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That's looks like the one I'm seeing at petsmart. I still have a lot of studies to do. I will buy the right size aquarium when I can get it cheap cheap. Get it set up then wait until I find my little one.

Keep an eye on Craigslist. Aquariums come up fairly regularly.
 

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My brother in law is from Lancashire and when we first met him none of us could understand a word!
When my sister was teaching in Lancashire the kids often couldn't understand her.
She would say 'Look at your book'
They would say 'Luke at your Buke'
Jug was pronounced joog (oo as in book)
She had to change the way she spoke!!

That sounds more Liverpudlian. I went to university in the county town, Lancaster, and it was more of a variant on the Yorkshire accent up there. It’s quite distinctively different in the Blackburn area too... Lancashire has many accents now I think of it!
 

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Well I've just found my intruder!!
It's my mobile phone!!:D:D:D:D
No wonder the sound was moving around it was in my pocket!!
I've only had this phone for a couple for months - it's a cheap spare I bought when the touch screen on my other went berserk.
I haven't heard it before but it has a weird battery low signal that does sound exactly like a donkey with a sore throat!
So mystery solved! I can rest easy in my bed tonight!:rolleyes::)

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Nice background, and another internal filter! I never had one, only hang on and canister...

Actually we have an external canister filter - a Fluval 306 (? possibly... I can’t be bothered to go check... definitely 300 series) You can see the pipes on the right where the water is circulated in and out.

The internal thing is a UV filter. It help to keep the algae down. And the flow through it helps to keep the water moving and better oxygenated.

The tank was suppled with a 200 series filter, but that was nowhere near powerful enough. The 300 is better.
 

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Good morning all. A bright but chilly Saturday here.
I am going to try to go for a walk in my shoes today - if I can find a pair that fits my newly shaped foot comfortably.
Time to try to move on from the boot I think.
If that goes OK I am going to try driving next week.
I'm getting very impatient and I have lots to do that I need my car for.
So fingers crossed all will be well.
Hope everyone has a good Saturday!!

Take care Lyn and don’t overdo it by trying to do too much too soon!
 

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Okay. We are home and I managed to get the bird songs uploaded to youtube. Excuse the video quality but it was more about the sound of the birds rather than the scenery. [emoji23]


No idea what those are... apart from the sparrows I can hear chirping in the background
 

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Nope. But there were lots of birds. The cooing I think were from pigeons. There were a couple of really small birds. Don't know what they were. Some starlings. And a few others too.

Ah, the pigeons would explain the main noise. The chirping noise is definitely sparrows.
 

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We have an old saying here - 'Ne'er cast a clout till May be out'
It basically means not to put your winter clothes away until the month of May is over or until the blossom (May) on the Hawthorn tree is in bloom.
Some definitions of it say that a clout was like a vest that would be left on all winter.
So keep your vest on!!!

Clout is a cloth.... So don’t remove a layer of cloth from your body :)
 

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Hello guys, I know I've been gone a while but I was just checking in to tell you all that Merlin has successfully come out of his 4th hibernation at 5 months and 6 days! [emoji4][emoji4][emoji4]

Yay! Well done you! And well done Merlin! Lots of long soaks now so he can rehydrate :)
 

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So, fellow roomies. . . is it heat or cold for a sore back? This a.m. I felt like I was going to have a muscle spasm in my back (lower back twinge) so I put off the heavy lifting outside and opted instead for repotting a few plants. I took a couple Bayer Back and Body (they contain caffeine and I'm a bit wired right now because before I realized about the muscle spasm and taking the pills I drank a Slimfast Advanced Energy and they also contain caffeine). So now that I'm in the house for the rest of the day, my back is really starting to complain. I'm ready to vegetate in my recliner, but don't know if I should get the heating pad or an ice pack>?>??????????

I use heat... it encourages blood flow into the muscle.

And stay off the caffeine! It makes it worse!
 
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Good mornooning all!

It’s Mother’s Day here in the UK.

The clocks went forwards last night so we are back to our regular time difference with the other side of the Atlantic.

Daughter came home yesterday ... not that we saw her because we went to London and she was in bed on our return. Son is due home this morning and they’re cooking lunch for us apparently :)

Daughter must have been baking because she was using my Kenwood Chef food mixer... which broke down on her. It is a very well used thirty years old... and, while I am gutted it has broken, I have had good value for money from it. I will investigate getting it repaired. I suspect it is the motor that has failed and initial investigations suggest that a new motor is about £15 on eBay... if a motor can be found for a 30 year old machine!

In London yesterday, we went to see a Van Gogh exhibition and a Henry Moore sculpture exhibition and finished with a show (Fiddler on the Roof). No postcards because my phone battery died and I forgot my backup battery.

Happy Sunday all of you. And Happy Mother’s Day to the Mums, Moms and Mothers. It’s good being in the CDR, we get to celebrate twice. Just like Christmas when we get to celebrate both the regular festival and the Orthodox one :) [emoji177]
 

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Good mornooning all!

It’s Mother’s Day here in the UK.

The clocks went forwards last night so we are back to our regular time difference with the other side of the Atlantic.

Daughter came home yesterday ... not that we saw her because we went to London and she was in bed on our return. Son is due home this morning and they’re cooking lunch for us apparently :)

Daughter must have been baking because she was using my Kenwood Chef food mixer... which broke down on her. It is a very well used thirty years old... and, while I am gutted it has broken, I have had good value for money from it. I will investigate getting it repaired. I suspect it is the motor that has failed and initial investigations suggest that a new motor is about £15 on eBay... if a motor can be found for a 30 year old machine!

In London yesterday, we went to see a Van Gogh exhibition and a Henry Moore sculpture exhibition and finished with a show (Fiddler on the Roof). No postcards because my phone battery died and I forgot my backup battery.

Happy Sunday all of you. And Happy Mother’s Day to the Mums, Moms and Mothers. It’s good being in the CDR, we get to celebrate twice. Just like Christmas when we get to celebrate both the regular festival and the Orthodox one :) [emoji177]

Happy Mother’s Day to you Linda! I can’t wait to read what daughter has baked up . Sorry about the loss of your machine...I know it’s hard to beat your favorite of anything. Good luck with the repair.

So if I’m ever wanting to see good theater or art exhibits, London is where I need to go.... Noted!
 

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I use heat... it encourages blood flow into the muscle.

And stay off the caffeine! It makes it worse!
Yeah, my body has been caffeine free for many years, that's why yesterday's intake affected me so strongly. I was still feeling its effects last night. Very uncomfortable. No more caffeine for me!!!
 

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Good mornooning all!

It’s Mother’s Day here in the UK.

The clocks went forwards last night so we are back to our regular time difference with the other side of the Atlantic.

Daughter came home yesterday ... not that we saw her because we went to London and she was in bed on our return. Son is due home this morning and they’re cooking lunch for us apparently :)

Daughter must have been baking because she was using my Kenwood Chef food mixer... which broke down on her. It is a very well used thirty years old... and, while I am gutted it has broken, I have had good value for money from it. I will investigate getting it repaired. I suspect it is the motor that has failed and initial investigations suggest that a new motor is about £15 on eBay... if a motor can be found for a 30 year old machine!

In London yesterday, we went to see a Van Gogh exhibition and a Henry Moore sculpture exhibition and finished with a show (Fiddler on the Roof). No postcards because my phone battery died and I forgot my backup battery.

Happy Sunday all of you. And Happy Mother’s Day to the Mums, Moms and Mothers. It’s good being in the CDR, we get to celebrate twice. Just like Christmas when we get to celebrate both the regular festival and the Orthodox one :) [emoji177]
So THAT explains it! Someone wished a happy mother's day on the tarantula forum and I was much confused. It's not mother's day here until May.
 

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