Bob Buzzard

SUP will likely be in the next Olympics and I wondered about me representing team GB doing that? I have a SUP, a good quality carry bag for it, a high-tensile lightweight carbon fibre paddle, and a good quality wetsuit. What are my chances? I’m planning to take it out soon on the Thames Estuary near Erith to try it out. 

Ah ok, so you’re saying I need to be underneath something like a table when I do the underwriting? That makes sense. Must be why they get paid so much - they’re managing the risks of working in a confined under space. 

I was thinking of becoming an underwriter- I have neat handwriting and I can underline. 

I’ve got a full loft conversion - it’s massive.

There were big queues at the gelateria this weekend and then one guy jumped in front of me in the queue! Anyway, just realised the bacio flavour is the same as Baci chocolates! 

Fabulous - need some citric acid for the toilets - will pop in there.

Has anyone been shopping in Pound Land on LL? Just wondering what your thoughts are? I might give it a whirl next time I need some Viakal limescale remover.

Campfire on from about 7pm on Fridays - pop along and join me - I always have some Small Beer available. 

We’l be getting our annual building work done soon (roof ridge tiles redone and the chimney stacks repointed). Mrs Bob says she’ll liaise with the builders and that I should get out from the house so I don’t bother them with inanities. So I’ll be off camping to the Fort again for the Summer - June, July, August, whilst they get on with it. I’ll be in my Decathlon Arpenaz 4.1 fresh and black tent. I’ll have a campfire every Friday night like I usually do.

Switzerland? I normally go to Rome.

Blessed are the cheesemakers.

I need to decide for what type to put on my Jamie Oliver cheese bridge. 

It smelt like Stinking Bishop.

Is Breton Brie better than Normandie Brie? 

I normally vote Lib Dem so I don’t want to vote Reform. I’m a liberal European internationalist (mostly) vegetarian inclusive ethical person. 

Just in Shropshire 🏡

I normally vote Lib Dem and will continue to do so.

Yes, I think people who don’t use their food waste bin are less likely to vote Lib Dem or Green or Labour as they think it’s a woke type of thing to do, like solar panels and other renewables. 

1 hour ago, malumbu said:

I expect Reform will end all this nonsense about segregating waste, bagging dog poo.  Your neighbour will have quite a few parts of the country that they can move to without all this tut-tutting.

 

 

Yes, what is Reform’s populist position on managing home food waste?

‘Holibobs’ 🤮

On 29/04/2025 at 22:55, Smiley_blue_1234 said:

The council does not really lead by example…. I saw a collection on Rye Lane where everything was put together! Ok, it’s food traders rubbish so not everything will be clean enough to be recycled blah blah blah but still…. Food scraps, wooden pallet, plastic crates and cardboard boxes were crushed together in the general bin lorry …😠

Rye Lane is Peckham Rye not East Dulwich, so most likely not relevant here. It depends where you draw your boundaries.

It’s not right. I’m going to contact Neil Coyle as he’s the MP for Southwark and Old Bermondsey - so he can liaise with Southwark Council to get more people using their food recycling bins. Like my neighbour across the road. 

Quite enjoyed it on Sunday!

But I thought that’s what we pay council tax for - so we put our food waste in the food waste bin and the council comes and collects it!

I know they eat food as they get a Tesco delivery every week. So they must have food scraps.