Mundane News

[Illaveago]

The new pate cat food seems to be going down well with the cats. At least they are cleaning their bowls now, whereas with their previous food they only ate the jelly leaving chunks of old boot in the bowl. I was just saying to my wife that although it may be dearer it will be more cost effective in reducing vets bills.

 

[raleighnut]

The new pate cat food seems to be going down well with the cats. At least they are cleaning their bowls now, whereas with their previous food they only ate the jelly leaving chunks of old boot in the bowl. I was just saying to my wife that although it may be dearer it will be more cost effective in reducing vets bills.

It's not so good for their teeth though, mind if they're just licking the gravy off normal catfood then that isn't doing their teeth much good either.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Quite possibly. I would also hazard a guess that temperature, humidity and whether bats roost or not needs to be factored into this abstract equation.

No bat pee for my cheese, please.
I mostly buy the Y/S woo-hoo stickered cheese anyway.

 

[Reynard]

@Reynard is this your back yard?.....

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Almost - but not quite. Scale's a wee bit smaller.

 

[Reynard]

Reynard did say she planted the trees herself, so she really is turning out to be a bit ancient .

What happened to the convention of not mentioning a woman's age? I'm not *that* old.

 

[Reynard]

Making gingered yellow plum chutney.

Will go very nicely with my YS cheese.

 

[Speicher]

I have been out gardening. It was a calm mild day, so I decided to cut down some of the very dead foliage and look for any branches that had been damaged in the wind. Kizzy decided she needed to supervise me. So far, so good for two hours or so.

Then as if someone had turned a switch, an almightly strong wind picked up. It is slightly uphill to the end of my garden, and making progress into the wind was a tad tricky. That was the end of gardening for today.

 

[Speicher]

If I buy a new television, how difficult is it to set it up?

Oi, @potsy - stop laughing - you will fall off your chair and hurt yourself.

 

[potsy]

Then as if someone had turned a switch, an almightly strong wind picked up. It is slightly uphill to the end of my garden, and making progress into the wind was a tad tricky. That was the end of gardening for today.

Been the same here, nice calm morning and now turned very windy again.

I need to go for my walk but am delaying it for now.

 

[potsy]

If I buy a new television, how difficult is it to set it up?

They usually have auto setups nowadays, just plug in whatever you have connected currently.

 

[Speicher]

They usually have auto setups nowadays, just plug in whatever you have connected currently.

Thank you. The shop I am buying it from will deliver and set it up at a cost of £40 or so.

I have narrowed my choice down to two, and will go and see what they sound like. I expect the box would fit in the back of a car. The new tv has got freeview in it, so I only need to plug in the dvd recorder. I am seriously thinking of cancelling my Sky subscription and taking a Eurosport Player subscription instead.

 

[Illaveago]

I had some 'cave cheddar' from somewhere in southwest just yesterday... Really excellent. The cave must have somehow enhanced the cheese. Top marks.

It may have been given that name so that people would associate it with the Cheddar Caves area. There used to be a small cheese company near the caves.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Thank you. The shop I am buying it from will deliver and set it up at a cost of £40 or so.

I have narrowed my choice down to two, and will go and see what they sound like. I expect the box would fit in the back of a car. The new tv has got freeview in it, so I only need to plug in the dvd recorder. I am seriously thinking of cancelling my Sky subscription and taking a Eurosport Player subscription instead.

I should think you would have lots of money for TV, with all the work as spokesman for trip advisor.

 

[Speicher]

I should think you would have lots of money for TV, with all the work as spokesman for trip advisor.

I'm supposed to be incognito when I visit hotels.

 

[Reynard]

Likewise here. Was a still if rather wet morning, but goodness, has the wind gotten up this afternoon.

My three 20p punnets of yellow plums, accompanied by onion, raisins, chillies, mustard seed and candied ginger have been turned into a very fine chutney. Shame I only got two jars and a dollop.

Split a wheelbarrow of logs as well this morning.

Looked up the price of logs from the local coal etc depot. Averages at £150 per cubic metre. No wonder new neighbour was trying to pull a fast one. I can saw up that much in an hour or so. At the minimum wage, he'd have to give me over 20 hours of labour to pay for that. Which I doubt he'd be willing to do.