The pandemic must nearly be over, was able to buy a kettlebell from Decathlon.
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I was able to order a new recorder from Amazon.
Not sure everyone will see this as a sign that things are getting better.
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Does Amazon sell flour?
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I am after a Sony Walkman but due to guardians of the galaxy all the cheap Aiwa copies are out of stock might have to buy a Bush brand
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I checked a few weeks ago. Amazon only had artisanal flour.
Tesco in Airdrie has plenty last week. I got big bag of white and two Hovis Granary.
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Airdrie might be hard to justify. Anybody scoring bread or rye flour in Mbra?
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Driving to take a walk is lawful during England lockdown, police told
‘Reasonable excuses’ also include moving house, buying luxuries and essential repairs
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wfb a musical instrument type recorder?
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@fimm yes @WFB is keen on the screeching wind instrument, whereas I am after a tape deck and some Walkmen.
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Yes. The fipple flute kind.
I’ve got a Yamaha YRS 302B. I have bother with the very highest notes. I ordered a YRS 402B. Reviews say the top octave is much better and they don’t block as easily.
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The YRS-402B is made from plant-derived Ecodear plastic - making this the world's first application of environmentally-friendly plant based material in a musical instrument.
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OK!!
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Wood isn't "plant-based" as much as "plant", I suppose?
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The remote location and poor weather has presented a significant challenge, however, working to protect the marine environment through the COVID-19 pandemic has created a unique obstacle for the teams to overcome.
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https://www.briggsmarine.com/media/news/briggs-marine-support-the-salvage-of-mv-kaami/
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I do have a wooden Hohner. You’re supposed to put oil inside them and not play them too much.
I don’t play much anyway as the management doesn’t like it.
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@IWRATS, it would seem this is one of the reasons for the flour shortage:
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Rory McKenzie, 35, from Edinburgh, felt a similar emotion after reaching to the back of a shelf for the last remaining bag of flour - only to find it was white rather than the wholemeal flour he wanted.
"I put it back, but then I got worried that someone was going to say I had contaminated it so I ended up putting it back into my basket," he said. "It was quite annoying buying it but it was better than worrying I was going to get someone pulling me up about having touched it."https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-52294157
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I’ve got a Yamaha YRS 302B. I have bother with the very highest notes.
Still nice though. I play a YRA 302B, and I have bother with the lowest notes as I find it hard to not overblow. Maybe a bassoon is more my kind of instrument.
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I’ve got an Aulos tenor. Should have paid extra for the Yamaha as it has a key for the bottom hole. It’s hard to reach convincingly with a pinkie.
I’ve never tried an alto. I started out on piano so I slip into C naturally, I was put off the alto because it’s in F. I suppose I’d just need to relearn the fingering. The management tolerates the tenor a bit better.
I’d managed to dodge the top octave but I got a book of Bach and it goes to the top C in Sleepers, Wake. The book works well on chromatic harmonica too. Management not a fan of that either.
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Airdrie might be hard to justify. Anybody scoring bread or rye flour in Mbra?
@IWARTS I hear the Polish shop in Gorgie (across Maccas) has got various flours. May be worth checking if you have an Eastern European shop nearby.
I imagine Food Plus Grocery Pewex Delicatessen in Craigmillar may be a worth a shot.
(Unfortunately Polish flour classification system is somewhat more complex than strong/plain/wholemeal but they should be able to assist you).I also hear that Sainsbbury's are pretty good with flour stock.
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@bill
I will check that out shortly thank you.
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@bax: I also hear that Sainsbury's are pretty good with flour stock.
There was zip in the Longstone branch on Tuesday afternoon. A friend who is Sainsbury's vulnerable persons list to get deliveries (the only way you can get a delivery slot with Sainbury's now, AIUI) has succeeded in adding both wholemeal bread flour and self-raising flour to their latest order but it remains to be seen whether any is actually delivered.
Someone upthread reported that a branch of Lidl had flour a few days ago.
It seems to be pretty random which shops get flour, and when. The true soviet era experience.
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Our neighbours are on the vulnerable list and assure us that Sainsburys aren't delivering plain flour today.
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Tesco didn’t have Allinson’s yeast. I just used some Tesco yeast. It looked a bit finer grained. I’ll see how it worked in 5 hours.
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@wfb
First sourdough pizza is proving as I type. The starter seems to have stabilised. Smells lovely - recommended.
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I believe that the time has arrived to introduce an addendum to Betteridge's Law of Headlines.
I propose that any newspaper of online media article which has as its headline a question about Trump's motives for one of his recent actions, decisions or expressed opinions - e.g. "Why has Trump stopped US funding for the WHO?", "Why does Trump think that chloroquine is a cure for COVID-19?" (or, as seen recently on the BBC web site: "Why does President Trump want to mine on the Moon?") - can be adequately summarised with the words: "Because he is a <rule 2>."
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@IWRATS I've been substituting atta (chapati flour) for wholemeal flour when I haven't been able to source regular wholemeal (I generally make bread with half wholemeal, half white flour; all wholemeal is a bit presbyterian).
Atta seems strong enough but slightly grainy and likes a bit more water than regular wholemeal. I don't use yeast but "Mother" is quite happy in the resulting dough and the bread rises which is all that matters.
Otherwise my pusher recently hooked me up with 3 Ks of finest Canadian White so I'm content for now
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Had to go for a walk with the management. She wants me to try sour dough.
She didn’t insist on a change of t shirt today.
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@ejstubbs
I love the way you've curated your profile as a reasonable, cautious and thoughtful poster for several years leading up to that post. Chapeau. And quite right.
Imagine being him. The simple horror.
@MediumDave
Nice one - off out to scour the non-Western food outlets of Craigmillar right now.
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The Eco Larder on Morrison Street https://www.theecolarder.com/ seems to do well with having flour. You need to take your own containers for whatever you buy.
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