What’s for pud?

21 12 2006

Making the Christmas pudding

One of our rewards for a frugal year is a truly indulgent Christmas pudding, much like the festival treats of old. This year, we’re using the recipe for Rich Christmas Pudding from Mary Norwak’s The Farmhouse Kitchen. While I can’t

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Assembling the Kangaroo, pt2

21 12 2006

Yesterday, I left the description of assembling the Kangaroo at completion of fitting the rear wheel, chain and gear shifter.

The next step in the assembly process is attaching the back frame, which carries the handlebars, to the passenger compartment.

The backframe slides into two pipe sockets.The manual makes this look easy, with a photograph showing the frame sliding into two pipe sockets at the back of the compartment. (I can’t show the manual’s photographs here as they are the copyright of Winther).
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Satisfied now?

21 12 2006

Rare breed Scots Greys killed to satisfy a neighbour

Nine Scots Greys down (one’s not in the photo) with five to go to keep a neighbour satisfied. This the reality of noise complaints. I can’t kill any more at the moment as it’s too upsetting. Seven of the eight cockerels here

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It must be a slow day in the blogosphere…

21 12 2006

…because I’ve suddenly found this blog elevated to 38th place in WordPress.com’s list of Growing Blogs.

Given that many of the fast growing blogs are usually about technology, the entertainment industry, politics or sex - or best of all, a mix of all four - I’m somewhat at a loss to work out how I suddenly rocketed up the ladder.

Perhaps I have a post somewhere that somehow combines all those elements?
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