Only in the beginning. Once you've passed a certain point, no need for conversion. Although I grew up with imperial measurements, one of my early...
€4500 absolute minimum for a no-frills cremation. Considering the long years of dignified service that the Queen gave to her country, I can't help...
Eristoff do a lovely ginger-flavoured one. It's the nearest we get to ginger wine over here :)
Ah but the official line would be 'if you hadn't, you'd all be wearing furry hats and drinking vodka by now' ;)
Well you can count out the EU countries, sunshine :biggrin:
Of course not....we all believe you, really we do.....:roflol:
So did Louis XV1 and while it wasn't good for the aristocracy or initially anyone else, ultimately it led to a better society for all. It's the...
Oh I don't know, @cactus_girl. I distinctly remember the year (1970) that my grandfather, having imbibed two nips of his favourite tipple instead...
I think that governments everywhere in the West have realised that 'divide and rule' is the way to go. With the help of the Press and media they...
The idea of winter protection for plants in the ground is to keep the roots or tubers dry and frost free. It's not too important about the top...
I'm experimenting with a combination of hosepipe (it's got nozzles either side of the deck for just that purpose) followed by blower to dry it...
Always a tense period when we get a gale from the West/S West. 82kmh gusts at the moment :sad: Hate, hate, hate gales!
I didn't have any success keeping them in UK as by the time I had to chop them there was too much humidity and the cuts never healed, just rotted....
Isn't it sad? It will pull through though, if you can dry it off. Even stored under a roof with fleece the roots survive -5C. Do you do cuttings,...
That's beautiful! I particularly like the way the green scum on the pond glows in the moonlight :biggrin:
That reminds me of the large plot of rough ground in front of my grandparents' cottage in Derbyshire, known to everyone as the debbry. At least I...
And duck....! You're a braver man than me, Gunga Din :roflol:
:yikes: It all looks a bit grim over there! It's turned wet and windy here, but still 15C. OH is off to UK tomorrow for a few days. I'll make sure...
Well, no, I would quite like to have been born there myself :biggrin:
Oh the happy hours my mother and I spent trying to convince my father's family that it was 'worter' and not 'watter', 'parth' and not 'pâth',...
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