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Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Well, mine is now all bottled up ready for > > Christmas presents :) > > Really? I keep mine in the big jar for at least 3 > months, before straining and bottling. Only just > got my berries a couple of weeks ago, so they're > still in the freezer! These blackcurrants were picked in the summer of 2015 and the cassis was started shortly afterwards, so they were in the vodka for more than a year before straining and bottling :) ETA: Sadly my harvest this year was very poor as something got through an unnoticed gap in the netting :(

That makes sense except you'd think, knowing the likely demand, they would get the spuds in the oven earlier. This was 1pm. But I am not a chef, so what would I know! Still. some places seem to manage it somehow?

Crossed posts, RendelHarris, and I agree with you.

uncleglen Wrote: .so yes the bleeding hearts aer > responsible for the awful crime imo because they > will apologise for them while the crims are > laughing at us and p*ssing all over us. Who is "apologising" for the thieves? apb says s/he doesn't think two years is a sufficiently long sentence for stealing a mobile. I think it is probably too long, personally. What is likely to happen is that those thieves will come out of prison both resentful and probably having learned a load more criminal skills, so they can move on from nicking mobiles to burglary and worse. Plus our prisons are overcrowded as it is, and apparently woefully understaffed. Bleeding heart? No, just looking at things rationally. ETA: And obviously I'm sorry for the victims, but I believe the police would advise not to try to get your stuff back. My sister had her hand knifed when holding onto her bag while being mugged, and it could have been a whole lot worse. Plus, whilst the "eye for an eye" approach to justice may be understandable when you or someone you are close to is the victim, thankfully it is not how a civilised justice system works. ETA: And if it's "bleeding heart" to think that we should be looking at why and how individuals become thieves in the first place, and addressing that, rather than branding them all as evil, then so be it, I have a bleeding heart. Which is not to say I don't think they should be punished in some way as well, obviously.

If they don't collect them, I'll take them off your hands.

lavender27 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Loz Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Sue Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > lavender27 Wrote: > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > ----- > > > > Sue Wrote: > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > ----- > > > > > lavender27 Wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- > > > > > > Rational rage for certain "Tinnitus" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Eh?! > > > > > > > > look it up > > > > > > I know what tinnitus is. > > > > Well, it kind of rings a bell... > > lmao. hhhiiisssssssss, that's what mine sounds > like, it really is horrid. I'm so sorry, when you originally posted on here I thought the tinnitus reference had something to do with my post! I didn't realise it was something you had rational rage at, hence my bemusement. Apologies, I know tinnitus is a horrible thing to have.

ontheedge Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The Rose in New Cross do a pretty decent roast and > serve til late with no booking Thanks ontheedge, sadly I'm unlikely to be in New Cross on a Sunday lunchtime :(

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apbremer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So they caught two of them. Both back on the > streets within 2 years. That'll really scare > others. Pathetically soft sentences. I wouldn't steal mobiles if I thought I might get two years inside, would you? I'm not diminishing (wrong word but can't think of the right one) the crime, but it's hardly murder.

I don't necessarily want "good", (ETA: Though I see I did say "good" above!) I just want something that is browned (and by being in an oven, not by being brushed with some weird colouring) and crispy, or even just crispy in parts. Even something that has been deep fried to turn it crispy would be preferable (to me, anyway) to a pale white thing which is scarcely more than boiled :( Thanks for the suggestions, people.

I had an absolutely delicious Sunday roast yesterday. Good portion of tender beef cooked medium rare as ordered, nice gravy, properly cooked veg, etc, EXCEPT the "roast" potatoes were rubbish - scarcely past the parboiled stage and almost completely white, with no crispy bits at all. The last time I had a roast out (at a different place) , the same thing happened, but in that case I sort of expected it - in this case I didn't (and certainly not for nearly sixteen quid :( ) As the meal was mostly very good, including a very delicious pudding, I don't want to name the place. Can anybody recommend anywhere locally where the Sunday roast has consistently good roast potatoes? And preferably where you don't have to book, as usually it's a spur of the moment thing? And yes I did mention it to the waitress, but I've no idea whether it was fed back to the chef (who must surely have known???) I wonder whether it was because it was relatively early (around 1pm) and if we'd been later the potatoes would have been in the oven longer??

Maybe the best people to advise would be those who have actually managed to stay together for years?

How are we supposed to play Pokemon Go !!!!

Well said rendelharris.

TheCat Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > As an antipodean immigrant, I must say that this > very British habit of going to a garden centre at > Christmas sounded like the most ridiculous thing > I'd ever heard when I first was made aware of it. > I thought it was a joke. It Just seemed so strange > to me, a garden centre at xmas?... Most people aren't going to be gardening in December, so if garden centres want to stay open all year they have got to make their money somehow apart from Christmas trees, I guess. Though personally I find the type of non-plant related things most garden centres sell quite horrendous. Maybe I go to the wrong ones.

Markyryan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Many times, my point on how to indicate on this > (or any) roundabout still stands. > > If in doubt, maybe contact a driving instructor. I am well aware of how to indicate at roundabouts, thanks. I am talking about a specific issue with this one where indicating could cause confusion to following cars.

Markyryan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Then one can cancel the indicator and indicate > again. > Have you actually driven round this roundabout and exited at the road in question? By the time you had indicated to turn left at it, you would have already turned!

Walk from Kew to Richmond along the river? There's a nice riverside pub in Richmond (though will probably be rammed). In fact I think there are two, but I've only been in the older one. Also some little pubs just up from the river, including one on Richmond Green. Plenty of houses to nose in windows, if that's your scene, and the riverside walk is quite leafy. ETA: There's also a pub at the Kew end of the walk - you could start in Richmond and go the other way if you wanted to end up at that one. If you wanted a longer walk, you could walk up to Twickenham - if the ferry is running there's a nice pub on that side of the river. At least, it's nice in the Summer, never been there in the Winter!

Banstead? Old Coulsdon?

Markyryan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > One should indicate. > > On a roundabout, one should indicate left coming > to their exit. If turning right (not continuing > straight through) - one should indicate too. > > GG roundabout requires a minimum of one use of the > indicator, or two if taking the second exit. Yes, but the point is that there are two roads very close together so it is not obvious which one a car is turning left into.

Lowlander Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Re signalling at the roundabout, if you want > to > > turn left towards the station, there is another > > road on the left immediately before the main > road > > (the one with the estate agent on the corner), > so > > signalling left could be confusing to others. > > > > I'm never sure quite what to do there, tbh. > > > > Normally I would signal left as soon as I was > past > > a point where there couldn't be confusion, but > > there is no space/time to do it in this case. > > I know what you mean. If I see someone signalling > left there , I assume they are either going down > Tintagel Road or through the roundabout and up > Grove Vale, and give them enough space to do > either. > > It's always safer to indicate than not to > indicate, as it shows other road users that you're > going to turn somewhere soon! Interesting. I'm not entirely sure about that in this case - I'd be interested to know what other people think.

Or Peckham Rye Park then Clock House or Ivy House depending on which end of the park you finish up?

Re signalling at the roundabout, if you want to turn left towards the station, there is another road on the left immediately before the main road (the one with the estate agent on the corner), so signalling left could be confusing to others. I'm never sure quite what to do there, tbh. Normally I would signal left as soon as I was past a point where there couldn't be confusion, but there is no space/time to do it in this case.

The OP was nearly two years ago, so I imagine it's all been done by now!

Don't know whether if was a BMW but some large shiny black car went through the red at a very high speed on the pedestrian crossing just past the top end of Underhill Road recently (near the Horniman) and I literally had to jump out of its way as I was already crossing. Shouting at it was pretty useless as by then it was well gone :(