WTF-Beta

(Is that hand real? Doesn't match his head)

Don't worry, the Easter Bunny is in charge

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/russian-general-killed-in-car-bomb-attack-near-moscow/ar-AA1DCtHy

None of those three for me. Does it have to be a Steinway sound?

What's the tariff on a Stuart&Sons piano from Australia?

You are both so fortunate having fruit bushes, we've never owned a garden that gave enough fruit. I miss collecting from the mature quince tree just outside my old workplace.

If you have a Lidl nearby, on Thursday I found this on their shelves

Pear & cherry liquor jam. From Portugal and £2 a jar. Has lots of bits of fruit yet is fluid to spread.
Absolutely fabulous,
I'm going to another Lidl tomorrow to hunt for more!

Sunday Times jam review

Ironically my wife is not keen on the strong taste, yet given fish & chips will add chilli mayo

Tins like these sardines cost about a pound, while vacuum sealed packs cost around four pounds, that's twice the price.

(Tins of fish add nicely to margarita piza, drizzle the oil on the crust and spread the fish around)

I like omelettes, quick & easy to make:
•crack 3-4 eggs, whisk
•grate in mature cheese
•a roasted mackerel strip shredded in by hand
•Mustard/herbs/pepper if you like
•a nub of butter for the omelette pan

Mackerel is excellent for health, if you like it.

@wtg Happy Birthday

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We have Collared Doves and Wood Pigeons in the garden. Less frequently a Great Spotted Woodpecker.

Should a humming bird ever be blown across the Atlantic to our chilly shores it would attract hundreds of twitchers.
I've seen a hawk moth in the warmer south that is easily mistaken for them.

We get Scandinavian Robins over-wintering, and French Robins flying in to nest over warmer monthe so they are really English?

The Scandinavian are slightly orangey-red imo.
Both have a lovely loud warble, like our song thrush, sitting high in a tree.

Would better shielding also prevent further instructions being sent after drone launch?

In a nice kilner jar too.
One time I bought some discounted Stilton (mainly) for the little pottery jars they came in. And in Waitrose some much reduced post-Christmas cheese platters simply for the slate serving boards which we use as placemats.

Anyway, Costco in London in madly busy, always, just like London. Maneuvering a huge trolley and queuing makes it one of my least favourite shops. And because to economise you spend "How much?"

The cafe thankfully is now automated; chicken bakes served are scrummy, also guaranteed to give me indigestion

Products we usually buy include their most excellent binbags, sugary Belgian waffles, bags of craisons & nuts, often cheese, huge cartons of fairy washing powder, and packs of 32 Cushelle quilted toilet roll.

I like milder English wholegrain mustard to add to meats, but we have the hotter alternatives which my better half prefers... Colemans, Dijon, French's and horseradish should you visit. Chilli chutney too

It's good to have a hobby.

Thanks for posting this, I've been a keen birdwatcher from a very early age (YOC/FRSPB).
Migration is an annual amazing treat, watching our garden robins change, and seeing an osprey.
It's only quite recently that we realised what birds do.

@Daniel said in Freedom of the press:

I was born in a port city on the Gulf of Mexico. I'll likely die in one. I have fuck all interest in calling it the Gulf of America.

How about the
Golf of America

I'd forgotten about those old mosquito-coil hobs

The thatched cornish cottage has oil central heating which could pricey, so the Aga will help to offset that.
Interesting that the cottage has private spring water, and drainage...
Presumably a septic tank. Delux country living.