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Lamont D said:
I have had an eighteenth birthday Monday, grandchild 3 have two more next week, numbers 5 & 8.
Another number one Halloween. And three of the other grandkids in December, two on Christmas!
Big family means lost of birthdays!


6.8 pre counselling!
Another quiet but cold day. Doing my exercises for my back and sciatica earlier, it was only 6 degrees!
I do fear along with @lindisfel , that too many people are really gonna suffer with heating! My agnostic prayer mat is on the side of a warm winter, but if we get a horrible had winter, I can see major issues!
They just don't understand or don't care!

Will be back later!

My best wishes to you all as always.
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Your family will have to be careful living it up at Christmas.;)
 
Krystyna23040 said:
Hope they were delicious @ianpspurs
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The Food Fairy delivered as usual. Keto cinnamon doughnuts, brownies and mince pies are next on the agenda. Probably the triumph of hope over expectation but we live in hope and I know where to buy ones I enjoy if even the FF can't make h/m keto baking palatable.
 
ianpspurs said:
Good morning all on Michaelmas Eve 2023. Time to crack nuts (no sniggers at the back), pluck your stubble fed goose for the morrow and make Sruthan Micheil, Saint Michael's bannock, or Michaelmas Bannock. In St Ives (Cambs, was Hunts) there is a fair along the main street but not on this scale. I guess the origins are similar. "Eat a goose on Michaelmas Day, Want not for money all the year” - clearly things have changed since then (lower end of price range). We, JKP, MIL and myself, now have a goose for Martinmas Nov 11th.Lidl usually having frozen geese, possibly as Martinmas is a much bigger event in parts of Europe. @dunelm happy birthday to your granddaughter and thanks for sharing the art. Interesting list of items in your attitude of gratitude. Mint sauce would be on mine, lamb shoulder and shank also but leg of lamb clearly needs rethinking. Still no test for the gutters and no heating needed here; back door can still be open and no top layer needed until it is dark in there or up to 9.00 pm in the living room. Enjoy your day but don't pick blackberries after tomorrow.
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That bannock recipe looks really good. Not for diabetics though. Think I'll give that one a miss. Any lamb would be good for me. That's my favourite meat (used to be mutton but can't get that these days -not here anyway) just as long as I don't have to have mint sauce with it.
 
dunelm said:
Good morning everyone on a wonderfully quiet start to the day here in the dark and dangerous north. All clear has been sounded throughout the house and the bins are standing ready for the bin lorry cavalcade. Terrible occurrences yesterday evening, the heating burst into life - that will have to stop! Birthdays, they do tend to turn up every year. Not always and some folk get two. Eldest granddaughter today, n-n-n-n-nineteen. Art bit, something to play with. Hope your day is not as mystifying as mine may be. Thank goodness for koffy - and bacon of course. And roast lamb with mint sauce and still being able to taste things and even digest them. And teeth :bookworm:


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Happy birthday to your granddaughter. Oh to be nineteen again! I thought I was all grown up then, as I'm sure she does. Liking the landscape.
 
Lamont D said:
I have had an eighteenth birthday Monday, grandchild 3 have two more next week, numbers 5 & 8.
Another number one Halloween. And three of the other grandkids in December, two on Christmas!
Big family means lost of birthdays!


6.8 pre counselling!
Another quiet but cold day. Doing my exercises for my back and sciatica earlier, it was only 6 degrees!
I do fear along with @lindisfel , that too many people are really gonna suffer with heating! My agnostic prayer mat is on the side of a warm winter, but if we get a horrible had winter, I can see major issues!
They just don't understand or don't care!

Will be back later!

My best wishes to you all as always.
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Good luck with all those birthdays. Hope you get the chance to enjoy them along with the celebrants.
 
Just back from counselling. It was very tough for me as it was the first session of new counselling.
Nice guy and was a bit taken aback at my anxiety issues and how it came about. Dredging up all that hasn't been easy.
Have a terrific Thursday.
 
ianpspurs said:
@gennepher hug for the badger nuisance. Winner for sharing the amazing art. @dunelm I can see how a guy that enjoys spice may go for the Moroccan flavour but however one flavours it surely the muscle used for walking all day is gonna be tough as Old Harry - and don't call me Shirley. @lindisfel yes, @jjraak is missed as is @Muddy Cyclist but the heart (and mind) has its reasons. Here are some recipes people may or may not find useful. Enjoy them if you use them - possibly while you can as Trump II, The Revenge, may well happen and the UK may/will be staring down the barrel of Kemi or Suella in 5/6 years time. What's going on now is Succession. We and our loved ones are collateral damage in a dialogue twixt ambitious people and the wilder fringes of the Tory membership. If they gave us Johnson and Truss anything is possible :bigtears: :bigtears:
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Yep, a good marinade (bicarb works well with tough cuts) then looong and slooow makes it tender. Thanks for the recipes.
 
lindisfel said:
You wonder what makes some people tick! I see someone has taken a chain saw to the iconic sycamore tree on the route of the Roman Wall in sycamore gap. Its the one that was inserted without geographical reference in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves.
D.
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I think that a 16 year old is being questioned.
 
lindisfel said:
You wonder what makes some people tick! I see someone has taken a chain saw to the iconic sycamore tree on the route of the Roman Wall in sycamore gap. Its the one that was inserted without geographical reference in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves.
D.
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That was just on the Channel 5 news. It couldn't have been a 16 year old on his own - it required getting heavy equipment across some difficult walking to do it.
 
lindisfel said:
You wonder what makes some people tick! I see someone has taken a chain saw to the iconic sycamore tree on the route of the Roman Wall in sycamore gap. Its the one that was inserted without geographical reference in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves.
D.
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Something local, a business development and the people involved took over a fourteenth century building in the eighties. The building had a historic past back then and it was a local landmark and stuff of legends and tales of yore! The company decided to sell because of the cost of upkeep and maintenance.
The council had all kinds of orders and restrictions but were powerless to prevent the sudden deterioration of the site. The building was demolished, and surprise, surprise, the company who were being charged with all sorts of offences, announced bankruptcy!
Just shows what we have become!
 
Annb said:
That was just on the Channel 5 news. It couldn't have been a 16 year old on his own - it required getting heavy equipment across some difficult walking to do it.
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I wonder if he/they were on a quad bike(2) and up the Hotbank Farm tracktrack. From there you can, I recall, get along the wall path to just before it drops down to the gap. Maybe, maybe not. Time will tell. Some photo’s taken in 2014. That’s me under the tree.
 

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Having put a keyword in my search library through my box in the corner.
Having had three holidays on this Greek island.
It came up as a recorded episode on one of the buy a house somewhere series.
So I perused the choice on offer.
There was some interesting places, but one stood out.
It was a villa, two bedrooms and the usual stuff to draw you in! This was a place built into the hillside and the swimming pool and outside area was special. But the view was unbelievable, facing west, where it was specifically built to see the sun go down. The dining area, veranda, pool, so gorgeous!
Cost price, and a bargain just under a million quid!

I have ordered two! With my private jet, which can be seen approaching the airport. I can adjust to my retirement home, Mrs L, could be able to act like lady muck and host amusing dinner events at least once a week!

Wow!

I'm a bit jealous obviously!
 
dunelm said:
I wonder if he/they were on a quad bike(2) and up the Hotbank Farm tracktrack. From there you can, I recall, get along the wall path to just before it drops down to the gap. Maybe, maybe not. Time will tell. Some photo’s taken in 2014. That’s me under the tree.
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I recognised you!
 
Annb said:
That was just on the Channel 5 news. It couldn't have been a 16 year old on his own - it required getting heavy equipment across some difficult walking to do it.
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I reckon he may have used a quad bike to carry his chain saw when the truth comes out. It sounds planned and he would need lights at night, any police on the road would think it was a farmer tending his sheep and ignore him.
Of course I could be completely wrong.
 
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