Thread 18 - TalkLair: "That's no moon. It's a space station!"

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We've had our heatwave - is this it for the summer? All is lush and green in our LairGarden, flowers are blooming, berries are ripening...

In the TalkLair, all the windows are open, the Pimms is chilled, the MN massive salad is ready to serve. The denizens of the lair are a welcoming bunch, always eager for general chit-chat on all manner of topics. We just won’t mention the gnawed bones of our prey over there in the corner of the cave…

I won't start on Malaysian English (Manglish) as DH says, "It's not English!"

When I was growing up in Hull there was a story (possibly apocryphal) that on a particular railway crossing there used to be a sign saying “Do not cross while the light is red” until somebody realised that in Hull that had a precisely opposite instruction to what was intended. I always thought that was a fake story but recently in the course of looking up something else about local history there I learned that early in the 20th century there were in fact a great many railway lines going through different bits of Hull for industrial purposes, so there may be a long-ago truth to it.

That phrase was fairly common where I grew up, on the border of West and North Yorkshire.

I'd have thought that was universal, hear it all the time.

it Was certainly a commonly used phrase in my Yorkshire childhood.

I am so pleased. I think I have cracked this making beer on the stove. Smaller batches, but it is a lot less trouble than using the old boiler. Just got back from the match, and first taste of a batch of bitter, and it is crystal clear, and delicious! Because obviously, despite what fools say on SM, there is nothing more satisfying than getting high on your own supply! 😃

My dad used to make beer in my childhood, and he always kept it fermenting in the airing cupboard, which was in my bedroom. I hated the smell of it, and to this day I can’t drink beer. I hope you’re not doing that to any of your offspring @moto748e

I use back end all the time. It makes sense if your life is linked to the growing season.

My offspring is middle-aged and in London! it smells during the brewing process, but not really thereafter.

It does make sense and I find it odd that, given my family are from Cumbria and the North East, I'd never heard it used before we lived in Lincolnshire.

Nice one on the beer, @moto748e

I'm currently making a large amount of passata and the house smells strongly of tomatoes. I was toying with using them to make ketchup but will start with passata, which can then be made into ketchup another time if I feel like it.

Message to @mach ... thank you for introducing me to (or perhaps inspiring me to watch) Rugby League! I was watching the Canada-Australia women's (RU) match today and found myself thinking it wasn't half as entertaining as Wigan vs St Helens. Too many players, too much weight, not enough speed.

I think I may be a convert.

That might have been me who mentioned Wigan/Saints, I was at the game, and I've mentioned league a few times on this thread, I'm sure!

Aargh, yes, of course it was you! Sorry ... slip of the username.

Wigan put 62 points on Castleford on Friday night! Some belting tries.

https://www.skysports.com/rugby-league/video/30998/13429691/wigan-warriors-62-6-castleford-tigers-super-league-highlights

My dad used to make wine.

He had no sense of smell but we all suffered.

My DH and DSD also have no sense of smell which is fantastic for farting, but not so great for chucking out food that's gone off.

I've got a good sense of smell and it can make things quite unpleasant at times. A week ago, we had Mr Veg's mum to stay for a few days and she used a fair bit of perfume which took three days to fade, even with all the windows open.

House currently reeks of stewing tomatoes as another pot is on the go, plus someone I work for has just offered me all the rest of hers so this could go on for several days yet.

Heh! I can smell illness.

Not as well as this woman:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-62795737

but well enough that MrPSB listens to me.

Goodness! I've always thought I have a good sense of smell, but I don't think I could smell illness (unless it's food poisoning ).

I was on the other side of the Pennines this weekend, attending a wedding. Fabulous wedding but my goodness it rains a lot more over there in Red Rose country! Not that it will stop me complaining that it's generally too cold, wet and dark for me in Yorkshire even.

After moving to Manchester from the North East of England, I concur that over here you get a lot fewer blue sky days, more miscellaneously grey and damp days. I'm not sure 'real' rain is more frequent, but there is definitely a type of not quite drizzle and grey skies that I call 'Manchester damp' to my family who are still back eastside.

It's a lot milder in winter this side of the Pennines, though. We don't get the snow and the cold winds off the North Sea.

It's been showering on and off here since Saturday, it's miserable today. I wish it would dry up!

Had some drama today. My wife and her sister went to Nottingham today, she went over there at 5:30 and asked me to get the car. I said to park it in the back lane, as it's impossible to park out front.

So, one Metro ride and a mile and a half walk later, it wasn't there. Looked out front, no. I walked all the way down on one side and nearly all the way up on the other, about half a mile.

I messaged her to ask where it was and she replied, "It's outside the house." Technically correct, but no bloody help.

I was just arriving at the doctors when I got a phone call from school, someone punched my daughter, I need to collect her. I got there and she has a bruised temple and complaing that she can't see straight.

Her pupil looks fine, I also think she's playing it up, so the other girl gets it more.

FFS!

Your daughter is a teacher?

Lovely weather here - blue skies, sunny and mild. September is one of my favourite months here. The leaves are starting to turn a little early this year - possibly because we had rather a dry summer.

No, she's 12!

Lots of noisy rain here for the last week or so. It’s like a big summer to autumn switch was flicked over at the start of September but the autumn it selected was one of the annoying rainy ones not the superior piles of crisp dry leaves and days with a slight nip in the air autumn. Admittedly it’s sunny right now though.

When I started university in Bristol I remember that the lone voice challenging the universal refrain of “doesn’t it rain a lot here” was someone from Manchester.

I agree about the sudden switch @artant! Feels like it went from lovely hot dry summer to miserable wet windy autumn so abruptly.

This week the heating (we never switch it off, leave it to the thermostat) started coming on.