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RE: 2024 - 4 Months of doing something different - Veggie - 10-12-2024
Wonderful find. Looks a bit like bubble wrap!
RE: 2024 - 4 Months of doing something different - Small chilli - 17-12-2024
My latest new thing. Won a £5 voucher. And before you say that’s not new. It’s not gardening related
RE: 2024 - 4 Months of doing something different - Veggie - 17-12-2024
That's a coincidence because I've just won a prize too! I could choose what I wanted from the prizes on a list. Needless to say the most expensive items had gone but most of them I wouldn't have chosen anyway. I've asked for a Cake Treat Box from a local cake shop.
RE: 2024 - 4 Months of doing something different - Vinny - 17-12-2024
My doing summat different for today was shopping at Tesc*s which I haven't done for at least a year as I always thought they were overpriced?
Today though I thought I would try Tescrat as I call it, to see if I could get a duck for Crimbo.I was pleasantly surprised they had fresh duck at £9.00, but also frozen duck at £9.00 or £6.50 with clubcard!
The frozen duck actually weighrd more so three gueses which one I got. 
Lambs liver was the best I have ever seen with large slices not bits and pieces. Quite a bit of stuff has money off with the clubcard (sometimes not even highlighted until you get the bill.)
So all in all a 'big up' for them and the cleanliness and freshness of the produce will make me have a return visit pretty soon.
RE: 2024 - 4 Months of doing something different - Small chilli - 18-12-2024
Bob’s done something new today. He’s been interviewed by the bbc .
RE: 2024 - 4 Months of doing something different - JJB - 18-12-2024
(18-12-2024, 06:00 PM)Small chilli Wrote: Bob’s done something new today. He’s been interviewed by the bbc .Come on tell us more, there must be a story there.
RE: 2024 - 4 Months of doing something different - Small chilli - 18-12-2024
(18-12-2024, 06:43 PM)JJB Wrote:It’s about smart meters not working up here. If it’s a news segment or a program on the subject, I really don’t know. As I needed to be as far away from tv cameras as possible. I went to work early(18-12-2024, 06:00 PM)Small chilli Wrote: Bob’s done something new today. He’s been interviewed by the bbc .Come on tell us more, there must be a story there.
. the short version, the not that smart meters run on analog up here, for what ever reason. Unsurprisingly they don’t work. And none of the electric providers or meter installers are listening or doing anything about it.
RE: 2024 - 4 Months of doing something different - JJB - 19-12-2024
(10-12-2024, 02:34 PM)Small chilli Wrote: My something new. I found a shed slow worm skin when sorting stuff in my polytunnel.Do they shed skin like a snake or do you think it was a dead one?
Never found one before.
RE: 2024 - 4 Months of doing something different - Veggie - 19-12-2024
(19-12-2024, 11:43 AM)JJB Wrote:A slow worm is a legless lizard, they shed their skin regularly and can lose their tails if threatened. No I didn't ask the Duck for this info - I used to a be a slow-worm handler.(10-12-2024, 02:34 PM)Small chilli Wrote: My something new. I found a shed slow worm skin when sorting stuff in my polytunnel.Do they shed skin like a snake or do you think it was a dead one?
Never found one before.
RE: 2024 - 4 Months of doing something different - JJB - 19-12-2024
(19-12-2024, 11:54 AM)Veggie Wrote:(19-12-2024, 11:43 AM)JJB Wrote:A slow worm is a legless lizard, they shed their skin regularly and can lose their tails if threatened. No I didn't ask the Duck for this info - I used to a be a slow-worm handler.(10-12-2024, 02:34 PM)Small chilli Wrote: My something new. I found a shed slow worm skin when sorting stuff in my polytunnel.Do they shed skin like a snake or do you think it was a dead one?
Never found one before.
One wonders how one becomes a slow worm handler. It's one of those very obscure jobs.