UK from space, all snow covered

[RockyTSquirrel]

just in case you wanted a pic of the snow..

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[webster72n]

Quite impressive and eye opening, Rocky
I don't believe the majority was prepared for that hard a blow.
Looks more like Iceland to me, only you are not that far north,
especially not in the southern part of the country.
A large portion of the States is also under the spell of this cold
weather, where it normally shouldn't be.
We keep praying for relief...

Harry.

Post by RockyTSquirrel
just in case you wanted a pic of the snow..
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/42000/42237/gbritain_tmo_2010007_lrg.jpg

[Heather]

Good grief!! Where is England?? And Wales?? I didn't realize until today
just how badly Noel, Mike and Joanie were getting hit. I must write my
Scottish friends to see how they are faring.

We get kinda used to weather like this, but they don't. The damp is killing
me, cold or hot. My swollen hands are not a pretty sight, dammit. Time for
more pain creme.

Take care, my UK buds........it hopefully will be over soon. Meanwhile,
turn up the gas fire and hope you are stocked up on canned goods and booze!!

XX Figgs

Post by RockyTSquirrel
just in case you wanted a pic of the snow..
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/42000/42237/gbritain_tmo_2010007_lrg.jpg

[Mart]

Thanks Rocky - unfortunately we don't really need a satellite shot to prove
it - we only need to look out of the window <g> But thanks guys, for
thinking of us - it's certainly making for an interesting year

Figgs wrote :-

Post by Heather
Take care, my UK buds........
hope you are stocked up on canned goods and booze!!

Hey Heather, shouldn't that be booze and canned goods? - priorities!!

Mart

Post by Heather
Good grief!! Where is England?? And Wales?? I didn't realize until
today just how badly Noel, Mike and Joanie were getting hit. I must write
my Scottish friends to see how they are faring.
We get kinda used to weather like this, but they don't. The damp is
killing me, cold or hot. My swollen hands are not a pretty sight, dammit.
Time for more pain creme.
Take care, my UK buds........it hopefully will be over soon. Meanwhile,
turn up the gas fire and hope you are stocked up on canned goods and booze!!
XX Figgs

Post by RockyTSquirrel
just in case you wanted a pic of the snow..
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/42000/42237/gbritain_tmo_2010007_lrg.jpg

[Joan Archer]

Ain't that the truth, it's gently falling down here now and I've got the
son-in-law and his cousin working in my kitchen putting up a new light as
the old one died a death and it's not very good trying to cook without light
<g>

I'll be glad when it gives over I haven't been out the house for ages <g>
--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

Post by Mart
Thanks Rocky - unfortunately we don't really need a satellite shot to
prove it - we only need to look out of the window <g> But thanks guys, for
thinking of us - it's certainly making for an interesting year
Figgs wrote :-

Post by Heather
Take care, my UK buds........
hope you are stocked up on canned goods and booze!!

Hey Heather, shouldn't that be booze and canned goods? - priorities!!
Mart

Post by Heather
Good grief!! Where is England?? And Wales?? I didn't realize until
today just how badly Noel, Mike and Joanie were getting hit. I must
write my Scottish friends to see how they are faring.
We get kinda used to weather like this, but they don't. The damp is
killing me, cold or hot. My swollen hands are not a pretty sight,
dammit. Time for more pain creme.
Take care, my UK buds........it hopefully will be over soon. Meanwhile,
turn up the gas fire and hope you are stocked up on canned goods and booze!!
XX Figgs

Post by RockyTSquirrel
just in case you wanted a pic of the snow..
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/42000/42237/gbritain_tmo_2010007_lrg.jpg

[Morgan Alabaster-Artichoke]

Been coming down again all morning here, though apparently not in (North)
London, which since the East and South are supposed to be worst hit today...

Last Wednesdays grocery delivery happened yesterday (including a nice Aussie
Peanut Gringo), last Friday's firewood delivery happened Thursday (because
the arboriculture persons were unable to do the work that was previously a
barrier to it). But still no sign of the coal (and I burn the firewood on
top of coal, which without is a serious waste of logs. Today I'm thinking of
using summer's unused charcoal for the purpose. I don't suppose it will
explode. Much).

I'm sure we Brits are familiar with the idea that we remember one or two hot
summers or cold winters in our childhood as much more frequent, and we
really didn't have that many glorious balmy summers or White Christmases. No
doubt it is the impression those atypical seasons made on us (like our
distorted body image based on the relative sensitivity of the organs etc,
i.e. the Cortical Homunculus): which is probably the way childhood itself
impinges on our still-forming consciousness, where periods of a year or two
feel more like half a dozen or more (like the length of time one thought
this popular music combo or other were the greatest thing since unsliced
bread).

Yet this snow does seem to me the way it frequently was when I was a kid.
Consequently it seems like 'belated business as usual'.

Me

Post by Mart
Thanks Rocky - unfortunately we don't really need a satellite shot to
prove it - we only need to look out of the window <g> But thanks guys, for
thinking of us - it's certainly making for an interesting year
Figgs wrote :-

Post by Heather
Take care, my UK buds........
hope you are stocked up on canned goods and booze!!

Hey Heather, shouldn't that be booze and canned goods? - priorities!!
Mart

Post by Heather
Good grief!! Where is England?? And Wales?? I didn't realize until
today just how badly Noel, Mike and Joanie were getting hit. I must
write my Scottish friends to see how they are faring.
We get kinda used to weather like this, but they don't. The damp is
killing me, cold or hot. My swollen hands are not a pretty sight,
dammit. Time for more pain creme.
Take care, my UK buds........it hopefully will be over soon. Meanwhile,
turn up the gas fire and hope you are stocked up on canned goods and booze!!
XX Figgs

Post by RockyTSquirrel
just in case you wanted a pic of the snow..
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/42000/42237/gbritain_tmo_2010007_lrg.jpg

[Joan Archer]

I was lucky and got my grocery delivery on it's due date and my oil tank it
about half full so that's OK, I've always got the open fire if needs be, my
coal bunker is ¾ full.

Mind you it depends on how things go in the next couple of days whether my
next grocery delivery will get through, we didn't get a refuse collection
last week so I hope they make it this week don't really have anywhere to
store too many rubbish bags to keep them safe from the roaming animals and
the seagulls and crows.

Well at least I now have light in my kitchen, yippee <g>
--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

Post by Morgan Alabaster-Artichoke
Been coming down again all morning here, though apparently not in (North)
London, which since the East and South are supposed to be worst hit today...
Last Wednesdays grocery delivery happened yesterday (including a nice
Aussie Peanut Gringo), last Friday's firewood delivery happened Thursday
(because the arboriculture persons were unable to do the work that was
previously a barrier to it). But still no sign of the coal (and I burn the
firewood on top of coal, which without is a serious waste of logs. Today
I'm thinking of using summer's unused charcoal for the purpose. I don't
suppose it will explode. Much).
I'm sure we Brits are familiar with the idea that we remember one or two
hot summers or cold winters in our childhood as much more frequent, and we
really didn't have that many glorious balmy summers or White Christmases.
No doubt it is the impression those atypical seasons made on us (like our
distorted body image based on the relative sensitivity of the organs etc,
i.e. the Cortical Homunculus): which is probably the way childhood itself
impinges on our still-forming consciousness, where periods of a year or
two feel more like half a dozen or more (like the length of time one
thought this popular music combo or other were the greatest thing since
unsliced bread).
Yet this snow does seem to me the way it frequently was when I was a kid.
Consequently it seems like 'belated business as usual'.
Me

Post by Mart
Thanks Rocky - unfortunately we don't really need a satellite shot to
prove it - we only need to look out of the window <g> But thanks guys,
for thinking of us - it's certainly making for an interesting year
Figgs wrote :-

Post by Heather
Take care, my UK buds........
hope you are stocked up on canned goods and booze!!

Hey Heather, shouldn't that be booze and canned goods? - priorities!!
Mart

Post by Heather
Good grief!! Where is England?? And Wales?? I didn't realize until
today just how badly Noel, Mike and Joanie were getting hit. I must
write my Scottish friends to see how they are faring.
We get kinda used to weather like this, but they don't. The damp is
killing me, cold or hot. My swollen hands are not a pretty sight,
dammit. Time for more pain creme.
Take care, my UK buds........it hopefully will be over soon. Meanwhile,
turn up the gas fire and hope you are stocked up on canned goods and booze!!
XX Figgs

Post by RockyTSquirrel
just in case you wanted a pic of the snow..
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/42000/42237/gbritain_tmo_2010007_lrg.jpg

[Morgan Alabaster-Artichoke]

So they refused to collect your refuse? Typical.

Anyway. Any chance you could email me a bucket of coal, Joan?

Post by Joan Archer
I was lucky and got my grocery delivery on it's due date and my oil tank
it about half full so that's OK, I've always got the open fire if needs
be, my coal bunker is ¾ full.
Mind you it depends on how things go in the next couple of days whether my
next grocery delivery will get through, we didn't get a refuse collection
last week so I hope they make it this week don't really have anywhere to
store too many rubbish bags to keep them safe from the roaming animals and
the seagulls and crows.
Well at least I now have light in my kitchen, yippee <g>
--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

Post by Morgan Alabaster-Artichoke
Been coming down again all morning here, though apparently not in (North)
London, which since the East and South are supposed to be worst hit today...
Last Wednesdays grocery delivery happened yesterday (including a nice
Aussie Peanut Gringo), last Friday's firewood delivery happened Thursday
(because the arboriculture persons were unable to do the work that was
previously a barrier to it). But still no sign of the coal (and I burn
the firewood on top of coal, which without is a serious waste of logs.
Today I'm thinking of using summer's unused charcoal for the purpose. I
don't suppose it will explode. Much).
I'm sure we Brits are familiar with the idea that we remember one or two
hot summers or cold winters in our childhood as much more frequent, and
we really didn't have that many glorious balmy summers or White
Christmases. No doubt it is the impression those atypical seasons made on
us (like our distorted body image based on the relative sensitivity of
the organs etc, i.e. the Cortical Homunculus): which is probably the way
childhood itself impinges on our still-forming consciousness, where
periods of a year or two feel more like half a dozen or more (like the
length of time one thought this popular music combo or other were the
greatest thing since unsliced bread).
Yet this snow does seem to me the way it frequently was when I was a kid.
Consequently it seems like 'belated business as usual'.
Me

Post by Mart
Thanks Rocky - unfortunately we don't really need a satellite shot to
prove it - we only need to look out of the window <g> But thanks guys,
for thinking of us - it's certainly making for an interesting year
Figgs wrote :-

Post by Heather
Take care, my UK buds........
hope you are stocked up on canned goods and booze!!

Hey Heather, shouldn't that be booze and canned goods? - priorities!!
Mart

Post by Heather
Good grief!! Where is England?? And Wales?? I didn't realize until
today just how badly Noel, Mike and Joanie were getting hit. I must
write my Scottish friends to see how they are faring.
We get kinda used to weather like this, but they don't. The damp is
killing me, cold or hot. My swollen hands are not a pretty sight,
dammit. Time for more pain creme.
Take care, my UK buds........it hopefully will be over soon.
Meanwhile, turn up the gas fire and hope you are stocked up on canned
goods and booze!!
XX Figgs

Post by RockyTSquirrel
just in case you wanted a pic of the snow..
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/42000/42237/gbritain_tmo_2010007_lrg.jpg

[Joan Archer]

I'd willingly let you have a couple of buckets if it was that easy <g>

Apparently the refuse wasn't collected because at the beginning of the week
it was too icy and when it got to our day, Thursday, the refuse men were
being sent to help out with gritting <g> they are supposed to be starting to
collect from tomorrow so we'll have to wait and see if they get to us this
Thursday.
--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

Post by Morgan Alabaster-Artichoke
So they refused to collect your refuse? Typical.
Anyway. Any chance you could email me a bucket of coal, Joan?

Post by Joan Archer
I was lucky and got my grocery delivery on it's due date and my oil tank
it about half full so that's OK, I've always got the open fire if needs
be, my coal bunker is ¾ full.
Mind you it depends on how things go in the next couple of days whether
my next grocery delivery will get through, we didn't get a refuse
collection last week so I hope they make it this week don't really have
anywhere to store too many rubbish bags to keep them safe from the
roaming animals and the seagulls and crows.
Well at least I now have light in my kitchen, yippee <g>
--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

Post by Morgan Alabaster-Artichoke
Been coming down again all morning here, though apparently not in
(North) London, which since the East and South are supposed to be worst
hit today...
Last Wednesdays grocery delivery happened yesterday (including a nice
Aussie Peanut Gringo), last Friday's firewood delivery happened Thursday
(because the arboriculture persons were unable to do the work that was
previously a barrier to it). But still no sign of the coal (and I burn
the firewood on top of coal, which without is a serious waste of logs.
Today I'm thinking of using summer's unused charcoal for the purpose. I
don't suppose it will explode. Much).
I'm sure we Brits are familiar with the idea that we remember one or two
hot summers or cold winters in our childhood as much more frequent, and
we really didn't have that many glorious balmy summers or White
Christmases. No doubt it is the impression those atypical seasons made
on us (like our distorted body image based on the relative sensitivity
of the organs etc, i.e. the Cortical Homunculus): which is probably the
way childhood itself impinges on our still-forming consciousness, where
periods of a year or two feel more like half a dozen or more (like the
length of time one thought this popular music combo or other were the
greatest thing since unsliced bread).
Yet this snow does seem to me the way it frequently was when I was a
kid. Consequently it seems like 'belated business as usual'.
Me

Post by Mart
Thanks Rocky - unfortunately we don't really need a satellite shot to
prove it - we only need to look out of the window <g> But thanks guys,
for thinking of us - it's certainly making for an interesting year
Figgs wrote :-

Post by Heather
Take care, my UK buds........
hope you are stocked up on canned goods and booze!!

Hey Heather, shouldn't that be booze and canned goods? - priorities!!
Mart

Post by Heather
Good grief!! Where is England?? And Wales?? I didn't realize until
today just how badly Noel, Mike and Joanie were getting hit. I must
write my Scottish friends to see how they are faring.
We get kinda used to weather like this, but they don't. The damp is
killing me, cold or hot. My swollen hands are not a pretty sight,
dammit. Time for more pain creme.
Take care, my UK buds........it hopefully will be over soon.
Meanwhile, turn up the gas fire and hope you are stocked up on canned
goods and booze!!
XX Figgs

Post by RockyTSquirrel
just in case you wanted a pic of the snow..
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/42000/42237/gbritain_tmo_2010007_lrg.jpg

[Heather]

How amazing!! You folks get your groceries delivered???? That is so 1950's
to us. Mind you, I would be quite happy not to have to go out in minus 20C
weather. We have piped in natural gas for the furnace, so other than a
major explosion somewhere, no problems for heat.

If the hydro (electricity) went down, we would have NO water, furnace or
lights. Happened a few summers ago and we were 4 days without the above. I
think not having hydro was worse than water.........at least I could buy
bottled stuff.

Oh, and can't use our fireplace because in 22 years we have never had a
chimney sweep clean it out and won't use it until we do. 3 doors down had a
fire in the walls caused by the creosote buildup and the idiots didn't have
any insurance. It is MANDATORY if one has a mortgage, so not sure how they
got around that one. As no one seems to be working in that family, I can
only assume they are on Social Assistance (PC word for welfare).

I could go online and order groceries to be delivered, but somehow just
can't do it. I want to see what I am buying!!

Sunny, but cold here........Heather

Post by Joan Archer
I was lucky and got my grocery delivery on it's due date and my oil tank it
about half full so that's OK, I've always got the open fire if needs be, my
coal bunker is Ÿ full.
Mind you it depends on how things go in the next couple of days whether my
next grocery delivery will get through, we didn't get a refuse collection
last week so I hope they make it this week don't really have anywhere to
store too many rubbish bags to keep them safe from the roaming animals and
the seagulls and crows.
Well at least I now have light in my kitchen, yippee <g>
--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

Post by Morgan Alabaster-Artichoke
Been coming down again all morning here, though apparently not in (North)
London, which since the East and South are supposed to be worst hit today...
Last Wednesdays grocery delivery happened yesterday (including a nice
Aussie Peanut Gringo), last Friday's firewood delivery happened Thursday
(because the arboriculture persons were unable to do the work that was
previously a barrier to it). But still no sign of the coal (and I burn
the firewood on top of coal, which without is a serious waste of logs.
Today I'm thinking of using summer's unused charcoal for the purpose. I
don't suppose it will explode. Much).
I'm sure we Brits are familiar with the idea that we remember one or two
hot summers or cold winters in our childhood as much more frequent, and
we really didn't have that many glorious balmy summers or White
Christmases. No doubt it is the impression those atypical seasons made on
us (like our distorted body image based on the relative sensitivity of
the organs etc, i.e. the Cortical Homunculus): which is probably the way
childhood itself impinges on our still-forming consciousness, where
periods of a year or two feel more like half a dozen or more (like the
length of time one thought this popular music combo or other were the
greatest thing since unsliced bread).
Yet this snow does seem to me the way it frequently was when I was a kid.
Consequently it seems like 'belated business as usual'.
Me

Post by Mart
Thanks Rocky - unfortunately we don't really need a satellite shot to
prove it - we only need to look out of the window <g> But thanks guys,
for thinking of us - it's certainly making for an interesting year
Figgs wrote :-

Post by Heather
Take care, my UK buds........
hope you are stocked up on canned goods and booze!!

Hey Heather, shouldn't that be booze and canned goods? - priorities!!
Mart

Post by Heather
Good grief!! Where is England?? And Wales?? I didn't realize until
today just how badly Noel, Mike and Joanie were getting hit. I must
write my Scottish friends to see how they are faring.
We get kinda used to weather like this, but they don't. The damp is
killing me, cold or hot. My swollen hands are not a pretty sight,
dammit. Time for more pain creme.
Take care, my UK buds........it hopefully will be over soon.
Meanwhile, turn up the gas fire and hope you are stocked up on canned
goods and booze!!
XX Figgs

Post by RockyTSquirrel
just in case you wanted a pic of the snow..
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/42000/42237/gbritain_tmo_2010007_lrg.jpg

[Mike M]

Post by Heather
How amazing!! You folks get your groceries delivered???? That is so
1950's to us.

No, this is 2000+ deliveries. The 1950 style deliveries had died out by the
late 50s early 60s. Year 2000+ deliveries are the result of internet
shopping with most of the big supermarkets having on-line sites where most
items that are in store can be ordered from the comfort of one's armchair.

Post by Heather
Happened a few summers ago and we were 4 days without the above.

The village where I was living in 1987 went fifteen days without electricity
after our pet hurricane which caused significant to many areas in the south
east of England. Roads were blocked in my area for weeks although the road
to the nearby town was very quickly cleared unlike that to the next village
which was impassable for a long time.
--
Mike

Post by Heather
How amazing!! You folks get your groceries delivered???? That is so
1950's to us. Mind you, I would be quite happy not to have to go out
in minus 20C weather. We have piped in natural gas for the furnace,
so other than a major explosion somewhere, no problems for heat.
If the hydro (electricity) went down, we would have NO water, furnace
or lights. Happened a few summers ago and we were 4 days without the
above. I think not having hydro was worse than water.........at
least I could buy bottled stuff.
Oh, and can't use our fireplace because in 22 years we have never had
a chimney sweep clean it out and won't use it until we do. 3 doors
down had a fire in the walls caused by the creosote buildup and the
idiots didn't have any insurance. It is MANDATORY if one has a
mortgage, so not sure how they got around that one. As no one seems
to be working in that family, I can only assume they are on Social
Assistance (PC word for welfare).
I could go online and order groceries to be delivered, but somehow
just can't do it. I want to see what I am buying!!
Sunny, but cold here........Heather

[Heather]

OOPS!! Can you see my red face?? LOL.

I have never thought of ordering online and suppose I would if I broke a leg
or some such. Ron does all the shopping anyway. He's getting pretty good
at it and enjoys getting out to talk to the "fish lady" and the "veggie guy"
and so on. Gawd........retirement is not so hot when the highlight of your
social week is talking to the "fish lady"!! (G)

Cheers........your backwoods cousin, lol.

Post by Mike M

Post by Heather
How amazing!! You folks get your groceries delivered???? That is so
1950's to us.

No, this is 2000+ deliveries. The 1950 style deliveries had died out by
the late 50s early 60s. Year 2000+ deliveries are the result of internet
shopping with most of the big supermarkets having on-line sites where most
items that are in store can be ordered from the comfort of one's armchair.

Post by Heather
Happened a few summers ago and we were 4 days without the above.

The village where I was living in 1987 went fifteen days without
electricity after our pet hurricane which caused significant to many areas
in the south east of England. Roads were blocked in my area for weeks
although the road to the nearby town was very quickly cleared unlike that
to the next village which was impassable for a long time.
--
Mike

Post by Heather
How amazing!! You folks get your groceries delivered???? That is so
1950's to us. Mind you, I would be quite happy not to have to go out
in minus 20C weather. We have piped in natural gas for the furnace,
so other than a major explosion somewhere, no problems for heat.
If the hydro (electricity) went down, we would have NO water, furnace
or lights. Happened a few summers ago and we were 4 days without the
above. I think not having hydro was worse than water.........at
least I could buy bottled stuff.
Oh, and can't use our fireplace because in 22 years we have never had
a chimney sweep clean it out and won't use it until we do. 3 doors
down had a fire in the walls caused by the creosote buildup and the
idiots didn't have any insurance. It is MANDATORY if one has a
mortgage, so not sure how they got around that one. As no one seems
to be working in that family, I can only assume they are on Social
Assistance (PC word for welfare).
I could go online and order groceries to be delivered, but somehow
just can't do it. I want to see what I am buying!!
Sunny, but cold here........Heather

[Dai Artichoke-Lewis]

The fish lady comes round here in a van. Used to be 'Tim the Fish' (like
Ivor the Engine) but now his daughter does it, who actually I quite fancy,
even if she does smell of fish! Mrs Fish Person is, I think, the correct
address in this day and age.

See the link in the post responding to Harry's. Though they probably don't
deliver to you...yet.

Post by Heather
OOPS!! Can you see my red face?? LOL.
I have never thought of ordering online and suppose I would if I broke a
leg or some such. Ron does all the shopping anyway. He's getting pretty
good at it and enjoys getting out to talk to the "fish lady" and the
"veggie guy" and so on. Gawd........retirement is not so hot when the
highlight of your social week is talking to the "fish lady"!! (G)
Cheers........your backwoods cousin, lol.

Post by Mike M

Post by Heather
How amazing!! You folks get your groceries delivered???? That is so
1950's to us.

No, this is 2000+ deliveries. The 1950 style deliveries had died out by
the late 50s early 60s. Year 2000+ deliveries are the result of
internet shopping with most of the big supermarkets having on-line sites
where most items that are in store can be ordered from the comfort of
one's armchair.

Post by Heather
Happened a few summers ago and we were 4 days without the above.

The village where I was living in 1987 went fifteen days without
electricity after our pet hurricane which caused significant to many
areas in the south east of England. Roads were blocked in my area for
weeks although the road to the nearby town was very quickly cleared
unlike that to the next village which was impassable for a long time.
--
Mike

Post by Heather
How amazing!! You folks get your groceries delivered???? That is so
1950's to us. Mind you, I would be quite happy not to have to go out
in minus 20C weather. We have piped in natural gas for the furnace,
so other than a major explosion somewhere, no problems for heat.
If the hydro (electricity) went down, we would have NO water, furnace
or lights. Happened a few summers ago and we were 4 days without the
above. I think not having hydro was worse than water.........at
least I could buy bottled stuff.
Oh, and can't use our fireplace because in 22 years we have never had
a chimney sweep clean it out and won't use it until we do. 3 doors
down had a fire in the walls caused by the creosote buildup and the
idiots didn't have any insurance. It is MANDATORY if one has a
mortgage, so not sure how they got around that one. As no one seems
to be working in that family, I can only assume they are on Social
Assistance (PC word for welfare).
I could go online and order groceries to be delivered, but somehow
just can't do it. I want to see what I am buying!!
Sunny, but cold here........Heather

[Joan Archer]

I like to see what I'm buying on certain things, which is why I do a Friday
top up shop but that's only for a few things and I have that delivered <g>
well it's a bit hard trying to carry shopping and use a walking stick and
all on a bus <g>

The big shop though, tins and frozen don't need to be specially picked and
the shopper always goes for the best date and you're told if it's not got
such a good date as they'd like, you can send it back if you don't want it
and get your money refunded.

I would struggle here without electricity, the village doesn't have mains
gas, I have to heat light and cook with electric, well the heating is oil
but it needs the electric to make it work.
The only problem with using the fire is that it's only heating one room, all
that mess for one room, and I'm mainly down the other end in my office on
the computer so wouldn't get any benefit <g>

Not sunny here today it's been snowing for most of it <g>
--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

Post by Heather
How amazing!! You folks get your groceries delivered???? That is so
1950's to us. Mind you, I would be quite happy not to have to go out in
minus 20C weather. We have piped in natural gas for the furnace, so other
than a major explosion somewhere, no problems for heat.
If the hydro (electricity) went down, we would have NO water, furnace or
lights. Happened a few summers ago and we were 4 days without the above.
I think not having hydro was worse than water.........at least I could buy
bottled stuff.
Oh, and can't use our fireplace because in 22 years we have never had a
chimney sweep clean it out and won't use it until we do. 3 doors down had
a fire in the walls caused by the creosote buildup and the idiots didn't
have any insurance. It is MANDATORY if one has a mortgage, so not sure
how they got around that one. As no one seems to be working in that
family, I can only assume they are on Social Assistance (PC word for
welfare).
I could go online and order groceries to be delivered, but somehow just
can't do it. I want to see what I am buying!!
Sunny, but cold here........Heather

[webster72n]

Interesting to hear (read) all these personal, yet otherwise public stories.
Of course we could 'order' our groceries or any other items and have them
delivered as well, here in the States or any other place, I presume.
Only personally I prefer to see what I am getting, most of the time.
Especially with the food being 'contaminated' with all kinds of chemicals as
so-called preservatives or other deadly 'invaders' and to top it off
'eradiated', meaning they are nutritionally 'dead'.
Yet in your case, Joan, you don't have much of a choice, if any.
And that's a pity, I must say.
On the other hand you may have special protection and I certainly hope so.
The best to You and All,

Harry.

Post by Joan Archer
I like to see what I'm buying on certain things, which is why I do a
Friday top up shop but that's only for a few things and I have that
delivered <g> well it's a bit hard trying to carry shopping and use a
walking stick and all on a bus <g>
The big shop though, tins and frozen don't need to be specially picked and
the shopper always goes for the best date and you're told if it's not got
such a good date as they'd like, you can send it back if you don't want it
and get your money refunded.
I would struggle here without electricity, the village doesn't have mains
gas, I have to heat light and cook with electric, well the heating is oil
but it needs the electric to make it work.
The only problem with using the fire is that it's only heating one room,
all that mess for one room, and I'm mainly down the other end in my office
on the computer so wouldn't get any benefit <g>
Not sunny here today it's been snowing for most of it <g>
--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

Post by Heather
How amazing!! You folks get your groceries delivered???? That is so
1950's to us. Mind you, I would be quite happy not to have to go out in
minus 20C weather. We have piped in natural gas for the furnace, so
other than a major explosion somewhere, no problems for heat.
If the hydro (electricity) went down, we would have NO water, furnace or
lights. Happened a few summers ago and we were 4 days without the above.
I think not having hydro was worse than water.........at least I could
buy bottled stuff.
Oh, and can't use our fireplace because in 22 years we have never had a
chimney sweep clean it out and won't use it until we do. 3 doors down
had a fire in the walls caused by the creosote buildup and the idiots
didn't have any insurance. It is MANDATORY if one has a mortgage, so not
sure how they got around that one. As no one seems to be working in that
family, I can only assume they are on Social Assistance (PC word for
welfare).
I could go online and order groceries to be delivered, but somehow just
can't do it. I want to see what I am buying!!
Sunny, but cold here........Heather

[Dai Artichoke-Lewis]

I used to go to the supermarket across town on my 140 mph production racer
motorbike (back when that was *fast*) and bring home a couple of shopping
bags full of groceries on it. Then my girlfriend moved in with me and she
used to carry them on the back (which was so funny!). Later I used
backpacks. I still walk to the supermarket and carry a backpack's worth
home, for the exercise, but have been shopping online off and on for close
to a decade now.

However - as you might reasonably guess, what with my general posting
history - I am *very* particular. Probably about everything but especially
about food; and with the biker sensibility regarding being ripped off. So
basically if the food was crap I wouldn't be buying it - and that applies to
nutritional content as well as to more traditional quality.

http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/groceries/index.jsp

Sainsbury's do annoy the hell out of me at times. Their site seems to be
maintained by someone who changes the layout every few weeks as though we go
there for entertainment and the point of the site is to show how they 'get'
IT. And some weeks ago they dropped Baked In-Store Harvest Grain farmhouse
loaves, though they are still available in the actual stores! You'd think
they were charged for the site a rate dependent on the number of items on
offer.

It's bloody well snowing again!

Probably tomorrow I'll make the linguini dish I got the wine for (well,
after the required 100ml, the rest is fair game for quaffing. In fact I
think I'll have a glass before I hit the sack). I've got fan-tailed prawns
from Thailand or Mussels from Chile (both from Tesco, actually. Sainsbury's
do the Chilean mussels too, but they're half the price in Tesco. And they do
a very nice Rustic Multigrain baked in-store loaf). Not sure which to have.
Or there's a spaghetti dish with red-wine vinegar and spinach and chilli
flakes and pine nuts; won't be having that as didn't get any pine nuts. The
linguini uses half-fat creme fraiche, juice of half a lemon, fresh chives.
Both recipes use garlic (but just about everything I make contains garlic).
The spaghetti dish also uses shaved and grated parmesan, and actually I have
quite a lot of that to use up, so I'd better get to the shops some time in
the week and get the rest.

That is a tasty wine!

An online grocery shopping tip for anyone who's interested. Order deliveries
for around mid-week. At the weekends the shoppers are likely to be students
or other relatively inexperienced types. It is less important if you select
'no substitutes' (That is, if they don't have what you want, they'll give
you something similar. Now, if I wanted something else I'd have ordered it
in the first place. If they don't have what I want I'll either do without or
get what I do want, elsewhere; though 99% of the time they have everything
these days anyway); but substitutes or not you're still more likely to get
what you want - such as a fresher bag of spuds, say, from a shopper who does
it every day.

Post by webster72n
Interesting to hear (read) all these personal, yet otherwise public stories.
Of course we could 'order' our groceries or any other items and have them
delivered as well, here in the States or any other place, I presume.
Only personally I prefer to see what I am getting, most of the time.
Especially with the food being 'contaminated' with all kinds of chemicals
as so-called preservatives or other deadly 'invaders' and to top it off
'eradiated', meaning they are nutritionally 'dead'.
Yet in your case, Joan, you don't have much of a choice, if any.
And that's a pity, I must say.
On the other hand you may have special protection and I certainly hope so.
The best to You and All,
Harry.

Post by Joan Archer
I like to see what I'm buying on certain things, which is why I do a
Friday top up shop but that's only for a few things and I have that
delivered <g> well it's a bit hard trying to carry shopping and use a
walking stick and all on a bus <g>
The big shop though, tins and frozen don't need to be specially picked
and the shopper always goes for the best date and you're told if it's not
got such a good date as they'd like, you can send it back if you don't
want it and get your money refunded.
I would struggle here without electricity, the village doesn't have mains
gas, I have to heat light and cook with electric, well the heating is oil
but it needs the electric to make it work.
The only problem with using the fire is that it's only heating one room,
all that mess for one room, and I'm mainly down the other end in my
office on the computer so wouldn't get any benefit <g>
Not sunny here today it's been snowing for most of it <g>
--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

Post by Heather
How amazing!! You folks get your groceries delivered???? That is so
1950's to us. Mind you, I would be quite happy not to have to go out in
minus 20C weather. We have piped in natural gas for the furnace, so
other than a major explosion somewhere, no problems for heat.
If the hydro (electricity) went down, we would have NO water, furnace or
lights. Happened a few summers ago and we were 4 days without the
above. I think not having hydro was worse than water.........at least I
could buy bottled stuff.
Oh, and can't use our fireplace because in 22 years we have never had a
chimney sweep clean it out and won't use it until we do. 3 doors down
had a fire in the walls caused by the creosote buildup and the idiots
didn't have any insurance. It is MANDATORY if one has a mortgage, so
not sure how they got around that one. As no one seems to be working in
that family, I can only assume they are on Social Assistance (PC word
for welfare).
I could go online and order groceries to be delivered, but somehow just
can't do it. I want to see what I am buying!!
Sunny, but cold here........Heather

[webster72n]

Post by Dai Artichoke-Lewis
I used to go to the supermarket across town on my 140 mph production racer
motorbike (back when that was *fast*) and bring home a couple of shopping
bags full of groceries on it. Then my girlfriend moved in with me and she
used to carry them on the back (which was so funny!). Later I used
backpacks. I still walk to the supermarket and carry a backpack's worth
home, for the exercise, but have been shopping online off and on for close
to a decade now.
However - as you might reasonably guess, what with my general posting
history - I am *very* particular. Probably about everything but especially
about food; and with the biker sensibility regarding being ripped off. So
basically if the food was crap I wouldn't be buying it - and that applies to
nutritional content as well as to more traditional quality.
http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/groceries/index.jsp
Sainsbury's do annoy the hell out of me at times. Their site seems to be
maintained by someone who changes the layout every few weeks as though we go
there for entertainment and the point of the site is to show how they 'get'
IT. And some weeks ago they dropped Baked In-Store Harvest Grain farmhouse
loaves, though they are still available in the actual stores! You'd think
they were charged for the site a rate dependent on the number of items on
offer.
It's bloody well snowing again!
Probably tomorrow I'll make the linguini dish I got the wine for (well,
after the required 100ml, the rest is fair game for quaffing. In fact I
think I'll have a glass before I hit the sack). I've got fan-tailed prawns
from Thailand or Mussels from Chile (both from Tesco, actually. Sainsbury's
do the Chilean mussels too, but they're half the price in Tesco. And they do
a very nice Rustic Multigrain baked in-store loaf). Not sure which to have.
Or there's a spaghetti dish with red-wine vinegar and spinach and chilli
flakes and pine nuts; won't be having that as didn't get any pine nuts. The
linguini uses half-fat creme fraiche, juice of half a lemon, fresh chives.
Both recipes use garlic (but just about everything I make contains garlic).
The spaghetti dish also uses shaved and grated parmesan, and actually I have
quite a lot of that to use up, so I'd better get to the shops some time in
the week and get the rest.
That is a tasty wine!
An online grocery shopping tip for anyone who's interested. Order deliveries
for around mid-week. At the weekends the shoppers are likely to be students
or other relatively inexperienced types. It is less important if you select
'no substitutes' (That is, if they don't have what you want, they'll give
you something similar. Now, if I wanted something else I'd have ordered it
in the first place. If they don't have what I want I'll either do without or
get what I do want, elsewhere; though 99% of the time they have everything
these days anyway); but substitutes or not you're still more likely to get
what you want - such as a fresher bag of spuds, say, from a shopper who does
it every day.

Insanely revealing, but interesting all around, "Lewis".
To your health and your girlfriend's and your cat's.

Harry, aka 'Winnie the Poo'.

Post by Dai Artichoke-Lewis

Post by webster72n
Interesting to hear (read) all these personal, yet otherwise public stories.
Of course we could 'order' our groceries or any other items and have them
delivered as well, here in the States or any other place, I presume.
Only personally I prefer to see what I am getting, most of the time.
Especially with the food being 'contaminated' with all kinds of chemicals
as so-called preservatives or other deadly 'invaders' and to top it off
'eradiated', meaning they are nutritionally 'dead'.
Yet in your case, Joan, you don't have much of a choice, if any.
And that's a pity, I must say.
On the other hand you may have special protection and I certainly hope so.
The best to You and All,
Harry.

Post by Joan Archer
I like to see what I'm buying on certain things, which is why I do a
Friday top up shop but that's only for a few things and I have that
delivered <g> well it's a bit hard trying to carry shopping and use a
walking stick and all on a bus <g>
The big shop though, tins and frozen don't need to be specially picked
and the shopper always goes for the best date and you're told if it's not
got such a good date as they'd like, you can send it back if you don't
want it and get your money refunded.
I would struggle here without electricity, the village doesn't have mains
gas, I have to heat light and cook with electric, well the heating is oil
but it needs the electric to make it work.
The only problem with using the fire is that it's only heating one room,
all that mess for one room, and I'm mainly down the other end in my
office on the computer so wouldn't get any benefit <g>
Not sunny here today it's been snowing for most of it <g>
--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

Post by Heather
How amazing!! You folks get your groceries delivered???? That is so
1950's to us. Mind you, I would be quite happy not to have to go out in
minus 20C weather. We have piped in natural gas for the furnace, so
other than a major explosion somewhere, no problems for heat.
If the hydro (electricity) went down, we would have NO water, furnace or
lights. Happened a few summers ago and we were 4 days without the
above. I think not having hydro was worse than water.........at least I
could buy bottled stuff.
Oh, and can't use our fireplace because in 22 years we have never had a
chimney sweep clean it out and won't use it until we do. 3 doors down
had a fire in the walls caused by the creosote buildup and the idiots
didn't have any insurance. It is MANDATORY if one has a mortgage, so
not sure how they got around that one. As no one seems to be working in
that family, I can only assume they are on Social Assistance (PC word
for welfare).
I could go online and order groceries to be delivered, but somehow just
can't do it. I want to see what I am buying!!
Sunny, but cold here........Heather

[Count Friedrich Von Artichoke-Artichoke XXIII]

Post by webster72n
Insanely revealing

What, you mean about the garlic?

Dai's brother

Post by webster72n

Post by Dai Artichoke-Lewis
I used to go to the supermarket across town on my 140 mph production racer
motorbike (back when that was *fast*) and bring home a couple of shopping
bags full of groceries on it. Then my girlfriend moved in with me and she
used to carry them on the back (which was so funny!). Later I used
backpacks. I still walk to the supermarket and carry a backpack's worth
home, for the exercise, but have been shopping online off and on for close
to a decade now.
However - as you might reasonably guess, what with my general posting
history - I am *very* particular. Probably about everything but especially
about food; and with the biker sensibility regarding being ripped off. So
basically if the food was crap I wouldn't be buying it - and that applies to
nutritional content as well as to more traditional quality.
http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/groceries/index.jsp
Sainsbury's do annoy the hell out of me at times. Their site seems to be
maintained by someone who changes the layout every few weeks as though we go
there for entertainment and the point of the site is to show how they 'get'
IT. And some weeks ago they dropped Baked In-Store Harvest Grain farmhouse
loaves, though they are still available in the actual stores! You'd think
they were charged for the site a rate dependent on the number of items on
offer.
It's bloody well snowing again!
Probably tomorrow I'll make the linguini dish I got the wine for (well,
after the required 100ml, the rest is fair game for quaffing. In fact I
think I'll have a glass before I hit the sack). I've got fan-tailed prawns
from Thailand or Mussels from Chile (both from Tesco, actually. Sainsbury's
do the Chilean mussels too, but they're half the price in Tesco. And they do
a very nice Rustic Multigrain baked in-store loaf). Not sure which to have.
Or there's a spaghetti dish with red-wine vinegar and spinach and chilli
flakes and pine nuts; won't be having that as didn't get any pine nuts. The
linguini uses half-fat creme fraiche, juice of half a lemon, fresh chives.
Both recipes use garlic (but just about everything I make contains garlic).
The spaghetti dish also uses shaved and grated parmesan, and actually I have
quite a lot of that to use up, so I'd better get to the shops some time in
the week and get the rest.
That is a tasty wine!
An online grocery shopping tip for anyone who's interested. Order deliveries
for around mid-week. At the weekends the shoppers are likely to be students
or other relatively inexperienced types. It is less important if you select
'no substitutes' (That is, if they don't have what you want, they'll give
you something similar. Now, if I wanted something else I'd have ordered it
in the first place. If they don't have what I want I'll either do without or
get what I do want, elsewhere; though 99% of the time they have everything
these days anyway); but substitutes or not you're still more likely to get
what you want - such as a fresher bag of spuds, say, from a shopper who does
it every day.

Insanely revealing, but interesting all around, "Lewis".
To your health and your girlfriend's and your cat's.
Harry, aka 'Winnie the Poo'.

Post by Dai Artichoke-Lewis

Post by webster72n
Interesting to hear (read) all these personal, yet otherwise public stories.
Of course we could 'order' our groceries or any other items and have them
delivered as well, here in the States or any other place, I presume.
Only personally I prefer to see what I am getting, most of the time.
Especially with the food being 'contaminated' with all kinds of chemicals
as so-called preservatives or other deadly 'invaders' and to top it off
'eradiated', meaning they are nutritionally 'dead'.
Yet in your case, Joan, you don't have much of a choice, if any.
And that's a pity, I must say.
On the other hand you may have special protection and I certainly hope so.
The best to You and All,
Harry.

Post by Joan Archer
I like to see what I'm buying on certain things, which is why I do a
Friday top up shop but that's only for a few things and I have that
delivered <g> well it's a bit hard trying to carry shopping and use a
walking stick and all on a bus <g>
The big shop though, tins and frozen don't need to be specially picked
and the shopper always goes for the best date and you're told if it's not
got such a good date as they'd like, you can send it back if you don't
want it and get your money refunded.
I would struggle here without electricity, the village doesn't have mains
gas, I have to heat light and cook with electric, well the heating is oil
but it needs the electric to make it work.
The only problem with using the fire is that it's only heating one room,
all that mess for one room, and I'm mainly down the other end in my
office on the computer so wouldn't get any benefit <g>
Not sunny here today it's been snowing for most of it <g>
--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

Post by Heather
How amazing!! You folks get your groceries delivered???? That is so
1950's to us. Mind you, I would be quite happy not to have to go out in
minus 20C weather. We have piped in natural gas for the furnace, so
other than a major explosion somewhere, no problems for heat.
If the hydro (electricity) went down, we would have NO water, furnace or
lights. Happened a few summers ago and we were 4 days without the
above. I think not having hydro was worse than water.........at least I
could buy bottled stuff.
Oh, and can't use our fireplace because in 22 years we have never had a
chimney sweep clean it out and won't use it until we do. 3 doors down
had a fire in the walls caused by the creosote buildup and the idiots
didn't have any insurance. It is MANDATORY if one has a mortgage, so
not sure how they got around that one. As no one seems to be working in
that family, I can only assume they are on Social Assistance (PC word
for welfare).
I could go online and order groceries to be delivered, but somehow just
can't do it. I want to see what I am buying!!
Sunny, but cold here........Heather

[webster72n]

"Count Friedrich Von Artichoke-Artichoke XXIII"

Post by Count Friedrich Von Artichoke-Artichoke XXIII

Post by webster72n
Insanely revealing

What, you mean about the garlic?

Not really, it was aimed at the given details, but then that effort seemed
to be necessary for Figgs to get inspired.

My brother's brother.

Post by Count Friedrich Von Artichoke-Artichoke XXIII
Dai's brother

Post by webster72n

Post by Dai Artichoke-Lewis
I used to go to the supermarket across town on my 140 mph production racer
motorbike (back when that was *fast*) and bring home a couple of shopping
bags full of groceries on it. Then my girlfriend moved in with me and she
used to carry them on the back (which was so funny!). Later I used
backpacks. I still walk to the supermarket and carry a backpack's worth
home, for the exercise, but have been shopping online off and on for close
to a decade now.
However - as you might reasonably guess, what with my general posting
history - I am *very* particular. Probably about everything but especially
about food; and with the biker sensibility regarding being ripped off. So
basically if the food was crap I wouldn't be buying it - and that
applies
to
nutritional content as well as to more traditional quality.
http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/groceries/index.jsp
Sainsbury's do annoy the hell out of me at times. Their site seems to be
maintained by someone who changes the layout every few weeks as though
we
go
there for entertainment and the point of the site is to show how they 'get'
IT. And some weeks ago they dropped Baked In-Store Harvest Grain farmhouse
loaves, though they are still available in the actual stores! You'd think
they were charged for the site a rate dependent on the number of items on
offer.
It's bloody well snowing again!
Probably tomorrow I'll make the linguini dish I got the wine for (well,
after the required 100ml, the rest is fair game for quaffing. In fact I
think I'll have a glass before I hit the sack). I've got fan-tailed prawns
from Thailand or Mussels from Chile (both from Tesco, actually. Sainsbury's
do the Chilean mussels too, but they're half the price in Tesco. And
they
do
a very nice Rustic Multigrain baked in-store loaf). Not sure which to have.
Or there's a spaghetti dish with red-wine vinegar and spinach and chilli
flakes and pine nuts; won't be having that as didn't get any pine nuts. The
linguini uses half-fat creme fraiche, juice of half a lemon, fresh chives.
Both recipes use garlic (but just about everything I make contains garlic).
The spaghetti dish also uses shaved and grated parmesan, and actually I have
quite a lot of that to use up, so I'd better get to the shops some time in
the week and get the rest.
That is a tasty wine!
An online grocery shopping tip for anyone who's interested. Order deliveries
for around mid-week. At the weekends the shoppers are likely to be students
or other relatively inexperienced types. It is less important if you select
'no substitutes' (That is, if they don't have what you want, they'll give
you something similar. Now, if I wanted something else I'd have ordered it
in the first place. If they don't have what I want I'll either do
without
or
get what I do want, elsewhere; though 99% of the time they have everything
these days anyway); but substitutes or not you're still more likely to get
what you want - such as a fresher bag of spuds, say, from a shopper who does
it every day.

Insanely revealing, but interesting all around, "Lewis".
To your health and your girlfriend's and your cat's.
Harry, aka 'Winnie the Poo'.

Post by Dai Artichoke-Lewis

Post by webster72n
Interesting to hear (read) all these personal, yet otherwise public stories.
Of course we could 'order' our groceries or any other items and have them
delivered as well, here in the States or any other place, I presume.
Only personally I prefer to see what I am getting, most of the time.
Especially with the food being 'contaminated' with all kinds of chemicals
as so-called preservatives or other deadly 'invaders' and to top it off
'eradiated', meaning they are nutritionally 'dead'.
Yet in your case, Joan, you don't have much of a choice, if any.
And that's a pity, I must say.
On the other hand you may have special protection and I certainly hope so.
The best to You and All,
Harry.

Post by Joan Archer
I like to see what I'm buying on certain things, which is why I do a
Friday top up shop but that's only for a few things and I have that
delivered <g> well it's a bit hard trying to carry shopping and use a
walking stick and all on a bus <g>
The big shop though, tins and frozen don't need to be specially picked
and the shopper always goes for the best date and you're told if it's not
got such a good date as they'd like, you can send it back if you don't
want it and get your money refunded.
I would struggle here without electricity, the village doesn't have mains
gas, I have to heat light and cook with electric, well the heating is oil
but it needs the electric to make it work.
The only problem with using the fire is that it's only heating one room,
all that mess for one room, and I'm mainly down the other end in my
office on the computer so wouldn't get any benefit <g>
Not sunny here today it's been snowing for most of it <g>
--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

Post by Heather
How amazing!! You folks get your groceries delivered???? That is so
1950's to us. Mind you, I would be quite happy not to have to go out in
minus 20C weather. We have piped in natural gas for the furnace, so
other than a major explosion somewhere, no problems for heat.
If the hydro (electricity) went down, we would have NO water, furnace or
lights. Happened a few summers ago and we were 4 days without the
above. I think not having hydro was worse than water.........at least I
could buy bottled stuff.
Oh, and can't use our fireplace because in 22 years we have never had a
chimney sweep clean it out and won't use it until we do. 3 doors down
had a fire in the walls caused by the creosote buildup and the idiots
didn't have any insurance. It is MANDATORY if one has a mortgage, so
not sure how they got around that one. As no one seems to be working in
that family, I can only assume they are on Social Assistance (PC word
for welfare).
I could go online and order groceries to be delivered, but somehow just
can't do it. I want to see what I am buying!!
Sunny, but cold here........Heather

[Heather]

Post by Dai Artichoke-Lewis
Probably tomorrow I'll make the linguini dish I got the wine for (well,
after the required 100ml, the rest is fair game for quaffing. In fact I
think I'll have a glass before I hit the sack). I've got fan-tailed prawns
from Thailand or Mussels from Chile (both from Tesco, actually. Sainsbury's
do the Chilean mussels too, but they're half the price in Tesco. And they do
a very nice Rustic Multigrain baked in-store loaf). Not sure which to have.
Or there's a spaghetti dish with red-wine vinegar and spinach and chilli
flakes and pine nuts; won't be having that as didn't get any pine nuts. The
linguini uses half-fat creme fraiche, juice of half a lemon, fresh chives.
Both recipes use garlic (but just about everything I make contains garlic).
The spaghetti dish also uses shaved and grated parmesan, and actually I have
quite a lot of that to use up, so I'd better get to the shops some time in
the week and get the rest.
That is a tasty wine!

If you truly cook all of those things, I do have a spare room here. You
probably have Sir Michael (the gourmand) absolutely drooling!!

XX Figgs

[Art]

Post by Heather

Post by Dai Artichoke-Lewis
Probably tomorrow I'll make the linguini dish I got the wine for (well,
after the required 100ml, the rest is fair game for quaffing. In fact I
think I'll have a glass before I hit the sack). I've got fan-tailed prawns
from Thailand or Mussels from Chile (both from Tesco, actually. Sainsbury's
do the Chilean mussels too, but they're half the price in Tesco. And they do
a very nice Rustic Multigrain baked in-store loaf). Not sure which to have.
Or there's a spaghetti dish with red-wine vinegar and spinach and chilli
flakes and pine nuts; won't be having that as didn't get any pine nuts. The
linguini uses half-fat creme fraiche, juice of half a lemon, fresh chives.
Both recipes use garlic (but just about everything I make contains garlic).
The spaghetti dish also uses shaved and grated parmesan, and actually I have
quite a lot of that to use up, so I'd better get to the shops some time in
the week and get the rest.
That is a tasty wine!

If you truly cook all of those things, I do have a spare room here. You
probably have Sir Michael (the gourmand) absolutely drooling!!

I may take you up on that, if you stay on line long enough for me to squeeze
down the phone line and through that transatlantic cable. Can Rosie come
too?

Shane

[Heather]

Post by Art

Post by Heather

Post by Dai Artichoke-Lewis
Probably tomorrow I'll make the linguini dish I got the wine for (well,
after the required 100ml, the rest is fair game for quaffing. In fact I
think I'll have a glass before I hit the sack). I've got fan-tailed prawns
from Thailand or Mussels from Chile (both from Tesco, actually. Sainsbury's
do the Chilean mussels too, but they're half the price in Tesco. And they do
a very nice Rustic Multigrain baked in-store loaf). Not sure which to have.
Or there's a spaghetti dish with red-wine vinegar and spinach and chilli
flakes and pine nuts; won't be having that as didn't get any pine nuts. The
linguini uses half-fat creme fraiche, juice of half a lemon, fresh chives.
Both recipes use garlic (but just about everything I make contains garlic).
The spaghetti dish also uses shaved and grated parmesan, and actually I have
quite a lot of that to use up, so I'd better get to the shops some time in
the week and get the rest.
That is a tasty wine!

If you truly cook all of those things, I do have a spare room here. You
probably have Sir Michael (the gourmand) absolutely drooling!!

I may take you up on that, if you stay on line long enough for me to
squeeze down the phone line and through that transatlantic cable. Can
Rosie come too?

Does Rosie cook?? LOL. I wish, but I think she would have to be
quarantined for a while.

Lady Mary Elizabeth
Countess of Werewolfshire

[Art]

Post by Heather

Post by Art

Post by Heather

Post by Dai Artichoke-Lewis
Probably tomorrow I'll make the linguini dish I got the wine for (well,
after the required 100ml, the rest is fair game for quaffing. In fact I
think I'll have a glass before I hit the sack). I've got fan-tailed prawns
from Thailand or Mussels from Chile (both from Tesco, actually. Sainsbury's
do the Chilean mussels too, but they're half the price in Tesco. And they do
a very nice Rustic Multigrain baked in-store loaf). Not sure which to have.
Or there's a spaghetti dish with red-wine vinegar and spinach and chilli
flakes and pine nuts; won't be having that as didn't get any pine nuts. The
linguini uses half-fat creme fraiche, juice of half a lemon, fresh chives.
Both recipes use garlic (but just about everything I make contains garlic).
The spaghetti dish also uses shaved and grated parmesan, and actually I have
quite a lot of that to use up, so I'd better get to the shops some time in
the week and get the rest.
That is a tasty wine!

If you truly cook all of those things, I do have a spare room here. You
probably have Sir Michael (the gourmand) absolutely drooling!!

I may take you up on that, if you stay on line long enough for me to
squeeze down the phone line and through that transatlantic cable. Can
Rosie come too?

Does Rosie cook?? LOL. I wish, but I think she would have to be
quarantined for a while.

She's a great hunter!

Post by Heather
Lady Mary Elizabeth
Countess of Werewolfshire

She'd kill a werewolf no prob!

Anyway, Figgs. What's Canadian immigration policy? I can't stay in this
country.

Shane

[webster72n]

Post by Art

Post by Heather

Post by Art

Post by Heather

Post by Dai Artichoke-Lewis
Probably tomorrow I'll make the linguini dish I got the wine for (well,
after the required 100ml, the rest is fair game for quaffing. In fact I
think I'll have a glass before I hit the sack). I've got fan-tailed prawns
from Thailand or Mussels from Chile (both from Tesco, actually. Sainsbury's
do the Chilean mussels too, but they're half the price in Tesco. And they do
a very nice Rustic Multigrain baked in-store loaf). Not sure which to have.
Or there's a spaghetti dish with red-wine vinegar and spinach and chilli
flakes and pine nuts; won't be having that as didn't get any pine nuts. The
linguini uses half-fat creme fraiche, juice of half a lemon, fresh chives.
Both recipes use garlic (but just about everything I make contains garlic).
The spaghetti dish also uses shaved and grated parmesan, and actually I have
quite a lot of that to use up, so I'd better get to the shops some time in
the week and get the rest.
That is a tasty wine!

If you truly cook all of those things, I do have a spare room here.
You probably have Sir Michael (the gourmand) absolutely drooling!!

I may take you up on that, if you stay on line long enough for me to
squeeze down the phone line and through that transatlantic cable. Can
Rosie come too?

Does Rosie cook?? LOL. I wish, but I think she would have to be
quarantined for a while.

She's a great hunter!

Post by Heather
Lady Mary Elizabeth
Countess of Werewolfshire

She'd kill a werewolf no prob!
Anyway, Figgs. What's Canadian immigration policy? I can't stay in this
country.

You definitely have to be able to speak either French or Spanish, besides
English that is, hahaha...

Post by Art
Shane

[Heather]

Post by webster72n

Post by Art
She'd kill a werewolf no prob!
Anyway, Figgs. What's Canadian immigration policy? I can't stay in this
country.

You definitely have to be able to speak either French or Spanish, besides
English that is, hahaha...

Damn, you Merkins are so clueless about Canada!! FRENCH is our second
language, NOT spanish. Give your head a shake!!

Art........don't know much about immigration cuz we emigrated in 1820. (G)
Look it up on our government websites, but you would have a head start over
*south asia* cuz you speak English, have a profession and are a lighter
shade of pale.

Figgs.........watching the coverage on CNN in Haiti.......so heartbreaking,
especially the children.

[webster72n]

Post by Heather

Post by webster72n

Post by Art
She'd kill a werewolf no prob!
Anyway, Figgs. What's Canadian immigration policy? I can't stay in this
country.

You definitely have to be able to speak either French or Spanish, besides
English that is, hahaha...

Damn, you Merkins are so clueless about Canada!! FRENCH is our second
language, NOT spanish.

You could have fooled me, cuz-babe <g>

Post by Heather
Give your head a shake!!

Our government takes care of that!!!

Post by Heather
Art........don't know much about immigration cuz we emigrated in 1820.
(G) Look it up on our government websites, but you would have a head start
over *south asia* cuz you speak English, have a profession and are a
lighter shade of pale.

Is that on the map???

Post by Heather
Figgs.........watching the coverage on CNN in Haiti.......so
heartbreaking, especially the children.

[Mike M]

As Figgs says (or meant to say), Yum, yum!
--
Mike

Post by Dai Artichoke-Lewis
I used to go to the supermarket across town on my 140 mph production
racer motorbike (back when that was *fast*) and bring home a couple
of shopping bags full of groceries on it. Then my girlfriend moved in
with me and she used to carry them on the back (which was so funny!).
Later I used backpacks. I still walk to the supermarket and carry a
backpack's worth home, for the exercise, but have been shopping
online off and on for close to a decade now.
However - as you might reasonably guess, what with my general posting
history - I am *very* particular. Probably about everything but
especially about food; and with the biker sensibility regarding being
ripped off. So basically if the food was crap I wouldn't be buying it
- and that applies to nutritional content as well as to more
traditional quality.
http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/groceries/index.jsp
Sainsbury's do annoy the hell out of me at times. Their site seems to
be maintained by someone who changes the layout every few weeks as
though we go there for entertainment and the point of the site is to
show how they 'get' IT. And some weeks ago they dropped Baked
In-Store Harvest Grain farmhouse loaves, though they are still
available in the actual stores! You'd think they were charged for the
site a rate dependent on the number of items on offer.
It's bloody well snowing again!
Probably tomorrow I'll make the linguini dish I got the wine for
(well, after the required 100ml, the rest is fair game for quaffing.
In fact I think I'll have a glass before I hit the sack). I've got
fan-tailed prawns from Thailand or Mussels from Chile (both from
Tesco, actually. Sainsbury's do the Chilean mussels too, but they're
half the price in Tesco. And they do a very nice Rustic Multigrain
baked in-store loaf). Not sure which to have. Or there's a spaghetti
dish with red-wine vinegar and spinach and chilli flakes and pine
nuts; won't be having that as didn't get any pine nuts. The linguini
uses half-fat creme fraiche, juice of half a lemon, fresh chives.
Both recipes use garlic (but just about everything I make contains
garlic). The spaghetti dish also uses shaved and grated parmesan, and
actually I have quite a lot of that to use up, so I'd better get to
the shops some time in the week and get the rest.
That is a tasty wine!
An online grocery shopping tip for anyone who's interested. Order
deliveries for around mid-week. At the weekends the shoppers are
likely to be students or other relatively inexperienced types. It is
less important if you select 'no substitutes' (That is, if they don't
have what you want, they'll give you something similar. Now, if I
wanted something else I'd have ordered it in the first place. If they
don't have what I want I'll either do without or get what I do want,
elsewhere; though 99% of the time they have everything these days
anyway); but substitutes or not you're still more likely to get what
you want - such as a fresher bag of spuds, say, from a shopper who
does it every day.

[Heather]

You betcha!! Shall we meet at his place in say, two weeks?? Sounds
amazing.

Hey, btw........I have 3 Wordperfect cd's here and am wondering which one to
put on. As you and I seem to be the only two people on Usenet that prefer
it, I thought I would ask.

1. Really old Version 8 which I think was *topped up* by Corel at some
point.
2. An OEM version of Office 12 which I got for free, just pay the shipping
(illegal?)
3. Ditto for X3 and ditto again. MDG was advertising them for *sale*, so
bought them years ago.

I don't use it much, but prefer it over MS Word which I do have on here (MS
Office 2003)

Cheers.......Figgs

Post by Mike M
As Figgs says (or meant to say), Yum, yum!
--
Mike

Post by Dai Artichoke-Lewis
I used to go to the supermarket across town on my 140 mph production
racer motorbike (back when that was *fast*) and bring home a couple
of shopping bags full of groceries on it. Then my girlfriend moved in
with me and she used to carry them on the back (which was so funny!).
Later I used backpacks. I still walk to the supermarket and carry a
backpack's worth home, for the exercise, but have been shopping
online off and on for close to a decade now.
However - as you might reasonably guess, what with my general posting
history - I am *very* particular. Probably about everything but
especially about food; and with the biker sensibility regarding being
ripped off. So basically if the food was crap I wouldn't be buying it
- and that applies to nutritional content as well as to more
traditional quality. http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/groceries/index.jsp
Sainsbury's do annoy the hell out of me at times. Their site seems to
be maintained by someone who changes the layout every few weeks as
though we go there for entertainment and the point of the site is to
show how they 'get' IT. And some weeks ago they dropped Baked
In-Store Harvest Grain farmhouse loaves, though they are still
available in the actual stores! You'd think they were charged for the
site a rate dependent on the number of items on offer.
It's bloody well snowing again!
Probably tomorrow I'll make the linguini dish I got the wine for
(well, after the required 100ml, the rest is fair game for quaffing.
In fact I think I'll have a glass before I hit the sack). I've got
fan-tailed prawns from Thailand or Mussels from Chile (both from
Tesco, actually. Sainsbury's do the Chilean mussels too, but they're
half the price in Tesco. And they do a very nice Rustic Multigrain
baked in-store loaf). Not sure which to have. Or there's a spaghetti
dish with red-wine vinegar and spinach and chilli flakes and pine
nuts; won't be having that as didn't get any pine nuts. The linguini
uses half-fat creme fraiche, juice of half a lemon, fresh chives.
Both recipes use garlic (but just about everything I make contains
garlic). The spaghetti dish also uses shaved and grated parmesan, and
actually I have quite a lot of that to use up, so I'd better get to
the shops some time in the week and get the rest. That is a tasty wine!
An online grocery shopping tip for anyone who's interested. Order
deliveries for around mid-week. At the weekends the shoppers are
likely to be students or other relatively inexperienced types. It is
less important if you select 'no substitutes' (That is, if they don't
have what you want, they'll give you something similar. Now, if I
wanted something else I'd have ordered it in the first place. If they
don't have what I want I'll either do without or get what I do want,
elsewhere; though 99% of the time they have everything these days
anyway); but substitutes or not you're still more likely to get what
you want - such as a fresher bag of spuds, say, from a shopper who
does it every day.

[Mike M]

I've got WordPerfect X4 installed here. I installed and ran X3 on this box
in April 06 and updated to X4 in November 08. Both installed and ran/run
without problem. Like yourself I don't use MS Word although I do have it
installed as I make a fair bit of use of Excel and very occasionally
Publisher. To be honest I make virtually no use of any of the changes made
in recent versions, the same being true of Office, so if you're the same
install whichever version you think you will be most comfortable with.
--
Mike

Post by Heather
You betcha!! Shall we meet at his place in say, two weeks?? Sounds
amazing.
Hey, btw........I have 3 Wordperfect cd's here and am wondering which
one to put on. As you and I seem to be the only two people on Usenet
that prefer it, I thought I would ask.
1. Really old Version 8 which I think was *topped up* by Corel at
some point.
2. An OEM version of Office 12 which I got for free, just pay the
shipping (illegal?)
3. Ditto for X3 and ditto again. MDG was advertising them for
*sale*, so bought them years ago.
I don't use it much, but prefer it over MS Word which I do have on
here (MS Office 2003)

[Heather]

Thanks.....perhaps I will go with X3 the and maybe upgrade. I asked on two
different WP news groups which was better (that or 12) and NO ONE had the
decency to reply. Think I will post a decidedly sarcastic note, grin.

My version 8 came with WinME and I think it was an OEM one or a curtailed
one. And I seem to remember a very nice lad in the US at Corel who sent me
a full version, but damned if I know where that is.

Nice break in researching........I was trying to read pages in spanish and
failing miserably, lol. It seems that the Archives are in Sevilla and are
now available. I remember when they wouldn't let the LDS into the country
(heretics!!) to microfilm their records. Oops, for those not into
genealogy, LDS folks are the Mormons.

Cheers........off to find a peanut butter sandwich cuz Shane made me hungry.
(G)

Post by Mike M
I've got WordPerfect X4 installed here. I installed and ran X3 on this
box in April 06 and updated to X4 in November 08. Both installed and
ran/run without problem. Like yourself I don't use MS Word although I do
have it installed as I make a fair bit of use of Excel and very
occasionally Publisher. To be honest I make virtually no use of any of
the changes made in recent versions, the same being true of Office, so if
you're the same install whichever version you think you will be most
comfortable with.
--
Mike

Post by Heather
You betcha!! Shall we meet at his place in say, two weeks?? Sounds
amazing.
Hey, btw........I have 3 Wordperfect cd's here and am wondering which
one to put on. As you and I seem to be the only two people on Usenet
that prefer it, I thought I would ask.
1. Really old Version 8 which I think was *topped up* by Corel at
some point.
2. An OEM version of Office 12 which I got for free, just pay the
shipping (illegal?)
3. Ditto for X3 and ditto again. MDG was advertising them for
*sale*, so bought them years ago.
I don't use it much, but prefer it over MS Word which I do have on
here (MS Office 2003)

[Joan Archer]

Didn't Corel take over PaintShop Pro ? I have version 7 of PaintShop Pro the
Anniversay Edition here but haven't got it on this machine in either Vista
or Windows 7.
I know I get regular emails from Serif with offers for their programs but as
I'm not into photo or video editing I don't see the point spending money on
such things.

I'm another one that hardly ever uses Word, I just use Excel, I have Home &
Student 2007 version which just comes with Excel, Word, Power Point and
OneNote.

The snow started again this afternoon but turned into rain, don't know what
it's going to do overnight the temperature at the moment is down to
freezing.
--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

Post by Heather
Thanks.....perhaps I will go with X3 the and maybe upgrade. I asked on
two different WP news groups which was better (that or 12) and NO ONE had
the decency to reply. Think I will post a decidedly sarcastic note, grin.
My version 8 came with WinME and I think it was an OEM one or a curtailed
one. And I seem to remember a very nice lad in the US at Corel who sent
me a full version, but damned if I know where that is.
Nice break in researching........I was trying to read pages in spanish and
failing miserably, lol. It seems that the Archives are in Sevilla and are
now available. I remember when they wouldn't let the LDS into the country
(heretics!!) to microfilm their records. Oops, for those not into
genealogy, LDS folks are the Mormons.
Cheers........off to find a peanut butter sandwich cuz Shane made me
hungry. (G)

Post by Mike M
I've got WordPerfect X4 installed here. I installed and ran X3 on this
box in April 06 and updated to X4 in November 08. Both installed and
ran/run without problem. Like yourself I don't use MS Word although I do
have it installed as I make a fair bit of use of Excel and very
occasionally Publisher. To be honest I make virtually no use of any of
the changes made in recent versions, the same being true of Office, so if
you're the same install whichever version you think you will be most
comfortable with.
--
Mike

Post by Heather
You betcha!! Shall we meet at his place in say, two weeks?? Sounds
amazing.
Hey, btw........I have 3 Wordperfect cd's here and am wondering which
one to put on. As you and I seem to be the only two people on Usenet
that prefer it, I thought I would ask.
1. Really old Version 8 which I think was *topped up* by Corel at
some point.
2. An OEM version of Office 12 which I got for free, just pay the
shipping (illegal?)
3. Ditto for X3 and ditto again. MDG was advertising them for
*sale*, so bought them years ago.
I don't use it much, but prefer it over MS Word which I do have on
here (MS Office 2003)

[Noel Paton]

Since this threatens to be the longest thread in ME.general's history, I may
as well join in :)

I used to use PSP7 - but don't recall it being any sort of Anniversary
thingy? Nowadays, unless it needs something specific, Irfanview does the
lion's share of the work.

WP again - I used to use it back in the days of DOS.... maybe WP3 or 4??....
when Windows came out, I converted the few files I had to Word, and never
looked back (I was too busy running<g>).

As for pasta.... The schedule here is for me to make a Bolognese on
Thursday - all welcome, if you can get here through the floods which will
(obviously) follow the thaw that's (so the weathermen say) coming
tomorrow/Thurs/Fri.
My only problem is where to get decent Pork mince - I like to use 1/2:1/2
pork/beef if I can - it improves the texture immensely. The rest is fairly
standard. If I was brave I'd have a go at making my own spaghetti - but
it'd cost a small fortune to buy the 'proper' equipment, and I can't be
bothered to do it the old-fashioned way :)

I suspect that I'm going to have to compromise on the wine to go with the
Bolognese - I'm the only one I know of the four scheduled to attend who
actually drinks red wine..... so getting a decent Chianti is out of the
question... Lidl may have something to offer when I go shopping tomorrow (
their Chateauneuf was very palatable - especially at 'only' £7 a pop!).
Perhaps a reasonable Rioja? It's likely to end up being either Lidl or
Tesco.... since 17th Dec I'm not allowed to drive as I was naughty, and got
my license confiscated for 12 months :(

Enough already!... I've made myself hungry again - and I only ate a couple
of hours ago!
--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk

Post by Joan Archer
Didn't Corel take over PaintShop Pro ? I have version 7 of PaintShop Pro
the Anniversay Edition here but haven't got it on this machine in either
Vista or Windows 7.
I know I get regular emails from Serif with offers for their programs but
as I'm not into photo or video editing I don't see the point spending
money on such things.
I'm another one that hardly ever uses Word, I just use Excel, I have Home
& Student 2007 version which just comes with Excel, Word, Power Point and
OneNote.
The snow started again this afternoon but turned into rain, don't know
what it's going to do overnight the temperature at the moment is down to
freezing.
--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

Post by Heather
Thanks.....perhaps I will go with X3 the and maybe upgrade. I asked on
two different WP news groups which was better (that or 12) and NO ONE had
the decency to reply. Think I will post a decidedly sarcastic note, grin.
My version 8 came with WinME and I think it was an OEM one or a curtailed
one. And I seem to remember a very nice lad in the US at Corel who sent
me a full version, but damned if I know where that is.
Nice break in researching........I was trying to read pages in spanish
and failing miserably, lol. It seems that the Archives are in Sevilla
and are now available. I remember when they wouldn't let the LDS into
the country (heretics!!) to microfilm their records. Oops, for those not
into genealogy, LDS folks are the Mormons.
Cheers........off to find a peanut butter sandwich cuz Shane made me
hungry. (G)

Post by Mike M
I've got WordPerfect X4 installed here. I installed and ran X3 on this
box in April 06 and updated to X4 in November 08. Both installed and
ran/run without problem. Like yourself I don't use MS Word although I
do have it installed as I make a fair bit of use of Excel and very
occasionally Publisher. To be honest I make virtually no use of any of
the changes made in recent versions, the same being true of Office, so
if you're the same install whichever version you think you will be most
comfortable with.
--
Mike

Post by Heather
You betcha!! Shall we meet at his place in say, two weeks?? Sounds
amazing.
Hey, btw........I have 3 Wordperfect cd's here and am wondering which
one to put on. As you and I seem to be the only two people on Usenet
that prefer it, I thought I would ask.
1. Really old Version 8 which I think was *topped up* by Corel at
some point.
2. An OEM version of Office 12 which I got for free, just pay the
shipping (illegal?)
3. Ditto for X3 and ditto again. MDG was advertising them for
*sale*, so bought them years ago.
I don't use it much, but prefer it over MS Word which I do have on
here (MS Office 2003)

[Art]

I only use PSP7 for adding text to pics. Otherwise, yes, Irfanview is the
beez whoopeez

As for pasta...and chianti...yes, Anthony Hopkins is Welsh, too, isn't he!
Presumably by 'pork' you're referring to long pig?

otoh I'd forgotten what a p1sshead you are! So I guess you are a jock after
all!

Thaw you say? I'm starting to think this is 1963 pt. 2. Not that I can
remember pt. 1.

Really the only red wine I've liked is the Roussillon - from the Cave and a
litre costing less than coke (a cola, of course. Though at one time I had
the use of the Swiss chalet of very wealthy French family friends - I
probably commented here about it at the time, 2003 iirc - and I was told I
could take a bottle from the wine cellar? I chose a Chianti. That was when I
formed the opinion that just because a bottle is decades old, doesn't make
it good!

I don't think I was meant to take such an old one but didn't look at the
date until it was on the table, and at that point 'ah, what the f...' seemed
the appropriate response).

Bleedin' Live Mail flagging 'litre' as mis-spelt!

Anyway, 'Yellow Tail Pinot Grigio' - £5 in Sainsbury's right now, £5.99
normally (so hardly discounted at all!), is a tasty dry-ish white! From
Tesco pre-Chrissy there was a decent Chilean Sauvignon Blanc iirc and
Banrock Reserve Chardonnay (?) both discounted for under a fiver and pretty
good! There's a lot of discounted Italian lately but I doubt I'll drink
Italian wine ever again.

Now, I'm sure I meant to insult you one more time...guess I'll have to post
again!

Post by Noel Paton
Since this threatens to be the longest thread in ME.general's history, I
may as well join in :)
I used to use PSP7 - but don't recall it being any sort of Anniversary
thingy? Nowadays, unless it needs something specific, Irfanview does the
lion's share of the work.
WP again - I used to use it back in the days of DOS.... maybe WP3 or
4??.... when Windows came out, I converted the few files I had to Word,
and never looked back (I was too busy running<g>).
As for pasta.... The schedule here is for me to make a Bolognese on
Thursday - all welcome, if you can get here through the floods which will
(obviously) follow the thaw that's (so the weathermen say) coming
tomorrow/Thurs/Fri.
My only problem is where to get decent Pork mince - I like to use 1/2:1/2
pork/beef if I can - it improves the texture immensely. The rest is fairly
standard. If I was brave I'd have a go at making my own spaghetti - but
it'd cost a small fortune to buy the 'proper' equipment, and I can't be
bothered to do it the old-fashioned way :)
I suspect that I'm going to have to compromise on the wine to go with the
Bolognese - I'm the only one I know of the four scheduled to attend who
actually drinks red wine..... so getting a decent Chianti is out of the
question... Lidl may have something to offer when I go shopping tomorrow
( their Chateauneuf was very palatable - especially at 'only' £7 a pop!).
Perhaps a reasonable Rioja? It's likely to end up being either Lidl or
Tesco.... since 17th Dec I'm not allowed to drive as I was naughty, and
got my license confiscated for 12 months :(
Enough already!... I've made myself hungry again - and I only ate a
couple of hours ago!
--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC
Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk

Post by Joan Archer
Didn't Corel take over PaintShop Pro ? I have version 7 of PaintShop Pro
the Anniversay Edition here but haven't got it on this machine in either
Vista or Windows 7.
I know I get regular emails from Serif with offers for their programs but
as I'm not into photo or video editing I don't see the point spending
money on such things.
I'm another one that hardly ever uses Word, I just use Excel, I have Home
& Student 2007 version which just comes with Excel, Word, Power Point and
OneNote.
The snow started again this afternoon but turned into rain, don't know
what it's going to do overnight the temperature at the moment is down to
freezing.
--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

Post by Heather
Thanks.....perhaps I will go with X3 the and maybe upgrade. I asked on
two different WP news groups which was better (that or 12) and NO ONE
had the decency to reply. Think I will post a decidedly sarcastic note,
grin.
My version 8 came with WinME and I think it was an OEM one or a
curtailed one. And I seem to remember a very nice lad in the US at
Corel who sent me a full version, but damned if I know where that is.
Nice break in researching........I was trying to read pages in spanish
and failing miserably, lol. It seems that the Archives are in Sevilla
and are now available. I remember when they wouldn't let the LDS into
the country (heretics!!) to microfilm their records. Oops, for those
not into genealogy, LDS folks are the Mormons.
Cheers........off to find a peanut butter sandwich cuz Shane made me
hungry. (G)

Post by Mike M
I've got WordPerfect X4 installed here. I installed and ran X3 on this
box in April 06 and updated to X4 in November 08. Both installed and
ran/run without problem. Like yourself I don't use MS Word although I
do have it installed as I make a fair bit of use of Excel and very
occasionally Publisher. To be honest I make virtually no use of any of
the changes made in recent versions, the same being true of Office, so
if you're the same install whichever version you think you will be most
comfortable with.
--
Mike

Post by Heather
You betcha!! Shall we meet at his place in say, two weeks?? Sounds
amazing.
Hey, btw........I have 3 Wordperfect cd's here and am wondering which
one to put on. As you and I seem to be the only two people on Usenet
that prefer it, I thought I would ask.
1. Really old Version 8 which I think was *topped up* by Corel at
some point.
2. An OEM version of Office 12 which I got for free, just pay the
shipping (illegal?)
3. Ditto for X3 and ditto again. MDG was advertising them for
*sale*, so bought them years ago.
I don't use it much, but prefer it over MS Word which I do have on
here (MS Office 2003)

[Joan Archer]

The one I bought was called the 10th Anniversary Edition it came with the
book Paint Shop Pro 7 & Animation Shop 3 Getting Started Guide and a really
thick book Reference Guide both printed in 2001 but I think it said that the
year 2000 was the 10th Anniversary of the program, blimey where's the time
gone <g>
--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

Post by Noel Paton
Since this threatens to be the longest thread in ME.general's history, I
may as well join in :)
I used to use PSP7 - but don't recall it being any sort of Anniversary
thingy? Nowadays, unless it needs something specific, Irfanview does the
lion's share of the work.
WP again - I used to use it back in the days of DOS.... maybe WP3 or
4??.... when Windows came out, I converted the few files I had to Word,
and never looked back (I was too busy running<g>).
As for pasta.... The schedule here is for me to make a Bolognese on
Thursday - all welcome, if you can get here through the floods which will
(obviously) follow the thaw that's (so the weathermen say) coming
tomorrow/Thurs/Fri.
My only problem is where to get decent Pork mince - I like to use 1/2:1/2
pork/beef if I can - it improves the texture immensely. The rest is fairly
standard. If I was brave I'd have a go at making my own spaghetti - but
it'd cost a small fortune to buy the 'proper' equipment, and I can't be
bothered to do it the old-fashioned way :)
I suspect that I'm going to have to compromise on the wine to go with the
Bolognese - I'm the only one I know of the four scheduled to attend who
actually drinks red wine..... so getting a decent Chianti is out of the
question... Lidl may have something to offer when I go shopping tomorrow
( their Chateauneuf was very palatable - especially at 'only' £7 a pop!).
Perhaps a reasonable Rioja? It's likely to end up being either Lidl or
Tesco.... since 17th Dec I'm not allowed to drive as I was naughty, and
got my license confiscated for 12 months :(
Enough already!... I've made myself hungry again - and I only ate a
couple of hours ago!
--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC
Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk

Post by Joan Archer
Didn't Corel take over PaintShop Pro ? I have version 7 of PaintShop Pro
the Anniversay Edition here but haven't got it on this machine in either
Vista or Windows 7.
I know I get regular emails from Serif with offers for their programs but
as I'm not into photo or video editing I don't see the point spending
money on such things.
I'm another one that hardly ever uses Word, I just use Excel, I have Home
& Student 2007 version which just comes with Excel, Word, Power Point and
OneNote.
The snow started again this afternoon but turned into rain, don't know
what it's going to do overnight the temperature at the moment is down to
freezing.
--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

Post by Heather
Thanks.....perhaps I will go with X3 the and maybe upgrade. I asked on
two different WP news groups which was better (that or 12) and NO ONE
had the decency to reply. Think I will post a decidedly sarcastic note,
grin.
My version 8 came with WinME and I think it was an OEM one or a
curtailed one. And I seem to remember a very nice lad in the US at
Corel who sent me a full version, but damned if I know where that is.
Nice break in researching........I was trying to read pages in spanish
and failing miserably, lol. It seems that the Archives are in Sevilla
and are now available. I remember when they wouldn't let the LDS into
the country (heretics!!) to microfilm their records. Oops, for those
not into genealogy, LDS folks are the Mormons.
Cheers........off to find a peanut butter sandwich cuz Shane made me
hungry. (G)

Post by Mike M
I've got WordPerfect X4 installed here. I installed and ran X3 on this
box in April 06 and updated to X4 in November 08. Both installed and
ran/run without problem. Like yourself I don't use MS Word although I
do have it installed as I make a fair bit of use of Excel and very
occasionally Publisher. To be honest I make virtually no use of any of
the changes made in recent versions, the same being true of Office, so
if you're the same install whichever version you think you will be most
comfortable with.
--
Mike

Post by Heather
You betcha!! Shall we meet at his place in say, two weeks?? Sounds
amazing.
Hey, btw........I have 3 Wordperfect cd's here and am wondering which
one to put on. As you and I seem to be the only two people on Usenet
that prefer it, I thought I would ask.
1. Really old Version 8 which I think was *topped up* by Corel at
some point.
2. An OEM version of Office 12 which I got for free, just pay the
shipping (illegal?)
3. Ditto for X3 and ditto again. MDG was advertising them for
*sale*, so bought them years ago.
I don't use it much, but prefer it over MS Word which I do have on
here (MS Office 2003)

[Noel Paton]

Ah - those were the days.... ME still a fledgling, and XP a nightmare :)
--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk

Post by Joan Archer
The one I bought was called the 10th Anniversary Edition it came with the
book Paint Shop Pro 7 & Animation Shop 3 Getting Started Guide and a
really thick book Reference Guide both printed in 2001 but I think it said
that the year 2000 was the 10th Anniversary of the program, blimey where's
the time gone <g>
--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

Post by Noel Paton
Since this threatens to be the longest thread in ME.general's history, I
may as well join in :)
I used to use PSP7 - but don't recall it being any sort of Anniversary
thingy? Nowadays, unless it needs something specific, Irfanview does the
lion's share of the work.
WP again - I used to use it back in the days of DOS.... maybe WP3 or
4??.... when Windows came out, I converted the few files I had to Word,
and never looked back (I was too busy running<g>).
As for pasta.... The schedule here is for me to make a Bolognese on
Thursday - all welcome, if you can get here through the floods which will
(obviously) follow the thaw that's (so the weathermen say) coming
tomorrow/Thurs/Fri.
My only problem is where to get decent Pork mince - I like to use 1/2:1/2
pork/beef if I can - it improves the texture immensely. The rest is
fairly standard. If I was brave I'd have a go at making my own
spaghetti - but it'd cost a small fortune to buy the 'proper' equipment,
and I can't be bothered to do it the old-fashioned way :)
I suspect that I'm going to have to compromise on the wine to go with the
Bolognese - I'm the only one I know of the four scheduled to attend who
actually drinks red wine..... so getting a decent Chianti is out of the
question... Lidl may have something to offer when I go shopping tomorrow
( their Chateauneuf was very palatable - especially at 'only' £7 a pop!).
Perhaps a reasonable Rioja? It's likely to end up being either Lidl or
Tesco.... since 17th Dec I'm not allowed to drive as I was naughty, and
got my license confiscated for 12 months :(
Enough already!... I've made myself hungry again - and I only ate a
couple of hours ago!
--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC
Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk

Post by Joan Archer
Didn't Corel take over PaintShop Pro ? I have version 7 of PaintShop Pro
the Anniversay Edition here but haven't got it on this machine in either
Vista or Windows 7.
I know I get regular emails from Serif with offers for their programs
but as I'm not into photo or video editing I don't see the point
spending money on such things.
I'm another one that hardly ever uses Word, I just use Excel, I have
Home & Student 2007 version which just comes with Excel, Word, Power
Point and OneNote.
The snow started again this afternoon but turned into rain, don't know
what it's going to do overnight the temperature at the moment is down
to freezing.
--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

Post by Heather
Thanks.....perhaps I will go with X3 the and maybe upgrade. I asked on
two different WP news groups which was better (that or 12) and NO ONE
had the decency to reply. Think I will post a decidedly sarcastic
note, grin.
My version 8 came with WinME and I think it was an OEM one or a
curtailed one. And I seem to remember a very nice lad in the US at
Corel who sent me a full version, but damned if I know where that is.
Nice break in researching........I was trying to read pages in spanish
and failing miserably, lol. It seems that the Archives are in Sevilla
and are now available. I remember when they wouldn't let the LDS into
the country (heretics!!) to microfilm their records. Oops, for those
not into genealogy, LDS folks are the Mormons.
Cheers........off to find a peanut butter sandwich cuz Shane made me
hungry. (G)

Post by Mike M
I've got WordPerfect X4 installed here. I installed and ran X3 on
this box in April 06 and updated to X4 in November 08. Both installed
and ran/run without problem. Like yourself I don't use MS Word
although I do have it installed as I make a fair bit of use of Excel
and very occasionally Publisher. To be honest I make virtually no use
of any of the changes made in recent versions, the same being true of
Office, so if you're the same install whichever version you think you
will be most comfortable with.
--
Mike

Post by Heather
You betcha!! Shall we meet at his place in say, two weeks?? Sounds
amazing.
Hey, btw........I have 3 Wordperfect cd's here and am wondering which
one to put on. As you and I seem to be the only two people on Usenet
that prefer it, I thought I would ask.
1. Really old Version 8 which I think was *topped up* by Corel at
some point.
2. An OEM version of Office 12 which I got for free, just pay the
shipping (illegal?)
3. Ditto for X3 and ditto again. MDG was advertising them for
*sale*, so bought them years ago.
I don't use it much, but prefer it over MS Word which I do have on
here (MS Office 2003)

[Joan Archer]

<lol> And now here's me using Windows 7, who'd have thought it <g>
--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

Post by Noel Paton
Ah - those were the days.... ME still a fledgling, and XP a nightmare :)
--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC
Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk

Post by Joan Archer
The one I bought was called the 10th Anniversary Edition it came with the
book Paint Shop Pro 7 & Animation Shop 3 Getting Started Guide and a
really thick book Reference Guide both printed in 2001 but I think it
said that the year 2000 was the 10th Anniversary of the program, blimey
where's the time gone <g>
--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

Post by Noel Paton
Since this threatens to be the longest thread in ME.general's history, I
may as well join in :)
I used to use PSP7 - but don't recall it being any sort of Anniversary
thingy? Nowadays, unless it needs something specific, Irfanview does the
lion's share of the work.
WP again - I used to use it back in the days of DOS.... maybe WP3 or
4??.... when Windows came out, I converted the few files I had to Word,
and never looked back (I was too busy running<g>).
As for pasta.... The schedule here is for me to make a Bolognese on
Thursday - all welcome, if you can get here through the floods which
will (obviously) follow the thaw that's (so the weathermen say) coming
tomorrow/Thurs/Fri.
My only problem is where to get decent Pork mince - I like to use
1/2:1/2 pork/beef if I can - it improves the texture immensely. The rest
is fairly standard. If I was brave I'd have a go at making my own
spaghetti - but it'd cost a small fortune to buy the 'proper' equipment,
and I can't be bothered to do it the old-fashioned way :)
I suspect that I'm going to have to compromise on the wine to go with
the Bolognese - I'm the only one I know of the four scheduled to attend
who actually drinks red wine..... so getting a decent Chianti is out of
the question... Lidl may have something to offer when I go shopping
tomorrow ( their Chateauneuf was very palatable - especially at 'only'
£7 a pop!). Perhaps a reasonable Rioja? It's likely to end up being
either Lidl or Tesco.... since 17th Dec I'm not allowed to drive as I
was naughty, and got my license confiscated for 12 months :(
Enough already!... I've made myself hungry again - and I only ate a
couple of hours ago!
--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC
Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk

Post by Joan Archer
Didn't Corel take over PaintShop Pro ? I have version 7 of PaintShop
Pro the Anniversay Edition here but haven't got it on this machine in
either Vista or Windows 7.
I know I get regular emails from Serif with offers for their programs
but as I'm not into photo or video editing I don't see the point
spending money on such things.
I'm another one that hardly ever uses Word, I just use Excel, I have
Home & Student 2007 version which just comes with Excel, Word, Power
Point and OneNote.
The snow started again this afternoon but turned into rain, don't know
what it's going to do overnight the temperature at the moment is down
to freezing.
--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

Post by Heather
Thanks.....perhaps I will go with X3 the and maybe upgrade. I asked
on two different WP news groups which was better (that or 12) and NO
ONE had the decency to reply. Think I will post a decidedly sarcastic
note, grin.
My version 8 came with WinME and I think it was an OEM one or a
curtailed one. And I seem to remember a very nice lad in the US at
Corel who sent me a full version, but damned if I know where that is.
Nice break in researching........I was trying to read pages in spanish
and failing miserably, lol. It seems that the Archives are in Sevilla
and are now available. I remember when they wouldn't let the LDS into
the country (heretics!!) to microfilm their records. Oops, for those
not into genealogy, LDS folks are the Mormons.
Cheers........off to find a peanut butter sandwich cuz Shane made me
hungry. (G)

Post by Mike M
I've got WordPerfect X4 installed here. I installed and ran X3 on
this box in April 06 and updated to X4 in November 08. Both
installed and ran/run without problem. Like yourself I don't use MS
Word although I do have it installed as I make a fair bit of use of
Excel and very occasionally Publisher. To be honest I make virtually
no use of any of the changes made in recent versions, the same being
true of Office, so if you're the same install whichever version you
think you will be most comfortable with.
--
Mike

Post by Heather
You betcha!! Shall we meet at his place in say, two weeks?? Sounds
amazing.
Hey, btw........I have 3 Wordperfect cd's here and am wondering which
one to put on. As you and I seem to be the only two people on Usenet
that prefer it, I thought I would ask.
1. Really old Version 8 which I think was *topped up* by Corel at
some point.
2. An OEM version of Office 12 which I got for free, just pay the
shipping (illegal?)
3. Ditto for X3 and ditto again. MDG was advertising them for
*sale*, so bought them years ago.
I don't use it much, but prefer it over MS Word which I do have on
here (MS Office 2003)

[HMRE: John Smith]

I forgot to mention the quite considerable amount of black pepper in the
linguini. Had it the last two nights! 'Yum, yum!' indeed.

Shane

Post by Mike M
As Figgs says (or meant to say), Yum, yum!
--
Mike

Post by Dai Artichoke-Lewis
I used to go to the supermarket across town on my 140 mph production
racer motorbike (back when that was *fast*) and bring home a couple
of shopping bags full of groceries on it. Then my girlfriend moved in
with me and she used to carry them on the back (which was so funny!).
Later I used backpacks. I still walk to the supermarket and carry a
backpack's worth home, for the exercise, but have been shopping
online off and on for close to a decade now.
However - as you might reasonably guess, what with my general posting
history - I am *very* particular. Probably about everything but
especially about food; and with the biker sensibility regarding being
ripped off. So basically if the food was crap I wouldn't be buying it
- and that applies to nutritional content as well as to more
traditional quality. http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/groceries/index.jsp
Sainsbury's do annoy the hell out of me at times. Their site seems to
be maintained by someone who changes the layout every few weeks as
though we go there for entertainment and the point of the site is to
show how they 'get' IT. And some weeks ago they dropped Baked
In-Store Harvest Grain farmhouse loaves, though they are still
available in the actual stores! You'd think they were charged for the
site a rate dependent on the number of items on offer.
It's bloody well snowing again!
Probably tomorrow I'll make the linguini dish I got the wine for
(well, after the required 100ml, the rest is fair game for quaffing.
In fact I think I'll have a glass before I hit the sack). I've got
fan-tailed prawns from Thailand or Mussels from Chile (both from
Tesco, actually. Sainsbury's do the Chilean mussels too, but they're
half the price in Tesco. And they do a very nice Rustic Multigrain
baked in-store loaf). Not sure which to have. Or there's a spaghetti
dish with red-wine vinegar and spinach and chilli flakes and pine
nuts; won't be having that as didn't get any pine nuts. The linguini
uses half-fat creme fraiche, juice of half a lemon, fresh chives.
Both recipes use garlic (but just about everything I make contains
garlic). The spaghetti dish also uses shaved and grated parmesan, and
actually I have quite a lot of that to use up, so I'd better get to
the shops some time in the week and get the rest. That is a tasty wine!
An online grocery shopping tip for anyone who's interested. Order
deliveries for around mid-week. At the weekends the shoppers are
likely to be students or other relatively inexperienced types. It is
less important if you select 'no substitutes' (That is, if they don't
have what you want, they'll give you something similar. Now, if I
wanted something else I'd have ordered it in the first place. If they
don't have what I want I'll either do without or get what I do want,
elsewhere; though 99% of the time they have everything these days
anyway); but substitutes or not you're still more likely to get what
you want - such as a fresher bag of spuds, say, from a shopper who
does it every day.

[Noel Paton]

I thought YumYum was one of the pirates??
<gd&r>
--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk

Post by HMRE: John Smith
I forgot to mention the quite considerable amount of black pepper in the
linguini. Had it the last two nights! 'Yum, yum!' indeed.
Shane

Post by Mike M
As Figgs says (or meant to say), Yum, yum!
--
Mike

Post by Dai Artichoke-Lewis
I used to go to the supermarket across town on my 140 mph production
racer motorbike (back when that was *fast*) and bring home a couple
of shopping bags full of groceries on it. Then my girlfriend moved in
with me and she used to carry them on the back (which was so funny!).
Later I used backpacks. I still walk to the supermarket and carry a
backpack's worth home, for the exercise, but have been shopping
online off and on for close to a decade now.
However - as you might reasonably guess, what with my general posting
history - I am *very* particular. Probably about everything but
especially about food; and with the biker sensibility regarding being
ripped off. So basically if the food was crap I wouldn't be buying it
- and that applies to nutritional content as well as to more
traditional quality. http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/groceries/index.jsp
Sainsbury's do annoy the hell out of me at times. Their site seems to
be maintained by someone who changes the layout every few weeks as
though we go there for entertainment and the point of the site is to
show how they 'get' IT. And some weeks ago they dropped Baked
In-Store Harvest Grain farmhouse loaves, though they are still
available in the actual stores! You'd think they were charged for the
site a rate dependent on the number of items on offer.
It's bloody well snowing again!
Probably tomorrow I'll make the linguini dish I got the wine for
(well, after the required 100ml, the rest is fair game for quaffing.
In fact I think I'll have a glass before I hit the sack). I've got
fan-tailed prawns from Thailand or Mussels from Chile (both from
Tesco, actually. Sainsbury's do the Chilean mussels too, but they're
half the price in Tesco. And they do a very nice Rustic Multigrain
baked in-store loaf). Not sure which to have. Or there's a spaghetti
dish with red-wine vinegar and spinach and chilli flakes and pine
nuts; won't be having that as didn't get any pine nuts. The linguini
uses half-fat creme fraiche, juice of half a lemon, fresh chives.
Both recipes use garlic (but just about everything I make contains
garlic). The spaghetti dish also uses shaved and grated parmesan, and
actually I have quite a lot of that to use up, so I'd better get to
the shops some time in the week and get the rest. That is a tasty wine!
An online grocery shopping tip for anyone who's interested. Order
deliveries for around mid-week. At the weekends the shoppers are
likely to be students or other relatively inexperienced types. It is
less important if you select 'no substitutes' (That is, if they don't
have what you want, they'll give you something similar. Now, if I
wanted something else I'd have ordered it in the first place. If they
don't have what I want I'll either do without or get what I do want,
elsewhere; though 99% of the time they have everything these days
anyway); but substitutes or not you're still more likely to get what
you want - such as a fresher bag of spuds, say, from a shopper who
does it every day.

[George Gee]

Yum Yum > daughter of The Mikado

George Gee

Post by Noel Paton
I thought YumYum was one of the pirates??
<gd&r>
--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC
Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk

Post by HMRE: John Smith
I forgot to mention the quite considerable amount of black pepper in the
linguini. Had it the last two nights! 'Yum, yum!' indeed.
Shane

Post by Mike M
As Figgs says (or meant to say), Yum, yum!
--
Mike

Post by Dai Artichoke-Lewis
I used to go to the supermarket across town on my 140 mph production
racer motorbike (back when that was *fast*) and bring home a couple
of shopping bags full of groceries on it. Then my girlfriend moved in
with me and she used to carry them on the back (which was so funny!).
Later I used backpacks. I still walk to the supermarket and carry a
backpack's worth home, for the exercise, but have been shopping
online off and on for close to a decade now.
However - as you might reasonably guess, what with my general posting
history - I am *very* particular. Probably about everything but
especially about food; and with the biker sensibility regarding being
ripped off. So basically if the food was crap I wouldn't be buying it
- and that applies to nutritional content as well as to more
traditional quality. http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/groceries/index.jsp
Sainsbury's do annoy the hell out of me at times. Their site seems to
be maintained by someone who changes the layout every few weeks as
though we go there for entertainment and the point of the site is to
show how they 'get' IT. And some weeks ago they dropped Baked
In-Store Harvest Grain farmhouse loaves, though they are still
available in the actual stores! You'd think they were charged for the
site a rate dependent on the number of items on offer.
It's bloody well snowing again!
Probably tomorrow I'll make the linguini dish I got the wine for
(well, after the required 100ml, the rest is fair game for quaffing.
In fact I think I'll have a glass before I hit the sack). I've got
fan-tailed prawns from Thailand or Mussels from Chile (both from
Tesco, actually. Sainsbury's do the Chilean mussels too, but they're
half the price in Tesco. And they do a very nice Rustic Multigrain
baked in-store loaf). Not sure which to have. Or there's a spaghetti
dish with red-wine vinegar and spinach and chilli flakes and pine
nuts; won't be having that as didn't get any pine nuts. The linguini
uses half-fat creme fraiche, juice of half a lemon, fresh chives.
Both recipes use garlic (but just about everything I make contains
garlic). The spaghetti dish also uses shaved and grated parmesan, and
actually I have quite a lot of that to use up, so I'd better get to
the shops some time in the week and get the rest. That is a tasty wine!
An online grocery shopping tip for anyone who's interested. Order
deliveries for around mid-week. At the weekends the shoppers are
likely to be students or other relatively inexperienced types. It is
less important if you select 'no substitutes' (That is, if they don't
have what you want, they'll give you something similar. Now, if I
wanted something else I'd have ordered it in the first place. If they
don't have what I want I'll either do without or get what I do want,
elsewhere; though 99% of the time they have everything these days
anyway); but substitutes or not you're still more likely to get what
you want - such as a fresher bag of spuds, say, from a shopper who
does it every day.

[HMRE: John Smith]

And I thought it was Sideshow Bob!

Shane

Post by George Gee
Yum Yum > daughter of The Mikado
George Gee

Post by Noel Paton
I thought YumYum was one of the pirates??
<gd&r>
--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC
Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk

Post by HMRE: John Smith
I forgot to mention the quite considerable amount of black pepper in the
linguini. Had it the last two nights! 'Yum, yum!' indeed.
Shane

Post by Mike M
As Figgs says (or meant to say), Yum, yum!
--
Mike

Post by Dai Artichoke-Lewis
I used to go to the supermarket across town on my 140 mph production
racer motorbike (back when that was *fast*) and bring home a couple
of shopping bags full of groceries on it. Then my girlfriend moved in
with me and she used to carry them on the back (which was so funny!).
Later I used backpacks. I still walk to the supermarket and carry a
backpack's worth home, for the exercise, but have been shopping
online off and on for close to a decade now.
However - as you might reasonably guess, what with my general posting
history - I am *very* particular. Probably about everything but
especially about food; and with the biker sensibility regarding being
ripped off. So basically if the food was crap I wouldn't be buying it
- and that applies to nutritional content as well as to more
traditional quality. http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/groceries/index.jsp
Sainsbury's do annoy the hell out of me at times. Their site seems to
be maintained by someone who changes the layout every few weeks as
though we go there for entertainment and the point of the site is to
show how they 'get' IT. And some weeks ago they dropped Baked
In-Store Harvest Grain farmhouse loaves, though they are still
available in the actual stores! You'd think they were charged for the
site a rate dependent on the number of items on offer.
It's bloody well snowing again!
Probably tomorrow I'll make the linguini dish I got the wine for
(well, after the required 100ml, the rest is fair game for quaffing.
In fact I think I'll have a glass before I hit the sack). I've got
fan-tailed prawns from Thailand or Mussels from Chile (both from
Tesco, actually. Sainsbury's do the Chilean mussels too, but they're
half the price in Tesco. And they do a very nice Rustic Multigrain
baked in-store loaf). Not sure which to have. Or there's a spaghetti
dish with red-wine vinegar and spinach and chilli flakes and pine
nuts; won't be having that as didn't get any pine nuts. The linguini
uses half-fat creme fraiche, juice of half a lemon, fresh chives.
Both recipes use garlic (but just about everything I make contains
garlic). The spaghetti dish also uses shaved and grated parmesan, and
actually I have quite a lot of that to use up, so I'd better get to
the shops some time in the week and get the rest. That is a tasty wine!
An online grocery shopping tip for anyone who's interested. Order
deliveries for around mid-week. At the weekends the shoppers are
likely to be students or other relatively inexperienced types. It is
less important if you select 'no substitutes' (That is, if they don't
have what you want, they'll give you something similar. Now, if I
wanted something else I'd have ordered it in the first place. If they
don't have what I want I'll either do without or get what I do want,
elsewhere; though 99% of the time they have everything these days
anyway); but substitutes or not you're still more likely to get what
you want - such as a fresher bag of spuds, say, from a shopper who
does it every day.

[Noel Paton]

Hi, Gilbert! :)
--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk

Post by George Gee
Yum Yum > daughter of The Mikado
George Gee

Post by Noel Paton
I thought YumYum was one of the pirates??
<gd&r>
--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC
Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk

Post by HMRE: John Smith
I forgot to mention the quite considerable amount of black pepper in the
linguini. Had it the last two nights! 'Yum, yum!' indeed.
Shane

Post by Mike M
As Figgs says (or meant to say), Yum, yum!
--
Mike

Post by Dai Artichoke-Lewis
I used to go to the supermarket across town on my 140 mph production
racer motorbike (back when that was *fast*) and bring home a couple
of shopping bags full of groceries on it. Then my girlfriend moved in
with me and she used to carry them on the back (which was so funny!).
Later I used backpacks. I still walk to the supermarket and carry a
backpack's worth home, for the exercise, but have been shopping
online off and on for close to a decade now.
However - as you might reasonably guess, what with my general posting
history - I am *very* particular. Probably about everything but
especially about food; and with the biker sensibility regarding being
ripped off. So basically if the food was crap I wouldn't be buying it
- and that applies to nutritional content as well as to more
traditional quality. http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/groceries/index.jsp
Sainsbury's do annoy the hell out of me at times. Their site seems to
be maintained by someone who changes the layout every few weeks as
though we go there for entertainment and the point of the site is to
show how they 'get' IT. And some weeks ago they dropped Baked
In-Store Harvest Grain farmhouse loaves, though they are still
available in the actual stores! You'd think they were charged for the
site a rate dependent on the number of items on offer.
It's bloody well snowing again!
Probably tomorrow I'll make the linguini dish I got the wine for
(well, after the required 100ml, the rest is fair game for quaffing.
In fact I think I'll have a glass before I hit the sack). I've got
fan-tailed prawns from Thailand or Mussels from Chile (both from
Tesco, actually. Sainsbury's do the Chilean mussels too, but they're
half the price in Tesco. And they do a very nice Rustic Multigrain
baked in-store loaf). Not sure which to have. Or there's a spaghetti
dish with red-wine vinegar and spinach and chilli flakes and pine
nuts; won't be having that as didn't get any pine nuts. The linguini
uses half-fat creme fraiche, juice of half a lemon, fresh chives.
Both recipes use garlic (but just about everything I make contains
garlic). The spaghetti dish also uses shaved and grated parmesan, and
actually I have quite a lot of that to use up, so I'd better get to
the shops some time in the week and get the rest. That is a tasty wine!
An online grocery shopping tip for anyone who's interested. Order
deliveries for around mid-week. At the weekends the shoppers are
likely to be students or other relatively inexperienced types. It is
less important if you select 'no substitutes' (That is, if they don't
have what you want, they'll give you something similar. Now, if I
wanted something else I'd have ordered it in the first place. If they
don't have what I want I'll either do without or get what I do want,
elsewhere; though 99% of the time they have everything these days
anyway); but substitutes or not you're still more likely to get what
you want - such as a fresher bag of spuds, say, from a shopper who
does it every day.

[George Gee]

Ho, Sullivan! :)

Post by Noel Paton
Hi, Gilbert! :)
--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC
Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk

Post by George Gee
Yum Yum > daughter of The Mikado
George Gee

Post by Noel Paton
I thought YumYum was one of the pirates??
<gd&r>
--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC
Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk

Post by HMRE: John Smith
I forgot to mention the quite considerable amount of black pepper in the
linguini. Had it the last two nights! 'Yum, yum!' indeed.
Shane

Post by Mike M
As Figgs says (or meant to say), Yum, yum!
--
Mike

[Joan Archer]

Three little maids are we <eg>
--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

Post by George Gee
Ho, Sullivan! :)

Post by Noel Paton
Hi, Gilbert! :)
--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC
Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk

Post by George Gee
Yum Yum > daughter of The Mikado
George Gee

Post by Noel Paton
I thought YumYum was one of the pirates??
<gd&r>
--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC
Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk

Post by HMRE: John Smith
I forgot to mention the quite considerable amount of black pepper in
the linguini. Had it the last two nights! 'Yum, yum!' indeed.
Shane

Post by Mike M
As Figgs says (or meant to say), Yum, yum!
--
Mike

[Noel Paton]

Can't I be the Major-General?
Please?
Pretty please?
--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk

Post by Joan Archer
Three little maids are we <eg>
--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

Post by George Gee
Ho, Sullivan! :)

Post by Noel Paton
Hi, Gilbert! :)
--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC
Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk

Post by George Gee
Yum Yum > daughter of The Mikado
George Gee

Post by Noel Paton
I thought YumYum was one of the pirates??
<gd&r>
--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC
Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk

Post by HMRE: John Smith
I forgot to mention the quite considerable amount of black pepper in
the linguini. Had it the last two nights! 'Yum, yum!' indeed.
Shane

Post by Mike M
As Figgs says (or meant to say), Yum, yum!
--
Mike

[Joan Archer]

I thought you were the bearded lady <eg>
--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

Post by Noel Paton
Can't I be the Major-General?
Please?
Pretty please?
--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC
Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk

Post by Joan Archer
Three little maids are we <eg>
--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

Post by George Gee
Ho, Sullivan! :)

Post by Noel Paton
Hi, Gilbert! :)
--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC
Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk

Post by George Gee
Yum Yum > daughter of The Mikado
George Gee

Post by Noel Paton
I thought YumYum was one of the pirates??
<gd&r>
--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC
Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk

Post by HMRE: John Smith
I forgot to mention the quite considerable amount of black pepper in
the linguini. Had it the last two nights! 'Yum, yum!' indeed.
Shane

Post by Mike M
As Figgs says (or meant to say), Yum, yum!
--
Mike

[Mike M]

Post by Joan Archer
I thought you were the bearded lady <eg>

I hope you've got your running shoes to hand if Noel drops round! <vvbg>