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Re: The Grumble Thread - No energy for a full on rant.
« Reply #1250 on: 04 January, 2012, 09:27:30 pm »
I find ramekins handy when I'm doing the deep prep for Indian/Thai recipes. It's easier to have the spices and sauces all measured out before I start cooking.  :thumbsup:

and knife sharpening on the unglazed bits.......
Get a bicycle. You will never regret it, if you live- Mark Twain

Re: The Grumble Thread - No energy for a full on rant.
« Reply #1251 on: 04 January, 2012, 09:30:16 pm »
Chocolate mousse innit.


or creme brulee, or baked eggs etc etc

If I had a baby elephant, it could help me wash the car. If I had a car.

See my recycled crafts at www.wastenotwantit.co.uk

Re: The Grumble Thread - No energy for a full on rant.
« Reply #1252 on: 05 January, 2012, 11:50:20 am »
Chocolate mousse innit.


or creme brulee, or baked eggs etc etc

I made creme brulee's over Christmas, as a bit of a change from a heavy stodgy pudding, they didn't last very long but I am told were delicious.

Cudzoziemiec

  • Ride adventurously and stop for a brew.
Re: The Grumble Thread - No energy for a full on rant.
« Reply #1253 on: 05 January, 2012, 02:18:05 pm »
Ring ring!
-Hello, Police!
-I'd like to report a robbery.
-Where did the robbery occur?
-Chez Cudzo.
-Can you identify the items stolen?
-On an occasion or occasions between 24th December and 5th January, my legs, lungs and brain were removed and replaced with spaghetti, cotton wool and papier mache, respectively. As an example of the last I give you this: setting out upon my bicycle, I realised that my trouser-encompassing band thingy (elasticated cuff off the bottom of Mrs Cudzo's old trousers) was fastened around my left ankle...
Riding a concrete path through the nebulous and chaotic future.

Re: The Grumble Thread - No energy for a full on rant.
« Reply #1254 on: 05 January, 2012, 02:25:49 pm »
Ring ring!
-Hello, Police!
-I'd like to report a robbery.
-Where did the robbery occur?
-Chez Cudzo.
-Can you identify the items stolen?
-On an occasion or occasions between 24th December and 5th January, my legs, lungs and brain were removed and replaced with spaghetti, cotton wool and papier mache, respectively. As an example of the last I give you this: setting out upon my bicycle, I realised that my trouser-encompassing band thingy (elasticated cuff off the bottom of Mrs Cudzo's old trousers) was fastened around my left ankle...

We collect from various sets of flats with bin stores, for which we need entry codes. The gates have a number pad to get in, but a simple button to open the gates from the inside.

On Tuesday, we hit upon the fact that at one place we could open both sides of the gate instead of just one, and wheel the trikes in, as opposed to what we have been doing, which was open one half, walk in, collect the boxes, lug then outside and load at the kerb. Much easier to go in with the trikes. Expect this particular gate shuts automatically on the side that opens with the keypad. So when we came to go out, half of the gate had shut, and the half with just a bolt was still open.

No matter, I go out of the open side, take a glove off,  tap the code in, see the auto-half open and go back through to fetch the trike, to find my colleague laughing at me. Why hadn't I just pushed the button on the inside?
If I had a baby elephant, it could help me wash the car. If I had a car.

See my recycled crafts at www.wastenotwantit.co.uk

Cudzoziemiec

  • Ride adventurously and stop for a brew.
Re: The Grumble Thread - No energy for a full on rant.
« Reply #1255 on: 05 January, 2012, 02:30:05 pm »
 ;D That's known as over-thinking!

BTW, did you find my legs in someone's recycling?
Riding a concrete path through the nebulous and chaotic future.

Re: The Grumble Thread - No energy for a full on rant.
« Reply #1256 on: 05 January, 2012, 03:01:38 pm »
;D That's known as over-thinking!

BTW, did you find my legs in someone's recycling?

Sorry no. I'll keep looking.

I don't think we've had a bizarre find this week.
If I had a baby elephant, it could help me wash the car. If I had a car.

See my recycled crafts at www.wastenotwantit.co.uk

Kim

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Re: The Grumble Thread - No energy for a full on rant.
« Reply #1257 on: 05 January, 2012, 03:05:03 pm »
I don't think we've had a bizarre find this week.

That counts as even more bizarre!

Re: The Grumble Thread - No energy for a full on rant.
« Reply #1258 on: 05 January, 2012, 03:09:34 pm »
I don't think we've had a bizarre find this week.

That counts as even more bizarre!

 ;D

Some weeks are just more random than others. And it's the binstores that are often most productive. The faux antique globe drinks cabinet was a high spot last year.
If I had a baby elephant, it could help me wash the car. If I had a car.

See my recycled crafts at www.wastenotwantit.co.uk

jogler

  • mojo operandi
Re: The Grumble Thread - No energy for a full on rant.
« Reply #1259 on: 05 January, 2012, 03:13:09 pm »
We have received 12 envelopes in the post today.NINE of them were junk mail ::-)

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« Reply #1260 on: 05 January, 2012, 03:44:42 pm »
I don't want to ride home.

clarion

  • Tyke
Re: The Grumble Thread - No energy for a full on rant.
« Reply #1261 on: 05 January, 2012, 10:07:50 pm »
People, people, people!  It's January.  It's a bit moist out there.  Can we see some mudguards? >:(
Getting there...

David Martin

  • Thats Dr Oi You thankyouverymuch
Re: The Grumble Thread - No energy for a full on rant.
« Reply #1262 on: 06 January, 2012, 12:07:35 pm »
Ar materials shop. Yes I know your opening hours are 9 to 5, but why stand there chatting amongst yourselves when there is a customer standing outside in the cold waiting at a few minutes to 9? Surely opening the door a couple of minutes early won't kill you?

"By creating we think. By living we learn" - Patrick Geddes

Re: The Grumble Thread - No energy for a full on rant.
« Reply #1263 on: 06 January, 2012, 07:10:03 pm »
I've just got back in from a day at my new employer having twiddled my thumbs for the vast majority of the day. The main boss was out & his deputy was too busy to allocate stuff to me, so I hope they get their act together soon.
Haggerty F, Haggerty R, Tomkins, Noble, Carrick, Robson, Crapper, Dewhurst, Macintyre, Treadmore, Davitt.

David Martin

  • Thats Dr Oi You thankyouverymuch
Re: The Grumble Thread - No energy for a full on rant.
« Reply #1264 on: 07 January, 2012, 10:49:19 am »
The bottom bracket on my MTB has started to be seriously trashed rather than just a little dodgy. Looks like replacement may need to be sooner rather than later :(
"By creating we think. By living we learn" - Patrick Geddes

Eccentrica Gallumbits

  • Rock 'n' roll and brew, rock 'n' roll and brew...
Re: The Grumble Thread - No energy for a full on rant.
« Reply #1265 on: 07 January, 2012, 12:23:37 pm »
No, I'm not interested in having a discussion with you, and does anybody ever want a copy of the Watchtower from a stranger knocking at their door?
My feminist marxist dialectic brings all the boys to the yard.


clarion

  • Tyke
Re: The Grumble Thread - No energy for a full on rant.
« Reply #1266 on: 07 January, 2012, 05:22:22 pm »
I've taken several copies.  For anthropological research, you understand.
Getting there...

nicknack

  • Hornblower
Re: The Grumble Thread - No energy for a full on rant.
« Reply #1267 on: 07 January, 2012, 06:09:14 pm »
I've taken several copies.  For anthropological research, you understand.

Nah, you can't fool me. You needed some firelighters.
There's no vibrations, but wait.

mcshroom

  • Mushroom
Re: The Grumble Thread - No energy for a full on rant.
« Reply #1268 on: 07 January, 2012, 08:17:38 pm »
Why did my front light have to jump off into a ditch where I couldn't see it in the dark? Getting home on a 0.5W flasher round unlit lanes is not an experience I'd like to repeat.

Also, I'm pretty sure the route I used today was all on road, and I was using a bike with guards, so why does my tourer now look like I've been Cyclo-crossing?
Climbs like a sprinter, sprints like a climber!

Re: The Grumble Thread - No energy for a full on rant.
« Reply #1269 on: 07 January, 2012, 09:15:33 pm »
Also, I'm pretty sure the route I used today was all on road, and I was using a bike with guards, so why does my tourer now look like I've been Cyclo-crossing?
My wheelie bin looks like it's been cycle-crossing!  I know it was a bit wild here on Tuesday when it was emptied, but...
(Either the bin men left the lid open or it blew open later so there's water in it at the moment which is why I was looking at it so closely!)

S
"No matter how slow you go, you're still lapping everybody on the couch."

Re: The Grumble Thread - No energy for a full on rant.
« Reply #1270 on: 10 January, 2012, 11:25:00 am »
I had the merest suggestion of a cold.

So why has my breathing decided to shut down?  Utterly useless all weekend, hardly able to talk on Sun. Yesterday off work.  Better today, but it will be a week before I can cycle again. Oh, ffs.
<i>Marmite slave</i>

Kim

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Re: The Grumble Thread - No energy for a full on rant.
« Reply #1271 on: 10 January, 2012, 01:39:29 pm »
Barakta's gall bladder attacked again at Audax o'clock this morning.  She's back in sleep-and-feel-terrible mode.

Still nothing from the hospital.   :(

Re: The Grumble Thread - No energy for a full on rant.
« Reply #1272 on: 10 January, 2012, 05:05:20 pm »
Barakta's gall bladder attacked again at Audax o'clock this morning.  She's back in sleep-and-feel-terrible mode.

Still nothing from the hospital.   :(

Oh dear :(
GWS Barakta!

clarion

  • Tyke
Re: The Grumble Thread - No energy for a full on rant.
« Reply #1273 on: 10 January, 2012, 05:11:57 pm »
:-( Poor Barakta
Getting there...

Re: The Grumble Thread - No energy for a full on rant.
« Reply #1274 on: 10 January, 2012, 09:55:36 pm »
get well soon barakta  :)
the slower you go the more you see