Help with tree identification, please.
Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:21:04 +0000
At East Riddlesden Hall, Nr Keighley, Yorks are a number of decorative
trees. I took this photograph of them last month, and mentally said to
myself 'Laburnum'; yesterday I decided to check what species, but cannot
identify any of them. I don't think they are Rowan - so can any expert
help, please?
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DO YOU KNOW THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE?
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:20:23 -0800
As a retired military officer, Your Colonel knows all about this topic. How
did this battle get its name? Let me tell you. All those large, muscular
German boys wearing tight uniforms is how. Who could have guessed??
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Only a few men can be truly free; to be, in the proper sense of the word,
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There are now more Africans in England than in many African countries
Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:30:28 -0800 (PST)
There are now more blacks in England than in some African countries,
many of which are far larger than the UK. How far is England going to
sink before the people wake up and turn on the politicians
responsible?
The Taliban weather bunker busters, stealth bombers and tomahawk
cruise missiles and still they hold ...
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Yew berry Vomit
Mon, 9 Nov 2009 07:45:17 -0800 (PST)
In our garden we are finding little (3in diameter) puddles of yew
berries. There are some seeds still present, but the red berries are
predominant. What is scoffing them and then vomiting? ...
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Mistle thrush on my window cill
Mon, 9 Nov 2009 11:25:45 +0000
Rochdale, Lancs.
Yesterday morning I woke up and found a mistle thrush sitting on the
bedroom windowcill. There was a bit of condensation on the window, so it
didn't notice me, although it seemed alert but static. Half an hour
later it had turned round and was more actively alert.
When I went out shortly ...
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OT Who Controls the "British" Media?
Sun, 8 Nov 2009 01:30:10 -0800 (PST)
The mass media form for us our image of the world and then tell us
what to think about that image. Essentially everything we know?or
think we know?about events outside our own neighborhood or circle of
acquaintances comes to us via our daily newspaper, our weekly news
magazine, our radio, or our television.
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BBC R4 "Living World"...
Thu, 5 Nov 2009 22:45:47 -0000
On Sunday 8 November 06:35 number one of series of five is on "Autumn
Crickets" on Dartmoor with Lionel Kellaway as usual.
Mike.
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Who's attacked our Shaggy Inkcap?
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:12:41 +0000
Http://www.flickr.com/photos/watchman/4058309506/
Yesterday morning I went into my garden and found a beautiful new Shaggy
Ink Cap fungus. When I looked at the other side, it had been stripped as
shown in the photo above.
Part of the cap exterior is missing, and part lies on the ground. There
may be an ' ...
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Moth identification
Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:03:36 +0100
Hi, could anyone identify this moth for me please?
http://www.challoner.com/temp/moth.jpg
It flew into our house (outskirts of London) on 31 August this year.
I've checked a few moth websites but haven't been able to find a good
match for it.
TIA...Nick.
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Nick Challoner, nick@challoner.com
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Re: A poem for autumn
Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:55:00 -0700 (PDT)
On Sep 29, 6:58?am, "Christina Websell"
<spamf...@tinawebsell.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote:
> "Ishvara" <ishv...@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> > So there's my year, the twelvemonth duly told
> > Since last I climbed this brow and gloated round
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