CoTT 2 House of Cards

[Albert1434]

Marty we have them here as well

[Albert1434]

OMG peeps in there 30 and 40 who had the virus are now getting strokes and they have no Idea why

[Page Scrawler]

2 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

Aloha All

Happy 800th, Salisbury Cathedral

Hey, Albert.       I think I'll make Salisbury steak for dinner tonight.  

 

2 hours ago, Marty said:

Ain't history just fascinating?

Hey, Marty.     I remember some of that from my reading of Circumnavigation.   

[Headstall]

1 hour ago, Albert1434 said:

Starlings look like this 

That's supposedly their winter plumage., but I've seen a lot of pictures where they have white spots in summer plumage. Mine don't... they don't look like that picture. They're darker and have a sheen, but they're not purple martins.  

[Albert1434]

I am making Dutch Baby for breakfast

[Albert1434]

here is the recipe if you want it

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/239993/chef-johns-dutch-babies/?internalSource=hub recipe&referringContentType=Search&clickId=cardslot 2

[Albert1434]

It was very very good

[CassieQ]

20 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

It was very very good

That name though 

[CassieQ]

9 minutes ago, CassieQ said:

That name though 

I'm just over here cooking a Dutch baby in the oven, don't mind me.  

[Albert1434]

Well they are good

[clochette]

1 hour ago, Albert1434 said:

I am making Dutch Baby for breakfast

You're eating a Dutch baby?! But why? Does they taste better than other babies?

[Marty]

6 minutes ago, clochette said:

You're eating a Dutch baby?! But why? Does they taste better than other babies?

That reminds me of the satirical piece by Jonathan Swift in 1729 (more famous possibly for his novel Gulliver's Travels) who suggested eating the babies of the poorer classes as a way of preventing them becoming a burden on their parents or country.

I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious nourishing and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricasee, or a ragoust.

It's only about 3,400 words long, and can be read online at:

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1080/1080-h/1080-h.htm

Swift was Anglo-Irish, and was also Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.

 

[Page Scrawler]

5 hours ago, CassieQ said:

I'm just over here cooking a Dutch baby in the oven, don't mind me.  

  Hey, Cassie.   

Edited April 28, 2020 by Page Scrawler

[Marty]

3 hours ago, Headstall said:

Hey, Marty!   I'm well. Puttering about. Has your good weather broke?

 

3 hours ago, Marty said:

Not quite yet, Gary. But I think it's going to, either later today or some time tomorrow. The house martins are still flying above the rooftops, so that's a good sign for the very near future.  

Well the rain finally arrived at around 4:30pm and chased me back indoors. But I had to be indoors anyway, to attend a Zoom online board meeting of a national LGBT+ organisation that I am a board member of.

There wasn't a great deal of rain, however, and it's now 7pm and the day is dry again. I'm not going back into the garden this evening, as there is more rain forecast over the next couple of days, and I want to treat some timbers in the new place before they get wet again. I think I may have mentioned having taken up some of the floorboards in the living room, as there was signs of water damage. The builder is supposed to try to prevent the water coming in, but that certainly won't happen  before the lockdown ends (whenever that may be). I have some wood preservative, and I intend treating the damaged areas on the floor joists before they get wet again.  

[Page Scrawler]

We have a couple of goldfinches on the bird feeder. Lots of sparrows on the ground.   

[dughlas]

22 hours ago, Marty said:

Could do with a garden rake to prepare seed beds for various vegetable seeds I plan to sow, and a hoe to help keep the weeds down later. Unfortunately, garden centres and hardware-type shops are not considered essential retail outlets under current covid-9 restrictions, so it may be a while before I can get said implements. ...

The government is talking about relaxing some of the restrictions from May 5th, but they aren't sure which, if any at all. I'm hoping they'll at least allow the garden centres to reopen.

Here in SC hardware stores, garden centers and nurserys remain open under the Governor's order. Back home in PA hardware stores were allowed to remain open but garden centers and nurserys were ordered closed. Once the spring planting season arrived exceptions were granted for nurserys and such so folks could buy the necessary seed and plants for their gardens. Agriculture is big business there and home gardens are common.

[Marty]

1 minute ago, dughlas said:

Here in SC hardware stores, garden centers and nurserys remain open under the Governor's order. Back home in PA hardware stores were allowed to remain open but garden centers and nurserys were ordered closed. Once the spring planting season arrived exceptions were granted for nurserys and such so folks could buy the necessary seed and plants for their gardens. Agriculture is big business there and home gardens are common.

Perhaps you could buy a garden rake, hoe, wheelbarrow, and a smallish petrol lawnmower, and ship them over to me here in Ireland...

I can pay you back via PayPal.  

[dughlas]

7 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

Captain Cook later was killed in Hawaii over the screws in a rowboat. I was right where that happened

Wow, you're older than I thought. I didn't realize you were one of Cook's sailors.

[Albert1434]

Aloha Douglas  

[Albert1434]

1 minute ago, dughlas said:

Wow, you're older than I thought. I didn't realize you were one of Cook's sailors.

Your drinking again Dughlas you need to cut back

[dughlas]

5 hours ago, Headstall said:

That's supposedly their winter plumage., but I've seen a lot of pictures where they have white spots in summer plumage. Mine don't... they don't look like that picture. They're darker and have a sheen, but they're not purple martins.  

Yeah, my starlings in PA don't look like that either. They're a sort of glossy black.

[dughlas]

3 hours ago, Marty said:

That reminds me of the satirical piece by Jonathan Swift in 1729 (more famous possibly for his novel Gulliver's Travels) who suggested eating the babies of the poorer classes as a way of preventing them becoming a burden on their parents or country.

 

 

It's only about 3,400 words long, and can be read online at:

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1080/1080-h/1080-h.htm

Swift was Anglo-Irish, and was also Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.

 

We having a saying at faire ... "I like children. Yes I do. Boiled or baked or in a stew." I tell folks I prefer the "little lambs" roasted in the Greek style with lemon and rosemary rather than with mint jelly or a well basted kid roasted on a spit.

[dughlas]

7 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Aloha Douglas  

Greetings Albert.

[dughlas]

7 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Your drinking again Dughlas you need to cut back

Or start drinking better stuff ...

[Page Scrawler]

2 minutes ago, dughlas said:

We having a saying at faire ... "I like children. Yes I do. Boiled or baked or in a stew." I tell folks I prefer the "little lambs" roasted in the Greek style with lemon and rosemary rather than with mint jelly or a well basted kid roasted on a spit.

Good policy for the entitled hellspawn of Karen.