He's Gonna Step On You Again...
...which, and I may be being a tad too cryptic here (if so, apologies) means ...



Happy Monday(s)!


(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 4:28, 158 replies, latest was 17 years ago)

Hi Ed.
I'm only coming on this thread if you promise not to twist my melons man.
( girlinthehole, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 8:53, Reply)

morning folks
I'm tired. had a good weekend though.

did everyone else?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 8:54, Reply)

weekend
I had a lovely weekend. Went down to Galway and Clare. It was very lovely, despite the torrential downpoars!
(weekirst23 Is broken! Silly ice. Silly High heels!, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 9:06, Reply)

Mornin' all
Good weekends?
( Cawl, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 9:17, Reply)

@BGB
Neither will I call the cops!
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 9:18, Reply)

Bez!
He's my hero... He did more for bad dancing than anyone else I can think of, thus making my teenage nightclub pulling effots much easier.

Great weekend thanks... Chickenlady and I took took the mini-chickens (chicken nuggets?) to the Battle of Britain museum, complete with Spitfires, Hurricanes and cute, furry kittehs and also managed to get a climb in on Sunday too.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Mon 11 Aug 2008, 9:19, Reply)

@PJM
Did the nuggets get into the open-cockpit JP?
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 9:29, Reply)

Edmund
Nah, I'd have elbowed them out of the way if there were half a chance of that...
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Mon 11 Aug 2008, 9:33, Reply)

Scarily, I'm glad to be back at work.
Somethings not right in the land of Miss Blouse if being at work is preferable to being at home : (
( girlinthehole, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 9:34, Reply)

@PJM
I'm an RAF brat and my Dad used to take me to Hendon at least once or twice a year and I'd always get in the cockpit whilst my Dad was wandering around salivating!
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 9:39, Reply)

Morning
I am very well thanks, what delights does today behold for you all?
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 9:40, Reply)

Another Monday
And no bloody work. I've been dossing for 4 weeks now (2 weeks after last contract finished and then 2 weeks holiday) and am rapidly running out of cash.

The Obergruppenfuhrer thinks it's wonderful as she's a teacher and thinks we can have idyllic family days, however the overdraft won't like it.

Time to start the whole job search malarkey again, methinks.

Can I find something that I would enjoy, that pays enough to live on, and is within a reasonable distance of home? Yeah, right.

Hey Ho, hope everyone else is having a fluffier morning.
(osok Rebel without a clue, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 9:43, Reply)

Sounds good...
I'm back at work after two weeks off.
It doesn't feel very good.
*frowns*

On the plus side, I had a lovely time with ancrenne at the weekend, met some fantastic 'net weirdos on Friday night and had a wide range of alcohol.
( Cawl, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 9:43, Reply)

@Edmund
This was Hawkinge, you can tell that the museum doesn't have a lot of funding to spare, but there are lots of planes to see, both complete and in bits.

There were "do not touch" signs everywhere reminding you how valuable the exhibits are, which was made all the funnier when a large and very friendly ginger cat emerged from the cockpit of a Spitfire, having just had a snooze in there.

Bless
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Mon 11 Aug 2008, 9:44, Reply)

@osok
www.jobserve.com?

When I've been out of contract for more than a couple of days (admittedly I'm fortunate in that it hasn't happened for a couple of years) I've always gone on here and made a pain in the ar$e of myself to the recruiters :)
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 9:45, Reply)

@PJM
Never been there - sounds good though, might take a trip up there when I'm home (11 days to go :))

Edit: here's Hendon updated www.rafmuseum.org.uk/london/index.cfm
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 9:46, Reply)

Morning!
My weekend was fab, thanks. Met some most excellent people off the internets on Friday night, followed by a leaving do and a punch-up. (Which didn't involve me, I hasten to add).

Saturday was spent at a Stag night, a pub crawl followed by Wimbledon dogs followed by the dodgiest, seediest strip bar you ever did see. Talk about living the stereotype! It's a place I shall never return to... I actually felt a bit grimy afterwards...

Consequently, Sunday was a complete write-off. I'm just about human again!
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 9:50, Reply)

Ed
Ta, I'll have a shufti. The boss just wants me to have a 9-5 Mon-Fri as I've been working 6/7 days per week for the last 10 years, but the industry I'm in (car finance) is flat on it's posterior at the moment, so everyone's cutting costs, which includes my services.

Back to hairycraft, has anyone been to the Yorkshire Air Museum? I tried to go while I was over that way last week, but the rest of the party wouldn't let me go as I am God's Own Aircraft Bore. Peasants.
(osok Rebel without a clue, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 9:51, Reply)

Morning all
I'm off to feed some fluffeh bunnies, guinea pigs, hamster and cat and then go to work. See you all later :)
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 9:53, Reply)

Have fun
becks.

Its been quiet recently, is everyone on holiday?
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 9:56, Reply)

@Osok
you are the second biggest air bore, the most dull. boring, anally fixated person in the world is in our office.

Be it aircraft, food, bicycles, life blah blah blah he can outbore anyone.
(Halfy By light alone, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 10:06, Reply)

@osok
I'm an aircraft bore too to such an extent that I went to OASC Biggin Hill (and failed) to try to get near to my ambition of trying to fly for a living.

Think I've gotten over it now ... I've jumped out of a few of them which I think means I'm no longer allowed to be an aircraft bore anymore.

My Dad - despite 22 years in the RAF - is STILL an aircraft bore and he takes his grandaughter (my daughter) to air shows two or three times a year despite her being a precocious wee 11-year old who's getting bored by it but flutters her eyelids at him appealingly and he spoils her rotten.
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 10:09, Reply)

@Ed
You have a daughter?
( girlinthehole, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 10:11, Reply)

BGB
I'd say that's fairly obvious from the above post :p
( Cawl, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 10:13, Reply)

@Kaol
Yes I know that!!!

I was just re-iterating the fact so he could expand on the information.

*blows raspberry*
( girlinthehole, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 10:14, Reply)

@BGB
Yep. Victoria, also known as Boo.

She's the apple of her Dads eye, although she lives with her Mum (I'm long since divorced).

Equally, she's long since given up telling her Dad that he's silly when she learns about my attempts to go climb things. The first time I went to Svalbard she was eight and wanted me to hug a polar bear for her. Err, yeah love, OK... :/
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 10:14, Reply)

Haha!
I know...
I just had to comment...
( Cawl, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 10:15, Reply)

@Ed
And does geekdom beckon for your little Boo?
( girlinthehole, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 10:23, Reply)

@BGB
Let me give you an example ... when she was four I used to get in from work and explain what I'd been up to. She'd sit on her bed, fold her arms, roll her eyes and just say "Silly Daddy!".

So I suspect not. Although she is a very talented wee mathematicianette!
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 10:25, Reply)

Ed
Have also done the jumping out of working aircraft routine a few times (which is why I have a duff knee to this day) but there will never be a day when the sound of a Merlin doesn't send a shiver up the old spine.

P.S. Job Search websites are pish. If I see the word 'dynamic' again I may lose control of multiple sphincters.
(osok Rebel without a clue, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 10:28, Reply)

For all the nerds here
www.kbobm.org/
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Mon 11 Aug 2008, 10:30, Reply)

Ah,
it's good to see a few more Aeroplane geeks on here!

From previous posts, you'll find that as a kid I wanted to be a RAF pilot, until my dreams were crushed my my STUPID EYES!!

Oh well.

I've always wanted to skydive, but have the horrible fear of pulling the cord and... nothing. Just thousands of feet of impending doom, and a Victorian scoundrel laughing while holding a pair of scissors and some parachute cord.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 10:31, Reply)

@Ed
Ooooo! maths eh!

Just wait till she tells you she wants to be an air hostess, then you'll be sweating it.
( girlinthehole, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 10:31, Reply)

@osok
Agreed - I defy anyone (other than a German ;)) to not feel a lump in the throat when a Merlin gets going.
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 10:32, Reply)

Good morning all!
I have been very, very productive this morning.

I have just written 2015 words of a new short story in an hour!

Hooray for me!

That's my writing work done for the day!

Now any moment I'm off to the drs to have him look at my back - he won't do anything except look at it, suck in his teeth in the manner of a car mechanic and tell me it's going to cost me...then point me in the direction of an expensive osteopath and pain killers.

Oh joy.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 10:32, Reply)

@DiT
Dope rope mate - static line. You're tied to the aircraft and when you jump by the time you stop screaming the canopy is opening above you!
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 10:33, Reply)

DiT
Don't worry, it's not the fall that kills you, just hitting the ground. So by that logic, enjoy the ride but be aware that the last second may smart a bit.
(osok Rebel without a clue, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 10:33, Reply)

Morning all!
I too have had a good weekend. Sadly I missed meeting the internet weirdos on Friday as I had been abducted to the Candy Bar by some lesbians, on Saturday I drank for free all day at a friend's wedding and on Sunday I was a dribbling, yawning wreck.

DiT - Dodgy strip bar? Not The Griffin, by any chance?
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 10:34, Reply)

@BGB
My little Boo will be the best looking nun in the convent ;)

If being a trolley dolly would make her happy then I'd grit my teeth and be happy for her but I've been (slowly, gently) steering her towards science.

Science Museum ftw!
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 10:34, Reply)

Ed
Or you duff the exit, spin,and look up to find you've twisted the lines good and proper, hence waving your legs around like a mong as the ground approaches...
(osok Rebel without a clue, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 10:37, Reply)

@osok
...you've done that too?

It's scary biscuits!
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 10:40, Reply)

@chickenlady.
There's nothing a doctor can do about having a masculine back ; )


@Ed - You can't fight nature....let's just hope she has some of your geek dna.
( girlinthehole, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 10:42, Reply)

@BGB
My Boo's a geekette!
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 10:42, Reply)

@ BGB
Hahahah...yes, I know, I'm resigned to that. But I'm hoping he can sort out the pain I'm getting in my thigh. At the moment I can't walk very far without being in a great deal of pain.

I can still climb though...but I suspect I may be making it worse by climbing on an injury.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 10:43, Reply)

@Wellgroomedwookie.
You weren't covered in chocolate when you were abducted by the lesbians, were you?
( girlinthehole, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 10:43, Reply)

Ed
Yup, and the rule was if your AOD popped the reserve you were binned off the site - if you landed under reserve you'd better have the handle in your hand or else.

So lots of pulling/kicking in a slightly panicky style.

Happy Days
(osok Rebel without a clue, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 10:48, Reply)

@ BGB
If I was in that position, my luck would have it that they all had a chocolate allergy.

Could always watch mind you.
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 10:48, Reply)

@osok
Agreed!

I was offered the chance of starting my polar trip next year by parachuting onto the north pole but thought to myself "hold on a sec, what's wrong with this picture?"

Blue skies, forever.
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 10:50, Reply)

No chocolate was involved,
just a very unwise quantity of beer.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 10:50, Reply)

ning!
god i'm bored already

edit: to clarify, by work, not by you lot!
( thealternativefact, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 10:53, Reply)

Cheers osok!
From the wisdom of Calvin and Hobbes:

"It's not the pace of life that worries me, it's the sudden stop at the end."

@Wookie: The Griffin is a haven of class and sophistication compared the the Queen Anne in Vauxhall...

EDIT: 'Ning, Clenders!
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 10:54, Reply)

Morning all
Aeroplanes and offspring.

I don't have either.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Mon 11 Aug 2008, 10:55, Reply)

@Ed
I think it's been done - the infamous Arctic Boogie, off the rear ramp of a Fat Albert. Jammy Gits.

However I have been given permission to bog off to Estonia at some point and jump an AN-2. At night. From 600 feet, into water. EEk
(osok Rebel without a clue, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 10:55, Reply)

DiT
I can't believe you truly exist! I am delighted it's been proved.

Edit: Clenders? Why do my nicknames always get nicknames? The guy who first called me clendrix now calls me clenny.
Like it tho...
( thealternativefact, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 10:55, Reply)

...
@MrsL - is that the voice of disappointment (not having an aircraft, rather than not having an offspring)

@osok - I did a Herc boogie in Sweden, 'twas aceness. But a night drop from 600ft into water from an AN2? Sod that!
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 10:58, Reply)

@clendrix
I often get called Miss Blouse and I like it too. Makes me feel all prim and proper.
( girlinthehole, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 11:00, Reply)

Heheh Clenny.
Sounds like something you might find in a rockpool.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 11:00, Reply)

Listen here, honorary lesbian
There are lots of fun things to be found in rockpools.
How's your hangover?
( thealternativefact, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 11:01, Reply)

@Ed
At least if you make a boo-boo you won't have much time to worry about it! It's Russian chutes as well...


Off to deliver the spawn to somewhere vital, TTFN folks
(osok Rebel without a clue, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 11:03, Reply)

I like most of the things you can find in rockpools,
I was thinking of a cute little spiky fish, or some sort of hermit crab, rather than sea snot or something unpleasant.

I'm not hungover today, as I spent most of yesterday asleep and thus there was no time for further alcohol poisoning.

How was your weekend?
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 11:04, Reply)

Shit...
Just realised I'm supposed to be doing supplier payments.


Speak later.

Bye
( girlinthehole, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 11:05, Reply)

My
sister in law has a 'plane.
Don't know what kind.

All the fly pasts that go over Buckingham Palace come directly over my house. I tend to spend the morning of the Trooping of the Colour sitting in the garden.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Mon 11 Aug 2008, 11:06, Reply)

Weekend
involved babies (?) movies, beer, creativity and smoking. Nice!

Now for week ahead of same, I hope (except babies).

Edit: Spiky fish...I like it.
( thealternativefact, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 11:07, Reply)

I think
I'm gonna have a weekend off this weekend. To save myself for the

BASH THE WEEKEND AFTER!

Woo, and indeed, hoo!
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 11:14, Reply)

Oooh
a thread with planes! I spent the weekend filming the scale ones. I like the full-size ones too, but never get to see them prophang, so it ain't as much fun. The Red Arrows did a fly-past a couple of weekends ago and that was awesome - they had the reserve one out too so there were two formations of five.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 11:23, Reply)

^I fuckin' LOVE the Red Arrows...
I met a Red Arrows pilot once. I was completely star-struck.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 11:27, Reply)

...


'tis fab.

These things can't prophang either though.

Obviously.
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 11:28, Reply)

*coolly saunters in*
morning all

did someone mention those magnificent men in their flying machines?

*grins*
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 11:30, Reply)

@DiT
Me too. My Dad was best man at one of the Red Arrows pilots' weddings when I was seven (I think) and I was completely gobsmacked by all of these piloty types.

Army joke: how do you tell if you're in the company of a pilot? Don't worry, he'll tell you soon enough.

btw, it's (shockingly) nearly 20 years since the massive Ramstein crash and the end of the Frecce Tricolore - flying nine aircraft with something like 100cm between the wingtips at 400kts? wtf?!
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 11:31, Reply)

Citadel
Has a pal who flies F16s. He's sent me some of the pics his mate has taken, quite breathtaking.

As for me, I'd happily part with five years of my life to sit in a WWII Spitfire just once. Apparently Chickenlady's father has managed this epic blag.

Lucky man.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Mon 11 Aug 2008, 11:34, Reply)

@HLT
Good morning dear. Have some *cake*
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 11:37, Reply)

@ Ed
thanks sweetheart.

*noms*

all this flying talk is making me feel 16 again.
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 11:39, Reply)

Ning HLT!
*dons jumpsuit*

*gets in to plane*

*flies past, showing undercarriage*

*regrets obvious 'undercarriage' joke*

EDIT: Why 16, HLT?
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 11:41, Reply)

'lo devil!
nice undercarriage...!

I was in the CCF (RAF) at school. Summer camp was ace because we got to meet real pilots in real flying suits and go flying with them and everything. And the ratio of boys:girls was always very reassuring. And it was always hot. So all the chaps would wander about in shorts and things.

*giggles*
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 11:46, Reply)

!
Naughty HLT! ;)
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 11:48, Reply)

I'm not naughty
I'm just a human girl with, er, appetites.
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 11:50, Reply)

and
healthy appetites too, i'd wager!
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 11:52, Reply)

@ Ed
That's right.

I really like salad.
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 11:53, Reply)

@HLT
snrrk snrrk
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 12:12, Reply)

There are people sunbathing in the the park.
FFS, it's August. Put your coats on and go home.

Has anyone got any spare beer lying around that they don't want?
( thealternativefact, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 12:17, Reply)

right, I'm away now
back tomorrow at 10am, bright and breezy!

*snogs*

bye!

edit: sunbathing? now? but it's grey and cloudy!

that's it. i'm emigrating.
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 12:17, Reply)

Beer?
*shudder*

I'm right off beer, at the moment... *goes green*
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 12:21, Reply)

@All
Have spankingly good days, y'all. I'm going out to get some dinner (it's 8:23pm here!)

Ed
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 12:24, Reply)

Beer
always, always buy more beer than you can possibly drink at any one sitting. That way, you always have leftover beer. Im not touching either the Carlsberg, Miller or the Wernesgruner sitting in my fridge tonight. The Cote De Ventoux might take a dent with the day-old chilli con carne though. MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!! Day old chilli con carne *drools*
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 12:26, Reply)

Right
I've printed off a stack of copies of my CV and I'm off to whore myself for a job!
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Mon 11 Aug 2008, 12:29, Reply)

There's usually beer at home,
but some cruel, cruel twist of fate sees me at work with no safe place to store beer.

However, I do have some bottles of red wine in my cupboard...
( thealternativefact, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 12:32, Reply)

Mmmmmmm Chili
Might be an alternative to tonight's leftover roast lamb with crispy noodles in chilli/hoi sin sauce. Because the greedy bastards ate all the lamb last night and I want something spicy to force me to wash it dowm with a flagon or two of vino.


edits Mrs L Likewise. Proving difficult as my 19 month old is pottering around me, looking angelic, and every now and again filling her dung-hampers with an audible 'Gnnnnnn-Phwack-Splut'. Nappy change here we come (looks for noseplugs)
(osok Rebel without a clue, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 12:32, Reply)

How was the lamb, osok?
Sounded bloody lovely.
( thealternativefact, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 12:34, Reply)

@Clenders
Jolly spiffing, ta. Studded mit garlic and rosemary from the garden, smidge of black pepper, cooked slightly pink, with a pan full of roasties and the infamous drunken gravy.

Hoovered up by the Clan Osok in milliseconds.... (they treat me like a hotel, you know). I just managed to save the bone to make up some stock for a risotto and then had to hide in the kitchen as the slavering pack were baying for seconds.
(osok Rebel without a clue, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 12:39, Reply)

*drools bigly*
Sounds spectacular.
Roll on the chilli!
( thealternativefact, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 12:41, Reply)

@osok
I did roast lamb last week. Still have the bone in the freezer. Duck fat roasties and green beans warmed in the lamb juices. Few roasted red peppers chucked in for good measure. Was still eating it on wednesday cos I have no family to eat me out of house and home.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 12:42, Reply)

@baz
mmmmmmm Duck Fat Roasties. Have an e-drool.
(osok Rebel without a clue, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 12:50, Reply)

duck fat roasties
can only be topped by goose fat roasties, especailly when you've cooked the goose yourself and are baking them in your parents range in the living room for hours and hours. Only thing I like about xmas is cooking mountains of deliciously decadent grub.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 12:53, Reply)

Agreed
Can't be arsed with the presenty thing, but give me a bunch of hungry buggers to cook for and I'm happy. Xmas eve is always the in-laws round for an enormous beef & guinness (and red wine, and port, and some other secret ingredients) casserole, with a skipload of mash, herby dumplings etc. Or an insanely garlicky cassoulet for six where the smell of the Toulouse Sossies doesn't leave you for a week....

Damn, I'm hungry now, and I've just changed a really stinky nappy.
(osok Rebel without a clue, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 12:57, Reply)

Will cook for wine
I have a standing arrangement with all friends and relatives to perform culinary delights for the price of a bottle of vino.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 13:01, Reply)

The wine
Should be sampled during the cooking process - some of the best scoffs ever have been influenced by someone with a good scoop on board thinking "hmmmm, what if I chuck some of that in?"

Anchovies in beef casserole/stew f'rinstance.
(osok Rebel without a clue, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 13:07, Reply)

@baz
I have a will coook for wine policy:) ha ha ha! Briefly thought of starting it up as a business whn i was at uni too
(weekirst23 Is broken! Silly ice. Silly High heels!, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 13:08, Reply)

Baz
Brilliant - when you come to London, you can cook in my kitchen while I feed you wine.
( thealternativefact, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 13:10, Reply)

@osok/weekirst/clenster
With wine, all things can be accomplished.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 13:14, Reply)

How gloriously true.
*raids cupboard for wine*
( thealternativefact, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 13:20, Reply)

Actually
I think I'll go for something Jap/Thai/Misc Asian influenced tonight: noodles, seaweed, miso soup, something involving prawns and a bottle of sake. My excuse is that I'm detoxing after the holiday, plus I have some new wasabi and pickled ginger to play with. I'm not doing wontons/rolls again though as I stuck to the furniture and had to be released with specialised rescue equipment.
(osok Rebel without a clue, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 13:20, Reply)

b3ta cooking forum
I've been developing a spicy Thai prawn/seafood soup for some time now myself based on one I had in my local Thai place. Salves the soul and cures what ails you. Dr's and antibiotics would be out of a job if this stuff got out.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 13:23, Reply)

OMG
That's it - now I have to go out and get some lunch.
( thealternativefact, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 13:27, Reply)

@Baz
Hot & Sour Soup in my case if I'm feeling foreign, or Cullen Skink if going back to my roots.

Cures all medical conditions with the possible exception of death.

Did a 'Skink Royale' last week with fish we'd caught that day, and 'twas a blinder.



You're right, this is turning into a disturbingly cookery orientated thread.

However, as I am confident in my maleness, and the talk board seems to be filled with people yattering on about what they've had for lunch, so frigging what?
(osok Rebel without a clue, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 13:28, Reply)

Dude, real men cook.
I am confident your culinary skills were instrumental in your having been chosen to donate DNA to one of those woman-y monsters for the baby-making.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 13:31, Reply)

Damn, you're right
When you're a studenty type, and all your contempories can offer is a takeaway or a pot noodle, the ability to cook a decent nosh often led to a decent... (sorry). Unique selling point is the technical term I believe. Made up for being a Dour Scottish Bastard.

And yes, I did meet the Obergruppenfuhrer at Uni.
(osok Rebel without a clue, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 13:35, Reply)

woo yay
for Good For You Chicken Hotpot. Its microwavable and fills the room with envious coworkers as it smells so good!
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 13:42, Reply)

It's amazing how quickly you can get your work done if you put your head down and get on with it.
fnar fnar!



My Portuguese fish stew is legendary in my house.


Ok I live alone but the cats think it's ace.
( girlinthehole, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 14:34, Reply)

Isn't it just?
I have done loads today!

I make a kick ass Shepherds Pie. I do a right good Pork Chop with Roasted Mediterannean vegetables. The one that 'worked' at uni was always Lamb Cutlets with minted potatoes and vegetables. Or, a good old fashioned Spag bol. I do simple food, but I do it bloody well!
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 14:37, Reply)

@DiT
I wouldn't want to make a habit of it though.
( girlinthehole, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 14:39, Reply)

Cooking?
I make an excellent vegan-proof Tomato, Chilli and Vodka sauce.
Very good with pasta.

Ms. ancrenne will vouch for me on that one.
( Cawl, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 14:40, Reply)

@all
I'm VERY impressed! I can burn pasta :(

Also, just back from the gym ... and feeling gooooooooooooooooood :D
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 14:41, Reply)

@Ed
I have my first trip to the gym on Wednesday...wish me luck.


It's an induction first so I can use the machines properly and they can find out how not fit I am.
( girlinthehole, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 14:43, Reply)

I just bought a
Wii Fit, and ride my bike a lot more (especially to get to kickboxing)
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 14:47, Reply)

@BGB
Never a truer word was said there!

I'll be joining a gym at the end of the month, need to lose some of the excess baggage before the Big Day.

Argh!
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 14:49, Reply)

@BGB
Good luck for Wednesday but you won't need it you'll be fine!
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 14:50, Reply)

Oooo! just had a brainwave.
Lets start a B3ta bodybuilding championship.

*cue music*


Dum de dum, de da da dadadada.
( girlinthehole, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 14:53, Reply)

Ancrenne and I were staying
At a friend-of-mine's house over the weekend, and I asked if there was anything much he was up to while we were there.

Turns out he'd drunkenly agreed to do a triathlon yesterday...

I haven't heard from him since. Running and cycling he's fine at, but he isn't very good at swimming, and he said that it's a mile and a half in the Thames at Docklands...
( Cawl, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 14:55, Reply)

@Kaol
The absolutely GORGEOUS Kate Silverton was in that triathalon at the weekend as well
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 14:56, Reply)

@BGB
Crcaking idea but I'm not a bodybuilder so I'll be passing it by ... I'm into stamina :)
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 14:58, Reply)

@Ed
I think you'll find that that is what most women are into as well ; )
( girlinthehole, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 14:59, Reply)

@BGB
Hope the gym goes well, the important thing is not to go too crazy too quickly. Find stuff there you like doing and enjoy yourself.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Mon 11 Aug 2008, 15:01, Reply)

@BGB
What, Kate Silverton?
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 15:02, Reply)

if we are blowing our culinary trumpets
I'd like to weigh in with my tuna steak seared in sesame oil with soy and spring onion mash potato and pak choi braised in honey and 5 spice ;-)

also, why are insurance companies so shit? I phoned mine the other day to see about getting my windscreen replaced to be told that the RAC do their windscreens. RAC have trouble validating our insurance so I phone back today to find the Autoglass do windscreens for our insurer!

shower of useless bastards
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 15:07, Reply)

@Ed
Especially Kate!


@PJM - thanks for the advice. I reckon I could have a back like Chickenlady if I put my mind to it : )
( girlinthehole, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 15:08, Reply)

Did I hear my name being mentioned?
BGB my back is the result of climbing...not gyming. I *hate* the gym - I find it dull, tedious and pointless to boot, in my opinion.

It works for plenty of people, just not me.

I need to do things that I love - so I climb - it terrifies me most of the time, but when I can get a move right, crack a route, and move gracefully over rock...there's nothing better.

Added to which you can also eat vast quantities of *anything* when you go climbing for the day...you need lots of calories!

Hooray!
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 15:13, Reply)

Useless trivia, 101
Kate's dad is my hypnotherapist who's teaching me self-hypnosis so I can put my brain into neutral on the ice and thrash 20+ miles a day :)
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 15:13, Reply)

Mmmmm....
Kate Silverton...

@ BGB

Most people are tempted to hurl themselves into masochistic workout regiemes too quickly.

Chickenlady's defined back is the result of climbing although I'm sure that having to manage ten year old twin boys has something to do with it... ;-)
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Mon 11 Aug 2008, 15:16, Reply)

@Chickenlady
I'm not particularly excited about going to the gym but because it's been raining so much I have to have a method of exercising indoors. Swimming is boring.

Plus might be able to get rid of my bingo-wings at the gymn : )

Wouldn't mind rock climbing but I don't think I'm built for it.
( girlinthehole, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 15:17, Reply)

BGB
There is no 'ideal' build for climbing. If you like walking you're already halfway there...Scrambling would probably suit you as an easy way in.

Scrambling is essentially walking with a bit of very easy climbing thrown in and you're always attached to a rope...a bit like proper mountaineering but without the snow and avalanches.

If you decide to give climbing a go find an indoor wall nearby (there are LOADS around you!), have a go at a taster session....and enjoy watching the half naked men....Oh yes.

And everyone is generally really friendly too.

If I'm honest one of the reasons why I started it was because of the men....or at least it's been one of the things that's kept me going...
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 15:23, Reply)

HALF NAKED MEN!
Ye Gods women....you kept that quiet.


Quick Tensing! get me my rope.
( girlinthehole, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 15:26, Reply)

Hahhahaha!
Yes, it's a little known fact that any man who considers himself a serious climber (particularly if he is a boulderer) has to spend most of the year climbing without any t-shirt on...It's a British Mountaineering Council directive I believe.

And most men who climb regularly have *fantastic* bodies.

Believe me.

I know.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 15:32, Reply)

Oddly enough
my niece is into rock climbing. She's a slender little thing, but can do two-finger chin-ups.

I've done some very easy rock climbing, but as I tend to get vertigo I think it best that I not do that anymore, and stick to hiking up mountains instead.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Mon 11 Aug 2008, 15:41, Reply)

*signs up for climbing classes*
*gets ripped*

Now, where can I find a wall in East London?
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 15:42, Reply)

@DIT
you after a ripped man then? Cos there are easier ways.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 15:44, Reply)

I guess looking at a few half naked men while I leisurely climb a wall can't be a bad thing.
I like them a bit more chunky though, but no harm in looking : )
( girlinthehole, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 15:48, Reply)

East London climbing
There's The Castle, www.castle-climbing.co.uk/

Well worth a visit (I think Chickenlady took me there as one of our first dates!) and reasonably easy to get to too.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Mon 11 Aug 2008, 15:50, Reply)

DiT
There's a wall in Mile End as well, I went once or twice when I was a student. Being a committed smokist and idler I repeatedly climbed about six feet and then fell off, before getting roped into belaying a mate and nearly managing to cripple both of us.

Fun times!
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 15:55, Reply)

DiT
Try here...not been myself yet, but plenty of my mates go there regularly.

www.mileendwall.org.uk/
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 15:57, Reply)

@ CL
How's the thigh - you need to be in peak condition for the weekend!

Also, re the back, perhaps more time should be spent on it.
( disasterprone "Pyjamas caused the Holocaust", Mon 11 Aug 2008, 15:58, Reply)

DiT
If you're prepared to come Saff of the River then give me a shout...I climb in North Kent at one of the best climbing walls in the UK...well, maybe not for size...but size isn't everything ;)
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 15:59, Reply)

Ah...Disasterprone!
Thigh is fine ta, dosed up on painkillers...the back should heal in around 4-6 weeks, no need to stop climbing either.

Found a girlfriend yet?

;-)
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 16:00, Reply)

On second thoughts....
Not sure about the climbing. I might get flash backs from when I was 6. I climbed a wall, fell off arse first onto a rock and hurt my fanny.
( girlinthehole, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 16:03, Reply)

Only on B3ta
can we get rock climbing stories like that.
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 16:04, Reply)

BGB
I've not hurt myself seriously at all (yet). Nothing more than a few scratches and grazes - mostly on my knees.

And remember if you're on a rope with a good belayer (that's the person holding onto the rope on the ground) you're quite safe.

It's all relative. More people are injured in cars/houses/with knives than when climbing.

I had pulled my intercostal muscles in my back a month or so back...how? Turning over in bed.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 16:07, Reply)

And on that note...
I'm off to the wall to teach kids how to climb.

See y'all tomorrow maybe.


Chickenlady
x
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 16:08, Reply)

Hey!
Thanks for the advice, everyone! I'm trying to convince a mate to come to Mile End with me because I don't wanna go on my own!

@Chickenlady: I might come down when I know if I'm any good or not... :)
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 16:09, Reply)

OMG
I pop out for a while to do some work and arrange my weekend and you lot go all active on me.
What happened to good, old fashioned slobbishness?
( thealternativefact, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 16:12, Reply)

@ Clenny
It's a front we all put on when you're around.

/unlurk
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 16:14, Reply)

@clendrix
You're damn right! Only an hour til booze time. I have a football jersey with wine and chilli stains on for such special occasions as this evening.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 16:15, Reply)

That's my boys...
yes, booze time approacheth and the only things I intend to climb are the steps out of the tube station when I get home. Slowly.
( thealternativefact, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 16:23, Reply)

urgh, The Tube
I remember it well. The novelty of that yoke wears off quick I tell thee. I have a 15 minute walk home now.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 16:35, Reply)

afternoon all
No bastard wants to give me a job.

Cockbags.


Stop talking about all this fitness business. You make me feel bad as I have exactly no excuse to not do anything.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Mon 11 Aug 2008, 16:44, Reply)

Afternoon all
How are we all today?

I would appear to have hurt my hip in a strange, inexplicable way.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 16:56, Reply)

PoD
Don't come here, then. They'll make you climb stuff.

Edit: No, do...how are you apart from your hip (are you 85?).
( thealternativefact, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 16:58, Reply)

Aww, I haven't been climbing in ages
Stupid bad weather and having no indoor walls here.

My hips would appear to be 85. Maybe my hips are from a dog or something.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 17:03, Reply)

Poor PoD!
Take it easy!

I'm off now - see you later.
( thealternativefact, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 17:12, Reply)

Missis L
No-one wants to give me a job either.

Alcohol calleth.
(osok Rebel without a clue, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 21:23, Reply)