Recent content by oldtimer

I'm hungry. Thanks for taking the trouble to film and post. Maybe one year I'll get to a moot.

32 inch waist! Ah, those were the days.

Spring has sprung The grass has riz I wonder where The birdies is? The bird is on the wing. But that's absurd. The wing is on the bird.

Sometimes I'm glad we were born during WW2 and had childhoods full of rationing, shortages and simple living without telephones, televisions or computers. We need little help to imagine what is needed for an emergency. Our home always has always had ample supplies of food, fuel and water. And...

Much ado about nothing

The late Tony Soper put it well, I think. "Most birds are better at being birds than humans are at being human."

Oyster

Having checked out the prices of meat during our supermarket shop today, I hope your meat safe has an uncrackable lock.

Thanks for all the helpful advice, folks. I think the deer has won this one. At least I did my duty by Madame by seeking your advice as she asked. The thing is, she is a city girl, born in London and brought up there, Paris and Amsterdam and lacks an acceptance of the ways things are in rural...

I enjoyed that. Thanks for posting. Some really good photos there.

I quite like the smells of the essential oils you recommended to ,successfully, deter the mice but I'm not sure about lion poo.

We have a roe deer which regularly visits our garden and is partial to Madame's prized ornamental plants. She would like to know if members have any suggestions for encouraging it to stay away humanely. My suggestion of shooting, butchering and freezing did not go down well even though it was...

I'm glad someone resurrected this old thread. I must have missed it first time round. I didn't know that there was a modern garment like this, but something similar pops up in medieval drawings and paintings being worn by peasants at work in the fields. I've always thought it a good idea. It's...

Well done for encouraging him.

It's generally held that the sandwich is named after the Earl of Sandwich who instructed his butler to put a slice of beef between two slices of bread so that he could eat without interrupting his session at the card table. However, sandwiches are, for me, inextricably linked to childhood...