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Rosa_Damascena

Rosa_Damascena said:

Just heard - moths can apparently survive for 9 months in outer space (extreme temperatures and in a vacuum). Learning they can survive -150degC is not good news.

I'm starting to wonder if I imagined it - but no, listen from 21:20: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct8txl

But I now realise I did mishear it - the subject matter is MOSS not moths. I can rest easy knowing that moths are not the new cockroaches

DigForVictory

I just popped in to the local Age Concern (they've rebranded & I keep forgetting to what - but we're on Excellent Terms as I always call before arriving with donations) as I was hoping they might have a thumping great glass vase. Mum gets a lot of flowers at Christmas & when the wine cooler & two enamel coffeepots are in play, as all the crystal ones are stuffed, I feel we should be trying harder. And yes, there it was, plain, glass tube, spot on and change from £4. 
And alongside it, two decanters, which each were below the £10 threshold, and at the desk they had William Morris notelets (at exorbitant prices, really, nearly £4 for 10 but Aunt Adores William Morris, so...) And as they began searching for bubble wrap, I flicked through the clothing & there was a very nice la redoute long sleeve t shirt in a sort of Breton style which mum wears so well, so mum is doing rather better than the £10 threshold but its still All Charitably Sourced. And now two cousins will get decanters one brand new from Amazon that was too big for me to lift one handed, & another 'ethically sourced' that she can do as she sees fit with. The shop staff suggested I send a bottle with, to show the decanter at its colourful best, & I explained the financial thresholds, but we gurgled with laughter that we could always say "It was filled with something expensive & exotic when I left it with my sisters for carrying over!"... And I am gazing on the third decanter & wondering who merits this lovely longnecked beauty that might perhaps be Edinburgh crystal but I can't ID the pattern...