The Bluestocking - Raiders of the Lost Sparp

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Welcome everyone. Wipe your feet, it's been wet out.

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It's a game changer. So much easier (& safer) than pouring hot stuff into a liquidiser.

Last time I tried to blend something hot and liquid I spent a good hour cleaning up the mess.

Word of advice: the rubber ring at the bottom of a Kenwood blender from the 1960s does not, it turns out, last forever.

I now own two stick blenders. And I still haven't purchased a new ring for the Kenwood.

I used to have a blender. It was always leaking or stuff would fire out the top. I binned it. It was dangerous.

I thought this headline might amuse you:
'Mystery solved in Co Clare after ‘lion like’ animal turns out to be ‘dog with a fresh haircut’

I'm sure a number of us (me included) are nodding ruefully at this!

A local shop on a community noticeboard had a flier advertising a foraging course illustrated with a picture of a beautiful fly agaric. Didn't give me any confidence in the person running the course.

I can ID half a dozen edible mushrooms. Unfortunately one of them now makes me throw up, which has put me off picking the others. I ate the buggers happily for years....

A shame, as there are field mushrooms flourishing on one of my regular walks, and there were puffballs there a month or two ago.

Thank you for sending Gesundheit home, Boily.

Is there somewhere she can be isolated there? We don’t want all our waiting staff missing work feeling poorly, poor things.

Unfortunately one of them now makes me throw up, which has put me off picking the others.

I don’t know why that sort of thing happens, Edith, but it does.

The Bluestocking is wonderful, though, as we can eat and drink anything without consequences.

I agree with the blender love. The years I’ve laboriously ladled cooked vegetables from my stockpot into the Robotchef on their way to becoming soup, when a cheap blender would have saved me so much work.

I passed on this wonderful discovery to DS a few years ago, and it turns out that he’d had one for much longer and never thought to mention it.

It's illegal in the UK to take photographs in polling stations. Is that also a thing where you are? Because that could be complained about.

I don’t find my jug blender a faff. Maybe I learned some lab skills during my degree😂

Maud diverted her to the medical room just to be safe. The place would grind to a halt if its contagious.

That’s reassuring, thank you, @Boiledbeetlejuice

I hope the gerbils feel that they will be looked after when they need it, as they look after us.

😂I’ve seen ‘lion cut’ dogs in hot countries like Greece, never in our climate.

Glad i have shown up late and avoided any extra bugs, i have a cold at the moment and a rattle cough that is my own fault <resists a smoke>

My source in S America didn’t get the female-only equivalent of the toilet door sign, but did get this. I’m told there were arrows pointing left (m) and right (f).
It was in a museum featuring pre-Colombian artefacts.

(I take no responsibility for the labelling)

Good point!
Gerbils, parasol mushrooms with my bacon and eggs for breakfast, please!

ive got a furled parasol, and the tree is just because it’s a grey rainy morning and it cheered me up when I opened my photos and saw it, taken on Sunday.

I asked Bing to draw me a picture of a slippery protean weasel.

If one shows up at the door DO NOT LET IT IN, send it far far away, its name is Gender and the cuteness is deceptive in the extreme, it would eat all the gerbils.

Update on my health:

I SLEPT!!! beautifully last night for the first time in weeks. About 6/7 hours in total with one trip to the loo but straight to sleep afterwards. This made a huge difference.

Other issues like feeling sick and my guts misbehaving seem under control. Maybe my body is getting used to the antibiotics. I am still fighting fatigue though, but trying to stay awake so I can sleep better.

I'm in a certain amount of pain but I have been prescribed more codeine. It's frustrating for my DH as he has to drive me while I'm on opiates. Once I'm off them, I can drive as we have an automatic car and it's my left leg that is affected.

Fantastic news @MyrtleLion Sleep deprivation is a form of torture, so I'm delighted you got a good night.

Glad things re moving in a positive direction, Myrtle. Sleep and properly functioning digestion are so fundamental to health, I’m sure your healing will improve as they do.

You know how a picture tells a thousand words...

What are you doing, Magpie? I’m worried about blisters and third degree burns 😳😮