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Chumley

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  1. +1 for Dan Campbell. He cleared my gutters this morning and the downpour we've just had shows he did a great job. Thanks Dan.
  2. Why use a solicitor? The Financial Ombudsman Service will deal with it for free.
  3. Have you bought one recently? If so please pm me, I've just found the remote.
  4. Talking of rodent cars, does anyone remember that VW Beetle that was done up to look like a clockwork mouse? Haven't seen it for years.
  5. Sounds interesting, hope you find a good home for them.
  6. It's like a Facebook party out there today. Loads of blue tits, great tits, coal tits and long tailed tits, a nuthatch, two greenfinches (first time this year), a robin, two goldcrests and a new entry on the list - a pair of chiffchaffs with a youngster in tow. Must be the weather!
  7. Hey good thinking "Have you got any big desk fans please?" "How big?" "Big enough to keep five thousand wasps pinned down in the corner of my loft." Fingers crossed no power cuts ---------- Post added 28-07-2013 at 23:32 ---------- Man from council he say go away. Which means they're all dead now. Which makes me feel like a big ****. But it had to be done.
  8. I think the word is "farmed". Trust me, I know cats
  9. Haha. I'm keeping well away, it's flippin' huge. Might put a couple of jam jars in next door's garden to tempt them out
  10. A moment of reflection between cocktails and "beach patrol" I think balance is all important.
  11. True. And I was sat on a beach in Rhodes last week reflecting that it was happening only 500 miles away. That's like sitting on a beach in Devon while genocide takes place in Scotland. If nothing else, the news reminds us how lucky we are.
  12. Must be. I think they're like cats (and people who smoke on the beach) - they gravitate towards the people who dislike them the most
  13. Those pesky wasps have made a nest in the loft again this year. Only this time, because I had the soffits repaired in the spring, they're going in and out through a gap in the tiles. Except all the dozy ones going through the wrong gap and ending up flying around the loft instead of inside the nest. Great Luckily the man from the council has a free slot on Saturday so fingers crossed he'll sort them out.
  14. We've also had a GSW visiting regularly over the last few weeks. He/she has been taking huge chunks out of the suet-filled coconut, presumably to feed young. Overall it's been a bit quiet so far this year. For the first time since I made it six years ago, the blue tits shunned the next box and used a tree instead. From the list I posted in January, the ones in bold have been seen (or heard) this year: - regular visitors; chaffinches, blue tits, coal tits, great tits, long tailed tits, goldcrest, tawny owl, wood pigeons, magpies, jays, crows, rooks, blackbirds, robins, dunnocks, wrens and moorhens. - occasional visitors; nuthatches, treecreeper, greenfinches, bull finches, goldfinches, mistle thrush, grey wagtails, redwings, collared doves, greater spotted woodpecker, lesser spotted woodpecker, heron, mallard, mandarin ducks. - rarely; blackcap, sparrowhawk, barn owl, dipper, kingfisher. Shame about the moorhens as they've nested for the last three years.
  15. +1 for Ferrybridge. Eggborough only has one thin chimney. I had a fantastic view of these two and Drax from Ringinglow Road on Tuesday evening. Unfortunately I didn't have a decent camera with me. I think only six are visible now as Thorpe Marsh was demolished last year. The three above are roughly North-East while West Burton, Cottam and High Marnham are to the East.
  16. Shiraz has been Persepolis for at least a couple of years now. It got a pretty poor rating from the hygiene inspectors 18 months ago but I've eaten there recently and didn't come to any harm. The menu is mostly chicken, lamb and rice (like most middle eastern restaurants).
  17. I can't even hold a conversation with the person next to me and pay for my shopping at the same time. I was doing it in Tesco the other day and didn't notice the self checkout going ballistic until the assistant pointed out I'd put four bottles of wine in my bag without scanning them
  18. Did you find a scarf near Dore station this morning and hang it on the fence so it wouldn't get trodden on? If so many thanks, it's now been returned to its owner (not me)
  19. I'm a great driver. This was confirmed recently by a police officer who awarded me 3 points in recognition of my skills. Apparently if I get another 9 I won't need my licence any more.
  20. I couldn't care less who gets married as long as I don't have to pay for them to have preferential tax treatment.
  21. At the moment there's a goldcrest working his way through the hedge just outside the dining room window. I've never seen one so close before - he's about two or three feet away at times. Last night, thanks to the bare branches and snowy background I finally saw (albeit in silhouette) the tawny owl that sits too-wooing outside most nights. We also get: - regularly; chaffinches, blue tits, coal tits, great tits, long tailed tits, wood pigeons, magpies, jays, crows, rooks, blackbirds, robins, dunnocks, wrens and moorhens. - occasionally; nuthatches, treecreeper, greenfinches, bull finches, goldfinches, mistle thrush, grey wagtails, redwings, collared doves, greater spotted woodpecker, lesser spotted woodpecker, heron, mallard, mandarin ducks. - rarely; blackcap, sparrowhawk, barn owl, dipper, kingfisher. That's 36 in total. I've never once seen a sparrow or a starling in my current house - when I was a child that's all we ever got.
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