Where I am today

[Mash]

Righto.. Get it now.

[gaza the instructor]

Went down the coast yesterday for a walk, now you can.Went to Goreing.
Lovely little place just seafront houses nothing else, oh yes and The Sealane
Cafe. Trouble is , so did everyone else, Social Distancing was a none event.
People are treating this like a paid holiday, are they stupid.
I did not stay long, just long enough to buy an Ice Cream.

[jacquie]

Is it true that Haggis have four legs?
Am told if they live on a hill that two legs are shorter
so they can stand straight?
Are they hairy?
What sort of noise do they make?
Sleep standing up?
Shag on all fours?
I want one. Keep it in a box. Feed it on curry and chips.

No was reliably informed that they are small birds that can fly backwards - must be true my archibald mackenzie (dad) told me and he comes from scottishland -jack

[gaza the instructor]

That has shot another theory to bits.
What about Nessy?
Is he Related to a Haggis?
Male or Girlie?
What does he eat? apart from tourists.
I keep sayin' he What about a Passport?
Swims South for the Winter??

[Easydrinker]

I like the theory that Haggi,(plural), are actually Nessie spawn, and you only have to fertilize one to grow a new Nessie.

Robert.

[Mash]

Nessie eggs.

[jacquie]

That has shot another theory to bits.
What about Nessy?
Is he Related to a Haggis?
Male or Girlie?
What does he eat? apart from tourists.
I keep sayin' he What about a Passport?
Swims South for the Winter??

Definately a girlie, got a thing going with the jabberwocky, they eat jubjub birds, and winter in the borrogroves, no passport needed cos who's gonna argue with nessie

[gaza the instructor]

I am with you coming down off a Rum Cloud WoW 4 naughty days. Need to calm down
hands are shaking give me Beer(please) I am polite not like that little git on the
Tunnocks Ad. Some one tell the little bastard the magic word is PLEASE...
Got the hump been ordering tube and fittings on the Bay, several times by the way its
arriving, must have been 6 days Rum.
So anyone who needs any 12mm pvc tube push fittings, I am the man, cause I bought all
the stock on E-Bay by mistake HA HA I am rich 30 odd fittings in a box, YO Ho Ho and a
bottle of NO missus giving me COKE????

[Easydrinker]

It would be sad if it was booze that killed you during lockdown.
Or maybe, it wouldn't?
Drink Earl grey for a few days mate.

Robert.

[gaza the instructor]

TEA you want me to drink what????
Its mostly water, non alcoholic and not even fizzy,
no no no I will scweem and scweem till i am sick.

[Mash]

"Nurse" !!

[gaza the instructor]

Yea Nurse give me my daily meds now please

[buffalobob]

Just be careful out there. All things in moderation (except earl grey), alcohol is a drug like any other...just saying, not preaching.

[Windoe]

Just be careful out there. All things in moderation (except earl grey), alcohol is a drug like any other...just saying, not preaching.

Very wise words!

[Easydrinker]

Sadly, Earl Grey is the one that I find easiest to moderate.
I have the willpower of a kid in Willy Wonkers chocolate factory.
Get thee behind me, Satan!

Robert.

[Easydrinker]

I started a beer today, which maybe the penultimate, before I run out of bottles.
Whoopy doo.
I might finally get around to the sack of Malt bought for whisky at the start of lockdown.
I expected the time to drag, but 10 weeks has passed without me doing half of the brewing and distilling that I expected.

Robert.

[Easydrinker]

My life was greatly simplified today.
We have free range poultry.
Today I caught and sold last years pea-chicks.
I think that I am now on top of outdoor nests for peas, clucks and ducks.
You would not believe how much time I spend finding and fiddling wirh nests, in the interest of population control.

Robert.

[Mash]

How many pea-chicks did you have? Always something I have fancied having around the place, but never got round to it?

[gaza the instructor]

Are we talking Peacocks here. Very noisy things the Adults.
Had a relative who had one as a pet, raised it from an egg.
Squeeze was a Peahen and followed you around like a dog.

[jacquie]

i grew up near warwick castle, could hear them all the time sound like they're being tortured, they would escape and hold up all the traffic going through the town-

[Easydrinker]

Our birds are totally free range.
We have four adult peahens,( one very old granny,now lays one egg a year) and a hermaphrodite white one that spends part of the year acting as a cock, but appeared with a chick last year!
One established blue cock and a young white cock from two years ago.
Barsteward that I am, I take and return eggs to nests, after hard boiling them.
We have slightly closer neighbours than before, and I try to limit the potential damage to their gardens, by limiting the number of pea-chicks.
I have one hen happily sitting on one potential hatching egg and a couple of boiled ones.
The other sits on?
In the next week I will find out...
Noise?
Seasonal.
Ours are vocal from Feb to June, then mostly quiet.

Robert.

[Mash]

Often thought about having some, are they fox bait?

[Easydrinker]

Foxes can sure hear them for miles around.
A few years ago, old granny P was sitting a nest not far from my door.
While I slept she lost her tail feathers and four eggs, but lived to lay again.
I don't know if the Romans ever pitted Peafowl against Fox in the arena.
My money would be on the bird!
When they come at you, feet first, with those talons/claws, believe me it hurts and rips your skin.

Robert.

[Mash]

I had a mate who kept ostriches... For that reason (talons), I could never understand why he was concerned for ME keeping wild boar. I have never seen a flying pig evicerate anyone!

[Mash]

I should add there has been reported cases of ostrich farmer's being killed.