Chatback #18

[veggiechicken]

Hi VC no I’ve not lived in Oz, visited it twice as my son lived there for 10 years, why .

..because you said you were "feeling crook" which is an expression I've only come across darn under.

[Aberdeenplotter]

The village of Dufftown in the Speyside region has several distilleries and the whole place not only smells of whisky, but everything is covered in a black tar looking coating, that is the "angels share". SWMBO told me off for licking a lamp post when we were there, I was just curious to know if it tasted like whisky lol(I was also told we were not moving house to be there either).

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dict...'s%20share

What you will be smelling is the yeastiness of the mash(ground malted barley mixed with water and yeast added). The mixed ingredients are left in a mash tun - basically a huge barrel without a lid and as the fermentation process takes place large volumes of yeasty smelling gases are given off. I grew up in a tied house within 100 yards of the mash house and never noticed the smell but I really did notice it when I visited my folks later after moving away to work in the city.

The blackness you refer to is tar from the smoke of the fires beneath the copper stills and is historic. Nowadays the stills are heated using oil fuelled boilers and the air quality is much improved.

[Snoop Puss]

Sorry to read your news, FF. Big hug from me. x

[Florence Fennel]

Good Morning All and thank you Cold. Have a good day

[Bren In Pots]

Morning its cold and frosty out will need to wrap up warm.

[Bren In Pots]

Thinking of you and your family at this sad time Flo xx

[Snoop Puss]

Morning all.

Blue, blue, blue, blue, blue out there. But only for a brief while. Clouds and drizzle ahead. Looks nice for now, but it is also chilly, chilly, chilly.

Lots to get through today, so better step on it. Another big hug, FF.

Have a good day, everyone.

[Nicos]

Prevening All. Just found out I've lost another brother. We're none of us close but it's still sad, especially at this time of year

Oh dear Flo...really sorry to hear your news xxx

[Nicos]

Mornin n'alln'all
More sploshy stuff.
Hope all you sickies recover quickly( holds breath!!!!)
Busy day here too..
See ya later peeps.

[burnie]

Morning, sorry to hear your sad news Flo.

[Thelma Sanders]

Mornings!
Sad news, Flo - makes us aware of how lucky we are …

Sploshy stuff now, but it was very cold overnight, with lots of flashes and sparking along the railway line, which woke me up just after 4am.
Today I'm making honey and sunflower seeded bread plus a few pastry batches to freeze, for when they're needed. Might be a bit early to make the spiced & iced biscuits, though - I could eat them all before the day

Have a good'un

[veggiechicken]

Morning all! Another wet one but I'm sure the sun will be out later.

When I woke this morning I had one thing on my mind - how to spell "annihilate". Was it one "n"? Was there an "h" plonked in the middle of 2 "i's". It didn't seem right, no matter how I arranged the letters.
As I lay there, pondering, the phone rang. A phone call at 8am is bad news - right?
I leapt out of bed to find the phone, all of a do-dah .

It was Amazing Prime
All the letters fell into place and I knew exactly how to spell "annihilate".

Enjoy your day!!

[bramble]

Good morning all.
What a miserable start to the day.
Lashing rain and as dark as night.
Busy day again.

[lottie dolly]

Good morning,no fairy only me,right get on with it,now what are these things for,soft cloths,somat that stinks in a can,and a thing thats got dyson on it,will go and have another look,just to see it they friendly,do not hold out much hope,have a good day and Bgood2yrselves.

[rary]

Sorry about your news Flo, even when you are not close it's still a big loss in your life. God Bless