# So, who wants to help ... to rattle on in the cellar? **URL:** \ **Category:** Not The Archers\ **Created:** [4 May 2018 09:25 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-rattle-on-in-the-cellar/1089 "2018-05-04T09:25:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 53
**Author:** ![Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/fanta/32/98_2.png) [@Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Fanta)\ **Post date:** [9 June 2018 16:02 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-rattle-on-in-the-cellar/1089/1042 "2018-06-09T16:02:08Z")
This is a sparrer realising that other people mostly don’t make instant coffee with about an inch of water-from-the-fridge and then top it up with cold milk, Gus. ---
**Author:** ![Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/gus/32/11_2.png) [@Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Gus)\ **Post date:** [9 June 2018 18:15 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-rattle-on-in-the-cellar/1089/1043 "2018-06-09T18:15:13Z")
If’s a pretty poor state of affairs if a Sparrer can’t make coffee to preferred passerine specifications\* in a Sparrer’s own house. Down with the Beverage Polis, say I. \*Don’t the granules stay sort of, well, _granular_ in cold water? ---
**Author:** ![Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/fanta/32/98_2.png) [@Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Fanta)\ **Post date:** [9 June 2018 19:06 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-rattle-on-in-the-cellar/1089/1044 "2018-06-09T19:06:41Z")
That was what I expected, but apparently not. ---
**Author:** ![Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/gus/32/11_2.png) [@Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Gus)\ **Post date:** [9 June 2018 19:14 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-rattle-on-in-the-cellar/1089/1045 "2018-06-09T19:14:02Z")
Oh. Interesting. Thinking about it - not the granularity, the whole ‘cold-made coffee’ ndaba - iced coffee is A Thing and perfectly socially acceptable, so Why The Heck Not? ---
**Author:** ![HedgeSparrow](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/hedgesparrow/32/124_2.png) [@HedgeSparrow](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/HedgeSparrow)\ **Post date:** [9 June 2018 19:34 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-rattle-on-in-the-cellar/1089/1046 "2018-06-09T19:34:15Z")
Apparently some people make iced coffee hot and cool it down, while others make it cold. I am lazy (pauses for shocked gasps and cries of “not you, Sparrer!”) (pauses some more) so I thought I’d try it cold and see what happened. Less faff for me. ---
**Author:** ![Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/gus/32/11_2.png) [@Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Gus)\ **Post date:** [9 June 2018 19:59 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-rattle-on-in-the-cellar/1089/1047 "2018-06-09T19:59:38Z")
oh all right then [gaspity] [shockity]. Not lazy, dere Hedgers, just practical. ---
**Author:** ![HedgeSparrow](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/hedgesparrow/32/124_2.png) [@HedgeSparrow](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/HedgeSparrow)\ **Post date:** [9 June 2018 20:02 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-rattle-on-in-the-cellar/1089/1048 "2018-06-09T20:02:35Z")
I’m still trying to decide between topping up the mug with milk, which gives me a long cool mildly disgusting drink, and necking the small amount of concentrated cold coffee (very disgusting) and then having a nice mug of milk. Depends on my mood, really. ---
**Author:** ![Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/gus/32/11_2.png) [@Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Gus)\ **Post date:** [9 June 2018 20:30 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-rattle-on-in-the-cellar/1089/1049 "2018-06-09T20:30:43Z")
Were I that way inclined, which I very much am not (cow juice? really? Let it rot and make it into lovely cheese!) then I would take the one mouthful of disgusting/mugful of pleasant. But it’s yer own beak and you are a Bird who has attained the Age of Discretion ;- ) ---
**Author:** ![Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/fanta/32/98_2.png) [@Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Fanta)\ **Post date:** [9 June 2018 21:06 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-rattle-on-in-the-cellar/1089/1050 "2018-06-09T21:06:08Z")
I am of the opinion that were I to try to neck a double teaspoon of instant coffee dissolved in an inch of water I should be sick. The milk would not make up for this, nor make the caffeine have stayed in my system. ---
**Author:** ![3Wells](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/3wells/32/1521_2.png) [@3Wells](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/3Wells)\ **Post date:** [10 June 2018 08:53 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-rattle-on-in-the-cellar/1089/1051 "2018-06-10T08:53:59Z")
I cannot drink coffee Tea is my favourite drink After gin And beer… Coffee makes me queasy and gives me an edake ---
**Author:** ![HedgeSparrow](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/hedgesparrow/32/124_2.png) [@HedgeSparrow](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/HedgeSparrow)\ **Post date:** [10 June 2018 09:13 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-rattle-on-in-the-cellar/1089/1052 "2018-06-10T09:13:32Z")
I despise the stuff, but it’s a delivery vehicle for caffeine. (And it has the advantage over an energy drink of not adding more sugar. Thanks, I’m as bitter as I want to be.) Another bright sunny day, bah humbug. # yardarm ---
**Author:** ![Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/fanta/32/98_2.png) [@Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Fanta)\ **Post date:** [10 June 2018 09:21 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-rattle-on-in-the-cellar/1089/1053 "2018-06-10T09:21:12Z")
It is not warm, it is not sunny, and it is not bright. Pah. ---
**Author:** ![3Wells](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/3wells/32/1521_2.png) [@3Wells](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/3Wells)\ **Post date:** [10 June 2018 09:38 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-rattle-on-in-the-cellar/1089/1054 "2018-06-10T09:38:34Z")
Soggy here and a balmy 13C I will swap for sun… And warmth ---
**Author:** ![Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/carinthia/32/6542_2.png) [@Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Carinthia)\ **Post date:** [10 June 2018 13:58 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-rattle-on-in-the-cellar/1089/1055 "2018-06-10T13:58:36Z")
21deg here, with very high pollen levels The party was lovely- spent most of the evening sitting outside drinking Prosecco Former Girl Guide Carinthia had the foresight to take a (matching) jacket , so was fine. The others borrowed blankets & jackets from Birthday Girl’s Mum A non-drinking Sister-out-Law very kindly brought me home. I walked there in 7 minutes, but the feets were protesting by 11-30pm Carinthia.xx ---
**Author:** ![Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/fanta/32/98_2.png) [@Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Fanta)\ **Post date:** [10 June 2018 14:35 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-rattle-on-in-the-cellar/1089/1056 "2018-06-10T14:35:22Z")
Sounds like a good time being had! Good for you. I am spending time collecting every Archers cast-list in the Genome Project; this is laborious, because it is so ordered that collecting them automatically would be more work than Feral Techie wants to do, and I have to do it by hand. I am up to 30th March, 1957, after several sessions. ---
**Author:** ![3Wells](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/3wells/32/1521_2.png) [@3Wells](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/3Wells)\ **Post date:** [10 June 2018 14:37 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-rattle-on-in-the-cellar/1089/1057 "2018-06-10T14:37:54Z")
Anyone want to hear about my marathon nail polishing session aided by leopards? Any fondness for the beasts has evaporated faster than the gel top coat sets ---
**Author:** ![joe](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/joe/32/126_2.png) [@joe](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/joe)\ **Post date:** [10 June 2018 14:43 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-rattle-on-in-the-cellar/1089/1058 "2018-06-10T14:43:25Z")
> [@Fanta](#): > > I am spending time collecting every Archers cast-list in the Genome Project Good luck with that. Why does it have to be so arbitrary? ---
**Author:** ![3Wells](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/3wells/32/1521_2.png) [@3Wells](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/3Wells)\ **Post date:** [10 June 2018 14:45 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-rattle-on-in-the-cellar/1089/1059 "2018-06-10T14:45:49Z")
Dare one ask about the gemome? ---
**Author:** ![Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/fanta/32/98_2.png) [@Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Fanta)\ **Post date:** [10 June 2018 14:56 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-rattle-on-in-the-cellar/1089/1060 "2018-06-10T14:56:26Z")
Essentially it seems to be the contents of Radio Times between 1923 and 2009 – but not all of them, and in a form which means you have to go to the right programme and click on it in order to open not a page of the RT but one entry in it. [https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/](https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/) I am on page 106 of "every entry including the words “The Archers”, and there are several thousand pages of those. Not all are six-line “The Archers” entries which open to give a cast-list; some contain the word “The”… And not all Omnibus editions contain a cast-list; some just give the name of the programme, some give writers and director and producer but not cast: this means that opening them is futile since they have nothing to copy out. It is somewhat soul-destroying; but I do not trust the BBC not to delete it suddenly and for no reason, I had better do it now, while I can. ---
**Author:** ![Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/carinthia/32/6542_2.png) [@Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Carinthia)\ **Post date:** [10 June 2018 15:02 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-rattle-on-in-the-cellar/1089/1061 "2018-06-10T15:02:45Z")
My soul was almost destroyed by reading that, Fishy… I do applaud your dedication… I think that we need Slammers, TBH Carinthia.xx [Previous page](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-rattle-on-in-the-cellar/1089.md?page=52) [Next page](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-rattle-on-in-the-cellar/1089.md?page=54)