tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post2664538278033686618..comments2024-03-28T20:33:10.911+00:00Comments on Yorkshire Pudding: SteveYorkshire Puddinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-11242956168772346672019-09-07T15:10:31.156+01:002019-09-07T15:10:31.156+01:00I'm a sucker for squirrels. They're fast ...I'm a sucker for squirrels. They're fast and fierce, always shouting out their warnings when you get to close to their tree. I know they make a mess and cause problems but I think I like them because they're so small and so tough. <br /><br />Introducing new species into a country is beyond stupid but I guess we only know that now because it was done in the past and we can see the havoc it has wrecked on the indigenous species. My life so farhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721270441968035994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-92085220606513045312019-09-06T18:56:20.161+01:002019-09-06T18:56:20.161+01:00Apart from the squirrel, that sounds like it was a...Apart from the squirrel, that sounds like it was a damned good job. If only all jobs could be like that... reading a novel in the hut while looking over the still waters of Lake George and daydreaming about where your life might lead.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-50873326422097965382019-09-06T18:37:51.690+01:002019-09-06T18:37:51.690+01:00I revile the gray squirrel! They don't belong...I revile the gray squirrel! They don't belong here at all. I spent one summer of my college years working on Lake George. I had a straw purse that I took to work and one day I put a PB&J sandwich in it to have for lunch, put it on a shelf in the wooden building where I spent my days helping people who wanted to swim or boat on the lake. Went to get my lunch and, yep, you guessed it. Damn squirrel had eaten through the purse and got my sandwich!!!Peace Thymehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04918984384091134565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-60248923162412700602019-09-06T13:53:44.665+01:002019-09-06T13:53:44.665+01:00I realise that Red (aka Keith) is from Canada but ...I realise that Red (aka Keith) is from Canada but he is capable of thinking about other countries too! Occasionally he even thinks about the good old USA where his daughter dwells.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-84486220405711157412019-09-06T13:51:57.068+01:002019-09-06T13:51:57.068+01:00Fit and attractive? He looks plump to me. Our Stev...Fit and attractive? He looks plump to me. Our Steve likes to pick up pieces of pottery and broken bottles which he takes back to his dray. Red squirrels are very much shy country dwellers but they can zip around like lightning.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-5606765500398474372019-09-06T13:49:03.082+01:002019-09-06T13:49:03.082+01:00I bet it was the 45th President who did that.I bet it was the 45th President who did that.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-29349688829268422412019-09-06T13:38:58.998+01:002019-09-06T13:38:58.998+01:00Note to Neil: Red is from Canada, not New Zealand...Note to Neil: Red is from Canada, not New Zealand. Apparently you have him confused with Graham. Or Kate.rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-90953014594563285472019-09-06T13:33:50.871+01:002019-09-06T13:33:50.871+01:00Scandal!Scandal!Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-335513696332745782019-09-06T13:31:36.213+01:002019-09-06T13:31:36.213+01:00But look how fine and fit and ATTRACTIVE Steve is!...But look how fine and fit and ATTRACTIVE Steve is!!<br /><br />Seriously, I am no fan of squirrels myself so I feel your pain. I wouldn't want to kill them, but I wish they weren't so prolific and weren't so fond of digging up garden plants. I don't know whether the red ones make a habit of that, but the gray ones in our garden are little terrorists.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-77360849094295902602019-09-06T13:29:02.461+01:002019-09-06T13:29:02.461+01:00I don't understand how Bo and Peep can stand t...I don't understand how Bo and Peep can stand there so nonchalantly with Steve the Invader so close at hand. At least he isn't Vlad the Impaler.<br /><br />Steve and all his cousins in the park must be descended from the original pair, Sam and Alice Scurrier, who were transported to the U.K. by a well-meaning Yank as a gift for Queen Victoria just after her Golden Jubilee. The 1870s were a time of great gift-giving: France gave us the Statue of Liberty and we gave you Sam and Alice.<br /><br />Same thing happens here. When I was a boy I used to see armadilloes rambling about in Texas. They cannot swim, but now they are east of the Mississippi River in our country, brought over the bridge at Memphis by some well-meaning but stupid tourist.rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-77844114286042073682019-09-06T12:18:42.971+01:002019-09-06T12:18:42.971+01:00Silly bugger!Silly bugger!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-11105688218211558922019-09-06T12:18:27.927+01:002019-09-06T12:18:27.927+01:00Ha-ha! Nice connection Mary! Let's hope that f...Ha-ha! Nice connection Mary! Let's hope that for your safety the CIA are not tracking this blog!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-85328707120749356662019-09-06T12:17:21.293+01:002019-09-06T12:17:21.293+01:00Ha-ha! Thanks for the link Steph. Very funny.Ha-ha! Thanks for the link Steph. Very funny.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-41443836079629597802019-09-06T11:39:19.509+01:002019-09-06T11:39:19.509+01:00I don't know, he certainly didn't have an ...I don't know, he certainly didn't have an Irish accent.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10787732343048847565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-82875615986706180782019-09-06T11:11:25.794+01:002019-09-06T11:11:25.794+01:00Makes me think of this.. https://youtu.be/XgvR3y5J...Makes me think of this.. https://youtu.be/XgvR3y5JCXg Alan, Alan, Alan, Alan....Steve! Stephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00136333553320736005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-50520831280350029412019-09-06T11:08:41.720+01:002019-09-06T11:08:41.720+01:00Well, the squirrel is a lot more charming to look ...Well, the squirrel is a lot more charming to look at than the Northern Snakehead--an invasive species introduced into the Chesapeake Bay a few decades ago. "Described by the Washington Post as "one ugly fish" and "looking like a weird cross" of a Burmese python, a barracuda and an electric eel." Come to think of it, a good descriptor of some politicos in nearby Washington, DC. Just add orange colouring. Now that IS an invasive species doing harm to the environment.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11587652444835060129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-34980246337475343072019-09-06T11:05:03.279+01:002019-09-06T11:05:03.279+01:00Is he related to Grace - Grace Quirrell? Is he related to Grace - Grace Quirrell? Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-47226531531322147242019-09-06T10:25:55.178+01:002019-09-06T10:25:55.178+01:00Perhaps they don't like kippers!Perhaps they don't like kippers!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-43164348662780125272019-09-06T09:52:07.203+01:002019-09-06T09:52:07.203+01:00We don't have any squirrels over here, grey or...We don't have any squirrels over here, grey or red. No foxes either. Perhaps they can't swim?JayCeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01373622852406554111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-26808253034416015572019-09-06T09:44:25.061+01:002019-09-06T09:44:25.061+01:00There are estimated to be only 160,000 red squirre...There are estimated to be only 160,000 red squirrels remaining in the UK as a whole, 75% of which are in Scotland. Without concerted and effective action to protect them, the red squirrels that remain in Scotland could disappear within our lifetime.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-81819143833046940672019-09-06T09:42:32.866+01:002019-09-06T09:42:32.866+01:00They are cute creatures but I think we should roun...They are cute creatures but I think we should round up all of our grey squirrels and ship them back to North America. As there is so much empty property in Detroit, they could live there. Motown would become Squitown.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-30454348806981215612019-09-06T09:39:41.008+01:002019-09-06T09:39:41.008+01:00One squirrel would provide enough fur for a small ...One squirrel would provide enough fur for a small child's muff Lisa!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-56844247251087898412019-09-06T09:38:15.876+01:002019-09-06T09:38:15.876+01:00Would you like to be my research assistant Jenny? ...Would you like to be my research assistant Jenny? Regarding your first point, it is possible that Steve is gay.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-24000622468807118092019-09-06T09:35:19.520+01:002019-09-06T09:35:19.520+01:00I feel especially sorry for New Zealand. It was li...I feel especially sorry for New Zealand. It was like The Garden of Eden... until human beings interfered.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-49245544633346485982019-09-06T09:33:48.765+01:002019-09-06T09:33:48.765+01:00The story of the Great Australian Rabbit Fence is ...The story of the Great Australian Rabbit Fence is legendary.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.com