Early Risers.

[NGT6 1315]

Moaning awl.

 

Getting decidedly autumnal here these days, though I don't mind that one bit after the oppressive heat!

 

Today (and tomorrow, I guess) will be spent mostly with regenerating after a number of early shi(f)ts. I also feel like I still need to make up for lack of sleep caused by those rather too warm nights recently.

 

Other than that, taking care of FiL's estate continues bit by bit. We don't expect any pitfalls there, but I do hope everything will be settled as soon as possible because it's still something that occupies one's mind to an extent.

 

Stay safe and sound, folks. I'll try to stop by here more regularly!

[Winslow Boy]

2 hours ago, jamie92208 said:

I often ttry sauces etc with different meats.  One of my favourite sandwich fillings is cold sliced roast beef with mint jelly on it. 

 

Jamie

You've clearly been living abroad for too long Jamie.

[polybear]

19 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said:

Can't see his fingers. Are you sure it wasn't that gramophone that he was sat on.

I always ponder that when I see a Busker with a sound system - I’m pretty sure he was the real deal (I saw him a few times on different nights).

I also saw an Opera Singer - she was definitely the real deal.

[Winslow Boy]

2 minutes ago, polybear said:

I always ponder that when I see a Busker with a sound system - I’m pretty sure he was the real deal (I saw him a few times on different nights).

I also saw an Opera Singer - she was definitely the real deal.

One assumes my Dear Bear that is was all over when you saw the opera singer. For as the saying goes - it ain't all over until the fat lady sings.

[polybear]

12 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said:

You've clearly been living abroad for too long Jamie.

Bear has mint sauce on baked beans sometimes…..

[DaveF]

A cool morning, 5°C overnight but sunny with some distant clouds.  I was woken just before 7 by the sound of a ship's hooter, just one long blast.  A bit later there was the sound of a pile driver working across the river on a factory site, the sound sometimes carries.  Now all is quiet again.

 

Today will include a visit to church but I'm not sure what else.  All being well some work will be done on models, I need to look up about horese harness as one horse and cart needs a repair job.

 

At some time there will probably be a walk.

 

David

[Erichill16]

Morning All,

On buskers, I’ve bumped into this guy a couple of times, once in York and the other occasion in Chester. The second time I could hear him before I saw him but knew straight away who was playing due to his distinctive style. Got a couple of his CDs.
Ed Alleyne-Johnson

 

better get a move on.

 

[jjb1970]

2 hours ago, TheQ said:

In Saudi our cooks were from Kerala, once a month we had a curry night, I suspect it's the closest to real Indian curries I've had.

As for going native for food, we regularly had " Tammis" and dips, that's flat round bread and various versions for a bean / lentil thick dip. From the local takeaway, all being made in front of you...

 

Going to be busy today ..

Bye for now.

 

 

I spent about half of my sea career with mixed crews, the officers were British (then it went to the senior officers being British) with Filipino,  Trinidadian, Brazilian or Indian ratings. The Filipino and Indian cooks prepared two menus,  one for the officers and one for the ratings but it was quite common for the British officers to request the Asian alternative,  especially if the smell of a good curry or biryani was wafting out of the galley.

[PhilJ W]

Morning all from Estuary-Land. Not a bad night last night but I've still got to be careful about setting off the sciatica. SEERS track night tonight and as I have a couple of new items that run on parallel strips of metal to test I have to get them ready.

[rockershovel]

16 minutes ago, jjb1970 said:

 

I spent about half of my sea career with mixed crews, the officers were British (then it went to the senior officers being British) with Filipino,  Trinidadian, Brazilian or Indian ratings. The Filipino and Indian cooks prepared two menus,  one for the officers and one for the ratings but it was quite common for the British officers to request the Asian alternative,  especially if the smell of a good curry or biryani was wafting out of the galley.

I had a similar experience on Dutch construction vessels. The Filipino menu was often better than the UPF-heavy Dutch offerings. This was regarded rather askance by the Dutch crew (and on a vessel like that, all the Europeans are de-facto officers) 

[rockershovel]

2 hours ago, iL Dottore said:

There, fixed it for you.

 

Britain is definitely the home of both food snobbery and - as you have illustrated - inverse food snobbery. In most European and Asian countries food is (mostly/relatively) classless. It's either good or it isn't (some things, for financial reasons, may be the occasional treat for some but are nonetheless still enjoyed by all).

 

I wonder if the British attitude to food is because the British tend to socialise over alcohol (pubs, clubs, etc) more than they socialise over food. 

No, I'm going to challenge that. Britain is a polarised society, the advent of "diversity" has made it far worse; but food is classless, apart from circumstances and cost. 

 

The late Queen was quite happy to be seen and photographed cooking sausages on a brazier out in the middle of nowhere. HP sauce had the Royal Warrant, probably still does. The Scotch Egg and pork pie are ubiquitous. 

 

The working classes are well aware of the relationship between cost and quality, but they are better informed than they are given credit for; cf the "this soup is cold" joke which made a recent appearance on Red Dwarf, the joke being directed at Rimmer's pretentious habits. Lister, the archetypal Scouse slob knows better.

 

Kipling often describes Anglo-Indians eating curry, Sassoon does too in his quite brilliant evocation of the Edwardian era. 

 

The "food snobs" are the "political class", a sub-set of the upper middle classes and lower fringes of the aristocracy. For them, everything is a statement. The lower and upper orders alike mock them. 

[tigerburnie]

Well there's a result, I got a mail telling me my electricky bill would rise next year, but offered me a choice of tariffs(something not available last year). So instead of an increase of nearly a Deltic, I will be paying considerably less and have even covered the loss of the winter heating payment, a big tick.

[BSW01]

Good morning everyone 

 

The rain has stopped falling and by the look of the garden, it stopped some time ago. Sheila is busy getting ready to visit the hairdresser, so I’m keeping out of the way, I know what’s best! Today I’m going to try and extract a couple of coaches from the storage area and test fit a couple of the corridor connections I made last week. If they work without needing any modifications, then I can start assembling them. But before that, I’ll finish the back yard walls and gates for the terrace houses. 
 

I forgot to mention last night, I’ve got a date for my post op check-up and device activation, 21 October, 8 weeks and not the 6 weeks as stated, but at least I’ll be able to start using it after that. I can then think about returning to swimming again! Something I’ve not been able to do since before lockdown! 
 

Back later. 
 

Brian. 

[Hroth]

Here its wet and cold.

 

I'm sticking by my resolution not to put the heating on* so I'll have another mug of coffee in a moment then keep the circulation going by pushing the carpet monster about.

 

* I've some of those lcd thermometers that used to be handed out to encourage the "elderly" to keep warm, and the one I've just got out is exhorting me to turn the central heating up...

 

 

[Danemouth]

So tell us @polybear did you discover a Polish version of LDC? 😃

 

I thought the dishes you have shown us looked interesting but I am not sure about the baked bean and sossie soup!

 

Dave

[southern42]

<<Doh!>>

I posted this, a clip from the last night's LIVE Iceland eruption video I follow, on wotsapp to family thinking it was a 10 minute clip. It is 10 HOURs long! 🤣

 

[Hroth]

7 minutes ago, Danemouth said:

So tell us @polybear did you discover a Polish version of LDC? 😃

 

I thought the dishes you have shown us looked interesting but I am not sure about the baked bean and sossie soup!

 

Dave

 

I put the remaining portions of the soss casserole I made the other day in the freezer "for later".  After doing that, I was left with a quantity of liquid and vegetables that filled a soup bowl, so I kept it for reheating for lunch* the next day.

 

As I'd put a tin of kidney beans in the casserole, it looked just like Bears soup!

 

* It was nice, I might try doing it as a soup later in autumn.  I've some of those "soup freezing" bags about...

 

Edited September 12 by Hroth

[NGT6 1315]

This incident yesterday currently gets a lot of attention here. Everyone in Dresden got real lucky that this collapse did not happen during daytime traffic! Note that a tram had actually crossed the collapsed section only minutes earlier.

[Hroth]

14 minutes ago, NGT6 1315 said:

This incident yesterday currently gets a lot of attention here. Everyone in Dresden got real lucky that this collapse did not happen during daytime traffic! Note that a tram had actually crossed the collapsed section only minutes earlier.

 

The parallel roadbridge is also exhibiting staining at its joints, I imagine that the authorities will be examining it for signs of imminent collapse too...

 

[Tony_S]

7 minutes ago, Hroth said:

will be examining it for signs of imminent collapse too...

500 similar bridges on Autobahns to inspect too.

[NGT6 1315]

2 minutes ago, Hroth said:

 

The parallel roadbridge is also exhibiting staining at its joints, I imagine that the authorities will be examining it for signs of imminent collapse too...

 

Yes, the road bridge has been closed as well and is being monitored. The collapsed tram/pedestrian bridge had been scheduled for repairs and refurbishment next year, while the road bridge has received such treatment already. I guess it should be fine in theory, assuming this work has been carried out properly, but it’s obviously prudent not to take chances after this kind of failure. Salt corrosion has been named as a likely cause, in conjunction with certain characteristics of early pre-stressed concrete edifices such as lack of structural redundancy and understanding of environmental effects on the material used.

[Tony_S]

1 minute ago, NGT6 1315 said:

as lack of structural redundancy and understanding of environmental effects on the material used.

The local citizens interviewed seemed astonished that such a thing could happen in Germany, one associated such things with Italy or the US!

[NGT6 1315]

48 minutes ago, Tony_S said:

The local citizens interviewed seemed astonished that such a thing could happen in Germany, one associated such things with Italy or the US!

Seeing how we have a number of worn-out bridges locally too (even if of different designs), it did cause a degree of debate here as well. I‘m also reading Hamburg has now closed a bridge on the A1 motorway for HGVs as a result of previously detected damage.

[Tony_S]

8 minutes ago, NGT6 1315 said:

it did cause a degree of debate here as well.

We are in a period of “managed decline” of our roads according to a County Council statement I saw earlier this year. . One day all the potholes will link up revealing the next layer down. 

[polybear]

1 hour ago, Danemouth said:

So tell us @polybear did you discover a Polish version of LDC? 😃

 

 

Lemon Tart - a pretty big wedge for about four quid:

 

 

1 hour ago, Danemouth said:

I thought the dishes you have shown us looked interesting but I am not sure about the baked bean and sossie soup!

 

Dave

Bear scoffed the soup so it couldn’t have been too bad….

Edited September 12 by polybear