Leaderboard

To answer about my Louisiana back yard: Squirrels - including one(s) that decided to hole up inside my shed. Birds - in particular Mockingbirds (Mockingjays if we stick to literature), and cardinals are the ones I like. Long-Legged birds - white egrets and giant egrets have stopped to find an errant crawfish or worm.... Crawfish - aye, y'all. I said it. They are in the lawn, but moreso where it's damp all the time, so a rarity on my property. My lawn drains pretty well but you can see a crawfish mound or two after a rain. I know this is a unique animal for back yard so I'll mention it. Breaux Bridge, LA hosts the Crawfish Festival....nuf ced. Raccoon family - one autumn (Oct-Nov) for a number of weeks, mum and two weans.... they were eating the pecans that were on the ground from my pecan tree. Then would hide in the bamboo if noticed. Armadillo - had one that decided to live under my house one winter. Fine by me. Snakes - (2) Speckled King Snakes; and a garter snake or two. King snakes eat rodents and...other snakes. They are my friends. Frogs/Toads - we have tiny green frogs here, they stick to the side of your house lol. Open the door and see one on the glass. Anoles - Gulf Coast lizard that you see a zillion of. They get in the house sometimes (through the window AC unit I reckon). They eat bugs, they are welcome any time. Southern House Spider - (see photo below, on my bedroom wall!) I 've seen two, both half the size of my hand. Oh, you'll be scared shitless you see one. But they also eat bugs, so are welcome. Owl - Never did see it. But heard it 'hoo'ing at me many nights/early mornings for a couple years. Only owl I have ever seen wild in Louisiana is a Horned Owl so I'll presume that is what it was. Bats - My neighbour has had bats living in his belfry (attic) for as long as I've owned my house. That's 10 years, people. I would estimate 250-300 bats. So how much guano is that? They are Vietnamese..... I will let you draw your own conclusions. I don't believe they own a restaurant, but that definitely needs sorting. SirC

50 years since Sharon Tate was executed. There's a helter skelter in Norwich Cathedral. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-49292493 Do we learn nothing from history?

185 days later, Miriam Rivera finally gets a round of obits. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-49293351 https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/miriam-riveras-husband-says-fears-18870282 https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/miriam-rivera-death-cause-age-something-about-miriam-big-brother-tv-a9049116.html https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9687299/miriam-rivera-dead-husband-murdered-something-about-miriam/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-7335699/Theres-Miriam-star-mysteriously-dies-aged-38.html https://metro.co.uk/2019/08/09/something-miriam-star-miriam-rivera-found-dead-aged-38-10543603/ Unnatural causes...

Alternatively, the hook up’s contact info would be greatly appreciated.

Now abroad on my hols. That is all.

Fair points and I guess there's a certain amount of drift in people starting a thread and then it getting taken over by others who throw in examples the thread starter never intended. One thing that's great about this and the folk thread is the tonnage of names in there largely unknown to dead poolers but followed by arty intellectual types and therefore decent q/o chances in the broadsheets. So, for example, Lol Tolhurst could - just about - be claimed as a member of a pop group, he belongs in this thread, he could walk down a high street largely unbothered for selfies and he'd surely be a q/o job as and when (to the best of my limited knowledge he's fine btw). Some threads do spiral out of control. I mean, I started Deadio Times with the hope of us all tipping each other about decent upcoming death and related stuff on radio and television and it's morphed into discussions on marginal broadcast figures. I'm deeply offended, frankly, and have barely been able to bring myself to post hereabouts for the last ten years.

Toast, I do enjoy our differences in nomenclature, and seem to always find something new and unexpected. 'yard/garden' now added to the list. Our yard is basically where the grass grows. "I had to mow the yard today" is something we would say for instance. (Grass/Lawn can be substituted). Our 'Garden' OTOH is usually set aside area, so may be landscaped with fence, rocks, or wood borders.....and we typically bring in a load of dirt or buy topsoil and till it into the earth, throw in some fertilizer and plant shite like flowers, or in my case veggies. But it is definitely a part of the property separated from the lawn/grass area that you would attack with a lawnmower. SC Edit: In fact 'Lawn & Garden' is a section of our big box stores or hardware stores. So definitely a distinction. A mower is for lawns, a hoe is for gardening (save the jokes, DLers). Here you'll see what I mean: https://www.google.com/search?q=lawn+%26+garden&oq=lawn+%26+garden&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.5591j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Happy birthday wherever you are Ron you old scallywag. The only person (to my knowledge) who actually visited our forum.

1993 Chemistry Laureate Kary Mullis dead at 74: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/south-carolina/article233664142.html

Closest we have to that concept is ‘ship yards’ where all ships dock and unload. I guess we also have ‘stock yards’ which I guess is livestock, and closer to your definition. The Baltimore Orioles (baseball) names their stadium Camden Yards, and I’ll let Wiki respond to the genesis of that naming decision. All that said, the thread is about wherever one resides.... and I think and ‘confusion’ is specious. RadGuy meant your house, apartment, condo, trailer, cabin, timeshare, cottage, or townhouse—and the property upon which it sits. Now....if the shoe fits (no pun intended) and one DOES reside in a barn.....,well....... clearly their answer to what critters roam around will be different. SC.

When applied to a racehorse trainer, the 'yard' means the entire premises, and by extension the business. For example: " Michael Bell has been training in the historic yard of Fitzroy House, Newmarket for 30 years." https://michaelbellracing.com "We are constantly looking forward and focused on ensuring the future success of the yard." http://www.paulnichollsracing.com

Ann Clwyd MP has been taken ill but is making good progress - She is 82.

Gonna catch up with the backlog of front-page updates this weekend, had a rare few days off this week and spent it overpaying in Dorset cafes rather than thinking of something interesting to say about Harold Prince carking it. When those are done, I'm gonna put together a guide for those taking over next year... yep.

Go west young man! Walter O. Malley (40 years ago (75)), owner of baseball's Brooklyn Dodgers, would pick up stakes and move the team to Los Angeles, thus bringing baseball to the West Coast.

End of the story for Ellen Raskin on this day 35 years ago, aged 56.

Aw, man - do yourself a favour. Start with Joy Division and follow the streaming suggestions - basically, there's stuff that was later than punk and before the horribly cheerful MTV tossers turned up. Much of it dark and inspired in equal amounts and some of it amongst the best "popular" music ever made by anyone anywhere. Listen without prejudice and then take on board that some of those responsible for these sounds smoked, drank, took drugs and were born in or around 1960. Of course, it's helpful if you were born in northern England - but not everyone's that lucky!

You should have had it toad away.

And for those that can stand it getting truly weird - song poem gold incl. the legendary Rodd:

Do we really need a thread for an absolute nobody who got the jail in January 2018?

The disenchantment of Budd Schulberg ended on this day 10 years ago, aged 95.

Her friend isn't looking great...

Mel Blanc died on this day 30 years ago (aged 81).

Kathleen Blanco receives another award, but is now at the point where she's too ill to attend the ceremony: https://www.katc.com/news/lafayette-parish/former-governor-kathleen-blanco-inducted-into-rsea-hall-of-fame

I bet he's looking for a mercyful fate right now.