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cheb wrote: Fri Jun 04, 2021 7:34 am They look like goose barnacles. I've seen them occasionally up here, usually long past their eating stage.
A couple of my FB friends (including Eff Bee formally off TRC) said the same. How would I tell if they are past eating stage?
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Jody wrote: Fri Jun 04, 2021 8:42 am
cheb wrote: Fri Jun 04, 2021 7:34 am They look like goose barnacles. I've seen them occasionally up here, usually long past their eating stage.
A couple of my FB friends (including Eff Bee formally off TRC) said the same. How would I tell if they are past eating stage?
Vomit, at the very least.

Potentially death?
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Jody wrote: Fri Jun 04, 2021 8:42 am
cheb wrote: Fri Jun 04, 2021 7:34 am They look like goose barnacles. I've seen them occasionally up here, usually long past their eating stage.
A couple of my FB friends (including Eff Bee formally off TRC) said the same. How would I tell if they are past eating stage?
In a similar way to other shellfish. If alive, possibly OK, if dead, do you know the history of their harvesting and storage.
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cheb wrote: Fri Jun 04, 2021 10:25 am
Jody wrote: Fri Jun 04, 2021 8:42 am
cheb wrote: Fri Jun 04, 2021 7:34 am They look like goose barnacles. I've seen them occasionally up here, usually long past their eating stage.
A couple of my FB friends (including Eff Bee formally off TRC) said the same. How would I tell if they are past eating stage?
In a similar way to other shellfish. If alive, possibly OK, if dead, do you know the history of their harvesting and storage.
Eat them.


Trust me, you will know if they were ok.
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Tree pollen in a puddle.
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My work van has been covered in the stuff for the last week.
Seems to be a lot from the Rowen trees cos I flicked the flowerhead with my finger yesterday and it released a little cloud of pollen.
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New patio gear for @Bigyin :thumbup:

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Skub wrote: Sat Jun 05, 2021 1:18 pm New patio gear for @Bigyin :thumbup:

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Matching BBQ
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Skub wrote: Sat Jun 05, 2021 1:18 pm New patio gear for @Bigyin :thumbup:

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But it's salmon...
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demographic wrote: Sat Jun 05, 2021 1:31 pm
Skub wrote: Sat Jun 05, 2021 1:18 pm New patio gear for @Bigyin :thumbup:

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But it's salmon...

I think it's catalogued as 'sockeye' to make it more appealing.
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Not quite random, but certainly rare. I washed the bugger coz the lads were laughing at it.
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Yorick wrote: Sat Jun 05, 2021 3:13 pm Not quite random, but certainly rare. I washed the bugger coz the lads were laughing at it.

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I dig the flowers on the pillion seat. :thumbup:
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Water cooled bike.

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That's posh, having a proper hearth.
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smaller of the two new aircraft carriers moving to the new queen Elizabeth soon on deployment
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Son in law at the seaside

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Dinosaur eggs/embryos found in China.

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Suzi.
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