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An insomniac writes
« on: September 23, 2008, 11:59:50 AM »
At 5.45 this morning there was a very interesting programme on the wireless all about turnips. Recipes and suchlike. It sent me back to sleep anyway.

If you fancy a nap you can Listen Again here

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/farmingtoday/
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Re: An insomniac writes
« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2008, 12:09:02 PM »
Listen to it most mornings.

No ~ not insomnia .... diuretics. confused:
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Re: An insomniac writes
« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2008, 12:11:38 PM »
You a Scientologist then?
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Re: An insomniac writes
« Reply #3 on: September 23, 2008, 12:14:36 PM »
Please explain the connection between taking diuretics (which make you pee a lot to disperse excess fluids) to ease heart failure (which causes a build up of excess fluid around the lungs and heart) and Scientology.

Perhaps I am dim today but I can't see it.
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Re: An insomniac writes
« Reply #4 on: September 23, 2008, 12:16:23 PM »
I thought you meant Dianetics  redface:
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Re: An insomniac writes
« Reply #5 on: September 23, 2008, 12:18:19 PM »
Please put brain in gear before operating mouth. point:
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Re: An insomniac writes
« Reply #6 on: September 23, 2008, 12:18:49 PM »
Why break the habit of a lifetime?

Anyway. Turnips  sleep017
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Re: An insomniac writes
« Reply #7 on: September 23, 2008, 12:20:29 PM »
Quote from: Nick on September 23, 2008, 12:18:49 PM
Why break the habit of a lifetime?

Anyway. Turnips  sleep017

I must have been having a jimmy 'cos I didn't hear that bit.
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Re: An insomniac writes
« Reply #8 on: September 23, 2008, 12:22:03 PM »
What?The bit about stuffed turnips?
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Re: An insomniac writes
« Reply #9 on: September 23, 2008, 12:23:15 PM »
The only bit of "Farming Today" that I caught this morning was the weather forecast.
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Re: An insomniac writes
« Reply #10 on: September 23, 2008, 12:25:11 PM »
They were doing turnip recipes  noooo:
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Re: An insomniac writes
« Reply #11 on: September 23, 2008, 12:25:58 PM »
Did DS get a mention?
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Re: An insomniac writes
« Reply #12 on: September 23, 2008, 12:26:55 PM »
They mentioned the "country's leading turnip farmer", but no, it wasn't him
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Re: An insomniac writes
« Reply #13 on: September 23, 2008, 12:27:55 PM »
Somehow I can't imagine there being a Bernard Matthews of the turnip world  noooo:
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Re: An insomniac writes
« Reply #14 on: September 23, 2008, 12:28:27 PM »
Bernard Manning, yes
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