It's novel. One bag left behind isn't news (looking at you Lufthansa you bastards); all the bags left is new, therefore news.
MrsDoyle
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Elderly cats don't bury their shit. A neighbour's cat used to bury stealth bombs in my garden until he got too old and decrepit to bother. The pinnacle was a gross runny shit on top of a creeping thyme. I was thrilled when he died, but then she got a young feisty cat that slaughters birds. Sigh.
When I was growing up in Dunedin NZ, our butter’s brand name was Huia, and there was a drawing of the bird on the wrapper. So it’s partly nostalgia, but mostly because it was beautiful, and sacred in Māori culture. https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/morningreport/audio/2018657018/the-call-of-the-huia-remembered
Not just America - my home town in New Zealand had a Carnegie library. I live in Scotland now, where his birthplace is a museum. https://www.carnegiebirthplace.com/ His money is still funding various trusts in the UK.
It says most of the deaths are in the mountains, epicentre was Imlil. If the damage is that bad in Marrakesh I can't imagine how devastated the mountain towns and villages will be. I did a trek in that area of the Atlas range some years back and the valleys were amazing. Groves of cherry and walnut trees, terraced fields with an ingenious irrigation system, clusters of simple mudbrick houses.
Huia is the one I'd bring back.
I live in Scotland and yes, you don't want to be damp in cold weather. It feels miserable. You douse yourself in water to cool down on a hot day, don't you? In winter you do your best to keep snug and dry.
Re the static issue, give the dog a treat every time you shock it, train it to enjoy being shocked. 👹
Agreed. My Miele also has a very long cord compared with my previous vacuum. (Which was a bagless Dyson I grew to hate. Heavy, cumbersome, awkward to keep clean.)
Shhhhh, I think maybe they’ve forgotten about it….
I don't see recalls as a problem - they find an issue, they fix it for everyone, for free. The three times my Toyota hybrid was recalled it was back to me the next day, not only washed, but with the interior cleaned as well. They were mainly software fixes I think. The car's now 12 years old and still bowling along just fine.
I have loads of hobbies, two main ones are coastal rowing (big fun, plus I’ve learned a lot about nautical stuff like tides, navigation, knots) and beekeeping (big fun and honey). Also photography, knitting, computer tinkering, websites, reading, gardening, baking… basically I’m never bored. I used to add travel to that list, but I haven’t been outside the country since before Covid.
Crudités is French for raw things, so french fries aren't crudités. Unless they're raw... ugh.