Another pointless thread

Sounds about right for an archaeologist. Aren't you meant to be waste-deep in a muddy hole looking for minute bits of pottery with religious significance?
Jeremy Bentham must be feeling lonely. How long before everyone realises that the Open University is the future of higher education? Must be honest, though, I did enjoy my 'university experience' at UCL five decades ago.

Steve

Happy birthday Gwyn.

Thankyou. It has been a good day, even if there wasn't a shiny new Pentax APS-C for me. Maybe they'll have it out by my next birthday.

All my CCTV cameras ever get are urban foxes, and the local rats, which I had hoped that the foxes would have eliminated by now - but unfortunately not .

Had a drive to the Norfolk cost and saw...

Understandable as they have been tipped out of the sea.........

There's a lot to be said for taking a horizontal approach to life...

Steve

Must be good to have not a care in the world.

...is it my imagination or has the price of seeds, plants, etc. sky-rocketed ???

2 years ago I bought a mixed set of Raspberry canes (15) for well under £20 - I've just received an email from the same company offering a similar set for £35 - presumably this is part of Covidflation

I was also considering replacing my rather old and rickety raised beds with some new ones last year but put it off for another year - that was a mistake, the prices of sleepers, boards, etc are so high - I don't want to take out a mortgage to grow my fruit and veg

...Sorry for sounding so Grumpy

I read somewhere fairly recently that there is a shortage of timber and the prices have shot up to the trade by 70% because of increased demand, plus much of it is imported as well.

I went to buy some board for a shed roof repair a few months ago and couldn't find any stock anywhere, ended up using a 3.2m length of decking that was in the rafters of the garage, and imo looks better as well and I didn't have to over felt it either

I ordered a wooden curtain pole yesterday. Same pole, same supplier as one bought 4 years ago. Current price is 10% less than what it was.

On the other hand, I'm pretty sure the price of custard creams in Tesco has gone up since February. That is much more serious than the price of wood (at least for me :twisted.

Steve

I can't say plants and wood and stuff have gone up much in price here, but they are in short supply in some places. Not as bad now as it was in the spring though.

The price of dogs has gone through the roof. I saw a couple of adverts for what were basically mutts, not even fashionable mutt "breeds" and they wanted €1700 for the pups.
Even the secondhand mutts in the shelters have shot up in price, and most have dubious histories and bite incidents.
That settled it for me. No new dog.

Somewhere there is a pooch that wants you for its forever home - you just haven't met and gazed lovingly into each other's eyes yet. Wait for the people who acquired Lockdown Dogs to start getting rid of them. Sad to think of it happening, but animal charities are expecting it.

Steve

Trouble is a lot of those will already have a ton of problems due to people not knowing how to train and treat a dog properly.
Since we are early back in lockdown I doubt there will be any soon.
If one turns up no problem but I am no longer going to actively look I think. The last dog was a hard act to follow, and maybe we waited too long to get another, and have become a) too used to a dogfree life and b) too fussy about the sort of dog we'd like.
We both would like one the same breed as the last but that isn't going to happen, as they are only found in the Canaries.

Same situation here, the one thing putting me off now is poop-scooping on walks into little bags and off the lawn. Where does it go when you get home? Revolting.