Reynard
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But was it a good plan?
Watching Touring Cars is *always* a good plan

But was it a good plan?
it was here,5 very scared cats. Fluff ran off out, Merlin shot upstairs and went under a bed, Cinders was slinking around from room to room like a Cat 'limbo dancer' nervously glancing around, Fifi hid behind the Christmas tree and I don't know where Mo (Smokey) was.
Kizzy on the other couldn't give a toss, I think she lifted her head up after one 'thermonuclear' explosion but that was it and before you say "Is she deaf" Kizzy can hear the opening of a Cat Milk carton or the rattle of a Cat Dish/Saucer from several gardens away (with the double glazed kitchen door closed) and arrives in seconds.![]()
Kitten update .
Georgie is getting used to us and will now come in to the living room and jump up onto our laps for a cuddle and a nap .
Last night he decided that it was time for the Christmas decorations to come down . He climbed up into the tree to get a soft green crocodile out to play with .
He is also very helpful . At night I give him a hot water bottle wrapped in a towel to put in his box . While I am filling his water bottle he jumps on and attacks the towel that I have laid flat on the floor .
He is sat next to me at the moment watching the telly .
Rumours of my demise have been exaggerated. It's been a good year for mushroom-hunting, and I've managed to stay off the Death Caps. Find of the season is probably this mahoosive Wood Blewit.
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Just let Molly see and she wasn't in the least interested. She knows they are not real. I heard her at the living room window earlier chattering away to the real ones. Smart cookie knows the difference!![]()
Way too smart! Only time I’m not checking what she’s up to is when she’s sleeping.Yebbut Molly is Siamese. And Siamese are smart.![]()
There's no magic to it - it's just experience and a precautionary principle. I'm frequently finding shrooms I'm not sure about or ones that there isn't a hope in hell of getting a positive ID on. The thing is to know what will kill you and what will make you a nice dinner, and not to mess about with the large grey area between. If you find what you think is a Blewit you should stick your nose in it - the fragrance is lovely and quite unforgettable. There are a couple of other large purple mushrooms but there are simple ways of telling them apart - eg Blewits give a pale pink spore print, whereas their possible lookalikes give a rusty brown one. There could still be some about - they don't mind a bit of cold.I love eating mushrooms but don’t think I could trust myself enough to pick and eat wild ones.
I really admire your confidence.
Luckily that's my default recipe for everything. They also have an affinity with bacon!That's gonna need one heck of a lot of butter and garlic...![]()
Bacon! That's the best thing I've heard all year!Luckily that's my default recipe for everything. They also have an affinity with bacon!
saw those on AmazonWe do, but only None Such has actual beef in it.
We have the 18v DeWalt, I was very sceptical when the lad brought it home, but now it tends to be my go to one, especially if I out working on the cars, saves the trailing lead, but it's an as well as & not a substitute. If I was to have only one, it would be a 240v lightweight one.I'm thinking of buying an angle grinder. Does anybody know if the battery powered ones are any good? I won't use it that often so I'll go second hand I think, which probably means a 240v mains one might be best.
I think there is some at my local grocery store. Also the Wal*Mart.saw those on Amazon
Fabulous! Happy New Year.Rumours of my demise have been exaggerated. It's been a good year for mushroom-hunting, and I've managed to stay off the Death Caps. Find of the season is probably this mahoosive Wood Blewit.
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