Plum is Prune

We had a little discussion about prune being dried plum.  I remember watching a show about some French farmer saying their prune are prune fruit.  So both of us are right.  There is a special prune plum for making prune.  As it turns out, all the plum is in subgenus of Prunus.  

Anyway, I don't eat either of them, whatever you call them.

Oceanus Germanicus

If you think it was weird the North Sea was once called German Ocean, then South China Sea is equally adsurd.  It should just be called South Sea.

Elusive Slug Eviction

A rogue slug as breached our defense and live amongst our indoor plants.  We saw a few bite marks and some slug trails, but it has evaded our eviction for months.  It was so embolden, it was making loads of trails, much to my dismay.  We finally caught it in action, and we have evicted it.  Let's hope it was just the one!

Stay on Path

I stood on some cat shit on my way to the car, the car stank the whole way, I had to wash my shoes and my mat.  The cat shit was on the grass.  So another reason why I should stay on the path.

Paddleboarder Everywhere

Everywhere you can get to a body of water, you see paddlerboarders.  I saw a few of them on the Wharfe in Wetherby!

Fix it with a Knife

So 4th engineers' best friend,  a file/knife.   Just trim it! 

Fix it with a Hammer

My shackle lock was playing up.   After consulting with the lock picking lawyer,  I concluded the bolt was snagging on the retainer,  and I have tried various paper and plastic slider method to move the bolt past the retainer to no avail.   So concluding there is no lock mechanism on that side of the lock and I have nothing to lose,  I bashed the bolt with a hammer,  the retainer fell out,  bolt slides,  sorted!   

We sometimes forget the 3rd engineers' best friend after adhesive and lubricant,  persuader!