Roast Turkey and The Workhouse

 

 

 

Hello everyone, I hope you`re all having a nice weekend.  My goodness it has been boring today, apart from getting up and doing a fair amount of housework nothing has really happened all day.  Well it has, but nothing of any real interest to anyone.  I read the two local papers, scanned the job pages and each individual ad for the elusive job but there was nothing...not even a sniff of anything suitable.....sigh.

We did get a pleasant surprise this afternoon though, there was a knock at the door and there stood Danny.  We had no idea he was coming but it was great to see him, he has been flat hunting all morning and into the early afternoon and has found a place he really likes, hopefully the estate agent will be able to secure it for him.  Even if it does fall through the agency he is using are being very helpful so he isn`t too worried about finding a place. As we have a `visitor` I am cooking a roast dinner with all the trimmings tonight, I have to spoil my son...not that Jim is complaining as a roast is one of his favourites too.

One of the other things I saw in the paper was an article about an old local hospital.  They are down-sizing the existing building with a view I think, to eventual closure.  I was born there and had my tonsils and andenoids removed there also. Despite being only five at the time I still remember that place very well, my memories are NOT favourable to say the least.  In the article was an old photo of the original building, a very grim looking building, and when I read on it said it was originally a workhouse.  I was quite surprised that having lived here all my life I`d not heard that before.  I`m going to look into it and if I can find interesting on the subject I`ll post an entry about it.  There has to be some information somewhere.

I`ve mentioned this more than once before about Jakes nervousness around large objects but today he was even more nervous than usual.  I let him out first thing as usual but when I called him back in he stubbornly refused to set foot back in the house.  He looked absolutely terrified and cowered down on the back lawn.  I eventually was able to coax him in by leaning against the back door so he couldn`t see it!  He hasn`t done this for a long time now and I thought his fear of doors was in the past.  If only I could look back into his past life with his first owner to see how he was treated.  Something has definitely happened to him to make him act this way, what, I dread to think.  Most noises make him jump, they don`t even have to be loud ones, just noises.  I just hate to see him so scared all the time.  I can only hope that in time he will forget his past, though I don`t hold out much hope.  At least I know that he is safe with us and will always be treated well and is loved to bits by everyone who knows him.

I must go and attend to the turkey joint roasting away in the oven,  it smells delicious and will be done soon.  Have a nice evening all of you and take care.  Bye Bye for now.

 

 

A Few Weird Facts

 

In 1783 an Icelandic eruption threw up enough dust to temporarily block out the sun over Europe.

About 20 to 30 volcanoes erupt each year, mostly under the sea.

A huge underground river runs underneath the Nile, with six times more water than the river above.

Lake Bosumtwi in Ghana formed in a hollow made by a meteorite.

Beaver Lake, in Yellowstone Park, USA, was artificially created by beaver damming.

Off the coast of Florida there is an underwater hotel. Guests have to dive to the entrance.

Venice in Italy is built on 118 sea islets joined by 400 bridges. It is gradually sinking into the water.

The Ancient Egyptians worshipped a sky goddess called Nut.

The world's windiest place is Commonwealth Bay, Antartica.

In 1934, a gust of wind reached 371 km/h on Mount Washington in New Hampshire, USA.

American Roy Sullivan has been struck by lighting a record seven times.

The desert baobab tree can store up to 1000 litres of water in its trunk.

The oldest living tree is a California bristlecone pine name 'Methuselah'. It is about 4600 years old. The largest tree in the world is a giant sequoia growing in California. It is 84 meters tall and measures 29 meters round the trunk. The fastest growing tree is the eucalyptus. It can grow 10 meters a year.

The Antartic notothenia fish has a protein in its blood that acts like antifreeze and stops the fish freezing in icy sea.

The USA uses 29% of the world's petrol and 33% of the world's electricity.

The industrial complex of Cubatao in Brazil is known as the Valley of Death because its pollution has destroyed the trees and rivers nearby.