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« Reply #14325 on: November 27, 2011, 08:45:40 PM » |
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Cheers Geo.
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« Reply #14326 on: November 27, 2011, 08:48:17 PM » |
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It's a real winter morning here today. Strong winds, rain going sideways. If it's the same in Brighton it's perfect for Vinny's bracing walk on the beach.
The birds are performing aerobatic miracles to land on the feeders, especially the robin, who isn't as agile the tits. They fly downwind and as they draw level with the feeders, they do an elegant little half-roll to deftly grab on to the wire mesh.
The robin's technique involves powering upwind until he is about six feet beyond the feeder, and then just closing his wings and allowing himself to be flung against the perspex tube that holds the seed. He just about has time to grab a bit of millet before being blown off the feeder and into a nearby conifer.
A minute later he starts the whole process over again.
The jackdaws arrived on foot this morning, looking for all the world like a gang of council workers with their donkey-jacket plumage drawn tightly about their shoulders. They call loudly to each other as they swagger about and dig the lawn. Laddish chatter peppered with obscenities. A brief disagreement, a joke, squawks of laughter.
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« Reply #14327 on: November 27, 2011, 08:58:49 PM » |
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How very cultured of you to say so...
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« Reply #14328 on: November 27, 2011, 09:01:40 PM » |
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How very cultured of you to say so...
Saved for the diary where culture is appreciated... |
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« Reply #14329 on: November 27, 2011, 09:55:39 PM » |
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How very cultured of you to say so...
Saved for the diary where culture is appreciated... Now you've done it. Brace yourselves for another cement vs. concrete chat itt. |
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« Reply #14330 on: November 27, 2011, 10:11:38 PM » |
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How very cultured of you to say so...
Saved for the diary where culture is appreciated... Now you've done it. Brace yourselves for another cement vs. concrete chat itt. Cement v concrete? Sigh... Now you've done it. I once said "Train" when I should have said "Locomotive" and he went ape shit. |
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« Reply #14331 on: November 27, 2011, 10:13:46 PM » |
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How very cultured of you to say so...
Saved for the diary where culture is appreciated... Now you've done it. Brace yourselves for another cement vs. concrete chat itt. Cement v concrete? Sigh... Now you've done it. I once said "Train" when I should have said "Locomotive" and he went ape shit. Let me know when it's safe to come out. |
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« Reply #14332 on: November 28, 2011, 07:08:20 AM » |
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How very cultured of you to say so...
Saved for the diary where culture is appreciated... Now you've done it. Brace yourselves for another cement vs. concrete chat itt. Please, they are different things, like chalk & cheese, trains & locomotives, ceilings & roofs. If you read a proper Diary, you'd know that. |
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« Reply #14333 on: November 28, 2011, 07:09:09 AM » |
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How very cultured of you to say so...
Saved for the diary where culture is appreciated... Yeah, & poetry. |
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« Reply #14334 on: November 28, 2011, 09:09:38 AM » |
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Sikh Temples: They're known as Gudwara's. And it's true. Anyone can come in and eat Langar (food). There's a big gudwara on East Park Road in Leicester which often gets homeless people coming in to eat.
Sikh weddings: Must have gone to a duff one boshi cos they usually last well into the night usually with free bar and plenty of dancing!!
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« Reply #14336 on: November 28, 2011, 10:53:53 AM » |
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Now I'm really confused
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« Reply #14337 on: November 28, 2011, 11:03:56 AM » |
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Cold, crips, dry, still autumn mornings.
Britain at her finest
(for TK, today is most definately a bushy park day)
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« Reply #14338 on: November 28, 2011, 11:46:55 AM » |
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Sikh Temples: They're known as Gudwara's. And it's true. Anyone can come in and eat Langar (food). There's a big gudwara on East Park Road in Leicester which often gets homeless people coming in to eat.
Sikh weddings: Must have gone to a duff one boshi cos they usually last well into the night usually with free bar and plenty of dancing!!
I'm only going from a sample size of two - so maybe I need to go to a few more. Both were brilliant, but started early and finished early, and then the bride and groom went off to do their thing with family for the rest of the evening. Both had free bars  and excellent food. |
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« Reply #14339 on: November 28, 2011, 11:53:09 AM » |
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Now I'm really confused
What about, weddings or holocausts? |
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