Wildfires in the southern hemisphere have been the "norm" for many a year. We learn fire drill school as well as earthquake procedure and wildfire advice. (There is no much you can do if caught in a wildfire, other than dig a hole and put earth as much as possible over you).
@Helios Because here in Europe people are greeted by using the title Sir or Madam depending on the country you are in. Bonjour Madame, (in France) etc. It is polite to use this form of greeting.
Unfortunately, (for them) our titles are Mr or Mrs and they do not know to address someone as Sir or Madam. Thus the confusion. I have to giggle here when someone wants to attract my attention, they say "Please Mrs." (meaning Excuse me Madam). Takes some getting' used to. I'm good to go now after 32 years here.
Works both ways - I had trouble trying to remember not to offer my hand to shake every time I met my new neighbours in the UK or, even worse, not to attempt to offer a kiss either
Offering the cheek kiss to a Brit will almost certainly result in them recoiling in horror as it's simply not something we do with other than close friends and family. Shaking hands under normal i.e. non-Covid, circumstances shouldn't be an issue, although it's not something most of us do everytime we meet somebody. Simply different ways in different countries.
BUM BUM BUM 😭😭😭 The best crop ever of tomato plants are all in the council bin ... yesterday they were perfect ... this morning they're all blighted ... a whole row of 20 plants ... San Marzano, Sungold and Red cherry 😠
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
BUM BUM BUM 😭😭😭 The best crop ever of tomato plants are all in the council bin ... yesterday they were perfect ... this morning they're all blighted ... a whole row of 20 plants ... San Marzano, Sungold and Red cherry 😠
oof I had no idea it could be that instantaneous with blight
It's been warm and wet and the wind was swirling around yesterday, happily spreading blight spores around the neighbourhood ... I knew it was likely, but was holding my breath that we might escape ... Early blight doesn't kill so quickly, but Late Blight strikes overnight.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I've grown 6 tomato plants this year, all different varieties. The two best ones have produced loads of fruit and ripened quickly but the tomatoes have absolutely no flavour to them. I was a bit worried I'd caught covid when I tried them. Two of the others have small orange fruit and are very nice but there's hardly any fruit and they've given up ripening with this weather. The others are stubbornly green.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
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Offering the cheek kiss to a Brit will almost certainly result in them recoiling in horror as it's simply not something we do with other than close friends and family. Shaking hands under normal i.e. non-Covid, circumstances shouldn't be an issue, although it's not something most of us do everytime we meet somebody. Simply different ways in different countries.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.