Root Veg Serf. Hir Oes i'n Llyw Annwyl!
@rootvegserf.bsky.social
Loyal serf of & Catchfart to the Bretwalda of #Wülferhampton. Grower & retailer of the best-ish root vegetables in Mercia. Owner of Þe Newe Crawlinge Bastarde. BUY GRANNY R'S TURNIP GIN (57 varieties)
The bots are behaving strangely again. Another a/c just got blocked by @comrademeow.bsky.social - but the co-facilitator of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Felines (Official) has zero posts and 0 replies. No profile pics, but 104 followers! All bots I assume.
December 15, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The bots are behaving strangely again. Another a/c just got blocked by @comrademeow.bsky.social - but the co-facilitator of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Felines (Official) has zero posts and 0 replies. No profile pics, but 104 followers! All bots I assume.
Supper tonight. Wish me luck.
This may be my last message.
This may be my last message.
December 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Supper tonight. Wish me luck.
This may be my last message.
This may be my last message.
It appears, according to a bit of non-AI assisted research, to be an attempt to protect the wooden timbers and lengthen their life. Of course, in Europe we just used stone and built uncovered bridges that are still in use after many centuries
December 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
It appears, according to a bit of non-AI assisted research, to be an attempt to protect the wooden timbers and lengthen their life. Of course, in Europe we just used stone and built uncovered bridges that are still in use after many centuries
yeah, but that's not just a bridge with a roof and walls. That's a bridge with buildings on it. Like old London Bridge
December 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
yeah, but that's not just a bridge with a roof and walls. That's a bridge with buildings on it. Like old London Bridge
A related question: what qualifies someone as an influencee?
A tendency to take advice on all matters,big and small, trivial and life-changing, from some random person on social media who you've never met, whose philosophy you don't know, and who is being paid by sponsors to give advice?
A tendency to take advice on all matters,big and small, trivial and life-changing, from some random person on social media who you've never met, whose philosophy you don't know, and who is being paid by sponsors to give advice?
December 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A related question: what qualifies someone as an influencee?
A tendency to take advice on all matters,big and small, trivial and life-changing, from some random person on social media who you've never met, whose philosophy you don't know, and who is being paid by sponsors to give advice?
A tendency to take advice on all matters,big and small, trivial and life-changing, from some random person on social media who you've never met, whose philosophy you don't know, and who is being paid by sponsors to give advice?
Handy. Would Sir care for another tub of brandy butter to accompany one's pud?
December 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Handy. Would Sir care for another tub of brandy butter to accompany one's pud?
I am told that some people consider this an acceptable substitute for accidental wine, for those on a diet.
December 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I am told that some people consider this an acceptable substitute for accidental wine, for those on a diet.
Even when they badly cut their paw and need £300 worth of stitches!
Are vets getting insanely expensive these days? £100 was for the anaesthetic. Seems to be recovering fast. Had the bandage off before we got home.
Are vets getting insanely expensive these days? £100 was for the anaesthetic. Seems to be recovering fast. Had the bandage off before we got home.
December 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Even when they badly cut their paw and need £300 worth of stitches!
Are vets getting insanely expensive these days? £100 was for the anaesthetic. Seems to be recovering fast. Had the bandage off before we got home.
Are vets getting insanely expensive these days? £100 was for the anaesthetic. Seems to be recovering fast. Had the bandage off before we got home.
They are running some on Radio 4 Extra at the moment
December 11, 2025 at 11:10 AM
They are running some on Radio 4 Extra at the moment
Has anyone done any research on how many businesses have gone bust due to an incorrect formula in Excel not being properly tested and thus reporting a £10,000,000 profit instead of a £5mn loss? Must be thousands by now.
December 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Has anyone done any research on how many businesses have gone bust due to an incorrect formula in Excel not being properly tested and thus reporting a £10,000,000 profit instead of a £5mn loss? Must be thousands by now.
My Tadcu, Taliesin Mordecai (the one in the middle). He was an instructor at the Central Flying School 1917-18. I assume this was a landing by a pupil (but probably not the future George VI, who he is believed to have taught)
December 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
My Tadcu, Taliesin Mordecai (the one in the middle). He was an instructor at the Central Flying School 1917-18. I assume this was a landing by a pupil (but probably not the future George VI, who he is believed to have taught)
Or the quiche. Like wot I got last year.
December 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Or the quiche. Like wot I got last year.
Just got an email from Refuck
They left out a few details, so I added them, just to be clear and transparent.
They left out a few details, so I added them, just to be clear and transparent.
December 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Just got an email from Refuck
They left out a few details, so I added them, just to be clear and transparent.
They left out a few details, so I added them, just to be clear and transparent.
Historical fact: If the price of a stamp had increased in line with inflation since 1840, it would now be about 65p. And in towns that would get same-day delivery.
The decline accelerated when they stopped printing the price on 1st and 2nd class. Actually, no, when they introduced 2nd class!
The decline accelerated when they stopped printing the price on 1st and 2nd class. Actually, no, when they introduced 2nd class!
December 4, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Historical fact: If the price of a stamp had increased in line with inflation since 1840, it would now be about 65p. And in towns that would get same-day delivery.
The decline accelerated when they stopped printing the price on 1st and 2nd class. Actually, no, when they introduced 2nd class!
The decline accelerated when they stopped printing the price on 1st and 2nd class. Actually, no, when they introduced 2nd class!
Try and persuade them to go back to dishing out Guinness (or Mackeson) instead of tea. Or maybe a pint of Granny R's Extra Fine Select Mercian Turnip Gin.
December 2, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Try and persuade them to go back to dishing out Guinness (or Mackeson) instead of tea. Or maybe a pint of Granny R's Extra Fine Select Mercian Turnip Gin.
Special tonight at þe NCB was dogs bollocks with gravy so thick you could cut it up and build a replica Stonehenge with it.
November 30, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Special tonight at þe NCB was dogs bollocks with gravy so thick you could cut it up and build a replica Stonehenge with it.
I think Monday is a day to stay in my hovel in my pile of straw, with a couple of bottles of the deluxe extra aged Granny's Reserve, and let the happy, smiling orphans work in the turnip fields unsupervised. Hope the thatch doesn't leak too much.
November 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I think Monday is a day to stay in my hovel in my pile of straw, with a couple of bottles of the deluxe extra aged Granny's Reserve, and let the happy, smiling orphans work in the turnip fields unsupervised. Hope the thatch doesn't leak too much.
Don't worry, it's not due until Christmas Eve. That's still weeks away. And you can keep it simple
November 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Don't worry, it's not due until Christmas Eve. That's still weeks away. And you can keep it simple
I've already had my Christmas Cat.
Tim-tim, the feral who's been coming in for food since May now jumps up on my bed for a lengthy wash after supper, often sleeps in the house, and lets me tickle her head and shoulder blades. I think she's decided where her new home is.
Tim-tim, the feral who's been coming in for food since May now jumps up on my bed for a lengthy wash after supper, often sleeps in the house, and lets me tickle her head and shoulder blades. I think she's decided where her new home is.
November 29, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I've already had my Christmas Cat.
Tim-tim, the feral who's been coming in for food since May now jumps up on my bed for a lengthy wash after supper, often sleeps in the house, and lets me tickle her head and shoulder blades. I think she's decided where her new home is.
Tim-tim, the feral who's been coming in for food since May now jumps up on my bed for a lengthy wash after supper, often sleeps in the house, and lets me tickle her head and shoulder blades. I think she's decided where her new home is.
Maybe as an alternative? Only £9.99. And I believe matching tails are available.
November 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Maybe as an alternative? Only £9.99. And I believe matching tails are available.
Just found this in an old copy of the Daily Express.
November 28, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Just found this in an old copy of the Daily Express.