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 Topic: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
dpack
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 Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Wed Jan 29, 20 1:26 am Subject: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
i read that again, retire is just a word mate.
from what you have shared recently you know what would make you happier and "retirement" seems more like new and ongoing projects than daytime telly and ... |
| Topic: wow critters |
dpack
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Sun Jan 26, 20 4:44 pm Subject: wow critters |
[url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/huge-mystery-predator-devours-alligator-21362965] huge wet lots of legs and more than a hint of the cambrian.
they look like their ancestors thought th ... |
| Topic: Wildlife |
dpack
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Sun Jan 26, 20 12:08 pm Subject: Wildlife |
iirc it is a growing up thing, born dark and turning orange at maturity.
i had not watched it day by day before, it looks like it might be 3 to 4 weeks to complete the change.
he does look rathe ... |
| Topic: Wildlife |
dpack
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Sat Jan 25, 20 1:15 pm Subject: Wildlife |
as a small aside to the boy girl thing, mr brack is becoming a man.
over the last ten days his beak has been changing from black to orange.
it started with a reddish orange line at the face end and ... |
| Topic: Wildlife |
dpack
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Fri Jan 24, 20 5:14 pm Subject: Wildlife |
from now on i will refer to mrsbrack and mrbrack as she seems to have decided he is a keeper and has married him, i await the little brackets
yungi and mikii sammison are busy stocking th ... |
| Topic: Plants and Cut flower selling |
dpack
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Forum: Small Business Questions, Ideas and Advice Posted: Fri Jan 24, 20 11:49 am Subject: Plants and Cut flower selling |
over xmas we were given a flowering plant, the sort that is over when it is over, in a soft pack.
iirc it was grown in a cube which and wrapped in fancy plastic for sale/display.
perhaps adaptin ... |
| Topic: Wildlife |
dpack
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Fri Jan 24, 20 10:45 am Subject: Wildlife |
| boys have a black bibs is the most obvious feature, but other feather patterns and overall shape can give it away if the angles are wrong to see a bib. |
| Topic: Wildlife |
dpack
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Thu Jan 23, 20 1:42 pm Subject: Wildlife |
boy sparrows eating a lot, squabbling a bit and outnumbering girls 2.5 to 1 at the mo in the feeding group ratio.
it might be that the girls are yet to arrive from somewhere to replace siblings etc ... |
| Topic: Wildlife |
dpack
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Mon Jan 20, 20 12:13 pm Subject: Wildlife |
mice paired and harvesting
blackbirds paired
dik angry ( he should be a bit cautious considering the last two were eaten while shouty)
sparrows competitive
a lone long tailed tit held the ma ... |
| Topic: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
dpack
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sun Jan 19, 20 2:11 pm Subject: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
| for hand made handles small bits are fine, if you need to feed a handle making machine you need to give it a regular, consistent timber to shape, ie planked/sticked blanks which is bound to be wastefu ... |
| Topic: Wildlife |
dpack
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Sun Jan 19, 20 1:42 pm Subject: Wildlife |
ps i forgot yungi has a lady friend called miiki( for ear related reasons that might embarrass her if mentioned )
i await the patter of many tiny feet. |
| Topic: Wildlife |
dpack
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Sun Jan 19, 20 1:39 pm Subject: Wildlife |
with blackbirds it is the female who owns territory and the nest, she then chooses a chap from the suitors.
sparrows, the chaps are the householders
re an early start to the season this am dik h ... |
| Topic: Wildlife |
dpack
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Sat Jan 18, 20 12:20 pm Subject: Wildlife |
i have decided to trawl the scholarly papers re sparrows, it will help prevent reinventing the wheel and might help focus this towards new data.
at the mo the ratio of 7M to 4F is understandable as ... |
| Topic: image searching |
dpack
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Forum: IT Matters Posted: Fri Jan 17, 20 2:36 pm Subject: image searching |
[url=https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2019/12/05/two-europol-stopchildabuse-images-geolocated-part-i-madagascar/] human and machine
[url=https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/how-tos/2019/12/26/guid ... |
| Topic: Wildlife |
dpack
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Wed Jan 15, 20 12:08 pm Subject: Wildlife |
| it depends where in the north. leeds and manchester are pretty sprawling, york is a compact target of urban, suburban in concentric rings and then rural with villages/small towns for 20 or so miles in ... |
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