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HAL9000

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  1. 'bout now Wrote:

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    > I've also seen Avatar and special effects

    > apart, its shite. I think it's the most expensive

    > film ever made, pity some of the budget didn't go

    > on a script or storyline.


    I think Avatar's special effects are brilliant. Its story line is somewhat lightweight.


    I've just read Cameron's original 'scriptment' for Avatar, which addresses a lot of questions left unanswered in the movie - such as: why 'unobtainium' is so valuable, why some mountains float on Pandora, how the link is established between humans and their Avatars, the nature of Pandora's atmosphere, how interstellar space travel is achieved, and much more. Well worth reading after seeing the movie.

  2. Black Eye Beans (Greek/Turkish Cuisine)


    Serves 1 (main meal), 2 (sides), 4 (starters)


    1 tin black eye beans in salt water; 400g net, 240g drained

    (The best brand is KTC, in my opinion - 39p a tin or 3 for ?1 at Khan's Bargain supermarket on Rye Lane)

    1 celery stalk

    1 small carrot

    1 small potato

    1 small onion [optional]

    2 generous handfuls fresh baby spinach leaves (or 3-4 heaped tablespoonfuls of tinned spinach leaves)


    Chop celery

    Slice carrot

    Dice potato [and onion]

    Place vegetable pieces in saucepan, cover with water, salt lightly and boil until cooked

    Drain and rinse black eye beans in cold water

    Add spinach and black eye beans to saucepan and boil for a few minutes to heat through (the beans are already cooked)

    Drain well


    Garnish with a generous drizzle of extra virgin olive oil and lemon juice. Salt to taste

    Serve with fresh crusty bread and

    Raw onion and black olives alone

    Or with any of the following:

    Anchovies

    Sardines

    Pilchards

    Kippers

    Smoked mackerel

    Tinned salmon

    Any other smoked, tinned, salted or preserved fish

  3. MrBen Wrote:

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    > Ever been in a whirlpool with two girls, a big

    > spliff and glass of cava HAL?


    I'd like to think so - but the last thing I remember was dancing naked on a hilltop in a thunderstorm ...

  4. RosieH Wrote:

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    > Apologies...


    I logged in today at 5pm so missed whatever you wrote earlier.


    > HAL, your ebay sleuthing last week made me deeply

    > deeply uncomfortable.


    You posted asking for opinions about a particular, easily identifiable eBay transaction. I don't feel I did anything wrong to look up that transaction - anyone could have done so. If that made you uncomfortable, I apologise.


    If my sense of humour has offended you, I apologise for that too.

  5. Ladymuck Wrote:

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    > Crikey...completely different...how do we know

    > these are accurate?


    I've no idea how 'accurate' they are in terms of actual stabbings but these figures seem to make more sense (whatever that means) than those posted earlier.


    > Also, excuse my stupidity HAL9000, but what do you

    > mean when you say?

    >

    > I did these searches

    > again - properly:

    >

    > Search String Google

    > (using double quotes) (UK only)


    The search strings were enclosed in quotation marks (i.e. "double quotes") to limit the search to that exact phrase and Google was instructed to deliver only results from UK sources. None of the earlier searches were that precise.

  6. RosieH Wrote:

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    > Dance naked on a hilltop in a thunderstorm

    > Finish my novel


    Unless it's entitled "How I survived a lightning strike" - better finish the novel first.

  7. monica Wrote:

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    > Go Back to Las Vegas and enjoy it, rather then

    > loathe it.


    Hunter S. Thompson must be spinning in his grave.

  8. HonaloochieB Wrote:

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    > legalbeagle Wrote:

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    > > Fish are mortal. Men are mortal. Therefore fish

    > > are men.


    > The Codfather?


    Fish are mortal. Luca Brasi is mortal. Therefore "Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes."

  9. Marmora Man Wrote:

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    > Pepper & Salt Squid


    A variation on your theme.


    Squid Stuffed with Prawns:


    Remove the tentacles

    add (cooked) prawns

    chop tentacles and prawns finely

    season to taste (optional: chopped parsley, mustard, soy sauce, lemon/lime juice, etc.)

    stuff the mixture into the gutted squid bodies

    brush with butter and

    grill until light golden brown


    Easy, delicious and highly addictive.

  10. Brendan Wrote:

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    > But would the universe be here if there wasn?t

    > life around to experience it?


    As Bishop George Berkeley said in support of his theory of "subjective idealism": Esse est percipi.


    If you are genuinely interested in this type of paradox, you may find this interesting: Anthropic principle

  11. Today, so far, the pound has fallen over 5 cents against the US dollar - 2.5 cents in the last ten minutes! It's down roughly the same against the Euro in percentage terms.


    The beginning of a long term freefall or just a short term sell off?


    Good or bad?

  12. R&A Wrote:

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    > Does that mean London has had more Tsunamis than

    > Sri Lanka?


    In all fairness, a proper Google search (with the search string in double quotes) does yield a more sensible result (meaningless as it still is):


    > "Tsunami London" - 672

    > "Tsunami Sri Lanka" - 6,510

  13. Saila Wrote:

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    > on a lighter note....

    >

    > I love this scientific approach to crime statistics


    Out of boredom and mild curiosity I ran those searches again via MS Live using the 'show all' and 'UK only' options:


    Search string Google Live (all) Live (UK only)

    > Peckham stabbing 15,800 16,300 6,290

    > Clapham stabbing 218,000 19,500 7,290

    > Brixton stabbing 23,500 41,500 7,130

    > Islington stabbing 14,000 29,800 18,200

    > Westminster stabbing 149,000 187,000 28,900

    > Chelsea stabbing 180,000 264,000 57,600


    The figures for Chelsea might be skewed because of extra news coverage of football hooliganism.

    Westminster and Chelsea also because other places overseas share the same name (that Live hasn't properly categorised, perhaps).

    Clapham looks like a search anomaly restricted to Google.

    As for Islington, well, it is a pretty rough area - but almost as bad as Brixton, Peckham and Clapham put together - not sure about that.

  14. Peckham is probably the stabbing capital of the world - a Google search on "peckham stabbing" yields 15,800 hits.


    I've seen dozens of catfights spill out onto the street from various hair and nail emporiums along Rye Lane over the past few years.


    I saw Jaws' post and silverfox's response yesterday but thought I'd count to ten before jumping into the affray in case a challenge upset the wrong person and got the forum shut down.


    My sympathies to Jaws - sounds like you've been exposed to a terrible experience.

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