Funny how people who do not fit the 'conventional' mould, seem to be the attention seekers. Or is that only to be expected?
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Funny how people who do not fit the 'conventional' mould, seem to be the attention seekers. Or is that only to be expected?
Bride of Chucky.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
One would hope he was only doing it for attention, but with these zealots always assume the worst.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
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Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
when he was a little boy, his mum asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up. he told her, a big boy.. she said youll be a girl and like it my lad...:ner:
Since that mugshot was taken his supporters have raised $7.1m for his campaign:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Well worth the hours spent practising in front of the mirror
Why is it so difficult to find decent fruit to eat? The plums and peaches from supermarkets are like bullets and just go bad before softening. Bananas start to go off within a day, melons and oranges are more tasteless than they used to be and only grapes seem worthwhile generally. Not to mention the supermarket prices, the local high street greengrocers are way better value and mainly tastier fruit too.
i pretty much stew all my fruit got fed up with hard tasteless fruit.. m and s stuff is best thoQuote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
I never buy fruit or veg from a supermarket; I use either my local greengrocer or farmshop (from which I will also buy milk and other dairy products).
When it comes to fruit, we have become used to, and spoilt by, in having what used to be seasonal fruits available all year round. I always choose bananas whose skins show signs of ripening, otherwise they are too 'firm' to my tastes. Likewise I will check other fruits by hand to assess their ripeness.
One other thing to remember is that if bananas occupy the same bowl as other fruits, bananas emit ethylene which will cause neighbouring fruits to ripen more quickly.
I see they still haven't caught the escaped inmate Khalife from Wandsworth Prison, my betting is he's already laying low in Hounslow or Southall, my money is on Southall, it's easier to reach and hide in.
The search in Richmond was likely prompted by his internet search history, no doubt he had computer access and may well have laid a few red herrings while planning the escape, I know I would have done.
I think he may have crossed the Thames at Putney and followed the north bank on foot for a mile or so without attracting attention or being very visible on the sparse CCTV coverage. From there the best route would be side roads parallel to the Thames up to the Grand Union Canal at Brentford, then follow the towpath to Southall, very little CCTV and no police patrols along there.
He'll probably have shorn his head, be growing a full beard and next time he's out and about, be wearing big black framed specs, a hat and semi-ethnic attire.
I'll keep an eye out! :)
guessing, but i think he had help, and they could be scattering false trails too. the guy the saw getting off a van wasnt him apparently.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Yeah, there's a fair likelihood. Probably somebody's got him stashed away and a good few know, but nobody talks around this way.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
The police will do their usual fumbling and bullshitting, but you never know, they may get lucky. If they're as good at finding him as they are at grabbing illegals, there's no hope!
Sighted in Chiswick apparently. Twenty grand reward, you could cash in.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
fancy areaQuote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Not even enough for the cheapest, most basic new electric car. Wouldn't be worth the aggro of the undoubted publicity.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Not so much these days, I'd not fancy it.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
He's now been caught by the police, in Chiswick as speculated.
did someone claim the reward?Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
I would be interested in hearing what other Members think about the quality of fruit and veg available these days.
(Or the price of eggs if you prefer.)
It's like the lottery, you don't have to have the publicity if you don't want it.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Anyway they nicked him now so it's academic. :)
don't really eat veg unless I go out to eat, sometimes buy grapes or strawberries, they seem okay.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
I think British grown strawberries have actually improved last few years, got some taste to them again.
get lots of strawbs and rasps. mostly stw them into compote but the better ones are from m and s and are for eating. not bought plums for years as you could play golf with them. pears are a dangerous weapon now
So you don't get your "five a day"? Or do you regard chips and Guinness as two of them? ;)
we get free fruit at work, it all comes from ASDA. Fair amount of variation in the quality from week to week.
Satsumas and bananas are the most popular. Usually all gone in 48 hrs. Pears always last to get eaten, but they're okay.
No booze for me these days although have had a couple this week since I'm on holiday.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
No I don't get my five a day, I just take a vitamin tablet. Healthy food doesn't agree with me, I can only eat a little bit of fruit or it makes me bad.
I tried vegetarianism once, after a few weeks was having dreams about eating steaks.
Soft fruits such as strawberries and raspberries have to be kept in the fridge and consumed within three days.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Don't eat pears much these days, because as you say, they can take ages to ripen. Plums have a similar problem, but not so bad as that with pears.
Oh well, It was something to ponder :).Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Wonder what's best when you're on the run, moving by day and hoping to blend in or travelling at night and trying not to be noticed?
need to be good at diguise. city is full of people to blend in with and strangers dont stick out but there is cctv everywhere. countryside is oppositeQuote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Just had sardines in tomato sauce with buttered crusty multigrain wholemeal bread and a few small tomatoes, it was very good.
Followed that with a tasty big bowl of chopped melon, plums, peach and grapes.
I'll ne nipping up the high street in a minute to hunt for more fruit, some soft apricots would be good.
first thing he should have done shave his head and buy cheap sunglasses. Dress in the most nondescript clothes possible. Adopt a stoop and a bit of a limp, or get a walking stick. All in 'Day Of The Jackal' which he's probably never read which is why he was caught so quick.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
These youngsters never read books, it will be their downfall. Instead he probably watched some Youtube video on how to evade capture made by someone with no idea. Hans Beekhuyven's criminal brother, possibly.
Looks like he had a good plan for the escape but no idea what to do next other than wander the streets in his prison clothes.
Much of it is rubbish, especially fruit, its often under ripe, thus bullet hard and tasteless. probably something to do with maximizing profits. When buying fruit from the supermarket I will often buy the higher priced variety, as it tastes considerably better. Strawberries are a good one, very low in sugar, bananas are the highest I think, and dried fruit is a big no no, as I'm trying to lower my blood sugar. Waitrose have a special brand of veg, its seasonal, and often from Italy, like fennel, courgettes, etc. The fennel is well worth buying, sweeter and fuller flavour than the standard variety. Waitrose sell these super expensive onions from France, I'd like to try them but they work out about a quid each!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
these fruits dojnt ripen after picking so you need to be careful
Apples, blueberries, blackberries, cherries, citrus, grapes, pineapples, pomegranate, raspberries, strawberries, and watermelon.
They may not ripen, but they only have a 'shelf life' of less than a week.
Sounds like the sort of lunch I sometimes enjoy. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
I don't use fennel that often but what my local greengrocer sells perfectly acceptable - I buy it for its aniseed flavour.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mikeandvan
As for onions, I only buy red onions, which are 'sweeter' than white ones.
celery is a good veg. makes great soup
Don't like it, my mother used to put it in stews, used to eat round it like when you put a pill in the cat's food.
That same You Tube video is also called "How to spot someone trying to evade capture" :doh:Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
is that fennel or celery??Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
I like celery, but sometimes it can be 'stringy' which you can't tell till you eat it, and by then it's too late.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
It's transport costs and Brexit pushing up the prices. according to Johnny (right) and the two Johnnies (left).Quote:
Originally Posted by Mikeandvan
https://www.connexionfrance.com/var/...eir-onions.jpg
just use a veg peeler on outside of it. removes any stringy bits and only takes a minuteQuote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Red onions are just wrong. Unlike with mayonnaise where you need eyes in your arse to avoid buying food without any, You can get caught out. It's as though folk don't realise that for some just the smell of red onions can bring on projectile vomiting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
I once bought a large pizza from a takeaway, and told them "NO onions!" Got home to find it covered in red onions :spew: Maybe he thought they didn't count. So, a three mile drive back there. The bloke suggested I could just scrape them off. I felt like telling him I could stab him multiple times then just mop up the blood afterwards and he'll be fine. But I didn't, I just shouted a bit.
I could dwell on what "additional" toppings he may have put on it while I wasn't looking, but whatever it was would still be preferable to red onions.
These days I tell folk I have an allergy, that does the trick.
I don't like celery. It's on my 'banned list', along with beetroot, onion, garlic, cucumber, chives and a few other things.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Do you remember caraway seeds? Disgusting tasting things that were used in food, yuk!
depends on what your using them for but i prefer them to brown/yellow ones. sweet shallots are really niceQuote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
:lol: I just love everything on that list!Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
No doubt you detest vanilla and cinnamon as well.
Never thought of that - possibly because it's only in the last few years have I noticed stringy celery. I'm sure it never used to be like that. :scratch:Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
I expect most people detest cinnamon these days, after the "Cinnamon Challenges" of a few years ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
What about mushrooms - do you have preference?
I prefer chestnut mushrooms over the usual white variety. Not interested in the shigatse (?) variety, or the big horse mushrooms.
I have tried truffles but couldn't see what the fuss was about and certainly nothing to justify the price
The same with caviar, but then I don't like fish roe of any kind
I have no idea what you're talking about - was it some sort of TV endurance challenge?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
My favourite customer (who always sends me away with a few of his chickens' eggs) gave me half a dozen today, which he put in a closing carton which would not close. Nowhere near. I pity the poor chickens that had to push them out.
Also gave me some tomatoes including some interesting-looking 'tiger' tomatoes. Never heard of them, but I'm sure they'll be very nice.