COLD DARK ROOM

[Maro2Bear]

Wow. Wifey went over to our local Lidl looking for freshly shucked oysters for New Years. The “cheap” frozen Butterball turkeys are now on greater discount.

She picked up a small one for us, a large one for her mother. Thirty pounds of turkey for $8.00 - $0.30 cents/pound.

 

[Ray--Opo]

Good Mornooning all.
Today looks like a cloudy morning. Hopefully the sun comes out to play later this afternoon. Anyway I hope you all have a great day. And Heather I am thinking of your Dad and praying for the best and quickest recovery.

Is it true that they banned all alcohol sales there?

 

[Ray--Opo]

Wow. Wifey went over to our local Lidl looking for freshly shucked oysters for New Years. The “cheap” frozen Butterball turkeys are now on greater discount.

She picked up a small one for us, a large one for her mother. Thirty pounds of turkey for $8.00 - $0.30 cents/pound.

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Nice

 

[CarolM]

Our pleco definitely loves gulping up any bits of green algae in our one tank. Up & down the walls, along every nook & cranny in the plastic plants, inside the decorative shells, and along the substrate. Now that it has all that tended to, it will glide to the surface when i feed the fish & lap in flakes & pellets too. Loves the blanched cucumber & zucchini bits too. Very graceful.

Sounds like I need one of those in my pond. There are plenty of algae in for it to have a Christmas dinner and then some.

 

[CarolM]

Is it true that they banned all alcohol sales there?

Yes, There are no bottle shops open, you might however find a shabeen or two operating illegally. But essentially there is no sales of any alcohol. You can drink what you have in your home currently but cannot get more if you want more.

 

[CarolM]

Good Morning and A Very Happy New Years Eve Everyone. I am really hoping that 2021 get better and is better than 2020.

When I light a candle tonight @ 12pm, I will be saying a prayer for Heather's Dad. Might I make a suggestion and ask that each and every one of you light a candle at your midnight and say a little prayer for Heather's Dad and anybody else who are going through difficult times. That way this little prayer can make it's way around the world and hopefully fall on her Dad to help push him through this very difficult time. It is just a suggestion and you do not need to do it. But that is what I will do at 12pm tonight my time.

I better start working, so I will chat again later. Later peeps. Have a good day. ?

 

[JoesMum]

Good Morning and A Very Happy New Years Eve Everyone. I am really hoping that 2021 get better and is better than 2020.

When I light a candle tonight @ 12pm, I will be saying a prayer for Heather's Dad. Might I make a suggestion and ask that each and every one of you light a candle at your midnight and say a little prayer for Heather's Dad and anybody else who are going through difficult times. That way this little prayer can make it's way around the world and hopefully fall on her Dad to help push him through this very difficult time. It is just a suggestion and you do not need to do it. But that is what I will do at 12pm tonight my time.

I better start working, so I will chat again later. Later peeps. Have a good day. ?

That’s a lovely idea and I shall be doing it

 

[JoesMum]

 

[Ray--Opo]

Yes, There are no bottle shops open, you might however find a shabeen or two operating illegally. But essentially there is no sales of any alcohol. You can drink what you have in your home currently but cannot get more if you want more.

Is the reason have to do with the covid 19?

 

[Ray--Opo]

That’s a lovely idea and I shall be doing it

I am in. Great idea!

 

[Maro2Bear]

Is the reason have to do with the covid 19?

Ray, yes.

✅ Short - JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa reimposed a ban on alcohol sales and ordered the closure of all bars Monday as part of new restrictions to help the country battle a resurgence of the coronavirus, including a new variant.

➡️ Long - https://apnews.com/article/africa-h...il-ramaphosa-dc709fe92db6e6697c3341361a99a437

 

[Ray--Opo]

Ray, yes.

✅ Short - JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa reimposed a ban on alcohol sales and ordered the closure of all bars Monday as part of new restrictions to help the country battle a resurgence of the coronavirus, including a new variant.

➡ Long - https://apnews.com/article/africa-h...il-ramaphosa-dc709fe92db6e6697c3341361a99a437

Thanks Mark, I guess the moonshiners will be busy.

 

[Pastel Tortie]

Thanks Mark, I guess the moonshiners will be busy.

As long as they're social distancing...

 

[Lyn W]

Hi everyone,
Thursday and NY's Eve already!
This time last year if we'd been told what was going to happen to us all in 2020 we would have laughed and said they'd been reading too many sci fi books!
I can't wait to see the back of this year, and just hope that eventually 2021 will get better for everyone.
I'm staying home so will probably be back later but Happy and Healthy New Year to everyone!
TTFN

 

[Maro2Bear]

Wifey is already busy.

Freshly cooked salmon, blended with spices, now baking. Her own recipe & ?? design.

 

[Maro2Bear]

Wifey is already busy.

Freshly cooked salmon, blended with spices, now baking. Her own recipe & ?? design.
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ps - I’m now frantically searching our large Koi aquarium......

 

[Maro2Bear]

ps - I’m now frantically searching our large Koi aquarium......

and, a few minutes latter, tonight’s appetizer is out of the oven & resting.

 

[JoesMum]

and, a few minutes latter, tonight’s appetizer is out of the oven & resting.

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That looks delicious .

I thought you might be interested in this video about my brother in law filmed by the International Wood Carving Society in Austria last year

 

[Ray--Opo]

Wifey is already busy.

Freshly cooked salmon, blended with spices, now baking. Her own recipe & ?? design.
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I would like her recipe if your wife wouldn't mind. I have caught 1000's of salmon over my lifetime and cooked many different ways.

 

[Ray--Opo]

and, a few minutes latter, tonight’s appetizer is out of the oven & resting.

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I like to hear that.....a few minutes latter.
So many people overcook salmon. Kind of looks like a Coho salmon.