Just an Ordinary Owl?

@owlwings (43902)

Cambridge, England • Age 85

Joined myLot 20 years ago

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Just an Ordinary Owl?'s Discussions

What do you do with a Cucamelon?

Just an Ordinary Owl? @owlwings (43902) • Cambridge, England 12 Oct 21

What, in heaven's name is a Cucamelon, I hear you ask! A cucamelon is a small Mexican fruit, about the size of a grape, which is a relative of the cucumber or gherkin (and less closely related to melons). It looks just like a...

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Frog and Toad - Comfort food or not?

Just an Ordinary Owl? @owlwings (43902) • Cambridge, England 1 Oct 21

I have eaten frog's legs once. They were served cold in an aspic glaze and I can only say that they were like mini chicken legs. Certainly nothing to write home about (except to say that I had eaten them). Now, Toad (in the Hole)...

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Nostalgia

Just an Ordinary Owl? @owlwings (43902) • Cambridge, England 1 Aug 21

I have just been on a big nostalgia trip with Tom Paxton. I set up my CD player today and rediscovered a lot of music I'd forgotten I had. All sorts of things - Mozart, some African Kora muisic I had forgotten I had and finally a...

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Welcome Summer!

Just an Ordinary Owl? @owlwings (43902) • Cambridge, England 5 May 21

Although the weather here is still very far from being summery, today is technically the first day of summer (in the Northern Hemisphere), since it is half way between the Spring Equinox and Midsummer's Day. Never mind...

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Was There Ever Life on Mars?

Just an Ordinary Owl? @owlwings (43902) • Cambridge, England 21 Feb 21

I am very surprised that there has not been one mention here of NASA's incredible mission to land a rover called Perseverance on Mars. Sure, they have done it before several times, so what could go wrong? Well, first of all, it...

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Birthday Wishes tae Rabbie Burns!

Just an Ordinary Owl? @owlwings (43902) • Cambridge, England 25 Jan 21

Tonight is Burns' Night! (pronounced 'Burns Nicht' with a rolling Scottish 'R', a short 'i', as in 'lit' and a 'CH' that comes from the back of the throat). It's the birthday of Robert Burns, a simple farm labourer, who...

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Pesto - and a disturbing discovery

Just an Ordinary Owl? @owlwings (43902) • Cambridge, England 14 Nov 20

We have a lot of nasturtium leaves in our garden and the plants will soon succumb to the first frost. Now nasturtiums, in case you didn't know, are good to eat. Every part of them is edible, in fact, and I love to use the...

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"Once in a Blue Moon" - What's Special About Hallowe'en This Year?

Just an Ordinary Owl? @owlwings (43902) • Cambridge, England 30 Oct 20

Blue moons aren't actually that uncommon, depending on which definition you use. The oldest definition of a Blue Moon seems to be that it is "the third full moon in any season in which four full moons occur". Since there are four...

moon

halloween

blue moon

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Turning the clock back

Just an Ordinary Owl? @owlwings (43902) • Cambridge, England 25 Oct 20

Here in Europe we set the clock back an hour this morning. Some of you may do this next week; some may not do it at all and some may even set it forward! Changing the time always used to feel exciting for me. One end of the day...

winter time

changing clocks

mowlmblings

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What is Ratatouille?

Just an Ordinary Owl? @owlwings (43902) • Cambridge, England 17 May 20

Well, apart from the Pixar/Disney film, its a French vegetable dish made from tomatoes, aubergines [eggplants], courgettes [zuccini], onions, garlic, bell peppers and, really, anything else you care to throw in. It can be served...

ratatouille

cooking

vegetables

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Palindrome Sunday!

Just an Ordinary Owl? @owlwings (43902) • Cambridge, England 2 Feb 20

Today is a most unusual day because, whichever way you write the date - MM/DD/YYYY, as in America; YYYY/MM/DD, if you are from Japan or DD/MM/YYYY like most of the rest of the world - it is what is called a palindrome which...

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For Auld Lang Syne

Just an Ordinary Owl? @owlwings (43902) • Cambridge, England 25 Jan 20

Today Scots (and many who aren't Scots) around the world celebrate the birth of Robert Burns in 1759. He was just a poor farmer's son who had little formal education. He spent his early life as a plough boy and farm hand on his...

robert burns

burns night

tradition

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Are Discussions "Automatically" Deleted?

Just an Ordinary Owl? @owlwings (43902) • Cambridge, England 19 May 19

I have seen a number of people complain that their discussions were "automatically" deleted. This is impossible. Discussions can only be deleted by the discussion owner or by Admin. Even discussions which have been...

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Are Mothers Always Women?

Just an Ordinary Owl? @owlwings (43902) • Cambridge, England 12 May 19

Isn't it rather odd that when we say that someone 'fathered a child' we only understand that he did the basic creation bit and no more, yet when we talk about 'mothering' we mean a whole lot more than just giving birth? 'To...

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What is a Simnel Cake?

Just an Ordinary Owl? @owlwings (43902) • Cambridge, England 19 Apr 19

One of the English Easter traditions is the Simnel Cake. It is a fruit cake with a layer of marzipan baked into the middle (you can't see it in the picture of the one I made yesterday), covered with marzipan after baking and...

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"Best Thing Since Sliced Bread?"

Just an Ordinary Owl? @owlwings (43902) • Cambridge, England 14 Apr 19

The first bread slicing machine was invented in 1912 but the first prototype was destroyed in a fire and it wasn't until 1928 that Otto Rohwedder had a machine ready. Its first commercial use was, reputedly, by the Chillicothe...

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A Chance to Double Your Earnings? Turn off your Ad-Blocker!

Just an Ordinary Owl? @owlwings (43902) • Cambridge, England 1 Apr 19

Rumour has it that just today there is an icon which can appear at random on anyone's screen at any time and, if you see it and click it, your earnings for the rest of the day will be doubled. I don't know exactly what it looks...

april 1st

mylot

earnings

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Pancakes, anyone?

Just an Ordinary Owl? @owlwings (43902) • Cambridge, England 4 Mar 19

Tomorrow (March 5th) is Shrove Tuesday which is more commonly known as Pancake Day in England. English pancakes are a little different from American pancakes since they are usually thinner and, traditionally, eaten only with a...

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Can You Answer Your Cat's Questions?

Just an Ordinary Owl? @owlwings (43902) • Cambridge, England 22 Jan 19

Today, 22 January is "Answer your Cat's Question Day". I don't know who invented this 'celebration' or why, except that all cats frequently ask questions of us in various ways. Just look for the raised eyebrows and wide open...

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Resolution ... of a sort

Just an Ordinary Owl? @owlwings (43902) • Cambridge, England 29 Dec 18

“I hereby resolve … “. I stared at the words I had written on an otherwise blank sheet of paper. A curious word, ‘resolve’. In music it means coming to a satisfactory ending but a New Year’s Resolution is a beginning of something...

new year challenge

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