When they said they were considerate constructors, I think they meant considerate to their shareholders.

@hairyballbastic8943

2 жыл бұрын

LOL

@pattheplanter

2 жыл бұрын

Just considering how to get around planning regulations.

@kitchenworker446

2 жыл бұрын

couldn't have put it better myself...and the developers just think we are all too stupid to realise what they are up to.

@gafrers

2 жыл бұрын

👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍

@GreatSageSunWukong

2 жыл бұрын

This is why I think everything should be nationalised nothing good for the country ever came out of businesses who's focus is on shareholders

In a world full of stale, bland processed entertainment you my friend keep things fresh and palatable. It's a treat every time you upload. Thank you.

@muglinzz

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@ItsTSNonline

2 жыл бұрын

Well said!

Shrimp feels like that cool uncle, who always has a passion project on the go - knows really really niche information and has THE BEST stories at family events. I feel like part of your extended family in these videos, really heart warming!

@thenameless3271

2 жыл бұрын

Having such a kind and well spoken uncle would be great

The same things all over the country - “wrong” trees cut down, mysterious fires in old buildings and continued planning applications until they wear the complainants down and then get it through. Thanks for highlighting your area.

@dmel2001

2 жыл бұрын

so true. site near me used to have a small factory on it, now a development of 3 apartment buildings and the grade 2 listed pub that the developers own too and have done nothing with in 4 years mysteriously set on fire. I smell insurance job (and smoke) 😅

@thestrangegreenman

2 жыл бұрын

That happened in a city local to me. There was a historic building with interesting architecture and a newer building being demolished next to it. The demolition of the newer building "accidentally" undermined the foundation of the historical one, and now both sites are being redeveloped!

@brianartillery

2 жыл бұрын

An ancient (17th century) warehouse in my town's port area was given a grade II listing, to keep the developers away; within a fortnight of this, it 'mysteriously' caught fire, from two seperate sources, and burned down. Odd, that.

@phildxyz

2 жыл бұрын

They are about to build 2000 new houses in a swamp near Gillingham Dorset - expect that will go well... Also accidentally cut down a row of fine old trees for a new Lidl development :(

@kitchenworker446

2 жыл бұрын

@@phildxyz same here in the north west of England...they keep throwing up houses and 18 months later the flooding starts but by that time the hedge rows are gone the trees are gone the animals are gone and we are left with another housing estate that has soggy gardens and floods every year...but at least the governments housing targets have been met...

It's interesting how these 'Accidents' happen. Often blame is taken by a more senior employee who wasn't too far from retirement anyway and the apology is to remove them from the company. Makes you wonder if the profit from these 'Accidents' would have been enough to pay off the rest of the senior employees salary before they retired and still be profitable for the construction company.

@RedBeardSte

2 жыл бұрын

A listed building, someone wanted to build around and plans to do so rejected, near me mysteriously had a fire making it need serious building work. Oh we could incorporate that work into our plans said the building planners if you want to let us go ahead we'll fix up this building well for you too.

It occurs to me that cutting down all those trees is going to make the swampy area even swampier. At any rate, it's going to exacerbate the flooding.

@serenakoleno9338

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly! Don't people realize how many gallons of water trees drink per day? Not to mention purifier for air. Should be planting many more in swampy areas. The home I grew up in had a small creek beside it that rose quite high in spring floods. When they paved our street, instead of installing drain tiles, they just filled it in. My Dad's lovely orchard flooded, killing the trees. Some raw sewage flowed into the creek from old construction. The 10" of topsoil they promised never materialized either. And the road concrete was at most a third of the depth specified. We should have joined together with neighbors and sued the city and/or contractors. Somebody got a payoff to pass inspection. The US has just as much corruption 🙄 TFS

@MrWylis

Жыл бұрын

That has for sure happened here.

Same thing's happen in Ireland. Developers ignore environmental protection orders, planning permission and all sorts of other things, and there are rarely ever any repercussions. Makes me sad.

"Accidentally" cut down all the trees. Uhuh. Sure buddy. Sure.

@tinplategeek1058

2 жыл бұрын

If the developer did get taken to court and fined for felling trees, I doubt the fine would amount to much. And the chances of legal action is small in the UK for property developers by local councils as 1) the big developers have really, really good lawyers 2) local councils cannot afford the costs if they lose a case. So councils will avoid taking any legal actions if possible and also why developers plans are rarely refused these days as the builder's will fight the cases all the way to Government ministers (who are funded by the builders anyway).

An interesting idea for a video might be to gather some of those oysters and other things that you can forage and do a collab with one of the chemistry guys on KZread like Nile Red or even Cody's Lab, send them the oysters and get them to extract or measure the actual pollutant level of various chemicals within the seafood if you were to eat it... might make for interesting viewing!

@kosztaz87

2 жыл бұрын

That would be an extremely interesting and educational video!!!

@titanium_aura

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, I'd definitely watch that video

@mustwereallydothis

2 жыл бұрын

Yes!! Hope he reads this

@thegreatdestroyerr

2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting idea. I do hope Shrimp considers doing this.

@critterjon4061

9 ай бұрын

Can’t imagine customs would look very kindly on send live oyster over seas

"We are considerate constructors" gives off serious 1984 vibes

@brianartillery

Жыл бұрын

I think that what the sign was meant to say was: "We don't live anywhere near here, so we don't give a flying f**k about you."

"When I first came here, this was all swamp. Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I built in all the same, just to show them. It sank into the swamp."

@kimvibk9242

2 жыл бұрын

"Then I built another castle - that also sank into the swamp. Then I built ANOTHER one - that caught fire, fell over and sank into the swamp. And THEN I built THIS one!" Best movie ever!

@Carcosahead

2 жыл бұрын

I need context

@MatsJPB

2 жыл бұрын

@@Carcosahead It's from Monte Python and the Holy grail. A guy keeps building castles in the same place despite them sinking into the swamp each the time. I felt it was a relevant quote in regards to that development area shrimp showed us that is basically a swamp.

@brianartillery

Жыл бұрын

LOCAL KING (gesturing towards the window): "Someday, lad, this will all be yours!" DIM PRINCE: "What, the curtains?" LOCAL KING (furiously, to Lancelot): "Did you kill those guards? They cost fifty pounds each!"

"That’s an oyster, it’s alive and well… but probably not safe to eat”. Oyster: "You’re damn right I’m not safe to eat”!

@MsStack42

2 жыл бұрын

" Somebody phone the RSPCA !"

@scottbelcher9026

Жыл бұрын

Lol!!!

Where I live they built houses on fields that were inhabited by Redwings. They cut down all the trees, filled in an ancient pond, therefore killing all the local frog and newt population, and then had the audacity to call it Redwings fields. I honestly don't know how they got away with it.

@TheErador

2 жыл бұрын

Absolute c*cks

@nige3801

2 жыл бұрын

Here at Manchester they built another Terminal and apron at the airport, the land they used had ponds and wildlife, but at least the newts were relocated which was something l suppose

@raymcdonald6734

Жыл бұрын

Follow the money 💰 ummm 🤔

Corruption starts from the ground up. When we think of "corruption" we usually think of high ranking politicians. While corruption in the higher echelons is certainly a tremendous problem, always be aware of the massive amount of damage caused by corruption in the lower public offices. Municipal construction jobs for example are (nearly, possibly, but i'm convinced exclusively) handed out based on nepotism, bribery, or both - not on merit. This was dour, but it's a subject thats close to my heart, and i'm very frustrated with what politicians can get away with.

I enjoy your videos because of the "unpleasant" lighting sometimes (your words not mine) because it shows youre actually in your home making these videos and not set up in a fake or studio kitchen to record. Somehow it makes your videos come across as more sincere and not just some production.

The audacity to put a sign up saying “we are considerate constructors”

@TheErador

2 жыл бұрын

That really only means that they start after 6am...

Why do people say using a food processor is cheating? It’s like saying using central heating to warm your home is cheating, as opposed to using an open fire. It’s just another method of preparation that’s more convenient, hardly cheating.

@mortechrome

2 жыл бұрын

Some just love to find anything to complain and nitpick about when they have nothing else important to say.

@whitemonkey7932

2 жыл бұрын

there are a couple of things better by hand....one is making 'sambal' - chili sauce or paste which in it's simplest form is just oil , raw chili, salt and a little sugar....using a food processor doesn't bruise the chili and create the same flavor as doing it by hand, but non the less it still works if you don't have time, apart from that there is nothing wrong with using anything to speed things up, including the microwave.

@maggiedoor6093

2 жыл бұрын

@@whitemonkey7932 That's interesting because I read that making hummus tastes better when mashing the chickeas by hand.

App. 5 years ago, we had a "whoopsie" on our famous farmers market place, too. Century-old chestnut trees were supposed to be cut down on one side, to make more room for car parking. By some mysterious "error", the trees on the wrong, opposite side were cut down. And since this happened, and these giant trees could not be replaced anyways, and no matter how much that enraged many people, the trees on the other side of the place had to be cut down, too. And, ta-dah, the amount of parking space for the market's customers doubled, AND the market now had more space for new sellers! I an quite sure this had absolutely NOTHING to do with the fact that our market is known to be the best in our region!

Funny how accident prone these building companies are...

@filmnobelpreis

2 жыл бұрын

And so often in their favour!

@grognakthedestroyerattorne3211

2 жыл бұрын

@@filmnobelpreis 'truth is, the game was rigged from the start'

A developer did exactly the same thing to a property next to my parents. The property was one cottage and large garden with three trees with preservation orders. They got planning permission to replace the cottage with three houses. They cut down the trees anyway, said 'ops' and the council did nothing except issue a letter of rebuke. The developer then varied the planning permission to build five houses on the property.

@k8eekatt

2 жыл бұрын

Where I live it's $1000 to $2500 fine per day if you cut a tree until it is replaced with a comparable tree. Our neighbors cut 15 trees and as far as I know they were never caught. It may be mostly applied to commercial development.

@GreatSageSunWukong

2 жыл бұрын

The council's are all in on it, I come from Acton, the council actually delisted Acton Tram Depot which was grade 2 listed, so it could be knocked down, now the spot is occupied by a ugly block of over priced flats with a gym at the bottom. Ealing council love knocking down everything with character so developers can build overpriced blocks of flats, we have tonnes of empty apartments for sale and deminishing social housing as the council are socially cleansing the poor and we are a labour council they are all on the take.

@brianartillery

Жыл бұрын

Brown envelopes full of cash can ease most town councils into agreement.

Now I am also invested in the future of the tree babies.

Tree comments: our medical school campus had a beautiful pocket of old trees that had a population of tame squirrels living there fir generations. They would take peanuts from your fingers gently and were the joy of staff, visitors and students. Wooden park benches needed replacing as the do, so a major upgrade, the trees OF COURSE were all removed, special arty metal benches installed and skimpy trees planted. It's hot as Hades in this area and not pleasant for sitting on those benches or you would have a strip on the back of your legs. The squirrels have vanished which I think was the plan. Someone had to overthink as say the horrible liability IF someone would be attacked by a mad squirrel.. We had a lovely park like areas tucked here and there, renovation has essentially modernized them to death.

Agreed on the "insult-to-injury", like a neighborhood named "Oak Grove" but the developers cut down the oak grove to build it.

@zaptainkuboom5520

2 жыл бұрын

Also like all the American Indian named places in the USA

This is happening where I live too, they're beginning to build a new housing estate on basically a swamp. But keep having delays due to flooding, but still haven't figured out that it's not going to stop flooding.

@rolfs2165

2 жыл бұрын

And the flooding will only get worse as they build more stuff because there's less soil to take up the water. But it feels like we are unable to learn. There's people in Germany who have their basement knee-deep in water every year, lost everything in the Ahr flood last summer - and still decided to rebuild their houses in the exact same place.

@ianc4901

2 жыл бұрын

There are news reports every year of houses and entire housing estates flooding but when you look at their location it's easy to see why, flood plains need to be left undeveloped. The most annoying thing is that the areas were not developed until quite recently which means the developers or planning consultants either forgot that the area is prone to flooding or they chose to ignore it ! It seems that if it hasn't flooded in the last few years then it must be safe to build on !

@RaunienTheFirst

2 жыл бұрын

There's a marshy area not far from me that's undergoing very large development. Has been for many years. Don't know the full story but I imagine they've encountered many a flooding problem. Wouldn't buy a house there. Even if they've fixed the flooding, there's no amenities there. No shops, no doctor's, no school. It's just a housing estate on the outskirts of town.

@jeremyjones8872

2 жыл бұрын

@@RaunienTheFirst i would think thats actually what makes those areas desirable to some people who dont want the shops,schools and all the other things most people do want close to their houses..

@rolfs2165

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeremyjones8872 I wouldn't want to live anywhere I can't walk to the supermarket, doctor, dentist …

I haven't finished watching the video, but what the construction company is doing is disastrous. And to be honest, I can't imagine that certain things aren't planned from the outset and discussed privately by or with the responsible decision-makers. It's just about a lot of money that different sides want to earn. Have you ever considered alerting a conservation organization and/or your local press?

@kathimorrical9912

2 жыл бұрын

I have a sneaking suspicion that plan A was in full force all along. They do the same crap over here in US and it sets me off. We have lots of urban deer,opossum, raccoon, etc, that 'city folk ' freak about about,for no reason. They were here first, keep your digs in leash, trash cans locked and watch the road while driving. It's not that hard to coexist. Thanks AS, for your fascinating and informative vids.

@pixie706

2 жыл бұрын

If only they would remove one fence panel to let the deer move out as there will possibly be pregnant hinds

@bittehiereinfugen7723

2 жыл бұрын

@Mr Happy Sure, but they just can't let them get away with it. I don't know how that's regulated in England, but here you could also report it to the police as a private person. That would then at least presumably lead to a temporary closure of the affected construction phase until the damage has been repaired. And it would lead to a fine - that's the only way to get to those responsible.

@bittehiereinfugen7723

2 жыл бұрын

@@pixie706 I assume the fence has to remain closed for insurance reasons. But a temporary opening involving a few people, maybe the responsible hunters, who would drive the wild animals out of the fenced area would be enough.

Behold the majestic temporary fence, found flourishing in many suburban environs across the UK. It boasts a proud, moderately robust growth and can rapidly spread to the most unexpected of places, including where it isn't wanted.

Gutted for you concerning the construction. It has really resonated with me. We are being subject to exactly the same where I live, in Kent. They cut down an iconic oak on one development (called The Burrows - those poor rabbits lost their homes) and on another pumped silty attenuation lake water into the brook at the rear of my property. The EA did actually look into this for us - I also reported it to the parish council, who got involved. Also building on flood plain and another 1200 houses planned on prime farmland opposite my home so I’m going to be completely surrounded. Loving your plant based quiche. I realise the filling was already quite salty but a sprinkling of kala namak (aka black salt) would help with the eggy flavour, or I have also heard that asafoetida gives a sulphurous taste. Great video, thanks again.

my favorite "quiche" crust, is potatoes. either leftover ones, mashed into the shape of the pan roughly, or even just make some shreads, like for hash browns, and use them for the crust, (pom frites work too) either way, after a blind bake they get nice and crispy.

@NHarts3

2 жыл бұрын

That sounds delicious. I'll try that next time

@evelinharmannfan7191

2 жыл бұрын

just plain potatoes, or do you add other ingrediants, like egg, milk, etc?

@k8eekatt

2 жыл бұрын

Yum!

@stapuft

2 жыл бұрын

@@evelinharmannfan7191 for the crust? just patatoes....although parmesan cheese adds to the crispmess andalso flavor.my filling is like 6 egge, a splash of milk, cheese, and seasoning.

@whitemonkey7932

2 жыл бұрын

now....that's a pretty good idea.....

I thought the quiche looked pretty good - certainly worth developing. The Foda Boxes seem like a right rip off, the most impressive thing about them is the boxes themselves. Looks like a way of getting rid of any old tat!

@ASBO_LUTELY

2 жыл бұрын

That's loot-boxes since loot-crate was a thing...

@stopburningstuff649

2 жыл бұрын

Same scam as the eBay returned goods crates. Just full of tat that they couldn't sell, or 50 old kettles lol

When you went "EVA??!! BYE BYE THEN!" it gave me such disgruntled parent vibes... Anybody else's mom used to threaten to abandon them when you were misbehaving in public or refusing to go? lol (this sounds much more dark than it is... or maybe I am in denial) The construction site is just awful though. I'm seeing similar images here in Piaseczno (Poland). Very very sad.

you should try the Environmental agency again, individual complaints tend to get lost in bureaucracy

I felt ripped off on your behalf with the mystery boxes, didn't expect them to send you same thing in both boxes. The building work is ridiculous they shouldn't be draining contaminated water into the stream that leads to a river, the oily substance is definitely going to dwindle the fish population, if not wipe them out completely, we need a license to fish incase the population gets wiped out etc but these guys can kill them of without even consuming them, I think you should speak to the MP to see if they can contact environmental health, not sure it will work but it's worth a try

@ryanmg92

2 жыл бұрын

Mp is probably employed as an advisor or something for 100k for 20 mins of work per month to ensure there are no repercussions.

@muntyvalera998

2 жыл бұрын

@@ryanmg92 true

I love when Eva chimes in on the video, you have raised such a wonderful dog!

you have really been spoiling us viewers with the frequent uploads!! thank you so much atomic shrimp your videos make me so happy

now that the large trees are gone there will be nothing to make all that water disappear in that swamp area. floodings will be even worse. well done

Videos like this really go to show where Tolkien drew his inpiration for Isengard from

@DohnJoe69

2 жыл бұрын

You're off the goop

That box is quite annoying. Something about posh packaging with a inferior product has always annoyed me. I feel like they should spend less on the packing and more on the food!

@ironpirate8

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, especially when you consider his 14 meals for £5 and compare the value

@KayD

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed! You just know they're going to be stale and lifeless inside the quirky packet

"First I've heard of it," said Arthur, "why's it got to be built?" "What do you mean, why's it got to be built?" he said. "It's a bypass. You've got to build bypasses."

@nticompass

2 жыл бұрын

"What's so great about point A that so many people from point B are so keen to get there?"

I used to walk in the woods behind my house with my father. There were always mayapples growing down there, and across the stream in the woods were tall hemlock trees. We used to hunt grouse and rabbits there when I came home from university on winter recess. There were abandoned farm fields and stone walls, too. It's all housing developments now, called "Deer Run." There is a severe housing shortage here, but chewing up the local environment to build rich people's housing helps no one.

If you haven't already looked it up, or somebody hasn't already told you, Yerba Mate (from the first of the two mystery boxes (correction: BOTH of the mystery boxes!)) is a tea made out of a South American plant instead of typical tea leaves. The plant does contain caffeine however, so it does give you a little bit of an alertness lift the same way tea does, but it has a much different taste.

The Love Coacoa bars are by James Cadbury (a relative of the Cadbury's choclate company). He was on dragons den a few years back and started his choclate company because the family rights were sold off. His stuff is delightful Mike, I recommend you order a few more bits off his site

i've been watching you for about 2.5 years now, and i really owe you some thanks for the utility your videos have had in my life. at age 19 i was completely clueless even on the fundamentals of how things cooked, how to prepare ingredients, how flavors impart on each other, that sort of thing. now at 22 i feel so much more like a competent adult. i'm able to make my own intuitive changes to recipes and cook freestyle as well. your explanations and commentary provide something that i really don't get from reading through simple recipes. that being said, that quiche definitely warrants some more experimentation. the side view looked pretty good!

As a former 35 tonne Digger driver.. I can assure you there is very, very little chance of diesel, or oil getting into that water, we have to lay down soak up mats to refuel and top off oil and the diggers have to be take off site to be serviced. If we spill even a drop, we got right bollocking. Love the video as always

@Sthilboy56

2 жыл бұрын

As a chap who works for builders I can assure you there is a 100% chance lots of contaminates getting into the watercourse 🙁

@darkwing3713

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe you worked for a better company! I could see the oily sheen below the pipe in the video, but I got the impression from what Atomic Shrimp was saying that it was coming from trucks on the roadway.

Your knowledge and intelligence never cease to amaze me. Great video as usual, and I really enjoyed the budget challenge videos. God bless. Love from Norway (you really should come visit).

@X22GJP

2 жыл бұрын

Puke…

@rekleif

2 жыл бұрын

@@X22GJP Bad day? I hope that it will be a better day tomorrow. Hang in there. God bless. Love from Norway Graham.

@oshea6702

2 жыл бұрын

@@X22GJP Cheer up Graham, it might never happen...

@TheErador

2 жыл бұрын

Everyone should visit, Norway looks beautiful, might have to remortgage first tho lol

love your vids shrimp, i don't know how i feel about you revealing the village you live in among signs around your specific area - feels like information you shouldn't share online with a stranger! said with love! thanks for all the uploads recently!

All this construction on wetland is maddening! Wetlands are so important for irrigation which mitigates flooding as well as being a habitat for plants and animals, some which can only survive on wetlands like this. Interesting and informative video as always Atomic Shrimp.

@DjDolHaus86

2 жыл бұрын

Building on flood plains and then acting surprised when the buildings flood seems to be developer 101 these days

If there is such a systemic problem with 'accidently' cutting down trees that shouldn't be cut down maybe it might be worth reevaluating how such trees are marked. I think like some kind of metal guard to place around the protected trees like a fence, or plate armor/mail to put around the trunk. That way they'd have to purposely remove such a guard to cut the tree. No more plausible deniability at any rate. And it means more work for the company and thus more jobs. And let's make the company pay for such devices to build on the land too. Because hey why should the tax payer have to pay for their screw ups right? This shouldn't have to be done because right now they should have zoning maps or things that clearly mark "DO NOT BUILD HERE" zones, but if they are going to be act like careless children then the adults in the room will have to force them to be responsible until they learn.

@jeremyjones8872

2 жыл бұрын

I suspect the company is run by a bunch of LITTLE BOYS playing with their google cards🙂

@zaptainkuboom5520

2 жыл бұрын

I once saw a website that advocated driving ceramic nails into the trunks of trees to stop people from cutting them down

@darkwing3713

2 жыл бұрын

@@zaptainkuboom5520 That doesn't actually do anything but slow things down and get the police involved. After all its not like the CEO is going to be cutting down trees. The people being killed/maimed by flying nails will be replaced the next day.

@zaptainkuboom5520

2 жыл бұрын

@@darkwing3713 I agree with you

There was a "We are considerate constructors" sort of sign at a site near my home before Christmas. Someone, possibly an unimpressed local resident, carefully added to it: "PULL THE OTHER ONE. WE DIDN'T COME IN WITH THE F**KING TIDE." It had vanished shortly after New Year. It has not been replaced, either.

@hanvyj2

2 жыл бұрын

My partner used to get catcalled by builders a few meters away from their "considerate no harassment builders" sign. Absolute joke.

Me and my other half get excited each week for a lie in on Saturday morning and a new Atomic Shrimp video. Highlight of our week, very entertaining and informative and of course Eva makes everything better :)

Thank you for the tree update, fingers crossed for their future.

Lovely beach walk! Hello to Jenny at the edge of the frame.

"That school is called Deer Park School." I always get a bit suspicious when developers give nice, naturey-sounding names to their projects, because my cynical mind always immediately thinks "ok, so that means you took a nice area and covered it in concrete, doesn't it?" Hopefully I'm wrong in this case!

@broshmosh

2 жыл бұрын

From the description Shrimp gave in the video, I don't think you're wrong at all...

@catslove3884

2 жыл бұрын

"No one was meant to be living here in a concrete sea" Terry Jacks

@accountnamewithheld

2 жыл бұрын

They should have called it Brutal Animal Murder High and put it on Abattoir Lane? What else are they going to do?

@peterclarke7240

2 жыл бұрын

​@@accountnamewithheld Oh, sorry. I didn't realise building developers only ever have the two options available to them when it comes to names- the shamelessly romanticised or the needlessly facetious. Thank you for pointing this little-known fact about planning out. Clearly their hands were COMPLETELY tied.

Thanks for the longer videos Shrimp. Love the quick stuff, but your longer videos are very easy watching!

"When I first came here, this was all swamp. Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I built in all the same, just to show them. It sank into the swamp.".......

The “accidental” removal of protected trees is just so common, it’s almost expected. To prevent this, it should be made clear that if the ‘accidental’ tree felling occurs, then the bigger building plan becomes null and void, plus a HUGE fine. It has happened recently here in two separate incidents. It’s outrageous.

The intro reminds me of a sequel to an epic movie.

The EA are shockingly bad at the moment. They’re facing legal action at the moment for not regulating a landfill site nearby which has had illegal waste dumped for years. It’s now been classed as a major health hazard. Always nice to see Eva :)

The future of all our very own saplings seems to sit somewhere between precarious and worrisome 😞

@emiliofernandez7117

2 жыл бұрын

For me it’s worrisome, in my country we practically build on national parks/bush land where it’s supposed to be protected

I have been looking at various videos you upload and your great to watch and listen to , thanks for brightening my days!

"yeah so we accidentally cut all the trees, like you told us not to." "Oh well". The whole doubling up on the Mystery Boxes was a great idea in hindsight but ultimately giving it away to a friend is just as nice as the variety you were looking for; an experience for two~!

I did have Covid in early 2021 and for the longest time, coffee tasted and smelt like rotting vegetables/hot garbage. That's gotten better, but now onions have a weird taste. I can't really describe it, but they are more pungent to me now. Beef used to have the same pungent taste, but that has also improved for me. For some people, the only symptom they have is their sense of smell becoming altered or disabled for a time, and it does seem to take a very long time for some people to get it back to where it was. Even now over a year later, my sense of smell isn't quite right. I can't say whether you had Covid or not, but I hope you are able to enjoy cucumbers again one day.

@georgehopkins

2 жыл бұрын

I completely lost my sense of taste and smell in March 2020. No mass testing, no other symptoms, and the taste and smell thing wasn’t even an official symptom then so couldn’t confirm it was Covid, but seems extremely likely it was in retrospect. I regained a totally warped sense of taste and smell back after a couple of weeks, like you say, coffee smelled and tasted terrible, meat tasted and smelled rancid; eggs and citrus tasted particularly awful. I couldn’t tell if things had gone off as everything just smelled awful. It’s improved slowly over time, but after the 12-14 month mark it started improving much quicker and it’s now about 99% back to how it was. Coffee tastes great again which I’m very happy about since that was one of my favourite bits of my morning routine. Bizarre experience!

I love Mike's very unfiltered British annoyances throughout this only missing that classic "oh for goodness sake" and a sigh lol

i love watching your content. its always a mix of calmness, excitement and its always informative. i learn something each time i click on one of your videos

The random stuff videos are a great addition to the channel, love them.

Thank you for all the videos Mike!

17:30 In lower right corner i see great tea spice from poland. ;) SASKA got really great flavorings would love them to make syrups without percentage. If You like the flavor try : Dzika Róża -Wild Rose .. this one is incredible Orzech Laskowy - hazelnut- it's too sweet but more nutty then Nutella Pigwa - quince - made from Maule's quince as far as my taste buds can tell.

This was very interesting! I enjoyed it very much. Thank you 🙏

Two building blunders but on a much smaller scale. I worked for an organisation which wanted a shower room fashioned out of an existing room. There was to be a slope to the floor so that the shower water would drain down the slope to a gulley. However the gully was placed at the top of the slope rather than the bottom. When questioned the builder pointed out that the direction of the slope was not specified on the plans he was given. It is hard to believe that he believed that water would flow up hill. A second contractor was engaged to spray the walls with a plastic like waterproof surface as this was going to be a pretty wet environment. When our building manager inspected the work he was surprised to find a wall-clock shaped bulge on the wall which he had not been expecting to see. The reason it was the shape of a wall clock is that it was a wall clock, sprayed all over like the wall it was attached to. The contractor explained that his instructions made no mention of any clock and that he had sprayed the walls as he had been contracted to. Again, it is a bit difficult to understand this type of episode. Were the contractors taking the piss out of the customer, too afraid to query their instructions, had a liking for treating what was pretty obvious as if it there was ambiguity in it or extracting revenge for some prior injustice they had suffered? To this day I do not know.

When you said "Just gonna pretend that didn't happen" I nearly wet myself laughing. Brill. Thanks for the vid.

You remind me of my dad a lot. When I was younger we used to take walks like through nature and he would tell me about different plants and explain things about the world that we would observe, kinda like you do. Now that I live in a different country than my parents I miss him very much. I love watching your videos, not only because they are very interesting and informative but also because to me you give off a very familiar and cozy vibe.

Watching intently when I heard an alarm bleeping away quite softly. Checked my phone...nothing. Checked my old phone....nothing...then I thought that it must be one of Mr Shrimp's kitchen alarms...put sound on mute...still heard the alarm. THEN finally realised it was my own kitchen alarm that I had brought upstairs with me so I wouldn't forget about the huge pot of veggie stew I was cooking. I get worse.....

@divaden47

2 жыл бұрын

@Dana Maynard It did! All the better for cooking those few minutes extra!

The construction section depressed me. Reminded me of a lovely field near Botleigh Grange that we walked in a lot before the developers grabbed it. Thanks for lightening the mood with snacky surprises. 😀

Another amazing video! So so relaxing and informative!

Wow, never thought I'd be saddened by a Shrimp video!

I worked on a site built on similar ground years ago. They didn't even get a chance to finish before houses started to sink and drift further away from the road. When the newly moved in residents went out to work in the morning - they were literally using jacks to lift the houses back up, and sandwiching in more bricks to combat the sinking - before they came back home again in the evening. They had to do this multiple times as the houses kept on sinking regardless - no idea what the place is like now lol.

I love the random videos so much, I just hate it's hard to know what's in each video. They really are some your best stuff

I live in San Diego California, watching you walk a beach I can only assume is seldom walked is beautiful. Thank you.

I enjoyed this and the extended episode is great, more please. Thank you.

I'd have revisited that site, and 'accidentally donated' several thousand three-cornered leek bulbs, anywhere I could.

I really love this channel due to it's concept of doing random but interesting stuff :)

O gosh! Thank you for taking us out on a treasure hunt! I love hearing your foot steps and you found a fossil right away! 😍

i really like all the different videos You make, inspires me to experiment with stuff and food too, thanks.

Thank you for the videos. So entertaining.

i very much enjoy your videos, they're fun and chilled. keep it up.

One of my favorite animations is "The man who planted trees" from 1987, and your acorn field made me think about it.

"...a cucumber should be well sliced, and dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out, as good for nothing". _Samuel Johnson_

Another wonderful video, please keep them coming!

The return of the plastic cereal bag! Glad you raised the issues with that development, unfortunately it seems to be happening everywhere whilst abandoned industrial sites are left to ruin.

A compilation video, my favourite kind of videos. Thank you! 😄

infinite basil is infinite! Mine started sprouting new green leaves just as the days got a little bit longer in mid January and weather got more sunny.

@ianbutler1983

2 жыл бұрын

I tried it this winter. I took a few clippings and stuck them in water in September. They grew roots, so I popped them into a pot and put them on a somewhat sunny (I live in a clearing in the forest, so maybe 4 or 5 hours a day) windowsill. There are now 8 or 10 stalks and they seem to be doing fine. I originally thought if they just survived over the winter I could re-plant them in the garden in the spring, but they are thriving. I might just use them from the pot from now on. I did use some of that revolting-smelling fish fertilizer every week or so. Btw, I live in Ohio.

A construction company in my city "accidentally" bulldozed a couple of Heritage Listed buildings, paid the fine, and nothing more was ever said about it. Down the memory hole.

I really enjoy seeing your videos on a Saturday morning thanks for the great entertainment 👍

Thank you, Atomic Shrimp! I forgot to thank you many months ago for the Bombay Mix inspiration; I made a quiche to take to a family dinner last year and named the dish: Bombay Miche. Delicious hot or cold!

For applications like this, I find that frozen spinach is very good for it. Let the frozen spinach thaw in a wire mesh strainer lined with cheesecloth and the moisture will naturally drain away.

My parents old house was built on a flood plain. Very marshy before it was built. They spent millions on flood defences and all the houses are built with deep piles. It's been more than 20 years and there's still no signs of subsidence across all of the houses. Interestingly, the land around the house has very much dropped over time, you can see where the soil originally was on the house vs where it is now. When the town flooded a few years back, the only place that didn't flood was that housing estate.

“What do you mean, why’s it got to be built?” he said. “It’s a bypass. You’ve got to build bypasses.” Bypasses are devices that allow some people to dash from point A to point B very fast while other people dash from point B to point A very fast. People living at point C, being a point directly in between, are often to wonder what’s so great about point A that so many people from point B are so keen to get there, and what’s so great about point B that so many people from point A are so keen to get there. They often wish that people would just once and for all work out where the hell they wanted to be.

I always appreciate your willingness create and to try non-meat versions of recipes. 🙂

"take all the trees, put them in a tree museum'... I used to stay at the Botleigh Grange hotel when I worked for a company in Chandlers Ford - long gone I expect...

Well they did the same thing here in my city in Canada 🇨🇦 50-60 years ago and they're still having problems every spring

This video gave the feels - first I got quite angry at the construction companies antics, and then I felt deep sadness that you can longer enjoy the wonders of cucumber