Anyone getting stocked up on food etc just in case?

nearlynew

Mice, rats or squirels?

In that case you need an air rifle.

kunekune

Chaucer? I think you mean Steinbeck!

Mr.Brown_4

kunekune wrote: »

Chaucer? I think you mean Steinbeck!

Ah thanks. The little devils have nibbled that part of the book with the authors name.

Davesnave

Mr.Brown wrote: »

Indeed. Our relationship with mice goes back further than the dog. I am reminded of Chaucer's excellent novella, "Of Mice and Men" in which he describes the symbiotic and soul enhancing embrace of nature that comes from having a few small guests around.

To be fair, I think our Geoffrey was more of a cat man:

Mice Before Milk
Lat take a cat and fostre hym wel with milk
And tendre flessch and make his couche of silk,
And lat hym seen a mouse go by the wal,
Anon he weyvith milk and flessch and al,
And every deyntee that is in that hous,
Suich appetit he hath to ete a mous.

It's obvious that he was pretty dyslexic. Such a shame; his writing shows a lot of promise.

lostinrates

Davesnave wrote: »

To be fair, I think our Geoffrey was more of a cat man:

Mice Before Milk
Lat take a cat and fostre hym wel with milk
And tendre flessch and make his couche of silk,
And lat hym seen a mouse go by the wal,
Anon he weyvith milk and flessch and al,
And every deyntee that is in that hous,
Suich appetit he hath to ete a mous.

It's obvious that he was pretty dyslexic. Such a shame; his writing shows a lot of promise.

I adore Chaucer....I love reading it aloud. I don't always get it right, I used o be a lot better I think, but I love he funny sound of those words and how they curl around the whole of the inside of your mouth before escaping.

I've always loved Chaucer, but now our spelling has something in common maybe the bond is stronger?

There is a Canterbury Tales thingy in , un, Canterbury, which is quite good....not very big or complete, and not all singing and dancing by today's standards, but I remember it fondly....

misskool

dopester wrote: »

There are probably very few people who choose to use them for the same annual testing reason I have mine for. Just a car thing really. Use a new pipette to take a sample of coolant/antifreeze/Ethylene Glycol (previously mixed with distilled/deionised water) from the car. Then use that sample on a refractometer to check it's concentration, the frost-protection-level it's providing, and the condition of the coolant.

The test is listed in the schedule in an official full service for the two family cars we run, but we service them ourselves at home to save money. Below is the pretty standard workshop information for newer Audi, VW, Skoda, SEAT (VAG) cars, using G12, G12+, G12++ coolant as I understand it.

I thought you would be using it to feed pets. Fish, small hamsters?

As for the food storage idea, why not keep pets you can eat?

It's an 2-in-1 solution. Little Buddy will feed you when armageddon arrives.

Jonbvn

lostinrates wrote: »

I adore Chaucer....I love reading it aloud. I don't always get it right, I used to be a lot better I think, but I love the funny sound of those words and how they curl around the whole of the inside of your mouth before escaping.

Is your "t" key broken?;)

lostinrates

Jonbvn wrote: »

Is your "t" key broken?;)

I only missed 'wo or 'hree of 'hem

tomterm8

misskool wrote: »

As for the food storage idea, why not keep pets you can eat?

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It's not a bad idea; we keep sheep. Because the Rams are viscious little ****'s, we utilize them as guard sheep... any idiot who decides to try to rob us by going through the fields out back, they will have a surprise... mehehehe...

Plus, they are delicious, especially with mint sauce.

nearlynew

misskool wrote: »

As for the food storage idea, why not keep pets you can eat?

It's an 2-in-1 solution. Little Buddy will feed you when armageddon arrives.

Backyard bunnies are the new urban chickens...........

http://www.good.is/post/backyard-bunnies-are-the-new-urban-chickens