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Stale honey hoops
For MikeG's chicken that isn't laying enough/any eggs!
It was one of those "I saw these and thought of you" moments. Then thought the chicken might get better use out of them.Excellent!
The plastic ones arrive today, apparently. We've got one non-layer (and she can't jump, either. She needs lifting onto the perch every night). We've also got an egg-eater. She lays it, then eats it. So our maximum output from 4 chickens in the prime of life is 2 eggs per day.
Harbour Guest House has better ratings, and Glengorm is self-catering. I do not like self-catering. Although I usually eat out all the time on vacation, but never leave The States. Very attractive castle, but I would rather not put more strain on the ecology of such a place by my visiting. And I am 100% against airplanes, which narrows me down to Cunard.
We don't call tortie & white cats "calico" here in the UK. Calico is a type of fabric used for upholstering* chairs...
A tortie is a tortoiseshell. They can be black (your bog standard variety), blue (a dilute of black), chocolate (a different dilute of black), lilac (the dilute of chocolate), cinnamon, fawn (the dilute of cinnamon) or caramel (the result of a modifier gene that turns both blue and lilac to a warm slate grey). Add white to that, and it's just a tortie & white of whatever the colour is.
If the non-ginger bits are tabby as opposed to solid, then it's a tortie tabby - torbie in the US. Again, with or without white. And you have the same range of colours as above. The tabby bits can be classic (swirly pattern), mackerel (tiger stripes), spotted or ticked (like the pattern on a rabbit)
The rule of thumb when it comes to white on a tortoiseshell cat, is that the more white you have (as a result of the white spotting gene), the more "patched" the colours on the cat become. So you get bigger and more distinct areas of colour as opposed to the brindle mingling you get on a tortoiseshell that has no white on them at all.
* my father ran an upholstery workshop. I grew up around fabrics, leather, tools and furniture
P.S. Tell Mrs GA that at least cats don't chew the furniture. Or your shoes
If it's anything like it is here today, you'll get cold knees unless you're wearing very long socks.I'm going to wear my shorts today.
They just announced that the government wants us to have an emergency pack at home so that we can survive for at least 3 days. They didn't mention a life raft!
I've a bid on the Trek 2200 that's on eBay. But ... it's from someone I know splits bikes for parts and then sells them separately. I've bought parts from them for several projects.
I could have done that, but the bike's in too nice a condition.