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More randomness

Utah police warn against shooting 'random clowns’ as hysteria builds | The Independent

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Plus I might of been a little harsh as he took a couple of beers off the bill and stood a couple of cheeky tequila shots.

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I recall some years ago watching in interview with Jonathan Miller, the well known English polyglot. He's a very tall, gangly man, talented and fascinating creature. He was asked if he was a jogger. He replied saying NO, he believed there was only so many breaths allowed to us in life and he didn't intend using his up any sooner than necessary. He is now 82.

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So. California's week long earthquake advisory ended on Tuesday.

They had a swarm of quakes concentrated at the southern end of the San Andreas fault line. 140 small quakes over 2 days, a bunch of small quakes near a major fault line makes scientists nervous.

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That story has been amended. It was a dog.

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I thought the stuff in the news about the Marathon Man was great.

Running 401 marathons in as many days is incredible. That has to be hard on the joints. He must be pretty light on his feet.

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Funny that...just a couple of days earlier I read of someone whose girlfriend bet him 20p he couldn't run one, so he went out and did it and he followed up with multiple marathons too.

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20p?

Cheapskate!

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Yep. Weird that there was so little incentive. What would he have done for 30p?

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Did he run one on the 401?

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15,990 miles.

Probably.

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Got a pick up notice today for a registered letter that was sent from Winnipeg, odd as we don't know anyone there, and not behind on any bills or anything like that, won't know til tomorrow since Canada Post doesn't even try to deliver things like this anymore.

Oh what could it be.

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Absentee ballot from the American consulate?

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Not likely. I already got that via email from California last week.

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It could be anything from anyone using a mail centre there.

Back in my social security work days I would process something on the computer in Bristol and the decision letter/information sheets would be mailed from the North end of the country.

Letters about my UK civil service pension have come to me in Canada via Sweden and France. :confused:

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Just to get your attention ;)

Can you look at my thread http://britishexpats.com/forum/maple...s-done-884270/

I just wondered if you're able to comment on what sort of process might be involved in a similar scenario with WorksafeBC.

But you can always take the fifth :lol:

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It was a letter regarding Charlee. We had cancelled her health insurance in September and this was just a letter confirming the policy was cancelled.

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I ordered something on Amazon on Tuesday. It was something I needed by the weekend. I went for 2-day delivery as opposed to next-day (cheaper).

I still got it the next day.

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That's pretty quick. I would be happy if the 2 day stuff got here in 2 days...lol

My prime membership was supposed to expire in April, but because Canada Post always takes 3 to 4 days to get a 2 day prime package 60km, I am up to March 2017 now before expiry.

You would think they would stop using Canada Post when I order.

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Something for the weekend Sir?

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Canada Post should rename their expedited parcel service to snail mail parcel considering how long it takes.

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My home gym is coming together well now, have a treadmill, stationary bike and my new addition of a elliptical machine. Pick up last night for $50. Total $$ spent on my little gym is almost $200 now. Should be worth it when I am recovered and need to keep fit over the winter.

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Nice, now get yourself a decent incline bench, dumb bells and a weight set. :thumbup:

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That's all in the spare bed room, full set with two or 3 bars. Our lad uses it as he is a weight lift addict!!

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What's got 4 letters and begins with S?

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Shit, song or sand

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I've just made an excellent squash, mushroom, and butter bean curry.

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My best friend turned up at the house with her other half, but I'm working for the next 5 hours.. damn.

:(

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It's white and cold

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Oh. :huh: We got off easy.

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Oh my already !! Don't worry soon we will all have snow if the cap and trade solutions work ;)

Meanwhile we just have to continue to suffer in this GTA heat for another month :p

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That sounds like it might work with pumpkin instead. I was planning pumpkin, cauli and potato curry Saturday following something like this...

Curry
Heat butter in a large pan over medium-high heat, add onion, and cook until golden-brown, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook 1 minute more. Stir in curry powder, salt, and pepper. Add pumpkin chunks and potatoes and cook for 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Pour in broth and raisins, cover, and reduce heat to medium. After 15 minutes, add peas. Replace cover and continue to cook until pumpkin and potatoes are tender, 5 to 10 minutes more.

How does yours compare?

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r

Way better ;)

Onions fried. Add mustard seeds and fry till they pop. Garlic and ginger, three piriton piriton peppers. A couple of shovelfuls of Patak's Madras paste.(too lazy to make own stuff today), a couple of shovels of cashew butter. A very long squirt of tomato purée. Stir till it's all mixed up. Add stock, diced squash, mushrooms, can of butter beans. Simmer til it's done. Taste and add stuff as needed.

Drink wine while waiting.

It was yummy.

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I see loads of curry recipes involving tomato. It never seems right to me.

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Shit poor you PP! We are having the nicest fall/autumn since I have been here, it is pleasant, non humid and sunny....if it would just continue like this for a month I wouldn't moan so much. East Coast Canada has a dreadful climate.

All of our Canada Geese have gone. They were causing havoc by crossing the road between Costco and the RCMP for a while, but they finally turned us their toes and flew south. Oddly enough I don't need wings this year...I still don't like it, but am becoming accustomed.

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Yeah yeah.:p My daughter moves to Hamilton next month, she'll be giving me daily 'my weather is better than yours' reports pretty soon. It's been a bit of a surprise for a lot of us and our plans for the weekend have changed:unsure::unsure:

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It's a bugger but to be expected I suppose:sneaky: I'm worried about our old mate this winter:blink:

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It's very right. Forget all this "curry powder" and raisins nonsense. Try one of those recipes


Mamta's Kitchen Top Recipes

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Or one of the 600 odd other Indian ones :) Mamta's Kitchen Recipe Search!

The only time I ever use a pre-prepared 'curry' sauce is if I have Pataks - I miss the Balti paste! I usually make them all from scratch.. never, ever curry powder (though that's good for Singapore Noodles!)

:)

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She does know it snows in Hamilton too I presume, lol. First winter I was here, we had 5 feet of the stuff in one go; the wind chill is pretty harsh too as it's more humid here and we get a lot of lake effect snow.

Hope the weather turns around for you again and you get a bit of sunshine without the s word!

:)