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Post by rikita on Jan 3, 2018 10:43:34 GMT
Rikita, Mr R keeps uncovering himself because he is too warm! If the window was open, he would stay covered up. We sleep with the window open nearly all the time -- more or less open depending on the weather. yet he says with an open window it would be too cold for him (though the truth is, during the time the window is still open but it is starting to get cold, like in autumn, he also uncovers himself and then i sometimes put the blanket back over him because his skin feels cold).
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 3, 2018 11:36:04 GMT
I always knew zombies were real!
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 3, 2018 14:21:48 GMT
Rasputin returns!
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Post by patricklondon on Jan 4, 2018 8:09:28 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 4, 2018 15:47:38 GMT
Do you have a subscription to the Guernsey Press, Patrick? I wonder how milk-giving is affected when cows' circadian rhythms are disrupted. The sidelines in the link are intriguing as well. Maybe this makes perfect sense to UKers, but ...... Warnings over illegal dumping as fly-tipping Friday approaches is Greek to me.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 4, 2018 23:17:18 GMT
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Post by patricklondon on Jan 5, 2018 8:14:25 GMT
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Post by questa on Jan 5, 2018 8:39:24 GMT
not so much dull...more like a pile of rubbish.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 5, 2018 10:59:51 GMT
I understood it to mean tip-and-run.
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Post by patricklondon on Jan 5, 2018 12:22:45 GMT
Exactly so - dumping stuff "on the fly" anywhere they think they can get away with, when (they hope) no-one's looking. It's a curse in a great many places, though on the mainland it's usually cowboy builders and the like dumping what would otherwise be commercial waste they'd have to pay for. My blog | My photos | My video clips | My Librivox recordings"too literate to be spam"
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Post by patricklondon on Jan 5, 2018 20:50:45 GMT
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Post by patricklondon on Jan 9, 2018 11:39:16 GMT
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Post by bjd on Jan 9, 2018 12:15:30 GMT
What must it be like to live in a place where a missing mobility scooter earns such coverage, along with photos of two mayors as well as Kevin?
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 9, 2018 15:27:53 GMT
I love that the photos of the two mayors have nothing to do with anything. Apparently they're just there to make the story take up more space and look more important. The captions under those two pictures are hilarious -- "probably" and "likely".
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 10, 2018 19:56:54 GMT
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Post by patricklondon on Jan 11, 2018 18:06:11 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 11, 2018 19:19:05 GMT
Not the affected body part the headline made us envision, but funny nonetheless.
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Post by patricklondon on Jan 13, 2018 8:13:17 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 15, 2018 5:19:38 GMT
Is he speaking geographically?
UK and France may drift apart after Brexit, warns former ambassador
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Post by rikita on Jan 16, 2018 10:41:44 GMT
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Post by lagatta on Jan 17, 2018 0:47:20 GMT
Why are so many of the best headlines British? www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-42648624Trapped butcher saved by black pudding When Chris McCabe became trapped in a walk-in freezer, he used the oversized sausage to make his escape.
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Post by bjd on Jan 17, 2018 6:13:03 GMT
Lagatta, I think it's because of the British sense of humour and ability to make good headlines. Most of the stories that are behind the headline are nothing special, it's the headline that makes them worthy of reading.
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Post by patricklondon on Jan 17, 2018 14:33:18 GMT
Most of the stories that are behind the headline are nothing special, it's the headline that makes them worthy of reading. As in this famous case (the newspaper's readers would have understood that the Caledonian Thistle football club had won a surprise victory over the, on paper, much better team Glasgow Celtic): My blog | My photos | My video clips | My Librivox recordings"too literate to be spam"
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Post by patricklondon on Jan 17, 2018 14:36:05 GMT
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Post by patricklondon on Jan 18, 2018 14:15:52 GMT
Another variant on peculiar headlines: On a flying trip to France last weekend, I noticed a TV news programme was showing some film with the caption "Baby panda's first outing" - only the running strap headline just below was all about the Prime Minister visiting a site of some controversy. My blog | My photos | My video clips | My Librivox recordings"too literate to be spam"
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Post by patricklondon on Jan 19, 2018 8:20:48 GMT
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Post by rikita on Jan 19, 2018 10:00:53 GMT
this is not a yucca plant, but apparently someone saw a similar risk here:
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Post by questa on Jan 19, 2018 11:10:19 GMT
In Bali many people put egg shells on spiky plants like this example. I asked why and was told "To decorate the plant and make it look pretty because it doesn't have flowers" and "To prevent people from hurting themselves on the sharp points"
Take your pick.
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Post by bjd on Jan 19, 2018 12:25:03 GMT
I ripped out the yucca plant that was growing in the garden here when we bought the house. I nearly got a spike in the eye and decided it was not a good thing to have in the garden.
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Post by patricklondon on Jan 24, 2018 8:18:59 GMT
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