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Post by crankcaller on Jan 19, 2021 10:41:07 GMT
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Post by lazybones on Jan 19, 2021 10:44:22 GMT
I spent a big part of last night watching Dark - this drama series set in Germany. It's good. I like it. Then I spent a while downloading video 'apps' on the television we have. A bounty of low cost mid 1970s content. I hope ... This is what I'm hoping for ...
I dreamt of awkward encounters with people I'd fallen out of contact with and then had a work dream based in a haunted house. I can barely walk because of my run two days ago, and I have a hand like a wizened and cracked old tortoise.
But on balance things aren't so bad.
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Post by Chumbles on Jan 19, 2021 10:46:41 GMT
Nursey is due for my bi-weekly S&M session treatment and try as I might I'm floundering around trying to think of a fishy pun... I do hope Nursey is Veronique...
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Post by lazybones on Jan 19, 2021 10:49:49 GMT
I really want a good book to read ...
I want something bleak and sort of empty. Something downbeat. I cannot find it ...
Any recommendations?
The closest thing I can get at the moment is 'A death in the family' by Karl Ove Knausgard. I like it so far, but don't know if I can commit to a whole series. I want something I can race through in a day. I have ordered a book called 'The Maimed' by Herman Ungar but it is not here yet ...
I feel rough.
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Post by lazybones on Jan 19, 2021 10:53:04 GMT
I am floundering a little bit.
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Post by scamander on Jan 19, 2021 11:02:59 GMT
Games - downloaded Rome Total War 2, tried to pick up where I left off, which was at war with Carthago Nova, Libya and Epirus and my armies spread across Italy. Hmm. No TV, films or books. Two things heavily annoyed me in the recent patches. 1. The Civil War mechanic. 2. Huge lag times at the end of each turn Otherwise it was fun. |
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Post by lazybones on Jan 19, 2021 11:07:32 GMT
Anyone got any thoughts on how to re-wild a garden?
Our garden is a very small paved yard. I keep seeing suggestions to set up a pond, but we haven't really got the space. Another idea is to mix moss with yoghurt and then spread it all over the shop, to create more moss, but that feels like a step towards dangerous eccentricity. Also ... the idea has been kiboshed by my significant other.
I would like to do something though.
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Post by RollingEscargot on Jan 19, 2021 11:07:34 GMT
tenthenemy Very sorry to hear this news. Heartfelt sympathy.
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Post by RollingEscargot on Jan 19, 2021 11:10:38 GMT
What's all this nonsense about Japanese whisky? We need to get the boffins down at the Campbell's Soup innovation labs to retaliate with some deep fried sushi in a can.
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Post by MrTiddles on Jan 19, 2021 11:10:58 GMT
I really want a good book to read ... I want something bleak and sort of empty. Something downbeat. I cannot find it ... Any recommendations? Sven Hassel, he's your man.
(I've never read any of his books)
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Post by Shenguin on Jan 19, 2021 11:12:10 GMT
I just posted a post in response to my own post. Not in response to RollinEscargot's post, if anyone saw it. Nobody saw it, don't worry. |
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Post by Shenguin on Jan 19, 2021 11:14:17 GMT
What's all this nonsense about Japanese whisky? We need to get the boffins down at the Campbell's Soup innovation labs to retaliate with some deep fried sushi in a can. I think it was just one of the X-Box users asking for advice on getting a Japanese 12y-o. |
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Post by scamander on Jan 19, 2021 11:16:34 GMT
[/quote]I think it was just one of the X-Box users asking for advice on getting a Japanese 12y-o.
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cap doffed, fine work there.
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Post by BabyfarkmcGeezak on Jan 19, 2021 11:16:56 GMT
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Post by lazybones on Jan 19, 2021 11:17:31 GMT
I really want a good book to read ... I want something bleak and sort of empty. Something downbeat. I cannot find it ... Any recommendations? Sven Hassel, he's your man.
(I've never read any of his books)
I did like 'The Kindly Ones', and would like to find something similar.
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Post by lazybones on Jan 19, 2021 11:19:25 GMT
I just posted a post in response to my own post. Not in response to RollinEscargot's post, if anyone saw it. Nobody saw it, don't worry.
Chat chat. Hoot hoot, was what I said.
Today I feel like I want to hoot like there's no tomorrow.
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Post by scamander on Jan 19, 2021 11:23:02 GMT
Anyone got any thoughts on how to re-wild a garden? Our garden is a very small paved yard. I keep seeing suggestions to set up a pond, but we haven't really got the space. Another idea is to mix moss with youghurt and then spread it all over the shop, to create more moss, but that feels like a step towards dangerous eccentricity. Also ... the idea has been kiboshed by my significant other. I would like to do something though. A small pond is a good thing, you don't need to go down the fishpond route. Plenty of animals will use it. A pile of logs of just broken bits of wood will give cover and create a olace for insects. You can also get wild seed bombs or just a packet of wild seeds. Think about levels, hanging plants on a wall or taller plants etc. Not everthing needs to be ground level. In terms of feeders for birds, different species feed differently. It's worth researching where birds like to feed (e.g. robins prefer to feed on the floor or flat surface). I've only got a balcony but several feeders, some in cover, some higher up etc and it does attract different types. |
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Post by Tuffers on Jan 19, 2021 11:25:12 GMT
So sorry to hear that Tenthen, my thoughts are with you.
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Post by Faceless on Jan 19, 2021 11:25:20 GMT
I really want a good book to read ... I want something bleak and sort of empty. Something downbeat. I cannot find it ... Any recommendations? The Road - Cormac McCarthy. As bleak as bleak gets. |
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Post by Felice Landry on Jan 19, 2021 11:29:14 GMT
We watched the first 2 episodes of WandaVision, it is rather good. 4*
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Post by lazybones on Jan 19, 2021 11:29:41 GMT
Anyone got any thoughts on how to re-wild a garden? Our garden is a very small paved yard. I keep seeing suggestions to set up a pond, but we haven't really got the space. Another idea is to mix moss with youghurt and then spread it all over the shop, to create more moss, but that feels like a step towards dangerous eccentricity. Also ... the idea has been kiboshed by my significant other. I would like to do something though. A small pond is a good thing, you don't need to go down the fishpond route. Plenty of animals will use it. A pile of logs of just broken bits of wood will give cover and create a olace for insects. You can also get wild seed bombs or just a packet of wild seeds. Think about levels, hanging plants on a wall or taller plants etc. Not everthing needs to be ground level. In terms of feeders for birds, different species feed differently. It's worth researching where birds like to feed (e.g. robins prefer to feed on the floor or flat surface). I've only got a balcony but several feeders, some in cover, some higher up etc and it does attract different types.
This is excellent content. Thank you!
Levels. Hmmm yes. I might set a trellice. Grow some runner beans. A wild wall of beans.
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Post by Sheep2 on Jan 19, 2021 11:31:47 GMT
If you really want to rewild a policy of complete neglect is the way to go. Nature (Japanese knotweed) will find a way.
It sounds like you really want something highly cultivated, but which appears to be wild.
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Post by amipal on Jan 19, 2021 11:32:25 GMT
Hello all.
Gamesblog: nah.
TVblog: finished the latest series of Disenchantment. Superb series, best yet. 4*
Also TNG, “The Chase” - where upon the crew (and some dastardly Cardassians, Klingons and Romulans) discover an ancient species seeded various planets with this own DNA. Thus handily explaining why all Star Trek aliens are bipeds.
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Post by BabyfarkmcGeezak on Jan 19, 2021 11:32:26 GMT
OK, my pictures show in the draft but then disappear once the post is submitted.
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Post by lazybones on Jan 19, 2021 11:32:33 GMT
I really want a good book to read ... I want something bleak and sort of empty. Something downbeat. I cannot find it ... Any recommendations? The Road - Cormac McCarthy. As bleak as bleak gets. I wasn't so keen on The Road. I thought it was ok. I'm not looking for bleak as in disturbing really. Nothing grisly. More bleak as in 'browsing a supermarket and thinking of failure.' |
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