Early Risers.

[TheQ]

Afternoon awl, 

I can safely say the dinner cooking in the kitchen will be entirely conventional.. 

 

Today's work, in order of appearance. 

 

Cut 32 1ft batten sections, luckily the whole battens were bought when they were 8ft not the 2400mm many are now. 

SWMBO has now painted one side and edges the other side tomorrow.. 

 

Keel bolt holes resined

 

Roof cleared of Ivy for another 6 "furrows" it was noticeable that the wind was cool as a true southerly comes over the sea to us here on the sticky out bum of Britain. 

It was also noticeable there were police in the area, something very rare,  I'm guessing chasing non locals off the beach.. 

Talking of which my sisters boss has been a naughty girl,  she's been photographed visiting her second home..... 

Not good if you're the chief medical officer of Scotland.. 

 

Keel second side skin fitted and glued.  Now sitting there overnight with many clamps round the edges and several heavy items down the middle.. 

 

The minor changes to the roads on the layout were done,  then more varnish applied.  At one point I got really worried as the rocks looked like they had been dipped in plastic. However an hour later it had soaked in and looked a lot better, it will be interesting to see how it looks fully dried out tomorrow. 

 

Dinner was conventional,  pork chop, peas and swede. 

Edited April 5, 2020 by TheQ

[AndyID]

3 hours ago, jamie92208 said:

From a professional point if view it's quite hard to injure somebody badly with the new side handled batton that most forces use. It is quite good for restraining folk. I suspect that the Asp that the Met use could inflict some pain.  The old style truncheon however was designed to hurt and was a very useful weapon. I was once attacked in a house by 4 people and took the instant decision to use reasonable force and hit the nearest one as hard as I could. It caught him on his head and he went straight down with his eyes rolling up like a Tom and Jerry cartoon. Peace broke out instantly and the other 3 decided to back off.  No complaints, the lad went down for 2 years for assaulting me and I got a commend from the judge. I suspect things might be a little different nowadays. Happy days.

 

 

Q: What's the difference between a policeman's truncheon and a magic wand?

 

 

 

 

A: A magic wand is for cunning stunts.

 

 

[AndyID]

With all this talk about macaroni and cheese I'm surprised nobody brought up cheese pudding.

[Ozexpatriate]

2 minutes ago, AndyID said:

cheese pudding

What in tarnation is "cheese pudding"? 

[Compound2632]

Just now, Ozexpatriate said:

What in tarnation is "cheese pudding"? 

 

Somebody just had to ask didn't they? There have been quite enough puddings being brought up around here of late. Do you expect the Mods to be along to scrape the coagulated remains off the floor?

[AndyID]

8 minutes ago, Ozexpatriate said:

What in tarnation is "cheese pudding"? 

 

It's a sort of economy cheese souffle popular in postwar-UK. My mum used to make it. Lots of recipes on the interwebby.

[Ozexpatriate]

5 hours ago, Compound2632 said:

You can eat anything once...

Sometimes you even get to taste it twice!

[Ozexpatriate]

5 hours ago, iL Dottore said:

There are only 4 things I will not eat: cats, dogs, hedgehogs, monkeys and spiders, otherwise I’m open to practically anything.

Please put bats and pangolins on your list! 

[BSW01]

4 minutes ago, Ozexpatriate said:

Sometimes you even get to taste it twice!

Yeah, but it doesn't taste the same second time round! 

[Barry O]

in Turkey on Business once we ate in a Restaurant in the Citadel in Ankara. We had a mixed grill. It came with chopped up red and green things (chilies) and part of the main course was cat..A bit strong but texture wise just like lamb.

 

In contrast we had Fajitas for tea. Very nice sculpted by my own delicate hands.

 

Got some gardening done. It was nowhere near the temperature forecasted by the weather team. Pah!

 

Odd bits and bats managed but now need to catch up with some paperwork.

 

Baz

 

[polybear]

At primary school in the early 70's we used have something called "Swiss Egg", which was basically hard boiled egg in cheese sauce.  Absolutely fantastic.  However, though my mum tried endless attempts at getting the same taste they all proved futile - still good though.  I wish I knew what the secret ingredient or technique was.

[jamie92208]

26 minutes ago, BSW01 said:

Yeah, but it doesn't taste the same second time round! 

But why is it always mixed with diced carrots.

 

The cheese pudding sounds like a variation on what I loved at home and still make,  curried eggs.  

Hard boiled eggs, quartered and put on bttered toast with curry sauce poured over them.  My mum used to make them and they were lovely. Beth detests them but No2 son always asked for them if Beth was out.

 

Jamie

 

[pH]

45 minutes ago, AndyID said:

With all this talk about macaroni and cheese I'm surprised nobody brought up cheese pudding.

 

Was it that bad?

 

My mum used to make something we called 'man in the moon'. Mashed potato, grated cheese and an egg to bind it, cooked in a frying pan like a thick pancake. Since it was round, and had bits of melted cheese showing in the surface, we thought it looked like the surface of the moon. (And no, she did not use green cheese!)

[PhilJ W]

Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. Dinner is on the go, a 'TV dinner' of roast chicken with all the trimmings, and it only cost me 44p. I found it yesterday in the 'reduced to clear' freezer cabinet suffering from a battered box. Forty plus years ago I visited some German friends, Hans and Gudrun. Gudrun hailed from the Black Forest and done her own baking, including Black Forest Gateau, I've never tasted one as good as since. The microwave has just pinged so its time for dinner.

Edited April 5, 2020 by PhilJ W

[Ozexpatriate]

35 minutes ago, jamie92208 said:

... curried eggs

I have not even thought of / about curried eggs in decades.

 

I enjoyed them. Curried prawns are better.

 

1 minute ago, PhilJ W said:

Gudrun hailed from the Black Forest and done her own baking, including Black Forest Gateau, I've never tasted one as good as since. 

Mmmm. Black forest cake. I have shared earlier a memory of a black forest cake made by the (then) adult daughter of my mum's best friend. That cake was sublime.

 

Time moves on. That young woman, now well into her 60s, is now trying to convince her nonagenarian mum that it is time for assisted living, though that might be delayed until after the current emergency.

 

Edited April 5, 2020 by Ozexpatriate

[Erichill16]

Evening everyone,

Day much as expected but not as warm as I expected. Did some gardening, well mostly weeding and at lunchtime sneaked into shed to spay a coat of paint on a rake of wagons I’ve been threatening to paint for the last goodness knows how long. Not a bad finish, ok for wagons that will get a good weathering but not sure if I’d be too pleased if it was for a top link loco, but then again I would have spent more time in preparation.

Problem is I still haven’t done anything with the two wheelie bins full of putrefying grass from last weekend. Should have taken done the garden to compost bin. When green liquid starts seeping from the bins I’ll know I should have done it sooner. Maybe tomorrow.

Im a faddy eater but I don’t waste my food. 
regards and best wishes,

Robert

[Barry O]

Watched the Queen at 8pm. It is so calming to hear someone who has seen most things staying very calm and asking us to stick together.

 

Baz

[Compound2632]

2 minutes ago, Barry O said:

asking us to stick together.

 

I missed that but am glad to hear she was encouraging kit building.

[PhilJ W]

I want to start some modelling but can I find my paint stash, no I can't. No doubt they will reappear at some time having been right under my nose all the time.

[AndrewC]

11 minutes ago, Barry O said:

Watched the Queen at 8pm. It is so calming to hear someone who has seen most things staying very calm and asking us to stick together.

 

Baz

Just read the Southend News Network’s review

 

Not bad. Could have done with Her Majesty signing off with ‘What f*cking  part of ‘no sunbathing in the park’ do you cockwombling bunglec*nts not understand?’

[roundhouse]

22 minutes ago, Barry O said:

Watched the Queen at 8pm. It is so calming to hear someone who has seen most things staying very calm and asking us to stick together.

 

Baz

Stick together???

 

Thought we were meant to be staying away from each other.....

 

Hat coat...

[monkeysarefun]

Had a few of the pizzas from the Oz hotel at the Rocks over the years, and yes they all taste like chicken.

 

[Happy Hippo]

33 minutes ago, AndrewC said:

Just read the Southend News Network’s review

 

Not bad. Could have done with Her Majesty signing off with ‘What f*cking  part of ‘no sunbathing in the park’ do you cockwombling bunglec*nts not understand?’

Thank  God.

 

Normal service has been resumed from the boring borough.

[iL Dottore]

1 hour ago, Ozexpatriate said:

Please put bats and pangolins on your list! 

Duly noted (and added)

I wonder, however, how we (as a species) can/could differentiate between “we can eat it and it’s safe to eat” and “we can eat it, but it’s not safe to eat” I think it might at times be difficult to either tell or decide (domestic food animals also can carry diseases that can jump species).

Becoming a vegetarian is no guarantee of food safety - most of the most potent toxins in the world are plant alkaloids. Other plant foodstuffs, like candlenuts, are toxic unless prepared properly and cooked well.

As an aside, I often wonder how our ancestors managed to figure out what is safe to eat. Presumably primitive man observe what the animals were eating (although this is not a 100% reliable guide, as some animals can harmlessly eat toxins that will lay us flat in seconds). Given the nature of our species, I would presume that primitive societies had reasonably generous supplies of expendable elderly upon which they could test various foodstuffs for toxicity and harm.

And all that provocative and cheery note, I bid you all a good night.

iD

[AndyID]

1 hour ago, pH said:

 

Was it that bad?

 

 

I never pass up an opportunity for a double meaning