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[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Had a rubbish night's sleep. Couldn't drop off for ages, then kept waking again. I think the light summer duvet isn't enough any more

Anyway, sunny out

[zeitghost]

I had some sort of nightmare.

Managed to wake up.

Put on World Service.

Got a different kind of nightmare.

Ho hum.

And to add to the tedium there's yet another tedious pointless relentlessly uninteresting staff development meeting next monday.

<ZG in "getting closer to postal every day" mode>

[original PM]

so my pear trees are now bearing fruit

anyone any idea on how to make perry?

I would google it but I cba

[zeitghost]

so my pear trees are now bearing fruit

anyone any idea on how to make perry?

I would google it but I cba

Like cider.

Except with pears instead.

What I want to know is HTF do you get them to ripen?

Bumper crop this year & they're all like bricks.

Other than not being sort of oblong & red, rather they're pear shaped & green.

[original PM]

Like cider.

Except with pears instead.

What I want to know is HTF do you get them to ripen?

Bumper crop this year & they're all like bricks.

Other than not being sort of oblong & red, rather they're pear shaped & green.

That is a very good question - my pears rarely get to that juicy stage you get from some types in the supermarket

do you need to pick them and let them ripen or what.... if I do not pick them off the ground the are normally soggy by the time they get mowed when I am doing the grass!

[BrilloPad]

Feck me, it's like the Marie Celeste in here this morning.

Maybe I missed the memo.

<lurks>

[zeitghost]

Even extended nuking doesn't seem to soften them much.

I'm doing sommat wrong but I don't know what.

You could club someone to death with some of the damn things.

<ZG contemplates that last thought>

[original PM]

Even extended nuking doesn't seem to soften them much.

I'm doing sommat wrong but I don't know what.

You could club someone to death with some of the damn things.

<ZG contemplates that last thought>

ah ha

so google did help

Linky

[original PM]

also

linky

but that looks like a pita and I cba

[zeitghost]

Mine are conference.

At the moment you could build walls with the damn things.

The windfalls have gone wrinkly and they're no closer to being ripe than when I picked them up.