Early Risers.

[iL Dottore]

1 hour ago, Grizz said:

Er…..don’t spose a big sorry would cut it cuz? With an added promise not to post photos of breakiefast porn on ERers. 

Don’t bother Grizz, that Bear is easy to upset and slow to forgive (I still haven’t been forgiven for pointing out - a few years ago - all the chemical nasties that are found in his favourite frozen pizza).

 

Just keep posting those wonderful photos of high quality food - there are quite a few true food cognoscenti on ER.

 

p.s. I think PB is loosing his touch, he hasn’t yet berated you for the lack of tinned baked beans on your breakfast!

[Hroth]

11 minutes ago, iL Dottore said:

Mrs iD and The Wolfpack are off in the mountains at The Holiday Hovel, leaving me alone to enjoy Easter (I have to work).

Upon her departure she said that I might enjoy this whilst she’s away (and it’s all mine, mine I tell you…)

 

You can keep it, its covered in pustules....

 

[iL Dottore]

6 minutes ago, Tony_S said:

According to the ingredients contains “burro” . Don’t tell Donk…

Oh Ha Ha!

The label is Italian and everyone know burro is Italian for butter…

[woodenhead]

On Saturday we went for a walk and a meal.

 

Whilst parking up Mrs W spied a rather lovely fluffy cat, it was very friendly and well up for some stroking and compliments.

 

Then when Mrs W came back to the boot of the car to get her coat, the cat went to do what cats do in long grass. 

 

It took it's time to find the right spot, a couple of times it thought it had found it but changed it mind then it finally it found the perfect spot and let loose.  After faux covering the area with animated front paw movements it came back to see us.  Mrs W was sure it was looking to jump into the boot and low and behold it did landing on a shopping bag right next to our coats.  I immediately ushered the feline back out and it went on it's way.

 

But my god did it leave a foul smell, I could only describe it as the same smell as cat food itself which turns my stomach.  Not only was it an awful stench but it seemed to hang around and no amount of wafting the air resolved it.  Any chance of me letting a cat live in our house I think has now gone.  I always saw cats as the clean smelling and tidy pets, how wrong I was.

 

Used a disinfectant wipe on the shopping bag when I got home. 🤣

[Tony_S]

4 minutes ago, iL Dottore said:

Oh Ha Ha!

The label is Italian and everyone know burro is Italian for butter…

 Can’t resist a multilingual pun…

[Sidecar Racer]

18 hours ago, Ozexpatriate said:

CNN: Watch this man narrowly avoid injury from runaway construction blade

 

Most stores have a narrow (relatively soft) metal frame between the door and storefront window. This one had a wide wooden pillar where the blade was embedded. 

 

 

 Quote from the contractor , the nearly 4 foot saw blade , '' may have come loose from a

lost bolt and potential operator error '' ,  well no *hit sherlock .

 

 

 

[iL Dottore]

5 minutes ago, Hroth said:

 

You can keep it, its covered in pustules....

 

Nuts, Dear Boy, nuts

(a comment on the egg’s nodular appearance and not upon your utterings - ‘tho it would also be appropriate there too).

[Hroth]

6 minutes ago, iL Dottore said:

Nuts, Dear Boy, nuts

(a comment on the egg’s nodular appearance and not upon your utterings - ‘tho it would also be appropriate there too).

 

But they're not even WHOLE hazlenuts, even Cadburys can achieve that!

 

("Nuts, whole hazlenuts! Cadburys take them and they cover them in chocolate!")

 

[iL Dottore]

2 hours ago, Dave Hunt said:

Girding my loins, as the saying goes, for tomorrow when I am due at the hospital by 0730 for my spinal decompression operation. If all goes well I should be pretty much pain free and fairly mobile again after a few weeks’ recovery time. If it doesn’t ….. well, that’s not to be dwelt on. Luckily I am going to about the best orthopaedic hospital in the country and being operated on by one of the best spinal surgeons so I have high hopes. Wish me luck.

 

Dave

Good luck for tomorrow, Dave.

 

Some pointers:

1. Ambulate as soon as permitted - the initial ambulations won’t be fun, but a DVT is even less fun.
2. Don’t “tough out” the pain, demand analgesia as soon as the pain starts to manifest itself - taken early you’ll have a better response to the medication and overall you’ll have less pain, be more comfortable and use less analgesia in the long run.
3. Work with your patient management team towards an early as is feasible discharge. By their very nature Hospitals are full of nasty bugs and the less time spent there the better.

And finally ENJOY THE DRUGS! Nowadays, everyone is so hyper sensitive about the possibility of addiction that use of narcotics is heavily monitored, so there is no need to worry about taking them – just lie back (literally) and enjoy the buzz 🤣😁😄

[polybear]

19 minutes ago, iL Dottore said:

You may have your faults (but haven’t we all) but a lot can be forgiven of a Grizzly that insists on black pudding and mushrooms for breakfast (and they are pretty good most any other time as well). It sounds like the tomatoes are fresh - not my cuppa tea, but Well Done That Bear if they are fresh.

 

This Bear has just had a fresh Tommy for Din Dins....just thought I'd mention that.....

Oh yes, and carrots, cauli and broccoli**.  Thought I'd mention that too.....

 

(** And no, Oh Cynical One - they weren't tinned or frozen......) 😁

 

11 minutes ago, iL Dottore said:

Upon her departure she said that I might enjoy this whilst she’s away (and it’s all mine, mine I tell you…)

 

Don't the following ingredients fail "The Teachings of @iL Dottore" Test??

 

emulsifier (SOY lecithin), flavourings

 

2 minutes ago, iL Dottore said:

p.s. I think PB is loosing his touch, he hasn’t yet berated you for the lack of tinned baked beans on your breakfast!

 

@Grizz is a fellow Bear - so I'm prepared to cut him a little slack.....just this once.....

[iL Dottore]

3 minutes ago, Hroth said:

 

But they're not even WHOLE hazlenuts, even Cadburys can achieve that!

 

("Nuts, whole hazlenuts! Cadburys take them and they cover them in chocolate!")

 

Almonds, not hazelnuts. Almonds are also the more expensive nut (https://moneyinc.com/most-expensive-types-of-nuts-in-the-world/)

[Erichill16]

18 hours ago, woodenhead said:

 

Back at home because we forgot the gluten free gravy granules.

 

 

 

Once went out for a meal and asked what was available gluten free and i was delighted to hear that the Sunday roast was available and was ordered.

Plate came, no Yorkshire puddings, no roasties and no gravy. 
When i enquired the waiter said ‘well it is gluten free.’ I enquired about gravy and was told chef makes his own and it isnt GF. GF gravy is available in a packet and surely that would be better than no gravy at all. 
If I’d know I’d chosen something else or better still gone somewhere else.

I think thats a want, sorry.

[iL Dottore]

2 minutes ago, polybear said:

 

Don't the following ingredients fail "The Teachings of @iL Dottore" Test??

 

emulsifier (SOY lecithin), flavourings

 

Somewhat, but it is a once yearly indulgence AND Lindt use high quality ingredients (you can bet they use the highest quality soy lethicin money can buy)

 

Besides how can I rail against sin, if I haven’t sinned, (but of course, I have seen the light, repented and reformed).

[woodenhead]

20 minutes ago, Erichill16 said:

Once went out for a meal and asked what was available gluten free and i was delighted to hear that the Sunday roast was available and was ordered.

Plate came, no Yorkshire puddings, no roasties and no gravy. 
When i enquired the waiter said ‘well it is gluten free.’ I enquired about gravy and was told chef makes his own and it isnt GF. GF gravy is available in a packet and surely that would be better than no gravy at all. 
If I’d know I’d chosen something else or better still gone somewhere else.

I think thats a want, sorry.

why does a roastie require gluten???

 

I cook anything Mrs W will eat gluten free - curries, roasts, casseroles and stir fries.

 

[monkeysarefun]

1 hour ago, iL Dottore said:

Almonds, not hazelnuts. Almonds are also the more expensive nut (https://moneyinc.com/most-expensive-types-of-nuts-in-the-world/)

 

 

And are  insanely water-intensive - 

 

In the Murray valley area of South Australia, Almond farms use an average of 12.5 Mega litres per hectare per year, multiple times more more than any other irrigated crop.

 

A 2020 analysis by Victorian researchers published by the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, showed that one kilogram of shelled almonds in Australia carried a water footprint of nearly 7,000 litres — that's more than eight litres for a single 1.2-gram almond.

By comparison, according to the study, the water footprint of one kilogram of grapes was about 740 litres. 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 1 by monkeysarefun

[Tony_S]

27 minutes ago, polybear said:

cauli and broccoli

If the amount of certain chemicals naturally occurring in broccoli and other cabbagey veg were found in a manufactured product they probably be classed as not allowed for humans. Cooking methods reduce such toxins. 

[Erichill16]

29 minutes ago, woodenhead said:

why does a roastie require gluten???

 

I cook anything Mrs W will eat gluten free - curries, roasts, casseroles and stir fries.

 

Dont know, but frozen often contain wheat as its part of a coating. 
Does GF gravy taste any different from ‘normal’ gravy?

 

[Hroth]

1 hour ago, iL Dottore said:

Almonds, not hazelnuts. Almonds are also the more expensive nut (https://moneyinc.com/most-expensive-types-of-nuts-in-the-world/)

 

May I venture to suggest that though almonds are more expensive, the manufacturer of your knobbly egg probably sources the broken nuts from the nut extraction process 'cause they're cheaper and easier to crush down to size for coating?

🤪

 

ION

 

Oh yes, and whilst attempting to get here just now, I got The Message!

 

Edited April 1 by Hroth
ION...

[polybear]

1 hour ago, Hroth said:

 

But they're not even WHOLE hazlenuts, even Cadburys can achieve that!

 

("Nuts, whole hazlenuts! Cadburys take them and they cover them in chocolate!")

 

Bear had different words to that rhyme when we woz cubs…..

 

9 minutes ago, Hroth said:

……the manufacturer of your knobbly egg probably sources the broken nuts from the nut extraction process 'cause they're cheaper and easier to crush down to size for coating?

🤪

They’re probably the sweepings off the factory floor…..

Just thought I’d mention that….😂

 

ION…..

Din Dins scoffed so it’s now mid-way thru’ hilly wander mode time; the pitstop has been enabled then it’ll be the long uphill drag back to Bear Towers.  The killer hill has already been done - a repeat performance isn’t on the cards today cos’ the hind Paws are still feeling the effects of yesterday’s wander + the brake fitting fun on Saturday.

 

Bear gone…..

[Tony_S]

14 minutes ago, polybear said:

the brake fitting fun on Saturday.

Did you do the back brakes as well? Does Mickey only have rear discs or some auxiliary handbrake drums? My first Freelander had drums for the handbrake, in addition to the rear discs. It looked complicated. The rear discs needed replacing on the Evoque at the last service. I didn’t even think about doing it, too complicated disabling all the safety stuff.

Edited April 1 by Tony_S

[polybear]

2 minutes ago, Tony_S said:

Did you do the back brakes as well? Does Mickey only have rear discs or some auxiliary handbrake drums? My first Freelander had drums for the handbrake, in addition to the rear discs. It looked complicated. The rear discs needed replacing on the Evoque at the last service. I didn’t even think about doing it, too complicated disabling all the safety stuff.

Just the front discs & pads - the discs had been flagged several times on the MoT due to corrosion (lack of use during lockdown + low use anyway) and new pads are recommended with new discs (they’d also had a mention during service - though I thought there was a fair bit of life in them yet.

 

The rear brakes are drums with a proper manual handbrake (not those silly switch jobbies) though it does have “hill hold” - no idea how that’s done though.  In my experience rear shoes seem to last forever.

[PhilJ W]

2 hours ago, iL Dottore said:

Almonds, not hazelnuts. Almonds are also the more expensive nut (https://moneyinc.com/most-expensive-types-of-nuts-in-the-world/)

Almonds are one of those crops that damages the environment. More than 80% of the worlds almonds are produced in California where the conditions suit the almond trees. But almonds are a very thirsty crop and the growers have been drilling wells for years resulting in a lowering of the water table to such an extent that the native plants and animals are suffering. Also the Hoover dam can no longer work to full capacity because of low water levels in its reservoirs.

@monkeysarefun beat me to it.

Edited April 1 by PhilJ W

[Tony_S]

19 minutes ago, polybear said:

In my experience rear shoes seem to last forever.

I think when we had cars in the 1980s brake shoes were replaced more often due to leaky hydraulic contamination than wear. My Astra GTE used to eat front brake pads. Everything more sensible owned since then have been pretty reasonable. The Evoque front and back needed replacing at the same time, last service which was about 28000 miles. 

Edited April 1 by Tony_S

[TheQ]

Afternoon Awl,

When I got to the boat I found the cover torn, we've had 50 mph winds a couple of days ago. 

 

BM is now six inches longer when sailing, as I've moved the jib club mount backwards by that amount.

The jib now sets nicely, ( but could do with a slightly shorter foot to allow it to be really tight when required) took the advantage of it being off the boat to heat shrink the ends of the all four jib sheets. Drilling the jib club which is 3 mm thick stainless steel tube went surprisingly well considering it was just sat on an outside bench. 

 

By wrapping a kevlar rope ( 4 mm) round the mast ( 3 times) just above the gooseneck, then taking it back each side to the shroud hoops, hopefully the mast will have reduced bend at that point both sideways and forwards.

 

There is still much mast bend higher up, when all tensioned up, I'm thinking it needs another spacer to move the starting position further forward, but I didn't have the materials with me today.

 

Several other rope ends were also heat shrinked.

The jib was measured, and thoughts are going on to it's replacement. With the new setup, it needs a foot more on the luff, a couple of inches less on the foot,  the leech stays the same.

 

With rain forecast I can't take the cover home for repair, so when BM was put away. I've crossed some ropes over the cover to hold it in place...

 

She's now in her summer mooring next to the motorboat.. 

[PhilJ W]

2 hours ago, iL Dottore said:

Almonds, not hazelnuts. Almonds are also the more expensive nut (https://moneyinc.com/most-expensive-types-of-nuts-in-the-world/)

When I was in junior skool we lived in Hornchurch and the house backed onto Harrow Lodge Park. Extension of the park had begun in 1939 but was abandoned due to the war and the land used for growing food. After the war there was more important priorities and recommencing the work on the park did not start until the late fifties (commencing with the construction of the boating lake). There were areas of the park that were overgrown with scrub amongst which were a few hazelnut trees. During the skool holidays and for a few weeks into September us kids used to pick the nuts, half were eaten on the spot and the other half were taken home to our mums to be put away for Christmas. There were also brambles so we also picked blackberries which when not eaten on the spot were also taken home for mum to make jam. We didn't go near the brambles one year after an adder was spotted under them.

Edited April 1 by PhilJ W