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(DIR) Post #AQF1MVk5FNM0n7g4zg by fitheach@mstdn.io
2022-12-03T20:53:14Z
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You know you're in the #Highlands, when the major topic in the pub, on a Saturday night, is "cattle grids".#Scotland
(DIR) Post #AQF4UFUTr0C2ZClEMC by AeonMach@mstdn.social
2022-12-03T21:28:00Z
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@fitheach Well don’t leave us hanging; what’s the gen?
(DIR) Post #AQF5KisNqPBmlLxkkC by fitheach@mstdn.io
2022-12-03T21:37:43Z
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@AeonMach You wouldn't believe what a wide ranging topic cattle grids can be. It started with a view that ever since a crofter got a grid installed, he acts like he owns the road (he doesn't).The topic then moved on to preferences for round bars or flat bars on the grids. Which effortlessly moved onto how slippy they are when wet or icy. Mountain bikers beware.Finally, the topic moved onto providing escape tunnels, under the grids, for any critters unlucky enough to fall into them.
(DIR) Post #AQF7Cnv3PUelzlZ0bI by AeonMach@mstdn.social
2022-12-03T21:58:40Z
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@fitheach Quality cattle grid banter.Hedgehog escape ramps are obviously de rigeur.
(DIR) Post #AQF7g921ze3Vs9olW4 by fitheach@mstdn.io
2022-12-03T22:04:02Z
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@AeonMach Not just hedgehogs, frogs and toads, too.
(DIR) Post #AQF8hvFYIyGjf6YOXo by PeterWyrm@social.wxcafe.net
2022-12-03T22:15:31Z
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@fitheach You could have been in rural Australia (except for the ice and hedgehogs bits, obviously).
(DIR) Post #AQFBluCeRFp9R6mtrE by norahmoo@mastodon.social
2022-12-03T22:49:53Z
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@fitheach @AeonMach Maybe also add to the discussion how fast cars drive over them. We always slow down, it's how we were taught. Now cars fly over at normal speed. Does anyone slow down. Locals, visitors?
(DIR) Post #AQFDonIKmPnsmsx1Qe by fitheach@mstdn.io
2022-12-03T23:12:48Z
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@PeterWyrm Country folk all over the world share a lot in common.We don't have 'roos or wallabies. 😃
(DIR) Post #AQFE6RZsGJrye5ZTea by fitheach@mstdn.io
2022-12-03T23:16:00Z
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@norahmoo We have sections of the A82 (main trunk road from Inverness to Glasgow) with the speed restricted to 50mph. You can then turn-off this road onto a small, twisty, unclassified road (including cattle grids) where the spped limit is 60mph. Go figure!@AeonMach
(DIR) Post #AQFFcTRyw1dlfsiUl6 by PeterWyrm@social.wxcafe.net
2022-12-03T23:32:37Z
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@fitheach Only the waters of Loch Lomond prevent the wallabies of Inchconnachan from taking over Scotland! Bwah-hah-hah
(DIR) Post #AQFFrG15ADzMM0BSds by fitheach@mstdn.io
2022-12-03T23:35:40Z
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@PeterWyrm Ah, you know about them!We also have white emus, beat that. 😃 https://mstdn.io/@fitheach/101925943102598312
(DIR) Post #AQFGKQeGiHcFj6QHjc by PeterWyrm@social.wxcafe.net
2022-12-03T23:40:53Z
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@fitheach 😱
(DIR) Post #AQFGQ2W9LPtgchIiOW by PeterWyrm@social.wxcafe.net
2022-12-03T23:41:57Z
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@fitheach (Old, funny, true trivia question…) Which state has the most emu farms?
(DIR) Post #AQFGdi0aOSW34N3Tvc by fitheach@mstdn.io
2022-12-03T23:44:24Z
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@PeterWyrm China?
(DIR) Post #AQFMn9Q8Rdm6PxtJYW by PeterWyrm@social.wxcafe.net
2022-12-04T00:53:22Z
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@fitheach Texas, purportedly.
(DIR) Post #AQFO6z2UqrkRxzr59s by fitheach@mstdn.io
2022-12-04T01:08:04Z
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@PeterWyrm I knew it had to be somewhere, and not Australia.What do you think, tastes like chicken?
(DIR) Post #AQG5qvU6hDgCI9vIsS by athairbirb@mstdn.social
2022-12-04T09:17:50Z
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@fitheach do you know of the wallabies of Inchconnachan? @PeterWyrm
(DIR) Post #AQG7GASMGhDJv5hmbo by fitheach@mstdn.io
2022-12-04T09:34:02Z
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@athairbirb We've never been introduced.@PeterWyrm
(DIR) Post #AQGC4iXgDBmxvmYOjg by PeterWyrm@social.wxcafe.net
2022-12-04T10:27:57Z
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@fitheach The farms produce oil and leather, I think, rather than meat. I’ve eaten emu. It’s a darker meat than chicken. I don’t recall the taste very well. Nothing special. Kangaroo is better.
(DIR) Post #AQGCMLxKvQkl5rxoyO by fitheach@mstdn.io
2022-12-04T10:31:06Z
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@PeterWyrm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tastes_like_chicken😃
(DIR) Post #AQGDftyYlTv03nQBpQ by PeterWyrm@social.wxcafe.net
2022-12-04T10:45:54Z
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@fitheach 😂 I do know that idiom, but I was too busy trying to show off my exotic culinary experiences. 😜
(DIR) Post #AQGE7C2zgQp1vWVceG by PeterWyrm@social.wxcafe.net
2022-12-04T10:49:10Z
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@fitheach Of course, it’s possible for me to consume our national animals because they are _real_, unlike the national animal of a European country you know well. 😜
(DIR) Post #AQGE7CYXn83jVNGopE by fitheach@mstdn.io
2022-12-04T10:50:53Z
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@PeterWyrm I eat unicorns, all the time.
(DIR) Post #AQGEcYukiKulpCc0Ku by PeterWyrm@social.wxcafe.net
2022-12-04T10:56:30Z
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@fitheach Tastes like chicken, presumeably. 😝 😂 😜
(DIR) Post #AQGRQOQjARN7En5zhw by Wizardofosmium@mastodon.scot
2022-12-04T11:23:07Z
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@fitheach @athairbirb @PeterWyrm Meet the wallabies of Inchconnachan. We camped on the Island a few years ago, 2009 to be exact.
(DIR) Post #AQGSTxlAMw4ZdKvDQe by fitheach@mstdn.io
2022-12-04T13:31:50Z
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Apropos:#Highlands #Scotland
(DIR) Post #AQGT03xiqMXW8Y6LHU by Bella@krefeld.life
2022-12-04T13:37:39Z
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@fitheach We first came across those in Cornwall.
(DIR) Post #AQGTVAuv2HTWgScqDw by Scott_HFX@mstdn.ca
2022-12-04T13:43:12Z
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@fitheach Those came as a bit of a surprise on our first cycling holiday over in Scotland.
(DIR) Post #AQGTobBXb0APeff7I0 by athairbirb@mstdn.social
2022-12-04T13:46:46Z
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@fitheach brrrrbrrrmrrm
(DIR) Post #AQGU7YZxVerb4f7hyq by fitheach@mstdn.io
2022-12-04T13:50:13Z
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@Bella Any country/farming area, I would've thought. I've seen them in continental Europe, can't think where.
(DIR) Post #AQGUGFwy8mX9u72CB6 by fitheach@mstdn.io
2022-12-04T13:51:41Z
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@Billl #Gruoch, my dog, prefers these ones. The vertical bars make it easier for her to balance on the grid.
(DIR) Post #AQGUKOqT0j2OeMy8Dw by fitheach@mstdn.io
2022-12-04T13:52:32Z
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@Scott_HFX Do you not have them in your part of the world?
(DIR) Post #AQGUOv3bBpufiBGZZA by fitheach@mstdn.io
2022-12-04T13:53:21Z
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@athairbirb That's not a starting grid.
(DIR) Post #AQGUxZ1P6oSfVOl9MW by Scott_HFX@mstdn.ca
2022-12-04T13:59:36Z
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@fitheach No, not in The Maritime provinces I’ve that ever seen. They might have them in the western provinces.
(DIR) Post #AQGVQjPhYEBA8K25FQ by withaveeay@mastodon.scot
2022-12-04T14:04:27Z
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@fitheach The one outside Lochinver has been a dreadful state for 20 years. The Council finally got a new one made about 5-7 years back. They brought it on site, and found.... it didn't fit. They now seem to have lost interest. Locals usually use only one lane, as the other one tests suspension to breaking point.#NotInterestedIfNotInverness
(DIR) Post #AQGVpIagPmu4BPsrJI by fitheach@mstdn.io
2022-12-04T14:09:20Z
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@withaveeay See, cattle grids are probably a major topic in Lochinver, too.Cattle grids are surprisingly expensive.
(DIR) Post #AQGVwtXRRVAcnkzQ9I by Sherry@det.social
2022-12-04T14:10:37Z
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@fitheach i can feel them 😵💫
(DIR) Post #AQGW9LjsQ3pHjskFiC by fitheach@mstdn.io
2022-12-04T14:12:56Z
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@Sherry Oh, bitter experience?
(DIR) Post #AQGWu7BmKjgEDv5yBU by gairsty@fosstodon.org
2022-12-04T14:21:19Z
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@fitheach #cattlegrids, the speed metal of #musicalroads. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_road#napalmdeath
(DIR) Post #AQGXqyFVDPpZa9ty64 by fitheach@mstdn.io
2022-12-04T14:32:00Z
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@gairsty I'd never thought of cattle grids being musical. The ones round here all sound like Status Quo.
(DIR) Post #AQGaNxmgAGXzbZHOaW by Bella@krefeld.life
2022-12-04T15:00:15Z
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@fitheach I had never seen them in Germany, but maybe I live in the wrong area for cattle grids 🤷
(DIR) Post #AQGahD8DKNdIhpWwHg by fitheach@mstdn.io
2022-12-04T15:03:52Z
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@Bella Not common in cities. 😉
(DIR) Post #AQGbfCFZjWHnLcZpaK by Bella@krefeld.life
2022-12-04T15:14:42Z
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@fitheach I have not always lived in cities 😂
(DIR) Post #AQGp2RmtQkdrbIZtvk by Jkp@mastodon.scot
2022-12-04T17:44:37Z
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@fitheach We have a cattle grid in Assynt, just North of Lochinvar on the Achiltibuie road, that some bright spark decided to fit on a corner on a single track road. It's a total nightmare on anything but a dry warm day!#HighlandCouncilRoads
(DIR) Post #AQGpOghEgGUiD5XM48 by Jkp@mastodon.scot
2022-12-04T17:48:03Z
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@fitheach @withaveeay Extortionate otherwise we would all have one on our driveways!#SheepGrids
(DIR) Post #AQGplbIutYNI9A5Uwa by fitheach@mstdn.io
2022-12-04T17:52:43Z
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@Jkp Since getting a ferocious dog the sheep and deer problem has ceased to exist.@withaveeay
(DIR) Post #AQGrOozQ2vrrq7EXse by Jkp@mastodon.scot
2022-12-04T18:01:47Z
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@fitheach @withaveeay Not sure that would work here.For a start, any ferocity toward the privileged sheep allegedly ends in a death sentence... and not of the ovine variety!As for the deer, they are nighttime ninjas. I presume Gruoch sleeps for at least some of the night? 😄We had to invest in a deer fence round what was left of the 'Garden' once the Red Deer moved in to Clachtoll.
(DIR) Post #AQGrOpVK8JO9R4A1bs by fitheach@mstdn.io
2022-12-04T18:11:03Z
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@Jkp She doesn't need constant vigilance. A few well placed woofs, here and there, and the garden munchers think twice about venturing in.TBH I'm not so bothered about them eating stuff in the "garden". They are welcome to it. Having the place strewn with sheep and deer shite is a nuisance.@withaveeay
(DIR) Post #AQH1OjZ7DFEQYfWkUq by Sherry@det.social
2022-12-04T20:02:58Z
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@fitheach a few in the Highlands in the dark...😅
(DIR) Post #AQH6GDUT59yQX96yLw by fitheach@mstdn.io
2022-12-04T20:57:37Z
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@Sherry Yes, they can be surprising.
(DIR) Post #AQIyHcyvNhNqZ8RHOa by Aslanmane@theres.life
2022-12-05T11:55:15Z
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@Wizardofosmium @fitheach @athairbirb @PeterWyrm Golly, there a fair way from home 😀 🦘
(DIR) Post #AQIyHeHkXC2IboFpNQ by fitheach@mstdn.io
2022-12-05T18:37:34Z
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@Aslanmane That's the first time I've seen "golly" used in a non-ironic sense for many years. Bravo!@Wizardofosmium @athairbirb @PeterWyrm
(DIR) Post #AQIyjjV4jsAQtIsYMK by Peternimmo@mastodon.scot
2022-12-04T22:41:29Z
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@Wizardofosmium @fitheach @athairbirb @PeterWyrm wow! Delighted to know they're still there
(DIR) Post #AQIyjkAYFfLOxwHg0W by Wizardofosmium@mastodon.scot
2022-12-05T10:09:54Z
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@Peternimmo @fitheach @athairbirb @PeterWyrm I don't know if they are still there, there has been a lot of talk about removing them but I hope they survive.
(DIR) Post #AQIyjkcuYE1sNtYKDA by Peternimmo@mastodon.scot
2022-12-05T10:25:59Z
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@Wizardofosmium @fitheach @athairbirb @PeterWyrm Kirsty Young off of the telly bought the island earlier this year and wanted rid of them https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/kirsty-young-to-find-new-home-for-scottish-island-wallabies-after-chris-packham-intervention-07t9f5736
(DIR) Post #AQIyjlDQMTEiD8dU7k by fitheach@mstdn.io
2022-12-05T18:42:40Z
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@Peternimmo Shame, I used to like Kirsty.@Wizardofosmium @athairbirb @PeterWyrm
(DIR) Post #AQIyjmcd8EzcZbR83E by Peternimmo@mastodon.scot
2022-12-05T10:29:33Z
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@Wizardofosmium @fitheach @athairbirb @PeterWyrm I'm pretty sure we visited the island when I was a lad, so I'd also be concerned about access for human visitors, too