Mundane News

[Illaveago]

This morning I thought I would try to repair a bird feeder that the Goldfinches fight over .it is a cylindrical clear plastic tube with 4 feeding stations let into it . We have ordered 2 new replacements but as they won't arrive for a while I thought I would give it a go .
First of all I have it a good clean . Water had been seeping in through splits, the plastic is giving up . Once it was clean and dry I tried to glue the splits. I then used some helicopter tape to wrap round the tube to hopefully hold it together .
The birds are busy in the garden at the moment and they like the feeder .

 

[Salty seadog]

Is it gone midnight as I can hear a load of fireworks going off ?

Nope not midnight yet, some local attention seeker is letting off a long stream of them.

Me.

I'm trying to watch Columbo on the telly.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Bloomin' heck..
Fireworks already! 🎇
😬

They are late for Nov , given the lockdown at the time.

 

[Reynard]

Mmmmm, nice supper of a toasted sandwich and the last of the chocolate trifle.

Sandwich was cheddar cheese, sliced up pigs in blankets, turkey, stuffing, mozzarella and cranberry sauce.

I feel a bit like Geraldine Granger after four Christmas dinners...

 

[Reynard]

Two weeks ago Tom Kerridge recipe for roast lamb with boulangere potatoes. Potatoes soaked up the fat like a sponge does water. I wont bother with it again.

It does depend what variety of tatties you use - some will absorb far more fat than others. Desirees make damn good chips and roasties, but they will take up twice as much fat as a Maris Piper.

 

[Reynard]

They know what they're doing and so do you. Feline stomach time is always fast.

Well, I knew what I was doing - Poppy and Lexi had to wait till it was 7pm, as that's their food time. They can pester all they like, but mummy doesn't give in.

It does take a lot of willpower not to give into them, though. Especially when Lexi walks up and bites you...

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Nearly didn't make it an hour ago. Choaked on bits of crunched peanuts. Fortunately I eventually coughed up a couple of tiny pieces. Doesn't take much does it !

You escape Coronavirus all year, and a peanut nearly kills you !

I'm still eating peanuts now, but not 'inhaling' them helps !

My Italian aunt died eating grapes, my maternal grandmother eating a plum. That's why I only eat 4 of my 5 a day. That 5th might be my last.

 

[Jenkins]

Time to get the party started. I have beer, ZZ Top Live from Texas & Fleetwood Mac's The Dance DVDs and a decent pair of headphones.

 

[PeteXXX]

This has been my first Christmas and New Year without alcohol (apart from hand sanitizer, obv...) for approximately 52 years

 

[Jenkins]

Bloomin' heck..
Fireworks already! 🎇
😬

Started here just under an hour later.

 

[Reynard]

Time to get the party started. I have beer, ZZ Top Live from Texas & Fleetwood Mac's The Dance DVDs and a decent pair of headphones.

I have and snacks and "Henri Toivonen - His Rally Years" for watching material.

 

[Jenkins]

I have and snacks and "Henri Toivonen - His Rally Years" for watching material.

BTCC review 2020 as a wind down if I'm still awake

 

[Reynard]

BTCC review 2020 as a wind down if I'm still awake

Sounds like a plan!

 

[Salty seadog]

My Italian aunt died eating grapes, my maternal grandmother eating a plum. That's why I only eat 4 of my 5 a day. That 5th might be my last.

Sod it, I'm having an apple.
It must be bottled.

 

[slowmotion]

Butter on a medium heat, garlic in, then some sliced shitake in for a couple of minutes, then the rest of the more delicate mushrooms with a bit of rosemary and plenty of parsley and a bit of good salt.

Tip onto sourdough toast.... Eat.

Optional, finely chopped shallots, bit of sour cream /creme fraiche.

I may need your advice in a few weeks time. I was given two mushroom growing kits for Christmas and I've fired the starting gun. It's all rather exciting. I might get a crop big enough to make a single omelette.

BTW, Happy New Year.