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Barrie, I worked in the extractive industry (mainly gravel) nearly all my working life so I think I'll pass on your idea, thanks for the suggestion though Rog

Big problem with moss in the grass at the back of my place it's an area that never gets any sunshine on it even in summer, I have tried aerating the area using my garden fork and raking in some sharp sand, I have used my powered scarifyer and also a good going over with a lawn rake all to no avail. I don't like to use chemicals on my garden so upto now that has not been an option, however I was told about using "Iron sulphate" on the moss as this doesn't damage the grass so I bit the bullet and gave it a go, mixed some of the powder up in tepid water and poured it into my sprayer, one light sp

Nice to see the blossom out in Newark yesterday, even in the rain and Trent bridge through the mist Rog

Might be of interest Rog

Sometimes switch mine on but there's very few people on the airwaves out here just the odd trucker, the scanner gets more use these days listening to the red arrows most days doing their practice routines also get A2A and A2G from RAF Waddington, Marham, Lakenheath and Mildenhall Rog

I still have a Midland CB and a power pack and several aerials plus my scanner that can pick up military air waves Rog

and spreading throughout the whole country Rog

Regular occurrence around Boston so I'm told Barrie Rog

I tried to have a look at the dig yesterday but you can't get anywhere near it, the only place where you could see a little part of it was through the archway but the ground is absolutely covered in pigeon crap so I didn't bother, such a shame really because there are loads of people interested but unable to access it Rog

Between Castle gate and Middle gate there is a small alleyway and at the entrance off Castle gate are these unusual bricks set into the wall about twelve to fifteen inches from the ground, the story is when the alleyway was constructed 17th/18th century men would urinate against the wall to help combat this practice these angled bricks (some with fluted tops) was set into the wall therefore directing any urine from the culprit back towards his trousers and boots, I don't know whether it did stop the practice but I think we could do with something like these against some of the walls in some ci

(Waterproof skin Phil) and yes I have waterproof jacket and trousers but with only being twelve minutes bike ride from home is it worth taking waterproofs with me? Rog

Looks like Tuesday will be my best chance of a spot of fishing then Phil Rog

The river level has started to drop now so if the weather stays dry for a few days I might be able to have a couple of hours fishing next mid week, fingers crossed Rog

No Jill still got four left, might leave them for boxing day Rog

"Christmas is coming"? but I didn't think it would be this early, got these this morning from the asda Hykeham, sell by date 28 Feb 2024, aarrgg [/ur Rog

Starting next Monday evening at 18.30 (and every following Monday) on Talking pictures, Jack Hargreaves "Out of town", well worth watching if you like the old ways things were done Rog

You'll get a detention if you don't reply quick enough Jill or even made to stand in the dreaded quadrant alone Rog

Packham the pigeon lover, a few years ago he got a bill passed banning the shooting of wood pigeons for that year, now we are over run with them and they are destroying food crops at an enormous rate, thankyou mr packham for that Rog

Went for the usual medical checkup a few years ago and the "rotund" practice nurse told me I should consider going on a diet, I said If she let me have the details I could go on the same diet as she was on, didn't go down too well to be honest, Lincolnshire folk don't have the same sense of humour as us Notts folk Rog

Some years ago Dr David Bellamy was giving talks and presentations at the Attenborough nature reserve (before the visitor center was there) and because I was working at that quarry I volunteered to help him set up his stage and props for his talk, we got on well together and had a great discussion about the nature reserve there and he was really interested (or he showed he was) in the fact that I started my interest in ornithology at the reserve some thirty years before through an after hours club at school and that I had carried on the interest into my later life and what an ideal job I had t

De hydrate ha ha nice one Brew Rog

winter sunshine on the tree at the end of my garden Rog

Any thing as long as you don't mix up Anusol with Autosol Rog

Still use old faithful though Rog

Not had chance to try this one yet but it seems to do everything from making yoghurt to baking and roasting Rog