Oops - sorry @B3 - I 'll try and behave in future Does the b*ke relate to bake or bike ? Or the English version of the Scots boak ? Agree about the c*ts altho it does tend to help @Hostafan1 's bank account.
Bikes caused some heated arguments a while back. Unfortunately it was me (I if you're a pedant) that started it 😒 Bakes are acceptable. Boaks not before or after mealtimes. One for the insomniacs, I think.
Just had a surreal three days with the in laws. Both of them have these enclosed log burner type fires. We got on to the subject of drying clothes in the house (damp corners + mould) versus using a tumble dryer.(not very eco friendly/uses electric etc) I chuck the fluff out of my tumble dryer, despite it being 99% cotton. At a push I'd throw it in the compost bin. It can apparently be made into fire lighters with a bit of effort. They asked me if I wanted an address I could post it to , so that it could be recycled.  Errm No ta .
It will be interesting to see how the EU funds itself now that the UK isn't subsidising many of the other countries.Â
It will. Isn't it economy of scale though? The UK has to fund whatever subsidies it's lost over it's population and the EU will have to do the same - as it all comes down to taxes in the end anyway. The EU has what, 7 times the population to spread the burden over?
Two things though - do you think the Red Bus money will actually go to the NHS - and do you think £7 of the £14 billion will go to the areas that the EU was supporting? I'm not convinced at all. And secondly, the whole point of richer countries paying to support more vulnerable countries is what the EU is about. It's just what society in general should do - the rich and powerful should support the poor and weak. Again, I'm not sure that's what I see with the UK.
Brexit appeared to me to be MAGA like - MUGA - a bunch of people who really didn't like the fact that we had an Empire and ruled a third of the world and were now a bit player in Europe. We are a small island nation that had an empire that is gone. That is what certain people had to let go of.
I agree @KT53. Modern tumble driers are also very efficient, and I can't see how using a log burner is in any way environmentally friendly! A lot of folk that have them don't actually need them either - they're a focal point rather than a necessity, ie for heating. I'd need a bigger house if I had to dry everything on rails etc. In autumn and early spring [not to mention winter] it would take forever to dry stuff indoors. This autumn was so warm too, that I barely had the heating on. Washing would have taken days to dry, which certainly isn't great.Â
I'm going to break your rule @B3 - sorry. Two twats coming round a blind corner [high walls] in the middle of the pavement the other day. Just as well I was walking right next to the wall. Even so, they nearly hit me. No apology - of course. DoubleÂ
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
We will go with the science to see whether it will be necessary to impose a total ban on that subject @Fairygirl. In the meantime observe an appropriate distance between posts on that particular subjectÂ
For me it was nothing to do with Empire, it was all about being controlled by politicians and beaurocrats over whom we had no control, and little or no influence on the way money was distributed. The famed butter mountains and wine lakes are just a couple of examples of massive waste in the EU. We most certainly aren't free of incompetent politicians, but we can now do something about them.
I've heard that 'no control' bit time and time again. I thought there was a European Parliament - and each official within the EU was elected. Again it's just scale isn't it? Some poor sod in a street on some island off Scotland probably feels 'unrepresented' and didn't vote for the people controlling them, but democracy is about the good of the majority - hopefully without leaving anyone behind. You had no more control of Boris being PM (unless you're a party member) than the so called unelected Europeans - BUT - they ARE elected aren't they? There will have been an election process - the same as the behind the scenes election processes that happen here. Did you want Hancock as health minister? No? Could you change that decision? No? Boris was voted in - not by me - I didn't have a say. Ditto for Labour - Liberal - parties work in the same way. Why is that so different to the EU? Dominic Cummings anyone - oops - sorry he wasn't voted in either.
As for waste - totally. But that happens. We've seen corruption and waste on a grand scale within the UK - highlighted by Covid. But there are other stories of total wastes here in England - and in Scotland - and in Wales - and in Ireland. Waste occurs with the best intentions.
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Does the b*ke relate to bake or bike ? Or the English version of the Scots boak ?
Agree about the c*ts altho it does tend to help @Hostafan1 's bank account.
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Bakes are acceptable. Boaks not before or after mealtimes. One for the insomniacs, I think.
I hope they don't think they are being environmentally friendly by using log burning fires. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/09/eco-wood-stoves-emit-pollution-hgv-ecodesign
I'd need a bigger house if I had to dry everything on rails etc. In autumn and early spring [not to mention winter] it would take forever to dry stuff indoors. This autumn was so warm too, that I barely had the heating on. Washing would have taken days to dry, which certainly isn't great.Â
I'm going to break your rule @B3 - sorry. Two twats coming round a blind corner [high walls] in the middle of the pavement the other day.Â
Just as well I was walking right next to the wall. Even so, they nearly hit me. No apology - of course. DoubleÂ
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.