I didn't realise that particular Charlie Brown cartoon was well known (is it?) I quoted it to bored friends for years before it trickled out of my immediate memory. Thanks for that!
I was sooooo excited about Weather Birthday as I know for a fact that it was 80°F and blazing sunshine.... but WB tells me it was rainy all day. Now I'm questioning everything my parents told me about the day I was born.... 🤔🤣
Sweet to see the film about my home city Wellington and the City Nature Challenge in your lineup this week! Wellington is very biodiverse, maybe the reason we haven't won the comp is that there are far fewer of us than in those more populous cities...
Oh there is a micronation (if you can call it that) in South Africa called Orania - an afrikaner nationalist town where only white afrikaans people are allowed to live. They have their own currency and powergrid separate to South Africa and I’m guessing they soenx their days reminiscing on ‘the good old days of apartheid’ 🫠
Really enjoyed this diverse collection and read the descriptions of the cricketers out to my other half. His response “they made proper people then, anyone can jump forwards onto the mantelpiece”. Thanks
I recently struggled to subdue my inner bustard listening to an octet playing Bach with agreement on neither timing nor pitch…🫣
Got my first UK birdle in one. Doddle!
How did you get on with the World one?
In 2: small passerine that eats invertebrates seems to be a solid starting guess. :)
I didn't realise that particular Charlie Brown cartoon was well known (is it?) I quoted it to bored friends for years before it trickled out of my immediate memory. Thanks for that!
Yesterday, my starter word for Alphaguess was 'mountain'. I have a screenshot which suggests I could step away happily. I probably won't.
I was sooooo excited about Weather Birthday as I know for a fact that it was 80°F and blazing sunshine.... but WB tells me it was rainy all day. Now I'm questioning everything my parents told me about the day I was born.... 🤔🤣
I suspect your parents’ version is more reliable.
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Sweet to see the film about my home city Wellington and the City Nature Challenge in your lineup this week! Wellington is very biodiverse, maybe the reason we haven't won the comp is that there are far fewer of us than in those more populous cities...
That film was part of Loading Docs, I also liked this one: https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/loading-docs-2024/story/2018957029/loading-docs-2024-tu-tonu-still-standing
Re. birds, Blindboy did a great podcast interviewing Sean Ronayne, who is recording every Irish bird: https://shows.acast.com/blindboy/episodes/speaking-to-an-expert-about-birdsong
Brilliant as always
Oh there is a micronation (if you can call it that) in South Africa called Orania - an afrikaner nationalist town where only white afrikaans people are allowed to live. They have their own currency and powergrid separate to South Africa and I’m guessing they soenx their days reminiscing on ‘the good old days of apartheid’ 🫠
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orania
Jeepers
*spend
I’m loving alphaguess!
Ace again!
I once went on a date with someone who didn't so much as crack a smile upon hearing the noise a great bustard makes.
There was, of course, no second date. I mean, honestly. 🙄
Damn right
Really enjoyed this diverse collection and read the descriptions of the cricketers out to my other half. His response “they made proper people then, anyone can jump forwards onto the mantelpiece”. Thanks
Exactly! Do it all the time.
Apparently he started facing the mantelpiece and executed the turn in midair
I heard often about snow and ice drama at my birth, so “7°C drizzle” seems a tad optimistic 😂. Others may fair better! Fun though. Thanks.
Feels like it just defaults to ‘drizzle’.
The aurora hubbub invariably brings to mind Day of the Triffids for me, maybe so I can comfort myself about missing it.
*moves to the Isle of Wight*
Exactly 😂
Brilliant pieces.
Tristan da Cunha? Pacific? South Atlantic I think?
Agh thank you. Tired.