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Post by Shenguin on Jul 31, 2022 11:59:41 GMT
We visited Wakehurst Place yesterday. It’s a combined Kew/National Trust place, and contains the Millennium Seed Bank. The gardens are nice to walk around, but it was delving into the woods which was particularly enjoyable. The highlight of the excursion was discovering the Jubilee Wildflower Meadow. My partner and my son had walked on ahead, and I stumbled upon it alone - and was instantly transported to the most serene and natural place imaginable. The sound of bees buzzing and crickets chirping, birds calling, and the wind blowing through the wildflowers. Pure bliss, a calming balm for the mind. I hope you'd levelled up sufficiently to take on the boss in the meadow. |
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Post by lazybones on Jul 31, 2022 11:59:45 GMT
I don’t know about you but I’ve found there to be a surfeit of moths at the moment. Tiny pantry moths, clothes moths, occasional big hummingbird sized moths.
It’s the small ones that are the worst. I think some got into our flat via some cous-cous. We didn’t see any for months but now they’re back.
I can catch them quite easily in my hands now. They have done wonders for my eye / hand coordination.
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Post by BabyfarkmcGeezak on Jul 31, 2022 12:17:12 GMT
Maybe the end of a crab claw?
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Post by Chumbles on Jul 31, 2022 12:19:14 GMT
We visited Wakehurst Place yesterday. It’s a combined Kew/National Trust place, and contains the Millennium Seed Bank. The gardens are nice to walk around, but it was delving into the woods which was particularly enjoyable. The highlight of the excursion was discovering the Jubilee Wildflower Meadow. My partner and my son had walked on ahead, and I stumbled upon it alone - and was instantly transported to the most serene and natural place imaginable. The sound of bees buzzing and crickets chirping, birds calling, and the wind blowing through the wildflowers. Pure bliss, a calming balm for the mind. Channelling Homer? |
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Post by Chumbles on Jul 31, 2022 12:22:58 GMT
I'm on my second PC. I'm going to be taking an age to sort out the settings...
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Post by MrTiddles on Jul 31, 2022 12:24:56 GMT
Maybe the end of a crab claw? Well, how long is it? |
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Post by lazybones on Jul 31, 2022 12:34:34 GMT
I’ve just made a colossal error. I went to buy a snack from WHSmith, to enjoy on my train journey back to London. I thought I had purchased a new snack: Wotsits Big Hoops. I was expecting something like Wotsit flavour Ringos. Not so. They’re just Hula Hoops. Branded Hula Hoops too. Salt and Vinegar flavour. The same colour scheme as the Wotsits they were next to.
I’m bitterly disappointed.
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Post by MrTiddles on Jul 31, 2022 12:38:26 GMT
I'm ready for the big 5000.
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Post by lazybones on Jul 31, 2022 12:40:07 GMT
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Post by BabyfarkmcGeezak on Jul 31, 2022 12:41:05 GMT
Maybe the end of a crab claw? Well, how long is it? About 3.5 inches. To avoid the comedy chancers on here taking liberties, I am absolutely refering to the beach find. |
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Post by MrTiddles on Jul 31, 2022 12:49:36 GMT
About 3.5 inches. To avoid the comedy chancers on here taking liberties, I am absolutely refering to the beach find. Spinosaurus tooth. |
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Post by lazybones on Jul 31, 2022 12:54:27 GMT
I think it’s a plastic tusk, from a toy elephant.
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Post by Tuffers on Jul 31, 2022 13:09:19 GMT
Scimitar scabbard
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Post by stxdpr on Jul 31, 2022 13:22:19 GMT
We visited Wakehurst Place yesterday. It’s a combined Kew/National Trust place, and contains the Millennium Seed Bank. The gardens are nice to walk around, but it was delving into the woods which was particularly enjoyable. The highlight of the excursion was discovering the Jubilee Wildflower Meadow. My partner and my son had walked on ahead, and I stumbled upon it alone - and was instantly transported to the most serene and natural place imaginable. The sound of bees buzzing and crickets chirping, birds calling, and the wind blowing through the wildflowers. Pure bliss, a calming balm for the mind. Is it free entry with NT membership? Have seen it a few times on the year in ke2 tv show from c5. |
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Post by lazybones on Jul 31, 2022 13:24:37 GMT
ChumblesI have fully digested your story about the wasps and am now going to remove my ‘Like’. I did not like that that happened. Ah man. Horrific.
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Post by stxdpr on Jul 31, 2022 13:25:36 GMT
Being the third person in a row to walk through a fire ant next was an unpleasant experience.
The Rutherford and fry podcast on bbc sounds about bees and wasps was good, in fact the whole lot of episodes they have available were good. The curious cases of Rutherford and fry.
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Post by lazybones on Jul 31, 2022 13:38:22 GMT
There is a place called Prater Garten in Berlin. It might be one of my favourite places in the world. It’s just a big beer garden. The only slight drawback with it is the number of wasps. They are extremely persistent. A couple of times I’ve careened away from a table being chased by a wasp, swiping my hands around in the air.
I think I found out there that talking works best. I think human beings must be like titans to wasps. Wasps have no concept of humanity. We are beyond their understanding …..
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Post by whatalark on Jul 31, 2022 14:19:40 GMT
We visited Wakehurst Place yesterday. It’s a combined Kew/National Trust place, and contains the Millennium Seed Bank. The gardens are nice to walk around, but it was delving into the woods which was particularly enjoyable. The highlight of the excursion was discovering the Jubilee Wildflower Meadow. My partner and my son had walked on ahead, and I stumbled upon it alone - and was instantly transported to the most serene and natural place imaginable. The sound of bees buzzing and crickets chirping, birds calling, and the wind blowing through the wildflowers. Pure bliss, a calming balm for the mind. Is it free entry with NT membership? Have seen it a few times on the year in ke2 tv show from c5. Not sure if still the same but everyone was charged for parking. A lot of NT members boycotted visiting because of this. My self included. |
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Post by whatalark on Jul 31, 2022 14:53:51 GMT
There is a place called Prater Garten in Berlin. It might be one of my favourite places in the world. It’s just a big beer garden. The only slight drawback with it is the number of wasps. They are extremely persistent. A couple of times I’ve careened away from a table being chased by a wasp, swiping my hands around in the air. I think I found out there that talking works best. I think human beings must be like titans to wasps. Wasps have no concept of humanity. We are beyond their understanding ….. I seem to remember reading that the queen feeds the wasps (not that one, that would be daft) and then later in her life cycle she stops feeding them. They then slowly start to die from starvation. This is when they then come to humans looking for food because they are dying. But that's not a good plan is it. Best to put some food aside for them to eat so they leave you alone. |
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Post by Chumbles on Jul 31, 2022 15:15:43 GMT
It's looking more and more like I can't, practically speaking, play AoW3 on my backup rig. Put another way the settings that make AoW3 playable make Chrome and Office unusable - giant text only 60% of the programs are displayed and if they work for Chrome etc AoW3 is tiny and very slow. It's because AoW3 graphics settings are hardcoded and don't reference w10 settings and nor does the AoW3 graphics options include Screen resolution (unlike Civ IV and SMAC/SMAX).
Fuck wasps - my rational mind takes a back seat - I kill them.
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Post by crankcaller on Jul 31, 2022 15:19:27 GMT
Wordle 407 4/6
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Apparently we're watching the football. FFS. Like I can be arsed with that. "It's on at 4"
Me -"sure that's not the TV show buildup etc?"
"No, no, that's the kickoff..."
Is it aye?
Switches over to the commonwealth games
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Post by Felice Landry on Jul 31, 2022 15:21:43 GMT
Wordle 407 4/6 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ 🟩⬛🟩🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Apparently we're watching the football. FFS. Like I can be arsed with that. "It's on at 4" Me -"sure that's not the TV show buildup etc?" "No, no, that's the kickoff..." Is it aye? Switches over to the commonwealth games Surely a German win will cheer you up? |
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Post by Ozymandias Kane on Jul 31, 2022 15:30:32 GMT
Maybe the end of a crab claw? Walrus tusk.. |
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Post by crankcaller on Jul 31, 2022 15:42:06 GMT
Felice I'm torn.
I'd like the England team to win - as it will fuck off certain male fans that the women can do what the men haven't.
But I'd also like them to lose on penalties. As it's England. Childish I realise, especially as I have no real interest in football.
Currently watching the women's vault.
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Post by Ozymandias Kane on Jul 31, 2022 15:42:39 GMT
Pterodactyl claw or dinosaur claw, you should take to a natural history museum see what they say.
There's a ridge line from the pointy end just above the vertical striations indicative of bone growth, and being hollow it could be bird not beast.
(Godzilla's cousin)?
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