Maybe there are woodice and woodlice. Mine are harmless.
There are quite a few different species in the UK. Harmless or not, I think they are lovable little creatures, so humble.
My curmudge of the day is that I have just spent 20 minutes on the phone trying to book a Covid test. The lady on the other end of the phone had a foreign accent which at times was indecipherable and I had to keep asking her to repeat things. I was asked every question twice, some of them three times. The NHS website says the test has to be done in the first five days of symptoms starting. I spoke to a GP and explained that I'd had a dry cough since before Christmas, and she said I still needed a test.
If they want to discourage people from getting tested, they are going the right way about it.
Similar with my son, he can see the test centre from where he works, about 5 minutes walk, they told him, sorry no test centres in your area. He’s off shielding now.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Well I feel like an idiot I saw a post on the interweb where someone talked about problems with cooking dried noodles and the water boiling over. Someone else replied saying you don't need to boil noodles, just get the water boiling, add the noodles, turn the heat off and chuck a lid on it. I tried it tonight and it cooked perfectly in the same time it would have done if I'd had the gas running. Now I hate to think of how much energy I've wasted over the years by not doing that. I cook fresh pasta that way but never dried stuff.
Also a top tip for if your food delivery includes the veg for stirfry but no sauce: jam or chutney with a good glug of Worcestershire sauce makes an excellent stirfry sauce. I wish I'd known that back when I was a student too...
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
That’s more or less how I cook rice too ... get it boiling nicely ... put on the lid ... turn off the heat and go and do something else for 10-15 mins. It only works with a decent solid-based saucepan tho, not a cheap tinny one.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Inflation is running at about 2%. How, then, can Tesco Bank justify a 46% hike in my pet insurance premiums? The premium for each is now well over £1000 a year. Sod that. I’ll put a sum of money aside each month to meet veterinary bills and, if there is a surplus at the end of the year, the cats can have a party and invite their friends.
Inflation is running at about 2%. How, then, can Tesco Bank justify a 46% hike in my pet insurance premiums? The premium for each is now well over £1000 a year. Sod that. I’ll put a sum of money aside each month to meet veterinary bills and, if there is a surplus at the end of the year, the cats can have a party and invite their friends.
Hope they invite you!
We take the same approach to insurance for cats (it's a rip-off).
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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My curmudge of the day is that I have just spent 20 minutes on the phone trying to book a Covid test. The lady on the other end of the phone had a foreign accent which at times was indecipherable and I had to keep asking her to repeat things. I was asked every question twice, some of them three times. The NHS website says the test has to be done in the first five days of symptoms starting. I spoke to a GP and explained that I'd had a dry cough since before Christmas, and she said I still needed a test.
If they want to discourage people from getting tested, they are going the right way about it.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.