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On 11/8/2012 at 8:19 PM, Cliff Ton said:
Next one up was Morris Street. I can't enlarge this too much or the detail goes completely, but hopefully you'll get the main idea
Can you repost this image, please, Cliff Ton?
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Julie is looking forward to fish in parsley sauce for tea. I took my eyes off the cat for five minutes.....Wonder how she will like the beans on toast?
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Hope your second opinion is more positive, Brew. Good luck.
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So, had the hare stew in a thick red wine sauce last night and there's still some left for my dinner today. Luckily, I am on my own here when it comes to eating road kill! 'Er indoors simply won't touch it, so there's more for me. The loin I had as a pan fried starter.
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I love the sound of Feral Mixed Grill! Yummy.
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Cycling along in the dark this morning nwondering what to cook for the evening meal when a van overtook me and WHAM! Hit and killed a big hare! Menu sorted!!
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[Seen elsewhere, author not credited]
The outside toilet.
In deep midwinter freezing cold,
Walked down the path, feeling bold,
Needed to go, just couildn't wait,
But the wind and rain would not abate.
Those powdered walls that made you white,
If you should touch them out of fright,
When a big black spider came to greet,
As you sat upon the cold, hard seat.
The sunday paper cut in squares,
Waitng to cut your derriere,
Hung from a nail on the wall,
Something to read whilst in the stall.
Alas, the spider's getting near,
Making your time there fill with fear,
Suspense is interrupting the flow,
Should you stay or should you go?
Try as you might, it will not come,
So grab a square and wipe your bum.
With one fast move you're out of there,
Brushing cobwebs from your hair.
That was terror when I was a lad,
So when they put loos inside, I was glad!
Just be thankful as you pull that chain,
You need not go outside again.
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Oztalgian: All footpaths are marked in Kms here in Scotland, whereas roads still use Miles but I don't know why footpaths are Kms - unless the EU paid for some of the signage costs?
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If an Admin see this, could you please amend "Nonn" in the title to read "Non". I don't know how.
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Black Magic as was:
Black Magic today:
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Now that the Tories are back in control I have to rethink my Christmas plans: I reckon it's time to join a "Chirstmas Chocolate Club" if I'm to have any hope of a feast next December!
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Starter for ten: A 1950s children's Christmas chocolate smoker's gift set - DEEP JOY!
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PP: There's a myth that the duke, bloody Englishman, gave orders to clear out the crofters from the estate and replace them with sheep. The truth is that it was his Scottish wife that ran the Sutherland estate and her henchman, Scotsman Patrick Sellar, was the bastard that burned peoples homes to make sure they couldn't return. You may have seen the 100ft high statue of the duke on top of Ben Bhraggie in Golspie. For many years there has been a campaign by nutters to have it demolished. He looks out over his house and the sea. The detractors claim that he is "Turning his back on the estate and its inhabitants".
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Theya re all low resolution Barrie. Anyrode miduck, you could copy and paste or right click and "save as" or "copy image address".
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Thanks Barrie.
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PP: The Duke of Sutherland was English. He was the Marquis of Stafford and made millions from coal. He even opened two mines in sutherland bu tteh coal was poor quality and didn't steam well enough to power his factories and so the venture was a failure.
I did watch the programme last night and gave it a score of 1/10 on the media review panel. It was poorly presented, badly edited and contained some questionable information.
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Col: I used to go caving in Yorks and Derbys 40yrs ago but the only caves I have been in up here are 'Smoo Cave' in the far north and 'The Bone Caves' in Assynt. With an entrance cavern around 150ft high, Smoo Cave is known locally as the Cathedral. Tourists can take a seasonal boat trip into the entrance caverns but the main system is blocked by an ancient fall, currently under investigation by archaeologists. Evidence of fires inside the cave has been found and it caught their atteniton. The cave system in Assynt is said to run for many miles and possibly connect with Smoo in the north. Excavations might prove the theory in a few years time. The bone caves yielded bones from Pleistocene epoch mammals and evidence of prehistoric occupation by humans.
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Out and about in central Sutherland at Forsinard, Garvault and Syre:
Ben Klibreck
Hills around Garvault
Red Deer stag
More of the blighters
Dubh Lochans at Forsinard. Translates to small black pools
RSPB viewing platform at Forsinard reserve.
Island in a loch
Travelled along this road from Kinbrace to Syre for over an hour and saw not a single other vehicle or person
Syre church
Syre is a corrugated iron church, well tended.
Syre church interior. I was the first to sign the visitor bok for 2020, which was nice
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New day, new moan.....it ain't arf windy out there this morning. I almost flew up the hills this morning on my bike but coming back was a different story. Stop pedalling and it was like an emergency brake application!
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Late night owl, Ben? According to theh posting gen you made the above post at around 2am this morning!
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I've gorra chain in't shed - no, a REAL surveyor's chain: 22yds long with 100 links.
Whilst we are still on the subject of weights and measures, don't forget the CRAN. 1 Cran = 1,200 herrings or 28 stones in weight.
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Interesting day for me today:
1. Today I have outlived my father
2. Today is the 32nd birthday of my second son to my second wife
3. Today is the 51st anniversary of my fiirst marriage-
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The River's have Salmon; the lochs have brown trout but only small ones. One does occasionally see anglers on the lochs but usually on those that are stocked rather than the natural ones. I have met many Munro baggers that carry a collapsible rod for the purpose of trying to catch dinner
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Boarding passes printed out for late Jan through Feb hols.
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Memories of Daybrook and Other things.
in General Chat about Nottingham
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Looking for a picture of Wings motorbike shop at the bottom of Morris Street/Mansfield road, Daybrook. Can anyone help, please? There were some images on here from Picture the Past but I can't getthem to display.