OneGuyFromBarlick

I didn't know STEN was an acronym as you pointed out but then I've never fired a firearm in my 75 years on this planet.

Here is your next mystery object. There are about 100 in this bag. What are they used for?

...Fending for myself for the next few days; my wife has gone to her home town, Liuzhou, about 200 miles away for the local "hungry ghost" festival known as Zhongyuan Festival. Another superstitious occasion where they must put out food offerings for their family ancestors, burn paper mone...

I'm sure you've all noticed that Britain, and perhaps the world at large, is in meltdown. Lots of products and services don't work. Many people in charge are incompetent. Nobody but us seems to care, they're just pigging out on TV, social media, frothy coffee and cocaine. Fiddling while Rome burns ...

This little creature came to visit this evening, a praying mantis. According to Bing they are good for the garden and eats lots of insects. The female eats her partner after mating.

Are the skins rolled up to each side? Undo the tie and they unfurl to act like curtains.Triangular roller blinds.

Lingo lines?

chinatyke wrote: ↑17 Aug 2021, 06:47 Laithe? There are farms named things like Bent Laithe but I've no idea what the word laithe means.

Laithe - I've looked it up and it just means barn.

I've never heard beald used.

Laithe? There are farms named things like Bent Laithe but I've no idea what the word laithe means.

Was it called a fold?

A rabbi was unsatisfied with the meagre support his congregation was giving to assist the poor. So he decided this was to be the focus of his next sermon and to appeal for more money to be given to the cause. After the service his wife asked him if he had much success and he replied "Yes, I'm h...

Tripps wrote: ↑15 Aug 2021, 16:05 The takeover of Kabul will be far from peaceful I'd say.
Pierre Trudeaux has just said all Canadians will be evacuated, and that he stands in solidarity with the LGBTQ community in Afghanistan.
That's good to know.

Queer thing for him to say in these circumstances.

1981 & 2005 - Two Interesting Years Interesting Year 1981 1. Prince Charles got married. 2. Liverpool crowned soccer Champions of Europe . 3. Australia lost the Ashes. 4. The Pope died. Interesting Year 2005 1. Prince Charles got married. 2. Liverpool crowned soccer Champions of Europe . 3. Aust...

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Still going.

irresponsible in their social distancing behaviour. As I understand it there are no social distancing rules at all or restriction on gatherings in place now. We are the same in our part of the World, but even if rules are not mandatory it is still sensible to wear a mask and take personal precautio...

I think these numbers are probably correct. 13th August 2020= 916 cases & 11 deaths (Seasonal decline in infection with no vaccine yet available) 13th August 2021= 32,700 cases & 100 deaths (After large proportion of population 'double jabbed' ) What's a chap to make of it all? :smile: I ha...

Stanley wrote: ↑13 Aug 2021, 12:24 Have a look at THIS Google result. It was there all the time.....

Unfortunately Google is crippled here, I have to rely on Bing and that didn't come up with the right answer.
That was a good mystery subject.

Never heard that term before. Now I can stop searching the Internet for "mating pigs" - I bet I get some lovely follow-up from the search engines!

Or grunting...

Cathy wrote: ↑13 Aug 2021, 06:00 Humped?

Stanley wrote: ↑13 Aug 2021, 06:36 You're moving towards it Cathy but not there yet. It's a very local thing.

Hunting?

Rutting? As in stags?

I've heard of "covering" of sheep by rams. Boaring?

Voyeurism

And you think you are living in a land of free speech! What gets me is that these people would still be living in mud huts in the African jungle but for the slave trade. Perhaps they should be celebrating their good fortune.

Stanley wrote: ↑11 Aug 2021, 03:57 I've heard it before but had forgotten the meaning David.... so I looked it up. Useful word.

Probably because I often call myself one of those!

A 2-part stud button that was used to reinforce corners of pockets and often found on workwear and denim.