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09-09-2023, 15:51
walpurgis

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Originally Posted by Barry

No doubt you detest vanilla and cinnamon as well.

I like those.

Having chicken salad tonight, avoiding the aforementioned veg and using new potatoes, radishes, lettuce, cress, sweetcorn and tomatoes, with mayo and pepper.
09-09-2023, 15:58
Barry

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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.

I always buy extra large eggs.

Apropos 'tiger' tomatoes, I have never seen any for sale, but they appear to be conventional tomatoes but with a variegated skin. Let us know if they taste different. :)
09-09-2023, 16:13
struth

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Originally Posted by Barry

I have no idea what you're talking about - was it some sort of TV endurance challenge?

it was an internet fad.. a extremely dangerous one too
09-09-2023, 16:33
Mikeandvan

I love wild mushrooms for brekky with fresh thyme and garlic, throw in a bit of butter at the end served with scrambled eggs, don't even need toast.
09-09-2023, 16:34
Mikeandvan

I say wild, I buy them from waitrose. Usually a mix of oyster and Shitake and another whose name escapes me
09-09-2023, 16:50
struth

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Originally Posted by Mikeandvan

I say wild, I buy them from waitrose. Usually a mix of oyster and Shitake and another whose name escapes me

maitake?
09-09-2023, 17:00
Pigmy Pony

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Originally Posted by Mikeandvan

I say wild, I buy them from waitrose. Usually a mix of oyster and Shitake and another whose name escapes me

Unfortunate name. Sounds like something that escapes me every morning.
09-09-2023, 17:04
Pigmy Pony

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Originally Posted by struth

it was an internet fad.. a extremely dangerous one too

Yes, I think one or two people died with it. There are plenty of Youtube videos for folk who like to see people paying dearly for their stupidity. Anita and some her family/friends had a go at it, never ended well. I managed to avoid it, I'm not as daft as I look.
09-09-2023, 17:18
Pigmy Pony

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barry

I always buy extra large eggs.

Apropos 'tiger' tomatoes, I have never seen any for sale, but they appear to be conventional tomatoes but with a variegated skin. Let us know if they taste different. :)

I always have a tomato on my workday lunch baguette. I'll try one out Monday.
09-09-2023, 17:29
walpurgis

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Originally Posted by Barry

He's now been caught by the police, in Chiswick as speculated.

Actually, it looks like I wasn't far out. He was caught on the stretch of the Grand Union Canal towpath I thought he might head for, a quarter of a mile beyond the north edge of Southall at Rowdell Road, Northolt, which I know well. Not far from here.
09-09-2023, 17:53
struth

Anti terror boys read this site [emoji38]
09-09-2023, 18:12
walpurgis

They may learn a bit! :D
09-09-2023, 18:16
Barry

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mikeandvan

I love wild mushrooms for brekky with fresh thyme and garlic, throw in a bit of butter at the end served with scrambled eggs, don't even need toast.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mikeandvan

I say wild, I buy them from waitrose. Usually a mix of oyster and Shitake and another whose name escapes me

OK you've sold it to me - I'll give them a try; they're all available in my local greengrocer.
09-09-2023, 18:24
Macca

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Originally Posted by struth

is that fennel or celery??

Celery.

I had to look up what fennel is.
09-09-2023, 19:27
Mikeandvan

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Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony

Unfortunate name. Sounds like something that escapes me every morning.

:lol:
09-09-2023, 19:48
Barry

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony

Unfortunate name. Sounds like something that escapes me every morning.

Best not to visit Thailand then - the formal greeting for men is to say "sa-wat-dii krap". And it doesn't mean "did you have a satisfactory bowel movement this morning?"
10-09-2023, 09:04
Pigmy Pony

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Originally Posted by Barry

Best not to visit Thailand then - the formal greeting for men is to say "sa-wat-dii krap". And it doesn't mean "did you have a satisfactory bowel movement this morning?"

Good to know - so what is Thai for "A bit runny and most of it was floating, but on the whole I can't complain"

Edit: Just re-read your post, where it says "doesn't mean" :( Still, I now know a bit of Thai, and that one will stick with me.

I'm reminded of a story my aunt told me of a time when she and my uncle (a kitchen fitter) went on holiday. Whenever they came across German holidaymakers he greeted them with the only bit of German he knew, which he'd memorized from a kitchen installer's manual. Which translated to "left hand wall cupboard".
10-09-2023, 09:09
struth

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Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony

Good to know - so what is Thai for "A bit runny and most of it was floating, but on the whole I can't complain"

tteokbokki
10-09-2023, 09:19
Pigmy Pony

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Originally Posted by struth

tteokbokki

So I'm guessing it would be tteokbokkiniblets if there was sweetcorn in it.
10-09-2023, 09:27
struth

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Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony

So I'm guessing it would be tteokbokkiniblets if there was sweetcorn in it.

red rice cakes i think
10-09-2023, 15:13
Pigmy Pony

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Originally Posted by struth

red rice cakes i think

All this food-chat is making me peckish. The two giant boiled eggs which sat on rather than in the egg cups at lunchtime can only keep the hunger at bay for so long. Even with plenty of soldiers to dip in.

Hopefully Anita will be returning with our weekly Chinese soon, I've cleared a space for it with an unusual (for me) afternoon bog visit.
10-09-2023, 15:22
struth

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony

All this food-chat is making me peckish. The two giant boiled eggs which sat on rather than in the egg cups at lunchtime can only keep the hunger at bay for so long. Even with plenty of soldiers to dip in.

Hopefully Anita will be returning with our weekly Chinese soon, I've cleared a space for it with an unusual (for me) afternoon bog visit.

when bro was alive he'd bring me big duck eggs a lot he got them from a neighbour who kept ducks, chickens etc... he did lambs and pigs so they swapped a lot
10-09-2023, 21:07
Mikeandvan

Eggs are a literal wonder food aren't they? I love em any ways, scrambled probably fave. And with the addition of fresh air they make souffles and meringues too! I eat them most days for breakfast, and then I may have a quiche later on, so some days 4 eggs!! I don't believe they raise cholesterol, not bad chol anyway. Oh I forgot, creme brulee!
11-09-2023, 07:32
walpurgis

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Originally Posted by Mikeandvan

Eggs are a literal wonder food aren't they?

One of my favourites, along with cheese, chicken, fish and fruit. Not necessarily together though :).
20-09-2023, 17:12
struth

decided to take a years energy supply price deal with my current supplier. its a bit less than current cost so hoping it will protect me from any potential large rise, as ive a feeling it might be a cold winter in europe.. anyway its not likely to cost me too much if they go down according to best forcast
22-09-2023, 19:17
walpurgis

Got the telly on CBS Reality (for some reason), the commercials were just on for so long, I forgot what programme I'd been watching! :rolleyes:
22-09-2023, 19:25
Macca

Same as UK Gold. Even when the ads finally finish there's another couple of minutes of trailers to sit through.

Only thing I watch live is the footie everything else I tape and fast forward through the pap.
22-09-2023, 19:33
Pigmy Pony

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Originally Posted by walpurgis

Got the telly on CBS Reality (for some reason), the commercials were just on for so long, I forgot what programme I'd been watching! :rolleyes:

Like a lot of channels these days - the programmes are there to give you something to look at while waiting for the next batch of adverts.

Sky are the worst - three quarters of their ads are for their own products: Sky Go, Sky Glass, Sky Cinema, Sky Mobile, Sky Smart Insurance. We get round it all by recording stuff and skipping through the ads.
22-09-2023, 19:49
Barry

I often watch Sky Art, but don't find the ad breaks too intrusive - I take the opportunity to make a cup of coffee. :)
23-09-2023, 10:54
struth

If your paying for it they shouldn't be running ads too imo. Amazon run their own ads on their free content.

Even blurays etc often have about 20mins of what else you can buy which imo is outrageous.
23-09-2023, 11:35
Barry

Not just Blurays, even conventional DVDs have upfront adverts for contemporary films available to buy. Fortunately you can skip over them, but only one at a time.
23-09-2023, 11:51
Macca

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Originally Posted by Barry

I often watch Sky Art, but don't find the ad breaks too intrusive - I take the opportunity to make a cup of coffee. :)

what four cups an hour? Do you find your hand is shaking too much to be able to change channels? ;)

You're missing so much - June ('It's June, dad!') getting her funeral plan, the children drinking dirty water, Paul Daniel's widow fogging cupboard doors, and the whip-round to collect money to educate foreigners in how to look after a donkey.

Did I miss any?
23-09-2023, 13:03
struth

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Originally Posted by Macca

what four cups an hour? Do you find your hand is shaking too much to be able to change channels? ;)

You're missing so much - June ('It's June, dad!') getting her funeral plan, the children drinking dirty water, Paul Daniel's widow fogging cupboard doors, and the whip-round to collect money to educate foreigners in how to look after a donkey.

Did I miss any?

they've been showing these ads for years.. someone must be making a fortune out of the gulability of others
23-09-2023, 13:14
Macca

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Originally Posted by struth

they've been showing these ads for years.. someone must be making a fortune out of the gulability of others

Or maybe it's just really cheap to advertise on TV these days? Nobody's watching, three million viewers means a hit show now.
23-09-2023, 13:16
Macca

I forgot that bird who does her commercial while she's sat on the bog. FFS love could it not wait? You've only got five lines.
23-09-2023, 13:45
struth

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Originally Posted by Macca

I forgot that bird who does her commercial while she's sat on the bog. FFS love could it not wait? You've only got five lines.

what was she flogging?... bog roll or air freshener
23-09-2023, 14:04
Barry

Quote:

Originally Posted by Macca

what four cups an hour? Do you find your hand is shaking too much to be able to change channels? ;)

You're missing so much - June ('It's June, dad!') getting her funeral plan, the children drinking dirty water, Paul Daniel's widow fogging cupboard doors, and the whip-round to collect money to educate foreigners in how to look after a donkey.

Did I miss any?

No, some of the ad breaks give me the opportunity to have a pee - all that coffee, you know. ;)
26-09-2023, 21:43
Barry

Conkers 2023

Now that the recent wind and rain has caused the horse chestnut pods to fall, as is my wont, I went out to see if I could find any large ones.

Well the only decent-sized one I could find weighed 34.7g:

https://i.postimg.cc/MG5Cx3Zq/018.jpg

It beats my previous 2021 find weighing 33.7g:

https://i.postimg.cc/cJF7JrrP/003.jpg

(Is there a world record for the heaviest conker?)
27-09-2023, 08:04
struth

ah but did you soak it in vinegar:lol:
27-09-2023, 09:22
Barry

No, of course not - that would be cheating.
27-09-2023, 13:45
Pigmy Pony

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barry

Now that the recent wind and rain has caused the horse chestnut pods to fall, as is my wont, I went out to see if I could find any large ones.

Well the only decent-sized one I could find weighed 34.7g:

https://i.postimg.cc/MG5Cx3Zq/018.jpg

It beats my previous 2021 find weighing 33.7g:

https://i.postimg.cc/cJF7JrrP/003.jpg

(Is there a world record for the heaviest conker?)

What a great way to get out for some fresh air and exercise! And I always liked a bit of foraging :) So I'm getting out there this weekend to see if I can beat your conker, if I can find some suitable scales that is... I know we had some here somewhere.
30-09-2023, 10:20
Macca

woke up this morning with 'Comfortably Numb' stuck in my head.

Odd, since I don't own a copy of 'The Wall' and haven't in over 20 years. I have the film on DVD but sure I have not watched it in over a decade.

Maybe the last time I heard the song was on Planet Rock months ago.

On top of that I seem to know all the lyrics and every note of the solos.

I wish my brain was that good with useful stuff.
30-09-2023, 10:55
Pigmy Pony

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Originally Posted by Macca

woke up this morning with 'Comfortably Numb' stuck in my head.

Odd, since I don't own a copy of 'The Wall' and haven't in over 20 years. I have the film on DVD but sure I have not watched it in over a decade.

Maybe the last time I heard the song was on Planet Rock months ago.

On top of that I seem to know all the lyrics and every note of the solos.

I wish my brain was that good with useful stuff.

I have "The Wall" on vinyl and CD - you're welcome to the CD, but I suspect if you really wanted it you would have bought it by now (unless like me your brain goes comfortably numb as soon as you step in a record shop).
30-09-2023, 11:12
Macca

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Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony

I have "The Wall" on vinyl and CD - you're welcome to the CD, but I suspect if you really wanted it you would have bought it by now (unless like me your brain goes comfortably numb as soon as you step in a record shop).

My brain is comfortably numb most of the time, I suppose that could be seen as a feature not a bug.

I should get a copy as I do like a lot if it, just the cod opera bit irritates me. I'll do you a swap for 'Argus' on vinyl.
30-09-2023, 11:15
Macca

Just annoying that at work I forget passwords, codes to get in the doors, critical tasks I need to do, important meetings (leaving me with five minutes to prep) and yet I can replay in my head a song I have not heard in ages word for word and note for note.
30-09-2023, 11:18
struth

ive got the ltd ed boxset..

https://uk.rarevinyl.com/cdn/shop/pr...g?v=1693479848

its pretty good
30-09-2023, 11:26
Pigmy Pony

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Originally Posted by Macca

Just annoying that at work I forget passwords, codes to get in the doors, critical tasks I need to do, important meetings (leaving me with five minutes to prep) and yet I can replay in my head a song I have not heard in ages word for word and note for note.

Yeah, that's called getting your priorities right, and long may it continue. if your brain worked the other way round you probably wouldn't have any mates, though your boss might like you.
30-09-2023, 11:27
Pigmy Pony

Quote:

Originally Posted by Macca

My brain is comfortably numb most of the time, I suppose that could be seen as a feature not a bug.

I should get a copy as I do like a lot if it, just the cod opera bit irritates me. I'll do you a swap for 'Argus' on vinyl.

Deal! :)
10-10-2023, 18:41
Mikeandvan

Requested my medical history from my GP 2 months ago, arrived today, everything is there, but you know doctors handwriting, I can barely read a thing.:lol:

Still the blood test results are in type form, so that's interesting. Doctors were looking at reasons why my red blood cell count/haemaglobin was low, and I've always been that way, saw a blood test from 2001. Would have saved them and me a load of bother if they'd have just checked my medical history like wot I just done!!
10-10-2023, 19:15
Macca

Not getting enough red meat.

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