COLD DARK ROOM

[Lyn W]

Well I didn't get to make spuds food today... Looks last a frantic last minute trip to the shops before I go tomorrow. The trouble is, the bagged stuff is mostly lettuce
I suppose I can get some rocket. ALL other suggestions welcome on what I can feed him from a shop!!!!!!!

The florette classic crispy salad has lambs lettuce, radicchio, and frisee (no additives)which aren't as bad as ice berg etc, Lola loves the radicchio,kale is good, sliced spring greens and romaine aren't too bad. Rocket is ok in moderation, I use those through the winter sprinkled with ground dried grass (Readigrass), but you could use fresh grass cut up into tiny bits and added to any of the above which have been water sprayed so it sticks. Little Gems aren't good.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Well I didn't get to make spuds food today... Looks last a frantic last minute trip to the shops before I go tomorrow. The trouble is, the bagged stuff is mostly lettuce
I suppose I can get some rocket. ALL other suggestions welcome on what I can feed him from a shop!!!!!!!

Not much other choice.
He won't have a problem a few days on lettuce.
he might even enjoy it.

 

[Lyn W]

Goodness, I can't reveal my sources!
But seriously, if you look up the meaning of kangaroo in original aborigine you will find that it only existed in the one language, Guugu (Gugu) Yimidhiir which was the language used only by the people around Botany Bay. It refers specifically to the grey kangaroo.
This is why when Cooks men arrived in 1770 they were told the name was kangaroo.
Obviously, the story about "i don't know', wasn't true as they did have a name for this common local animal.
Check the Jukurrpa Pocket Book of Aboriginal Languages, for example.
You can also see in this and lots of places on the net that there were about 250 aboriginal languages and 500 dialects at this time and many of them were not related to each other.
Check the Australian Bureau of Statistics for more info on languages then and later when the first settlers arrived and compare the languages spoken in the different areas. Also this will show you how the number of languages has declined drastically to the present day. They have a website abs.gov.au.and you can e-mail them too.
When the first British settlers began arriving from 1788, they did not all live in the same area and due to the research done by Cook and others, for example Cook's own journals, available in volume form and very good reads, some of the more educated setters (not usually the criminals) had done their research and were fascinated by drawings of the kangaroo and head learned the name, assuming incorrectly that all aborigines would speak the same language.
Now if you look up in Aboriginal languages the Begangi aboriginal language, kangaroo means horse (you can do this on the net).
The Begangi of course, had no word for horse before the Europeans brought them as they are not native to Australia and they have their own words for kangaroos so why did they call horses kangaroos ?
Because they learned the word from the British and got muddled up.
If you check modern aboriginal usage of the word, you will see, of course that the Aborigines call kangaroos, kangaroos when they are speaking in English, as most of them now do, and often only English as mos don't speak their native tongues fluently but in the majority of languages between the start of the 19th century onwards the word had spread to mean horse in most of the now lost and extant languages.

Blimey!!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Blimey!!

Well, I was asked politely, I am happy to respond.

 

[Lyn W]

Well, I was asked politely, I am happy to respond.

and very interesting it was too.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

It kept me happy for a bit.

 

[Lyn W]

Pity Ed's not about tonight I wanted to pick his mechanical brain for ideas about why my car won't go!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Pity Ed's not about tonight I wanted to pick his mechanical brain for ideas about why my car won't go!

I know many things, but cars, nothing practical though i know how an internal combustion engine works, there is pretty nearly zero chance of me fixing one.
Mike might know something.
Anyway, i've got to go for a bit, see you in an hour, or if not tomorrow.
I ride to victory!

 

[Lyn W]

I know many things, but cars, nothing practical though i know how an internal combustion engine works, there is pretty nearly zero chance of me fixing one.
Mike might know something.
Anyway, i've got to go for a bit, see you in an hour, or if not tomorrow.
I ride to victory!

I'll have gone by then so see you tomorrow have a good night!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I'll have gone by then so see you tomorrow have a good night!

You too, byeeeeeee!!!!!!!!

 

[jaizei]

I know many things, but cars, nothing practical though i know how an internal combustion engine works, there is pretty nearly zero chance of me fixing one.
Mike might know something.
Anyway, i've got to go for a bit, see you in an hour, or if not tomorrow.
I ride to victory!

With YouTube, you can do anything.

 

[Lyn W]

With YouTube, you can do anything.

I looked some guy said it may be a short in the car
I personally don't think its got anything to do with my height.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

With YouTube, you can do anything.

I'm not going to try, but I have a feeling me trying to fix a car using YouTube, with the buffering i'd get with my computer would take forever and be a disaster of note.

 

[Lyn W]

I'm not going to try, but I have a feeling me trying to fix a car using YouTube, with the buffering i'd get with my computer would take forever and be a disaster of note.

I'm going to take my trusty Haynes manual to bed with me to try to work out what it is.

 

[meech008]

I'm going to take my trusty Haynes manual to bed with me to try to work out what it is.

I've worked on my car with youtube before!

 

[meech008]

I've worked on my car with youtube before!

I should add that it was successful but not for the faint of heart

 

[Lyn W]

I've worked on my car with youtube before!

I've got to work out the problem first - think I can discount the battery.
I've always used the Haynes books - don't know if you have them in the US - but they have saved me a lot of money over the years.
I'm quite handy with the basics.

 

[meech008]

I've got to work out the problem first - think I can discount the battery.
I've always used the Haynes books - don't know if you have them in the US - but they have saved me a lot of money over the years.
I'm quite handy with the basics.

We totally do! It might not be the exact same thing but I think it is

 

[Lyn W]

We totally do! It might not be the exact same thing but I think it is

probably - just different models. They are brilliant.
My first car was an old Mini which was like a big Meccano set, cars these days are more complicated and computerised etc so I daren't touch the brakes etc as I used to. But theres still some things I can tackle.

 

[meech008]

probably - just different models. They are brilliant.
My first car was an old Mini which was like a big Meccano set, cars these days are more complicated and computerised etc so I daren't touch the brakes etc as I used to. But theres still some things I can tackle.

I can't do too terribly much with cars. I can change tires, headlights, replaced a battery, and brake pads but I don't mess with much else