Robert Poste's Child

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I absolutely love the Naked Juice range (well half > of them anyway). The "Green Machine" and the mix > berry red one are awesome. I do wonder how healthy these kind of products actually are. When you make a fresh juice or smoothie it starts to separate and discolour very quickly (depends a bit on the machine you use), so to keep them looking fresh they have to be emulsified and heat-treated in some way, which kills off some of the nutrients and enzymes apparently. There may also be small additives that they don't have to declare, or so I'm told. God know what Innocent do to make a smoothie last for over a month.

Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Juicing - fruit especially - is a bit frowned upon > by nutritionist. Really high in sugars and all of > the good fibre taken out. Frankly, you are > probably better off with a nice glass of red. > > Especially for breakfast. Beetroot tomorrow then. I'm familiar with the arguments for and against - I've done a few residential juice fasts where they teach a lot of that - but it does get way more nutrients into your system than you could manage by eating the foods whole, so a quick way to catch up if you've been eating unhealthily, and you can reduce the sugar spike by having all or mainly veg. If you have digestive problems it can also be a useful way to give all that a rest. There's been a big increase in IBS since fibre became fashionable in the late 70s, though it's just one factor among many, behaviour being the biggest (it turns out there's more than one point to table manners). My father always said that a good marriage is based on a similar level of intelligence and a willingness to discuss someone else's bowel movements. Mind you, he has been married three times so there may be more to it than that.

Much the same, I should think. I juiced a whole head of broccoli on Sunday with no ill effect.

'Why, it appeareth nothing to me but a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.' Still works.

You could swap alcohol for juicing for a month. For breakfast this morning I had spinach, watercress, parsley, celery, cucumber and apple. It was bright green and rather delicious.

In that case sorry for being snappy. Are you going to go for the sober October thing?

Don't take your hangover out on me. Looks like I may need the irk/rage threads again soon then.

Second irk of the day: my inability to paint my nails then sit quietly and not touch anything for ten minutes.

Elated counts as happy, surely? Though I'm not much of a one for happy either.

Oh, like the New Seekers? Splendid.

Your health cover will last until the end of your notice period, so if you've just started consultation you should be ok for another three months at least. You should be able to use the consultation period to ask these kind of questions (if there is no union, has an employee rep been appointed, or if not you can ask yourself). From memory, consultation is 'about' 30 days and can end sooner if all questions are answered or later if there are more questions. Depending on the scale of change the company is making, there may also be a couple of weeks after consultation of group/individual meetings, mapping, looking for alternatives suggested by those who are at risk etc.

In medieval times the fig symbolised female genitalia - fig leaves in the bible may be a joke it seems, monks being humorists as well as clerks and so on (dark age hipsters). For men's bits it was pears. In a Carry On kind of spirit, I would therefore suggest serving interleaved slices of fig and pear, perhaps with a reduction of spiced mead drizzled over the top, should you have some about you.

I haven't a clue what any of this means. The answer is as mystifying as the question.

Tony B Liar, as he is also known.

I agree with Speedbird. The Estate has in many ways done a fantastic job of preserving and enhancing the area, particularly preserving a variety of green spaces for everyone to enjoy. My only real grievance is that they don't actively engage and consult with the people they are doing it for, both specific target groups and the local population in general, and as a result they can come across as high-handed and parental. Perhaps largely because of the great work they have done they don't have to compete for tenants, and at times it can feel like they're stuck in the 1950s while the rest of the world has moved forward. I should add that the Estate does look after its elderly tenants, organising outings and lunches, as well as in terms of rent, and they're good about maintenance and safety.

Having to see a recruitment 'consultant' and be polite.

It's been rubbish for a long time and will be till all the works at that end of the station are complete. On the rare occasions they hold their 'meet the managers' PR stunt I pass on as much of my pain as I can so they'll know they're lying when they put out positive spins on the situation. I started noticing about last Oct/Nov that the service always seemed to have a problems and since then there hasn't been one single day without some kind of delay or cancellation. The railways should be renationalised. If you're heading for the City itself, a less stressful alternative is to change at P Rye and get the overground to Shoreditch High St. For the west of the City, change at P Rye or get the bus to Denmark Hill for trains to Blackfriars and City Thameslink. Or cycle - it's quicker.

I've seem a house fly. (Source: Dumbo)

Did he have dreadlocks? I've been on the receiving end of some rather frightening behaviour like that around Ashbourne Rd when I was on my bike, and I couldn't see what I'd done to provoke it. It was quite a while back but I believe it was someone local. Might not be the same person of course.

Excellent read. Is Half-life also an EDF user?

Thanks. May need a ladder.

Just remembered - do you have to beat them with sticks to get the nuts to fall? 'A woman, a spaniel and a walnut tree, The more you beat them, the better they be' etc? Can't believe I just posted that without a hint of irony.

Thanks! The squirrels always get to the ones in the park before the nuts are ripe enough to fall but I've found a tree in a road where residents are apparently too well heeled to pick their own. Very excited.

I registered, got the swab kit and sent it back at the end of July but apparently it got lost somewhere along the line. Did anyone else have problems or is it just me?

Has anyone ever dried walnuts? How do you do it, and how do you know the right moment to pick them?