Mundane News

[Reynard]

Mulberries are so plentiful here, they are a main reason why I have fenders on most of my bicycles.

Yeah... Purple bottom time otherwise... It's like I don't want to be cutting the grass under my two trees when the crop is really ripe.

I have an American friend hailing from Michigan who lives a couple of villages along. She always always avails herself of my mulberries.

 

[Reynard]

Had a very nice lunch. Guacamole with fingers of toast to dunk, plus crackers, cheese (stilton & vintage cheddar) and my home made tomato and chilli chutney. Oh and two mugs of tea.

 

[Illaveago]

I've just seen an elderly cyclist risking his life turning around in the middle of the road at a set of traffic lights . I don't know if he just couldn't be bothered in stopping and putting his foot down or not .
Whatever he thought he was doing proved that he wasn't used to the 2 sets of traffic lights at Lacock on the A350 . Whilst waiting at the first set of lights on red they will release the vehicles behind , the other problem is that the 2 lanes converge into one so there becomes a race between vehicles trying to fit in to the gap .
Thinking it was safe to do what he was doing as the lights were red he didn't realize the other lights could have changed to green .
Locals know of the problem and take care using them .

 

[Biscuit]

We all had a great lunch too, at the Zetland Arms. Crabs all round...Err.
@Fab Foodie @Hill Wimp you

 

[Gravity Aided]

Had a very nice lunch. Guacamole with fingers of toast to dunk, plus crackers, cheese (stilton & vintage cheddar) and my home made tomato and chilli chutney. Oh and two mugs of tea.

I hear avocadoes may be coming down in price, something to do with preserving them so they stay fresh in the market longer.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0963996909000593
Candelilla Wax appears to be a good treatment for the avocado in the store, so it lasts longer.

 

[MikeG]

.......I am in a minority of 1 of people who didn't watch it.........

Not here you're not. I didn't watch it either. It's cricket season, dammit!

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Not here you're not. I didn't watch it either. It's cricket season, dammit!

I didn't either, I was tidying up in the garden

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Took delivery of my Aston Martin V12 Vantage today. Gunmetal grey.








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[raleighnut]

We've been adopted by lots of cats, 2 of which live/lived with us permanently but now we get visits from one of next doors cats, Mao, next door but ones cat, Woody, and a big fluffy black and white Tom-cat who doesn't appear to have a home but walks around like he owns ours. Mind he wasn't around much last weekend but then he's come back and just slept and eaten for the past couple of days so I suspect he's been 'Tomcatting', he certainly looks very 'pleased' with himself.

A 'Fluffy' update, he was in all night then got up for his brekkie then straight back to his spot on the Settee......................still there fast off.

 

[TVC]

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We all had a great lunch too, at the Zetland Arms. Crabs all round...Err.
@Fab Foodie @Hill Wimp you

Always great to see Dave.

 

[Fab Foodie]

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We all had a great lunch too, at the Zetland Arms. Crabs all round...Err.
@Fab Foodie @Hill Wimp you

Most splendid company indeed....
Thanks for dropping-by!

 

[Reynard]

I hear avocadoes may be coming down in price, something to do with preserving them so they stay fresh in the market longer.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0963996909000593
Candelilla Wax appears to be a good treatment for the avocado in the store, so it lasts longer.

I always keep avocados in the veg drawer in the fridge.

Avocados for destined for Casa Reynard are acquired, either on a very good street market I know (which is truly excellent for fruit & veg), or on yellow sticker. I don't mind the very ripe, squishy ones if I'm going to use them straight off. Though if I want keepers, I buy them when they're still hard; they'll keep up to a month in the fridge, and ripen slowly at the same time.

 

[Reynard]

I acquired a grape vine with this house; it produces so many grapes I can't keep up with juicing them. One day I might have a go at making wine with them, although all the sterilising puts me off a bit.

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Mmmmmmm, those look fabby!

You could always make grape jelly. It's lovely on hot buttered toast. Or with peanut butter on toast...

My past experiences with black grapes is that I usually lose out in a direct competition with the birds. Either I've had to pick them woefully under ripe, or I don't get any at all. Hence I now have a green variety called Phoenix, which I'm hoping will pass under the radar of those pesky tweeters.

P.S. It's the same with cherries. The birds ignore my yellow Bigarreau ones until they're extremely ripe.

 

[classic33]

[QUOTE 5301356, member: 21629"]We do this in my country:

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It's CDs on a tree and it works.[/QUOTE]
Classical music?

 

[Hill Wimp]

Always great to see Dave.

A most gorgeous little rascal terrier was there too. Alfie, I think I'm in