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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    There’s nothing new under the sun …

    https://www.edp24.co.uk/lifestyle/heritage/history-how-norwich-fought-against-plague-8168510


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Allotment BoyAllotment Boy Posts: 6,774
    Exactly so @Dovefromabove, do you listen to  the long view on R4 ? They compare recent events and give examples of how it's all happened before. 
    AB Still learning

  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    No, indeed @Dovefromabove

    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    That's not a genuine Pepys quote just in case you didn't already know. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/taverns-gadabouts-samuel-pepys/
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    True,  I spend a lot of my time on Snopes  there’s so much rubbish going around on social media,  then I report it as fake,   I am a suitable case for ‘get a life’ 😀
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    No, I didn't @wild edges but it does make the point rather well.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    philippasmith2 said:
    Well I guess we could always have a poll............
    1.  Are you leaning towards the Left, Right . Centre or Extreme ( either way for the latter.
    2.  What sort of biscuits do you like ?
    3.  Would you own up to liking an "unpopular " biscuit or would you hide your preference for the sake of your political leanings ?
    4.  Are you prepared to stand up for your Biscuit regardless of politics ?
    5.  Finally as this is ( or was ) a Covid thread, has there been any research carried out and verified to suggest that 1 biscuit ( say a Bourbon ) offers more immunity than a Digestive or a Custard Cream ?
    Food for thought ?  :D

    I'll take just about any biscuits except the vile pink wafers and the inappropriately-named Nice biscuits. What that says about my politics, I don't know.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • madpenguinmadpenguin Posts: 2,543
    At primary school back in the sixties at breaktime you could buy 2 x Rich Tea biscuits for 1d or a 1 x Chocolate Wafer for 2d.
    I always had the Rich Tea (because you got 2 and they were the cheapest) and I still love them to this day!
    “Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    We got 6 gingernuts for thruppence. I liked leaving them in my pocket till the next day and eating them when they’d gone soft. I still do.
    Rutland, England
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I'd vote for Mini-Cheddars  B)

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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