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Tidgy's Dad

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Need to make a couple of phone calls and maybe get some work done. I hate making phone calls. :(
Already prepared the base for the Russian liver cake that Linda tempted me with on Avarice Day ;) @JoesMum
You?
Point. :mad:
I hate making or receiving phone calls too.
Here they say, "How are you ?"
"Are you well ?"
"Is wifey well ?"
"Is Tidgy well ?"
" Are you very well ?"
"Is the ceiling well ?"
Often in three languages.
Get on with it! :mad:
 

Kristoff

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Point. :mad:
I hate making or receiving phone calls too.
Here they say, "How are you ?"
"Are you well ?"
"Is wifey well ?"
"Is Tidgy well ?"
" Are you very well ?"
"Is the ceiling well ?"
Often in three languages.
Get on with it! :mad:
No likes from you today, I see. Well that's not nice!!!! :mad:
 

Tidgy's Dad

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Tetrad!!! In Russian, tetrad' (soft d) means 'notebook'. And of course it comes from Greek - meaning, as quick googling tells me, a "quaternion of parchment". I never thought of the etymology of the word until you mentioned it!
Very interesting.
I didn't know that.
I hate it when I don't know something.:mad:
 

Tidgy's Dad

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Good morning everyone! Going to be a busy couple of days as I have two work days back to back. I'll try to pop in when I can! Hoping for some easier days than previously :)
'Mornin.
I have a student in 10 minutes.
Bet she'll be late.
Even after 12 years the lack of punctuality here makes me furious! :mad:
 

JoesMum

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Good afternoon all

No harvest mouse nests today; the farmers on the land we walked cut back the field margins too hard and it felt too sterile for wildlife :(

However, it was feeling very spring-like. Lots of birdsong and cawing rooks (a kind of large crow)

Today's pictures

Snowdrops :)
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An Oast House. These are a feature of Kent. You don't find them anywhere else. They were industrial buildings where hops were dried before being sent to the breweries for making beer. Most are now converted into houses.

Kent is known as the "Garden of England" - it's the heart of hop growing and fruit (mostly apples and cherries) orchards. Sadly both are in decline in recent years. We have seen many acres of both grubbed up and turned over to arable farming in the last twenty years.
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Finally, Hadlow Tower. It's a folly built by the local squire a couple of hundred years ago. Reputedly, his wife ran off with a neighbouring landowner and he built it so he could spy on the neighbour's property. He was also mad according to local legend! It's now a rather glam 1 bedroom holiday home!
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