Spag Bol --- maybe not appropriate for a hot day (too hot to do a salad accompaniment) but I fancied it, and there´s enough to freeze a few...
The past couple of nights have been cooler, I´ve been reaching for a blanket in the small hours, but the days are still scorchio. The air...
Superb work there, shame about the weather, as Tom Stoppard wrote, "You just have to be philosophical -- and not think about it." Regarding your...
To assess your levels, the easiest way I know is to use a long clear plastic pipe with water in, (food dye is useful). Curl the ends of the pipe...
If I was using the screw with a ring it would need to be at least 8mm and fixed at right angles to the line. The plate and ring looks a better...
Would it be at all possible for someone to explain the function of a microphone to the Olympic commentators, and that these devices render it...
In Yorkshire I used to complain that I hated winter because I woke up every couple of days ... Lanjarón, after dozing gently for months, is now...
Slightly overcast here in Paraiso, with a barrage of noise from the cicadas. Woken by a loud repetitive squawking, which could have been the...
His concerns here were war, people suffering, and the pollution of the Earth, in 1962 , when I was twelve. Very apposite roders, he woke up a lot...
I agree JR, good and bad wherever we go -- one thing I´ve noticed is that people with a few stamps in their passport often have a broader...
Sister Rose woke with a start, she was going to be late for morning prayers unless she hurried. Her mood was not improved by her corns as she made...
70F outside, feels very cool and fresh, low cloud drifting up the canyon, we´ll be in the nineties by lunchtime.
Lori, I respect your right to an opinion, and I have a different one which is no more valid than yours. Respectfully, I hope that´s OK. Giri.
Hi Shiney, I didn´t feel comfortable in England, (by which I mean my Yorkshire village) the approaching referendum gave rise to some racism,...
JR says "...we are unpopular across europe." I´m not sure you need to feel that way, the British government has obviously made itself unpopular,...
Retired, I cut the backplate with a hacksaw and an angle grinder, then I melted round the edge with oxy-acetylene. This one was probably part of a...
Lovely day here, spent a couple of pleasant hours in the bar at the plaza -- that will be the sum total of my social life for a few days at least....
So, to drift gently back to the topic, has the UK had the first signs of my "Hard Rain," or will it be when supermarket shelves are noticeably...
I agree with the previous three posts, and it seems to me to be a dismal failure of education. No social system is going to work with people who...
It´s complicated, I don´t have all the information, but this is from the Right to Roam website :-The Right to Roam is really just a definition...
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