Canny lass

Too late Brett, I've already eaten tons of it! Deep fried food is the only way to go with chinese street food as the high temperatur kills most things. Now you come to mention it the oil is Always very spicey. I thought it was flavours from the food they'd cooked previously but it could well have been there to disguise the gutter oil! Anyhow, I survived with no ill effects.

That's the one. On Park Road.

Haven't eaten any in Brisbane but had plenty of them during my visits to China. The large ones (5-6 cm) are a bit like pork scratchings in texture and they taste of whatever oil they've been fried in or whatever sauce you dip them in. Be sure to ask for the ones with 'eggs'. Lovely and gooey in the middle with a salty taste. The large Grasshoppers are mostly 'shell' and in China you're only meant to eat the thighs (not  a great deal of meat on them). I don't know how they eat them in Brisbane. The big maggoty things werent my cup of tea.  The small bugs (1-2 cm) - the type you buy a big bag of on street corners have no taste either. It's just like eating a bag of 'scranchuns from the chip-shop.

It had me a bit confused. I had to google it. We  always used to call that "the Welfare".

Thanks mercuryg.

Dr Pit Park? is that the same as Gallagher Park?

What  a fantastic job you've done!! Nice to see so very many youngsters involved. That's the way to tackle destructive behaviour - encourage participation and create pride in their Town. They'll be much less likely to destroy something they've created themselves, or allow anyybody else to do so. They'll be so proud in years to come when they pass those trees, maybe even pointing them out to their own Children, and know that they had a hand in it. Well done everybody.

You get a bonus Point from me for that!

Beautiful! Am I right in thinking you are using border lobelia instead of hanging lobelia in those baskets? It's very effective.

and I thought I had problems keeping the BBQ under Control!

Really good initiative taking on somebody's part. Get them moving about at an early age, they'll reap the benefits later in Life. Pleased to see it's for Girls as well!

They look absolutely fabulous (Don Lynn's pasties) and the hanging baskets aren't bad either! Hats off to whoever planted them. wish I could get mine to look that good.

That sounds horrendous, Vic. 300 miles and still in the smoke! That's some fire. Take real good care of youselves.

Is this having a direct effect on you and the family  Vic?

Isn't it just, Malcolm. I Think this style is perfect for Bedlington.

Here's your opportunity folks! Get cracking and fill in the questionnaire.

1) What is worrying you about where you live? Our shabby neighbours, Bedlington.
 

2) What are you enjoying about where you live? Feel free to choose anything that NCC has funded for Morpeth.
 

3) What one thing would make your Life better? A 'face-lift' for Bedlington.

Is this  'before and after', Foxy? I don't see any difference.

Maggie, don't take it seriously. I don't. I see it more as a bit of daft banter. There is no Point scoring going on - how can there be?  I haven't even seen a hint of a discussion let alone an argument. I can't agree to differ with Tonyp because I'm in agreement with him. I've said so (see #13). People "should stick to what they know". Unfortunately they don't Always do that. But it is a democratic World we live in. I've totally lost track of what's been talked about here. It started off with a nice gesture by Brett, very quickly turned to my geography and phonology skills (I don't possess either) and then progressed to simple things being man's things, cognitive behaviour therapy, stones, sociology and intellectual Girls sticking together! I just don't see the Connection. It cannot be a serious dialogue. It must be daft banter.

Correction: instead of psychology read linguistics. That was a mistake on my part. I was doing too many things at once - including listening to a debate on the radio about the need for more psychologists in primary care teams here in Scandinavia.

Wrong again! Never read psychology.

So it was that simple Tonyp! Then your definitely right about sticking to what we know. I'll stick to psychology and you stick to .... what was it called again? Ah., yes 'trivia' and I'll just leave the last Word to you.

How did you do then Tonyp?

I was on the 4th question Before I realised you could zoom in!

Sugar was served in a cup at our house, sometimes one cup between two Children.

Loved it! Still love anything made with rhubarb. Rhubarb crumble, rhubarb fool, rhubarb and ginger jam .....

I "earned a bronze pin".