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... he still has the Hewitt gap in his teeth, but I think he looks more like Charles than he did when he was a boy ...
The more pictures I see of him, the more I think he looks like his grandfather, the Duke of Edinburgh, which would kind of rule out Capt. Hewitt. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
I read something that suggested a "non-traditional" wedding, whatever that means. I suppose as Ms. Markle has been married before, if they did want a church wedding they could do it in Scotland, like Princess Anne did the second time round.
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I have no interest in royal weddings or funerals and make sure I’m out for the day when they are on.
Today, more soap making - I made some nice round sandalwood ‘flavour’ yesterday. All for the Church Christmas Fair/Fayre/Fare.
See my ‘room’ blog for evidence
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Those are very pretty, Boogie (and I couldn't resist scrolling down and seeing the lovely doggie pictures). ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Dunno about you lot, but soap-making (and they do look good) seems just such a civilised thing to do, yes?
The same can be said, no doubt, of many other creative activities that don't threaten the life of the planet. More power to your creative elbows, all you positive peeps.
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Breaking News (shock! horror!) is a forecast for Cold Weather in Ukland for the next few days!
O Heavens forfend! There might be sn*w! How will we cope? This has never happened before!
O wait.... 1947
And, of course, 1963 (which I remember well).
Seriously, though, fellow denizens of this fair isle - keep warm, and look out for any needy neighbours.
Like me.
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Having developed a healthily cynical attitude to sn*w over the last 14 years, headlines like that make me think, "and in other news, the next Pope will be a Catholic".
![[Killing me]](graemlins/killingme.gif)
Still no more than the lightest smattering of sn*w here (and it didn't lie), which is just as well, as D. hasn't had the winter tyres put on the Pigletmobile yet.
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Huh! I remember the winter of 1947. Until the roads were cleared we had to walk to school, and then, once the snow was nicely flattened to ice, cycle.
And we had to wear our coats inside the classroooms as it was so cold. Lots of lovely expanses of windows, single glazed, natch, which took any heat straight out!
Close the schools - You are joking!
We wus tough then!! ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
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Originally posted by Bishops Finger:
O Heavens forfend! There might be sn*w! How will we cope? This has never happened before!
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I am sorry to state the obvious but snow arrived last Friday night in some parts of England. You can just see a snow field in the background of this photo.
The problem with Weather news in the UK is that they tend to treat current weather as determinant of the whole season or more.
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Well, a brief sn*w shower arrived here from The Frozen North (i.e. Essex) this morning (just as I was driving away from the Palace ![[Disappointed]](graemlins/disappointed.gif) ), but it was over within a few minutes.
I have fond memories of the Big Freeze of 1963, walking to school through sn*w deep enough to come over my wellies - and this in Kent, not the most Arctic of English counties.
Ah well - time to throw another log in the stove, and fetch a wee dram of WHISKY to help keep out the chill...
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We had a very brief flurry of snow here this morning but nothing came of it. I was surprised – I didn’t think it was cold enough.
We’re going to Germany this weekend for the Christmas market (Aachen) but I don’t think there’s going to be any snow there either.
My only memory of welly-topping snow was in the mid-eighties, but I was rather a small (future) Parisienne then and my wellies weren't very tall.
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The trouble with welly-topping sn*w, of course, is that the sn*w then gravitates to one's socks, rendering one's feet both Wet and Cold.
We did have a mercifully brief period of quite heavy sn*w in 1986 or 1987 - but IIRC there was only one day on which the trains didn't run at all (to a scratch timetable, admittedly, for the rest of the week, but they made a herculean effort).
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We've had a few flakes here in the last hour, but not much more. The test will be when I see my friend from Denby Dale tomorrow and ask her. Although it's a handful of miles away they always have the worst of the weather. It is however, COLD, and I am currently wrapped up in multiple socks, fingerless gloves and a mini hot water bottle.
ION, you leave the Ship for a fortnight and someone decided to build a new one! I hope someone has a bottle of champagne handy for the launch.
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Growing up in Orkney, we reckoned it was a pretty duff winter if we didn't get at least a day or two off school for snow, but it very rarely lasted for longer than a few days.
There was one winter (1978/79 IIRC) when things got rather more interesting, and we got several days off on the trot. My dad was the Director of Education at the time, and it was part of his job to decide whether the schools would close or not, so every morning he was on to the Met Office and then the local BBC radio station to say "yea" or "nay".
The other, less pleasurable side-effect of that episode was that the TV was blacked out for about three weeks (not quite sure why - I think we got the signal from further south), which was a bore.
I remember tramping home through welly-topping snow after playing in the orchestra for a performance of Noye's Fludde when I was about 11 - that would have been 1973 - but again, I don't think it lay for more than a day or two.
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May I assume you played a fairly small instrument? Because the day welly-topping snow happens here, the cello and I are going nowhere.
A few years ago, I was fortunate enough to have a neighbour in the orchestra with a car, sparing me from going home on the public transport. He played the tuba. It was hilarious. One small car, one cello, one tuba and three people. Fortunately the third neighbour played the violin.
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When we get welly-topping snow, which isn't often, we go exactly nowhere. Mrs Sioni makes bread (it's a sort of ritual) but we go nowhere because living nearly at the top of a hill we can't get back up again, for people who have left their cars all over the road. Dammit we are just about 200' ASL but people have no idea how to drive on snow.
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I remember My Old Dad putting the sn*w chains on the car tyres....with much colourful language, as it wasn't an easy task.
Worth it, though - not a skid or a slither to be seen.
You can still get them (the chains, I mean), though I don't recall seeing any actually in use since 1963 - perhaps they're to be found in sn*wier climates than the South East of England!
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I remember snow chains on tires when I was growing up in the northeastern U.S. -- and the noise they made! I think they were pretty much made obsolete by studded snow tires.
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Originally posted by la vie en rouge:
May I assume you played a fairly small instrument?
Indeed you may - the descant recorder. They don't come much smaller than that.
I don't remember my dad having snow-chains (although he may well have done when we lived in Helmsdale, where they get proper snow - he said he always carried a spade and a pair of boots in the car in the winter when we were there).
The Venerable Volvo (1971, bright turquoise, of blessèd memory) had studded tyres, and I think Dad used them until all the studs had come away (the surface of our driveway left something to be desired). By that time, winters didn't seem quite so interesting, and he never replaced them.
After D's recital today, as is our wont, we went out for lunch, and today's restaurant was Swiss Chalet. It's not haute cuisine by any means, but their festive specials come with TRUFFLES, which makes them worthy of praise. I had the roast beef, and it really was very good indeed - mounds and mounds of slowly-roasted, juicy beef with gravy, stuffing, mashed potatoes and veggies (and a nice glass of Merlot to go with it). For $20 plus tax, you couldn't really beat it.
And I haven't eaten the TRUFFLES yet.*
well-fed piglet
* I may have to go and remedy that situation ...
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In many US states, it is legal to drive with chains or studded snow tires only during winter months. (They don't do the road surfaces any good.)
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It's the same here - unless we get a big storm, you're not supposed to put studded tyres on until the beginning of November, and they're meant to be off by the beginning of May (again, depending on weather conditions).
I can't remember if our winter tyres are studded or not - I think not, as we really only needed the studs in St. John's because we lived on a practically vertical hill. Here, we're up a bit of an incline, but it's a much longer and more gentle slope.
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It’s illegal in Germany (Baden-Württemberg) not to have winter tyres in winter months - and your insurance is invalidated if you have the wrong ones on.
We were going to drive there for Christmas and New Year, but tyres are £250, the ferry £360 - and hiring a car plus flights is £200 for both of us. So flying it is.
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![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
Presumably Baden-Wuerttemberg is noted for lots of SN*W?
Mind you, the way peeps slither and slide around here, even with only a slight sprinkling of sn*w on the roads, they may well have the right idea.
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Presumably Baden-Wuerttemberg is noted for lots of SN*W?
It gets very cold in Heidelberg where my son lives but they get little snow. But further south there are lots of ski resorts.
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Which is the proper thing to do with sn*w...
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It's certainly cooling here (currently 0°), but judging by the forecast we haven't completely abandoned positive numbers ... yet ...
I think because our autumn was so warm (we were still getting temperatures of 30°-plus in September, and even October took a long time to cool down) when the mercury did start to plummet it kind of took us by surprise.*
Went and got my hair cut this afternoon (which always makes me feel good), and put up the candle-bridges when I got home, so Advent may now commence. ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
Tree now decorated (but still not up).
* until we realised it was November, and ought to be cold.
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Advent off to a good start - we had some lovely Germanic hymns this morning (and even sang a verse of the choral introit in German).
I'm not sure why the Germans were particularly good at Advent music, but they were.
As we haven't really got time to go home between the praise-band service (which D. is playing for at the moment) and the Advent Procession, we'll head out for a nice lunch, and then back for my favourite service of the whole year.
On Jordan's bank, the Baptists cry
If I were a Baptist, so would I
They drink no beer, they have no fun
I'm glad that I'm an Anglican!
There, that's got that out of the way ...
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Here in Wales we managed "The light of the morning is breaking" to Crugybar. And the children had Christingles.
Nothing German (I don't think Noel Richards' "Great is the darkness" qualifies!), though this evening we've got "Christ is coming" to Neander.
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A rather sparse gathering for Advent 1, as The Dreaded Lurgy is rife, but the first candle was duly lit on the wreath, and some Good Hymns were sung.
Father Visiting (retired) Priest made reference to the famous 'Four Candles' sketch, but got it wrong.
I was thinking of attending the Cathedral Advent Procession this evening, but there is an unwelcome Black Dog mooning around......
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First Sunday in Advent so we had the Palestrina Matin Responsory before the first wreath candle was lit, then Hark, what a sound to Richard Terry's "Highwood". The Sunday School did a presentation which went off fairly well before Christingles were distributed and there were special prayers for the Children's Society.
The Anthem was Byrd's Vigilate and I decided to bow to pressure and let them sing Lo, he comes with clouds descending as a final hymn.
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Hark, what a sound to Richard Terry's "Highwood".
Now there's a hymn I like, although I doubt if we'll use it here.
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... I was thinking of attending the Cathedral Advent Procession this evening, but there is an unwelcome Black Dog mooning around ...
IANAD, but I reckon a good Advent procession might be just the thing to send him scurrying off into the woods. YMMV, etc. (Hope he goes away v. soon).
Our own procession went off very well; despite the first sn*w of the year* there was a decent congregation (which included our friend from Newfoundland whose installation in a parish a few miles from here we attended the other week, who thoroughly enjoyed it).
Although some of the choir were a bit nervous (the Weelkes Magnificat, which was new to them, was a bit scratchy at the rehearsal), everything went fine in the service, and D. was very pleased.
I'm now a rather knackered but contented piglet.
* just enough to make the trees look pretty but not enough to be an embuggerance.
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I do wish depression wasn’t described as a black dog. Black dogs are lovely, friendly and comforting.
Green, ugly slug would be a better description.
Hope you are feeling up to going out soon Bishops Finger.
I am taking Keir to the park where he was attacked this morning - very much hoping there has been no lasting mental damage. So much time, money, love and effort is put into these GD pups - it would be a terrible shame if one careless owner ruins everything for him ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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Well, yesterday's journey home was interesting: the return trip from the weekend in Huddersfield packing up sick offspring's flat, for the third time this academic year; since she had hand surgery hauling crates and bags of luggage is not an option.
The quickest, cheapest, short-notice route from London to Huddersfield is Megabus Gold: train to East Midlands Parkway station, Megabus coach to Huddersfield. There is nothing at East Midlands Parkway station. It's in the middle of nowhere, next to Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station, near the M1 and the River Soar, not a lot else. The cafe closes at 4pm on a Sunday. Not my first choice of somewhere to be stranded.
Last night trains in all directions were delayed. After waiting 45 minutes on the literally freezing platform, with the electronic display and tannoy system announcing delays due to signal failure and increasingly later expected arrival times, some poor station official was sent to tell us the first two trains are now cancelled, go to the station waiting room to wait for announcements. Network Rail are on site trying to sort it out. Refreshments provided after more than a hour's delay were bottles of water, snack packs of popcorn, crisps and mini macaroons, to many apologies that it was all they could rustle up.
We finally caught an initially very slow train, 2 hours later than planned, and arrived into St Pancras at 00:03, 35 minutes too late for my last tube home. The train's slowness caused by manually operated signals through a long section, following, according to Twitter, cable theft at Loughborough.
A very calm official at St Pancras was helping passengers get home. I knew before I caught the train I was likely to have problems, checked and was told there would be someone at the other end. (I also checked that there was a bed available in the 24 hour YHA at St Pancras.) Very few of us could not travel on - much of the tube was still running as were the night buses. Those of us really stuck were sent home in minicabs - mine arriving an hour later than I would have got home otherwise.
Chatting to the cabby, he does a lot of these trips and had had to drive someone 400 miles home to Bude from Waterloo, after a suicide took out all the trains to Cornwall.
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All things Christmas are better in Germany which is why we headed to source and got on the train this weeknd. We went to the Christmas market in Aachen (it’s one of the smaller ones, but quite picturesque nonetheless). Good grief it was cold, mind.
Currywurst was consumed. (For the uninitiated, slices of sausage – of course – with a sort of tangy curry sauce and fries.) This is wrong at many, many levels, but man is it tasty.
ETA: because my cuddly toys are badass, I came home with a fluffy crocodile. He will now sit next the fluffy Darth Vader on the bed.
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I do wish depression wasn’t described as a black dog. Black dogs are lovely, friendly and comforting.
Green, ugly slug would be a better description.
A fair point, IMHO - I guess the unfortunate nomenclature comes from Winston Churchill...
...perhaps Black Slug would be a better description? Suitably fearsome (black) and generally horrid (slug).
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Originally posted by Bishops Finger:
Boogie said:
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I do wish depression wasn’t described as a black dog. Black dogs are lovely, friendly and comforting.
Green, ugly slug would be a better description.
A fair point, IMHO - I guess the unfortunate nomenclature comes from Winston Churchill...
...perhaps Black Slug would be a better description? Suitably fearsome (black) and generally horrid (slug).
IJ
But slugs are easier to ignore than dogs. I find the description Black Dog works for me, mind you, I do dislike dogs
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Hmm. Point taken, though slugs, to me, always appear to be ponderous and heavy beasties (albeit small, of course, compared to any dog).
Perhaps I'll take the question over to the depression support thread, to see what others there think.
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Perhaps Black Slug would be a better description? Suitably fearsome (black) and generally horrid (slug).
Now you're being both Racist and Sluggist. Be very afraid: the beasties have made a note and your garden will shortly be invaded by slithering hordes (unless the birds are on your side and Get Them First).
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A rather sparse gathering for Advent 1, as The Dreaded Lurgy is rife, ...
I misread that twice as The Dreaded Liturgy. Better go to Specsavers.
Re slugs, we've been finding slimy trails in our hallway for some time and never been able to figure out where they're coming in, but last night TME caught one sauntering along in the hall, bold as brass. Of course he had to bring it to show me (why? why? why? Argh), but did at least eventually do the decent thing and dispatch it to the nether realms using a tin can from our recycling box. Meanwhile, I had a large gin.
We wondered if it was a lone indoor adventurer or if there's a gang of them coming in. Time will tell - a quick search has led to the discovery that slugs can live up to 6 YEARS, so it could potentially be the only one (I hope I hope I hope). I think I may have to add 'slug longevity' to my list of things I wish to ask The Almighty about when I get the chance, along with Donald Trump and wasps.
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Jengie jon
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That reminded me of a piece I wrote a while ago after finding slug trails in the choir vestry that I think others may enjoy
The Choir Vestry Snail
Not liking the winters chill
I hitched a lift on a shoe,
seeking better climes
and smelling the cool damp mustiness
I decided to stay.
Now I hunt for new delicacies
leaving silver trails
across the green carpeted floor
of the choir vestry.
Instead of the leaves of birch
sycamore and yew,
I find a few bars of Tallis
with faded pencil-marks
make a delicate balanced starter,
a substantial main course
from extra verses
of Wesley’s with added
embellishments of red ink,
and a scrap of Kendrick
torn and crumpled
suffices for dessert
refreshing the palate
as I wait the next rehearsal..
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Bishops Finger
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![[Overused]](graemlins/notworthy.gif)
But, nevertheless, I wear my Sluggism with pride.
(The grounds at Our Place seem to attract the big orange ones - you know, rather like the President of the USA minus Tiny Hands and legs...... ![[Projectile]](graemlins/puke2.gif) )
IJ
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Bishops Finger
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BTW, here is a Black Slug.
And here is an Orange Slug.
IJ
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Piglet
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quote:
Originally posted by Jack the Lass:
... I may have to add 'slug longevity' to my list of things I wish to ask The Almighty about when I get the chance, along with Donald Trump and wasps.
Quotes file!
I confess that when this page opened at BF's post and I saw "picture of orange slug" I was fully expecting a picture of Trump to appear.
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We used to get the occasional black slug making its weary way into the house in St. John's, but I just dispatched them with the help of a wodge of kitchen paper.
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Bishops Finger
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They make good eating.
For birds, that is. And I don't think the birds are too bothered about the colour.
IJ
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Piglet
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If we do get one invading the château, I'll put it out on the deck for the birdies.
Not that they seem interested in anything at the moment - we've got a feeder with nice upmarket bird-seeds and a suet-cage thingy, and not a single bird paying it the slightest bit of attention.
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quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
Not that they seem interested in anything at the moment - we've got a feeder with nice upmarket bird-seeds and a suet-cage thingy, and not a single bird paying it the slightest bit of attention.
You're the new restaurant in town -- the people who lived there last winter probably didn't put out bird feed. Once word gets out, you'll be the hip new place they'll all flock to.
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quote:
Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
Not that they seem interested in anything at the moment - we've got a feeder with nice upmarket bird-seeds and a suet-cage thingy, and not a single bird paying it the slightest bit of attention.
You're the new restaurant in town -- the people who lived there last winter probably didn't put out bird feed. Once word gets out, you'll be the hip new place they'll all flock to.
Yes, it takes a while. When we cut our bushes down we lost all the sparrows. We put sunflower hearts up in the Big Roman tree in squirrel proof feeders. It took five weeks, but now we have blue tits, great tits, gold finches and even a few sparrows have come back
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Bishops Finger
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Perhaps the birds are not too keen on the cordon bleu menu at Chateau Piglet, and prefer the junk food from the place up the road with a big M nearby.....
IJ
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I was imagining a tree with a large nose.
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