The Bluestocking Pub wakes up to lighter mornings and darker evenings, but we don't care as long as we have gerbils

[MyrtleLion]

Welcome to The Bluestocking, the online pub just for women. And we have a legal definition, thanks to the Supreme Court, whatever anyone else says.

Gosie's latest adventures are finally drawing to a close, so expect a terrific denoument in about a week. Nothing in the food or drink can harm you, everything is served by the lovely gerbil crew, who enjoy supporting us and the other female animals in our menagerie (with a respectful nod to Colin, the dachshund.

If you've heard of us and have spent a long time peering through the windows, wondering if we're an actual cult or just a bunch of very busy women with a ridiculous sense of humour, do come in. Everyone is welcome, though curious menfolk are welcome at the Staunch Ally down the road, where they are invited to support us from a respectful distance.

Previous thread is here:
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5588672-welcome-to-the-bluestocking-it-is-celebration-time-for-everyone

One of my favourite films.

Um, isn’t the whole point of windows to withstand the elements?

well, maybe not the whole point in the case of stained glass but it’s a basic requirement.

Happy dogs, job well done. It was getting hard to see them in the shadows: the sun had gone, and the moon had turned a pale and beautiful yellow.

Such evocative writing @EdithStourton You take us with you every step of the way.

I only worked it out when Pasta mentioned the Feckless ones.

Me too.

This is my crochet box.

It's just the idea of something relatively fragile like leaded stained glass lying around waiting to be trodden on.

Graphic’s guarding it though.

Evening all, I'm here but have to catch up on the end of the last thread and oodles of the new one.
I'll catch up eventually, hopefully before the start of the next thread😏
here's the smiling gerbil to say hello to everyone in the meantime

It is laid out on the wool and straw packaging…

And you’ll have to wait until tomorrow to find out what happens next…

I love this so much!

Isn’t it wonderful? The friend who taught me to crochet gave it to me as a starter kit.

I’m pretty sure that if it rained the gerbils would protect it somehow. Or someone bigger would put their coat over it.

I saw one of 'what happens when a crocheter stands up', i.e. hooks & stitch markers came tumbling off her.

Oh, and another thing. Stoaty's Daimler looks suspiciously like a DB18. Definitely built for comfort rather than speed. 70bhp, 0 to 50 in 16.9 seconds and all the handling characteristics of a three-legged pig. My real challenge will be not doing an Antonelli (sp) and disappearing in a cloud of dust.

And another, other thing. @Magpiecomplex, I have driven with 6 small children in the back of the car. Gantry really isn't a distraction.

I salute you!

I think I love Gantry almost as much as I love Gubbins 😍

I love that you’ve checked this all out. 💙

Never occurred to me!

Nah, I just love jam jars.

I think that was somewhat after she’d mentioned MrPasta!

😂

My mind works in increasingly mysterious ways as I get older.

I’m not sure my mind works at all sometimes…

Bore da, good morning, maidin maith everybody.
I've caught up now - two wonderful Gosie episodes, and Edith excelling - it was all a wonderful read thank you.

Like Damson, I was delighted to see Gantry having her moment - every gerbil has something to contribute, haven't they? Yes even Gubbins who is working on a Symphonic Poem for Percussion Idiophone and Orchestra based on the adventures of Gosie. It has stalled a bit on the 'and Orchestra' bit, but she is undaunted...

I wonder will Chic encounter our own dear Bluestocking Pirate, Swashbuckled, in her galleon? It used to be parked up regularly outside the Bluey (yes there is a place to moor a galleon just outside, haven't you noticed it?😄)
But time and tides have carried Swash away. I think she knows our thoughts go with her wherever she sails, which might very well be the Wild Atlantic.

edited cos I misspelt 'idiophone' 'ideophone'. What an ideot!🙄

Thank you for the idiophone wormhole! Got me thinking about instruments which have the word "phone" in them but which aren't idiophones. So far I've got sousaphone, which then prompted a desire for the gerbils to start a marching band.
Brb, I'm just off to talk to Gemini about this.

It seems marching bands also sometimes use brass instruments called mellophones.

Took slightly longer than expected, the name badges proved difficult.