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Night Dea....think of good things, while droppin orf xx
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You'd have to be an eediot, not to know FP
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Hi all
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still got to read back!!
View from our trip ................... Friday morning May 4 :-0
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It looks blimmin cold Sylvs
now going round singing
They say don't go on Anarchist Mountain (to the tune of Wloverton Mountain)
Are you going to do brekkie?
Persie
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Hi Persie
yes, I'll do brekkie
It was only about 0C to 1C ........... but that was enough for snow!
s
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Meeting was great, food in the hotel was great ..............
OH got his award, and a lapel pin to wear.
BUT ....................
................... I spent almost 2 hours last Monday morning sorting out what I was taking. Ended up with wearing 1 skirt, plus a second more dressy skirt, 5 tops including 1 slightly more dressy, chiffon scarf vest.
Put OH's sports coat, 2 dress shirts and extra pair of pants, plus my dressy skirt and chiffon vest into a suit bag, rather than into case.
OH puts suit bag in study overnight.
We leave on Tuesday morning.
I trust OH to load the car, as per usual.
On Wednesday morning, we are packing the car after a night in a motel ................. and OH asks "where is the suit bag?"
YEP ............ it's still on the settee in the study back home :-D :-D
First thing OH does when we arrive at the meeting hotel is go out into the town and buy himself a new dress shirt ..................... he pays about twice what I normally pay for his shirts. And thinks he got a good deal :-0
I don't bother trying to find anything in the stores ........... it was too wet to move out from the hotel!
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Oh dear
We do have 'em don't we..
Bit like himself rushing to get shuttle bus at Launceston.. all that was on his mind was that Lonely Planet said they didn't run after a certain hour during winter season.
He comes rushing back through the outer door .... yelling out come on Persie there is a shuttle there now which can take us.. To which I called out back I think we should collect our luggage first, don't you think... everyone who was waiting for luggage trolley (don't have a carousel or moving belt there) went all quiet...
He did the same thing with the laundromat in Hobart.. woman there had offered to bag our stuff up whilst we went off for most of the day... (no charge).. as he was leaving town at end of day and heading off in different direction..... I had to say would be a good idea to go to North Hobart first and pick up our clothes.
Persie xx
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we certainly do 'ave 'em! :-D :-D
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Good morning everyone :-D :-D
breakfast and lunch box choices are ready
Fresh fruit salad with vanilla yoghourt
broiled grapefruit with brown sugar
Porridge with chopped up dates, bananas, and maple syrup (other fruit selections over there >>>> )
Selection of cold cereals
French (eggy) toast, maple syrup, Golden syrup
Caribbean Banana Fritters
Toast (sourdough, rye, white, whole grain, 100% brown, Hovis, gluten free),
crumpets,
hot cinnamon rolls,
croissants,
Full English
The Transcontinental - 2 eggs any style, choice of bacon, ham or breakfast sausage, chef’s own hash browns, toast or fresh baked muffin
The Continental – choice of assorted chilled fruit juices, hot oatmeal or assorted cold cereals, toast or fresh-baked muffin
Banana Pecan Pancakes, served with maple syrup, and choice of bacon, ham or breakfast sausage
blueberry gingered lemon muffins,
almond crumble peach muffins,
cranberry & orange muffins,
raisin bran muffins,
Cheese scones,
raisin scones
jams, jellies, marmalades, Nutella (hazelnut spread)
bacon & cheese quiche,
broccoli and cheddar quiche,
smoked salmon quiche
Thai-style noodles and shrimp,
stirfry (chicken, or vegetarian),
Chicken Karage (Japanese deep fried chicken pieces)
Jamaican beef patties
cheese and tomato pie
Country Wrap (Black Forest Ham, Fresh Scallions and Cheddar Cheese),
Veggie Wrap (Fresh Tomatoes, Basil, Roasted Peppers and Feta Cheese)
Chicken breast, bacon, tomato and lettuce on focaccia roll
Turkey and Bacon Club Wrap, with tomatoes and lettuce on a whole wheat tortilla
Alberta Bison Burger, on toasted Kaiser roll, with sliced tomato, lettuce, onion and mayonnaise
Pulled Pork Sandwich – BBQ’d pulled pork on toasted Kaiser roll, garnished with sautéed onions
Ham, cheese and tomato on toasted bread
cheesy potato patties
home-fried potatoes with garlic and bacon
Potato, dill and cheddar soup
Tea, coffee, juices
(some extra bacon, turkey sausage or sausage patties, eggs, tomatoes, mushrooms, sliced baby golden beetroot, Maple baked beans, olive oil, in the hidey place to cook up for the very hungry ones!)
enjoy
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I have just had falafels and salmon for my tea so I think I will follow up with
Banana pecan pancakes with maple syrup and will put some of my Hokey Pokey ice-cream with it.. hmmm wonder if I should pour a liqueur over that..
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What a spread Sylvia. I am first in the queue so the others will have to wait whilst I try to make up my mind.
We had a brilliant day on the train but we are tired. Three and a half hours each way by train and 6 hours with grandson.
Worth it though and rest day today.
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Now that's a strange one Sylvia...........
"Banana Pecan Pancakes, served with maple syrup, and choice of bacon, ham or breakfast sausage"
I think I will give the pancakes and syrup a miss and have the rest with some of your excellent home-fried potatoes with garlic and bacon
They might have been nice for pudding but I have to go with those delicious Caribbean Banana Fritters drizzled with surup.
Glad you had a good trip (minus half your wardrobe !!) but it's nice to have you back, although I must say that Persie looked after us extremely well in your absence.
See you later,
Dea Xxx
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Hello LK - I didn't see you there :-)
Glad you had a good time with grandson yesterday. - It does sound very tiring though.
Good job that you two have the day off today to recover.
Dea Xxx
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Humph. Persie snuck in whilst I was typing.
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Sorry LK. I came in through the revolving door, got caught up in Dea's trolley and went zapping into the broom cupboard..
It's okay Cyns I have found where you put the rest of the fruit cake...
Persie
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Vive la France :-D
Just about to mow the lawns and...............rain
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Look at the time and I've only just got 'ere!
Not a particularly peaceful day here but, hey ho, par for the course sometimes.
Going back to underpants.........grandson has now started with the droopy look and yes, showing the underpants is part of looking good :-S :-S
Dea, 'designer' anything is goods which bear the name of the person who designed them. You usually pay more for 'the name'. I rarely buy anything 'designed' simply because a) I can't afford it or b) I refuse to pay extra for something just because it has 'a name'.
LK - glad you had such a good weekend :-D <3
We don't do holidays anymore but my OH could probably fit his stuff into a carrier bag :-S
Shucks....thought I'd hidden that fruitcake.............
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Just made some rather nice chicken liver pate !!!
There is half an inch of red wine left so I MUST drink it at some stage but you all know what it does to me so I will wait until just before I go to bed I think, just to save any embarrasment ;-)
Hubby just 'LURVES' my pate !!! :-D :-D
Dea Xxx
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It is a dull and dreary Bank Holiday Monday with not a lot to do so my mind drifted back to simpler times when radio provided peoples entertainment. Just for fun have a go at answering these questions all relating to popular radio shows in the 1950's.
1) What was the presenter of Childrens Hour known as?
2) Who was the famous brother of Elsie (Alias Gert) and Doris (Alias Daisy) Waters?
3) Whose playtime was at 12:30pm on weekdays?
4) Who did Wilfred Pickles tell to "Give him the money ??????"?
5) What was Billy Cotton's catchphrase?
6) What was Eth's boyfriend Ron's surname?
7) Whats is the name of the theme tune used for the programme Dick Barton - Special Agent?
8) What programme began with this announcement, "The time in Britain is twelve noon, in Germany it's one o'clock, but home and away it's time for"
9) Who was the husband of its London announcer who she met via the programme?
10) Who was the resident singer on a 1950's radio show starring a ventriloquist's dummy?
No prizes I'm afraid and those too young to have been tuned in to the radio in the 1950's can always Google.
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I can answer most of them without googling Jonesey but I will leave the excitement to others ;-) ;-) :-D
Have you discovered Radio 4 Extra ?? - It has a lot of the old radio programmes on and is SO enjoyable !!!
Dea Xxx
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