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Didn't us blokes put down some wagers on when you'd have that thing built a few posts back?Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulclem
Will your report delivery go something like this?:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzbhbetwYFU
Nice to see you grace the floors of this hallowed place once again.Quote:
Originally Posted by soundofmusic
I just finished the first Spring mowing.
Spring ! What's that then ? there isn't a blade of grass anywhere on the farm.
That's a good thought. Anyone know where the old Scotty is?Quote:
Originally Posted by soundofmusic
Got to be something in your soil - carrots are normally a piece of cake.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulclem
The result of spending three months under snow?Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
we've had the wind stuck in the east for many a week as well. The sheep are eating soil. Or as my octogenarian neighbour is fond of saying - "Their belly thinks their throat's bin cut."
Send 'em my way. All-you-eat pine pollen here. Ah-choo.
I don't think so - probably the temperature and when planted. I have to say, lots of the people I speak to report poor yield. I've had more success in pots - but again they were planted later.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
After a Hellacious week... two weeks before the all-important testing and we can't suspend anyone... we went out for Mexican: big burritos, chimichangas and a picture of margaritas followed by tequila shots.
At this point nothing makes sense except:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HlSeUxN-TX...leed-cover.jpg
:cheers2::cheers2::cheers2:
Thank God for online spell check!!!
Finishing the evening off with:
http://365beers.files.wordpress.com/...bock.jpg?w=470
http://www.29-95.com/files/images/ro...ky-fingers.jpg
Set my alarm clock for noon!:cheers2:
^Looks like the spellcheck had a few too many as well. heheQuote:
Originally Posted by stlukesguild
Enjoy the evening !
For me, not quite as exotic as your Celebrator, nevertheless, I happened to see this new addition to the beer aisle, so I grabbed a six pack earlier today:
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps3d4a7294.jpg
The Celebrator was the last of the beers the wife bought me for Christmas... now you know one reason why I married her.
Yes Spell=check sucks at recognizing the wrong word: pitcher/picture or their/there/they're.
Nothing wrong with Newcastle... never noticed the pin-ups before.
I first had Celebrator in New York... bought by friends as I was leaving to move back to Cleveland. A fabulous beer.
We have the same problem, but for different reasons here. It's only rained three days since Xmas, instead of the average 30-odd. About 80% of the country has been declared an official drought zone.Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
I have two boys that get hay fever so badly they BOTH contracted pneumonia during the summer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sancho
You see, I never think of the temperature - it's never too cold to plant here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulclem
I've been watching the weather up your end of the planet - you have had it bad.
Nice!Quote:
Originally Posted by stlukesguild
Have you read Keef's book? One of the funniest things I've ever read.
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Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
Wha...
Soon their diets will be transitioning to tundra mosses and lichens.Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
How deep's the permafrost these days?
Actually, I should clarify, it was the "Bombshell" variant of Newcastle that is new to me and to the beer aisle. The Newcastle Brown Ale I've had a few times in the past having been introduced to it by the Blokes, in fact see Mick's avatar.Quote:
Originally Posted by stlukesguild
Yeah...it puzzled me too, nevertheless, I was smitten with the blond on the label.Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
She is quite smooth.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4_R5cQVU1o
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Ouch!Quote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
Yep, every spring around about tax time, pine pollen covers everything and everybody in the southeastern US. Great clouds of yellow dust meander across the road with the breeze. My backyard pool looks like a huge cauldron of East Indian curry. My car looses around half its power until I replace the air filter. And my black-and-white Springer Spaniel, well, we've just taken to calling him 'Ole Yeller'.
Allergy-wise, though, it's really not too bad. The particles are a lot bigger than hardwood pollens and hence don't cause most folks to sneeze all that much, at least not the people who grew up here. My mom moved here from Chicago when she was in her twenties and she never got used to it. It just makes my eyes water a little bit.
http://i971.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps515c317b.jpg
http://i971.photobucket.com/albums/a...pse57bb47e.jpg
Okay, Athiest. Where is my Shirley Temple? And nobody better steal my cherry.
Haha "Ole Yeller"Quote:
Originally Posted by Sancho
Here it's the Cedar pollen that casts a yellow blanket on everything.
I see you found the bar. Parker... a round of "Shirley Temples" for the gals and "Roy Rogers" for the boys.Quote:
Originally Posted by SilentMute
My mom's car is always being covered by insect spooge. I suppose we have pollen, since my allergies flare up. However, this stuff seems like the same stuff that covers our plants, and this seems to be due to insects. It is really annoying now, because I'm in the middle of painting the car. I'm putting on the clear coat, which is a real pain to apply. Sometimes the stuff attaches itself while the coat is still wet.
The birds approve of the car's new paint job. They've started to bomb the car again. When she had no paint (we call the car Selena--after Catwoman), they never touched her. I don't know whether they felt sorry for her because she had no paint and had rust holes in her, or whether birds are snobs and only want attractive canvases to display their poop. However, despite my many mistakes--the streaks, the less than perfectly applied bondo and such--they have condescended to poop on her. I supposed I should take it as a compliment.
Haha! That is brilliant!
I believe that's Parker bringing the ST right now.
Sancho - great pics. I'd be buying gas masks.
Where the devil is my comment; I wrote like 2 pages...ah well, I'll try again.
I hope you'll put your speech on youtube; do you do any you tube videos anymore Paul?Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulclem
I'll have to get some tips on potatos; the ones in the market lately stink. I like these little purple potatos...taste sort of like a cabbage, ever seen them?Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulclem
Thank you, good to be with the coolest guys on the web.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
sorry to hear about the boys Atheist; I sometimes think we would all be alittle healthier with a bit of cold to kill the trees and the germs.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
Gentlemen, meet my daughter...I wouldn't bother with the Shirley Temple though, she's legal, ask Parker to bring out the real stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by SilentMute
Throw in some Dale Evans and I'll sing along...Happy trails........to you....Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
Well, I guess we better plan another barbeque....Quote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
Yes, unfortunately, we live in one of those damned green belts, so there are trees everywhere. My suggestion that we cut 'em all down for carparks hasn't been well received.Quote:
Originally Posted by soundofmusic
A barbeque? Good idea.
And I believe Parker's found the Drambuie.
I'll take that as my cue.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
Remember this one posted sometime in the past in an effort to lure Jocky back ?...
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...y/IMGP1834.jpg
^My maternal Czech Grandmother's Drambuie crate and dad's (he was mostly Scottish) bagpipe album
I'm telling you the two familiy's were meant for each other!
(the bottle was a more recent purchase by me in honor of Grandma)
A little hot for a barbeque, I think. Can't we stay indoors with the AC?
As for bringing out the good stuff, I may stick to non-alcoholic drinks. I hope this doesn't detract points from me being an honorary dude, but like Hop Frog...I get a little nutty with drinking. Remember what happened at Terry's wedding, mum? Take a sip of champagne, and the next minute I'm out on the dance floor with the bride--dancing backwards in high heels that I was wobbling in.:willy_nilly: It is amazing I didn't break my ankle.
Besides, someone probably should be the designated driver. Of course, I don't drive...maybe it shouldn't be me. However, I can at least tell you all who peed themselves and why you woke up with a swear word shaved in your head and a Tinkerbell tattoo.:biggrin5:
I'd quite forgotten about that. I'll have to do another sometime.Quote:
Originally Posted by soundofmusic
Not sure about the taties. There are loads of varieties though. I'm trying Pink Fir (not fur, which doesn't sound as appealing) Apple this year too. They are a very knobbly salad potato.
I've just finished my application for my boss' job. It took a lot of time. I've got that post application feeling now - y'know, the one where you don't care if you get an interview anymore. I'm going to have a cognac tonight with the footie. Yippee.
Scratch that. I'll have a Drambuie.
During all that cold weather, I was walking through snow drifts to feed Fred-the-octogenarian's sheep and he would ply me with his home made sloe gin. That's gin, sugar and the friut of the blackthorn steeped together and matured for a year or so. I'd stagger home infused with a rosy glow, it's a very warming concoction.
Not drinking alcohol is perfectly acceptable - gentlemen would never look down on someone who prefers their drinks alcohol-free.Quote:
Originally Posted by SilentMute
Now, about that Tinkerbell tattoo - who's been telling tales??????
Ee by gum, you have the best sig line I've ever seen!Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
I hear in prisons that they do some mixture with Sunny Delight, which they allow to ferment under the toilet. I don't know if they have to add sugar or not. Anyway, I guess liquor is liquor to them.
Now, I am curious. Do people drink to get drunk...or do they actually like the taste of liquor? Now myself, I don't tend to drink liquor very much, but I do enjoy using it in my cooking. To many of the neighbors around my parts, what I do is perfectly criminal. However, liquor can transform an ordinary sauce into something quite divine.
Of course, I don't really expect someone who drinks fermented Sunny Delight, particularly that has been sitting under a prison toilet, to understand.
I used to drink for the effects - and taste was secondary. Now I drink little except in my coffee down the allotment and watching the football. I did have a great bottle of Jim Beam Bourbon with honey for Christmas, which I really liked, and I drank for the flavour. I'll ask for that again. I like spiced rum in coffee. Superb.Quote:
Originally Posted by SilentMute
My Mother in Law once made a brilliant hot trifle with loads of sherry in it. It was great, and I like alcohol in cooking. My Grandma used to make really nice sherry trifles, and wine is great in gravy.
It's for the effects - which are by no means all bad. We brits are a bit uptight, we use it for a social lubricant.
There's no hard & fast rule, although I think it's fair to say more young people drink to get drunk and don't care what does the trick.Quote:
Originally Posted by SilentMute
From my own perspective, I don't drink any alcohol that isn't worth drinking in its own right: champagne, single-malt scotch, the occasional liqueur, a top-line brandy, an award-winning dark ale or a martini made by someone who knows how to make them. (like me) I haven't been drunk for close to 30 years, though.
I class booze as another sensual pleasure and special treat.
As Mick says, drinking a little to loosen up is fine, but there's a line most of us learn to stay inside when we get older. Some people never learn and I have alcoholic mates that drink 2 litres of wine a day.
Hear hear!Quote:
Originally Posted by SilentMute
I use a lot more alcohol in cooking than I do in drinking; there are few meals I cook that don't require at least a good splosh of wine.
Pretty sure I could pass on that!Quote:
Originally Posted by SilentMute
After the swine 'flu panic, our prisons introduced antiseptic handwash. The prison authorities forgot that it is made up of about 60% alcohol, but the prisoners didn't!
They don't use it now.
I must admit, after trying to remove tons of vines and dead leaves from under several overgrown trees in our yard and having one which likes to drop a few branches on the roof each hurricane; I am all for cutting them all down. I'm just trying to decide whether to take the affordable route with the half blind Jamaican fellow that drinks a few cups of rum, waits until after dark and goes up side the tree with a chain saw in a cherry picker, or check out the fellows with insurance who want so much money I will have to put a lean against all Silent's future income...Quote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
Now, where to have the picnic...We could have a real southern picnic at Sanchos next to his pool, or...near Pauls shed; I think we might even find Jockey still in there. Drambuie, everyone is raving about it. I'm pretty sure any liquor I get over on your side of the pond would have me dancing on tables for days.
I think Jockey did come back for a bit didn't he? I think some of us just fall asleep at the computer keys after we come home from a days work or, in my case, loafing. I still can't quite get the appreciation of bagpipes and men in kilts. I saw a pic of Prince Charles and his dad in kilts...gracious, what a hideous site, it even overwhelmed my curiosity about what happens in Scotland with a bit of a wind storm.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
Yes, in those days, Silent needed a bit of Champagne to come out of her shell. Now, like her mother, she leaves the shell off and throws caution to the wind....Quote:
Originally Posted by SilentMute
Hum, I don't think it was my head....any body know where my lady shick razor is; I need to check a blast from the past....
Yes, I thought your youtube skit was brilliant. Good luck with your application. I don't know why job interviews are such a process now; I can remember when you used to go into a place with a pair of short shorts and a itty bitty top, flirt with a manager and bang...you had a job...uh, don't try that fellows...Uh, you either Silent.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulclem
What's a footie?
I don't think after that, you'd notice if your toes were frozen; sounds devine.Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
I must admit, Silent's tales are always so inventive that I never mind hearing them, even when they are about me. Of course, in a few years, when I have Dementia...or more than I have now, it might be a little worrisome as I will believe them.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
Silent is a fantastic cook for sure...I think she could out do Martha Stewart, even if she were in prison and only had Sunny Delight on hand.Quote:
Originally Posted by SilentMute
Nothing is better than a bit of liquor in coffee...I like Kahlua in mine.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulclem
Funny thing about the Brits and alcohol is that it never seems to dull the senses. Three hours after they're tipsy, they are still discussing politics.Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
Atheist is a heck of a cook too; I think maybe we should have a cook off with Silent and Atheist...and whoever else cooks...all the local meals...Quote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
Really, antiseptic in the prisons?
Oh, yes! A cook-off! That would be fun! How about it, Athiest? We could even put it on Youtube! Nothing people love more than a reality show, particularly if someone has a foreign accent! Brits wouldn't need liquor if they watched more reality shows. Reality shows have been dumbing down America over the years that now people don't need to drink anymore to act like total idiots! They are already that way!
Here is my contribution--a real crowd-pleasing dish. And I don't need to cook it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-Ipr...FDC4BA&index=4
It is amazing how people can get to the point where they aren't particular where their alcohol comes from. I think I recall mom telling me about how her mother used to have to hide the shaving lotion and rubbing alcoholic when another relative came to visit because he used to try to drink it.
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Originally Posted by soundofmusic
Well then,
Come one - Come all
Big and Small
Short and Tall
Them and Y'all
- to the 1st annual Barn Dance, Barbecue, and Book-Club Shin-dig at El Sancho's Backyard Pool and Frog Pond.
It's gonna be a hoity-toity, high-class affair so dress appropriately - flip-flops and cut-offs for the gentlemen, tube tops and sweat pants for the ladies.
Bring the kiddies. There'll be free rides (aka El Sancho's tractor - psst, I've got a pasture that needs Bush-hogging). If your kids are small, bring two of 'em. One can steer and operate the PTO while the other one can work the pedals.
Mick can bring Fred-the-Octogenarian and Fred can bring a couple of jugs of his hooch.
Silent can bring the Sunny-D.
Paul is in charge of the salad bar.
And Gill is in charge of the Flaming Hookers and the bagpipes (hey-hey-hey, minds out of the gutter, one is a reeded instrument and the other is a drink made with Drambuie that just happens to be on fire).
Speaking of music, since it'll be such a high-class gathering there'll be a string quartet, which as you all know consists of a banjo, a fiddle, a guitar, and a one-string washtub-and-broomstick bass. Perhaps we should invite Emil.
I'll set up a couple of tables so's Sound-O can dance.
Atheist, we'll have it on Sunday. That way all the Evangelicals will be safely ensconced in their churches and we can sneak you out here without any nasty hullabaloo with the locals.
Well, that should do it.
Wait! Directions:
From the city of Atlanta, take U.S. 19/41 (Tara Blvd.) and go south. When you pass Scarlet O'Horror 's place you'll come a fork in the road - take it. Go past Roy-Gene's Pig Emporium and turn right, which is where you will depart the paved surface. You'll see a mobile-home park on your left and a Meth Lab on your right - keep going straight (don't slow down). My place will be another 10 miles down the way. You can't miss it. If it has just rained or something, 4WD may come in handy.
See you-all there.
I think we've gone with Sancho's place. That hut smells!Quote:
Originally Posted by soundofmusic
Thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by soundofmusic
Now I need to bleach my brain!
Nah, you'll forget about 2 minutes later.Quote:
Originally Posted by soundofmusic
Stupid eh?Quote:
Originally Posted by soundofmusic
It's not as though prisoners are the cleanest people and needed it.
I'm on my way!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sancho
Sure, I'll be a starter!Quote:
Originally Posted by SilentMute
As it happens, I've been posting recipes lately for people who can't afford to spend a lot of money. Tasty, nutritious food that people seem to be too stupid to figure out for themselves.
Have a look around - there are still more to come, but remember, this is the cheap stuff. When I'm in cooking mode, it's fillet steak all the way!
Here's a dish I made last night. (Mrs P is at her Mother's)
Take one lump of dead sheep, put in a pot with potatoes.
Put it in Aga at bed time.
Take it out in the morning.
Eat throughout the day, until wife returns.
@Athiest--the fish cakes sound good! We are always looking for new ways to cook salmon.
Okay, I need to ask...the Flaming Hookers. Are they as interesting as their name implies...or is this another case where the Brits have used a term for an ordinary object that has a totally different meaning in America? You know...fags are cigarettes and a pussy is a sweet old lady (I think)...two terms that have totally different meanings in America. You cannot imagine what I was thinking when I heard that Robbie Williams song where he croons, "My breath smells like a thousand fags" (I didn't realize he meant cigarettes).
Anyway, I don't want to make an arse of myself, so I hope you gents will be good enough to enlighten me. Don't want to go to Sancho's place with a bunch of kiddies around with a certain expectation of what a Flaming Hooker is, and then find out it is the name of your lawnmower or something.
Some good points for rolling on floor. LMAO!Quote:
Originally Posted by SilentMute