Saint posted:

HERE WE GO YET AGAIN

 

Electric Ants set to invade UK

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...n-insects-found.html

 

If you see one using two sticks of wood to start a fire let me know

Evening Standard reports:

Experts warn of crisp shortage due to weather

Experts ?? About rain and potatoes???

Saint posted:

Evening Standard reports:

 

Experts warn of crisp shortage due to weather

 

Experts ?? About rain and potatoes???

Saint posted:

Evening Standard reports:

 

Experts warn of crisp shortage due to weather

 

Experts ?? About rain and potatoes???

They’re called “farmers”, Saint.

Eugene's Lair posted:

Saint posted:

Evening Standard reports:

 

Experts warn of crisp shortage due to weather

 

Experts ?? About rain and potatoes???

They’re called “farmers”, Saint.

They didn't say farmers so . . .

OMG !!! BANANA CRISIS !!!!! They're on the brink of extinction !!!

 . . . except they're not really FGS

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sci...crops-worldwide.html

I'm outside Sainsbury's as we speak protecting what must be the last of the crops, with a toy gun and a bamboo cane from my Dad's green house.

They may take my life but they'll never take our yellow fruits!!!

Saint posted:

OMG !!! BANANA CRISIS !!!!! They're on the brink of extinction !!!

 

 . . . except they're not really FGS

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sci...crops-worldwide.html

 

I'm outside Sainsbury's as we speak protecting what must be the last of the crops, with a toy gun and a bamboo cane from my Dad's green house.

 

They may take my life but they'll never take our yellow fruits!!!

 Nutter 

Sunderland Council spending £5m of tax payers money for a 4 day "Tall Ships" event when they don't have enough money to sweep the streets.

Of course it's going to generate millions for the economy

One has to wonder how much of this is money coming INTO the area and NOT simply money that locals are spending from their penny jar

Saint posted:

Sunderland Council spending £5m of tax payers money for a 4 day "Tall Ships" event when they don't have enough money to sweep the streets.

 

Of course it's going to generate millions for the economy

One has to wonder how much of this is money coming INTO the area and NOT simply money that locals are spending from their penny jar

We have a council who couldn’t give a toss about its tenants let alone its elderly tenants Sainty 

Moonie posted:

Saint posted:

Sunderland Council spending £5m of tax payers money for a 4 day "Tall Ships" event when they don't have enough money to sweep the streets.

 

Of course it's going to generate millions for the economy

One has to wonder how much of this is money coming INTO the area and NOT simply money that locals are spending from their penny jar

We have a council who couldn’t give a toss about its tenants let alone its elderly tenants Sainty 

Seems to be universal … they have no credit at all

 sorry 

Saint posted:

Moonie posted:

Saint posted:

Sunderland Council spending £5m of tax payers money for a 4 day "Tall Ships" event when they don't have enough money to sweep the streets.

 

Of course it's going to generate millions for the economy

One has to wonder how much of this is money coming INTO the area and NOT simply money that locals are spending from their penny jar

We have a council who couldn’t give a toss about its tenants let alone its elderly tenants Sainty 

Seems to be universal … they have no credit at all

 

 sorry 

S’ok  

A brain and a realisation that people are suffering would help a lot. I have said it time and time again to my sister, “no one cares anymore” Sainty 

Well I do cos you know I will share my good fortune . . . one day 

Microsoft: when your computer decides that what it wants to do is more important than what you want to do.  When it wants to shut down and update your computer even though you want to get on with what you're doing.  When applications decide they need to interrupt your work with their needs.  

Carnelian posted:

Microsoft: when your computer decides that what it wants to do is more important than what you want to do.  When it wants to shut down and update your computer even though you want to get on with what you're doing.  When applications decide they need to interrupt your work with their needs.  

When It becomes self aware and decides you are surplus to requirement 

Saint posted:

Carnelian posted:

Microsoft: when your computer decides that what it wants to do is more important than what you want to do.  When it wants to shut down and update your computer even though you want to get on with what you're doing.  When applications decide they need to interrupt your work with their needs.  

When It becomes self aware and decides you are surplus to requirement 

It's becoming ever closer Saint 

Carnelian posted:

Saint posted:

Carnelian posted:

Microsoft: when your computer decides that what it wants to do is more important than what you want to do.  When it wants to shut down and update your computer even though you want to get on with what you're doing.  When applications decide they need to interrupt your work with their needs.  

When It becomes self aware and decides you are surplus to requirement 

It's becoming ever closer Saint 

 @Carnelian for some reason I like to listen to boffins talk about their University research. One said,

"I research AI using computer modelling on a  variety of platforms"

Or something to that effect. He waxed lyrical about his area of research.

Eventually the interviewer asked,

"So, have you seen Terminator?"

The boffin looked perplexed and said,

"No"

The reply was gold - the interviewer spluttered,

"Oh Christ" 

This time . . . . MOTABILITY

I'm thinking about buying a people carrier - perhaps a C4 Picasso

Motability wants ALL our Mobility Benefit AND £2000+ one off payment for a three year deal = new car every three years

52 weeks + £60 p/w + £2000 deposit = £11,500 (approx.) every three years!!

The weather !!!  Despite the Earth being trillions of years old after ONE hot summer experts are now talking about "changes we must make" for the next 20yrs 'as temperatures rise'.

And it's sooo hot we MUST NOT waste water - cue images of dry reservoir.

Next … somewhere a decision was made to open a fire hydrant to 'cool the kids' … as the water flowed straight down the street drain.

And more - hospitals are struggling to cope in the heatwave

Cue a home video of a guy who collapsed with heat stroke - his daughter filming him on an EMPTY ward

Food for thought indeed

NADIA HUSSAIN - who famously said there was no traditional British dishes in the UK has been filming her BRISTISH food adventure for iPlayer

She's taken traditional BRITISH foods like:

Eton Mess

Scones

Lamb Chops

Welsh cakes

Welsh Rarebit

 … and simply spiced them up or added a twist to "make them her own".

She's also conveniently forgot we have:

Haggis

Cornish pasties

Fish n chips

Yorkshire puddings

Black pudding

Saint posted:

NADIA HUSSAIN - who famously said there was no traditional British dishes in the UK has been filming her BRISTISH food adventure for iPlayer

 

She's taken traditional BRITISH foods like:

Eton Mess

Scones

Lamb Chops

Welsh cakes

Welsh Rarebit

 … and simply spiced them up or added a twist to "make them her own".

 

She's also conveniently forgot we have:

Haggis

Cornish pasties

Fish n chips

Yorkshire puddings

Black pudding

 

NADIA famously said,

"British food doesn't exist"

So how's she on an adventure about it??

THE MADNESS OF MONTY DON

Now I loves The Monty but … a question was posed about tufts of grass invading a lawn.

Monty said, it's couch grass and grows rhizomes horizontally through the lawn - it's invasive but every lawn has some.

His advice - dig out the couch grass and follow the rhizomes to get every bit out THEN … dig out all your borders, wash the roots thoroughly and replant.

What planet is Monty on??? 

Saint posted:

THE MADNESS OF MONTY DON

 

Now I loves The Monty but … a question was posed about tufts of grass invading a lawn.

Monty said, it's couch grass and grows rhizomes horizontally through the lawn - it's invasive but every lawn has some.

His advice - dig out the couch grass and follow the rhizomes to get every bit out THEN … dig out all your borders, wash the roots thoroughly and replant.

 

What planet is Monty on??? 

Think I’ll stick with a crappy lawn 

Alternatively dab each tuft with gel type weed killer perhaps

News at Ten (ITV) running a story about a punk band

Quiet day?

Saint posted:

News at Ten (ITV) running a story about a punk band

 

Quiet day?

Sounds like it Renton 

Saint posted:

NADIA famously said,

"British food doesn't exist"

 

So how's she on an adventure about it??

It's a funny one because we have had so many cultural invasions throughout the centuries that we were bound to assimilate cusine from other cultures.

But we must also have had to eat indigenous food stuffs and develop dishes based on those foods. So there must be British food in some shape or form.

From what I have seen on TV, the Italians did not invent pasta. 😀

@Enthusiastic Contrafibularities

try these

Haggis

Cornish pasties

Fish n chips

Yorkshire puddings

Black pudding

Let's face it!  Brexit - in favour or against - it's still a massive annoyance!

Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:

Saint posted:

NADIA famously said,

"British food doesn't exist"

 

So how's she on an adventure about it??

 

It's a funny one because we have had so many cultural invasions throughout the centuries that we were bound to assimilate cusine from other cultures.

 

But we must also have had to eat indigenous food stuffs and develop dishes based on those foods. So there must be British food in some shape or form.

 

From what I have seen on TV, the Italians did not invent pasta. 😀

The Chinese didn’t invent fortune cookies 

Carnelian posted:

Let's face it!  Brexit - in favour or against - it's still a massive annoyance!

More like a disaster 

I was listening to a discussion about the prosecution of certain serious crimes on the radio a while ago.

This phrase kept coming up time and again, “a realistic possibility of a conviction and it’s in the public interest.” 

Pray what does “a realistic possibility of a conviction or in the interest of public interest” have to do with a serious crime being prosecuted in court?

Moonie posted:

I was listening to a discussion about the prosecution of certain serious crimes on the radio a while ago.

This phrase kept coming up time and again, “a realistic possibility of a conviction and it’s in the public interest.” 

Pray what does “a realistic possibility of a conviction or in the interest of public interest” have to do with a serious crime being prosecuted in court?

I agree Moonie ....if a serious crime is committed it should be prosecuted , no matter what 

Carnelian posted:

Let's face it!  Brexit - in favour or against - it's still a massive annoyance!

On that we agree 

Moonie posted:

Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:

Saint posted:

NADIA famously said,

"British food doesn't exist"

 

So how's she on an adventure about it??

 

It's a funny one because we have had so many cultural invasions throughout the centuries that we were bound to assimilate cusine from other cultures.

 

But we must also have had to eat indigenous food stuffs and develop dishes based on those foods. So there must be British food in some shape or form.

 

From what I have seen on TV, the Italians did not invent pasta. 😀

The Chinese didn’t invent fortune cookies 

Working with a Chinese person I was aware of that, although I knew already before meeting him. However, he did bring in Fortune Cookies on the Chinese New Year.

I believe it was an American invention.

https://www.englandrugby.com/n...their-inner-warrior/

This one made me laugh - I had to post it

C'mon girls - release your inner warrior - though it doesn't say if this is before or after a shopping at Tesco's to snap up those post Xmas bargains 

I can only envisage Vera and Casandra wobbly around the local windswept field somewhere in Scunthorpe while Alfie and Ted shout encouragement from the side lines while talking about the up and coming darts event and Greggs vegan sausage rolls.

Afterwards the men are no where to be seen (not surprising) while Vera complains, "never again" and Casandra's inner warrior has her eye on the volunteer instructor

Neither attend a second session. Would you?

Can I please add bliddy Gemma Collins to room 101 

Hello Baz - you may with pleasure - if I can add Gordon Ramsay and Jamie Oliver and Jacob Rees Mogg and that John Berkow fella 

Saint posted:

Hello Baz - you may with pleasure - if I can add Gordon Ramsay and Jamie Oliver and Jacob Rees Mogg and that John Berkow fella 

Hi Renton You can add everyone but Jaimie ....cos `Yogi and I lubs him 

Baz posted:

Saint posted:

Hello Baz - you may with pleasure - if I can add Gordon Ramsay and Jamie Oliver and Jacob Rees Mogg and that John Berkow fella 

Hi Renton You can add everyone but Jaimie ....cos `Yogi and I lubs him 

@Baz a BBC comedy prog called him a "fat tongued cookery gimp"