The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread IV

[tango15]

Morning folks, nice photo T15 can't remember when I last saw a swan. Can trade you with a pelican or two.

I love pelicans, who hold more in their beak than their belly can!

[Magnus]

Further to my last post, I hope the Sheep Heid (and all others) can re-open by summer. They have a nice beer "garden" out the back, and serve barbecue meals in good weather. Wonderful pub.

[llondel]

Morning folks, nice photo T15 can't remember when I last saw a swan. Can trade you with a pelican or two.

I miss swans too. I used to hand-feed them.

[PHXPhlyer]

Swans that I was around were pretty mean.
Hand-feeding resulted in feeding them hands.

PP

[CharlieOneSix]

A good experience earlier - walking in our fields with Dexter Dog we disturbed about 8 Skylarks who flew vertically upwards and sat in the hover, singing their hearts out whilst a pair of Curlews flew noisily overhead. We usually get another pair of Curlews for the season but haven't seen them yet. With an adjacent open field they and the Skylarks seem happy to nest in a 4 metre strip of tall grassland with some tussocks that we leave untouched down the side of one field. Both species are on the RSPB Red List for conservation due to falling numbers.

[boing]

Fond memories of skylarks in those innocent days of a young fellow wandering aimlessly through the fields. Very crafty but if you watched them closely after landing you could usually get a view of the nest from a respectful distance.

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[G-CPTN]

As a pre-school child i used to accompany my father on his rounds in rural Northumberland as the Man from the Pru.

We would drive to a farm. collect the money from a deserted farmhouse before walking across the fells to the next farm and so on before returning to the car, stopping for a picnic for lunch by a stream whilst observing the abundant wildlife (both land-based and avian as well as fish and amphibians) - a true education.

Skylarks, lapwings, curlews etc but no birds of prey (gamekeepers!), rabbits, leverets, stoats, weasels, moles, butterflies, dragonflies, beetles . . .

[Wodrick]

G'day,
Thought I had but it seems not,
Been a mostly cloudy day and cool a high of just 15.

Been a naughty boy today, out twice once with Henry for his annual jabs (29€)

And just now to the mailbox to collect passports and a quick Lidl for Tomatoes, pretty sure we can go to at least Tuesday now.

[Groundgripper]

Been cooler here today, as well - a mere 16C after two days nearer 19C.

Indian stone patio got the jet-wash treatment today, that's been done almost as infrequently as the drive. At least it's smaller - only took an hour and was dry within half an hour of flooding washing.

Neither of us have received any NHS letters, so we presume we're not on any priority list for anything, which is strangely comforting.

GG

[CharlieOneSix]

The Coronavirus Rhapsody......6 minutes of brilliance! Apologies if it's been posted in another thread I've missed.

[Fliegenmong]

Good Morning All

A very cool 25c here 15kts from the SSE, and top of the tide in 1hr & 20 mins. I think that shall see me off to the seaway then.

[ExSp33db1rd]

The Coronavirus Rhapsody......6 minutes of brilliance!

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WTF is Adrian Grimes to deny me pleasure ?

[PHXPhlyer]

ExSp33db1rd :

Sorry to hear that you cannot hear it.
Still works here.
Very good parody of Bohemian Rhapsody.

PP

[handsfree]

Good morning folks but not as nice as the last few mornings.
Rather overcast today and a trifle warmer, +5C.
Hopefully it will brighten up later.

Had a superb view of the ISS tracking overhead yesterday evening. It came into view
about 19:42 halfway between the moon and Venus and tracked quickly overhead to
disappear about 4 minutes later. I waved but the ignorant itinerants ignored me.
No waggling of wings or flashing of lights. Next time I won't bother

May none of you go the way of Boris (in many ways).

[Rwy in Sight]

I wanted to sleep until well past 9, I woke up at 7:20 just too late to take advantage of the night tariff.

[Ibbie]

Morning all.

Was sunny earlier, but cloud has drifted in off the Med. Breezy as well, which Mrs IB likes as it will dry the washing. Temperature not expected to exceed 15c.

Hope you are all keeping well.

Update: weather has changed...it's now raining...again! Forecast has been changed in last hour. Mrs IB not amused.

Can't understand that if the African continent is short of water, why they are sending it across the Med? We want the sun!

[OFSO]

Up at five as wife coughing with asthma. Took med., back to sleep. Down to M&S for a food shop this morning. Buses so empty we can space out.

[Pontius Navigator]

Up at five as wife coughing with asthma. Took med., back to sleep. Down to M&S for a food shop this morning. Buses so empty we can space out.

And at M&S what did you find?

[Ex-Ascot]

Morning folks. Another night at the safari camp last night with our personal protection officer. Bloody idiot blasted the alarm horn at 06.00 to tell us that he was going off duty. He damn nearly got shot. He was very happy with the burger wot we bought him for supper. Going to brave staying at home tonight with him outside. This business of pubs open here but will not serve incinhol is ridiculous. Anyway our local safari camp is still serving. We had a community meeting last night with the Chief at the camp. Only a handful of us and the coppers failed to turn up. Showed our CCTV coverage of the robbery. Everyone was very shocked.

Front door now has so many locks it takes us 10 mins to get out. Chap arriving soon to fit huge bolt to back door.

RAIN overnight, cool and overcast now. There is a huge flood coming in from Angola. Just hope that it reaches here. Squiffy Pussy III doesn't like her bottom on the ground.

[Pontius Navigator]

Ex-A, make sure you can bang out in emergency. Mrs PN, and many others, take keys out of doors at night. I am always worried that come the fire we can't escape.