the daydream fund challenge thread

lostinrates

choille wrote: »

LIR - Isn't the stag stinking, in rut, inedible? People do eat them here after being mown down by cars but aren't they all bashed? I know it's better to use the meat, but I don't know if it'd be good..............
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He's male,he's young...and he didn't smell strong...we'll have to see what he tastes like another day. His body was ok, but two legs were snapped, totally snapped.

choille

I hope it's tasty.

Poosmate

Evening all. Sad news about the deer. I hope he tastes good enough to eat so that his death wasn't completely pointless.

CTC congrats on getting out of the brown stuff. I think the hardest part (well for me anyway) is realising where you're going wrong in tackling the problem. The majority of my debt stems from a relationship that went very bad. I sometimes wonder what my life would be like now if I hadn't fought so hard to keep my house, it's about the only thing I have left now of any value. I'm so glad I found this site and learned how to tackle my debt properly instead of plodding on hoping that the next year would be better than the last.

Anyway, it's taken what feels like years to save enough cash to be able to pay annual bills in cash rather than on credit. Last year was my saving and re-evaluating wants and needs/lifestyle year and this year has been the first that I've been able to pay all my annual bills, unexpected bills and replace my car without using credit. Now I more know that next year will be better rather than hope it will be (well I did, but then I think everyone is a little jittery in the present climate).

Well I don't have any animals just my little cat Poo, but I do have a Poo story. The other night I was eating my dinner (turkey burgers - or reconstituted turkey bits that I'd rather not think about too much) when there was a tap on my arm. For anyone who lives on their own this would be scary but not for me. I looked down to see my little Poo with her cutest "Please can I have some?" face looking back up at me. So I obliged and sucked the crumb stuff off the "burger", cut it up and placed it down for her. I then continued to eat my dinner. When I finished and was about to put my plate in the kitchen I looked down and there was little Poo sitting in front of her plate, patiently and obediently hoping for some more. I felt so awful that I had scoffed the lot and had nothing left to give her! How can a cat make you feel so guilty?!

Welcome aboard Annie, cute little houses, but wouldn't it be a bit cramped with 2 little ones?

Oh well, time I wasn't here. Good luck to all who are suffering bad weather, hope tomorrow is a good day for you all.

Poo

rhiwfield

Lir, a gift of free range venison is not one to be sniffed at . Are deer considered a pest round your way, if so do they cull to control numbers?

Trog, given internal corrosion, possible partial collapse and overflows I'd be tempted to leave well alone. I was told that locally, after building inspector had come round, people used to knock a hole in the bottom to save on emptying, brings to mind a talk on sewage (!) I once went to which described the benefits of living on a hilltop.

Poo, well done on avoiding credit :T When I was young, quite a while ago, people who borrowed for consumer goods were "living on the never-never" and mortgages were strictly controlled. That all changed with the credit explosion. I pay off my Barclaycard monthly but I see the interest rate, if I dont pay off, has gone up to about 28% :eek:

BTW, to put the cat among the pigeons (or the pigeon among the cats?) did anyone see QI last night? Question was something like what was the best legal way to cut your carbon footprint. Answer was to put down/dont have pets, on basis that a large dog equates to 2 gas guzzling 4 x 4s ( and a gerbil = an Ipod). Reason being is that cats and dogs generally have a meat heavy diet. Got to admit its not a point I'd ever heard made before, wonder what politician will be first to propose a one small dog per family rule? And I suppose a St Bernard equates to a private jet

lostinrates

rhiwfield wrote: »

Lir, a gift of free range venison is not one to be sniffed at . Are deer considered a pest round your way, if so do they cull to control numbers?..

I think they are probably considered rather precious, there isn't all that much woodland round here though we, thank fully, look out on woods...I couldn't live without trees

BTW, to put the cat among the pigeons (or the pigeon among the cats?) did anyone see QI last night? Question was something like what was the best legal way to cut your carbon footprint. Answer was to put down/dont have pets, on basis that a large dog equates to 2 gas guzzling 4 x 4s ( and a gerbil = an Ipod). Reason being is that cats and dogs generally have a meat heavy diet. Got to admit its not a point I'd ever heard made before, wonder what politician will be first to propose a one small dog per family rule? And I suppose a St Bernard equates to a private jet

I think this is very fair. It is something I've considered a lot. Especially with two large breed dogs and the cats, but also with the other critters. TBH, for all sorts of reasons I think pet ownership should be licenced, and not with a token licence fee either. Cats are obligate carnivores but most off the shelf food is only 4% meat...so not sure about the huge meat consumption. Mine are non environmentally friendly because they eat high percentage meat food shipped in and raw meat :o. TBH, I think, as a committed carnivore, we ALL eat too much meat and don't make enough use of scraps. My dogs eat mainly tripe and I balance the diet around it, which gives me headaches, and eat far more meat than I do. Interestingly a huge increase in costs for us was when the credit crunch started people in less fussy countries started eating more tripe and the bits available for dog tripe went up in price.

when our giant breed dies we won't be getting another giant, which makes me sad, I've had that breed of dog all my life, but its only job here is as a guard dog...at which its highly effective, but the way I'm going atm I'll soon me able to do that job myself :rotfl:

I think overpopulation and subsequent overconsumption of all species high up the food chain is hugely skirted around as an environmental issue.

edit: poosmate: Poo sounds a delightful companion, and so well brought up! My cats have quite adventurous palates, with citrus being a favourite and melon???. Meat always means a treat for them...the wings from poultry or the trimmings from meat....but we have to be quite strict about other foods. One is a demon for poppadoms or crisps, so crisps have to be watched like hawks if we have people over for drinks.

ukmaggie45

lostinrates wrote: »

when our giant breed dies we won't be getting another giant, which makes me sad, I've had that breed of dog all my life, but its only job here is as a guard dog...at which its highly effective, but the way I'm going atm I'll soon me able to do that job myself :rotfl:

Hi LIR, I'm not a dog lover, more of a cat person ... But that's beside the point. I think if a large breed of dog is good for security for you it earns its carbon points. At the Harrogate House Building and Renovation show we went to last weekend we saw an alarm system that talked to you to tell you what it did... But you had to pay subscription for them to monitor. We didn't get as far as asking about that as we figured more than we would want to pay! But a large dog is probably going to be cheaper, and then there's the carbon footprint of all the power for the alarm system too... And that's all outside of the sheer pleasure of living with another sentient being.

Sorry if this doesn't make a lot of sense, got really chilled at the house this afternoon, it was b***y freezing and I spent a long time sitting in the tiny shower room trying to think about how to tile it.

Mags

lostinrates

ukmaggie45 wrote: »

Hi LIR, I'm not a dog lover, more of a cat person ... But that's beside the point. I think if a large breed of dog is good for security for you it earns its carbon points. At the Harrogate House Building and Renovation show we went to last weekend we saw an alarm system that talked to you to tell you what it did... But you had to pay subscription for them to monitor. We didn't get as far as asking about that as we figured more than we would want to pay! But a large dog is probably going to be cheaper, and then there's the carbon footprint of all the power for the alarm system too... And that's all outside of the sheer pleasure of living with another sentient being.

Sorry if this doesn't make a lot of sense, got really chilled at the house this afternoon, it was b***y freezing and I spent a long time sitting in the tiny shower room trying to think about how to tile it.

Mags

It makes some sense.

The reason my parents first got large breed dogs was because small-medium dogs can be put in a freezer or, :eek: down the loo. There aren't many dogs that won't fit in a chest freezer, but my dad chose the bigest dog he could find and we stuck with them. There are disadvantages to country life with a giant breed, to big to go under stiles too heavy to lift over, far too long for kissing gates....


My dog-dog, as opposed to the inherited giant, is a greyhound, and tbh she eats more than the giant breed. But she's also a very protective guard dog, and light enough to lift over a stile, small enough to curl up on the front seat in the middle in the landrover or in my old little car, and does a pretty good job as a herder too. The other bonus, that short hair wipes off with a flannel at the back door, instead of tracking mud through the house, and that's the bit that isn't covered with her jacket 4-6 months of the year! Like the others: a dog has to work to live here.

Rummer

Hello Everyone

I have to confess I have not been on this thread for such a long time as things here have been horrid . My Oh has been out of work for the last 6 months and I have been ill on and off (nothing serious) so this year our garden and pretty much everything else was put on hold.

Anyway I am now better and OH is due to start his new job in a few weeks so I am keen to get back on the forum and this thread in particular and to start planning my garden and savings plan for next year .

Hopefully you have all been well and maybe some of you have obtained your dream and purchased your ideal home. I have not had a chance to read through the posts so it may take me a bit of time to get back up to speed but I am looking forward to getting back into the thick of things again

choille

Sorry you've had a bad do of things Rummer. It's been a strange year. Good that you're up & running again & other half has another job in these uncertain times.

Brought one of the wee black orpingtons in tonight as she wasn't loking well at all - tried getting a little sugar water down her & just left her in the box where it's warm ,but she's pegged it just now. She never seemed bright from the start.
Turning into a bit of a disaster as the trio of buffs - there's at least two cockerels in there - gee.

lostinrates

choille wrote: »

Sorry you've had a bad do of things Rummer. It's been a strange year. Good that you're up & running again & other half has another job in these uncertain times.

Brought one of the wee black orpingtons in tonight as she wasn't loking well at all - tried getting a little sugar water down her & just left her in the box where it's warm ,but she's pegged it just now. She never seemed bright from the start.
Turning into a bit of a disaster as the trio of buffs - there's at least two cockerels in there - gee.

Oh poor black orpington. I've got to see a vet tomorrow with a maran. Its got hat I think is an abscess on its face. I hope its an abscess.