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by WestHamRon
Sun Feb 23, 2020 8:59 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Late Winter Bits and Bobs
Replies: 210
Views: 40295

Re: Late Winter Bits and Bobs

Just picked the last of the Savoy cabbages, so only got Leeks and Carrots left now...The Carrots were Autumn King and sown in a frame in August and have cropped really well...The Leeks, despite a lot splitting and not looking very good at all, have rallied round and are now producing some very usab...
by WestHamRon
Tue Feb 11, 2020 8:44 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Happiness is...
Replies: 10
Views: 3511

Re: Happiness is...

A warm gun?
by WestHamRon
Tue Feb 11, 2020 8:42 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: This isn't really about cooking per se but marmalade
Replies: 18
Views: 4447

Re: This isn't really about cooking per se but marmalade

This is the first year for ages we,ve not made any marmalade, either for ourselves or for our local fund raising good cause. I don,t think you can beat homemade. In my opinion it has a subtle but totally different taste to the commercially made stuff. Our own domestic stock is now running low so ne...
by WestHamRon
Sun Feb 02, 2020 8:53 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Happy Palindrome Day
Replies: 7
Views: 2867

Re: Happy Palindrome Day

I got married on the first numerical palindrome of this millennium.
by WestHamRon
Thu Jan 09, 2020 9:23 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Please can we have some more 'funnies'?
Replies: 1388
Views: 608160

Re: Please can we have some more 'funnies'?

I recently passed a pet shop in which a beautiful cat was sleeping. Above the cat was a sign stating the cat had been imported from Holland.
Intrigued I entered the shop and asked
"How Dutch is that moggy in the window?"
by WestHamRon
Thu Oct 17, 2019 5:46 pm
Forum: Best practices
Topic: Giving Up Meat
Replies: 8
Views: 4234

Re: Giving Up Meat

As a lifelong vegetarian (well excepting my pre-primary school years), I don't see many proposals for the complete abandonment of meat but that people should considerably reduce their consumption. The other sensible starting point is to concentrate on letting the animals just graze, rather than bei...
by WestHamRon
Wed Oct 16, 2019 6:39 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Oops - is this aimed at me? (Or you?)
Replies: 20
Views: 6444

Re: Oops - is this aimed at me? (Or you?)

robo wrote:I always cut moldy bits of the cheese and still enjoy it I just think it's maturing but it's not suitable for young people

No, they wouldn't be able to appreciate it. :wink:
by WestHamRon
Thu Sep 26, 2019 7:19 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Early Autumn Bits and Bobs.
Replies: 122
Views: 31521

Re: Early Autumn Bits and Bobs.

oldherbaceous wrote:Dear Stravaig, you didn't swap a cow while on your way to market, for anything did you.... :)

Magic, OH. :lol:
by WestHamRon
Sat Aug 10, 2019 8:38 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Summer Bits and Bobs
Replies: 149
Views: 32000

Re: Summer Bits and Bobs

Primrose wrote:Good drying day, if only my washing remains pegged to the line!

Wondering if my beans are starting to forecast my lucky Lotto numbers ?
Does anybody know what causes these deformations?

Irregular watering as far as I know.
by WestHamRon
Thu Feb 28, 2019 7:37 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Late Winter Bits and Bobs.
Replies: 103
Views: 29670

Re: Late Winter Bits and Bobs.

Very pleased for you,oh.
by WestHamRon
Wed Jan 02, 2019 6:39 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Pa Snip Enterprise Log New Year Snippets
Replies: 27
Views: 8294

Re: Pa Snip Enterprise Log New Year Snippets

Checked out today when seed potatoes might be arriving at the Garden Centre near Reading, will be next week and they will be selling them loose. However and its a very big However, they are charging £2.29 per kg !!! that's pre-pack type pricing !! I know this GC is a Trust set up to provide jobs fo...
by WestHamRon
Mon Dec 31, 2018 7:36 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Happy New Year to you all for 2019
Replies: 36
Views: 11040

Re: Happy New Year to you all for 2019

I don't post very much these days, but read every day.
A Very Happy New Year to all especially Old Herbacious and Pa-Snip.
by WestHamRon
Sun Dec 23, 2018 6:09 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Pa Snip Enterprise: A Tenuous Link
Replies: 8
Views: 2850

Re: Pa Snip Enterprise: A Tenuous Link

Pa Snip wrote:A good trip out, staff and volunteers at railway made it a very enjoyable trip. We were also impressed by the quality of the gifts Santa was giving out,they had taken the trouble to ensure gifts not only suited each childs age but also gender.

10/10 to The Watercress Line

That's sexist !!!! :wink:
by WestHamRon
Sat Nov 10, 2018 6:18 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: A very personal message
Replies: 29
Views: 10963

Re: A very personal message

Once again thank you for your support My approach to this forum, and others I have joined over the years, has always been to play on words or twist meanings whenever the opportunity has arisen. I have always been described as having a warped sense of humour. Many a practical joke has been played on...
by WestHamRon
Sat Oct 27, 2018 9:02 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Preserving
Replies: 16
Views: 7219

Re: Preserving

The one I've orders is an electric q like most things these days everything is adjustable, it's not an expensive one I will buy a more costly one if this proves useful , I have a Marijuanna plant I was thinking of trying some leaves from it although I don't smoke I like experimenting I also am thin...