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Jun 16th 2011, 2:52 pm
Replies: 36
Views: 2,055
Posted By IcedGem

Re: Curious: what should me water consumption rate be?

Even with a HOA we're restricted at this time of year to how often we can water, twice a week (the days are specified by the council) and not until after 7pm.. It's funny how many people I see with...
Forum: USA
Apr 1st 2011, 4:59 am
Replies: 26
Views: 3,695
Posted By IcedGem

Re: Travelling to UK with US native spouse.

Our last visit we went through Heathrow, I went EU, husband went non-EU. I was sat waiting about 10-15 minutes for him.

When asked the purpose of the visit and he said visiting his wife's family...
Mar 28th 2011, 7:16 pm
Replies: 44
Views: 2,569
Posted By IcedGem

Re: Stupid Injuries

When I was 11 (just starting a new school!) I slipped down 2 stairs and managed to break my ankle.

It's not quite so stupid but at culinary school here we were cleaning and moving the tables...
Mar 24th 2011, 5:14 pm
Replies: 46
Views: 3,039
Posted By IcedGem

Re: Closure

I just lost my morning to that thread :blink: fascinating and disturbing!
Forum: USA
Mar 17th 2011, 9:29 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 1,513
Posted By IcedGem

Re: flights in late August

I think the trouble is that it's August. We just did a direct from IAH to LHR and for 2 of us (return) it was $1100 with bmi (operated by Continental which was superb, good food, fantastic choice of...
Forum: USA
Dec 8th 2010, 11:09 pm
Replies: 45
Views: 5,128
Posted By IcedGem

Re: Argh

I've had no troubles finding work in Austin, one place even gave me the job just because of the accent :o
Craigslist really is your friend! most of the best job listings turn up on there, though...
Forum: USA
Dec 4th 2010, 2:39 am
Replies: 9
Views: 2,150
Posted By IcedGem

Re: Royal Icing

Use meringue powder and add water, the quantities will be on the meringue powder container.. All it is is dried (pasteurised) whites with stabilisers added. It's not quite the same as being made with...
Forum: USA
Nov 10th 2010, 8:54 pm
Replies: 46
Views: 15,881
Posted By IcedGem

Re: Any Brits IN AUSTIN, TX?

Full English is pretty decent. They're relatively new (been in the farmers markets for a while but only opened the cafe last month).

They're a little expensive quantity wise, but they make their...
Forum: USA
Oct 13th 2010, 11:58 pm
Replies: 54
Views: 3,548
Posted By IcedGem

Re: Christmas Crrackers

Bed Bath and Beyond here generally get a couple of types of crackers. Last year they were better than the ones from World Market.
Forum: USA
Sep 9th 2010, 5:26 pm
Replies: 25
Views: 2,940
Posted By IcedGem

Re: New Orleans - tourist advice

All my in-laws are in NOLA so we visit pretty regularly.

I would not do any of the Katrina tours, but the swamps tours are pretty cool, I'm told the one at Jean Lafitte is good.

Both the zoo...
Forum: USA
Jul 27th 2010, 3:41 am
Replies: 45
Views: 4,694
Posted By IcedGem

Re: Shipping - what not to pack!

You're probably fine, I shipped across a knife roll, with at least 2 dozen sharp chef's knives in it.. They went down on the inventory with a side note that they were tools of my trade, it didn't get...
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