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[Page Scrawler]

4 hours ago, Marty said:

The "Sigh" at the beginning of that comment makes me think you might be talking about a different meaning of the term 'getting jabbed'...  

You people always have your minds in the gutter. 

[Albert1434]

That's funny Page you seem to know a lot about gutters 

[Marty]

9 minutes ago, Page Scrawler said:

You people always have your minds in the gutter. 

I might be lying in the gutter, but I am also looking up at the stars. 

(From his play "Lady Windermere's Fan" - first performed on Saturday, 20 February 1892, at the St James's Theatre in London.)

[Marty]

18 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

That's funny Page you seem to know a lot about gutters 

I'm just surprised that someone as innocent as him could actually work out the double entendre.

[Albert1434]

Yep funny isn't it

[Marty]

Marty waves at Page...

(It's not another double entendre, just a play on words.)

[Marty]

7 hours ago, Headstall said:

Still haven't decided if I will grow vegetables this year....

That decision is entirely for you to make for yourself, bro.

For my own part, I always enjoy growing my own vegetables, and was delighted to be able to do so last year after 6 years of being unable to. Not only are the vegetables fresher than shop bought ones, but I know that they haven't been sprayed with harmful (both to myself, and the general environment) weed killers or pesticides, and that they haven't been treated with unnecessary fertilisers.

It's coming up to the "hungry gap" time of year, when most of my vegetables from last year have been eaten, and there's nothing left in the garden to harvest. I still have potatoes, which should last me into May; but they are starting to form sprouts now, so may shrivel before I get them all eaten. I think there are about half a dozen onions still left on the string hanging in the stone cottage. I planted a row of winter onion sets early last November. They are growing well now (I actually weeded them today), but they probably won't start to form bulbs until May, by which time I should have the main crop sets growing. And there are still some garden peas and some runner beans in Ziploc bags in the freezer. But I'll probably be finding myself having to purchase some of my vegetables over the next couple of months or so, until the garden starts yielding again.  

[Albert1434]

[Marty]

Coming up to 1:00am, so I'm away to my bed.

I'm going to leave you with this rendition of Midnight Walker, performed by Davy Spillane on the uilleann pipes.

The uilleann pipes are a form of bagpipe, where the bellows are operated by the elbow, hence their name (uilleann is Irish Gaelic for elbow). They are my favourite Irish instrument (closely followed by the harp).

 

[Albert1434]

Night Marty

[Albert1434]

NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Takes Selfie With ‘Mont Mercou’

[Bucket1]

13 hours ago, Marty said:

Great news, bro!

So are you getting it in the arm, or the car (like Albert did)?

Hopefully in the arm  

[Bucket1]

13 hours ago, clochette said:

It's another warm and beautiful day here with a bright blue sky and 23°C in the shades!

Humid here today  

Not happy

[Bucket1]

12 hours ago, Headstall said:

Hey, B.   Sigh... I haven't been jabbed in so long...

naughty Gary 

[dughlas]

10 hours ago, Marty said:

Coming up to 1:00am, so I'm away to my bed.

I'm going to leave you with this rendition of Midnight Walker, performed by Davy Spillane on the uilleann pipes.

The uilleann pipes are a form of bagpipe, where the bellows are operated by the elbow, hence their name (uilleann is Irish Gaelic for elbow). They are my favourite Irish instrument (closely followed by the harp).

 

My son has a set of a Scottish version similiar to the uilleann pipes. They are in the same b-flat key as the large highland pipes so tunes sound the same though much softer, their small size makes them ideal for playing indoors.

[dughlas]

6 hours ago, Bucket1 said:

Humid here today  

Not happy

Our weather has taken a distinctly humid turn too. However, we're expecting a strong cold front within the next 18-24 hrs. There is a slight potential for freezing temps Fri and Sat mornings before a gradual warmup.

[Marty]

1 minute ago, dughlas said:

My son has a set of a Scottish version similiar to the uilleann pipes. They are in the same b-flat key as the large highland pipes so tunes sound the same though much softer, their small size makes them ideal for playing indoors.

There are similar pipes in Northumbria, in the North East of England, known as Northumbrian smallpipes. The bellows on these are also operated by the elbow.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northumbrian_smallpipes

It's quite possible that they have a Scottish origin, as the border between England and Scotland changed through the centuries until the Act of Union between England and Scotland in 1707.

[Marty]

12 minutes ago, dughlas said:

7 hours ago, Bucket1 said:

Humid here today  

Not happy

Our weather has taken a distinctly humid turn too. However, we're expecting a strong cold front within the next 18-24 hrs. There is a slight potential for freezing temps Fri and Sat mornings before a gradual warmup.

Overcast and rain here in the Northwest of Ireland at the moment, although it's apparently dry and sunny further East and South. Long term forecast suggesting possibility of a dusting of snow around Easter Monday, with a possibility that high pressure will build in the Atlantic, causing a cold northerly air-flow over the country for most of next week.

[clochette]

3 minutes ago, Marty said:

Overcast and rain here in the Northwest of Ireland at the moment, although it's apparently dry and sunny further East and South. Long term forecast suggesting possibility of a dusting of snow around Easter Monday, with a possibility that high pressure will build in the Atlantic, causing a cold northerly air-flow over the country for most of next week.

I can confirm this. Another bright blue and sunny day and already hot. It's supposed to reach 26°c this afternoon. Our oldest cat spent the morning on the garden table enjoying the warmth but seems to find it too hot now. 

[Marty]

1 minute ago, clochette said:

Another bright blue and sunny day and already hot. It's supposed to reach 26°c this afternoon.

Currently only 10°C/50°F here, and actually feeling even colder with no sunshine.

[clochette]

24 minutes ago, Marty said:

Currently only 10°C/50°F here, and actually feeling even colder with no sunshine.

The forecast is for the weather to change drastically overnight between Thursday and Friday and to keep going downward for the weekeand early next week with rain and temperatures not going above 10°C brrr!

[Albert1434]

Aloha All

[Headstall]

Only 6C here today. Cloudy with some drops of rain. Happy Wednesday, all.  

[Headstall]

1 minute ago, Albert1434 said:

Aloha All

Aloha, Albert.    

[Albert1434]

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