littlebro 234 Posted April 23, 2013 Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 The sun is being kind to us for St George's Day! Have a happy day everyone. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted April 23, 2013 Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 Happy St. Georges Day everyone. I hope you all enjoy Englands special day. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Smith 9 Posted April 23, 2013 Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 Did you draw this Michael Booth ? If so well done. It's a beautiful drawing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted April 23, 2013 Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 Happy St Georges day everybody. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted April 23, 2013 Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 St George was almost certainly Greek & never set foot in England. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fivestarkeg 0 Posted April 23, 2013 Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 St George was almost certainly Greek & never set foot in England Really ? What about St. Paddy, where was he from? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,533 Posted April 23, 2013 Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 St Paddy was the name of a race horse also the name of a Deltic diesel locomotive Rog Happy Georges day btw 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted April 23, 2013 Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 St George didn't kill the "Dragon" anyway she only died a fortnight ago! At least it is believed that St Patrick did visit Ireland. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bob Shureuncle 19 Posted April 23, 2013 Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 St George didn't kill the "Dragon" anyway she only died a fortnight ago! At least it is believed that St Patrick did visit Ireland. You're wrong about that .....She is still alive and kicking , living with my Father in Law ...sadly . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted April 23, 2013 Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 St George was almost certainly Greek & never set foot in England. There must be a joke to do with the Duke of Edinburgh somewhere there, but I can't think what it is! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 I suppose St Patrick went to America too, ................Well they have bigger parties on March 17th there than they do in most of Ireland ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 Happy St. George’s Day - Proud to be British - No Surrender 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 Tis also Shakespeare's birthday. Cry God for Harry, England and St George! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 ......... and the day he died. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,217 Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 Why did Edward III pick St George as Patron Saint of England he never set foot on English soil? Nottstalgia Choir ….. Altogether now "And did those feet in ancient time walk upon England's mountains green …... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 The hymn to which the answer to each question is No’! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 “We’re not English either Son, now put the f**king flag up” 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,217 Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 100 likes for that one RR...……. Briliant! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,710 Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 Today is by tradition the day that St George's Mushroom (Calocybe Gambosa) appears in the UK. One of few mushrooms to appear this early and even fewer to be good eating. It is edible and rather good. However, to the uninitiated it is also superficially similar to Amanita Verna the Spring Amanita.. which is deadly. Lets be careful out there!!! Col Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 We used to have an old lady own our lane who was a self acknowledged expert on mushrooms. She looked the part, black floppy hat, black cape. I remember her being carted off in an ambulance after one misadventure. Mushrooms can be very nasty things. Always take advice from a proper expert. Even then, ignore it and don't eat them unless bought from a reliable source. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,710 Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 Phil, there are several thousand species of Mushrooms /Fungi in this country. The vast majority are harmless but inedible because they don't taste nice, are too tough, too bitter or whatever. Others are toxic or sometimes hallucinogenic, but not deadly. Then there are a much smaller number of edible fungi, or 'esculents'. General advice even with these is to be cautious, as some people have allergic reactions even though the species is not actually toxic. Among edibles, the 'Field Mushroom' and it's close relatives are maybe most popular.. but also pretty easy to get wrong, for the same sort of reasons as the two I compared above. They are both white and both have persistently white caps, stems flesh and gills. Field mushrooms and other Agarics have pinkish gills which darken with age, but there are a couple of poisonous Agarics.. easily identified if you know what you are doing. However, even to an amateur like me it's difficult to miss the fact that A.Verna has a clear ring on the stem.. which is also bulbous at the base, and when properly developed it follows the classic Amanita 'form' which is easily recognisable. I can also tell you from experience that C.Gambosa has a distinctive and strong 'mealy' sort of smell. There are many other differences which become almost second nature.. a bit like recognising a familiar face. The other major group are the Boletus. B. Edulis, the Cepe, or Penny Bun is easy to recognise and only really able to be confused with Tylopilus Felleus, the Bitter Bolete, which I have never seen, but would know from the clear differences. Either way.. it is apparently overwhelmingly bitter but otherwise harmless. There are a couple of poisonous Boletes which are rare, grow on Limestone substrates and are well documented. I doubt you'd see them and want to eat them. Bottom line.. if you apply yourself you learn to recognise the good stuff and if in any doubt whatever, you leave it alone. These days I only tend to pick Cepes and one or two other Boletes, nice Blewitts, Oysters..and Chicken of the Woods if I catch it while still young and fresh. If you know your limits, there's no need to be scared of Fungi. One article I read said that on a statistical basis, ten randomly picked plants from the hedgerow are far more likely to include something deadly, than ten randomly picked fungi. However.. that's only a statistic and I wouldn't recommend trying it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 What I want to know is, how did anybody get to know and live to tell about it? You can only be wrong once.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 We did have an enormous crop of mushrooms in our hay meadow about 20 years ago. It's never happened since. Unless someone comes before dawn and picks them for market! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,710 Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 59 minutes ago, loppylugs said: What I want to know is, how did anybody get to know and live to tell about it? You can only be wrong once.. I have many books on Fungi. One quotes some really useful advice from some Medieval Know All: "There be two kinds of Musherons..Them that maketh good meat.... and them that be dedly" So that's OK then.... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 I'm sitting in my library now and I can see a few books on fungi on the shelf which I must confess to not having read. I know library sounds rather grand but it's a room with bookshelves so what else can I call it? I shall peruse them straight away and become a leading authority! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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