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This will not win me any friends, but you won't find me shedding any tears for a grey squirrel.
But I agree that if it's willing and able to do that to a squirrel...
If there'd been any reds around, they would have met the same fate? My junior school was called Squirrels Heath and we had a red squirrel on our badge. I'm not sure if there were any left in the area by then though.  |
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We all love The Observer and Guardian for it's veggie and meat recipes. Well here is one for grey squirrel pasties and a low down on what squirrel tastes like. Evidently butchers can't get enough of them! (Squirrels that is, not pasties). Certainly when it is the on-dit that Miranda will be serving a confit of squirrels served on a bed of Puy lentils and a drizzle of 2000 vintage Modena balsamic with a few artfully placed leaves of rocket those who are not in the favoured dinner party set knash their teeth and rent their clothing, for they will not experience those Heavenly delights. It is truly the new environmentally friendly green eco-meat http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/food/story/0,,2279357,00.html |
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That's what greyhounds are bred to do though, why do you think tracks have mechanical hares running around them ? The dog was probably as surprised as the squirrel that it actually caught it. Maybe it was an old or sick squirrel, survival of the fittest and all that.
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It's a gorgeous morning here, bright and clear. Now, will that be enough to motivate me to actually do something constructive today instead of footling around and then wondering where the day has gone?  |
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« Reply #574 on: 09:29:34, 16-06-2008 » |
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Gorgeous here too Mort, in answer to your rhetorical question ( well you know what I mean) ..probably not  A |
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« Reply #575 on: 10:35:07, 16-06-2008 » |
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« Reply #576 on: 12:46:56, 22-06-2008 » |
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Whatever happened to "flaming June"? We have a gale here of winter high tide proportions and are being buffeted by a sandstorm that would rival the worst excesses of the Sahara.  |
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« Reply #577 on: 13:28:36, 22-06-2008 » |
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Here is an excerpt from my newspage - the writer obviously is a genius for understatement...
"Morecambe Bay and Blackpool may be quite stormy for a time this afternoon and the heavy weather may not subside until the evening," he said.
"The north-west coasts of England may have the strongest winds but inland areas are also at risk of gales.
"The north Midlands and East Anglia may also have gales but the effects should be to a lesser extent."
And, he added: "The effects will be felt further east as well from Cleveland to Lincolnshire."
He warned the unusually strong winds for June were "strong enough to bring down branches and even whole trees in the summer".
"Public transport may be effected with lying debris on roads and rail."
It's really scary here at the moment! I'm expecting children to come and play this afternoon and my Tesco delivery so there should be fun and games when I open the front door. There's a whirlwind out there.
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« Reply #578 on: 13:43:24, 22-06-2008 » |
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It's very blowy here on the South Coast too - enough to blow a couple of pots over in the garden - but bright as well.
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At every one of these [classical] concerts in England you will find rows of weary people who are there, not because they really like classical music, but because they think they ought to like it. (Shaw, Don Juan in Hell)
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« Reply #579 on: 14:45:01, 22-06-2008 » |
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Here is an excerpt from my newspage - the writer obviously is a genius for understatement...
"Public transport may be effected with lying debris on roads and rail."
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« Reply #580 on: 15:26:33, 22-06-2008 » |
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Here is an excerpt from my newspage - the writer obviously is a genius for understatement...
"Public transport may be effected with lying debris on roads and rail."
Not so much of a genius for spelling, though, Mills.... True, Ron. I'm finding this more and more on the newspage. There is a lack of basic grammar, correct spelling and punctuation. Anyway, the children all arrived as expected - a bit on the sandy side but nothing that couldn't be brushed off. Likewise the Tesco order, although the driver did seem a bit concerned about the strength of the winds. It was quite a high-sided van. He was wearing sunglasses to keep the sand out of his eyes whilst he trundled the crates up to people's doors. It's really awful and I'm fed up about it. Nothing anyone can do about the weather though. I'm looking after someone's tortoise for a fortnight while they're on holiday but I haven't let him out in the garden today. He's sulking in his box. |
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« Reply #581 on: 16:31:42, 22-06-2008 » |
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Ironing, grand-kids, dogs and now tortoises. Is there no end to your abilities, Milly?
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« Reply #583 on: 17:22:31, 22-06-2008 » |
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Very blowy here in Brum. I've been watching cricket this afternoon and I was doing my best to get out of the wind, though the air wasn't particularly cold, unlike on Bank Holiday Monday when we had similar strength winds and it was freezing. Leaves and small branches lying everywhere - one small branch hit me on the side of the neck as I was walking round the ground  The only large branch I saw down was at the end of my road. |
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« Reply #584 on: 17:53:50, 22-06-2008 » |
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Very blowy here too, all my tall shrubs one side of the garden are very much detached from the 6-foot fence now.
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