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We have pink stickers here. They're round too.

Last week I got 30% off three packs of mozarella made from Bison milk.

Bison? You mean like an American buffalo? I sure wouldn't want to milk one of those. Testy old critters, they are. Tasty, also.

 

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There's 147 commercially available varieties available in the UK.

Purple ones?

 

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Yep but those were old 'layers' that had reached the end of their productive value not the 6-8 week old tasty tender lovelies we get now

21 days in the egg, 42 days in the yard. I was appalled when I first heard that at university.

 

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Bison?

A Bison is something a Brummie washes their hands in?

 

[Andy in Germany]

I'm in the States, though. We had a lot of chicken farms. And people raised chickens in their back yards. Like us. Then markets had many chickens as well. After the Napoleon incident,(wherein Louis Napoleon, the rooster, attacked my aunt as she was walking past the chicken yard, and received a summary court-martial and execution,) we culled the flock down and bought eggs and chickens from Herr Hopp at the Cardinal, a neighborhood grocery store. Part of the reason that we don't have the light trucks and vans Europe does is because Europeans did not want American chickens in their markets, so they placed a large tariff on chickens. We placed a large tariff on any mini van with a passenger interior coming from Europe. I believe interiors are still added here.

A friend in Wales tells a similar story about a Cockrel of his called (and this was several years back, so no political commentary) "Boris the B*****d". Boris was very aggressive and liked to challenge my friend for supremacy.

One day Boris went for my friend, launching himself from a haybale so he was at eye height. This resulted in a brief shower of feathers and Coq au vin for dinner.

 

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Never mind the chair, the mosquitos really don't like it and that's good enough for me.

 

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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9kQtd4_WcU

Buffalo, like these. A mountain of ill temper and erratic behavior. Makes good hamburger, or mince, tatties and 'neeps.

 

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The National Accelerator, about a hundred miles to my north, has a herd grazing there, by the way.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermilab#Wildlife_at_Fermilab
Mrs. GA has seen them.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Just checked the weather for next week. I think the Apocalypse is arriving tomorrow:

More than 50L per m² in the next 24h. Then the same again on Tuesday but more so.

Fortunately we live on the top of a hill.

 

[Reynard]

Had a fun day out at MWA with a cat show friend who is also into motorsports.

Saw some stunning racing cars - most, but not all were short oval, but there was some rally and rallycross machinery there too. Highlights of the day was a lovely display of classic Superstox from the 70s and 80s, a Lancia Stratos, a Ford RS200 rallycross car, a Ford RS1800 rally car and I bumped into an old friend as well. Namely an ex-Torquespeed Chevrolet Monte Carlo ASCAR that now races in the ELMS series.

Shame there were only two stands selling memorabilia. I did have a good rummage, but none of it was of any interest to me as it was mostly hot rod stuff and too recent.

Am really knackered now, so chilling with a and going to reheat a bowl of curry in a bit.

 

[Reynard]

Yep but those were old 'layers' that had reached the end of their productive value not the 6-8 week old tasty tender lovelies we get now

Tough they might have been, but they did make a damn good chicken soup or casserole. They had so much more flavour than the chooks you can buy now...

 

[Reynard]

Yeah, we're all over Avant Garde we are. Got lots of it.

Usually in the freezer section.

Cool! A man after my own heart.

 

[Reynard]

That my life has reached this point. Off to Shropshire potato day.

And was it fun?

I'll admit I preferred my day out, but to be fair, racing cars aren't very edible...

 

[Reynard]

Just checked the weather for next week. I think the Apocalypse is arriving tomorrow:

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More than 50L per m² in the next 24h. Then the same again on Tuesday but more so.

Fortunately we live on the top of a hill.

Just a wee bit soggy, then? Is there enough time to build an ark?

 

[classic33]

Just checked the weather for next week. I think the Apocalypse is arriving tomorrow:

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More than 50L per m² in the next 24h. Then the same again on Tuesday but more so.

Fortunately we live on the top of a hill.

Any sign or mention of the four horsemen?