The Bluestocking Women’s Pub - The Return of Salad and the Lion

[MyrtleLion]

It’s been a while since I last saw everyone!

Welcome to everyone, regulars, lurkers, newly ventured in.

A place for women to discuss whatever takes their fancy, where the bar staff are attentive gerbils, Rosy the Red Panda is available for cuddles and all sweet things have no calories and all alcohol leaves the drinker slightly merry and hangover-free.

Previous thread is here:
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5326705-the-bluestocking-womens-pub-where-brains-can-exist-in-a-single-state

I had some books that when sorted turned into 3 or 4 copies!

My final games consoles tally today was:

Game boy x 1
Nintendo DS x 3
Game cube x 1
Wii x 1
PS one x 2
PS 3 x 1

All sorted now with the correct leads, controllers and games with the correct consoles in marked boxes so I know what's what. It's the first time in years I've collected them all up and sorted them all out, they were all over the house.

But - how can you live without a copy of Gordon D'Arcy's Guide to the Birds of Ireland?

I should have one, because I always got a kick out of watching the birds in the garden back home. Mostly finches and blackbirds and the like, but now and again... once we had a pheasant in the garden, and that was fun.

My sister used to have a peregrine in her garden, and I was envious.

I recently promised someone that I'd lend her a book. It featured what her father's unit did in WWII.

Could not find the book. Assumed it must have been accidentally chucked in the major declutter we were conducting.

Ordered another copy. Somehow ordered TWO copies. I have never done that before.

Took one copy to the borrower.

Re-organised all my books and found the first copy.

Called on the borrower for a cuppa and she returned the book. Clear she did not wish to keep it (her house looks decluttered and she's damn well keeping it that way).

So I now have THREE copies. I might try and fob one off on her son or DIL.

So if anyone wants a (readable) book on an obscure aspect of WWII, PM me and I'll post it...

Distinguished ornithologist James Bond (L) meets novelist Ian Fleming (R), Jamaica, 1964.

Just spitballing here, but someone could probably write a pretty good story about a birdwatcher who gets embroiled in secret missions.

@EdithStourton Genealogy being a hobby of mine, I have at least three memoirs of family members which have been out of print for decades. Including one by a naval surgeon who served in WW2.

I'm looking for memoirs of the more lively and scandalous family members, but fear I might have to write those myself...

Arthur Ransome could have done - he had some connection with the SIS and wrote books in which birdwatching was a significant element.

I mean, that would be so wrong and against the rules. And the Shedmistress doesn't break rules.

She leaves the snark at the door or at least, gets him to sit under the table, quietly, nudging him gently when he starts to whine and gets him a bowl of water and some salt and vinegar crisps to snack on. And strokes his head when he falls asleep against her legs and softly snores and twitches, dreaming of chasing after a shenanigan across the moors.

But what are the rules?

Finally the Sun comes up and she can have a nice cup of tea

IME genealogy is a gateway drug to buying history books by the dozen. I have entire tall bookcase crammed with various volumes, plus a big box of maps and cuttings.

Errol, Ian Fleming's brother Peter was in the SOE, iirc. Probably helped with a few plot twists.

I reckon if the Stockingers ever got together, we could between us run a day's worth of really absorbing 20 minute talks.

Hello…I haven’t been in this establishment before but salad is in the thread name so I thought I’d peek in 👀

Welcome! Brew?

Thanks! A doctor just told me I need to stop drinking coffee so it’ll have to be rooibos if you’ve got it 😩

We have everything, but as with other drinks the coffee here won’t harm you.
My DH has been told to quit caffeine too, he does drink a bit of decaf though they can’t remove 100% of the caffeine from it.

In that case I’ll have a huuuge bucket of very strong coffee thanks 🤣

@MassiveWordSalad, do I take it from your user name that you've been reading too much Judith Butler?

Hello @MassiveWordSalad . Pleased to meet you!

To be fair, "Massive Tunnocks Collection" would be more accurate here.

Inspired by Butler, but I’ve only read bits because it’s absolute unreadable bullshit. Postmodernism can fuck off, frankly. Combined with the ‘massive salad’ a lot of MN folk like to eat 🥗

Hiya! I am a Tunnocks fan, of course.

Welcome, MassiveWordSalad, or Salad as you may be abbreviated to, if that's OK. Or Massive if you prefer😄

A huuuge bucket of very strong coffee will be along ASAP, the gerbils are just organising a team to carry it over to you.

You're going to fit right in, this is a place where not only strong coffee comes in buckets, but g&t comes in vats😃

The gerbils are always happy to serve!

Glenda will be back in a minute with your Tunnock's

Your tea cake

I’ll answer to anything that’s reasonably polite, and my pronouns are I/me/mine.

Wow @Boiledbeetle that’s a lot of tea cake (buries face in it)