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It's about as exciting as...

Feb 7, '07 7:34 AM
for everyone

Link: http://www.cheddarvision.tv/

...watching paint dry? Watching floorboards warp?

Watching cheese mature.

Tags: cheese, excitement, boredom

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ksrasra wrote on Feb 7, '07

Brilliant.

subtractadddivide wrote on Feb 7, '07

I'm recording it. I'll watch it later

charlk wrote on Feb 7, '07

Riveting.

subtractadddivide wrote on Feb 7, '07

I watched episode 1 and 2 of Double Gloucester last week, and Roquefort (with subtitles) the week before.

ksrasra wrote on Feb 7, '07

Roquefort? Into foreign dairy, I see.

halfsure wrote on Feb 7, '07

I'm scheduling TIVO coverage. No way I'm sitting through commercials.

petersealy wrote on Feb 7, '07

Lichen grows about an inch a century - perhaps we should set up a lichen cam?

ihatecornflakes wrote on Feb 10, '07

Some crustose lichens, such as map lichen, grow that slowly Peter. There are many others that grow far more quickly... up to an inch a year, like the ones I can see, on a 20yo palm tree, about 20ft from my desk.

jinbish wrote on Feb 11, '07

I was going to say - don't the likes of reindeer eat lichen (when there's nothing else)? It'd have at a reasonable rate in a season to be available..?

subtractadddivide wrote on Feb 11, '07

petersealy said

Lichen grows about an inch a century - perhaps we should set up a lichen cam?

There's some lichen on a pavement near me which has been there as long as I can remember - it's supposed to be a very good indicator of air quality / pollution levels

ianbennett wrote on Feb 12, '07

Yes; lichens are very susceptible to atmospheric sulphur.

Coincidentally, I'm currently re-reading 'Trouble with Lichen' by John Wyndham.

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