Mundane News

[biggs682]

So is it wrong to call a customer mate ?

 

[classic33]

Calcium carbide probably unobtainable nowadays. Used to be a favourite for illicit fishing. Use a screw top bottle then add carbide to a dry bottle, add water then stopper quickly and toss into a likely pool. The resultant explosion stunned the fish who floated to the surface and could be easily collected.
The knurled nut varies the amount of water getting into the powder. My present one is on a high shelf behind me as I write but cannot reach high enough to check anything else just now.

Not cheap, but...
https://www.karstsports.com/miners-grade-calcium-carbide/

 

[oldwheels]

Mines full of white powder, not sure how to open the water tank, the knurled nut turns but doesn't seem to open.

Just got mine down covered in dust. The knurled nut for water control can be see and the hole is where the rusted stopper was.

 

[Reynard]

Well, that's town and Tesco negotiated.

Still no black mount card in the art shop - seems to be a problem with the supplier, but I did get some white card stock to make greetings cards and those little cellophane envelopes that you put the finished cards in.

Did my top-up shop in Tesco. Yellow stickers yielded two rotisserie chickens, four bunches of bananas, four avocados, two punnets of strawberries, a punnet of raspberries, a large tub of coleslaw, black olive tapenade, three boxes of assorted breakfast cereal, malaysian curry paste, two bottles of chilli & mango sauce plus four apricot pastries and a couple of crusty breads from the bakery.

 

[rockyroller]

My son worked in Kuwait starting up a fish farm. If they wanted to cool off they had to swim in the fish cages for safety due to an influx of great whites. Apparently they followed the livestock boats up the gulf as dead animals were just thrown overboard providing an easy meal for the sharks.

gives the phrase "swimming with a chum" new meaning

 

[Reynard]

yikes, what does that weigh? will use a coal chute to deploy it?

About 25 kilos. It's a biodegradable clumping litter made from corn husks.

 

[postman]

You're here too? Sadly we're going home tomorrow.

So are we out by 10-00.We are heading to Pickering for early afternoon tea.Just had a meal at Kam Thai restaurant at the railway station.A superb meal,very lovely staff and the place is spotless.

 

[Reynard]

Right, food.

And then I have an auction to see to on the Bay of E.

 

[carpiste]

My niece made me a Tofu dish at lunch! Lightly fried with a yummy, sticky, but light sauce....
61 years on this planet and in a couple of weeks I discovered that courgette tastes best after simmering for 4 minutes and that Tofu is absolutely delicious!
Who`d have thought!

 

[Reynard]

Lovely supper of salmon-in-a-parcel, steamed green beans and spaghetti in a sauce of pesto, creme fraiche, spinach and snipped up sun dried tomatoes.

 

[Reynard]

Oh yes, and I won me an auction.

I didn't think I'd get the locket I was after at scrap value (£4.50), but it still came in with a fifth of my £9 budget to spare.

Happy little Reynard. Am looking forward to wearing it.

 

[tyred]

July and the nights are fair drawing in already.

 

[PeteXXX]

There's two hedgehogs in my garden at the moment 🦔 🦔

 

[Gravity Aided]

I like the scientific stuff, but they mix in some silly stuff to get new ppl to watch. it's entertaining. it's also interesting for us since there's been a resurgence of great whites where we vacation on Cape Cod

Quint, you're gonna need a bigger boat...

 

[classic33]

July and the nights are fair drawing in already.

Aye, and the morning's are getting later.