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Do they consume it as milk or fermented as youghurt etc or even aged cheese?
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Ah. I don't know. I had though it was just another example of evolution or God or mother nature fiddling with humans.
As you mentioned fermented, the most disgusting thing I've ever tasted was fermented horse milk in Kazakhstan. I wouldn't recommend it.
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About four/five years ago we decided to empty the pond of fish. It was hard work for me getting in to scoop the sludge (fish poo) off the bottom wearing one of those rubber overalls that fly fishermen use when standing in a river.Also, we worried when we were away because of herons which came. The same one I suppose but they all look the same to me.
I devised all sorts of fencing around the edge..Heath Robinson type to deter it. One morning I drew the bedroom curtains and saw something orange on the lawn. We don't have anything orange. I realised it was an orfe so I ran downstairs and to pick it up then held it under water and quickly walked from one end of the pond to the other a few times and it revived so it musn't have been out long. Lucky fish.Others..three..weren't so lucky. It seems Orfe leap out of ponds and no-one has been able to give me good explanation.Anyway, we decided to give them away. 4 Orfe and about 5 goldfish/shubunkins. We just wanted a good pond for them,especially the fast swimming Orfe that need length and so we gave them to a lady who lived in the countryside and had a lake on her land. She spoke to them as she got them out..lol. That was a long story to get to the point.. Just like you had a live egg or whatever one of the fish must have been very small and must have been on a lily pot because I emptied the pond,cleaned it and refilled it and no fish to be seen. We've had a large healthy Orfe for a few years. I do wonder if it's ok on its own. We never feed it .It's got 9' X 10' area and 3.5' depth with two cascades all to itself. I assume it spends time under the cascades for the enhanced level of oxygen generated by the splash.. We call it 'Alan'
When we have visitors I keep a straight face when I says I'm just checking to see if Alan is ok...
. Maybe it's a female..dunno.
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A few years ago, when I got in from work, my neighbour caught me, saying she had seen a heron standing in my pond.
I did ask why she hadn't thrown something at it,
Anyhow I had only lost 1 large goldfish, and maybe some frogs.
One or two of my fish now only shubunkins, is carrying a black gene, I have several black shubunkins, one or two are very large, with a slightly gold under belly when they come up for food they look like mini sharks!
The fish are very prolific breeders but a very few survive, the black ones mostly, I guess they can hide and don't get eaten like the lighter coloured ones do.
Anyway I digress, the next day at work I borrowed some litter netting, the stuff that surrounds landfill sites, 50 mm mesh and incredibly strong.
So much so it would support the weight of a small human without any problems.
I do occasionally see a heron sitting on the back fence looking longingly in the pond, but there is no way its getting in there
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A few years ago, when I got in from work, my neighbour caught me, saying she had seen a heron standing in my pond.
I did ask why she hadn't thrown something at it,
Anyhow I had only lost 1 large goldfish, and maybe some frogs.
One or two of my fish now only shubunkins, is carrying a black gene, I have several black shubunkins, one or two are very large, with a slightly gold under belly when they come up for food they look like mini sharks!
The fish are very prolific breeders but a very few survive, the black ones mostly, I guess they can hide and don't get eaten like the lighter coloured ones do.
Anyway I digress, the next day at work I borrowed some litter netting, the stuff that surrounds landfill sites, 50 mm mesh and incredibly strong.
So much so it would support the weight of a small human without any problems.
I do occasionally see a heron sitting on the back fence looking longingly in the pond, but there is no way its getting in there
I call that "a result"
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I had an odd one yesterday,
I was paying my car tax on line, the first car went through fine but for the second I needed a one time pass code. I must have done this 100 times and it's annoying but hey-ho. I chose the land line as my mobile was upstairs.... Nothing came through.... so I trudged upstairs and got my mobile but again nothing came through. I rang the card company and according to the guy who answered the phone both my landline and mobile were wrong. Oh really? Well how come they've always worked before? "I'm sorry, I misunderstood you" was the reply. WHAT?
Oh well.
I was paying my car tax on line, the first car went through fine but for the second I needed a one time pass code. I must have done this 100 times and it's annoying but hey-ho. I chose the land line as my mobile was upstairs.... Nothing came through.... so I trudged upstairs and got my mobile but again nothing came through. I rang the card company and according to the guy who answered the phone both my landline and mobile were wrong. Oh really? Well how come they've always worked before? "I'm sorry, I misunderstood you" was the reply. WHAT?
Oh well.
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Two people I saw dog walking about 10:30 this morning.
One was in a T shirt, shorts and WELLIES.
The other was wearing trousers, a long sleeved top with a short sleeved top over it and a fleece jacket tied around their waist!
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One was in a T shirt, shorts and WELLIES.
The other was wearing trousers, a long sleeved top with a short sleeved top over it and a fleece jacket tied around their waist!
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WBMT? British Gas.
Last month they increased our dual fuel d/d because they said we weren’t paying enough. Today we got another message saying we are overpaying and they need us to adjust our d/d to a lower amount.
Firstly, our power consumption hasn’t really changed over the last few months and also we’re on smart meters, so they’re getting constant readings. So why all the adjustments?
Secondly, there’s the prediction of a massive price increase coming up, so if we do decrease our payment this month it’ll only have to go back up very shortly.
Lastly, it’s a d/d set up, so they take what money they want straight from the bank account (don’t they? That’s how I’ve always understood a d/d to work). How exactly can we adjust a d/d?
Last month they increased our dual fuel d/d because they said we weren’t paying enough. Today we got another message saying we are overpaying and they need us to adjust our d/d to a lower amount.
Firstly, our power consumption hasn’t really changed over the last few months and also we’re on smart meters, so they’re getting constant readings. So why all the adjustments?
Secondly, there’s the prediction of a massive price increase coming up, so if we do decrease our payment this month it’ll only have to go back up very shortly.
Lastly, it’s a d/d set up, so they take what money they want straight from the bank account (don’t they? That’s how I’ve always understood a d/d to work). How exactly can we adjust a d/d?
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A similar thing happened to me recently,
I pay EDF £94 / month combined fuel.
They told me that is going up to £170 / month OUCH!
They also told me that I have been over paying and will refund me £125 in the next 5 working days ( no rush obviously)
My next payment is in Sept, and that will be £94.
The company concerned requests the money from you bank, and they should amend the amount requested.
So you shouldn't need to do anything.
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This reminded me of something I heard from the gardener Bob Flowerdew. He put goldfish in his water butts(though I think his were more like raised ponds) to control the numbers of biting fly larvae that inevitably get into the water.
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That's inflation for you,
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Why some manufacturers of kitchen units do not make the backs of the units go all the way to the top.
We have a mouse problem just now and as I'm trying to keep the little dears out of the cupboards I've had to block the gaps.
The gaps are only 30mm, so the makers can hardly make a great saving by not taking the backs all the way to the top.
I can sort of understand a gap when services are needed, though even then it would be possible to cut holes where necessary.
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PS Does anyone know of anything that is really attractive to mice? So far I've tried chocolate, hard fat, peanut butter and drizzled syrup on those baits too, but apart from one young mouse which was caught, all have been unsuccessful.
We have a mouse problem just now and as I'm trying to keep the little dears out of the cupboards I've had to block the gaps.
The gaps are only 30mm, so the makers can hardly make a great saving by not taking the backs all the way to the top.
I can sort of understand a gap when services are needed, though even then it would be possible to cut holes where necessary.
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PS Does anyone know of anything that is really attractive to mice? So far I've tried chocolate, hard fat, peanut butter and drizzled syrup on those baits too, but apart from one young mouse which was caught, all have been unsuccessful.
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You need to identify what they are eating and make your bait, ( even though its illegal, professionally, to enhance bait) even more attractive.
And make sure there is nothing laying around, I guess you have done it, but pull the kick boards from the bottom of the cupboards,
and put the traps under there, and put the boards back, having first swept up under there.
Don't "over bait" less is more in these cases, just a smear of the like of peanut butter on the tread plate will suffice, as it'll stand on the plate to lick it off ...
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We were visiting a friend of my wife (some years ago) who had turned Vegan a few years earlier; we were invited for lunch and previously warned our two children not to make inappropriate comments about the food and we would stop at a Little Chef on the way home for burger and chips (or similar). My children were good and did not say anything out of place. We noticed that her friend looked very pale as did her own children. The dog (also limited to vegan) seemed very lethargic. At 5 p.m. we thanked her and said we needed to be on our way but she insisted we stay longer to meet her husband and insisted we consumed some more vegan food. The husband seemed very different lively and red faced. He explained to me that he was a travelling salesman for a German Engineering company and was often accompanied by Hans who was the engineering specialist. Today, he had to take Hans to a favourite restaurant where he could have roast beef but, of course he did not join him. It was obvious to us that he was regularly eating meat but still pretending to his wife that he was vegan; crazy. We did stop on the way home as the kids still did not feel that they had been fed.
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Interestingly, I was listening to a Radio 4 program recently and IIRC mention was made of the potential for mineral deficiencies in Vegan diets.....from memory the ones of most concern were Iron, Calcium and Magnesium. As such Vegans need to be aware of potential deficiencies and take supplements, though how aware they were some few years back is maybe an issue???
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I always remember my sister (a nurse) saying that they often got vegans in with issues caused by their diets. She said you get away with it for a while and then you get problems... but in some parts of the world veganism is much more common and healthy whilst being supplement free so I assume some just aren't doing it right. Perhaps they do poor research and believe rubbish they read on line.
I've been mostly vegi with the occasional fish and chips for decades but I do think I'm reasonably fit for a 61 year old and can very probably out press up and sit up etc many much younger people but I'm very pale and burn very easily so I think we need to be careful not to attribute things to diet which aren't down to diet.
To make an animal vegan is just abuse. There is IMO just no excuse and also I think we need to be very careful with children's diets.
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yep absolutely agree , we are vegetarian but I eat fish , and we wouldn’t dream of giving our cats vegan pet food that’s just not on, dogs and cats need meat in their diet
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In the past people have often taken the Michael out of me for my thin build and diet but I usually had the last laugh. In a society where the norm is becoming to be over weight people with bad diets we don't need to look far to find the motivation to look after ourselves a bit better.
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Yes I’ve always been a bit skinny but have a bit of a tummy since I retired
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I haven't spread yet and I can still wear trousers I've had for decades. I am a bit heavier than I was in my early twenties and I need a larger sized shirt but I'm also more muscular in my upper body so I suppose that explains it.
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I have/had the same problem. I know they go into the drain outside the kitchen (dog says so) and suspect there some sort of gap around the pipework but can’t find it — obscured by the kitchen units anyway. I have never kept food in the lower cabinets but the waste bin used to be there and obviously attractive.
I put a spare Wi-Fi security camera near in the waste bin cupboard and only saw one mouse — bin removed but some seed bait.
Eventually got it with the common spring trap of the kind which come pre-baited (Amazon of course).
I’ve kept a trap there ever since, bin back there but no food ever put in it.
If you use traps put them at the edges as that’s where they’ll run. Not sure that bait is even essential then as they’ll likely explore it when they come across an obstruction.
Since I haven’t found any more “sign” for 3 years I suspect maybe a young one got in and either liked it or couldn’t get out again after fattening up
. Anyway, removing source of food/water is key if you can’t find where they are getting in.
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Nutrition was part of my study for my degree, that would be early / mid 70's when veganism / vegetarianism was starting to come to the fore, it was well known way back then.
Generally speaking that has been my experience as an entry point 90% of the time, the rest attributed to an air brick or other gaps in brickwork.
Of course cats bringing in live ones and then losing them, can't be ruled out.
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No surprise in regard to the scientific & higher educational environments but with fadism and more latterly influencer situations does the message get through and is it understood
Crumbled biscuits did the trick for us. Back when we were having a mickey problem, I was reading a newspaper in the kitchen and saw something out of the corner of my eye, it was a mouse and when it saw me, it scurried back from where it came - the ventilation panel in the bottom of the kitchen units, gaps of just 5mm. A mouse can virtually flatten itself. It turned out there was a small hole in the floorboard, right in the corner, underneath a cabinet. They were getting in from our cellar.
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Fair point, well presented.No surprise in regard to the scientific & higher educational environments but with fadism and more latterly influencer situations does the message get through and is it understood
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Thanks Cobra. Yes, we sweep up regularly because, along with the usual crumbs, having a dog means bits of dry dog food/treats make it to the floor often. The traps are behind the kicking boards but I haven't clean up under them - must do that, and bait more sparingly!
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Thanks Andy.
We too have a cellar and there are air connections with adjoining house so I think it is almost inevitable mice appear from time to time. A bit unusual at this time of year, though. In the past we have had ones pop in during very wet weather but not in the summer. Know what you mean about how a mouse can get through small spaces. I don't know if it is correct that if you can put a pencil through a hole then a mouse can get through it, but I think it is very close.
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Not picking on you particularly Alan! I’m definitely not against vegetarians, vegans possibly. Just picked your post to hang this on which I came across today:
Moving the keelboat and pirogues upriver required a tremendous effort from each man; consequently they ate prodigiously. In comparison with beef, the venison and elk were lean, even at this season. Each soldier consumed up to nine pounds of meat per day, along with whatever fruit the area afforded and some cornmeal, and still felt hungry.
From:
Stephen E. Ambrose,
Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis,
Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening
of the American West
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My point being, what you eat depends on what you are doing and what’s available. The people on Lewis & Clark’s expedition couldn’t have done that on a diet of veggies I suspect.
But eating 9 pounds of meat is mind boggling!
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We need a new plastic strip seal for the shower cubicle door on the base. You wouldn't believe how hard it is to get the right one. It's easier if I post a link. My wife thinks we should get number UK13 or UK 18 in the diagram. We did call the supplier of the new bathroom but the lady was unable to tell us which seal. Maybe we'll get in touch with the fitters who were excellent.
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I fitted our over bath shower screen yonks ago and the original seal IIRC well superb in its functioning.We need a new plastic strip seal for the shower cubicle door on the base. You wouldn't believe how hard it is to get the right one. It's easier if I post a link. My wife thinks we should get number UK13 or UK 18 in the diagram. We did call the supplier of the new bathroom but the lady was unable to tell us which seal. Maybe we'll get in touch with the fitters who were excellent.
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Shower seals can radically differ in appearance and application. That is why we are here to help our customers to choose the right one that will ideally match any bathroom arrangement. Click on the link to read more about all our shower seals!
Up til this day with the replacements, I have never able to get a duplicate of the OEM one, they have never "sealed" as well where the seal meets the hinge!
I have to look at the link you posted
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OUCH!Being off colour for a few days, then throbbing toothache.......which turns out to be a sinus infection putting pressure on the nerve of the tooth.
Nasty.
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Being off colour for a few days, then throbbing toothache.......which turns out to be a sinus infection putting pressure on the nerve of the tooth.
Nasty.
I had really bad earache, got referred to ENT specialist who said "it's your teeth".
Wisdom teeth removed under GA.
Not nice!
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I had some put in years ago, it never helped
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I had some put in years ago, it never helped
Glad to get rid of mine!
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Why have your car make farting noises so everyone just thinks what a prat.
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'I live on ready meals as my electric cooker costs too much'
As the latest energy price cap is announced, BBC News speaks to a struggling former care worker.
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Is it really cheaper to buy ready meals and reheat in the microwave? I’ve seldom bought them but they mostly seem between expensive and exorbitant.
How about cooking fresh food in the MW? I confess I’m not sure not having tried much and mostly use the microwave for drinks or reheating.