Its terrible losing art... and the history of the place too 

*goes to Google*

RIP Douglas Adams   

Here's to Terry Pratchett  Up the Revolution! 

All hail Google!

 What would we do without it... best college in the world.

Saw the second episode of Coast Australia and Neil is covered up  Och!

Aww darn! Give that one a miss then.

Had a tweet favourited by Joel Hodgson, a few minutes ago... my brain is currently not working... I may have blue screened a little.

Oh my, thats excellent -  has it sent you haywire? 

His younger self has been my lock screen on my phone for a while... so yes.

Are you starstruck lol  I'd be completely blissed out too 

Springwatch! Hoping for lots of fluffiness, furriness and a low death count   

I've already had emails from Trace Beaulieu and Frank Coniff, so I'm cool... I'm totally not cool, but doing my bet impression.

Low death count is a must have! *nods seriously*

Sounds like it might get a bit ectoskeletony tonight though.

Very cool 

See what vicious little blighters ladybirds are... [ one bit me when I was young and no-one believed me  ] They have mandibles so they must be bitey!

Badger cub argy bargy was cute though. 

Was Springwatch any good last night. I intended to watch it, but had to deal with a flooded garage instead.

Hi Fluffy  It was, and its in a nice new location. There's a badger sett which is good news.

Oh noes  Sorry about your garage. Could you rescue your stuff? 

Not seen it Springwatch yet. I thought it was on at 9... not 8...

Badger cubness is good news.

Sorry to hear about your garage Fluffy.

Oh and Iolo is in Scotland - trying to broadcast in a swarm of midges  The conditions were perfect for them apparently.

Yeah, heard he was on the west coast - I know ALL about swarms of midges!

The garage is not too bad overall. Some rather damp cardboard boxes looking the worse for wear. There was carpet and underlay in there too and it has soaked up the water like a sponge. So once the floor's dried we'll lay out the wet stuff and it'll dry out eventually....might have to throw away some of the worst bits though a it's a bit TOO dirty and stained.

Midge advice:-

Be indoors by 9pm - by 10/10:30 you can come out again 'cos the swarms have usually settled by then.

Edit: Did that from my memories of chilhood holidays in the western Highlands - but am thinking now it's maybe between 8 and 9 that you need to hide from the midges.

Oh no sounds like a right mess Fluffy  Hope you can rescue some stuff. How did it happen?

There are midges in the North of Ireland too - I remember being bitten alive on holidays in Donegal, mostly around bogs!

Originally Posted by Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing:

Originally Posted by Roger the Alien:

Oh no sounds like a right mess Fluffy  Hope you can rescue some stuff. How did it happen?

The lounge is above the garage and there are verandahs at either end of the lounge. We were having them re-roofed. The builders just swept all the dust and debris etc. down the roan pipes and blocked them up. Thrn we had torrential rain for several hours and the rain water  overflowed from the pipes and got everywhere. There are damp patches on the ceiling and wall too!

Midges! Brave lad!

That said... they stay away from me... *smug mode*

Glad the garage wasn't too badly damaged.

It was the builders fault - thats even worse Fluffy. Hope they cough up for the damage  

You're lucky Hitch... are there midges where you live?   

Just watched last night's episode of Springwatch on the iPlayer.

How on earth did Iolo manage to survive all those midges?

I think the blue tits must be a second brood.