Things you find interesting

[clingo]

I grow quite a few veg in my plot at the small holding. Always grow a couple types of tatties, earlies and main crop.
Plan the tatties, once they're growing, earth up the tatties (pull soil up the sides of the shoots to stop the tatties doing green as they develop (sorry if I'm teaching grannies to suck eggs). Anyway, lots of fields full of tatties around us, and I've wondered how they earth up 10s of acres of tatties. Turns out they don't. They plant them in ridges. Always thought the idea was to get the shoots up early. There's a lot of growing to do to get through the ridges. More interesting technology though.

Growing potatoes, from field to supermarket - YouTube

That's a fascinating watch remote and I'll have a whole new appreciation of how the spuds I buy get to my kitchen.
Your post also highlights the difference in the respective world's in which we live. I don't have room for a window box let alone a couple of acres. That said, I do overlook a large green space with a mixture of manicured gardens, wild bushes and trees. I'm also next to an area of woodland so the combination is good for birdwatching.
Great post remote. You should get Covid more often

 

[remote]

Great post remote. You should get Covid more often

Yeah, great, thanks Cling.

 

[clingo]

Yeah, great, thanks Cling.

 

[remote]

Still not 100% but making progress.
You'll miss these clips when I'm better.

We don't have one of these, a mate fetches his if ever we do big bales.
Fascinating bit of kit.

KUHN RW1610 e-Twin - Round bale wrappers (In action) - YouTube

 

[clingo]

Still not 100% but making progress.
You'll miss these clips when I'm better.

We don't have one of these, a mate fetches his if ever we do big bales.
Fascinating bit of kit.

KUHN RW1610 e-Twin - Round bale wrappers (In action) - YouTube

I'm delighted that you're still speaking to me after my insensitive "humour". Of course I wouldn't want you to catch Covid again and I should have found a better way of saying that you're coming up with great stuff when you have time on your hands. So for that I apologise unreservedly.

Your latest clip showed clearly that what we see in the fields isn't the results of the efforts of some poor person with endless clingfilm! Unwrapping must be fun . Though I suspect there's a genius piece of kit for that too. Also, just for the moment, can we call them bundles rather than bales? Trying to avoid anything that will hinder Sparkey in his attempts to move on.

Absolutely delighted that you're feeling a bit better. Hopefully, the same applies to your daughter and that a 100% recovery isn't too far away for both of you.

Again, sorry about the Covid remark

 

[remote]

I'm delighted that you're still speaking to me after my insensitive "humour". Of course I wouldn't want you to catch Covid again and I should have found a better way of saying that you're coming up with great stuff when you have time on your hands. So for that I apologise unreservedly.

Your latest clip showed clearly that what we see in the fields isn't the results of the efforts of some poor person with endless clingfilm! Unwrapping must be fun . Though I suspect there's a genius piece of kit for that too. Also, just for the moment, can we call them bundles rather than bales? Trying to avoid anything that will hinder Sparkey in his attempts to move on.

Absolutely delighted that you're feeling a bit better. Hopefully, the same applies to your daughter and that a 100% recovery isn't too far away for both of you.

Again, sorry about the Covid remark

Hey Cling, Im not a delicate flower and can take some ribbing. No offense taken, no appology needed.
Its the sort of banter that is appreciated.

As for unwrapping the bundles, the genius, high tech device is called a knife.

Though don't let sparkey near one with a knife, might end up with a court case.
I can see the headline, Porthcawl man assaults Gareth Bundle.

Recovery is near, though I need a couple clear tests before Mrs Remote lets me have full run of the house.
Managed to fix a gate at home, sort a few animal jobs and take our dog on a short walk yesterday.
Daughter back to work though not a full load yet. Self employed, so no work, no pay.
I know what its like, when I was self employed I was like Monty Python's Black Knight when it came to illness.

 

[clingo]

I wonder when we last had a week without some reference to Monty Python on our board. So far this week we've had Cardinal Ximenes and his Spanish Inquisition and now the Black Knight with his scratch and flesh wound. And it's only Wednesday!

 

[BluefromBridgend]

I wonder when we last had a week without some reference to Monty Python on our board. So far this week we've had Cardinal Ximenes and his Spanish Inquisition and now the Black Knight with his scratch and flesh wound. And it's only Wednesday!

Just goes to show how many of us are of a certain age. Old!!!

I rarely laugh at modern "comedy" but Python and others of that era still crack me up. Tell that to kids today.....and they won't believe you.

I find myself trawling Freeview (don't have Sky or similar) for classic comedies. You really can't get much better than 'Allo ''Allo (referenced last week and who wouldn't trawl Vicki Michelle?) and One Foot in the Grave, to name but 2.

 

[ninian opinion]

Sit com’s in the 70’s were great - from Man about the House; George & Mildred; Porridge; On the Buses; Fenn St Gang; Mind your Language; Terry & June; Dads Army; Bless this House; Citizen Smith; Reginald Perrin; It ain’t half hot mum; Rising Damp; Fawlty Towers; Likely Lads and I’m sure many more.......

As for today my favourite is Two Doors Down

 

[remote]

Sit com’s in the 70’s were great - from Man about the House; George & Mildred; Porridge; On the Buses; Fenn St Gang; Mind your Language; Terry & June; Dads Army; Bless this House; Citizen Smith; Reginald Perrin; It ain’t half hot mum; Rising Damp; Fawlty Towers; Likely Lads and I’m sure many more.......

As for today my favourite is Two Doors Down

Many of those wouldn't pass the PC brigade these days.
Love thy Neighbour anyone?

 

[BrizzleBluebird]

Sit com’s in the 70’s were great - from Man about the House; George & Mildred; Porridge; On the Buses; Fenn St Gang; Mind your Language; Terry & June; Dads Army; Bless this House; Citizen Smith; Reginald Perrin; It ain’t half hot mum; Rising Damp; Fawlty Towers; Likely Lads and I’m sure many more.......

As for today my favourite is Two Doors Down

Despite my relatively "young" age I recall and enjoyed many of those....

More "modern sitcoms" I find enjoyable are;
The IT Crowd;
The Inbetweeners;
Friday Night Dinner;
The Outlaws (and no, not just because it's filmed in Wurzleville);
Both Gavin and Stacey and Stella are also good,but not sure they qualify as modern now??

I'm sure others will come to mind if I give it more thought.

Going back to older stuff, I also really used to enjoy Goodness Gracious Me and most of Little Britain.

 

[BluefromBridgend]

Yeah but, ah but, no but!!!!

And Goodness Gracious Me, going out for an English!!! Sanjeev Bhaskar and Meera Syal are now national treasures.

 

[ninian opinion]

Friday night in the 80’s was always coming back from the pub and watching (trusting that the wife had recorded) the Fast Show and Fantasy Football League.

 

[clingo]

Friday night in the 80’s was always coming back from the pub and watching (trusting that the wife had recorded) the Fast Show and Fantasy Football League.

But we're you very, very, very drunk?

 

[ninian opinion]

But we're you very, very, very drunk?

Mostly I was drinking that strong Irish bitter (but can I recall what is was called)

 

[ninian opinion]

Mostly I was drinking that strong Irish bitter (but can I recall what is was called)

I remember now - Caffrey’s

 

[Oldsparkey]

Don't quite where to post this and don't want to start a new thread, so here goes on this general one posted by remote.

Packing up the old kitbag tomorrow morning and heading up to deepest Buckinghamshire for some more goblin hunting. My usual time for this annual trip is in September (that's when the conkers are out ) but decided to make it a summer break this year as a change from the New Forest.

The cottage is waiting, Peronis for a fortnight stowed and quite surprisingly there's still room for the 4 dogs and some luggage.

I'll leave you for now with a little puzzle - no googling please! A little known fact is that Richard Gere had quite a famous brother who was a ventriloquist - any idea of his first name?

 

[clingo]

Don't quite where to post this and don't want to start a new thread, so here goes on this general one posted by remote.

Packing up the old kitbag tomorrow morning and heading up to deepest Buckinghamshire for some more goblin hunting. My usual time for this annual trip is in September (that's when the conkers are out ) but decided to make it a summer break this year as a change from the New Forest.

The cottage is waiting, Peronis for a fortnight stowed and quite surprisingly there's still room for the 4 dogs and some luggage.

I'll leave you for now with a little puzzle - no googling please! A little known fact is that Richard Gere had quite a famous brother who was a ventriloquist - any idea of his first name?

Have fun Sparkey.
It'll do you good to keep your conkers in.
And, absolutely no idea.

 

[Oldsparkey]

Have fun Sparkey.
It'll do you good to keep your conkers in.
And, absolutely no idea.

 

[ninian opinion]

Many of those wouldn't pass the PC brigade these days.
Love thy Neighbour anyone?

It was part and parcel of early 70’s life - the whole point was the joke was on Eddy Booth not Bill.

And as for this genius, it was part of that era

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