> The problem being that it's a one shot fix and it's actually cheaper to > pick up a new bra at the Wednesday market around here once a fortnight.
> I buy the SO one or two when I have to go into town, along with proper > cheese for me.
> False economy on the spiky bit.
That works in places where there /is/ a Wednesday market once a fortnight. Where is it held these days, since they paved the Oxpens, put up a parking lot?
-- Lesley Weston
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>> The problem being that it's a one shot fix and it's actually cheaper >> to pick up a new bra at the Wednesday market around here once a >> fortnight.
>> I buy the SO one or two when I have to go into town, along with >> proper cheese for me.
>> False economy on the spiky bit.
> That works in places where there /is/ a Wednesday market once a > fortnight. Where is it held these days, since they paved the Oxpens, > put up a parking lot?
Gloucester Green, back of the bus station. General market on Wednesdays, farmers market Thursdays. Usually well attended and it's possible to pick up some good deals. Extremely good fish and cheese stalls at non-tourist prices as charged by the same in the Covered Market.
Also has a regular second hand book stall which turns up some interesting stuff now and then.
>>> The problem being that it's a one shot fix and it's actually cheaper >>> to pick up a new bra at the Wednesday market around here once a >>> fortnight.
>>> I buy the SO one or two when I have to go into town, along with >>> proper cheese for me.
>>> False economy on the spiky bit. >> That works in places where there /is/ a Wednesday market once a >> fortnight. Where is it held these days, since they paved the Oxpens, >> put up a parking lot?
> Gloucester Green, back of the bus station. General market on Wednesdays, > farmers market Thursdays. Usually well attended and it's possible to pick > up some good deals. Extremely good fish and cheese stalls at non-tourist > prices as charged by the same in the Covered Market.
> Also has a regular second hand book stall which turns up some interesting > stuff now and then.
Now I'm homesick again. We've Googled, and Gloucester Green seems sadly diminished. At least there are still buses there, we were wondering about that. But the Gloucester Arms seems to have changed its nature radically. Bikers and metalheads were not the first people to come to mind in association with it in the past. It was known as a gay pub and a theatre pub - just slip out of the stage door, along the alley and there you were.
-- Lesley Weston
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> Now I'm homesick again. We've Googled, and Gloucester Green seems > sadly diminished. At least there are still buses there, we were > wondering about that. But the Gloucester Arms seems to have changed > its nature radically. Bikers and metalheads were not the first people > to come to mind in association with it in the past. It was known as a > gay pub and a theatre pub - just slip out of the stage door, along the > alley and there you were.
The Gloc has suffered since Scottish and Newcastle Breweries were refused a continuation of the lease by St John's college who actually own the premises. It's still a sort of biker pub but sadly diminished.
>> The problem being that it's a one shot fix and it's actually cheaper >> to pick up a new bra at the Wednesday market around here once a >> fortnight.
>> I buy the SO one or two when I have to go into town, along with proper >> cheese for me.
>> False economy on the spiky bit.
> That works in places where there /is/ a Wednesday market once a > fortnight. Where is it held these days, since they paved the Oxpens, put > up a parking lot?
Speaking of which, obliquely, Joni Mitchell is back writing and playing and recording. I don't have the new one, but I think it's out.
One of my heroes.
-Ferd Burfle -- Poop, once slung, can never be unslung. Given enough time, it will decorate the slinger.
# Veterinary medicine: Catherine Douglas and Peter Rowlinson of Newcastle University, UK, for showing that cows with names give more milk than cows that are nameless.
I wonder if cows named "Marilyn" give more milk than cows named "Edith."
-Ferd Burfle -- Poop, once slung, can never be unslung. Given enough time, it will decorate the slinger.
Ferd Burfle wrote: > Lesley Weston wrote: >> GaryN wrote: >>> Ed Weatherup <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote in news:7jodinF34linkU1 >>> @mid.individual.net:
>>>> As there is no current bra thread ... and in the last thread many >>>> users complained of being spiked ...
>>> The problem being that it's a one shot fix and it's actually cheaper >>> to pick up a new bra at the Wednesday market around here once a >>> fortnight.
>>> I buy the SO one or two when I have to go into town, along with >>> proper cheese for me.
>>> False economy on the spiky bit.
>> That works in places where there /is/ a Wednesday market once a >> fortnight. Where is it held these days, since they paved the Oxpens, >> put up a parking lot?
> Speaking of which, obliquely, Joni Mitchell is back writing and playing > and recording. I don't have the new one, but I think it's out.
> One of my heroes.
Yes indeed! What's even more relevant is that one of the bits of St. Ebbe's, the Oxford area that they knocked down and covered in asphalt to make a giant parking lot, was called Paradise Square.
-- Lesley Weston
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> The problem being that it's a one shot fix and it's actually cheaper > to pick up a new bra at the Wednesday market around here once a > fortnight.
Ha! I didn't know you were a drag-queen Gary! :-)
Personally, I just buy 2-3 very strong sports bra's from "Debenams" every year and they never need fixing! I doubt I would ever want to pay an inventor to make me some silly expensive gadget anyway!
> I buy the SO one or two when I have to go into town, along with > proper cheese for me.
As for cows producing more milk if they're named, I've never heard anything so stupid in my life - aren't cows all extremely dumb animals anyway, so do they really know if they've been named "Daisy", Gertrude" or nothing at all?
>> The problem being that it's a one shot fix and it's actually cheaper >> to pick up a new bra at the Wednesday market around here once a >> fortnight.
> Ha! I didn't know you were a drag-queen Gary! :-)
> Personally, I just buy 2-3 very strong sports bra's from "Debenams" > every year and they never need fixing! I doubt I would ever want to pay > an inventor to make me some silly expensive gadget anyway! >> I buy the SO one or two when I have to go into town, along with >> proper cheese for me.
> As for cows producing more milk if they're named, I've never heard > anything so stupid in my life - aren't cows all extremely dumb animals > anyway, so do they really know if they've been named "Daisy", > Gertrude" or nothing at all?
But, they don't have to "know" for it to work. I suspect it's the behavior of the humans that makes the difference.
-Ferd Burfle -- Poop, once slung, can never be unslung. Given enough time, it will decorate the slinger.
<pinkmonster2000REM...@ALLCAPSyahoo.com> wrote: >As for cows producing more milk if they're named, I've never heard >anything so stupid in my life - aren't cows all extremely dumb animals >anyway, so do they really know if they've been named "Daisy", >Gertrude" or nothing at all?
My guess - farmers who name their cows are more likely to treat them them in a manner which benefits both cow and milk production.
> As for cows producing more milk if they're named, I've never heard > anything so stupid in my life - aren't cows all extremely dumb animals > anyway,
You've never heard them mooing?
> so do they really know if they've been named "Daisy", > Gertrude" or nothing at all?
They might. But more to the point they know if they're being treated well, which is much more likely to happen if their caregiver knows them by name. And happier cows give more and higher-quality milk.
-- Lesley Weston
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Lesley Weston <brightly_coloured_b...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in news:hc6vpb $20d...@mud.stack.nl:
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> They might. But more to the point they know if they're being treated > well, which is much more likely to happen if their caregiver knows them > by name. And happier cows give more and higher-quality milk.
A happy cow is, I suppose, one quietly munching grass in the field I'm walking across, an unhappy cow is 1/2 a ton (or more) of muscle and sinew heading towards me at 20mph with the intent of reducing me to a red pulp in the grass.
Unfortunately, since cows are herd animals, one unhappy cow=lots of unhappy cows.
gary
-- "I really like this jacket but the sleeves are much too long"
GaryN wrote: > Lesley Weston <brightly_coloured_b...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in news:hc6vpb > $20d...@mud.stack.nl:
> <snip> >> They might. But more to the point they know if they're being treated >> well, which is much more likely to happen if their caregiver knows them >> by name. And happier cows give more and higher-quality milk.
> A happy cow is, I suppose, one quietly munching grass in the field I'm > walking across, an unhappy cow is 1/2 a ton (or more) of muscle and sinew > heading towards me at 20mph with the intent of reducing me to a red pulp in > the grass.
> Unfortunately, since cows are herd animals, one unhappy cow=lots of unhappy > cows.
And I guess the quality of their milk is not the first concern on your mind at that time.
-- Lesley Weston
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Lesley Weston wrote: > GaryN wrote: >> Lesley Weston <brightly_coloured_b...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in news:hc6vpb >> $20d...@mud.stack.nl:
>> <snip> >>> They might. But more to the point they know if they're being treated >>> well, which is much more likely to happen if their caregiver knows >>> them by name. And happier cows give more and higher-quality milk.
>> A happy cow is, I suppose, one quietly munching grass in the field I'm >> walking across, an unhappy cow is 1/2 a ton (or more) of muscle and >> sinew heading towards me at 20mph with the intent of reducing me to a >> red pulp in the grass.
>> Unfortunately, since cows are herd animals, one unhappy cow=lots of >> unhappy cows.
> And I guess the quality of their milk is not the first concern on your > mind at that time.
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