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Jim Garten 
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 Posted: March 05 2009 at 02:21 |
I'd stick my oar in here in praise of Karajan's Beethoven cycle on DG; originally had it on vinyl & it was one of the first classical sets I replaced on CD:
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Jared
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Posted: March 05 2009 at 02:36 |
^^ far beit from me to argue, but most critics rate his 60's set as the pinnacle of his work... 
and owning both sets, I tend to agree...
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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Jim Garten
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Posted: March 05 2009 at 02:40 |
And that's the wonder of The Shed - two friends differing, yet respecting each other's opinions (even if yours is wrong  )
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Jim Garten
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Posted: March 05 2009 at 02:46 |
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the grey squirrels (damn tree-rats) had gnawed through the whole branch to get it down, but they still couldn't get the peanuts out - smart, but not that smart - all they needed was a 3mm open-ended spanner |
Yes, I know the wretched things are vermin, but having about half a dozen hanging feeders suspended from brackets on a fencing post not far from the back window, squirrels are entertaining little blighters, hanging upside down from the brackets, trying to get their thieving teeth through the mesh... and yes - I think they're cute, too 
Following on from previous page's gardening theme, got a busy spring coming up, as we have to clear one of our flower beds completely of a copper hazel, 2 dwarf rhodedendrons & a small spruce to make way for a complete revamp of the patio area in May. Don't really want to lose any of them, so has anyone tried transplanting small trees and/or rhodedendrons before? Hints? Tips?
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Vicky Garten
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Posted: March 05 2009 at 06:38 |
Jim Garten wrote:
Dean wrote:
the grey squirrels (damn tree-rats) had gnawed through the whole branch to get it down, but they still couldn't get the peanuts out - smart, but not that smart - all they needed was a 3mm open-ended spanner |
Yes, I know the wretched things are vermin, but having about half a dozen hanging feeders suspended from brackets on a fencing post not far from the back window, squirrels are entertaining little blighters, hanging upside down from the brackets, trying to get their thieving teeth through the mesh... and yes - I think they're cute, too
Following on from previous page's gardening theme, got a busy spring coming up, as we have to clear one of our flower beds completely of a copper hazel, 2 dwarf rhodedendrons & a small spruce to make way for a complete revamp of the patio area in May. Don't really want to lose any of them, so has anyone tried transplanting small trees and/or rhodedendrons before? Hints? Tips? |
on that last point - can I have a chain saw ? Pleeeeeeeeeeeease 
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Jim Garten
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Posted: March 05 2009 at 07:06 |
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The chainsaw is generally not seen as an appropriate implement when transplanting trees.
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Jared
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Posted: March 05 2009 at 07:29 |
Jim Garten wrote:
The chainsaw is generally not seen as an appropriate implement when transplanting trees. |
I'm not convinced Vicky wants to use it for the garden, Jim... 
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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Dean
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Posted: March 05 2009 at 07:32 |
ah, the old ball and chainsaw ...
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Raff
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Dean
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Posted: March 05 2009 at 07:33 |
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^ That'll be because you're further around the globe now...
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limeyrob
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Posted: March 05 2009 at 07:53 |
I hear the grey squirrel could be subject to a cull. About time too. In preparation has anyone got any decent squirrel recipes?
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Dean
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Posted: March 05 2009 at 07:57 |
Squirrel Bollards.
four bags of sand, one bag of cement, some water, as many grey squirrels as will fit in a plastic dustbin - mix ingredients well, stir in squirrels and leave to set.
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Man Erg
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Posted: March 05 2009 at 08:05 |
Dean wrote:
Squirrel Bollards.
four bags of sand, one bag of cement, some water, as many grey squirrels as will fit in a plastic dustbin - mix ingredients well, stir in squirrels and leave to set. |
And paint a picture of Tufty* on them
* For the non-British among us. Tufty Fluffytail was a cartoon squirrel that fronted a chilrens' road safety/awareness campaign in the 1960s/70s
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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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Raff
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Posted: March 05 2009 at 08:08 |
There is a traditional American recipe (I believe from our own Virginia), called Brunswick Stew, which was originally made with squirrel meat. Well, if you eat rabbit (and I have done so very often in Italy), I don't see why not squirrel... I even ate hedgehog stew some time during my childhood years !
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Jim Garten
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Posted: March 05 2009 at 08:10 |
Dean wrote:
Squirrel Bollards.
four bags of sand, one bag of cement, some water, as many grey squirrels as will fit in a plastic dustbin - mix ingredients well, stir in squirrels and leave to set |
"Dean! You wanna piece of me?!?"
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Man Erg
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Posted: March 05 2009 at 08:16 |
Raff wrote:
There is a traditional American recipe (I believe from our own Virginia), called Brunswick Stew, which was originally made with squirrel meat. Well, if you eat rabbit (and I have done so very often in Italy), I don't see why not squirrel... I even ate hedgehog stew some time during my childhood years!
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Peter Rabbit,Squirrel Nutkin and Mrs Tiggywinkle...All in a stew?
I call that Pimms o'clock...
I hear the distant sound of whirring as Beatrix Potter spins in her grave. 
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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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Jim Garten
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Posted: March 05 2009 at 08:18 |
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mystic fred
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Posted: March 05 2009 at 08:22 |
Jim Garten wrote:
Dean wrote:
the grey squirrels (damn tree-rats) had gnawed through the whole branch to get it down, but they still couldn't get the peanuts out - smart, but not that smart - all they needed was a 3mm open-ended spanner |
Yes, I know the wretched things are vermin, but having about half a dozen hanging feeders suspended from brackets on a fencing post not far from the back window, squirrels are entertaining little blighters, hanging upside down from the brackets, trying to get their thieving teeth through the mesh... and yes - I think they're cute, too
Following on from previous page's gardening theme, got a busy spring coming up, as we have to clear one of our flower beds completely of a copper hazel, 2 dwarf rhodedendrons & a small spruce to make way for a complete revamp of the patio area in May. Don't really want to lose any of them, so has anyone tried transplanting small trees and/or rhodedendrons before? Hints? Tips? |
cut a very large ball around the roots, keep the root ball whole. replant soon as poss (or store in water), water regularly - i used to sprinkle a handful of blood'n'bone fertilizer in for good measure.
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Man Erg
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Posted: March 05 2009 at 08:29 |
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Also note that any of the larger specimens may take a year before there is any new growth.They have to rebuild their root systems.
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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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Dean
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Posted: March 05 2009 at 08:31 |
Man Erg wrote:
Raff wrote:
There is a traditional American recipe (I believe from our own Virginia), called Brunswick Stew, which was originally made with squirrel meat. Well, if you eat rabbit (and I have done so very often in Italy), I don't see why not squirrel... I even ate hedgehog stew some time during my childhood years!
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Peter Rabbit,Squirrel Nutkin and Mrs Tiggywinkle...All in a stew?
I call that Pimms o'clock...
I hear the distant sound of whirring as Beatrix Potter spins in her grave. |
It was Mixy that stopped a whole generation of English people from eating rabbit - my parents wouldn't touch it.
Like the grey squirrel and giant hogweed (and Chinese barking deer, Japanese knotweed and wallabies), rabbits are not a native species in the UK - it was Raff's forebears, having invaded our fair land to build straight roads, holiday villas and a great big wall to keep the Picts out, felt homesick for rabbit stew like mama use to make and so introduced the little critters. (which promptly dug escape tunnels and erm, escaped...)
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