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Post by TallPaul on Jun 3, 2020 14:23:57 GMT
What a difference a day makes!
This time yesterday, I was halfway through a four hour sunbathing session in the park. Today, I had to wear my anorak to pop to the shops in the rain.
I still bought some ice cream though - 89p each, or two tubs for £1.50. Proper stuff, too, that has actually seen a cow.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2020 17:26:04 GMT
A couple of UK gaming channels I follow on YouTube decided to have a fundraiser for the NAACP And on another channel the stream host took a break to get a glass of water having raised around $9150, someone in the chat suggested they should push to reach $10k before she came back, and before you know it someone else had chipped in with a £900 donation to make it happen. |
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Post by peggs on Jun 3, 2020 19:30:54 GMT
Work has announced we're likely to be working from home for between 6-12 months, am climbing the walls now.
Cruddy day improved by having curlew cam on my phone all day, nothing like bird song and new life to cheer you though did rather surprise colleague on phone to me when I looked at the screen and announced 'where's the parent, the chick isn't moving!' and she had no idea how that fitted into a planned regulation day.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2020 9:21:46 GMT
At long last (11 weeks), the special moment arrived. A Haircut.  |
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Post by daisy24601 on Jun 4, 2020 9:48:47 GMT
I've decided to come off social media for a few days, it's too much right now. Too much bad news and sadness and too much judgement about what people post or don't post or for going out or not going out. Argh! This place will do for now!
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Post by lynette on Jun 5, 2020 19:21:27 GMT
At long last (11 weeks), the special moment arrived. A Haircut. Self inflicted? Your housemate, mum, lover, dog? Tell all. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2020 19:35:55 GMT
Self inflicted? Your housemate, mum, lover, dog? Tell all. LOL In most of the US, we can now go out for haircuts. In my state, they have to be done by appointment and both parties must be wearing face masks My little gay showtune-loving self was so excited, I made a little thing to celebrate in the style of West Side Story: postimg.cc/wyZGv3C2 |
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Post by Dr Tom on Jun 5, 2020 20:10:42 GMT
I still bought some ice cream though - 89p each, or two tubs for £1.50. Proper stuff, too, that has actually seen a cow. Were you able to eat the second tub before it melted? |
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Post by TallPaul on Jun 6, 2020 13:58:04 GMT
I still bought some ice cream though - 89p each, or two tubs for £1.50. Proper stuff, too, that has actually seen a cow. Were you able to eat the second tub before it melted? It's in the freezer. I'm saving it...not for another rainy day, but a sunny one! Today's treat was a slice, or three, of iced Madeira cake from the Co-op, reduced from £1.35 to only 35p. Thank goodness it came with full instructions, otherwise I wouldn't have had a clue what to do. "HOW TO PREPARE - Remove all packaging. Place cake onto a flat surface and with a sharp serrated knife, cut using a sawing action. Make sure you clean the blade between slices " I've always been a bit of a maverick, so I didn't actually bother with the sawing bit, and just cut straight down. It still worked a treat, but then my knife was made in Sheffield. 🙂 |
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Post by Latecomer on Jun 6, 2020 14:03:40 GMT
Were you able to eat the second tub before it melted? It's in the freezer. I'm saving it...not for another rainy day, but a sunny one! Today's treat was a slice, or three, of iced Madeira cake from the Co-op, reduced from £1.35 to only 35p. Thank goodness it came with full instructions, otherwise I wouldn't have had a clue what to do. "HOW TO PREPARE - Remove all packaging. Place cake onto a flat surface and with a sharp serrated knife, cut using a sawing action. Make sure you clean the blade between slices " I've always been a bit of a maverick, so I didn't actually bother with the sawing bit, and just cut straight down. It still worked a treat, but then my knife was made in Sheffield. 🙂 You made me chuckle! Nothing beats Sheffield steel!  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2020 14:32:54 GMT
"HOW TO PREPARE - Remove all packaging." That's where I've been going wrong. I thought it was a bit on the chewy side. In other news: hail storm and lightning here. Flashes every few seconds and continuous rumbles. |
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Post by peggysue on Jun 6, 2020 14:47:54 GMT
Made some scones this morning and have just eaten my first one. I like the jam on first then clotted cream. Lovely 😋
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Post by alece10 on Jun 6, 2020 15:09:41 GMT
Made some scones this morning and have just eaten my first one. I like the jam on first then clotted cream. Lovely 😋 As a Cornish man I can confirm that's the correct way to eat it. Not like those strange Devonians next door. |
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Post by peggs on Jun 6, 2020 17:01:52 GMT
Had some fruit loaf that did require a sawing action, had to give up, too dangerous with dentists so hard to see.
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Post by sfsusan on Jun 6, 2020 19:59:43 GMT
In other news: hail storm and lightning here. Flashes every few seconds and continuous rumbles. Wasn't that crazy? The rain dumped like a tropical downpour (although presumably not as warm...). |
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Post by justfran on Jun 6, 2020 22:24:30 GMT
Made some scones this morning and have just eaten my first one. I like the jam on first then clotted cream. Lovely 😋 As a Cornish man I can confirm that's the correct way to eat it. Not like those strange Devonians next door. I’m from the north but always prefer cream first then jam. Could just eat a cream scone now 😋 |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2020 9:00:44 GMT
As a Cornish man I can confirm that's the correct way to eat it. Not like those strange Devonians next door. I’m from the north but always prefer cream first then jam. Could just eat a cream scone now 😋 I've never understood why anyone would put cream then jam - the jam will just fall off the cream! A thick spread of jam first, then a pile of cream as high as you want, that's the only way to do it for me, you get much more cream that way! |
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Post by alece10 on Jun 7, 2020 9:12:31 GMT
M&S apparently think they have solved the problem and just launched a strawberry flavoured clotted cream which, frankly, sounds awful.
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Post by Dawnstar on Jun 7, 2020 16:26:13 GMT
I get round the whole issue by only ever putting jam on! I don't like cream. Actually as long as they're not too dry I'm happy to have scones without jam/cream/butter/anything at all.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2020 16:37:20 GMT
Scones are one of the few things I'll have cream on, along with sundaes and trifles. I'm not a huge fan of cream: I'll have whipped cream on something if it comes that way but not otherwise. Never butter, though.
And like Dawnstar I'm perfectly happy to eat dry scones.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2020 16:43:39 GMT
Also perfectly happy to eat dry scones or just have them with butter.
Plain scones with Nutella are also delightful.
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Post by alece10 on Jun 7, 2020 17:01:02 GMT
Nice cheese scone with butter. Lovely.
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Post by 49thand8th on Jun 7, 2020 17:16:33 GMT
Got up early to drop off compost. Ran some errands. Ate a cinnamon bun! Going to take a nap now. Have a Zoom birthday party to attend tonight.
Have a nice end of the weekend, everyone!
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Post by sfsusan on Jun 7, 2020 17:52:53 GMT
the jam will just fall off the cream! It doesn't fall off toast, why would it fall off a scone? And I don't understand how to spread cream on top of jam... it just slides around. Strangely, my Cornish grandmother taught me the Devon way (although she didn't call it that)... clotted cream first (like butter), then jam. |
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Post by CG on the loose on Jun 7, 2020 18:08:46 GMT
the jam will just fall off the cream! It doesn't fall off toast, why would it fall off a scone? And I don't understand how to spread cream on top of jam... it just slides around. Strangely, my Cornish grandmother taught me the Devon way (although she didn't call it that)... clotted cream first (like butter), then jam. I think the problem lies in the spreading... the correct technique for cream on scones (always on top of jam) is to dollop ;-) |
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