Things you've always wanted to know......
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Re: Things you've always wanted to know......
They don't make it water proof, reed is water proof they are like tiny straws.delbert wrote:How do they make thatched roofs water proof.?
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Re: Things you've always wanted to know......
Cats and pollution I'd imagine have something to do with it.-DL- wrote:Where have all the birds gone in Central London? The feathered kind that is. The statues don't seem to be covered in **** anymore - and after spending the past 5 days doing absolutely bugger all whilst sitting on the top of an open top bus going round and round The City - a few of us were talking about the distinct lack of birds.
Where have they all gone?
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Re: Things you've always wanted to know......
Cats are awesome and all that (except mine - he's a right little c*nt), but you have GOT to put a collar and bell on them if you have any respect for the local bird population.
Actually, I'd be quite pleased if he saw off those f*cking pigeons that keep sh*tting on my BBQ patio.
Actually, I'd be quite pleased if he saw off those f*cking pigeons that keep sh*tting on my BBQ patio.
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Re: Things you've always wanted to know......
There are gaps but the reeds are so tightly bundled & fairly deep that any rain that does make it through doesn't seep down very far & probably dries out quite quickly.delbert wrote:But what about the gaps between the reeds, how are they sealed?
Not sure I'd want one though, they only last x number of years before needing redoing, unlike a tile or slate roof, which will last much, much longer. There may be an issue with higher house insurance premiums, as well.
Looks nice though.
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Re: Things you've always wanted to know......
When someone dies and the response is "thats no age"
What exactly is an "age" to die?
What exactly is an "age" to die?
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Re: Things you've always wanted to know......
81.6 is current par, though I suspect that'll start to drop soon enough and won't climb again whilst people are cramming as many cheeseburgers, doughnuts and deep-fried pizzas into their mouths as they are.
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The first cut will be fairly soon here in Wiltshire and Autumn will be the third cut in many places.Rocketron wrote:Why do we refer to a reaction to pollen Hayfever, when hay isn't made until the Autumn?
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The pigeons have migrated to my back garden. We have a pigeon specific bird table and feed them every day. We also have a pair of ducks that visit most days, but they think they are pigeons. They sit on the house roof or even on the fence. I've never seen ducks behave like that before.-DL- wrote:Where have all the birds gone in Central London?
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This is so true.DasNutNock wrote:81.6 is current par, though I suspect that'll start to drop soon enough and won't climb again whilst people are cramming as many cheeseburgers, doughnuts and deep-fried pizzas into their mouths as they are.
The number of schoolkids walking home from school, stuffing their faces EVERY DAY with fried chicken & chips.
These are the same people who we'll be relying on to pay OUR state pensions in the future, when instead, they'll be having to have quadruple heart bypasses in their 30's...
Wrong thread, I realise..
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Re: Things you've always wanted to know......
Dunno. How old are you?westham,eggyandchips wrote:When someone dies and the response is "thats no age"
What exactly is an "age" to die?
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Re: Things you've always wanted to know......
Is "shell-like" a commonly used expression by Londoners for "ear", or was it made up by the writers of Minder?
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Re: Things you've always wanted to know......
Judging by the amount of birdshit on my car this morning, they're all hanging out in a tree opposite my house.-DL- wrote:Where have all the birds gone in Central London? The feathered kind that is. The statues don't seem to be covered in **** anymore - and after spending the past 5 days doing absolutely bugger all whilst sitting on the top of an open top bus going round and round The City - a few of us were talking about the distinct lack of birds.
Where have they all gone?
Seriously, it seems to be a problem not limited to Central London:
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Re: Things you've always wanted to know......
Definitely no, sbh.southbrishammer wrote:Is "shell-like" a commonly used expression by Londoners for "ear", or was it made up by the writers of Minder?
Not linked to rhyming slang in any way.
'Shell-like' has been used to mean a person's ear since the late 19th century. Clearly this refers to the ear's shape.
The earliest citation of the words in that context that I can find is Thomas Hood's romantic poem Bianca's Dream, 1827:
'This, with more tender logic of the kind,
He pour'd into her small and shell-like ear,
That timidly against his lips inclin'd;
Meanwhile her eyes glanced on the silver sphere
That even now began to steal behind
A dewy vapour, which was lingering near,
Wherein the dull moon crept all dim and pale,
Just like a virgin putting on the veil'.
Despite Hood's rather syrupy effort the phrase failed to catch the public imagination and didn't appear again in print for some years. The next citation I can find is in an example of romantic fiction from the USA, in what sounds like pre-bodice-ripper style, from a perhaps unlikely source - the Mckean County Miner, Smethport, Pennsylvania, February 1878:
"Without a word he clasped Miss Patterson in his arms. 'My darling!' was all he said. She struggled to free herself, strongly at first: but as he whispered something in the crimson shell-like ear close to his trembling lips, the pretty head sank upon his shoulder..."
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Re: Things you've always wanted to know......
I keep getting dry skin above my eyes, on the bit of skin above my eye lids but below the eye brow.
It's on both eyes. I don't get dry skin anywhere else on my body (friction burn on my cock notwithstanding).
It's getting on my nerves now. It's a bit sore today.
What's with that?
It's on both eyes. I don't get dry skin anywhere else on my body (friction burn on my cock notwithstanding).
It's getting on my nerves now. It's a bit sore today.
What's with that?