How's Your Weather?
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intet_at_tabe
Rear Admiral Appassionata (Ret.)
Of topic: Master Krummhorn :tiphat:
I always thought Chili con Carne, that mexican stuff, was supposed to be spicy, followed by the alcohol with the worm in it. I can´t remember the name for this though?
On topic:
Windy, cloudy, rainy.......I guess you guys had no idea?
Corno Dolce
Admiral Honkenwheezenpooferspieler
Today was really glorious - generally clear with some cumulous cloud formations and 80 degrees fahrenheit with a nice 15 mph breeze prevailing throughout the day.
intet_at_tabe
Rear Admiral Appassionata (Ret.)
Suddenly like a lightning from the heavens, beautiful sunshine from a sky with no clouds in the north of Denmark, while the rest of Denmark has rain 
intet_at_tabe
Rear Admiral Appassionata (Ret.)
What a spring day with more sunshine and no clouds, a bit of wind though, than I can remember the past 9 weeks. The temperature more than 56 F. Record for this year 2008.
However the News last night told about a certain snail, which lives on the ground that has had the best possible weather, with lost of rain (tell me about it), so the conditions now are perfect for this little creation slowly moving but fast eating of any of the plants at ground zero so to speak. Millions of them right now on the fields and in the gardens, where we live.
Well, there´s a good reason to have my butler Schockleberry as a steady employed, garden keeper too. And fresh air is so good for him
However the News last night told about a certain snail, which lives on the ground that has had the best possible weather, with lost of rain (tell me about it), so the conditions now are perfect for this little creation slowly moving but fast eating of any of the plants at ground zero so to speak. Millions of them right now on the fields and in the gardens, where we live.
Well, there´s a good reason to have my butler Schockleberry as a steady employed, garden keeper too. And fresh air is so good for him
Corno Dolce
Admiral Honkenwheezenpooferspieler
Hi Intet,
That certain snail - do you mean this one:
http://tv4nyheterna.se/polopoly_fs/1.148240!image/3831483795.jpg_gen/derivatives/w450/3831483795.jpg
It causes such great damage to crops and gardens in Sweden.
Cheers,
CD
Back on topic: This morning was quite chilly - I had to pull my down comforter over me - slight breeze and 60 degrees fahrenheit.
That certain snail - do you mean this one:
http://tv4nyheterna.se/polopoly_fs/1.148240!image/3831483795.jpg_gen/derivatives/w450/3831483795.jpg
It causes such great damage to crops and gardens in Sweden.
Cheers,
CD
Back on topic: This morning was quite chilly - I had to pull my down comforter over me - slight breeze and 60 degrees fahrenheit.
intet_at_tabe
Rear Admiral Appassionata (Ret.)
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As always from you Corno Dolce, thank you dear sir for the link.
Right on the money as always.
The weather today would at the moment be like Jeopardy, one can´t realy say. No winds, very cloudy, no rain - sort of the silence before the storm, or perhaps a day like yesterday, that would be very welcome, indeed!!
As always from you Corno Dolce, thank you dear sir for the link.
Right on the money as always.
The weather today would at the moment be like Jeopardy, one can´t realy say. No winds, very cloudy, no rain - sort of the silence before the storm, or perhaps a day like yesterday, that would be very welcome, indeed!!
Corno Dolce
Admiral Honkenwheezenpooferspieler
Hi Intet,
We usually call those "houseless" slimy critters as slugs.
Cheers,
CD
We usually call those "houseless" slimy critters as slugs.
Cheers,
CD
intet_at_tabe
Rear Admiral Appassionata (Ret.)
Corno Dolce :tiphat:
We usually call those "houseless" slimy critters as slugs.
Two new words for me slimy critters and slugs. Thank you compadre.
They do have their own mobile house, you know? Very handy!!:grin::grin:
We usually call those "houseless" slimy critters as slugs.
Two new words for me slimy critters and slugs. Thank you compadre.
They do have their own mobile house, you know? Very handy!!:grin::grin:
Corno Dolce
Admiral Honkenwheezenpooferspieler
Hi Intet,
Slugs don't have a "house" on their back. Its the snails that have the "house" on their back. The picture of the slug that I posted is a real problem. There are a species of duck which love to eat those slugs. Many people in Sweden use scissors to cut them in half, some will spread cooking salt on top of the slug(it'll start to bubble and froth and the creature will transpire), then there are other chemicals - some people use beer - the slugs love the smell of yeast and are drawn to the trap with the beer.
Cheers,
CD
Slugs don't have a "house" on their back. Its the snails that have the "house" on their back. The picture of the slug that I posted is a real problem. There are a species of duck which love to eat those slugs. Many people in Sweden use scissors to cut them in half, some will spread cooking salt on top of the slug(it'll start to bubble and froth and the creature will transpire), then there are other chemicals - some people use beer - the slugs love the smell of yeast and are drawn to the trap with the beer.
Cheers,
CD
rojo
(Ret)
Ew.
Anyway, today the forecast is 30-40 cms of snow. And we just had 15 cms five days ago. Added to what we had left over from before. Where am I going to put the snow when I go to shovel when this snowstorm is over? I've been trying to keep a path going, but now the snow is so high on either side of it that what I try to shovel just spills back into the path. Enough already! :grin:
I suspect ON may feel the same...
Anyway, today the forecast is 30-40 cms of snow. And we just had 15 cms five days ago. Added to what we had left over from before. Where am I going to put the snow when I go to shovel when this snowstorm is over? I've been trying to keep a path going, but now the snow is so high on either side of it that what I try to shovel just spills back into the path.
Enough already! :grin:I suspect ON may feel the same...
Tequila?
intet_at_tabe
Rear Admiral Appassionata (Ret.)
Ew.
Anyway, today the forecast is 30-40 cms of snow. And we just had 15 cms five days ago. Added to what we had left over from before. Where am I going to put the snow when I go to shovel when this snowstorm is over? I've been trying to keep a path going, but now the snow is so high on either side of it that what I try to shovel just spills back into the path.
I suspect ON may feel the same...
Tequila?
rojo
Thank you for the missing link - Tequila. Does one actually eat the worm, when the bottle has been emtied and there´s no more liquid alcohol? Or is it only in the movies among tough guys?
Well the snow seems natural, when living in Montreal, Canada - this time of year. However, I do feel with you, having no place to throw the latest white powder to secure your path every day. It must be tiresome and frustrating.
How long is the ordinary period of time during the winter in Montreal, Canada, where you have so much snow? Are we talking months on end?
Anyways Canada is a country, I also wished, I had had the pleasure to visit, not only because the Danish Vikings discovered it 500 years before Columbus went to the edge of the old world and found the New World - beyond the edge, where everybody were supposed to fall down to hell - if crossing?
You have a nice weekend. Thank you for being you.
intet_at_tabe
Rear Admiral Appassionata (Ret.)
Today Saturday March 8 from the very first light - Sunny with temperatures now increasing at 9:45 in the AM at just below 60 F.
I might even get some sun on my body around midday or early afternoon, while Schockleberry works the garden to remove all the dead leaves from the rainy autumn.
Of cause the huge problem having a butler from Scotland, he can´t seem to understand what you let go for today, you´ll have waiting for you tomorrow. However his knowledge on whiskey is remarkable. He has told me of a small city in the northern Scotland, where there is a long street with only breeweries on each side. He has suggested for me and him to go there during this summer. Like he anticipated. It takes a week to get through the street having to taste whiskey from every breewery and three weeks in the aftermath to become a human being again.
I might even get some sun on my body around midday or early afternoon, while Schockleberry works the garden
to remove all the dead leaves from the rainy autumn.Of cause the huge problem having a butler from Scotland, he can´t seem to understand what you let go for today, you´ll have waiting for you tomorrow. However his knowledge on whiskey is remarkable. He has told me of a small city in the northern Scotland, where there is a long street with only breeweries on each side. He has suggested for me and him to go there during this summer. Like he anticipated. It takes a week to get through the street having to taste whiskey from every breewery and three weeks in the aftermath to become a human being again.
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Corno Dolce
Admiral Honkenwheezenpooferspieler
Yes Intet,
The worm gets eaten - don't worry about getting sick because of the worm. Its already been 'marinating' in alcohol for a long period of time, and alcohol, as you know, is an antiseptic - it kills bacteria, germs, viruses and other icky things.
Cheers,
CD
The worm gets eaten - don't worry about getting sick because of the worm. Its already been 'marinating' in alcohol for a long period of time, and alcohol, as you know, is an antiseptic - it kills bacteria, germs, viruses and other icky things.
Cheers,
CD
intet_at_tabe
Rear Admiral Appassionata (Ret.)
Yes Intet,
The worm gets eaten - don't worry about getting sick because of the worm. Its already been 'marinating' in alcohol for a long period of time, and alcohol, as you know, is an antiseptic - it kills bacteria, germs, viruses and other icky things.
Cheers,
CD
Like I´ve stated already - dear friend Doctor Corno Dolce, I am not a tough guy, anticeptic or not? I would have night mares during the day time, knowing I ate some wormish creature alive
Corno Dolce
Admiral Honkenwheezenpooferspieler
Hi Intet,
That worm is very dead because of its, as I stated before, 'marinating' in alcohol. Alchohol kills but it also is a preservative.
Back on topic: 20 degrees centigrade and partly cloudly with a 25 km/h northerly breeze.
Cheers,
CD
That worm is very dead because of its, as I stated before, 'marinating' in alcohol. Alchohol kills but it also is a preservative.
Back on topic: 20 degrees centigrade and partly cloudly with a 25 km/h northerly breeze.
Cheers,
CD
rojo
(Ret)
Personally, if offered the worm in the bottle, or any worm, I would pass on it. Not really tempted to try it, whether it's considered tough to eat it or not aside. :grin:
Although I love to eat shrimp, and that's a pretty weird looking creature as well...
Aw, thanks for your empathy, intet; don't worry, we're used to all the snow. It's just that this year there's been a lot more than in recent years. But within a month or so, it will all be melted anyway.
I wouldn't be a true Canadian if I didn't rant about it though. :grin: (And in four months, I'll be complaining about how hot it is... :lolWinter lasts about three or four months, give or take. Snow can make it's first appearance as early as end of Oct., or as late as mid-Dec.. It usually finishes up end of March, early April. But a lot depends on where in Canada one is. I'm just talking about where I am. Further into the Great White North, winter is much longer...
Yes, I remember reading about those mounds the Vikings left behind... in P.E.I., or was it Newfoundland... Anyway, I think they must have found it to be actual hell; they ended up leaving.. :lol:
Have a great weekend as well, intet.
Snow's still coming down.............
Corno Dolce
Admiral Honkenwheezenpooferspieler
Hello Ms. RoJo,
In certain parts of Southeast Asia bugs, maggots and other creepy, crawly things that makes ones own skin crawl are daily fare for the indigenous population. It is hard for us Westerners to comprehend that such things can be eaten. Hard to believe that those ghastly things we Westerners revolt at are excellent sources of protein. I remember eating some lightly fried bugs and maggots a few years back and the taste was that of walnuts, cashews, pistachios, macadamia nuts, hazelnuts, sunflower seeds and peanuts.
Cheers,
CD
In certain parts of Southeast Asia bugs, maggots and other creepy, crawly things that makes ones own skin crawl are daily fare for the indigenous population. It is hard for us Westerners to comprehend that such things can be eaten. Hard to believe that those ghastly things we Westerners revolt at are excellent sources of protein. I remember eating some lightly fried bugs and maggots a few years back and the taste was that of walnuts, cashews, pistachios, macadamia nuts, hazelnuts, sunflower seeds and peanuts.
Cheers,
CD
intet_at_tabe
Rear Admiral Appassionata (Ret.)
Hello Ms. RoJo,
In certain parts of Southeast Asia bugs, maggots and other creepy, crawly things that makes ones own skin crawl are daily fare for the indigenous population. It is hard for us Westerners to comprehend that such things can be eaten. Hard to believe that those ghastly things we Westerners revolt at are excellent sources of protein. I remember eating some lightly fried bugs and maggots a few years back and the taste was that of walnuts, cashews, pistachios, macadamia nuts, hazelnuts, sunflower seeds and peanuts.
Cheers,
CD
Honestly Corno Dolce
I remember eating some lightly fried bugs and maggots a few years back and the taste was that of walnuts, cashews, pistachios, macadamia nuts, hazelnuts, sunflower seeds and peanuts.
Were you eating those nasty slimy bugs and maggots after the second bootle of Tequila, on your first orditioning for the FEAR FACTOR TV program??? :lol::lol::lol::lol: Or were you just short of anything else looking like ordinary food???
Corno Dolce
Admiral Honkenwheezenpooferspieler
Hi Intet,
When I last traveled in Southeast Asia to meet some friends and experience the wonders of that region on this Earth, I made sure of that I would sample what the locals eat. Surprisingly, it tasted very good once one could get past the initial feeling of the exoskeletons of the bugs. The maggots, well, I just needed to think of them as very tiny sausages and just popped them into the mouth, because if you only bit into them partially they would just explode and make a small mess on your shirt.
I'm sure that you know of the Survival courses that the Scandinavian Military offers to their troops. You learn to forage in the woods, among other things, and chow down on the humble little black forest ant. Now, there are those reddish brown ants in Sweden annd Denmark which squirt a small amount of acid when disturbed. Those you can't eat!!! It can be a major ordeal to forage but you'll learn about how the body reacts to such stresses.
Back on topic: Today was quite warm - 30 degrees centigrade and hardly any cloud formation.
Cheers,
CD
When I last traveled in Southeast Asia to meet some friends and experience the wonders of that region on this Earth, I made sure of that I would sample what the locals eat. Surprisingly, it tasted very good once one could get past the initial feeling of the exoskeletons of the bugs. The maggots, well, I just needed to think of them as very tiny sausages and just popped them into the mouth, because if you only bit into them partially they would just explode and make a small mess on your shirt.
I'm sure that you know of the Survival courses that the Scandinavian Military offers to their troops. You learn to forage in the woods, among other things, and chow down on the humble little black forest ant. Now, there are those reddish brown ants in Sweden annd Denmark which squirt a small amount of acid when disturbed. Those you can't eat!!! It can be a major ordeal to forage but you'll learn about how the body reacts to such stresses.
Back on topic: Today was quite warm - 30 degrees centigrade and hardly any cloud formation.
Cheers,
CD