Some twat round here keeping it as a pet and then, no doubt realising how big and leathal it would become, decided to release it into what is essentially the fucking village pond.
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FWLIM, both species have the potential to hit 200kg - turtles in general are limited in size only by health and food availability. Makes you wonder what might once have been living in the real backwoods in the southern states…
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Giant Burmese pythons these days!
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There’s also all kinds of tropical fish that have been released and ornamental pond fish that have been washed into watersheds by flooding.
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There’s reports of 19th early 20th century fishmongers displaying giant slabs of catfish like sides of beef
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Just received a photo of an absolute shitheap of shopping bags from every outlet imaginable in NY.
The dollars. They’re not coming back 
Seriously, how the heck this trip happened I don’t know. Massive respect to the teachers. Almost 50 Sarf London kids going to the Met, MOMA, Top of the Rock, the statue of liberty, the “surprise visit” was Hamilton on Broadway and on and on 
SiL was unimpressed with an unannounced passenger to Heathrow until she found out it was their Ukrainian buddy who only got her papers sorted with hours to spare 
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Who will spend the whole trip counting students then counting them again.
And worrying.
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Should have been a Meat Man Pt: xxxIIv (Even though he was a secret Belgian)
A man with no brakes:
Sir Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart,[1] VC, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO (/də ˈwaɪ.ərt/;[2] 5 May 1880 – 5 June 1963) was a British Army officer. He was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest military decoration awarded for valour “in the face of the enemy” in various Commonwealth countries.[3] He served in the Boer War, First World War, and Second World War. He was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear; was blinded in his left eye; survived two plane crashes; tunnelled out of a prisoner-of-war camp; and tore off his own fingers when a doctor declined to amputate them. Describing his experiences in the First World War, he wrote, “Frankly, I had enjoyed the war.”[4]… These are actually low-lights his actual life is rather more colourful.
More here
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In male company he was “a delightful character and must hold the world record for bad language.”[15]
Definitely should have been a Meatman! 
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The jack russell was originally bred in north Devon for fox hunting circa 1820.
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What a fucking bullet-catcher! Thanks for bringing him to light 
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I think the idea was that JRT’s would go get the Foxes out of the den for the hounds to chase down.
Prolly why Scout is so obsessed with Saffy 
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This is somewhat wrong as Masako Natsume died in 85
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The Water Margin had a cult following when I was at school as well.
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Absolutely
It was a bit like Lopwell
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BBC News - Watch: Dolphin pod spotted in the River Thames
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Loved The Water Margin 
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TIL that the big hole in the middle of the pasta spoon is for measuring spaghetti
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This had done me for the day. It’s 8:18 am
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