h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

ing the tune as I type - evening all!

bends legsoutwardly

ing and sending everybody warm thoughts

Animal, I shall be stuck with that all day now !! Keep warm, take care.

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Oh, Fb, ...We need them. It is slightly better here today but there is still a bitterly cold wind

Websailor

when television programs WERE good

http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/D/htmlD/dixonofdock/dixonofdock.htm

My mum worked at holbeck railway station when she was in her twenties.......she met Jack Warner there..that's my excuse for recalling dixon of dock green,we used to have to watch it

Memories of times past. tries not to think how nice life was then

Sun. 3rd Feb. 08

Weather: Dry, cold and very windy.

New neighbour put the fence panel back in today and promised to sort it! Such a relief.

Eight blackbirds, four blue s and one great greeted me along with a robin this morning. Before long the food was disappearing under an onslaught from wood pigeons, magpies, chaffinches, collared doves, dunnocks and squirrels.

The tables were cleared by a jay, blackbirds, magpies, long tailed tits and more wood pigeons, and the feeder levels dropped quickly, eaten by bullfinches, one goldfinch, one coal tit and one robin.

The peanut cakes were left largely to the woodpecker at 8.45, 10am, 1.55am and 3.30pm with starlings coming in between. A late visit from the long tailed tits saw the last of the biscuit crumbs go . Must top up peanut feeders tomorrow.

I’ve had a busy day so not much time for bird watching except mealtimes



Websailor

Heck, is it really that long ago

WS

Why is it that if I don't put it on the written list, I well forget it - what happened to the digestive biscuits?

scorp You too, eh? The shopping list is known as *Fb's memory* in this household

A propos of nothing much, I met Sean Connery at Dumfries railway station Well, when I say *met*, he walked past me and asked when the London train was due . He was very tall. And broad. And twinkly-eyed.

And in the wonderful setting of Dumfries too

It is only five to seven; but who is Fb?

possibly Frenchbean ?

Scorp, I put 'forgettable' items in my phone reminder, timed to go off when I am at the shops!! And yes Fb is Frenchbean.

You were online early no wonder you forget things!! I was still away with the then much to the disgust of the blackbirds who called out reinforcements to wake me up

got work to do

Websailor

Seems we all need little reminders I put notes in my purse when i know we're going shopping...otherwise i'd forget to pick the lists up!!

Me too. Have phoned PHM from the shop before now to ask what was on my list which I had left on the kitchen worktop.

You can imagine the comments

Websailor

I just love to see men, walking round supermarkets with a listI think to myself don't they know what they eat in the house regular

Prof - speaking as one of those men, it's a case of we're *given* the list.

If I bring home something that's not on it, "We didn't need that"

If I miss something that *is* on it, it's "We needed that!"

And if I *don't* get something that *isn't* on it, it's "Didn't you know we needed that?"

So following the list is VERY important!!

Yay!!!
I saw my first Bullfinch today, infact one male and two females. While not a rare bird they aren't common around here. I thought I saw them outside the perimiter of local bird sanctuary for a second earlier but got a really good fairly close view later for a comparatively long time.
Although it is great in the wildlife sanctuary where I saw Bulfinches, Snipe, Spoonbill Ducks and other assorted wonderful birds today, on the way home in a not particularly wonderful local park across road I saw, today, the Green Woodpeckers again, 3 Goldfinches, Greenfinch, Chaffinch, Fieldfare/Red wing and even a not too common Song thrush all within around 10 mins.
The park is really just a place for walking dogs but there is one fairly high hedge that has all those birds and even Long Tail Tits. There must be something about the hedge that suits the birds, despite all the dogs and occasional yobs,

I was wondering what people think is the meanest and nastiest looking bird?
For me it is easily a surprising but easy winner, the Greenfinch. Its flatish head, massive beak, dark patch around a dark eye and scowling, don't look at me, I'm 'ard scowl are frightening at times!