Richard Culver

@Pbaker72 @thecoralband Happy Birthday!

Today is my big, bad birthday 😔 but my friend has bought me this @thecoralband inspired gift 😁

@pomfob Honours - regard with great respect. youtu.be/qr8b5ksAyL4?si…

@pomfob Conviction: a firmly held belief or opinion. youtu.be/kzvmDsW5fUA?si…

@pomfob Work or labour (labor in American English) is the intentional activity people perform to support the needs and desires of themselves, other people, and/or organizations. Has to be this then really. youtu.be/559eWB93jW4?fe…

@pomfob Gifted & talented I hope. youtu.be/z5HmKxq1VKw?fe…

@pomfob A virtue is a quality of moral excellence, such as goodness, uprightness, or righteousness, often seen as a desirable trait or habit that demonstrates high moral standards. youtu.be/SNdy3W0d0k8?fe…

@pomfob A pack basket (or packbasket) is a type of basket with straps designed to be carried as a backpack. Pack baskets have traditionally been used by trappers, hunters, and fishers to carry equipment. youtu.be/sHUJOZeT240?si…

@pomfob Sweet chestnut wood is of light colour, hard and strong. It is used to make furniture, barrels (used to age balsamic vinegar), and roof beams notably in southern Europe (for example in houses of the Alpujarra, Spain, in southern France and elsewhere). youtu.be/kOoBz7JVSsU?fe…

@pomfob Maize kernels have sometimes denoted cowardice, as maize is fed to chickens, which symbolise cowards. In the months before the 1973 Chilean coup d'etat anti-Allende protestors threw maize at military barracks in a call to depose him. youtu.be/Y9ipFsJumiY?fe…

@pomfob The goldenrod is the state flower of the U.S. states of Kentucky (adopted 1926) and Nebraska (adopted 1895). Solidago altissima, tall goldenrod, was named the state wildflower of South Carolina in 2003. youtu.be/o5Eagy7cOXU?fe…

@pomfob While the raw pulp is not edible, bitter orange is widely used in cooking. The Seville orange is prized for making British orange marmalade, being higher in pectin than the sweet orange, and therefore giving a better set and a higher yield. youtu.be/iiG2AxLbegM?fe…

@pomfob Some public schools in the United States keep live crayfish in the classroom and have the students take care of them in order to give the students a greater understanding of the creatures. youtu.be/HGlYyiMw7pU?fe…

@pomfob In Northeastern Italy in the early modern period, sticks of sorghum were used by Benandanti visionaries of the Friuli district to fight off witches who were thought to threaten crops and people. A song that works on two levels. youtu.be/XO5q9T4Wmw4?fe…

@pomfob Hops used in England were imported from France, Holland and Germany and were subject to import duty; it was not until 1524 that hops were first grown in the southeast of England when they were introduced as an agricultural crop by Dutch farmers. youtu.be/9uB0cJpa2-U?fe…

@pomfob The hazelnut is the fruit of the hazel tree. The hazel fruit is also used as a metaphorical device in the poem To Autumn by the English Romantic poet John Keats. youtu.be/9WbyjEFesVM?fe…

@pomfob The genus Rosa is composed of 140–180 species and divided into four subgenera: Rosa (the type subgenus, sometimes incorrectly called Eurosa) contains most of the roses. This subgenus is subdivided into 11 sections. youtu.be/rXA-9mWGCXk?si…

@pomfob The phrase "to hell in a handbasket" means to deteriorate rapidly. The origin of this use is unclear. Ok not my favourite group but it’s pleasant enough! youtu.be/B-yFbQYwRzc?fe…

@pomfob The common name in English, marigold, is derived from Mary's gold in honor of the Virgin Mary, a name first applied to a similar plant native to Europe, Calendula officinalis. youtu.be/hzE76WoZA2k?fe…

@pomfob Rhamnus cathartica, the common buckthorn, is considered an invasive species in the United States and by many local jurisdictions and state governments, including Minnesota and Wisconsin. youtu.be/VfsD81TnBbs?fe…

@pomfob The name teasel derives from words such as Old English tǣsl, tǣsel; relating to the verb "to tease". The dried heads of the plant were once used in the textile industry to raise the nap on woolen cloth. youtu.be/t7oALP1v96M?fe…