CoTT 2 House of Cards

[clochette]

3 hours ago, dughlas said:

Green veggies ... you're gonna make green veggies?

Like green beans or green peas

[clochette]

3 hours ago, Bucket1 said:

Mum did once when we were kids. The ham was huge, seriously huge. It tasted delicious but there were soooooooo much leftovers. At the end we made ham and cheese sandwiches and froze them for use in the jaffle iron / sandwich press

Yeah a real ham would be too much that's why I opted for those shoulder blade pieces. They weigh about 1,2kg each with a small bone 

[Marty]

6 hours ago, dughlas said:

Underhill.

No, silly!

Underhill is just a village. One of 33 villages and towns in The Shire.

http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Category:Cities,_towns_and_villages_of_the_Shire

 

 

 

[Marty]

6 hours ago, dughlas said:

@Albert1434 needed more snow to complete the snowhobbit you requested.

It didn't actually sound like a request to me... more like a demand.

Or even a royal decree...

 

[Marty]

6 hours ago, dughlas said:

... are like noses. Everybody's got one.

Except Voldemort...

[Marty]

6 hours ago, dughlas said:

Well it's to bed with me. Well passed my usual time and the pup has already gone without me. Á demain y'all.

Schlaf gut, Bruder!

[Marty]

7 hours ago, dughlas said:

What about Worcestershire? I've got some in the pantry. 

Still talking of shires (and counties) here's some more useless trivia to bore you all...

Spoiler

Origin of Word "County"

A county is the name for a piece of land. It has a different meaning in different languages. Originally the word was for the land under a count (in Great Britain an earl). Today a "county" is often something between a larger state and a smaller town or district.

History of Shires

The first shires were created by the Anglo-Saxons in central and southern England. Shires were controlled by a royal official known as a "shire reeve" (or sheriff)*.

Individually, or as a suffix in Scotland, the word is pronounced ʃaɪə(ɹ) (to rhyme with "fire"). As a suffix in an English or Welsh place name it is pronounced -ʃə(ɹ) (rhymes with "fir").

Shires in England

Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire, Yorkshire.

Shires in Wales

Brecknockshire, Caernarvonshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Monmouthshire, Montgomeryshire, Pembrokeshire, Radnorshire

In Wales, the counties of Merioneth and Glamorgan are occasionally referred to with the "shire" suffix. The only traditional Welsh county that never takes "shire" is Anglesey.

Shires in Scotland

Aberdeenshire, Ayrshire, Banffshire, Berwickshire, Clackmannanshire, Cromartyshire, Dumfriesshire, Dunbartonshire, Fifeshire, Inverness-shire, Kincardineshire, Kinross-shire, Kirkcudbrightshire, Lanarkshire, Morayshire, Nairnshire, Peeblesshire, Perthshire, Renfrewshire, Ross-shire, Roxburghshire, Selkirkshire, Stirlingshire, Wigtownshire.

(For Bucket):
Shires in Australia

Shire is the most common word in Australia for the smallest local government areas by population. The states of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia use shire for this unit. South Australia and Tasmania use district. A shire has the same powers as the next largest units, the town and city. In NSW, the expression 'The Shire' commonly refers to the Sutherland shire.
Main source for all of the above: https://kids.kiddle.co/Shire

*(For Gary):
In Canada reeve is the name given to the presiding officer of a village or town council.
Source: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/reeve

There's even bits for Bucket and Gary in it.

But there's nothing about New Zealand shires....  

 

Edited December 16, 2020 by Marty
Tidying up

[dughlas]

53 minutes ago, Marty said:

No, silly!

Underhill is just a village. One of 33 villages and towns in The Shire.

http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Category:Cities,_towns_and_villages_of_the_Shire

 

 

 

Well at least I didn't say Overhill ... which some of us are 😉

[dughlas]

36 minutes ago, Marty said:

Except Voldemort...

He started out with one but seems to have cut it off to spite ... well, someone. Do think it's the loss of his nose that turned him nasty?

[Drew Espinosa]

7 hours ago, dughlas said:

Is Middle-earth part of Texas?

We've already established that Middle-earth is in New Zealand.

[dughlas]

14 minutes ago, Marty said:

Still talking of shires (and counties) here's some more useless trivia to bore you all...

  Reveal hidden contents

Origin of Word "County"

A county is the name for a piece of land. It has a different meaning in different languages. Originally the word was for the land under a count (in Great Britain an earl). Today a "county" is often something between a larger state and a smaller town or district.

History of Shires

The first shires were created by the Anglo-Saxons in central and southern England. Shires were controlled by a royal official known as a "shire reeve" (or sheriff)*.

Individually, or as a suffix in Scotland, the word is pronounced ʃaɪə(ɹ) (to rhyme with "fire"). As a suffix in an English or Welsh place name it is pronounced -ʃə(ɹ) (rhymes with "fir").

Shires in England

Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire, Yorkshire.

Shires in Wales

Brecknockshire, Caernarvonshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Monmouthshire, Montgomeryshire, Pembrokeshire, Radnorshire

In Wales, the counties of Merioneth and Glamorgan are occasionally referred to with the "shire" suffix. The only traditional Welsh county that never takes "shire" is Anglesey.

Shires in Scotland

Aberdeenshire, Ayrshire, Banffshire, Berwickshire, Clackmannanshire, Cromartyshire, Dumfriesshire, Dunbartonshire, Fifeshire, Inverness-shire, Kincardineshire, Kinross-shire, Kirkcudbrightshire, Lanarkshire, Morayshire, Nairnshire, Peeblesshire, Perthshire, Renfrewshire, Ross-shire, Roxburghshire, Selkirkshire, Stirlingshire, Wigtownshire.

(For Bucket):
Shires in Australia

Shire is the most common word in Australia for the smallest local government areas by population. The states of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia use shire for this unit. South Australia and Tasmania use district. A shire has the same powers as the next largest units, the town and city. In NSW, the expression 'The Shire' commonly refers to the Sutherland shire.
Main source for all of the above: https://kids.kiddle.co/Shire

*(For Gary):
In Canada reeve is the name given to the presiding officer of a village or town council.
Source: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/reeve

There's even bits for Bucket and Gary in it.

But there's nothing about New Zealand shires....  

 

You seem to really know your shire.

[Drew Espinosa]

Good morning y'all!

1976: the first season of That 70's Show was set in this year.

[dughlas]

3 minutes ago, Drew Espinosa said:

We've already established that Middle-earth is in New Zealand.

Oh, so it's not a part of your realm.

[Drew Espinosa]

20 minutes ago, Marty said:

Still talking of shires (and counties) here's some more useless trivia to bore you all...

  Reveal hidden contents

Origin of Word "County"

A county is the name for a piece of land. It has a different meaning in different languages. Originally the word was for the land under a count (in Great Britain an earl). Today a "county" is often something between a larger state and a smaller town or district.

History of Shires

The first shires were created by the Anglo-Saxons in central and southern England. Shires were controlled by a royal official known as a "shire reeve" (or sheriff)*.

Individually, or as a suffix in Scotland, the word is pronounced ʃaɪə(ɹ) (to rhyme with "fire"). As a suffix in an English or Welsh place name it is pronounced -ʃə(ɹ) (rhymes with "fir").

Shires in England

Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire, Yorkshire.

Shires in Wales

Brecknockshire, Caernarvonshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Monmouthshire, Montgomeryshire, Pembrokeshire, Radnorshire

In Wales, the counties of Merioneth and Glamorgan are occasionally referred to with the "shire" suffix. The only traditional Welsh county that never takes "shire" is Anglesey.

Shires in Scotland

Aberdeenshire, Ayrshire, Banffshire, Berwickshire, Clackmannanshire, Cromartyshire, Dumfriesshire, Dunbartonshire, Fifeshire, Inverness-shire, Kincardineshire, Kinross-shire, Kirkcudbrightshire, Lanarkshire, Morayshire, Nairnshire, Peeblesshire, Perthshire, Renfrewshire, Ross-shire, Roxburghshire, Selkirkshire, Stirlingshire, Wigtownshire.

(For Bucket):
Shires in Australia

Shire is the most common word in Australia for the smallest local government areas by population. The states of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia use shire for this unit. South Australia and Tasmania use district. A shire has the same powers as the next largest units, the town and city. In NSW, the expression 'The Shire' commonly refers to the Sutherland shire.
Main source for all of the above: https://kids.kiddle.co/Shire

*(For Gary):
In Canada reeve is the name given to the presiding officer of a village or town council.
Source: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/reeve

There's even bits for Bucket and Gary in it.

But there's nothing about New Zealand shires....  

 

Those are just shires, not The Shire of Middle-earth, which is in New Zealand.

Edited December 16, 2020 by Drew Espinosa

[Marty]

13 hours ago, Marty said:

My builder rang me to say that he's going to hang my new back door tomorrow. 

"I'll be with you early," he said.

"How early?" I asked.

"Probably before 8."

"Okay," I replied. "I'll leave the key in the shop next door. Just in case I'm still in bed and don't hear you knocking."

So it's now almost 11:30, and still no sign of him. And he's not even answering his phone...

Tradesmen..!

 

[clochette]

19 minutes ago, Marty said:

"I'll be with you early," he said.

"How early?" I asked.

"Probably before 8."

"Okay," I replied. "I'll leave the key in the shop next door. Just in case I'm still in bed and don't hear you knocking."

So it's now almost 11:30, and still no sign of him. And he's not even answering his phone...

Tradesmen..!

 

I get you'd be disappointed he didn't came knocking at your back door with his big tools while you were still in bed  

[Marty]

1 minute ago, clochette said:

I get you'd be disappointed he didn't came knocking at your back door with his big tools while you were still in bed  

It would have been my front door, pervert!

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Actually it turns out he did try contacting me...

 

The mobile phone signal in my house is atrocious at times. Especially in bad weather...

But he had tried ringing. Once around 8:15, and then again about 10 minutes after I'd left  him a voicemail around 10:30. Not sure why my phone has only just decided to notify me of two missed voice calls. Also not sure why the tradesman didn't leave voice messages each time. My phone finally informed me there were two voice messages, both were from him, but each time he just hung up without speaking.

Fortunately, he actually picked up on a call I made to him 10 minutes or so back. He has put the job off till tomorrow, due to the fact that it was raining heavily this morning. Makes sense in a way, as it was an external door that needs replacing, including the doorframe which will possibly need sealing with mortar (the heavy rain may have affected that).

Fingers crossed tomorrow is a bit better weather. At least the forecast (if it is to be trusted) is only suggesting a bit of light rain in the afternoon...

[Marty]

2 hours ago, Drew Espinosa said:

Those are just shires, not The Shire of Middle-earth, which is in New Zealand.

And I wonder just where Tolkien got the inspiration for the name of his fictional Shire...  

[Albert1434]

Aloha All

[Marty]

5 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Aloha All

Greetings, young Albert!

Hope all's well in Albertsville.

[Albert1434]

Aloha Marty

[Sherye Story Reader]

You know it is cold outside when you have to wear gloves on your hands inside your home! lol Brrrrrrrrrrrrr it is 26 F (-3 C)

[Albert1434]

Aloha Sherye it's 27 F/-2.7778 c here

Edited December 16, 2020 by Albert1434

[Sherye Story Reader]

3 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Aloha Sherye it's 27 F/-2.7778 c here

Aloha Sweet Albert!

[Sherye Story Reader]

@Albert1434, what state do you live in?