OneGuyFromBarlick

That of course is part of the problem but the danger as I see it is looking for who we are to blame when we should be concentrating on how we can help.

Stanley wrote: ↑28 Dec 2019, 06:16 That of course is part of the problem but the danger as I see it is looking for who we are to blame when we should be concentrating on how we can help.

Another part of the problem is that a lot of people are helping but the problem is still there. Where has the 'decades' of donations gone?

Fat Cat Salary earners taking 95%+ of all donations made. If a government cannot supply the basics of clean water, basic housing and immunisations to their own subjects, shame on them for not investing in their own people. Instead they choose to fund armies and weapons over clean drinking water.
What can you do? Not much. Your money will disappear into the Ether.

I tend to keep my donations to local charities that are principally run by volunteers with a minimum of professional staff. On the guns and bullets ie: armaments, I suppose the thinking is that's its OK providing they are buying our guns and bullets.

It’s a no-win situation and I read recently that some of these organisations that can be subscribed to on a regular basis actually sue the subscriber if they attempt to cancel. (probably due to changes in their own life. )

I posted a response to those comments, it was very good, it has disappeared into the ether.
What grabbed me as we had our second walk was a discarded Xmas tree in a back yard. That was quick!

Took my tree down yesterday. Force of habit as I used to have two birthdays straight after Christmas. Now I have one.

Ours will wait until twelfth night and then go back outside into the front garden, (minus it's current decoration of course). It's in it's own pot and only about 2ft high.

Having a fairly well developed sense of the absurd - I was attracted by this news item today.

Save the Twite

The name of the bird won't help the campaign, and the fact that its favourite food has to be imaginatively spelled to avoid causing offence is another challenge. Anyway they live in your area so do your bit, and keep an eye out for them.

I do my best with dandelion production.

I immediately thought you would be best placed to help the cause. Well done - we need all the Twites we can get. Do you see many up there ?

I'm not sure I'd know one if I saw it! Lots of little brown birds passing through .... I'll have to educate myself better once I'm over this bl***y cold. I'll tell the shopper to stock up on nojer seeds.

They look a lot like the common Sparrow but a bit more Finch like I suppose.

PanBiker wrote: ↑28 Dec 2019, 15:24 stock up on nojer seeds

No - naijer seeds. I believe they're very fussy eaters.

PanBiker wrote: ↑28 Dec 2019, 15:24 They look a lot like the common Sparrow

Perhaps they're going in disguise to fool the RSPB crowd. Although the common sparrow isn't so common now?

Noog?

The question is, as the Twite's favourite food is native to Ethiopia and not East Lancs, what were they doing here in the first place??

Tripps wrote: ↑28 Dec 2019, 15:58 PanBiker wrote: ↑
Sat Dec 28, 2019 3:24 pm
stock up on nojer seeds

No I didn't

Indeed not - It was a bit ambitious of me to try two quotes from different posts in one reply. I tried my best but something has gone badly wrong. I can only apologise for my carelessness. I'll check my posts more closely in the future.

Go stand in the corner with the pointy hat with the D on Tripps.

I know I'm feverish but I think we may be losing control of this topic.....

This came from a defunct pet shop in York. I always wondered what Niger Seed was!

New years Golden Oldies song quiz for OG inmates and visitors, to be found in Puzzle corner. Dead easy, See how many you know.

Niger seed...Wikipedia says: `Guizotia abyssinica is an erect, stout, branched annual herb, grown for its edible oil and seed. Its cultivation originated in the Ethiopian highlands, and has spread to other parts of Ethiopia.' LINK

I remember when we were clearing out premises at Marton vacated by the Estate I found a small tin plate sign that said 'Black Hamburgs' .....Puzzled me for many years pre- Google.
The rabid right wing tone of 'Today' yesterday under the guest editorship of Charles Moore. It brought back some very bad memories....
On the family side, Damaris and KK, Mo's mother and father arrived yesterday from Kenya. I can see a family gathering very shortly, they are here for ten days. I fully expect an occasional ululation! (Not a lot of it about in Earby....)
Later, news of record temperatures expected in Melbourne and serious bush fires in Victoria, particularly in the Gippsland district. (LINK)

Forest fires around the globe... LINK