Today I saw...

[proactive]

See!

I know, it's a disgrace...

 

[age'd parent]

Where my wife has her shop there are two females that do the bins. Have been for years.

Get them back to the kitchen where they belong

 

[proactive]

Get them back to the kitchen where they belong

Ooh, I can here all those keyboards being warmed up for some self-righteous indignation...

 

[age'd parent]

Ooh, I can here all those keyboards being warmed up for some self-righteous indignation...

Or to really risk it...
Get them back to the bedroom where they belong.

 

[Gramaisc]

..the Union Flag, at the garage south of Brocton, has been turned the right way up.

After all this time.

I wonder why now?

 

[Laurie61]

 

[basil]

...the kids rides at Tesco, am I alone in finding the one with the uniforned character somewhat scary ?.......

 

[Withnail]

...the kids rides at Tesco, am I alone in finding the one with the uniforned character somewhat scary ?.......

You should definitely give The Smiler a wide berth.

 

[PeterD]

You should definitely give The Smiler a wide berth.

Does she still work on the customer service desk?

 

[staffordjas]

driving a car ... parked up , and jumped in a waiting sleigh

 

[Gramaisc]

...that things are not always what they seem.

 

[age'd parent]

...that things are not always what they seem.

You must have taken it standing on your head, that's why it's a bit blurry.

 

[Gramaisc]

...well, Monday, actually, that temporary lights can be better sometimes, with a bit of thought - these ones had a 75 second sequence and gave you a countdown, using the LED mosaic of the amber light, so that you could see if it was worth turning the engine off, etc.

 

[Withnail]

Lots of foam - yes, foam - at the base of trees. Yes, trees as in plural. It is not something i have noticed before.

I have only just remembered, and am going to attempt to get to the bottom of it...

 

[Gramaisc]

Lots of foam - yes, foam - at the base of trees. Yes, trees as in plural. It is not something i have noticed before.

I have only just remembered, and am going to attempt to get to the bottom of it...

Pine trees are particularly prone to foaming.

 

[Withnail]

This was predominantly Beech.

 

[Gramaisc]

This was predominantly Beech.

Never seen it with them, but you don't see it that often, anyway - it can be due to water, from drizzly rain, running down the bark, mixing with soapy residues and carrying the foam, that occurs due to the knobbly bits that are encountered, down to the base. If the rain that's supplying the water isn't too copious, the foam isn't destroyed by the raindrops faster than it is being produced.

 

[Withnail]

I'm veering toward saponin as an answer, but can't find much evidence that they are particularly associated with Beech trees.

 

[Withnail]

... t can be due to water, from drizzly rain, running down the bark, mixing with soapy residues and carrying the foam, that occurs due to the knobbly bits that are encountered, down to the base...

It was,of course, particularly wet today, and the instances i saw of it were where water was visibly 'streaming' down the trunk - in many instances the water running down the trunk was already 'foaming' before it hit the 'foam ball' at the base.

It was everywhere - i'm more than a bit surprised i'd never seen it before as i tend to be quite observant, which rather makes me think it is an 'exceptional' occurrence.,sort of thing?

 

[John Marwood]

It was,of course, particularly wet today, and the instances i saw of it were where water was visibly 'streaming' down the trunk - in many instances the water running down the trunk was already 'foaming' before it hit the 'foam ball' at the base.

It was everywhere - i'm more than a bit surprised i'd never seen it before as i tend to be quite observant, which rather makes me think it is an 'exceptional' occurrence.,sort of thing?

Do you mean slime fluxes or other