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Be aware! It could be much much worse....and Bristol, and I just know it's coming:eek:

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Winter has not even started yet and I cannot wait for it to end, the short days are killing my mental health....

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I just checked TWN and it said light snow. I looked out and saw a white car that isn't white. :rofl:

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One day to go.

Was beginning to get apprehensive until phone call just now.

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Had to go to a government office this morning, still there waiting. Hopefully in before lunch break, if not they close up shop and kick everyone out, then gotta wait in line all over again.

Never understood why the entire office has to take lunch at the same time, why not stagger the breaks so the office can stay open?

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:blink:
You're kidding. I mean we all know there are some Canadian practices from the past, but...

Reminds me of 1984 when I went to work in an office in Caerphilly, Wales for a couple of weeks. They had a staff meeting about a new procedure whereby all the post that had to go to other offices would now go to a central point in the office and into pigeon holes.

At the end of the day the post would be put into envelopes addressed to the council, other nearby offices, central office, regional office etc so that instead of paying the postage for 373 envelopes with a form in each one, it would now be just half a dozen envelopes with multiple forms in each.

What?! I hear you exclaim, they weren't doing this probably decades old procedure already? :rofl:

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So we'll know tomorrow? I'm getting a bit apprehensive waiting?:unsure:

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Nope not kidding, they close promptly at 12 noon, boot everyone out, then an hour later open again. They do the same on the phone, if on hold and 4pm comes around instead of doing what private sector does and take all calls in que, they close the phone lines and hang up on you.

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I bought a Trapper Hat today. A bit like this.

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I had something from the UK - a thinsulate sort of cap thing with ear flaps. Good to wear under my cycle helmet but the flaps wouldn't tie down so cold air always got to my ears.

It's not the most tasteful looking thing, but it's better than all those camo or check ones. And I know it's going to keep my head warmer than the other one at a bus stop or walk to the local shop. :thumbup:

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Im sure that it will be very practical in the near future. Although if you had bought the camo one, at least no-one would have seen it...:lol:

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Good choice. I have a bright red one of those. Very useful when fishing in the cold weather. :thumbup:

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:rofl:

If you only wear it in the cold weather, where do you go to wear it? :sneaky:

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Today's the day....

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It's proper Thanksgiving! I have been known to put on the Macy's Parade on the tv in the background. For only for political reasons obviously. :o

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:rofl: I recall suggesting this when working in local gubmint a few years ago, you'd have thought I was asking for people to sacrifice their firstborn to pagan gods!!

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I am now the proud non owner of a duplex. All signed off, but I suppose all the other parties could drop dead, go insane, whatever before I bank the proceeds tomorrow.

There, that was anti-climactic wasn't it. :lol:

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Beers are on you then :p

Congratulations

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Congrats :)

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Thank you.

Everyone welcome. Bring your own straw. :lol:

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We have people coming for dinner tonight and I've only just remembered to take the pork chops out of the freezer

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Woohoooo!!!!

Congrats Bristol, so glad it actually went through!

I can uncross my fingers now..

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

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I find having them in a Ziploc bag in tepid to warm water (depending on urgency) does the trick nicely. Much better than a microwave defrost.

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+1

That's exactly what I do, get as much air as you can out of the bag and if some of the meat is sticking above the water put a saucepan of water on top to weight it down.

Make sure you refrigerate it as soon as it's thawed, if you aren't cooking it straight away.

:)

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I put frozen meat in a heavy cast iron skillet, and it thaws out quicker than on the counter. There was a ribbed pan advertised on television years ago for thawing meat out fast, but when tested it worked no better than a cast skillet. I thaw kippers out in the sink.

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Toronto road Tolls coming to the Gardiner and DVP. Oh my !!

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Congratulations Bristol! I'd been imagining all sorts:blink: Europe here you come...perhaps....

My husband has invited people to dinner at the weekend...I presently have no kitchen as we've knocked the kitchen wall down and have plaster dust in every orifice....running away from home seems a sensible option.

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Catering is your friend. They'll even clean up if you need it. :thumbup:

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He should cook/clean/deal with that!

My ex once started refitting (I.e. Demolished) my kitchen 2 days before overseas visitors arrived for Christmas/NY stay... I gave a 3 hour ultimatum for him to sort it out, or Else...

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Thawed in time. No ziplock bags but I put them in a large Tupperware and then put that in cool water. Got everything ready now just need some guests.

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Thanks. Have to get passports for the others then back to researching options.

Still looking at something for between Paris and Nice...popping into Italy or Germany as part of a journey, maybe.

Don't forget to take the pork chops out the freezer.

That works too...although sometimes that's when you need the Siouxie supplemental to weight it down.

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I bought a huge piece of beef in Walmart this week - $16.00 odd - at $6.99 a lb. I've just made enough beef stew to last about 4 meals and still have some left over (hmm strogonoff maybe) - I couldn't fit it all in the pan. Bargain!

Now, where did I put that dumpling recipe?

:)

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Recipe for that in the guardian today.

Beef in beer (dark or Guinness) works well. Turn it into a pie too.

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I used to make beef in Guinness all the time, years ago. Good find on the Strogonoff recipe - maybe I'll use the rest for it or turn it into a beef pie.

Thanks!

:)

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:ohmy:

Mentals.

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Lets just say the government of BC tends to treat the disabled and less fortunate unpleasantly.

Instead of letting people sit inside on busy days and use number system, where you take a number, wait til it's called, they make people line up outside and in winter it's not pleasent to stand 1-2 hours sometimes more in the cold.

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One for JS

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So I was checking to determine if FilmOn was working for me and hooked into a programme about Brits looking for a property in the country. In this case it was a couple of ExPats returning to U.K. from Asia. The properties they were shown had been very attractively renovated to high standards but something I noticed and have seen on similar programmers were comments about the size of some bathrooms.How big a bathroom does one person need. If it's got a vanity/washing bowl, a toilet, a shower/bath and room to move around how much more space is required. Personally when in a bathroom I don't appreciate anyone else being there while I do my ablutions. My bathrooms can accommodate one person comfortably and two if absolutely necessary. When growing up many people considered having a inside toilet/bathroom to be the absolute height of luxury.

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In our council house we had a bathroom which had a bath and sink and the toilet was in the next room. Two small and narrow rooms.

It seems odd looking back to think that you could use the toilet but you'd have to go in the bathroom to wash your hands.

But when we moved and everything was in the bathroom at the new house I was thinking what if you need the toilet and someone's in the bath?