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spookygonk posted:That's good food. It was And thanks, it certainly seems that... I'm not dead yet What's up my droogs https://i.imgur.com/gaLBHRk.gifv Birbs Cattes Squizzel Guess whos got two thumbs, severe fatigue and forgot to charge the camera and wipe the card Apples from trees I planted. Good feeling. Lots of flattened grass areas- hope it's just deer and not loving cows again nice. https://i.imgur.com/ZnXJQ2h.gifv Still getting plenty of tomatoes at home This friend is slacking off https://i.imgur.com/f7JoBch.gifv These lasses were definitely not But it didn't stop leon here Goji berry plants have nice flowers. More soon!
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Oh hey I finally got this youtube thing set up with a few videos compiled from stuff I already posted here, will be adding more and better bird feeding videos hopefully soon when I remember to bring the appropriate equipment
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# ? Sep 14, 2019 09:24 |
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Love this thread
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# ? Sep 16, 2019 16:43 |
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Miftan posted:Love this thread I wish I had the ability to be posting more but I'm getting the crap kicked out of me still and right now I nap more often than most cats But today was skolstrejk för klimatet version whatever https://i.imgur.com/uR65K8L.gifv And we pay special attention to that in the climate change militia so we came down to check on things. I had been hoping to swing by a local protest but being ill and such turned it into a nope but here's some fellow buzzy protesters anyway https://i.imgur.com/6I4UbO0.gifv But we put some strikes into climate regardless https://i.imgur.com/r1w7SVA.gifv And then we found Patrick (I wanted to call him Mr Froggley despite them being a toad but got overruled) here and chilled with him a bit https://i.imgur.com/qW7MDEr.gifv https://i.imgur.com/7oPBuW5.gifv We took apart the busted chair a bit too. Had hoped to plant some stuff, but the ground is still too tough for easy digging. A bunch of the screws were cheap and already rusted out/snapped, will need to bring an iron crow 'pon my return. We also got just under 40 minutes of decent quality video of the birds having a good old feed and will throw that up when I manage not to gently caress up the export/conversion process At home there are still many tomatoes and with another sunny week hopefully a bunch more will finish up. More soon!
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# ? Sep 20, 2019 19:50 |
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Please don't feel pressured to post, your health is obviously the first priority. Patrick is a cutie.
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# ? Sep 20, 2019 20:49 |
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Miftan posted:Please don't feel pressured to post, your health is obviously the first priority. Yeah, dude, take care of yourself first. I'm sorry you're still not doing well.
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# ? Sep 21, 2019 01:19 |
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Thanks goons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8UlC7ZrIto Don't worry though- I'm taking care and being cared for and even if I wasn't the pain and lack of energy simply means I couldn't push it. Stocked up for a few low energy projects at home to occupy myself with to keep myself from getting withdrawal symptoms- right now I'm about to get to grip with some totally hot studs
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# ? Sep 21, 2019 12:41 |
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DesperateDan posted:...right now I'm about to get to grip with some totally hot studs Oh, dang, son!
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# ? Sep 21, 2019 23:56 |
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xcheopis posted:Oh, dang, son! https://i.imgur.com/fp2zQ4G.gifv Enjoying doing some very slow, sensual woodwork in a very amateur fashion and will update on that when I have some actual progress, I'm hoping to get down to the acres before the hurricane wrecks my poo poo up a bit for the rounds and another bird video (I'm working on less wind/road noise).
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# ? Sep 29, 2019 17:06 |
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42 days Well the bloods came back inconclusive again so I got referred yesterday to the tropical flavoured medicine department and it's a 43 day wait now to see what happens next. On the few days I have felt well enough to do acres stuff either weather or work has gotten in the way, but I have a few chances in the next week or two to visit and do the rounds/take a video. The tomatoes are right at the end of season, and the snails have moved in hard- maybe some chemical change in the tomatoes as they struggle to ripen. They eat the tomatoes and foxes and bird eat them- I have a portion or two left then it's back to shop bought for me I have been picking up plants and supplies here and there- going to enlist the kids to pot these heather, lavender and assorted evergreens for me at the weekend. Woodworking kinda suits me right now when I'm not asleep or too sore to move, taking it really slow and enjoying it. Bought in some tools like this thingy that lets me mark wood accurately, and good measurements are key to what I'm trying to do Which is learn to use some basic wood joints to carry weight and form a structure rather than just screw everything together and hope for the best So I cut away a few bits with a saw Then chisel away the bits I don't want Knots and hidden bits of sap turn up to make things interesting Which makes purchases like this coping saw justifiable. It's ability to turn the blade round sure helped me cope And eventually parts are made And my efforts slowly get neater I have now completed the above twice- they are the legs and lower brace And now I'm working on learning to do some basic dovetail joints for the seat part- I hosed up the first attempt but I just got some stuff to help me with the angles and such and with woodwork one of the great things is gently caress ups are cheap Still working through the potato harvest, and I finally did patatas bravas with my own tomatoes, garlic, onion and potatoes- it tasted far better than it looks. More at some unknown point in the future!
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# ? Oct 17, 2019 12:53 |
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Always good to read through your posts (now I have the theme from The Good Life in my head)
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# ? Oct 17, 2019 21:12 |
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I am sorry you are still not well. Chronic pain suuucks and feeling unwell all the drat time does, too. Woodworking is one of the skills I wish I had acquired, having been a failure at any type of needlework. Are you going to learn to do the fancy curlicues and such?
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# ? Oct 18, 2019 13:46 |
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Seeing new posts in this thread always works my wood.
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# ? Oct 18, 2019 17:36 |
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spookygonk posted:Always good to read through your posts (now I have the theme from The Good Life in my head) It's very much like the good life -In that episode of the young ones where they rip it off xcheopis posted:I am sorry you are still not well. Chronic pain suuucks and feeling unwell all the drat time does, too. Thanks- It sucks but at least I live in a time and place where such things can be analysed and treated even if the process is a bit slow You should give woodwork a go if you can- never too late. I'm not looking to learn anything fancy, just functional right now, but once I have a nice bench and porch to sit on, then I can practice my whittling I guess Miftan posted:Seeing new posts in this thread always works my wood. I find that a precise nailing or, with adequate preparation, a good hard screwing really raises my spirits improper dancing Nice day for it https://i.imgur.com/JwRwxpm.gifv Guess I should get that airbag light checked though The bees are a little sleepier but still busy So most of my time was spent wandering but I took about two hours worth of birdfeeding video, including wedging the tripod into a tree and ziptying it in place for safety We will do our best little cheap microphone that's hopefully better for sound than the phone mic The videos will be a few days because my video editing pc is also the family tv and that currently looks like this now thanks to the boy and a bottle of sarsons malt vinegar. It's mushrooms all round at the moment- I should have grabbed some for spore printing but just wandered around taking photos instead I think a mouse made this but I didn't want to disturb so didn't enquire further. Good luck little creature! Gotta maintain hydration with regular rest breaks https://i.imgur.com/vZ4ywPp.gifv I wanted to eat some grapes when I saw them at a distance but I changed my mind. Go at em wasps! Rosehips coming through nice Sloes need picking, need to bring child labourers in Deer stripped me of my health, my dignity (lol) and also the lower branches on this fruit tree and I will be avenged Pond starting to fill but drainage ditch still dry https://i.imgur.com/KgEno9U.gifv Really enjoyed being down there more at some point in the future I guess DesperateDan fucked around with this message at 18:11 on Oct 18, 2019 |
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Aw, those grapes somehow manage to make the wasps kind of adorable.
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# ? Oct 18, 2019 18:54 |
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So the good news is my GP chased me up an appointment in 2 weeks, the bad news is that loving microphone screwed 2 hours of recordings with a constant loud tapping noise gonna see if I can salvage a timelapse out of it while I fix/replace. Worked fine for the test run Doctor_Fruitbat posted:Aw, those grapes somehow manage to make the wasps kind of adorable. They were really placid seeming and devoted to their task which is what let me film them closely without me At least I got to figure out what colour grapes that vine will produce
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# ? Oct 19, 2019 17:57 |
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Pick those green tomatoes if you don't think they'll ripen, and use them in recipes that call for tomatillos.
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# ? Oct 19, 2019 20:05 |
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DesperateDan posted:It's very much like the good life I don't know if you're trying to go all organic or not, but there are plenty of ways to keep those stripey fucks away- from spraying everything with peppermint oil to pyrethins and associated compounds. Just make sure you know where all of their nest inlets are before you make any moves, or you'll end up covered in stings like I was a couple of months ago. Even if the nests aren't on the property you tend, there are traps to help keep them away from your goodies. Death to wasps, and death to all those who would harbor them!
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# ? Oct 21, 2019 06:16 |
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EVG posted:Pick those green tomatoes if you don't think they'll ripen, and use them in recipes that call for tomatillos. Between the birds and the snails the last time I looked there were very few left untouched- they can have them this year BLARGHLE posted:I don't know if you're trying to go all organic or not, but there are plenty of ways to keep those stripey fucks away- from spraying everything with peppermint oil to pyrethins and associated compounds. Just make sure you know where all of their nest inlets are before you make any moves, or you'll end up covered in stings like I was a couple of months ago. Even if the nests aren't on the property you tend, there are traps to help keep them away from your goodies. Death to wasps, and death to all those who would harbor them! It's only really a thing because I wasn't there for a month so the grapes were left ripe and ready on the vine too long- even while I'm cautious of wasps they serve an important part of things down there so I'm not doing a drat thing about them unless a nest is in a place that will stop work or enjoyment of the place And in that case, I have petrol, a lighter and eyebrows that have seen hades already
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# ? Oct 22, 2019 08:26 |
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heathers, the musical So I went in the garden today, and seen as I did a thing you might as well look at it. 8 lavender, 6 heather, 4 spiky evergreen and one non spiky evergreen potted up Oh and 2 onions and 2 spuds found lurking in the fridge and the back of a cupboard got planted on a purely experimental basis of "I want to see what happens" Something has been digging up my spring onions and my remaining carrots have disappeared There's figs growing in from over the back alleyway and I keep meaning to get a cutting or nine sorted And on a final note just a picture of one of my happy places. If you have a trade card you get coffee and sometimes theres donuts. Coming up soon, either knife sharpening with bonus new characters, or potentially more woodwork but mainly I'm planning on another nap. More soon! DesperateDan fucked around with this message at 18:50 on Oct 22, 2019 |
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bows and not yet bowsaws So it was the climate strike day again so the militia rolled two deep into the vale https://i.imgur.com/atqJbrH.gifv And our first task was setting up for some good footage of birdfeeding with an external microphone (complete with a wind noise reduction bit of fluff ziptied round the mic)- this time without horrid feedback issues We did a bit of archery, wherein my eldest child stole my heavy bow and refused to go back to the kids sized one Because the kids sized one didn't do this to the logs We did the rounds and found we were too late for most of the sloes, many have already split wide and gone weird, but a token most of a bottlesworth were picked and we have some frozen to use too A few late raspberries were still there (less a few I ate) with evidence of others taken by birds/other and that's good cause they will then poop seeds round the local area for me And many other fungi were hanging around and many other interesting changes starting around the place but I felt sore and we had other tasks at hand still so we bailed soon after, hereby checking myself before wrecking myself. https://i.imgur.com/Sqllb4K.gifv Currently working on a 53 minute bird video featuring actual, factual songbirds but because it's in 4k processing is going slow, sore as hell but very glad to have gotten out- more soon
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# ? Oct 25, 2019 17:48 |
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DesperateDan posted:bows and not yet bowsaws That's one nice looking shroom.
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# ? Oct 25, 2019 19:26 |
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https://youtu.be/l93zAnf0K5Y The raw footage birdfeeding video is up and in 4k, takes about 15 or 20 minutes before there's much happening- I think after I get a few of these done I will make an all bird all the time compilation for the impatient Miftan posted:That's one nice looking shroom. I think it's a darkening brittlegill, which while given a funky name is edible but apparently not tasty
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# ? Oct 27, 2019 11:10 |
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maintenance access I'm still where I was in terms of getting the everloving piss beaten out of me, but I haven't keeled over or turned yellow yet and I finally see the head honcho on monday. If the weather holds up I'm going to visit tomorrow but the forecast is looking really loving british on us right now Even the car is in better shape than me, just about https://i.imgur.com/NYARmwa.gifv Enjoy some unintended pocket footage, and hopefully theres more soon, even if it's pictures of a dying tomatotriffid and a roll call of plants that aren't dead yet
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# ? Oct 31, 2019 18:55 |
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I do so hope you are able to get effective treatment. Chronic illness really loving sucks.
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# ? Nov 3, 2019 18:04 |
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Meant to say, that is properly water logged.
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# ? Nov 4, 2019 21:36 |
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xcheopis posted:I do so hope you are able to get effective treatment. Chronic illness really loving sucks. Ditto, and thanks spookygonk posted:Meant to say, that is properly water logged. (Why the gently caress didn't I think of that bad dad pun) the bearer The specialist doctor says it might not be lyme, could be anything from a wide host of various rare nasties, cfs/fibro or my body having a prolonged reaction to rare nasties. No diagnosis yet, 3 more months of various tests and see what happens with the frank warning that it might not be a thing that goes away very quickly. Or at all. gently caress. And these book sale things seemingly present in every loving waiting room never have anything worthwhile to read either The tomato triffid is truly and finally dead, and in the kitchen I'm mouldering up some toms that didn't get eaten for production of some seedstock. And my onions are even more dug up. I could put chilli powder down, but that would both be effort, and I'm out of cheap crap so it would have to be the import shop stuff that is so strong it probably counts as chemical weapons as far as international law is concerned taste the painbow Child labour force five did me a solid and dragged all the surviving plants from the patio and as far as I can tell the only fatalities from neglect are a grape vine, rhubarb and a rose bush. Failing to protect and produce rhubarb, as a scion of yorkshire and wakefield in particular is a harsh and shameful blow, but theres always next year. Which is surprising, given the amount of invasive plants trying to kill off my lovelies. So every now and then I wander out on deck and rip some unwanted plants out of pots- this raspberry and blueberry were saved today. More soon.
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# ? Nov 5, 2019 11:10 |
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Oh man you have my greatest sympathy, little worse than not knowing what's going wrong.
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# ? Nov 9, 2019 22:56 |
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cakesmith handyman posted:Oh man you have my greatest sympathy, little worse than not knowing what's going wrong. It sucks, but the optimist in me points out I have an ever growing list of poo poo that isn't currently wrong with me check compressor/relay/thermostat then just sigh and reach for your wallet I come here and they stab me and then tell me I'm still not dead yet, it's a great service though I still haven't gotten either a sticker or a lollipop https://i.imgur.com/WweaNGs.gifv So I came out here where the blood loss is less predictable And saw that the cats are okay And left tribute I recorded about 2 more hours of bird feeder footage but forgot to take any pics of the setup other than ziptying a deadcatted microphone to a tree https://i.imgur.com/M9IA9Q2.gifv While that was happening I fried and then ate potatoes while sat under some trees which was nice There is a pond again rather than a muddy trench I attempted some footage of other stuff like me doing the rounds but I hosed up the time lapse settings/camera position and it was like a horrific fast blur of bushes but I learnt stuff for next time. https://i.imgur.com/ER22tEA.gifv At home I got some cheap jazz apples so have been experimenting with desserts/confections while harvesting more seeds Then I made a burger. Today was meant to be sharpening knives/woodwork but unfortunately life stuff happened and my time is now going to be spent troubleshooting a broken fridge/freezer, sink and toilet, probably in reverse order of priority. More soon!
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# ? Nov 15, 2019 11:47 |
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oh well It ain't lyme. For currently unknown reasons my immune system is beating the poo poo out of my liver and triggering the other symptoms, my diagnosis is autoimmune hepatitis (confirmed) and chronic fatigue syndrome/fibromyalgia (probable, not really a testable thing). Survival rates are pretty good but the fact I'm looking at survival rates at all is a bit of a downer. Probably have another birdfeeder vid up in a day or two, turns out uploading a hundred gig of 4k video takes some time. More soon.
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# ? Nov 19, 2019 17:29 |
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So sorry, but at least with a diagnosis the getting better part is soon to follow!!
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# ? Nov 19, 2019 18:10 |
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DesperateDan posted:I love you all and your comments and encouragement help give me an extra push towards getting a bit more poo poo done and posted up on here I’m a bit behind but I also enjoy this thread very much and I appreciate that you’re open about your struggles. I’ve run bars and worked in restaurants for a long time and one of the things I’m trying to change is being open with one another. Apologies for my ignorance but I had to google what an AA site was and I find that fascinating. I understand if you don’t want to disclose where you’re at, but is it a place that there are many of those? Are there interesting stories from locals?
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# ? Nov 20, 2019 11:32 |
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DesperateDan posted:oh well At least you've got a diagnosis. Not knowing was always much, much harder for me. Hopefully now that you've got one it'll be easier to get proper treatment. Always enjoy this thread and your contributions in the UKMT!
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# ? Nov 20, 2019 11:38 |
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Toughy posted:So sorry, but at least with a diagnosis the getting better part is soon to follow!! Miftan posted:At least you've got a diagnosis. Not knowing was always much, much harder for me. Hopefully now that you've got one it'll be easier to get proper treatment. Always enjoy this thread and your contributions in the UKMT! Thanks, and aye- I can now learn about my opponent(s) further, there's medication options and other people's experiences to learn from MAKE NO BABBYS posted:I’m a bit behind but I also enjoy this thread very much and I appreciate that you’re open about your struggles. I’ve run bars and worked in restaurants for a long time and one of the things I’m trying to change is being open with one another. thanks- people enjoying this has always been great motivation in doing this whole thing. Full disclosure though, I wish I was as open irl, it's always been easier to be me behind an internet pseudonym, but I'm working on it MAKE NO BABBYS posted:Apologies for my ignorance but I had to google what an AA site was and I find that fascinating. I understand if you don’t want to disclose where you’re at, but is it a place that there are many of those? Are there interesting stories from locals? Never apologise to me for ignorance on stuff, it's how things are learned and you sent me down a goddamn rabbit hole with this one- local historical post The AA gun site was a satellite station of a much larger complex about 5 miles away, and probably had 2 3.7 inch/94mm heavy AA guns intended to defend both local industry/military installations and the approaches to london, they could strike up to the altitudes airliners fly at now. Were there many around? loving metric-poo poo tonnes of them (it's the SI unit of archaeological density). The whole south east of england was fortified heavily as part of a series of multiple defensive lines of pillboxes, tank traps, mortar emplacements and trenches etc intended to fight a much feared invasion of nazis. And there was other stuff locally too- the army had what was essentially a pigeon farm nearby for raising messenger pigeons, and the home guard had various positions along a communications route that ran down pretty much next to the north/south run of the acres. But the main thing from this era of interest to me is confirming what I knew only as local rumour- there was a special operations executive bunker in the adjoining woods- intended for agents to hide in if there were a nazi invasion. These auxiliary units were intended to hide out for the actual invasion, wait awhile and then raise hell in the rear lines by blowing poo poo up and knocking off as many nazi officers as possible. It's just a kind of mark/dip on the ground now, removed by the council some time before the seventies (there was a panic because some kids had died in one that collapsed on them, many known locations were eliminated), as was another one about ten miles away, but a third has seemingly been lost to the ages entirely despite a lot of people searching the general area over the decades- the official records are vague as gently caress, and the locations were known to only a few. Going back further, through medieval times the woods were a known route for smugglers and a hide out for poachers/rebels till much of the ancient oak woodland got turned into various parts of the royal navy, or in other cases was used to make high grade charcoal for gunpowder. Tree experts note that some small areas of local woods seem to have been untouched, and numbers of rare species appreciate that. None of the above comes close to doxing me, but I have to be super careful and vague on the next bit because the wrong words combined with the right searches would. Romans lived all round the local area as there's good arable land and defensible places, and when they left around 400AD other people didn't leave those buildings and farms empty- then were very popular for the same reasons during the viking era. Looking back at satellite imagery at the earliest available point in the late 90s when most of the acreage was very recently wheat field and grazing land and I can see outlines that match with records of archaeological finds I have dragged up over the last few days of research- I'm looking at metal detectors https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ivxa6iRY3cs Oh, and this video finally processed in nice resolution- I took it at the wrong time because around lunch is bird sleepytime- hoping for a morning or twilight film next time, and once I figure out some more video editing skills I'm going to work on a vid with nothing but birbs- I just like the raw footage as background- especially when I'm sat here with nowt to do other than try and rest. More soon!
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# ? Nov 22, 2019 11:51 |
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the militia roams again What up Strike day, so I had help dragging this stuff in We assembled a thing for the birds to do bird things with in ways only understood to birds I ripped the package open in an impetuous fashion with my bare hands and so didn't really appreciate finding all these moth larvae in here in such an intimate and squishy way and neither did they We also set up for bird video With a very impatient robin We got some trees in the ground, an olive and a hazel. Might have to give the olive a winter coat. Deer beds, probably roe by the size of them We were gonna do 2 or 3 more- the soil is a nice consistency for digging right now but the militia member was having a very literal case of cold feet so we bailed out to go buy new wellies that will allow for extra sock layers always look after feet It was nice to do tree planting again, there's really something unique to setting a sapling in the ground and wondering how well it will grow and getting the scent of good earth the contents of my car boot say "more soon"
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# ? Nov 29, 2019 18:01 |
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Don't doxx me.
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# ? Dec 1, 2019 16:55 |
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Miftan posted:Don't doxx me. Your all year round high energy posting can't be disguised what a load of balls II: my, what big boxes of balls you have So I had aimed to be out earlier but this isn't too bad of a start under the circumstances Nice and bright out Frosty though, the first proper frost I have seen this winter, enough to make me glad of the big coat and a hat and some layers So many balls to handle- I got quite flustered trying to stuff them all in, but I got a firm grip on matters and thrust them into compliance, secured in some really tight packages to keep them safe I moved the feeders around a bit to give two nice locations for filming https://i.imgur.com/IfEFSE5.gifv https://i.imgur.com/N2OsqGL.gifv I got good footage today from both feeder sets- heres a teaser while I process/upload the videos- quite possibly the wildest bird on ball action yet filmed on the acres. https://i.imgur.com/To7R4Se.gifv While that was happening I went off and sat and cooked then ate potato produce and thought about nice wooden cabins It took ages because the low temps meant the butane was barely creeping out of the can (something that propane, and propane accessories would help with), but the effect of hot food on the body is fantastic Really enjoyed just being sat with a good book (shock doctrine by naomi klein) and a series of nice hot coffees under a tree while the cameras rollled in the south field for a few hours. Had wanted to plant another tree but the ground was too frozen up. More soon I guess
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# ? Dec 2, 2019 19:44 |
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Just as a FYI, the videos are causing the earlier problem with broken loading something fierce. Might want to upload them to youtube and link them.
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# ? Dec 2, 2019 20:58 |
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endlessmonotony posted:Just as a FYI, the videos are causing the earlier problem with broken loading something fierce. Might want to upload them to youtube and link them. Well that just simply just won't do, its utterly unacceptable, without excuse and I apologise unreservedly and humbly submit the following in terms of restitution Also imgur sucks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_d4uTlnPIA Which hopefully is in 4k resolution and features birds The longer vids have use of tripods and microphones, it was just nice to be up close and have them still chowing down on the balls so brazenly
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oh, grate Here we go again I'm up early and doing this because I figured after a week the feeders would be empty and the thought of hungry cold birds was very sad and indeed they were nearly empty and these birds were holding out for a hero 'til the morning light Filmed the feeders again from some new angles and think I got some great stuff, starting to process it now A definite pond again I found the fireplace grate on the street where I live where it was appropriated for recycling And a test fit shows this should fit grate once the other bits are cleaned out Sat on the north field and relaxed a bit, or rather I was preoccupied with staying warm and then shovelling fried spuds and hot coffee down me. Thinking about making a small den of sorts down here for shelter for one while cooking/lurking/eating because the wind chill effect was sharp today. Windy but nice. More soon!
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