Having read that the government has between the years 2010 and 2018 planted 15 million trees, how ever more need to be planted to help to help us and the world to combat climate change,
so as a thought perhaps we should plant more trees in parks,
at least once these trees are fully grown it will help the wild life and perhaps we might see birds, as a result,
of course we should have more hedge rows as this too will help other species to survive ,
Q; have you any thoughts on trees and hedge rows, if so will you share your thoughts with us,
funnily enough Alfred, one evening in India we were having a nice social chat, sat under the fan, and my friend out of the blue asked me "crabbyob, how would you like to be remembered" the question surprised me, but remember their views on death ect are somewhat different to ours, so i thought for a moment and told her "when you hear of my passing, i ask if you might at some point plant a tree, a proper tree not coconut nor banana but perhaps a Mango or even a Neme, plant it somewhere it might be safe to grow"... and she promised she would... if i ever get the chance i will ask my son to plant a Peartree for me...
Parks would need to be forests to take enough trees plus they plant them as tiny saplings so they wouldn't survive. They all get planted in open land and doubtless the already rich owners get further enriched to do so.
As a complete aside Alfred would you like your PF avatar on here or is it a way or tracking where you are? It is one of those ih the actors avatar pack. You can either add it youself or ask and I can add it.
well i don't mind so if you will transfer my avatar im o.k with that,
thank you,
I am fortunate to live near a park.. Many, many trees..
I have hedges as well as fencing.. The birds nest in the hedges and seeing their young is fantastic.. They all come down to bathe in my large bird bath ( made it myself).. They line up around the edge and take turns.. 4 at a time..
klondike... Please could you do mine too ... I have no idea..
Quote from: alfred on December 31, 2021, 11:32:55 AM
well i don't mind so if you will transfer my avatar im o.k with that,
No need to transfer they come with the forum code.
Here is how it is done. I'll set yours now.
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Quote from: Scrumpy on December 31, 2021, 11:35:11 AM
klondike... Please could you do mine too ... I have no idea..
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Mr K. could you make me a little slimmer... no cracks about super glue lipstick please...
Quote from: crabbyob on December 31, 2021, 11:52:16 AM
Mr K. could you make me a little slimmer... no cracks about super glue lipstick please...
Sorry crabbyob.. klondike ain't got time..
your right sweety, its not a quick job....lol
S'not difficult. Well not for a piccy at least..
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i stepped on the scales just before xmas 18 st and half a pound... i was devastated 18 sones is a monster... so i wieghed myself this morning, i have been taking care and eating what passes for sensible, so this morning i weighed 17st 10... i wont be keeping you informed :yell:...lol
weight is flexible (I tell myself). About 40 years ago I never bothered to weigh myself, feeling comfortable at an assumed 14-7 or thereabouts. Then one day I did step on the scales - 16-13! Some hurried remedial work was undertaken, and for years I was around 15-0.
Eventually, however, I did investigate and found even 15 was overweight (I am 6-1 when I really stand up straight, which last occurred around 1987). Then Veronica fell ill and I decided I really needed to be as fit as possible to care for her and for the last couple of years of her life I was down to 12-7. Veronica felt I had overdone things, and I think that she was right - I was forever catching colds.
Since she died in 2018 I let my weight edge up to 13-7 or a little under and I have hardly had a cold since
Mike
I was 12st 7 lb at the start of lockdown. This morning I was 15st 8lb.
I need to do something involving exercise and eat less.
I've lost over a stone in the last year. I was so poorly in 2020 I hardly moved some days. But once the leisure centre reopened, plus the charity shop where I volunteer, I upped my activity levels again. We eat sensibly most of the time, but my sweet tooth has been in overdrive at Christmas! Time to get it back in chek.
I did start using scales about the start of 2021 after I got some Salter ones cheap from Lidl. They connect to a phone and give your weight and lots of other stuff they probably make up (at £12 i don't expect dietician grade) That all gets squirrelled away by the app to fuel a future guilt trip.
It went down by 6lb and I smiled. Then it went back up and I stopped smiling. Going down again now surprisingly and I'm smiling again. Still not down to the previous low and about a stone and a half more than when I was 40.
Perhaps I shouldn't look
I don't have any bathroom scales.. No point.. I only have to look in the mirror..
i'd rather look at the scales
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Quote from: 1955vintage on January 02, 2022, 08:18:07 AM
I was 12st 7 lb at the start of lockdown. This morning I was 15st 8lb.
I need to do something involving exercise and eat less.
It would seem a good idea, sir
Mike
My BMI is on the high side of normal but I am just not as fit as I was. It started when I didn't leave the house for six weeks and I haven't really got my strength back. i think this b....y covid has a lot to answer for. I just can't get myself going. I look at exercises on Youtube and think I'll do that but then I don't. I used to do Yoga regularly and started an online class only to discover that I can no longer sit cross legged.
if i have been inactive then the new watch buzzes and a wee man appears doing exercises...lol... so if i am alone i get up and do 50 on the stepper... lol... inside i'm an athelete, but not all the way down to my legs... [2110]
Hmmm.. get up and do 50 on the stepper... lol... inside did you by chance miss off "my head"? :grin:
nope, i'm an un-honed athelete... like an un-coiled spring
I still do my stepper crabbyob.. sometimes.. I reckon I walk to the top of the road and back.. :grin:
My step in shower packed up on Christmas day.. I have a hand held one in the bath.. bloody thing .. no power at all.. It's been a laugh and a farce.. Today I filled the bath and got in..Didn't enjoy it much because I spent the time HOPING that I would be able to get out..
With much determination and one swift move I got up and out ... I was well chuffed.. Might try it again tomorrow.. If I am brave enough..
Quote from: Sheila on January 02, 2022, 11:56:45 AM
My BMI is on the high side of normal but I am just not as fit as I was. It started when I didn't leave the house for six weeks and I haven't really got my strength back. i think this b....y covid has a lot to answer for. I just can't get myself going. I look at exercises on Youtube and think I'll do that but then I don't. I used to do Yoga regularly and started an online class only to discover that I can no longer sit cross legged.
b....y covid....
Sheila.. I have filled in the gaps.. is it Bloody ?