CoTT 2 House of Cards

[Valkyrie]

35 minutes ago, Bucket1 said:

I have just seen a game app with cats driving battle machines and all I can think of is Val and her trying to get her beloved cats in the carriers 

 

[Marty]

1 hour ago, Headstall said:

Hi, Marty. I plan on having an easy day. I'm sore from doing renovations last evening.  

I've spent the last hour or so lifting the remainder of the first of the two rows of early (determinate) potatoes I planted. There were only about ten plants left to dig out which would have normally only taken around half an hour, but it's (for me) a warm, sunny, muggy sort of day, so I wasn't rushing. And the soil is still fairly wet and heavy after the wettest June and July for years, so another reason for not rushing was I wanted to make sure I didn't miss any tubers in the sticky soil. I'm leaving them on the top of the soil to dry for an hour or so, before lifting and putting them in a wooden crate to store in the shed.

1 hour ago, Headstall said:

Is this your way of telling us you have a sheep?   Hey, Brother B!  

Probably just his way of telling us he lives in a country where lots of sheep are raised.

Same as over here in Ireland we will often get potato blight alerts in the summer when the weather is such that blight may spread. Thinking about it, I'm sure if I were to check Met Éireann's website it could well be that today's weather might cause an alert. But I'm not going to spray chemicals on my potatoes, thank you very much. Not good for me, or the environment. First sign of blight, and I'll cut all the stalks off the four rows of maincrop (indeterminates) spuds and dispose of them; and then leave the tubers in the ground for two weeks to let their skins set. And I'll be lifting the second row of the earlies tomorrow, anyway.

Edited August 15, 2020 by Marty
Tidying up

[clochette]

2 hours ago, Bucket1 said:

Storm warnings here too. Plus a sheep grazers warning so bring in your lambs 

 

I hope you are all enjoying your Saturday

Sheep grazers?  

[Bucket1]

2 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

You haven't been drinking have you Bucket  Aloha Bucket

only hot tea 

[Bucket1]

2 hours ago, Headstall said:

Is this your way of telling us you have a sheep?   Hey, Brother B!  

 No sheep but I still get the warnings on my weather app

[Marty]

8 minutes ago, clochette said:

Sheep grazers?  

Probably an Ozzie term for sheep farmers.

[Bucket1]

9 minutes ago, clochette said:

Sheep grazers?  

Yeah for some reason they say sheep graziers and not sheep farmers. 🤷‍♂️

[Bucket1]

1 minute ago, Marty said:

Probably an Ozzie term for sheep farmers.

Def a met bureau term, I don’t think anyone else uses it 

[Page Scrawler]

3 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

Aloha All

Hey, Bertie.     

 

2 hours ago, Marty said:

Hope everyone has a great day!

Hey, Marty!   

 

2 hours ago, Headstall said:

Is this your way of telling us you have a sheep?   Hey, Brother B!  

Hey, Gary.   

[Marty]

Just now, Page Scrawler said:

Hey, Bertie.     

 

Hey, Marty!   

 

Hey, Gary.   

Hi, Page!  

[Page Scrawler]

15 minutes ago, clochette said:

Sheep grazers?  

Hey, Clo.    How are you?

 

9 minutes ago, Bucket1 said:

only hot tea 

Hey, Tea Bat.   What's brewing in the kettle?

[Marty]

4 minutes ago, Bucket1 said:

Yeah for some reason they say sheep graziers and not sheep farmers. 🤷‍♂️

Definition of grazier

1: a person who grazes cattle

broadly : RANCHER

2: Australia : a sheep raiser

(Source: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grazier)

Apparently it derives from the Middle English grasier - from grasen: "to graze". (The word grass probably has the same root)

[clochette]

25 minutes ago, Bucket1 said:

Yeah for some reason they say sheep graziers and not sheep farmers. 🤷‍♂️

Aaaah okay!  

[clochette]

Well @Bucket1 I don't know about aussies sheep grazers but I quite enjoy aussie rugbymen and their underpants  Did you watch Brisbane vs. Melbourne?

 

[Marty]

19 minutes ago, clochette said:

Well @Bucket1 I don't know about aussies sheep grazers but I quite enjoy aussie rugbymen and their underpants  Did you watch Brisbane vs. Melbourne?

 

They didn't look like Aussiebums to me...

 

 

[Headstall]

2 hours ago, Page Scrawler said:

Hey, Bertie.     

 

Hey, Marty!   

 

Hey, Gary.   

Hey, Page.  

[clochette]

1 hour ago, Page Scrawler said:

Hey, Clo.    How are you?

Heya Pagey  I'm great. Worked in the garden on the rise bed with dad this morning until 2pm then we went to the diy store.

Now enjoying a beef eye with baked potatoes and a Reblochon cheese. How are you and Morgan and snickers?

[dughlas]

5 hours ago, Headstall said:

Happy Saturday, all! 

Hey! What's he doing here? I expected to find him waiting in my clawfoot bathtub this morning.

[dughlas]

4 hours ago, Bucket1 said:

Storm warnings here too. Plus a sheep grazers warning so bring in your lambs 

I would but it appears one of my "lambs" has been soaking in someone else's bathtub.

[dughlas]

4 hours ago, Headstall said:

Hi, Marty. I plan on having an easy day. I'm sore from doing renovations last evening.  

Uhm, renovations? Last evening? Is "renovations" Canadian slang for something naughty? Just what have you been up to bro?

[dughlas]

4 hours ago, Headstall said:

Is this your way of telling us you have a sheep?   Hey, Brother B!  

I thought everyone downunder had sheep. Hunh, can't trust anything on the internet. Next someone will be tellin' us not all Canadians live in igloos.

[dughlas]

1 hour ago, clochette said:

Well @Bucket1 I don't know about aussies sheep grazers but I quite enjoy aussie rugbymen and their underpants  Did you watch Brisbane vs. Melbourne?

 

When did ruggers start wearing tearaways?

[Marty]

13 minutes ago, dughlas said:

I thought everyone downunder had sheep. Hunh, can't trust anything on the internet. Next someone will be tellin' us not all Canadians live in igloos.

And I thought it was all Welshmen...

Question: Did you hear about the Welshman who had to appear before the judge?

Spoiler

Answer: Because he kept mountain sheep.

Spoiler

You might have to speak that out loud...

 

Warning: It's a rude joke.

[clochette]

1 minute ago, Marty said:

And I thought it was all Welshmen...

Question: Did you hear about the Welshman who had to appear before the judge?

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Answer: Because he kept mountain sheep.

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You might have to speak that out loud...

 

Warning: It's a rude joke.

 Marty!

[dughlas]

G'day y'all. It's been a cooler mostly overcast day. Currently 80/27° and though the relative humidity is lower than it has been lately it's still enough to make it seem 82/28°. The pup and I had a pleasant walk this morning as it was the coolest morning in a while. Thistle was a bit rowdy running and barking asking to play. We didn't, instead we just walked further and faster. Our adventure for the day was spending 3 hours at the shop weeding and cleaning up the area around it. I am the one responsible for the garden/groundskeeping chores. Even though the shop will not be open this season it needs to appear tidy. We've spent the last few hours resting quietly as I developed a bit of nasty migraine. Tonight's dinner will be a warm pit beef sandwich, potato slad and fresh steamed corn on the cob with fresh peach tart for after.