brum

I've recently taken to ignoring weather bulletins completely to just revel in discovery each morning as I pull back the curtains.

Angel Face - Glitter Band

Handy

latrine

Alec John Moore Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I uncovered a nest in the garden which had a > number of the winged mini beasts. This item from > the interweb may help explain: > > Where do flying ants come from? > During the late summer the nest produces winged > ants, often called flying ants. These are not a > different type of ant, but are the new queen ants > and males. These can be produced in large > quantities and although they can cause alarm and > short-term nuisance, they are harmless. If flying > ants get into your house then open your windows to > allow them to fly out. > > The new queens and males mate and the queens > establish new nests. After mating, the males die > but the females shed their wings and dig a cell in > the soil where they may start new nests. The > whole process only lasts for between two and three > hours. I started to think how amazing it would be if we too could sprout wings for just one day in the year. Then I read what happens to the males after mating.

paddle

Here's a charity that's a bit left field, but for a topic that is close to my heart. And its London-based. http://dansfundforburns.org/

Even sirens are illegal after 11pm. I think the same should go for fireworks.

post

Nice people up North, nice people down south. Horrible folk up north, horrible folk down south. So, is there really any difference? My only observation: up North, people have more time for other people - hence the 'thank you driver' and so on. Which is really nice. Bostin, in fact.

Clam

Vongole

Great photos! Are they of the same person, I wonder? ....In a '40 years of rock 'n roll lifestyle: before and after' kind of thing?

Meatballs

sounds like a good plan to me!

On the bright side, it would clear the restaurant of all other guests. Thereby affording a more prompt efficient service!

flaky

Yes I'm afraid so. Perhaps we should sing you all a duet at a future gathering, as a special treat.

crusty

foreskin

lap

...only when I look in the mirror, Brendan.

....its not just reserved for them, its more of a generic insult. Uttered only under extreme provocation, you understand, such is its ferocity.

Be gone! ...back to Utah, the lot of you!

Don't tell anyone Brendan, but I am Welsh