Mundane News

[Deleted member 1258]

I've had the gremlins in today. I got back from yoga this morning, fired up the computer, switched on the sound bar attached to it and a few seconds later it blew the fuse with a loud phut, put in a new fuse and its worked perfectly since. Out the front this afternoon cleaning the inside of the car and suddenly the vac stops, a quick investigation showed the vac was fine, the villain was my extension, a check revealed all fuses and connections were OK, I suspect there's an internal break in the cable somewhere, but as I cobbled the extension together from spare bits about twenty five years ago I recon it don't owe me anything so I might just replace it.

 

[Reynard]

It is here, so plans for a have had to be shelved. Am still recovering from a nasty and don't want to make myself feel

Might go and pick some pears later, but in the mean time I am having a and am on CC

 

[Speicher]

@Reynard - Apart from producing pears, what else does a pear tree "do" if you see what I mean?

Does it attract bees and other pollinators, do you have to have two? Does it look nice as a tree in its own right. I like baked pears, but not fresh ones, as they are too firm for my liking.

 

[Illaveago]

It's gone grey again. We had some sunshine late morning and afternoon but now it has clouded over.

Dyson has just announced that he is going to make an electric car. I wonder if it will have ground effect?

 

[Oxo]

Blu being his usual stupid self

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It's gone grey again. We had some sunshine late morning and afternoon but now it has clouded over.

Dyson has just announced that he is going to make an electric car. I wonder if it will have ground effect?

If he does I bet he'll clean up.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Playing with new toy!

Toastie toes!

 

[Lullabelle]

Taste or quantity?

Taste, very bland.

 

[Reynard]

@Reynard - Apart from producing pears, what else does a pear tree "do" if you see what I mean?

Does it attract bees and other pollinators, do you have to have two? Does it look nice as a tree in its own right. I like baked pears, but not fresh ones, as they are too firm for my liking.

Well, the blossom always looks lovely, and I do see the bees from the hives in the community orchard on them in the spring. As they are members of the pomace family, they have a lot of similar characteristics to apples. Some varieties IIRC are self fertile, but most, like apples, will need a pollinator companion. You can get trees with two or three varieties grafted onto a rootstock, which helps with that issue. Pears are also more fussy than apples in terms of growing conditions.

I have two trees, but out here in the fens, pears are rather unreliable. That's mostly down to the acidic soil and the cold wind, so it's pot luck as to whether I get a useable crop. They fare far better in the village - I usually get a box from my neighbour's brother, though funnily enough, he has none this year. This year mine reasonable, juicy-ish but not especially sweet. Usually they're rock hard, dry and tasteless. That is, if I have any at all. This lot'll do alright for puddings and pickling though. Pickled pears are wonderful with strong cheese and cold cuts.

Pears are at their best to eat as a fruit when they become slightly squishy. Shop bought ones are invariably sold woefully underripe to avoid damage as pears do bruise easily. So you will need to keep them at least a week or so in a warm room before they're ready to eat. Do try it - makes the world of difference, though it's definitely a paper towel job.

 

[Hill Wimp]

It's been a rather lovely day here. Last day of our few days off.

Much furniture restoring was done and still more to do but it was very enjoyable. My larder is now beautifully shelved after I let @Fab Foodie loose with his circular saw

 

[Fab Foodie]

It's been a rather lovely day here. Last day of our few days off.

Much furniture restoring was done and still more to do but it was very enjoyable. My larder is now beautifully shelved after I let @Fab Foodie loose with his circular saw

Both coming along nicely!

 

[Speicher]

@Reynard - There are cold winds here, sometimes there are warm winds, but in the position that I might put a fruit tree, it will be battling against lazy winds.

 

[raleighnut]

@Reynard - There are cold winds here, sometimes there are warm winds, but in the position that I might put a fruit tree, it will be battling against lazy winds.

Lazy winds as in they don't go around anything......................just straight through.

 

[Speicher]

Lazy winds as in they don't go around anything......................just straight through.

Yes, there is a lot of them round 'ere.

 

[Reynard]

In that case @Speicher you might be better off with something that's more reliable than a pear... An apple or a plum, perhaps? My two most reliable croppers are a Victoria plum and a Bramley apple, though admittedly a Bramley isn't suitable for a small space and it's a triploid...

 

[Accy cyclist]

No, I don't follow football

I asked because Accrington play Coventry at home in a few weeks time. They haven't played each other in something like 60 years. I noticed both teams are neck and neck.
As It Stands
Team P GD Pts
1 Notts County 10 12 25
2 Exeter 10 5 22
3 Accrington 10 7 20
4 Coventry 10 7 19
5 Luton 10 9 18
6 Stevenage 10 5 18
7 Newport 10 5 18
8 Wycombe 10 3 18
9 Mansfield 10 3 16
10 Cambridge 10 2 16
11 Swindon 10 0 16
12 Lincoln City 10 1 15
13 Grimsby 10 -4 13
14 Yeovil 10 -6 12
15 Barnet 10 1 11
16 Cheltenham 10 -1 11
17 Carlisle 10 -2 11
18 Crewe 10 -5 11
19 Crawley 10 -2 10
20 Morecambe 10 -3 10
21 Colchester 10 -3 9
22 Port Vale 10 -7 5
23 Chesterfield 10 -12 5
24 Forest Green 10 -15 5