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Do you know what they appeared to have died of? Were they injured? Is one of your neighbours putting down poisoned food?

Ingrime Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- The staff, > well the ones I can understand, xxxxxx What's that supposed to mean?

Undisputedtruth Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- I'm against commercial tosh like the > Guardian, M&S, Starbucks Coffee, and pop music. xxxxxxxxx :)):)):)) Anything else you'd like to share with us? I'm stuck in bed with a vile cold and it's cheering me up :))

Grotty Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- We moved our shed in the > garden recently and found 3 large rat skeletons > underneath it. Hideous... xxxxxx At least you weren't living in the shed whilst the rats decomposed :))

Did you have any criteria for scoring, or was it just a vague general impression sort of score? Gobsmacked at the Vale .....

Jon Boden.

Tarot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- >I have a blackbird who likes grapes > and chips. > All good. xxxxxx Sounds like you have a blackbird likely to have an upset tum, Tarot :))

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sambless Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- You don't have > young children do you? I really hope they didn't > see, that would be awful. xxxxxx Eh? Rats may be vermin and a health hazard, and therefore have to be controlled, but they are also animals and part of the natural world. What's wrong with children seeing them? Or are you joking?

Taper - we haven't yet, but that's not a deliberate policy :) We were approached by one very good Cajun band, but they weren't well enough known to put on at DHFC and their fee was too high for the Mag. If there's anyone you'd like us to check out, PM me :)

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I know Phillip Henry, not bad I suppose... > xxxxxx NOT BAD?!?!?!?!?!

Phillip Henry. You won't have heard of him yet, but you will. First guitarist since I first saw Bert Jansch around 1965 to literally make my jaw drop. And sit there with my mouth hanging open. F-ing amazing slide.

ianr Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > Mike Waterson > > Who has died recently. June Tabor will be > speaking about him on R4 Last Word, that's about > to start. xxxxx Died day before yesterday :-S Obituary here :( Amazing songwriter and singer, both solo and with others. And a bloody nice bloke as well. Best version of Tamlyn I've ever heard in my life, makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end. R.I.P.

Marie81 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > I would take the foxes screaming any day over > noisy neighbours or cars speeding down the road > with loud music blaring! xxxxxxx Same here, but that's a bit different to having your dogs hurt

Fuschia Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > My specific question is can instead rafts and > rascals with an 8 yo and. 3 yo? Or us the 8 yo too > old and not allowed in > xxxxxxx Fuschia, can you interpret your post?! :))

One rat? Luxury! I once lived in a hut on a farm, and I used to have a birdfeeder. One day I saw what I thought was a squirrel on the feeder, then I saw it had a very thin tail for a squirrel, then I realised it was a rat. Long story short (ish), I once counted seventeen rats of assorted sizes outside my kitchen window. There was a big grizzled granddaddy down to little ones. I felt like the Pied Piper of Hamelin. Stupid as it sounds, I actually quite liked them. However then they started coming into the hut and into my food cupboards and moving the food around. Then they started getting underneath the hut and gnawing through the wooden floor. I used to lie in my bed at night hearing them gnawing through the bedroom floor. The farmers put metal plates beneath the floor, but that didn't deter them. Then they gnawed through the plastic boxes I kept the birdfood in. Sadly, eventually I agreed to them being poisoned. That wasn't the end of it though, because one expired beneath my hut, in a totally inaccessible place. The smell was indescribable. For weeks, if memory serves. Oh happy days :)

Frankito Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- >. Wasn't there a programme > recently where some local types formed a non-Co-op > co-operative..? xxxxx Has already been a discussion on this on the forum, can't remember what thread but I'm sure somebody else will :)

tallulah71 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I know one of the neighbours > regularly puts food out for them too which doesn;t > help. > xxxxxxxx Could you not explain the problem to your neighbour and ask him/her to stop feeding them? Obviously it's going to be almost impossible to deter them if they're getting a regular supply of nearby food.

ianr Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > RIP Thaddeus, lone tadpole occupant of our salad > bowl 'pond'crying smiley > > We had such hopes for you, you managed to > outlive your brothers and sisters for so long! > > RIP Thaddeus, et eius fratres sororesque. > > Were any of them named, btw, or was this a sad > consequence of Thaddeus's outliving them? Is Tad actually dead, are you sure he's not just hiding? I didn't see any of mine for ages, thought they had snuffed it. :-S

I've got a froglet!!! Just went out to check my tub wasn't overflowing, and a little froggie leaped off the pile of stones and into the tub! Hurrah!!! :)-D Now fingers crossed a cat doesn't get it :-S ETA: Am feeding the taddies freeze-dried bloodworms recommended by a fish shop for when they start geting legs, on the basis that even though I rarely see a taddie as they lurk down the bottom, they jolly well should be getting legs by now, seems I was right!

What's this got to do with North Cross Road, fredricketts??

Lucky you, I'm very jealous :)

Meant to post this before and forgot! On Saturday morning, I saw what appeared to be a flock of long-tailed tits flying into the trees next to Sainsbury's carpark (on the right hand side as you face Sainsbury's). I've never seen long-tailed tits in ED before, though when I lived in Oundle I often used to get them coming down to my birdfeeder. I've also seen them in woods in Sussex. Anyone else seen them about in ED, eg in the woods?

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > I don't spend ?50.00 on petrol. > > I take my 86 year old mum shopping each week and > if we spend ?50 in store between us on our weekly > shop, > I get 5p off every litre of petrol I buy. and the > normal price is no dearer than most garages. > > and still get points on our club card (which we > share) which add up so we get more vouchers to > spend. xxxxxx Sorry, misunderstood :-$ So what Tesco do you go to? Old Kent Road?

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I normally shop at Tescos. The prices are cheaper > and my mother and I get regular vouchers > (?30-?40+ p.a.) > that can be spent on anything in store and also > 5p off every litre of petrol when we spend ?50.00+ xxxxxx Yeh but how much does it cost you in petrol to go to Tesco? The Co-op is very convenient and depending on where you live, you don't need a car to get there (just a shopping trolley in my case :)) ) And how big is your car, if you spend ?50+ on petrol each time you fill it up there? My little Micra wouldn't take that much even if it was empty!