Mundane News

[tyred]

I've woken up a bit earlier than usual. Looks another nice morning out.

 

[biggs682]

First cuppa brewing
Cloud cover but dry and chilly
Friday at last

 

[biggs682]

First cuppa went down well
Garden bird feeders have been topped up
Just watched local black cat climbing into a bush in our garden trying to get the birds already in there .

 

[Illaveago]

Morning .
It is chilly out ! I have been out several times . To put the bins out , top up the bird feeders and to put a bike in my garage.
I will be going out with my friends in a while so I will have to wrap up warmly.

 

[Gwylan]

Threatening them with pastry and / or a bottle of red wine should do the trick

A bit of TLC and security makes all the difference. 🐔

 

[Gwylan]

All this chicken stuff! Has anyone ever seen a chicken on a bicycle?

In China i saw a bike loaded with ducks packed into woven basket type things.
Also saw a cyclist transporting 100s of eggs to market in Madagascar.

But suggesting using a hen to make coq au vin is a step too far.

Where are the mods when you need them?

 

[oldwheels]

You'd be hard pressed to notice any real difference between free range or those kept in a hen house/shed. The same with the eggs.
Battery hens are another matter.

And cocks are dry meat, compared to a hen.

Free range varies.
The ones sold in supermarkets are controlled free range hens as opposed to ones like my grandparents had who wandered everywhere around the croft except near the house kitchen door. A small dog was kept whose sole job was to keep all livestock 50 yards away from the door area.

 

[Andy in Germany]

I was thinking of it more as suitable motivation i.e. if you don't lay, you'll end up as coq-au-vin pie

My smallholding friend in Wales did that with his psychotic Cockrell after it attacked him at head height one time too many. Apparently it tasted surprisingly good.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

All this chicken stuff! Has anyone ever seen a chicken on a bicycle?

Child's play!

 

[oldwheels]

Overcast and a cold wind. The sky looking west is a bit ominous and black which does not bode well.

I think I will continue the clearing out of stuff I will never use again but some things I find it difficult to part with as they hold many memories.
There are loads of books which I will never read and they should really go probably to landfill. The charity shops generally have more than they can cope with already.
Some books have a cash value but not very many that I have and unless I mark them my family will not recognise them as valuable and even then will probably junk them.

 

[Illaveago]

I'd say very few get to see their teenage years.

We had a couple which became pensioners. We told our mum and dad not to kill Silky. There were two which had silky smooth feathers.You couldn't tell them apart so they lived for years.

 

[classic33]

My smallholding friend in Wales did that with his psychotic Cockrell after it attacked him at head height one time too many. Apparently it tasted surprisingly good.

It thought everyone were out to get it, then your mate got in there first?

 

[classic33]

Overcast and a cold wind. The sky looking west is a bit ominous and black which does not bode well.

I think I will continue the clearing out of stuff I will never use again but some things I find it difficult to part with as they hold many memories.
There are loads of books which I will never read and they should really go probably to landfill. The charity shops generally have more than they can cope with already.
Some books have a cash value but not very many that I have and unless I mark them my family will not recognise them as valuable and even then will probably junk them.

Check between the pages of books.
I've found money in a number of secondhand books. Folk do it either to keep the money safe, or as a bookmark. Then forget it's there.

 

[Andy in Germany]

It thought everyone were out to get it, then your mate got in there first?

Quite possibly. It was known on the smallholding as "Boris the B*st*rd" due to its constant attempts to ravage or kill everything that moved, up to and including, sheep, a Shetland pony, my smallholding friend, and on one occasion, a tractor.

 

[classic33]

Quite possibly. It was known on the smallholding as "Boris the B*st*rd" due to its constant attempts to ravage or kill everything that moved, up to and including, sheep, a Shetland pony, my smallholding friend, and on one occasion, a tractor.

Maybe it had tried to make a bid for freedom on the tractor and found it wouldn't help.