5 new species of hedgehog found in South East Asia which are somewhat different to our hedgehogs:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/sci...environment-67780254
@El Loro posted:5 new species of hedgehog found in South East Asia which are somewhat different to our hedgehogs:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/sci...environment-67780254
They are lovely El 
@El Loro posted:5 new species of hedgehog found in South East Asia which are somewhat different to our hedgehogs:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/sci...environment-67780254
Very cute aren't they 
I can see the facial features are hedgehog like but they look more like a mouse type creature to me tbh...
Let's hope they're not disturbed too much by man....
The onion fayre may be returning to Newent though residents aren't happy:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw0dp8ydk7ko
The fayre is over 700 years old.
Incidentally Newent is also known for its daffodils. The stems can be confused with spring onions:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64813653
@El Loro posted:The onion fayre may be returning to Newent though residents aren't happy:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw0dp8ydk7ko
The fayre is over 700 years old.
Well, I don't suppose they'll be holding the festival in the graveyard as in centuries ago, and with regulations being as tight as they are nowadays, I can't see why the locals are worried especially as covid is the only reason it hasn't been held the past 2/3 years....
Will you visit it El?
@El Loro posted:Incidentally Newent is also known for its daffodils. The stems can be confused with spring onions:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64813653
Some poor worker trying to win brownie points by being colour co-ordinated you reckon El 
@slimfern posted:Well, I don't suppose they'll be holding the festival in the graveyard as in centuries ago, and with regulations being as tight as they are nowadays, I can't see why the locals are worried especially as covid is the only reason it hasn't been held the past 2/3 years....
Will you visit it El?
No, i don't mind eating onions but as part of a meal rather than the main item
@slimfern posted:Some poor worker trying to win brownie points by being colour co-ordinated you reckon El
It was a genuine mistake.
Back in 2015 the Public Health Authority contacted supermarkets advising them to keep daffodils away from food to reduce the risk of shoppers thinking they were food. There were 27 incidents of poisoning from the likes of daffodils in 2014
@El Loro posted:It was a genuine mistake.
Back in 2015 the Public Health Authority contacted supermarkets advising them to keep daffodils away from food to reduce the risk of shoppers thinking they were food. There were 27 incidents of poisoning from the likes of daffodils in 2014
I suppose to the untrained eye ....and for those who don't/can't read labels. 
@El Loro posted:My brother is recovering from a bout of food poisoning, he thinks from a coated chicken fillet from Sainsburys he had on Thursday evening. He hadn't notified Sainsburys and I suggested he did given the seriousness of salmonella
Oh no how awful for him 
and yes! he should report it to them
@El Loro posted:My brother is recovering from a bout of food poisoning, he thinks from a coated chicken fillet from Sainsburys he had on Thursday evening. He hadn't notified Sainsburys and I suggested he did given the seriousness of salmonella
Thatâs sad El
Hope your brother is better soon 
@El Loro posted:My brother is recovering from a bout of food poisoning, he thinks from a coated chicken fillet from Sainsburys he had on Thursday evening. He hadn't notified Sainsburys and I suggested he did given the seriousness of salmonella
awwww poor thing
@El Loro posted:The onion fayre may be returning to Newent though residents aren't happy:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw0dp8ydk7ko
The fayre is over 700 years old.Incidentally Newent is also known for its daffodils. The stems can be confused with spring onions:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64813653
re onion festival -don't blame them EL=loathe onions in anything
M and S bit unthinking but surely common sense rules
thankyou EL
night EL slim moonsiee velvet bazzy
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:awwww poor thing
Thanks Ros
Slim, not much new of interest on the Talking Pictures tv channel during the coming week though on Thursday in the 15.10 slot is a 1938 film called "Trade Winds". It's about a woman who flees the country by ship thinking she's committed a murder and is followed by a detective. Strong cast with Fredric March, Joan Bennett, Ralph Bellamy and Ann Sothern. Script was co-written by Dorothy Parker.
@El Loro posted:Slim, not much new of interest on the Talking Pictures tv channel during the coming week though on Thursday in the 15.10 slot is a 1938 film called "Trade Winds". It's about a woman who flees the country by ship thinking she's committed a murder and is followed by a detective. Strong cast with Fredric March, Joan Bennett, Ralph Bellamy and Ann Sothern. Script was co-written by Dorothy Parker.
Thank you El
@El Loro posted:I see that there's to be a new Wallace and Gromit story on BBC 1 for Christmas Day next year. No news yet as to what it will be called though it's about a "smart gnome" which Wallace has invented and Gromit has to come to the rescue
Oooh love a Wallace & Gromit caper
Thoroughly enjoyed re-watching the original 'Grand Day Out' a few days ago ...hard to believe it was made over 30 years ago 
@slimfern posted:Oooh love a Wallace & Gromit caper
Thoroughly enjoyed re-watching the original 'Grand Day Out' a few days ago ...hard to believe it was made over 30 years ago
They are great 
I think it likely to be Ben Whitehead voicing Wallace as he did that for a couple of video games in recent years
night and have a lovely christmas day EL Slim Moonsiee velvet
Just watched the "Sister Boniface Mysteries" Christmas special called "The Star of the Orient" which was shown on the Drama channel. Very enjoyable and satisfying, a must watch when it gets shown again. Unusually for the series, there are some better known guest actors in the cast.
Although much of it takes place on a train, it's not related to "Murder on the Orient Express".
@El Loro posted:Just watched the "Sister Boniface Mysteries" Christmas special called "The Star of the Orient" which was shown on the Drama channel. Very enjoyable and satisfying, a must watch when it gets shown again. Unusually for the series, there are some better known guest actors in the cast.
Although much of it takes place on a train, it's not related to "Murder on the Orient Express".
I think I saw one of that series once ElâĶ.it was quite good.