us have seen before. Internet research has provided recipes. I am leaving those to MrSlim.
dunelm
Master
Good luck to MrSlim with those Medlars - probably best to leave in a box outside to get a bit of frost on them so that they go squishy - they taste nice though.
SlimLizzy
Well-Known Member
09.12
8.15am FBG 6.1
The gas flared and then died again this morning. Better get MrSlim up to look at it. I made my coffee in the microwave. Kiki is on my lap. The one time she chooses is always after her breakfast and in the kitchen. When I have coffee. But Ofc I don't want to disturb her, so the morning chores are delayed.
Internet has stolen away my time and now rushing to catch up. Friends arriving for French lesson in an hour, I better get dressed at least. MrSlim says we can't have the lesson in the (warmer) salon because the curtains are not finished. He got a sharp answer. Still I will have to clear them off the table. Kiki! its time for you to move.
8.15am FBG 6.1
The gas flared and then died again this morning. Better get MrSlim up to look at it. I made my coffee in the microwave. Kiki is on my lap. The one time she chooses is always after her breakfast and in the kitchen. When I have coffee. But Ofc I don't want to disturb her, so the morning chores are delayed.
Internet has stolen away my time and now rushing to catch up. Friends arriving for French lesson in an hour, I better get dressed at least. MrSlim says we can't have the lesson in the (warmer) salon because the curtains are not finished. He got a sharp answer. Still I will have to clear them off the table. Kiki! its time for you to move.
Annb
Expert
Beautiful artwork. Wet and chilly. Just like today.
dunelm
Master
Good morning everyone on a bit of a chill in the air start as well as a bright and silver moon here in the dark and dangerous north. Jabber the phutt came in at 5.1 this a.m. despite having consumed half a Yorkshire Fat Rascal after dinner last night. Mrs Miggins arrived safely home yesterday, ladened down with “bargains” - yeh, right, and quick as a flash, a string of bright blue LED lights appeared in the hallway. Looked like a scenes of crime set for some TV soap. Art bit - some more details added. Hope you all have the best day that you can. I better finish my koffy before it goes cold.
Krystyna23040
Expert
Brilliant that you are back walking in Richmond park @jjraakAfternoon all.
A year to the day since my accident.
Geared up yesterday to celebrate by returning to Richmond park with the furry nephew
A regular haunt but out of bounds mobility wise ...until now
I give you "Frankie: in the Great Outdoors "
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ianpspurs
Oracle
Hello everyone from a "very particular" bright, clear, snow dusted area of The East. A scene best shared by local weather watchers than lived through.. Hugs for @lindisfel @dunelm @Annb. Pity the Key Workers toiling away through the night and early morning, the value of their labour shrinking before their very eyes. Some hapless minister was trying to put lipstick on an ugly, dying pig last night. Blind men in space see the pig is having none of it. If "they" believe this they are to be pitied if not who gains? Anyhow. @dunelm thanks for the developing art. Good news on the led lights and bargains. @gennepher Thanks for the creative once again. I see an abstract like the Mirror of Erised in Harry Potter. A, late, artist friend of mine was fond of such work so these bring back good and bad memories. MIL's heating being fixed today as her central heating pump is kaput. British Gas homecare busy but functioning better than many other parts of UK Plc. Quince? JKP had a customer who gave her loads. So mach sugar and pfaff to turn then into quince jelly. I've seen meddlers for sale but was never tempted. Treatment later then salmon salad and probably football watching. This Advent I/we really seem to be living in that odd space between a clearly wrong present, a time when what could be has been made manifest and the promise of fulfilment for our deepest desires by a completely trustworthy source. Today's poem https://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2021/12/09/old-age-by-edmund-waller-7/. Amazingly apt methinks. Enjoy your day if possible after that. The chinks of light Waller mentions are echoed by @gennepher's creative and I have salmon and LC cocoa. You?
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