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Rob Dougan - a trillion and one remixes of Clubbed to Death (Matrix soundtrack), especially the Kurayamino mix Can I have this at my funeral? Oh, wait, I've already asked for I-F - Space Invaders Are Smoking Grass :-/ the original 1997 electro anthem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTD_OoayhuQ

Yes, well there is one, but it doesn't function as it should, as you'd notice if you tried to use either the co=op pharma or the co-op food store on LL. See my previous posts on co-op pharama.

I'm fixated on theremins. Travelled to Brussels to see one in action a few years back. Is there anyone with a theremin locally? Or indeed an ondes martenot? I admit: I'm a bit of a music-tech junkie :-)

Thanks Paragon. Can you tell us a bit about quinoa and where it can be bought locally?

Gawd, there probably was a recipe thread some time ago, and it was maybe called something like 'I can't cook anymore', but I've trawled back through 3 months of stuff and can't find it. So shall we start a recipe thread that does what it says on the tin? I've had some PM requests for the mackerel and rice thing so here goes... Mackerel and Rice For the mackerel: Mackerel is brill. Cheap, tasty, nutritious. Moxon's on LL and Soper's in Nunhead will both provide. Buy a fishie for each person eating. So that's two fishies for the two of you, three if you are three etc. Ask your fishmonger to gut, but if you're brave, leave the heads on. My gran is big on fish heads. They are kind of tasty, so don't be scared. It's an adventure! Put your fish in a long oblong dish. Ikea do some that are just fine (long and deep). You can get four of five fishies in one of these. In a small amount of oil in a broad pan, fry up some sliced red and yellow peppers (be generous) with a load of sliced onions, and some sprigs of thyme (the Turkish place on LL, or SMBS should be able to provide the thyme fresh). Cooks for a few minutes over a low heat. When slightly browning, throw them over the fish in the dishie. Put the fish dishie in the oven for about 25-30 mins. You want the fish no more than firm, and the veggie stuff not burned to a crisp. For the rice:[/b] I love the Madhur Jaffrey rice. Say I'm I heart 1982, but I don't care. Peeps always ask for the recipe when they eat it. So here it is: - in a small saucepan, put a small amount of oil and heat - throw in some finely chopped onion (one small onion, or half a very large) - then add a teaspoon of cumin seeds, a teaspoon of coriander seeds and a few green cardomom pods (opened/split) give them a good turning regularly, slightly browning but not allowing to go burned or dark - add your rice. Basmati: per person; around half a small glass for each person - toss the ingredients including the rice around the pan to coat with the oil that remains - add water; up to twice the water per volume of rice. When you add the water, it will all go 'wooosh' - put a lid on it, and a really, really low heat. But it must be with a lid. - when all the water is absorbed, you will have your rice The whole rice thing will do inside the time you have for the fish, just. For the extras: Can be accompanied by mange tout, green beans or anything similar.

bodsier Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > WHAT WORKSHOP ARE YOU REFERRING TO? I WOULD LIKE > TO COME, WHERE AND WHEN PLEASE LOUISIANA? I've dropped a line to you about this bodsier, with specific info, though I have no idea whether they have any places left... But for anyone that's interested and cannot for whatever reasons come to this event, I promise to report back fully. Sue is holding me to that! :) And if there's enough local demand, I'm happy to run/host something locally in a cascade stylee in my front room :-)

Hmm, white man in Hammersmith Palais. (Bit of an odd subject line though) nice to see peeps following up old neighbours. Sorry can't help you though.

mockney piers Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Iffy history. Roman empire and people within itm > hrived during a period including and 200 odd years > beyond Constantine. > Downfall (in the west) was down to military > (really, read beauracratic) overstretch coupled > with loss of revenue Fromm north Africa, but many > generations past that, which was in many ways high > point of empire. Yes, Mockney, but fall it did, and the military/bureaocratic overstretching led to progressive fall in revenues, as over-taxed land-holders over a few generations abandoned the land (and then the progressive debasement of the currency too). Farmers were the mainstay of the empire's taxation. Yes, this happened over a period, but it happened. The trouble with military incursions in those days was that pillage is a bit of a one-off thing in terms of benefits, and then you had to maintain military might over an expanded area over a very long period at huge expense. Today, there is no pillage benefit; except for contracts to private enterprises such as Blackwater etc. For governments (and taxpayers) there's just this huge ongoing cost. (And of course in modern times the PR disaster at home that is wholesale loss of life of soldiers. Did we learn nothing from the US incursions in Asia?) Which is why they are all desperately trying to swim away from it. Now.

KalamityKel Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Peckham Rye is not just the park and if you really > wanna get snotty about it all SE22 covers not only > Ed and peckham rye SE22 covers the park and the rye green spaces, and the roads 'Peckham Rye'. Beyond 'Peckham Rye' going east is SE15 I believe. The northern side of ED is also SE15. districts but also loughborough > junction SE5 Further over it veers into SW9. and herne hill SE24 I think SE21 changes into SE24 around Half Moon Lane (?) which I think you'll find > are not in East Dulwich. > > Like I said before stick to your side of the line > ;-) It can be tricky to map out postcodes, given that their use on maps is infrequent (due to PAF issues)

Trentemoller - Harbour Boat Trips

Nashoi, indeed healthcare, environment, ageing population all pose huge problems. Which we shall have to deal with, come what may, probably in the face of declining oil, energy in general, and all the rest. So what we probably cannot afford are extended military adventures in various parts of the world. They are expensive. Lessons from history: Constantine doubled his armed forces, and massively upped his cavalry as a proportion of that. Estimated to be the most expensive decisions he took. Many consequences, including huge debasement of the currency, 50-100% taxation of agricultural surpluses, leading to a huge flight from the land ... Disastrous.

I'm no fan of the clarkson circus. I'll in future refer to each of them (when required) with the middle name 'mexican'.

In my experience it's not fresh, and it's not cheap. Complete white van man territory, with all that that entails. You're better off buying from the various local fishmongers (Moxon's, North X Rd market stall, Soper's in Nunhead...) If you're on a tight budget, there's plenty of *budget* and really fresh fish to be had e.g. the ever-brilliant mackerel, which is like a quid per (person-meal size+) fish. Mackerel is nutritionally superior to white fish, much cheaper, tastier... It's one of my favourite fishies. And if you're not on a tight budget, buy fresh fish from the local guys who are at the market early doors every day. It's the best. Recipe idea: bake mackerel with red and yellow peppers, onions and generous sprigs of thyme. Accompany with rice cooked in caradamom/cumin/coriander/onion (Madhur Jaffrey recipe - PM me for details if you are interested), and some lightly-done green stuff (mange tout, green beans or whatever).

Lad, there's many o' that sort on't teevee. And on't wireless, like. When the f word be required, I likes to use 'fragonard'. For the c word, 'clarkson' should do it, old Jeremy being keen on abuse an' all.

Great album! Reload (aka Global Communication etc.) - A Collection of Short Stories.... and looking at yet more albums on CD (not even collectibles) in the SQUID100+ range

Stina Nordenstam's cover of Purple Rain

Has been described as an overpriced alarm clock. I wouldn't disagree. Bose spend a lot of their money on marketing (among people who are not too bothered about quality of sound/music) rather than on building quality products.

Augustine's law (14th?) The problem with research that grows complex and costly is that it can produce fewer and fewer outputs per unit of investment. Consider what happens to military technology when it grows complex and costly. In the 1950s-1960s, for example, the U.S. produced 744 B-52 bombers. In the 1980s we produced 100 B-1 bombers. In the 1990s, when the B-2 ?stealth? bomber went into production, we were able to afford only 20 of them. This is the result of growth in complexity and costliness. In the year 2054, the entire defense budget will purchase just one aircraft. This aircraft will have to be shared by the Air Force and Navy 3-1/2 days each per week except for leap year, when it will be made available to the Marines for the extra day. (Augustine was CEO of Lockheed Martin at one time)

The rubber plant now installed in the kitchen. Five foot high. It makes all the difference.

Common practice in old country pubs more than in urban trendy ones. Try before you buy. Ales do taste very different from each other.

This house was apparently built by the one-time Chief Scout for London, or that is what I've been told by someone who lived in this road some considerable time ago. Oddness: I have spent time (as a child) on Brownsea Island, the location of the first ever scout camp (but not as part of any scouting thing).

It strikes me as really odd that the most important factors seemingly being considered in the saga outlined by Pugwash are ethnicity and religion. Religion is a social construct. Surely the logical consequence of that is you end up placing children on the basis of dietary habits, political affiliations and so forth. Or you end up leaving them living in the most unsatisfactory situation of all (in a LA home) because the ideal scenario is not available. Surely that is giving primacy to particular - temporary - social constructs rather than to a caring upbringing?

Paying for ongoing military adventures has often proved to be the downfall of entire civilisations. It's a fascinating subject. See the work of Dr Joseph Tainter for example on civilisations that have collapsed (a fair few) and the analysis of why.

Jah Lush Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > louisiana Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > The League Unlimited Orchestra - Love and > Dancing > > Martin Rushent's (almost) instrumental remix of > > Seconds. > > He's producing my girlfriend's album right now as > it happens. Ah, they were such a team. THL were never the same again...

acumenman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The people who buy the BBC from third parties do > they need a TVlicence? What they buy is access to the third party's internet server in the UK (a UK proxy server IP address). The cost is not much less than for a UK TV licence. How legal this is I have no idea. But it certainly seems to be widespread.