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SpringTime Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > JohnL Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > What would a Quentin Tarantino film be without > a > > bit of swearing (and violence too) > > > It would probably have more value. More value in what way? Quentin Tarantino lite just wouldn't be the same (not that I've seen any of his later movies)

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I do have mice in my garden, maybe they will come and mop up the leftovers :)

Whatever it was didn't like the marzipan. Or the icing. I am resisting the temptation to retrieve those bits :)) :)) :))

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Something beaked or furry (I presume) has eaten the cake in the garden! So whatever it was, I'm giving them and their mates the rest of it :)

coalakid Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Christopher?s now the only decent real local > bakery left (and best for croissants!) Where is that??

My post up the thread wasn't related to birds singing at night, it was more about the general increase in birdsong during the day. But when we used to run music gigs at DHFC we sometimes didn't leave till around 3am after clearing everything away, and it was amazing to hear the birds (I think robins?) singing loudly away in the dark. Well, dark apart from streetlights.

I don't think it's got nuts in it, but it does have a lot of fruit. KK has had half of the half a cake. The birds have had a slice of the rest (waiting to see if they eat it before putting out any more). My partner and I had a slice each last night. Our willpower may have been weakened by alcohol :)) There's still some left ......

BrandNewGuy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > They start singing in earnest once the days start > getting longer. It's all about marking out > territories and finding mates ? a bird needs both > sorted out well before spring, otherwise it's > another year of being single :) Crikey but the days have only just started getting longer. They must be very sensitive!

ED Bird Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Do they not have a notice on the gates, like those > at Goose Green, to keep the gates closed at all > times? Some people either don't see such notices or just ignore them, unfortunately.

Any news re Flo? Hope the surgery went as well as it could do.

Lots of loud bird song the last couple of days. Very welcome, of course, but a bit early in the year for it, isn't it??

Excellent news re the bag and red book. But very worrying that somebody was able to gain access to the nursery. This time it was a bag, next time it could be a child. The nursery needs to urgently rethink its security arrangements, though I'm not sure how they could stop somebody overlooking the code being entered. Some kind of screen? And don't they have a receptionist or similar near the door?

Any news re the fox?

I will contact you to arrange collection :)

puwetter Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sorry please go on YouTube i just don't want this > to happen to anyone else it was a lot of money. Can you post the YouTube link?

If you phone the council switchboard on 020 7525 5000 assuming there is somebody answering the phone in the evening, presumably then they can put you through to somebody who will arrange its removal, even though it's now late?

Huggers Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Christmas cake lasts forever!!! My Ma would keep > hers going for a year! Yes, but it wouldn't last forever in my house, because I would eat it. Which I don't want to do, because it is full of sugar :(

Is it on the pavement? Might the council be able to help? Though I realise you probably won't be able to contact anybody as it's out of office hours. Might the vet be able to remove the fox, as the fox project are closed? It probably just needs putting in a bin bag and the vet doing whatever they do with dead animals, I presume cremating them if the owners don't want the body (sorry to those of a sensitive nature).

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We?ll have a couple of slices Sue. Excellent! How about a couple of quarter-cake size slices? :))

Seabag Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Its well meaning I know, but do people really want > the other half of someones Christmas cake. > > I?m not sure I would, unless we were close. Well they might if they were short of money and food. I hate wasting food so just started this thread on the off chance, as I don't want to just bin a perfectly good half a cake!

Thanks all, I had forgotten about Olio, will try that and Peckham Food Cycle first. Or I may try putting some out for the birds to see if they will eat it (though they turned their noses/beaks up at sourdough bread I put out :)) :)) :)) ) The problem with freezing it or otherwise keeping it in the house in any form is that I will eat it. And I have already doubled my body weight (or it feels like it) and poisoned myself with too much sugar over the festive season :)) :)) :))

I have around half a Christmas cake (made by my sister). Am I right in thinking that food banks won't take it because it isn't shop bought and sealed? If so, is there any other place I could take it? I won't eat any more of it, I assume it's bad for birds and ducks, and I don't want to waste it :(