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Siouxie Sep 1st 2017 3:07 pm

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by BristolUK (Post 12329246)
You found somewhere then.:thumbup:

We did, finally, thanks - after losing out on the other one we wanted just as we were booking it. It's not my first choice (or second or third) but it will do.

:)


Originally Posted by bats (Post 12329617)
It's loverlee up there though. Put yer woolies on and sit round the firepit. We stayed in Lions Head many years ago and did just that.

Yes, we've revised our plans of paddling, my sister out in the canoe and sitting on the balcony sipping wine looking at the sunset. Now it's thermals, blankets and 'camping coffee' (coffee with spirits) instead!

The place we are renting is at Eagle Harbour a bit further North and on the West side..

:)

bats Sep 2nd 2017 12:39 am

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by Siouxie (Post 12329713)
We did, finally, thanks - after losing out on the other one we wanted just as we were booking it. It's not my first choice (or second or third) but it will do.

:)



Yes, we've revised our plans of paddling, my sister out in the canoe and sitting on the balcony sipping wine looking at the sunset. Now it's thermals, blankets and 'camping coffee' (coffee with spirits) instead!

The place we are renting is at Eagle Harbour a bit further North and on the West side..

:)

It would have been tricky getting the canoe on the balcony anyway.

The sunsets are lovely, we went to some beach or other to watch one. Was it The Singing Sands? I know we went there too, I didn't hear much singing but you'll know why.

scrubbedexpat091 Sep 2nd 2017 11:18 am

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 
Charlee got stung by a wasp and stinger is stuck in her lip inside her mouth.

Now she is with wife on the way to the e-vet in a taxi as she appears to be having an allergic reaction.

Dogs are like kids, they can never have issues during normal veterinarian business hours.

DandNHill Sep 2nd 2017 2:31 pm

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Originally Posted by Jsmth321 (Post 12330140)
Charlee got stung by a wasp and stinger is stuck in her lip inside her mouth.

Now she is with wife on the way to the e-vet in a taxi as she appears to be having an allergic reaction.

Dogs are like kids, they can never have issues during normal veterinarian business hours.

Oh no! How's Charlee?

dave_j Sep 2nd 2017 3:03 pm

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Originally Posted by Jsmth321 (Post 12330140)
Dogs are like kids, they can never have issues during normal veterinarian business hours.

Hmmm.. you take kids to the vets?

BristolUK Sep 3rd 2017 1:22 am

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Bloody brilliant

http://assets.amuniversal.com/2c478c...c1005056a9545d

Partially discharged Sep 3rd 2017 1:39 am

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Originally Posted by BristolUK (Post 12330372)

This one has been on my office wall since it came out.

Dilbert Comic Strip on 2003-03-02 | Dilbert by Scott Adams

BristolUK Sep 3rd 2017 1:59 am

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Originally Posted by Partially discharged (Post 12330379)
This one has been on my office wall since it came out.

The guy's a genius, even if he can't make up his mind where he sits, politically. :lol:
Have you seen who he swapped his wife for. :ohmy:

I never see the Sunday strips on Sundays as we don't have Sunday papers here, so I check the website occasionally.

scrubbedexpat091 Sep 3rd 2017 3:53 am

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by dave_j (Post 12330176)
Hmmm.. you take kids to the vets?

Well not, doctor was I meant, dogs and kids never seem to get hurt when the doctor is in, requiring an emergency doctor or urgent care doctor.

dave_j Sep 3rd 2017 5:17 am

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Originally Posted by Jsmth321 (Post 12330446)
Well not, doctor was I meant, dogs and kids never seem to get hurt when the doctor is in, requiring an emergency doctor or urgent care doctor.

Just kidding.... or should that be vetting...

Jerseygirl Sep 3rd 2017 5:23 am

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by Jsmth321 (Post 12330446)
Well not, doctor was I meant, dogs and kids never seem to get hurt when the doctor is in, requiring an emergency doctor or urgent care doctor.

How is he J?

scrubbedexpat091 Sep 3rd 2017 5:32 am

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by Jerseygirl (Post 12330495)
How is he J?

Good today. Some allergy medication and the removal of the stinger from her cheek fixed her up.

Jerseygirl Sep 3rd 2017 5:37 am

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by Jsmth321 (Post 12330499)
Good today. Some allergy medication and the removal of the stinger from her cheek fixed her up.

Good. A wasp sting left the face of my friend's Boxer paralyzed down one side.

bats Sep 3rd 2017 5:54 am

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once again I've bought vanilla flavoured greek yoghurt and only noticed after i added it to savoury food.

scrubbedexpat091 Sep 3rd 2017 12:52 pm

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Of all the things your told on the ramp about the aircraft, the worst are the words air start. It's a relatively simply procedure, but most on the ramp agree it's not their favorite thing to do.

Yorkiechef Sep 3rd 2017 2:37 pm

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by Jsmth321 (Post 12330642)
Of all the things your told on the ramp about the aircraft, the worst are the words air start. It's a relatively simply procedure, but most on the ramp agree it's not their favorite thing to do.

Must be better than a bump start and you've got to push it..

scrubbedexpat091 Sep 4th 2017 6:00 am

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I hope this is the last of the summer heat waves...:fingerscrossed:

BristolUK Sep 4th 2017 12:16 pm

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Scorpion on a plane

Oink Sep 4th 2017 2:26 pm

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by Jsmth321 (Post 12331129)
I hope this is the last of the summer heat waves...:fingerscrossed:

Oi, enough of such negativity. I still have my fantástico fishing fiesta coming up and we can do with some hot sunny weather. There's no virtue acting like knobheads in the cold and rain. :(

Teaandtoday5 Sep 5th 2017 2:14 am

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by bats (Post 12330512)
once again I've bought vanilla flavoured greek yoghurt and only noticed after i added it to savoury food.

I realise this doesn't help at all, but that vanilla yoghurt supposedly should have made you happy :nod:
A Point of View: What does vanilla yogurt have to do with the secret of happiness? - BBC News

Siouxie Sep 5th 2017 4:34 am

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My sisters flight has been delayed by 12 hours, meaning she gets in at 2am. Frikkin nightmare.

scrubbedexpat091 Sep 5th 2017 4:51 am

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It's just miserable working in heat. Lol





Originally Posted by Oink (Post 12331316)
Oi, enough of such negativity. I still have my fantástico fishing fiesta coming up and we can do with some hot sunny weather. There's no virtue acting like knobheads in the cold and rain. :(


DandNHill Sep 5th 2017 6:13 am

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by Teaandtoday5 (Post 12331642)
I realise this doesn't help at all, but that vanilla yoghurt supposedly should have made you happy :nod:
A Point of View: What does vanilla yogurt have to do with the secret of happiness? - BBC News

I wanted to give you Karma but apparently I have given you too much so have to give some to somebody else before I can give more to you! lol

scrubbedexpat091 Sep 5th 2017 7:35 am

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Major bug issue at YVR today. Swarms of little flies or something all over the ramp.

80% humidity, must be what Toronto feels like in summer. Lol

Stinkypup Sep 5th 2017 12:47 pm

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A girl you would be proud of to take home to meet the parents :thumbup:

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/ti...-a3627811.html

BristolUK Sep 5th 2017 1:58 pm

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Originally Posted by Stinkypup (Post 12332076)
A girl you would be proud of to take home to meet the parents :thumbup:

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/ti...-a3627811.html

Yes. Honest and admits a mistake. Tries to clear up after herself. I can think of worse people. :lol:

Stinkypup Sep 5th 2017 2:03 pm

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Originally Posted by BristolUK (Post 12332096)
Yes. Honest and admits a mistake. Tries to clear up after herself. I can think of worse people. :lol:

I suppose you could liken her to a cat, covering it's business in a litter tray as oppose to the boys- liken them to dogs, they couldn't care where they have a poo- could be on the lounge floor if it was raining a bit hard outside...:unsure:

Piff Poff Sep 5th 2017 2:04 pm

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 
How many hours to print one thing?

Oink Sep 5th 2017 6:03 pm

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by BristolUK (Post 12332096)
Yes. Honest and admits a mistake. Tries to clear up after herself. I can think of worse people. :lol:

What was the first clue things might go astray? That they went on a Tinder date at Nando's. That's barely one step up from dogging. :lol:

Jingsamichty Sep 5th 2017 6:29 pm

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by Oink (Post 12332181)
What was the first clue things might go astray? That they went on a Tinder date at Nando's. That's barely one step up from dogging. :lol:

A British friend of mine in Calgary took a first date to a Swiss Chalet. He was surprised when she never returned his calls. "I thought it went really well," he declared.

BristolUK Sep 5th 2017 10:47 pm

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by Jingsamichty (Post 12332194)
A British friend of mine in Calgary took a first date to a Swiss Chalet. He was surprised when she never returned his calls. "I thought it went really well," he declared.

Not charmed by his accent then?

MillieF Sep 6th 2017 9:51 am

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by BristolUK (Post 12332096)
Yes. Honest and admits a mistake. Tries to clear up after herself. I can think of worse people. :lol:

This must have the world watching...what a wondeful girl...I so hope for a happy ending.:thumbup:

BristolUK Sep 6th 2017 10:02 am

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Originally Posted by MillieF (Post 12332772)
This must have the world watching...what a wondeful girl...I so hope for a happy ending.:thumbup:

A 'career' in Reality TV beckons.

Teaandtoday5 Sep 7th 2017 5:43 am

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 
As it is new year (the real new year, not the fake, January, hang-over extending one) I was thinking of healthy eating. Obviously summer means salad, but also bbq, wine, gin, wine and wine so I thought I'd try something new.

Those of you who know me (so just you Nicky) will know healthy food is not my strong suit but channelling my inner hipster, lentil-weaver I thought I'd try kale. God it stinks, and tastes just as bad. I ate it but I don't think the salt, pepper, butter and pea meal bacon it took to do so will have added to the health benefits.

I steamed it. What did I do wrong?

dbd33 Sep 7th 2017 5:50 am

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Originally Posted by Teaandtoday5 (Post 12333426)
As it is new year (the real new year, not the fake, January, hang-over extending one) I was thinking of healthy eating. Obviously summer means salad, but also bbq, wine, gin, wine and wine so I thought I'd try something new.

Those of you who know me (so just you Nicky) will know healthy food is not my strong suit but channelling my inner hipster, lentil-weaver I thought I'd try kale. God it stinks, and tastes just as bad. I ate it but I don't think the salt, pepper, butter and pea meal bacon it took to do so will have added to the health benefits.

I steamed it. What did I do wrong?

You took it home. This is the moment to eschew healthy eating, start on roast dinners and stews and to switch to heavier reds. If there is a moment for kale, it is a moment for someone else.

Oink Sep 7th 2017 6:01 am

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by Teaandtoday5 (Post 12333426)
As it is new year (the real new year, not the fake, January, hang-over extending one) I was thinking of healthy eating. Obviously summer means salad, but also bbq, wine, gin, wine and wine so I thought I'd try something new.

Those of you who know me (so just you Nicky) will know healthy food is not my strong suit but channelling my inner hipster, lentil-weaver I thought I'd try kale. God it stinks, and tastes just as bad. I ate it but I don't think the salt, pepper, butter and pea meal bacon it took to do so will have added to the health benefits.

I steamed it. What did I do wrong?

Its alright raw in a smoothie. Just make sure to put a banana in it to mask any unpleasant taste or smell.

Teaandtoday5 Sep 7th 2017 6:06 am

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by Oink (Post 12333449)
Its alright raw in a smoothie. Just make sure to put a banana in it to mask any unpleasant taste or smell.

Seriously?:eek:

Also bananas less and less appealing the older I get. Used to like them, but adding kale and blending sounds like a recipe for green slime :sick:


Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 12333435)
You took it home. This is the moment to eschew healthy eating, start on roast dinners and stews and to switch to heavier reds. If there is a moment for kale, it is a moment for someone else.

This sounds much better. I think the tortoise could do with a kale moment.

Stinkypup Sep 7th 2017 6:11 am

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by Teaandtoday5 (Post 12333454)
Seriously?:eek:

Also bananas less and less appealing the older I get. Used to like them, but adding kale and blending sounds like a recipe for green slime :sick:



This sounds much better. I think the tortoise could do with a kale moment.

You could have a tortoise smoothie and have a ready made serving bowl with the shell :cool:

BristolUK Sep 7th 2017 6:27 am

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Originally Posted by Teaandtoday5 (Post 12333426)
...lentil...

I surprised myself the other day by getting some lentils.

The fact that it was in an already made curried soup made it more appealing.

BristolUK Sep 7th 2017 6:33 am

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Originally Posted by Stinkypup (Post 12333462)
You could have a tortoise smoothie and have a ready made serving bowl with the shell :cool:

:lol:
OMG...the pictures I just found :ohmy:




https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...pet-turtle.jpg


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