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Oh, one of those things! My brother plays with them - his missus says he spends more time with them than he does with her. He agrees. Not really my scene - PS1 and Grand Turismo 2 is about my mark. Actually that also looks just like a close-up of an ant's head. Not much of a problem in my garden as I'm always out and about with my ant gun, squirting powder onto any signs of ant life.

TAUNTON It's just started raining. Wind - Westerly moderate Barometer - 1014 falling Temp - 14.0C

Isn't that what's so fantastic about a forum? A conversation, to be interesting, moves from item to item - as does this thread. What are metroids - are they related to Triffids?

"we were having a big clearout down the side of my drive. So this meant an end to my beloved weeds I had been growing them for a few months. I'm not sure if they is a proper name for these weeds but heres a picture of them just after they had been pulled out." Answer - Sow Thistles (Sonchus oleraceus) Hi WBSH Apparently there are 24 species of slug in Britain – no wonder they’ll eat anything. (not complete chicken carcases!) In my garden small black slugs start off the year by eating foxgloves and the new leaves of a variegated ivy. The larger slugs seem to come out later in the year and they love bedding plants. One thing they don’t seem to eat is the Sow Thistle in the picture that started this thread. The books say that they grow to 1.5m – all depends on how much competition there is to reach the light. Insects don’t seem to bother with them and the only things that seem to eat Sow Thistles are tortoises. Ours scrunch their way through the leaves with great enthusiasm. We have to travel miles to find the plants for our tortoises.

Talking about slugs - I put a bin bag out last night and there was a chicken carcase (dead) in it. This morning the slugs had pulled the bag open and had eaten most of the chicken, bones and all. I know it was the slugs because there were still some of them lying around, stuffed, early this morning. :lol:

TAUNTON Breezy today. Some sun but increasing heavy cloud. Wind Westerly. Temp - currently 20C.

Taunton 14.6C mainly cloudy but dry. Light northerly breeze. Three hot days in a row (26 - 29 - 28C) and not a thunderstorm in sight.

Taunton. Lovely sunny day - bit hazy at times but mainly clear. Max today 26C but it's already down to 11.2C and falling. Clear sky - probable low about 4C. No wind.

Taunton. Lovely day although the air has felt cold. Wall to wall sunshine - a bit hazy at times though. Max 24C but now dropping fast. Fallen by 11C in last 5 hours to 8C at present. Calm and clear. Just watched Envisat go over heading north.

Rain finally stopped around 12.30. More like heavy drizzle so only 4 mm since midnight. Min Temp last night 14C. Getting warmer at last.

Taunton. What a nasty miserable day! Max today 16.5C. Rain from 9am to 5pm then from 7pm until 11.30pm. Not heavy - just continual. Total 11 mm.

Taunton. It's just stopped raining at last. 8 hours but only 7 mm. Still heavy cloud but some brighter bits. Temp 16.5C - warmest it's been all day.

Just started raining in Taunton at 9.07 am. Lots more to come judging by Met office radar. Typical weekend - another boot sale day wasted!