Oztalgian
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10 hours ago, nonnaB said:
Ours are typical of this region and they call them Zucche ( Zucca) which means pumpkin.
Those in the photo are Tromboncino pumpkins named for their shape.
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4 hours ago, nonnaB said:
not the round type but like large cucumbers with a bulb on the end.
NonnaB are these the ones? (photo from Wikipedia)
Called Butternut squash around most of the world but here in OZ and NZ are known as butternut pumpkin.
Great for roasting and makes the best soup with a sweetish nutty taste. Or are they the type called Black Peanut?
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Still not the best newspaper site ever but streets ahead of the BBC Nottingham site.
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Forest's new manager Steve Cooper was asked how is sides' play would differ from that of Chris Hughton's team.
He replied saying "Not like that, like this"
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Great photo, that one would make a great jigsaw Albert.
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9 hours ago, Brew said:
They seem to have disappeared on the Saturday August 10th 1968 edition
Thanks Brew. I was at work then so I would probably not noticed. Problem solved.
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About half an hour ago an earthquake of magnitude 6, 10 kilometres deep happened in Mansfield, Victoria, Australia. No injuries or major damage has been reported. Walls have collapsed in Melbourne around 200 kilometers away.
Back in 1991 a similar earthquake happened in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, UK. It caused 2 million pounds worth of improvements.
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3 hours ago, catfan said:
Mrs C won't make me a bacon sandwich
Bacon is one of the essential food groups.
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3 hours ago, Mess said:
I do wonder when the FP stopped using the characters across the top of the paper.
3 hours ago, Beekay said:Just for our Colonial cousin, Oz. This is for you. Cheers.
Thanks guys, as I said I delivered the football papers from around 1962 and can't ever recall the characters on the banner.
Like Mess I am now fascinated as to when they were phased out.
More investigations needed.
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40 minutes ago, DJ360 said:
That said I've never knowingly bought any Sony product,
I swore off Sony products in the days where every cable that you needed to connect to any Sony product, TV, Stereo system, camcorders and even cameras was a special Sony cable and cost a small fortune when compared to more universal cables.
Having said that the first tv we bought in OZ (1975) was a Sony Trinitron colour TV in a cabinet with like a sideways roller door that you could close so it just looked like a piece of furniture when not in use. We never had any problems with it, you could not kill it. It only died through obsolescence.
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15 hours ago, philmayfield said:
we bought them from Merryweather's in Southwell.
Is Merryweathers still on Fiskerton Rd at the top of the hill where you drop down into Southwell? Bought a fair few roses from their many years ago.
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9 hours ago, MargieH said:
I made 3 crumbles yesterday
Blackberry and Apple crumble with lashings of piping hot custard......Yummo
You have to be careful picking blackberries here especially on the road side as they are a declared noxious weed and have been most likely sprayed. Never seen a Bramley apple in OZ, we have to make do with Granny Smith as cookers.
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11 hours ago, Mess said:
I'm sure you remember the Thomas Henry characters across the top of the front page of The Football Post which included all the teams you mention with the exception of Doncaster.
Mess, I used to deliver the Football Post and the Football News on a Saturday evening in the early 60s and I must have looked at thousands of papers but I can't recall those figures, where they around then? Those old guides must be fascinating, can you post a couple of photos please.
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15 hours ago, Mess said:
You never know Notts might be the top dogs again in Nottinghamshire football in a few years time. I live in hope but seriously wish the others well or there'll be no one left for Notts to play.
Has anyone noticed how often clubs that have sacked their managers win the game afterwards, as in the case of Forest yesterday.
"Local" club comments..... it is still early days yet.
Forest, hope they can continue to get a few wins and steer well clear of the threat of relegation, still need some strikers
County, I truly hope that they win the league and get the automatic promotion spot.
Stags, hope their form slump is only temporary
Chesterfield, it would be good if they too could reclaim their EFL place but not at the expense of County.
Doncaster, struggling at the wrong end of league 1
Derby, no more to say other than I hope no one entertains Rooney as the next Forest manager
Lincoln, pride of the East Midlands at the moment even though they are only 17th in div 1 and only 4 points clear of Doncaster.
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On 9/12/2021 at 1:58 AM, MargieH said:
can someone sort out which Terminus it was please so I can file that memory away properly..,TIA
It would have probably been a Barton's bus Service No 12 from Leicester Southgate to Nottingham Huntingdon Street.
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Just read a report in the Post about Forest fans complaining about the lack of cleanliness in certain areas.
One complainant said "It's for everyone if that makes sense, fans all want to go to a ground and not have to put up with facilities that are not Championship level."
A bit strange when they are still going to watch a team that is certainly not Championship level yet it has the second highest average attendance in the Championship???
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Oh dear! another home defeat. Look out for an announcement soon.
If the Reds are ever going to recover it is now time for a clear out of the owners, directors, coaching staff and players.
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Another loss, this time at home to Cardiff. I just don't understand the thinking at the club as it keeps signing defenders and defensive midfield players. In order to win you need to score more goals than your opposition yet we have no-one that can score. 5 goals for and 10 against, this ratio is not going to stave off relegation. Unless there are some drastic changes it is going to be a grim year.
Meanwhile back in Mansfield with five straight defeats they have slid from promotion contenders to 20th.
Thankfully the Magpies continue to hold their spot in the play off group and are the only bright point in Notts football at the moment
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Have any Nottstalgians had a look at or filled out this survey, if so what did you think of it?
The link is here for anyone that is interested in having a look or contributing to it.
The Big Notts Survey 2021 - Nottinghamshire County Council - Citizen Space
Although I don't live in Notts, it was my home county and out of curiosity I had a look through it and to be quite honest I thought straight away a typical government survey. Not asking questions that it did not want to hear any answers to.
Initially a lot of waffle about the impact of Covid and positive factors related to Covid. Then challenges and opportunities related to post Covid.
A section on individual and family aspirations which is fine. The first part of section 3 is about ambitions for your local area and starts with questions about your local area, (a 15-20 walk from your home), then Nottinghamshire as a whole. Finishing off with the usual demographics about you.
Reading comments on this site and others I can't help but think that there was so much more that could/should have been covered instead of the guff about covid.
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1 hour ago, Mess said:
The next ad is rumoured to employ a three legged dog.
Yes all inclusive here too. We have an ad on TV here for dog heartworm tablets etc. that has a disabled dog. He is a quite cute Dachshund with two wheels in support of his rear legs.
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3 minutes ago, DJ360 said:
Carl's Fables
A great local band, Played regularly at the Forest Folk Hotel in Bliduth. The pub is long gone, now a Tesco such a shame as it was a beautiful building, a pity it could not be retained some how similar to the Robin Hood at Renuth.
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Thanks everyone. With a Mediterranean climate roses do very well here just have to look out for black spot and aphids at certain times of the year. I am looking to plant some showy fragrant varieties as apart from the odd spray and dead-heading they pretty much look after themselves.
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11 hours ago, DJ360 said:
even less to the currently popular style of roses
4 hours ago, Jill Sparrow said:including a gorgeous peach coloured rose which actually smells of peaches!
DJ360 and Jill, None of the modern roses seem to have any fragrance these days. I am re-modelling part of the garden and want to put in some Hybrid tea roses with a fragrance. Any recommendations, I like the thought of the peach one you mentioned Jill. Can you remember a name? I have done a search and come up with Jude the Obscure that smells like grapefruit and Evelyn and Eureka supposedly smell like peaches. I even found one that the catalogue says smells like sherbet lemons
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2 hours ago, philmayfield said:
I check the cars over every week as well.
Why bother, modern cars have so many sensors a light will come on if it wants anything.
How's your day?
in Owt' Abaaht Nowt !
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Today in my quest to rid myself of small petrol engines and equipment with electrical needs I tried out my new 36V battery operated, brushless? self propelled lawn mower.
The clutch on the self propelled petrol mower had no more adjustment left and was no longer driving the mower, the cost to repair a thirty year old mower was 60% of the cost of the new battery mower.
The new mower was brilliant, no more filling with petrol, stuggling with a pull cord and wrestling a heavy steel framed mower around the lawn. Charge the battery, pop it and the interlock key in, pull the bale arm and press the start button and away you go. It is very light as it is mostly of plastic construction but has a parts and labour warranty for six years.
A quick blow down and wipe over with a damp cloth and put away till next week. Very impressed!