Early Risers.

[Tony_S]

8 minutes ago, iL Dottore said:

culinary knowledge so poor in the UK that a dish as renowned as Eggs Benedict has to be explained?

Not everyone on Cunard ships is British. Many of the advisories (not shown on my sample) are to comply with other countries like the US.  

[polybear]

15 minutes ago, iL Dottore said:

 

Is culinary knowledge so poor in the UK that a dish as renowned as Eggs Benedict has to be explained?

 

 
It seems so

(What is it, by the way?)

[Tony_S]

1 minute ago, polybear said:

 
It seems so

(What is it, by the way?)

I ordered it with a side order of black pudding, hash browns and beans once…

[PhilJ W]

Evening all from Estuary-Land. Only a simple dinner tonight, another Crosta & Mollica pizza, just the plain tomato and mozzarella version with an apple for dessert. That apple was grown in Kent* and wasn't too bad as apples go but was very hard and not that sweet so the rest will be stored in a dark place for a couple  of months. *I'm not sure if food miles apply as the apples were pre-packed from Tess Coes so they could have been sent to a packing facility many miles away and then to a distribution warehouse even further away only to end up in a store no more than thirty miles from where they were grown.

[Hroth]

Perhaps the apples had to toughen up before they made their great voyage of discovery...  🤔

 

[PupCam]

Puppers is perplexed ......   (Surely not I hear you cry!)  

 

Puppers may be looking for an ignition coil pack for Monty.     

 

On the "official-ford-store" on EBay  in the compatible vehicles table for one particular 4 cylinder coil pack I note that it is compatible with a load of petrol Mondogs (who'd have thought) and no less than 7 diesel Mondogs.

 

Is it me?

 

Doesn't really inspire a Puppers with confidence.

 

 

[polybear]

39 minutes ago, Tony_S said:

I ordered it with a side order of black pudding, hash browns and beans once…

 
So egg n’ bacon in a bun with mayo, hash browns, beans n’ hockey puck.

Seems easy enough - though I’d dodge the H.Puck

[Coombe Barton]

... Two students in three hours, the first of whom revealed that he hadn't started the work that should have been done in February, the second having only completed about 30% of the reassessment. ...

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2024/06/28/fourth-day-of-testimony-resit-support-jacobean-islands/

[Peter Kazmierczak]

18 minutes ago, Coombe Barton said:

... Two students in three hours, the first of whom revealed that he hadn't started the work that should have been done in February, the second having only completed about 30% of the reassessment. ...

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2024/06/28/fourth-day-of-testimony-resit-support-jacobean-islands/

 

Thank goodness my world was Primary Education...

[Hroth]

6 minutes ago, Coombe Barton said:

... Two students in three hours, the first of whom revealed that he hadn't started the work that should have been done in February, the second having only completed about 30% of the reassessment. ...

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2024/06/28/fourth-day-of-testimony-resit-support-jacobean-islands/

 

In my "academic" career, I've never come NEAR to falling into the resit trap, I've submitted work for assessment on time and work that had approached the borderline for acceptability resulted in redoubled effort.  Its easier to do work at a measured pace than as a terrified panic with a few days to go. I got as far as an MSc, but never aspired to a Doctorate, I know my limits!

 

I suspect that I would have enjoyed your Excel course...

 

Retirement is enjoyable, but you will find yourself wondering how you got things done at home before you retired!

 

So the Skye Boat Song was Victorian Scottish Romanticism run riot? It doesn't surprise me.

 

[Tony_S]

16 minutes ago, Coombe Barton said:

... Two students in three hours, the first of whom revealed that he hadn't started the work that should have been done in February, the second having only completed about 30% of the reassessment. ...

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2024/06/28/fourth-day-of-testimony-resit-support-jacobean-islands/

The Excel error you mention in the blog was some very sloppy work. However I think the advocates for austerity would have done it anyway, but claiming it was based on economic research rather than political dogma gave them credibility. 

[Tony_S]

18 minutes ago, Peter Kazmierczak said:

 

Thank goodness my world was Primary Education...

Aditi was offered a job in an infant school once. She had been seconded for a year from her job as a lecturer at the FE college to help the Humanities Advisor with the geography part of the National Curriculum, especially any IT content. So she happened to be in one of the local primary schools (one of the RC ones) and the staff were so impressed with her they offered her a job as their IT coordinator, as they thought she must be an infant specialist. She said she wasn’t, she was FE trained, and wasn’t a Catholic, in fact not even a Christian. They still offered the job ! She didn’t take it though. She returned to her FE then HE career. 

Edited June 28 by Tony_S

[TheQ]

My I point out not all " little cherubs" are in school today.. the Scottish schools official last day was today, but many gave up during the week.

And the Skye( An t-Eilean Sgitheanach) boat song , words written by, Sir Harold Edwin Boulton, 2nd Baronet, CVO, CBE, JP  who was from Kent...

I know all about the Skye boat song having lived on Benbecula (Beinn na Faoghla), having sung it many times at school, Flora MacDonald was born 15 miles south of  my school on South Uist (Uibhist a Deas)  and they are believed to have set off from Peters Port . Which is where the army fishing club had their boats, so I've set off from there many times.

 

Flora MacDonald was then jailed in the tower of London which would have been the height of luxury compared the the Hebrides in the 1700s. 

 

Evening Awl, 

Getting to the outside world I tried the tarmac ish road classed as a green lane, got somewhat bumpily through. Hole definitely filled in.

Museum went well, saw no visitors till after 12:00, then only a few, so building a Type 13 radar MK2, went well.

I now needs a pivot shaft, 14mm long with some brass bearings.. now just where might I find those?

 

At at the MRC, counted the Tea bar money for the quarterly accounts.

Replaced a upright which will hold the lighting, the old one had broken at a knot in the wood.

 

One club member drove to the club... And now can't find his keys... Had to get a lift to get the spares from home..

 

I Got home via green lane, Ben still hobbling, was desperate to get up ,.. I had chips... Swmbo restrained him, he got them lying down for a change.. normally he has to earn them...

 

Muggachoccy gone, goodnight Awl.

 

 

Edited June 28 by TheQ

[BSW01]

Good evening everyone 

 

It rained on and off during my walk to the butchers, it was intermittent and not heavy, in fact it was so light, I didn’t feel it! The Trafford Centre visit was uneventful, but the cupboards and the fridge are now full, so at least we won’t starve now! Not that we would have done anyway! 

 

We caught up with last nights QT late this afternoon. Before that we both sat and read, or surfed t’internet. 

 

This afternoon I went downstairs to the cellar, taking something into the large room. Whilst in there, I noticed there were a number of flies in the room. Now, the other day, I cleaned up a lot of muck from underneath the fireplace. So I’m now wondering if we’ve got yet another bird stuck in the flue! If so, this will the second time in about 12 months since the last one, which was in our bedroom fireplace. We’ve never had a bird stuck in any flue before, so to get 2 in a year, is well, just arrrrgggg, bu99er!

[Peter Kazmierczak]

3 minutes ago, Tony_S said:

Aditi was offered a job in an infant school once. She had been seconded for a year from her job as a lecturer at the FE college to help the Humanities Advisor with the geography part of the National Curriculum, especially any IT content. So she happened to be in one of the local primary schools (one of the RC ones) and the staff were so impressed with her they offered her a job as their IT coordinator, as they thought she must be an infant specialist. She said she wasn’t, she was FE trained, and wasn’t a Catholic, in fact not even a Christian. They still offered the job ! She returned to her FE then HE career. 

 

I think she would've enjoyed it.

I suppose I'm looking back with rose-tinted glasses, but working in primary schools was a very special and privileged position. Sure, some of the children could be "challenging", but the good times far outnumbered the bad. It's left me with many happy memories.

I'll end with one piece of advice for anyone entering the profession (or rather, calling):

DO NOT let little girls in y1 or y2 (ie 5/6 year olds) know where the glitter is kept...
 

[BSW01]

Goodnight all 

[tigerburnie]

Had a drive over the hills for a lunch in Aboyne to celebrate our Wedding Anniversary, them meal should have been a Bear special "all day brekkie, with Bangers, Bacon, Egg, Beans and Black Pudding, except the Bangers were all sold out, so the drive over was more exciting than the grub.

 

[Tony_S]

9 minutes ago, TheQ said:

My I point out not all " little cherubs" are in school today..

It is Prom Night for the big secondary school here. I know this because a near neighbour was cleaning his car in preparation for taking his daughter and friend to the venue. She had hinted at perhaps going in a Ferrari, apparently a thing young people do now. My neighbour told his daughter that there was absolutely no way she would be able to get in and out of a Ferrari with the dress she was going to wear. So she would be going in their Ford Focus.

[PhilJ W]

Goodnight all.

[Erichill16]

Evening All,

A busy day here as after we took Hovis for her morning patrol the account came round with last years accounts and a heads of terms document for our perusal. Looks ok but a few minor tweaks are needed. Hopefully that’s one step closer to retirement.

In the afternoon we went down to Cannon Hall for a late lunch and bought a couple of gf pasties for the freezer.

I was ready to call it a day straight after tea but Hovis refuses to make a ‘deposit’ so no early night here.
Frustrating but you can’t get angry with her.

[Winslow Boy]

41 minutes ago, Tony_S said:

It is Prom Night for the big secondary school here. I know this because a near neighbour was cleaning his car in preparation for taking his daughter and friend to the venue. She had hinted at perhaps going in a Ferrari, apparently a thing young people do now. My neighbour told his daughter that there was absolutely no way she would be able to get in and out of a Ferrari with the dress she was going to wear. So she would be going in their Ford Focus.

Argh the wisdom of the old. I take it that was a been there, done that moment that your neighbour was relating.

[Winslow Boy]

47 minutes ago, Peter Kazmierczak said:

 

I think she would've enjoyed it.

I suppose I'm looking back with rose-tinted glasses, but working in primary schools was a very special and privileged position. Sure, some of the children could be "challenging", but the good times far outnumbered the bad. It's left me with many happy memories.

I'll end with one piece of advice for anyone entering the profession (or rather, calling):

DO NOT let little girls in y1 or y2 (ie 5/6 year olds) know where the glitter is kept...
 

There speaks the voice of experience.

[monkeysarefun]

2 hours ago, Erichill16 said:

A busy day here as after we took Hovis for her morning patrol the account came round with last years accounts and a heads of terms document for our perusal. Looks ok but a few minor tweaks are needed. Hopefully that’s one step closer to retirement.

In the afternoon we went down to Cannon Hall for a late lunch and bought a couple of gf pasties for the freezer.

I was ready to call it a day straight after tea but Hovis refuses to make a ‘deposit’ so no early night here.
Frustrating but you can’t get angry with her.

 

 

 Speaking of Border Terriers and accounts:  A couple of years ago a company here launched Colins Pale Ale, a beer for dogs.

 

 

It was in conjunction with the series "Colin From Accounts" and was actual beer for dogs, brewed from bone broth. I'm not sure how many people made that mistake....

 

ACtually "Colin From Accounts" is  worth a watch  if it is shown there. The first ep is not the strongest but after that its probably the best comedy series to ever feature a Border Terrier, and the second best TV show from Australia that has dogs in it.

Edited June 29 by monkeysarefun

[Ozexpatriate]

6 hours ago, iL Dottore said:

Is culinary knowledge so poor in the UK that a dish as renowned as Eggs Benedict has to be explained?

What on earth is wrong with having the details of a menu explained. It helps speed service by reducing the number of times waitstaff have to answer the same questions over and over again.

 

Describing fish as "Salmon" is certainly inadequate. Was it wild caught? What species/variety is it? Where was it caught / (raised 🤢 ) ? Similarly so with oysters. What species? What location are they from? etc. This is relatively normal in 'nice' places here.

 

If eating fish in the US, ask where it is from.

 

6 hours ago, Tony_S said:

Not everyone on Cunard ships is British. Many of the advisories (not shown on my sample) are to comply with other countries like the US.  

People in the US are very familiar with Eggs Benedict. And Eggs Florentine, though since there are soooo many variations in the details of the preparation, an explanation is always welcome. Crabcake Benedict (crabcake instead of ham/Canadian bacon and possibly a difference sauce or variation on Hollandaise - perhaps a little more piquant) can be very good excellent.

 

Most breakfast restaurants will have a description. I wonder if Britons (or Schweizerisch/Suisse for that matter) were faced with items like "Corned beef hash" (1), "Huevos Rancheros" (2) or "Chilaquiles" (3) (all of which can all be common in the US) a similar description might be welcome to avoid having to ask the waitstaff.

1. Diced, corned (boiled in corning salts) silverside/brisket beef with potatoes, onions and spices, usually served with your choice of eggs
2. Ranch eggs - served with refried beans, salsa and tortillas (meats like Mexican chorizo usually must be added)
3. Tortilla chips baked in salsa usually with eggs and often with pollo (chicken)

 

Edited June 29 by Ozexpatriate

[Ozexpatriate]

8 hours ago, Tony_S said:

What is the stuff in the little ramekin next to the lemons and sausages. The only thing we have a bit like that is some multicolour peppercorns (they came with a peppermill)?

I had assumed it was some AI-based interpretation of stone-ground mustard, but it does look like multicolour peppercorns.

 

Edited June 29 by Ozexpatriate