VAG Café - If Carlsberg made forum threads they wouldn't be as good as this one - 3500 posts, pah, onward!

[Desertfish]

Personally, I prefer this one!:

Each to their own! :D

I woudn't mention that so loud in the open... What if Ms. DH found out about this...?

[Desertfish]

mr fish, come back down south!



My current contract here in London is a bit too lucrative to let it slip. But I might move back down south once it comes to an end. There's quite a few Telecomms companies that have set up shop in Basingstoke over the last 2 years. It's not that far a drive from Southampton. Used to that trip every day for over a year.

[Desertfish]

Freedom loomes... 30 more minutes and its time for me to got home and get some wel deserved :sleeping:. But before I go, here is something that (hopefully) will bring a smile on all you guy faces while you're sitting in the office having another boring day... :D



What starts with an F and ends with a K

A first-grade teacher (Ms. Brooks) was having trouble with one of her students. The teacher asked, "Harry, what's your problem?" Harry answered, "I'm too smart for the 1st grade. My sister is in the 3rd grade and I'm smarter than she is! I think I should be in the 3rd grade too!"

Ms. Brooks had had enough. She took Harry to the principal's office. While Harry waited in the outer office, the teacher explained to the principal what the situation was. The principal told Ms. Brooks he would give the boy a test. If he failed to answer any of his questions he was to go back to the 1st grade and behave. She agreed. Harry was brought in and the conditions were explained to him and heagreed to take the test.

Principal: "What is 3 x 3?"
Harry: "9."

Principal: "What is 6 x 6?"
Harry: "36."

And so it went with every question the principal thought a 3rd grader should know. The principal looks at Ms. Brooks and tells her, "I think Harry can go to the 3rd grade" Ms. Brooks says to the principal, "Let me ask him some questions." The principal and Harry both agreed.

Ms. Brooks: "What does a cow have four of that I have only two of?"
Harry: "Legs."

Ms. Brooks: "What is in your pants that you have but I do not have?"
Harry: "Pockets."

Ms. Brooks: "What does a dog do that a man steps into?"
Harry: "Pants."

Ms. Brooks: What starts with a C, ends with a T, is hairy, oval, delicious and contains thin, whitish liquid?"
Harry: "Coconut."

At this stage, the principal sat forward with his mouth hanging open.

Ms. Brooks: "What goes in hard and pink then comes out soft and sticky?"

The principal's eyes opened really wide but before he could stop the answer, Harry was replying...

Harry: "Bubble gum."

Ms. Brooks: "What does a man do standing up, a woman does sitting down and a dog does on three legs?"
Harry: "Shake hands."

The principal was trembling.

Ms. Brooks: "What word starts with an 'F' and ends in 'K' that means a lot of heat and excitement?"
Harry: "Firetruck."

The principal breathed a sigh of relief and told the teacher, "Put Harry in the fifth-grade, I got the last seven questions wrong.



Have a nice day guys... See ya all this evening... :beerchug:

[prolfe]

Yay

Motorshow day today.

:biglaugh:

[MalcQV]

Morning folks.
Desertfish, that was fantastic.

Prolfe, have a good day.

[prolfe]

Thanks

Shame that Audi are not there. Can't get enough of them at the moment. Any model but specifically:

A3
A3 Cabro
A4
A4 Avant
A5
A6
A6 Avant
A8
Q5
Q7
TT
TT S
TT RS
S3
S4
S5
S6
S8
R8
RS4
RS6
RS8

:biglaugh:

[dansansome]

you mean you dont like the A2?

:D

[prolfe]

you mean you dont like the A2?

:D

A2's not a current model

:approve:

Although I did forget the Allroad

[dansansome]

oh yeah. :Blush2:

i knew that... :nervous:

[MalcQV]

Had a phone call from Mrs QV this morning. She turned out of our road across the A580 towards Worsley centre and the M60 and low and behold a queue. As she gets near to Leigh Road (nicknamed Millionaires Row) she sees the problem. A young fellow completely naked with his clothes on the pavement.

I reckon he was sleep walking or just plain lost it, but Mrs QV said a car on the other side of the road had stopped and he was talking away to them. Lots of rubber neckers it seemedhttp://www.windowsguide.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.gifhttp://www.windowsguide.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[Dudey Head]

Had a phone call from Mrs QV this morning. She turned out of our road across the A580 towards Worsley centre and the M60 and low and behold a queue. As she gets near to Leigh Road (nicknamed Millionaires Row) she sees the problem. A young fellow completely naked with his clothes on the pavement.

I reckon he was sleep walking or just plain lost it, but Mrs QV said a car on the other side of the road had stopped and he was talking away to them. Lots of rubber neckers it seemedhttp://www.windowsguide.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.gifhttp://www.windowsguide.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.gif

Not something you see every morning! (thankfully!) :D

Desertfish, :biglaugh::biglaugh::biglaugh:

dansansome, I don't like the A2, it looks poop regardless of how good it may actually be! Sorry if anyone reading this has one!! :sad6:

I gotta be out & about this morning so I'll say toodle pip & catch up later!
:sadwavey:

[paul b]

Not something you see every morning! (thankfully!) :D

Desertfish, :biglaugh::biglaugh::biglaugh:

dansansome, I don't like the A2, it looks poop regardless of how good it may actually be! Sorry if anyone reading this has one!! :sad6:

I gotta be out & about this morning so I'll say toodle pip & catch up later!
:sadwavey:
Myself and the other half are deeply considering buying my 16 year old son an A2 as his first car. He will be 17 in March, and going from Gatley (A34) to Trafford College everyday he will soon need a car.

I was thinking of an A2 because it's in group 5, whereas an A3 is group 8 and that means it becomes unaffordable to him as a first car. 64 mpg from the A2 as well, and the £35 road tax, makes it become an attractive buy. Also, having looked at the A2s, the interior looks like it has a much better finish than the Leons and Boras of the equivalent age (about 2001).

I wouldn't buy one for myself, but hey, if you were turning up at college near all your mates and you discussed what cars you owned, and the others said Clio, Corsa, Astra, Punto or 106 then A2 sounds rather nice ! :D

Each to their own taste though...

Paul

[bora(ing) nick]

Myself and the other half are deeply considering buying my 16 year old son an A2 as his first car. He will be 17 in March, and going from Gatley (A34) to Trafford College everyday he will soon need a car.

Paul

Chris,

Your a lucky git... my first car was a 1.2 vauxhall nova, that i paid £150 for :D

[Desertfish]

Evenin' all... Me's back again for another 12 hour stint at work... :o. Oh well... I'm sure I'll be able to keep myself busy...



I wouldn't buy one for myself, but hey, if you were turning up at college near all your mates and you discussed what cars you owned, and the others said Clio, Corsa, Astra, Punto or 106 then A2 sounds rather nice ! :D

Each to their own taste though...
Paul

Not sure about buying one for myself... Never really liked the A2 until I saw the one that is owned by someone living in my neigbourhood. Nicely tinted windows (smokey, not the "maffia you can't see trough my windows" black) and 17" alloys. Looks stunning. If I were to look for a little runabout as a 2nd car, the A2 would probably be high on my list...

I would have been chaffed as well when I was 17 and my dad got me an A2... For the same reasons you just mentioned.

[paul b]

Chris,

Your a lucky git... my first car was a 1.2 vauxhall nova, that i paid £150 for :D
Me doesn't think he realises just how lucky...

I want to get him a diesel though, and the other half wants him to be driving a safe car. Obviously I don't want to be fixing his motor each weekend, so another reliable Audi <all hands on wood> would be great.

If he doesn't play his cards right he won't end up with anything haha !

Paul

[Dudey Head]

Desertfish, are you 1 & 0 herding tonight me old china??
Graveyard shift a-go-go! :p

[Desertfish]

Yep... I am... Although as usual, there's not a lot going on. However, instead of posting silly comments everywhere, I decided to spend my time wisely and write a "numpties" guide on debugging windows crash files for a computer forum instead. There won't be any crazy nightime monologues from me for a while, but hey, I'm back for 4 nights of the same graveyard shift next week... :D

[MalcQV]

I would have been chaffed as well when I was 17 and my dad got me an A2... For the same reasons you just mentioned.

I was about two when I was last chaffed :p

Morning good people of VWAF.
Picked my sister-in-law up from terminal two at Manchester airport last night. With all the security measures they ask you to go into the multi storey car park. I was in 10 minutes (excluding the reversing out into a stream of traffic) and it cost £2.

I waited on a residential road near the airport for 30 minutes or so, so I was near and ready to pick them up when they phoned. The police are (and should be) keen. They passed me 10 minutes before I set off into the car park and then just after I set off. I reckon had I still been parked up they would of moved me on.

[Dudey Head]

Yep... I am... Although as usual, there's not a lot going on. However, instead of posting silly comments everywhere, I decided to spend my time wisely and write a "numpties" guide on debugging windows crash files for a computer forum instead. There won't be any crazy nightime monologues from me for a while, but hey, I'm back for 4 nights of the same graveyard shift next week... :D

But silly comments & crazy monologues are much more entertaining! :D


I waited on a residential road near the airport for 30 minutes or so, so I was near and ready to pick them up when they phoned. The police are (and should be) keen. They passed me 10 minutes before I set off into the car park and then just after I set off. I reckon had I still been parked up they would of moved me on.

You're lucky you didn't get accused of kerb crawling! :p

[onzarob]

Chris,

Your a lucky git... my first car was a 1.2 vauxhall nova, that i paid £150 for :D


My first car cost £50, an Austin 1300 and I used to drive it everyday 60miles. My day welded new sills on it and a front valence. very safe:D

[dansansome]

had my creaky bits checked out earlier.

garage couldnt locate the direct cause of the creak, had it up on a ramp and said there is no play in anything, and might just be a dry bush http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y141/dansansome/quagmire.jpg or something, and they would only be replacing bits for the hell of it.

basic upshot was that its ok to drive at the moment, but if/when it gets worse, bring it back and they'll look at it again.

oh, and no charge :)

[onzarob]

oh, and no charge :)

I would hope so ;)..

I'm not trying to worry you, But how can they say its ok if they haven't located the problem:confused:

[Dudey Head]

had my creaky bits checked out earlier.

garage couldnt locate the direct cause of the creak,

Shouldn't you have gone to the doctor instead?? :p

[dansansome]

well, they said that they knew something wasnt quite right (obviously because of the creaking) but they couldnt identify exactly where it was coming from, so they would only end up just replacing stuff until they got the right bit (=expensive).

might get it checked elsewhere too, just for a second opinion.

[Hex69]

Something to cheer everyone up.

A first-grade teacher (Ms. Brooks) was having trouble with one of her students. The teacher asked, "Harry, what's your problem?" Harry answered, "I'm too smart for the 1st grade. My sister is in the 3rd grade and I'm smarter than she is! I think I should be in the 3rd grade too!"

Ms. Brooks had had enough. She took Harry to the principal's office. While Harry waited in the outer office, the teacher explained to the principal what the situation was. The principal told Ms. Brooks he would give the boy a test. If he failed to answer any of his questions he was to go back to the 1st grade and behave. She agreed. Harry was brought in and the conditions were explained to him and heagreed to take the test.

Principal: "What is 3 x 3?"
Harry: "9."

Principal: "What is 6 x 6?"
Harry: "36."

And so it went with every question the principal thought a 3rd grader should know. The principal looks at Ms. Brooks and tells her, "I think Harry can go to the 3rd grade" Ms. Brooks says to the principal, "Let me ask him some questions." The principal and Harry both agreed.

Ms. Brooks: "What does a cow have four of that I have only two of?"
Harry: "Legs."

Ms. Brooks: "What is in your pants that you have but I do not have?"
Harry: "Pockets."

Ms. Brooks: "What does a dog do that a man steps into?"
Harry: "Pants."

Ms. Brooks: What starts with a C, ends with a T, is hairy, oval, delicious and contains thin, whitish liquid?"
Harry: "Coconut."

At this stage, the principal sat forward with his mouth hanging open.

Ms. Brooks: "What goes in hard and pink then comes out soft and sticky?"

The principal's eyes opened really wide but before he could stop the answer, Harry was replying...

Harry: "Bubble gum."

Ms. Brooks: "What does a man do standing up, a woman does sitting down and a dog does on three legs?"
Harry: "Shake hands."

The principal was trembling.

Ms. Brooks: "What word starts with an 'F' and ends in 'K' that means a lot of heat and excitement?"
Harry: "Firetruck."

The principal breathed a sigh of relief and told the teacher, "Put Harry in the fifth-grade, I got the last seven questions wrong.

[Dudey Head]

Something to cheer everyone up.

A first-grade teacher (Ms. Brooks) was having trouble with one of her students. The teacher asked, "Harry, what's your problem?" Harry answered, "I'm too smart for the 1st grade. My sister is in the 3rd grade and I'm smarter than she is! I think I should be in the 3rd grade too!"

Ms. Brooks had had enough. She took Harry to the principal's office. While Harry waited in the outer office, the teacher explained to the principal what the situation was. The principal told Ms. Brooks he would give the boy a test. If he failed to answer any of his questions he was to go back to the 1st grade and behave. She agreed. Harry was brought in and the conditions were explained to him and heagreed to take the test.

Principal: "What is 3 x 3?"
Harry: "9."

Principal: "What is 6 x 6?"
Harry: "36."

And so it went with every question the principal thought a 3rd grader should know. The principal looks at Ms. Brooks and tells her, "I think Harry can go to the 3rd grade" Ms. Brooks says to the principal, "Let me ask him some questions." The principal and Harry both agreed.

Ms. Brooks: "What does a cow have four of that I have only two of?"
Harry: "Legs."

Ms. Brooks: "What is in your pants that you have but I do not have?"
Harry: "Pockets."

Ms. Brooks: "What does a dog do that a man steps into?"
Harry: "Pants."

Ms. Brooks: What starts with a C, ends with a T, is hairy, oval, delicious and contains thin, whitish liquid?"
Harry: "Coconut."

At this stage, the principal sat forward with his mouth hanging open.

Ms. Brooks: "What goes in hard and pink then comes out soft and sticky?"

The principal's eyes opened really wide but before he could stop the answer, Harry was replying...

Harry: "Bubble gum."

Ms. Brooks: "What does a man do standing up, a woman does sitting down and a dog does on three legs?"
Harry: "Shake hands."

The principal was trembling.

Ms. Brooks: "What word starts with an 'F' and ends in 'K' that means a lot of heat and excitement?"
Harry: "Firetruck."

The principal breathed a sigh of relief and told the teacher, "Put Harry in the fifth-grade, I got the last seven questions wrong.

Sorry me old china, Desertfish pipped you to the post with that one on page 51!! :p

[Hex69]

Apologies, old timer's disease kicking in....:banghead:

[Dudey Head]

Apologies, old timer's disease kicking in....:banghead:

It's still a good un though! :biglaugh:

[Sam]

Get off my lawn!

[Hex69]

Get off my lawn!

Sorry :notworthy

Here's one for MalcQV

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/7534890.stm

[paul b]

Sorry :notworthy

Here's one for MalcQV

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/7534890.stm
Couldn't have been Schumi's fault :p

Paul

[dansansome]

Get off my lawn!


shouldnt you be in the lawnmover thread?

[Dudey Head]

shouldnt you be in the lawnmover thread?

I do love the fact that the VW Audi Forum has a lawnmwer thread! :D

[onzarob]

Couldn't have been Schumi's fault :p

Paul

It wasn't, Damon Hill had left it open:biglaugh:

[paul b]

It wasn't, Damon Hill had left it open:biglaugh:
Haha... whatever !

Could this guy not have seen the big Fiat van heading towards him ? Or is that not the point ? :confused:

Paul

[Hex69]

Haha... whatever !

Could this guy not have seen the big Fiat van heading towards him ? Or is that not the point ? :confused:

Paul

The thought that this guys picks himself up, looks at the guy in the van, and wonders who this 'swear'er is, priceless:biglaugh:

[paul b]

The thought that this guys picks himself up, looks at the guy in the van, and wonders who this 'swear'er is, priceless:biglaugh:
I'd have known it was him !

Too much F1 over the years...

Paul

[Hex69]

I know, but time and place and all that. Last person you'd expect to see driving a Fiat van in Kent though:biglaugh:

[paul b]

I know, but time and place and all that. Last person you'd expect to see driving a Fiat van in Kent though:biglaugh:
Aye, mind you, if you saw the Fiat Scudo adverts...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qzd2aBcfqZw

Was probably one of them he was driving. Hmm, red one or silver one ?

Paul

[Hex69]

toodle pip off home shortly.
http://www.masters-of-photography.com/images/full/brandt/brandt_going_home.jpg

[Dudey Head]

toodle pip off home shortly.


Eeeeeh lad, it's grim up north, int it? :D

[dansansome]

as am i.

off to play some 5-a-side.

have a good night guys

[paul b]

5-a-side sounds ace... :approve:

Paul

[Dudey Head]

This'll be me shortly, & I'm off tomorrow as well! :D:D:D
All this petrol business has finally got to me, much better MPG!

http://www.jagersro.m.se/trav/man_hast/pics/going-kronos1.jpg

[Dudey Head]

Reet fella's I'm plodding! Weekend begins now for me!! :beerchug:

Do enjoy Friday at work everyone, fnar fnar... :D

[prolfe]

been off all week

it's been ace

[Ben]

i'm off all next week. kitchen going in.

[hagis]

I'm due to start work on our kitchen tomorrow. Got to get it painted, the old one out and the floor tiled. I've also got to assemble the units and get them to the house. Busy couple of weeks for me.

[prolfe]

I'm due to start work on our kitchen tomorrow. Got to get it painted, the old one out and the floor tiled. I've also got to assemble the units and get them to the house. Busy couple of weeks for me.

prep, prep, prep. It's all in the preparation.

[Dudey Head]

I got the entire hoeuse to sort out & garden to finish as well. Fun.
Actually is kind of. Satisfying getting the place straight. I'm officially now old!

[bora(ing) nick]

night all!

[Dudey Head]

Buenos nachos (yes, I know that isn't correct!) :D

[dansansome]

morning all :)

[MalcQV]

Morning folks.

Me too got the kitchen to do. Off work the middle of August to get it done, at this rate I will still be doing it at Christmas. Drastic taking holidays to do DIY but it has to be done.

[Hex69]

morning all :)

Ditto

Another day of spouting complete bolox to look forward to.:biglaugh:

[dansansome]

Ditto

Another day of spouting complete bolox to look forward to.:biglaugh:

here here :beerchug:

[prolfe]

off for a bit of what my 4 year old son calls "mucking about swimming".

:biglaugh:

[dansansome]

just taken delivery of yet another microSD card.

retail packed sandisc 4gb £13 delivered. not the absolute cheapest, but i wanted the reatil packing as it is a gift.

[Hex69]

just taken delivery of yet another microSD card.

retail packed sandisc 4gb £13 delivered. not the absolute cheapest, but i wanted the reatil packing as it is a gift.

I remember having to lug floppies around, 3 1/2 in and 5 1/4, <emotion>Feels old http://mergecenters.com/forum/images/smilies/crutches-emoticon.gif</emotion>

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/28/67613265_558e81a471.jpg

[prolfe]

I remember having to lug floppies around, 3 1/2 in and 5 1/4, <emotion>Feels old http://mergecenters.com/forum/images/smilies/crutches-emoticon.gif</emotion>



Are they some kind of special coasters. Don't recognise them at all !!:biglaugh:

<prolfe is actually old enough though>
:mad:

[dansansome]

I remember having to lug floppies around,



http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y141/dansansome/quagmire.jpg


god im childish.


i remember the 1.44mb discs, almost as absolete as VHS cassettes.

[Hex69]

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y141/dansansome/quagmire.jpg


god im childish.


i remember the 1.44mb discs, almost as absolete as VHS cassettes.

Floppy Disk info (http://computer.howstuffworks.com/floppy-disk-drive1.htm)

<quote>The floppy disk drive (FDD) was invented at IBM by Alan Shugart in 1967. The first floppy drives used an 8-inch disk (http://www.howstuffworks.com/hard-disk.htm) (later called a "diskette" as it got smaller), which evolved into the 5.25-inch disk that was used on the first IBM Personal Computer in August 1981. The 5.25-inch disk held 360 kilobytes compared to the 1.44 megabyte capacity of today's 3.5-inch diskette. The 5.25-inch disks were dubbed "floppy" because the diskette packaging was a very flexible plastic envelope, unlike the rigid case used to hold today's 3.5-inch diskettes.
By the mid-1980s, the improved designs of the read/write heads, along with improvements in the magnetic recording media, led to the less-flexible, 3.5-inch, 1.44-megabyte (MB) capacity FDD in use today. For a few years, computers had both FDD sizes (3.5-inch and 5.25-inch). But by the mid-1990s, the 5.25-inch version had fallen out of popularity, partly because the diskette's recording surface could easily become contaminated by fingerprints through the open access area.</quote>


360kb !!!!!

[dansansome]

Floppy Disk info (http://computer.howstuffworks.com/floppy-disk-drive1.htm)

<quote>...led to the less-flexible, 3.5-inch, 1.44-megabyte (MB) capacity...</quote>




so does that mean that the 3.5" disc was actually a semi?


and 360k from all that disc! thank go....erm...scientists for technological progress!! :biglaugh:

[Dudey Head]

Good afternoon gentlemen, an idle morning I have enjoyed. (I don't know you I'm beginning to sound like Yoda, I just am!)
What's all this banter about floppies?!! :Blush2:

[MalcQV]

Could do with getting a microSD card for this Orange PDA phone thing I have from work. I could use it as an MP3 and video player for my hols http://www.windowsguide.org/forum/images/smilies/hmmm.gif

So the 4Gb one for £13 sounds good?

[Hex69]

Good afternoon gentlemen, an idle morning I have enjoyed. (I don't know you I'm beginning to sound like Yoda, I just am!)
What's all this banter about floppies?!! :Blush2:

Good God man, get with the program.......:p

[Dudey Head]

Good God man, get with the program.......:p

Just couldn't resist the opportunity for cheap innuendo!! :p

[Hex69]

Just couldn't resist the opportunity for cheap innuendo!! :p

http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/dre0745l.jpg

[dansansome]

Could do with getting a microSD card for this Orange PDA phone thing I have from work. I could use it as an MP3 and video player for my hols http://www.windowsguide.org/forum/images/smilies/hmmm.gif

So the 4Gb one for £13 sounds good?


if you're gonna stick movies on it then maybe an 8GB would be better.

i always get my cards from fleabay. £18 should get you a genuine sandisc 8GB card, as long as you dont mind non-retail packing. pm me if you want a couple of ebay sellers i have used successfully.

[MalcQV]

if you're gonna stick movies on it then maybe an 8GB would be better.

i always get my cards from fleabay. £18 should get you a genuine sandisc 8GB card, as long as you dont mind non-retail packing. pm me if you want a couple of ebay sellers i have used successfully.

It won't be movies, more short videos. Somink to watch on the plane.

[Dudey Head]

I'm signing out to crack on with the garden, Turtle Dudes, life won't be worth living if she-who-must-be-obeyed gets home & nothing's been done! Toodle pip, tataa & ciao for now!

[dansansome]

have a good weekend DH :)

[Hex69]

I'm signing out to crack on with the garden, Turtle Dudes, life won't be worth living if she-who-must-be-obeyed gets home & nothing's been done! Toodle pip, tataa & ciao for now!

Bysy, bye:drive:..................

[Dudey Head]

I'm one of twelve members on here right now! God I'm sad. :approve:

[MalcQV]

Hello.

[Ben]

Hello malc.

i'm off to bed now,

cheerio, nice chatting:D

[MalcQV]

Hello malc.

i'm off to bed now,

cheerio, nice chatting:D

Me too soon TTFN

[onzarob]

Me too soon TTFN

and me, got a long drive on Monday to Gatwick, then a long flight, then a 142mile drive ;)

[MalcQV]

and me, got a long drive on Monday to Gatwick, then a long flight, then a 142mile drive ;)

I am Still here:o. Have a good one Rob. I will have been and gone by the time you are back.

[MalcQV]

Going now TTFN.

[Desertfish]

It won't be movies, more short videos. Somink to watch on the plane.

Erm... That all depends MalcQV... If you're planning to do frequent flying via Heathrow Terminal 5 you'll need at least 2 8GB SD cards to keep you busy... :D

[hagis]

Afternoon all,

I'm knackered. I've been painting the kitchen ceiling and am worn out and covered in paint. I've got loads to do between now and next Monday when the bloke is coming to fit the kitchen. Not going to be a fun week.

[Ben]

our kitchen man is due on monday 4th as well.

[MalcQV]

Erm... That all depends MalcQV... If you're planning to do frequent flying via Heathrow Terminal 5 you'll need at least 2 8GB SD cards to keep you busy... :D
I bought a 4Gb card ;). However it works better in my daughter's camera and not at all in the PDA phone. I should of read the instructions first :o

[dansansome]

is your PDA not HCSD compatible?

[Desertfish]

Morning gentlemen... Nice day for some more bolox... :D

When I was still together with Ms. D'fish I used to buy incompatible stuff on purpose... Would have given me a nice excuse to buy a new PDA... :D

[Dudey Head]

is your PDA not HCSD compatible?
What tongue is this in which this wizardy is spoken of? :boggled:


Morning gentlemen... Nice day for some more bolox... :D

When I was still together with Ms. D'fish I used to buy incompatible stuff on purpose... Would have given me a nice excuse to buy a new PDA... :D

It's never a bad day for bolox-talk!
That was a sneaky, but nonetheless an astute, method of circumventing feminine oppression of the masculine appreciation of fine gadgetry!

[Eshrules]

It's never a bad day for bolox-talk!
That was a sneaky, but nonetheless an astute, method of circumventing feminine oppression of the masculine appreciation of fine gadgetry!

to quote your own words back at you :

What tongue is this in which this wizardy is spoken of? :boggled:


is it 'lets use the most complicated way of saying something' day?

because it's Monday morning, I have a load of soft toys to play with and quite honestly, I'm not in the mood for thinking :Blush2:

[Dudey Head]

to quote your own words back at you :



is it 'lets use the most complicated way of saying something' day?

because it's Monday morning, I have a load of soft toys to play with and quite honestly, I'm not in the mood for thinking :Blush2:

Alas, good sir, it seems apparent that your cerebral capacity is indeed impaired due to insufficient conscious activity in the immediate post-weekend period!! :p

[dansansome]

well said EE :beerchug:

i thought mine was quite straight forward lol.

[dansansome]

Alas, good sir, it seems apparent that your cerebral capacity is indeed impaired due to insufficient conscious activity in the immediate post-weekend period!! :p

im sorry, i cant be bothered to work that out: its monday, and my brain is totally fried from the weekend.

[Eshrules]

im sorry, i cant be bothered to work that out: its monday, and my brain is totally fried from the weekend.

allow me to translate



Alas, good sir, it seems apparent that your cerebral capacity is indeed impaired due to insufficient conscious activity in the immediate post-weekend period!! :p

I am a pretentious (insert expletive here)

(lol)

[Dudey Head]

im sorry, i cant be bothered to work that out: its monday, and my brain is totally fried from the weekend.

A fellow sufferer of post-hedonistic analytic lethargy!

[Desertfish]

A fellow sufferer of post-hedonistic analytic lethargy!

Blimey... I'm sure when Ms. DH asked you to sort out the garden over the weekend, you smoking the grass was not what she had in mind... :D

[Eshrules]

Blimey... I'm sure when Ms. DH asked you to sort out the barden over the weekend, you smoking the grass was nto what she had in mind... :D

barden?

crikey, talk about letting the side down :Blush2:

[Desertfish]

barden?

crikey, talk about letting the side down :Blush2:

hmmm... touch-typing skills need some more improvement... :o

[Dudey Head]

Blimey... I'm sure when Ms. DH asked you to sort out the garden over the weekend, you smoking the grass was not what she had in mind... :D

I was actually laying turf, so all that messing around, rolling grass (;)) obviously had an effect! I also finished off a brick-paved path, so things were definitely getting heavy then! :D

[Dudey Head]

allow me to translate




I am a pretentious (insert expletive here)

(lol)

Pretentiousness is of little consequence to ones ability to utilise an enriched vocabulary! :D

[Dudey Head]

Desertfish, you got yourself on days now to join the daily bolox? :approve:

[Desertfish]

Not really... Just happens to be that one of my dayshifts is falling on a weekday... I'll be back on the graveyard shift as of tomorrow... (for for nights... :().

[Sam]

I was actually laying turf,....

Fnar!

[MalcQV]

is your PDA not HCSD compatible?

T'would appear not. An Orange PDA pretentious phone. Pretentious in that as a phone it is ^$%&p*ng useless.

[Dudey Head]

Fnar!

:biglaugh: hee hee, I didn't notice that!


T'would appear not. An Orange PDA pretentious phone. Pretentious in that as a phone it is ^$%&p*ng useless.

There's much talk of pretentiousness going on today!

[Desertfish]

T'would appear not. An Orange PDA pretentious phone. Pretentious in that as a phone it is ^$%&p*ng useless.

I need to start building a list of the most stupidly called consumer products...

- "Fatality" motherboard...
- "Twin Towers" chipset cooler...
- "Pretentious" phone...

What's next... :D

[Dudey Head]

Anyone heard about Anthony Worrall Thompson advising people to try a poisonous herb in their salad? This sounds like a joke but it's not, although it is pretty funny! (potentially disastrous, but no one's tried it apparently. Maybe that speaks volumes!)

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/skynews/20080804/tuk-tv-chef-dishes-out-poisonous-menu-45dbed5.html

[Desertfish]

Kinda sounds a bit like the guy who invented sushi... I mean, he must have wasted a few of lives before he found out how to cut blowfish properly... :D

[Dudey Head]

Kinda sounds a bit like the guy who invented sushi... I mean, he must have wasted a few of lives before he found out how to cut blowfish properly... :D

Yeah, how do you discover stuff like that? Analyse who drops dead & then come to a conclusion?!

[Desertfish]

And it's gone quiet again.... sssssssst... Listen to the silence...

[prolfe]

Yeah, how do you discover stuff like that? Analyse who drops dead & then come to a conclusion?!

Sitting there eating some new raw fish stuff for a sushi - dictating into a Orange pretentious:

B A N G

--------------------------

They listened back to the tape:

"....it's smooth texture is appealing to the eye, now for the taste test.......<silence>.......hmm tastes a bit like chi......<sound of man falling face first into raw fish>


Five days later:

"<sound of door being bashed in>.....<Muted sounds>...jesus what is that stink, smells like fish....oh....call 911"

[MalcQV]

Raw fish is just wrong (says he who has never tasted it (and does not want to)) :p.

[Dudey Head]

Sitting there eating some new raw fish stuff for a sushi - dictating into a Orange pretentious:

B A N G

--------------------------

They listened back to the tape:

"....it's smooth texture is appealing to the eye, now for the taste test.......<silence>.......hmm tastes a bit like chi......<sound of man falling face first into raw fish>


Five days later:

"<sound of door being bashed in>.....<Muted sounds>...jesus what is that stink, smells like fish....oh....call 911"


:biglaugh:


Raw fish is just wrong (says he who has never tasted it (and does not want to)) :p.

:biglaugh: Isn't it just!? I've never tried it & I've not eaten meat/fish etc. for about five years or so now, so I suppose I never will! If I ever decide to resume carniverous cuisine, I still don't think I would. Maybe once just to confirm it's a rancid idea!
Fish & chips on the other hand...

[paul b]

Raw fish... hmm can't say I've ever had the urge. :p

Paul B signing off for the night...

Paul

[Dudey Head]

Desertfish, no one wants to eat you uncooked! That must be pretty reassuring! :p

[Dudey Head]

Raw fish... hmm can't say I've ever had the urge. :p

Paul B signing off for the night...

Paul

Likewise Paul, see ya.

[paul b]

Adios amigo !

Paul

[MalcQV]

Morning folks, the old currant bun is shining at present.

[dansansome]

not where i am :(


having alarm issues today. realised it was going off all day yesterday too. great.

[Eshrules]

I've realised this morning that I'm possibly THE unluckiest person in the world, having lost a wing mirror glass, thanks to some '****' in a Taxi thinking I'm a permeable object. :mad:

and no sunshine here either, although there ought to be plenty in Cyprus when I go on my merries in September :approve:

[Hex69]

I've realised this morning that I'm possibly THE unluckiest person in the world, having lost a wing mirror glass, thanks to some '****' in a Taxi thinking I'm a permeable object. :mad:

and no sunshine here either, although there ought to be plenty in Cyprus when I go on my merries in September :approve:

Commiserations, have you seen the price for wing mirror glass nowadays if you've got auto-dimming mirrors? A mate of mine clipped his wing-mirror, rangh up the dealer for a quote, £180...:aargh4:

P.S. Goooooooooooooood Morning, Normanton.

[Sam]

Raw fish is just wrong (says he who has never tasted it (and does not want to)) :p.

From someone who thought the same, try it.

Go to M & S, pay a £1 for their "No raw fish sushi" and enjoy. Then step up to the "small bit of raw fish sushi" and enjoy.

You'll be surprised

[dansansome]

sushi eater here.

love fish and seafood of all sorts. not a big fan of oysters, but havent had one in a long time (bad memories as a kid of one being drowned in tobasco sauce, which caused my mouth to melt).

[MalcQV]

I've realised this morning that I'm possibly THE unluckiest person in the world, having lost a wing mirror glass, thanks to some '****' in a Taxi thinking I'm a permeable object. :mad:

and no sunshine here either, although there ought to be plenty in Cyprus when I go on my merries in September :approve:

Bad news. Least you have your Jollies to look forward too. We go away in a few weeks too. Only a for week though :(

[Eshrules]

Bad news. Least you have your Jollies to look forward too. We go away in a few weeks too. Only a for week though :(

mine's only 10 days, but it's possibly the best-earnt 10 days holiday I've ever had, I've never been abroad, full stop and I've not been in a plane since I was 11 (12 years ago)... so should be fun :approve:

where are you off to?

[MalcQV]

mine's only 10 days, but it's possibly the best-earnt 10 days holiday I've ever had, I've never been abroad, full stop and I've not been in a plane since I was 11 (12 years ago)... so should be fun :approve:

where are you off to?

Your still a youngster then :p You will love it. I like the whole experience, travelling to the airport, on the plane then to final destination. Going and looking forward to it is all part of it.

We are off to Las Vegas. We get a free helicopter ride thrown in over the city. We did it last year and even though it was only about 10minutes a helicopter is like, well flying for real :p

My Sis-in-law has been to Cyprus and thoroughly recommends it ;)

[prolfe]

If you are anywhere near pahos then hire a speedboat out to zoom about the bay - it's excellent.

Also visit Tomb of the Kings and Coral Beach - Coral Beach is the best beach on the cyprus side of the island.

The best beaches are on the turkey side (north) of the island.

It's easier to get into the north of the island from Turkey itself than it is from the cyrpus side !!

Although I think you can get a day pass.

Oh and the wine tasting was cool (maybe if you're 23 though, perhaps not)

The free shot of brandy after every meal is good as well.

[Dudey Head]

If you are anywhere near pahos then hire a speedboat out to zoom about the bay - it's excellent.

Also visit Tomb of the Kings and Coral Beach - Coral Beach is the best beach on the cyprus side of the island.

The best beaches are on the turkey side (north) of the island.

It's easier to get into the north of the island from Turkey itself than it is from the cyrpus side !!

Although I think you can get a day pass.

Oh and the wine tasting was cool (maybe if you're 23 though, perhaps not)

The free shot of brandy after every meal is good as well.

The return of Phileas Fogg! :p

[prolfe]

The return of Phileas Fogg! :p

My bones ache, my skin feels cold
and i'm getting so tired and so old.

[Dudey Head]

My bones ache, my skin feels cold
and i'm getting so tired and so old.

:biglaugh: Sounds like a weary traveller in need of a good old English tavern & some fine ale!!

[dansansome]

and some tortilla chips

[Dudey Head]

and some tortilla chips

:biglaugh:
I was thinking more along the line of a bowl of chips with a pint of real ale in a handled glass with dimples in it, sat in front of an open fire.
But tortilla's if you so wish!

[dansansome]

i meant these

http://www.julesverne.ca/images/imgjvwrp/jvpfff8.jpg

:D


EDIT: with this chat about food and drink, we are in serious danger of being ON topic in this cafe thread....heaven forbid!

[prolfe]

Today I mostly be eatin Tuna and Red Pesto Sandwich with Roasted Red Peppers in a Sun Dried Tomato Bread. Beef crisps, Double Decker and some fat coke.


yum yum yum

[hongkongstuey]

been chilling today, drove the hour to work to find out there had been an accident at work and all cranes were out of use till further investigation, after checking the cranes last week they didnt obviously check closely enough and a 2.5 ton engine block complete with crank, cam and full set of 16 pistons installed fell about 3 feet after the cranes cable broke while lifting it out of the turnover rig. oops,but on the plus side, meant ive got my vag com issue sorted and it works fine (vista problem) checked a few things out and looked at the scope thing to see all the live graphs an stuff, need to register it now to get it fully operational :beerchug:

[dansansome]

Today I mostly be eatin Tuna and Red Pesto Sandwich with Roasted Red Peppers in a Sun Dried Tomato Bread. Beef crisps, Double Decker and some fat coke.





yum yum yum


that sounds very mediteranean! very nice.

i had a tuna cucumber on granary roll, some mango chili crisps and a thin coke.

looking forward to a cheese and crackers night tonight (no im not called wallace) and possibly some of those new kfc hot rod things. (then cream cakes for dessert maybe)

tuesday night is blowout night!

[Hex69]

Today I mostly be eatin Tuna and Red Pesto Sandwich with Roasted Red Peppers in a Sun Dried Tomato Bread. Beef crisps, Double Decker and some fat coke.


yum yum yum

Drools

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh73/joyodaman/drooling_homer.gif

[Dudey Head]

i meant these

http://www.julesverne.ca/images/imgjvwrp/jvpfff8.jpg

:D


EDIT: with this chat about food and drink, we are in serious danger of being ON topic in this cafe thread....heaven forbid!


Right, I get ya.


and a thin coke.

Did you not read the thread about thin Coke?!! Aspartame alert, your brain's gonna melt Mr. & there ain't 'swear' you can do about it!! :crying:

[dansansome]

yeah, i did read it. habit i guess.

[paul b]

I hope dansansome doesn't mean diet coke by "thin coke."

That stuff is worse for you than the regular coke, plus it's mingin'.

Paul

[Dudey Head]

I hope dansansome doesn't mean diet coke by "thin coke."

That stuff is worse for you than the regular coke, plus it's mingin'.

Paul

He surely does Paul, & your absolutely right, it is mingin'! :p

[paul b]

He surely does Paul, & your absolutely right, it is mingin'! :p
dansansome !!!! :banghead:

Paul

[prolfe]

For two:

Stick oven on 230 degrees

Add a good gulp of vegetable oil to a very thin baking tray (high sides) and stick it in the oven

115 grams of plain flour
3 eggs
285ml of milk (1/2 pint in old money)


Flour into bowl
eggs into bowl
pinch of salt

whisk up
slowly add milk whilst whisking

Set aside

Fry for 5 minutes some sausages all over

open oven and stick sausages in hot oil - careful not to splash.
place back into oven
wait two minutes and add the bowl full of mixture from above to the sausages and oil.
back into oven and set the timer for 15 minutes.

peel and slice one large or two medium onions and fry them with a splash of olive oil.

once caramelised a bit set aside.

Heat up some water in a pan.
put kettle onto boil.

after 15 minutes check by looking through glass in oven to see if the item inside is massive and brown, if not wait another 2 minutes before continuing on:

3 minutes to go:

Add sweetcorn to boiling water - remove sweetcorn after water comes back to the boil and drain - set aside

as the sweetcorn goes in :

Gravy options:
add gravy granules to jug and add boiling water.
onion gravy from a jar - heat in pan(is best)

once gravy is hot - add cooked onions from above

Get food from oven - cut in two and add to warm plate
put sweetcorn on plate
put onion gravy on plate

enjoy your Toad in the hole with sweetcorn and onion gravy.


:beerchug:

Variations:

Whilst sausages are just about to go in you can spread a layer of english mustard to them.

Red onions work just as well.

Sage and Onion packet gravy is just as nice

Buy sausages that are all linked up - wind them back and roll and squish them to make one long sausage - roll it up in a sprial and stick a kebab stick through it to hold it together.

[dansansome]

sorry guys :(

i'll get my coke... i mean coat...

[prolfe]

dansansome !!!! :banghead:

Paul

coke zero anyone?

[Dudey Head]

For two:

Stick oven on 230 degrees

Add a good gulp of vegetable oil to a very thin baking tray (high sides) and stick it in the oven

115 grams of plain flour
3 eggs
285ml of milk (1/2 pint in old money)


Flour into bowl
eggs into bowl
pinch of salt

whisk up
slowly add milk whilst whisking

Set aside

Fry for 5 minutes some sausages all over

open oven and stick sausages in hot oil - careful not to splash.
place back into oven
wait two minutes and add the bowl full of mixture from above to the sausages and oil.
back into oven and set the timer for 15 minutes.

peel and slice one large or two medium onions and fry them with a splash of olive oil.

once caramelised a bit set aside.

Heat up some water in a pan.
put kettle onto boil.

after 15 minutes check by looking through glass in oven to see if the item inside is massive and brown, if not wait another 2 minutes before continuing on:

3 minutes to go:

Add sweetcorn to boiling water - remove sweetcorn after water comes back to the boil and drain - set aside

as the sweetcorn goes in :

Gravy options:
add gravy granules to jug and add boiling water.
onion gravy from a jar - heat in pan(is best)

once gravy is hot - add cooked onions from above

Get food from oven - cut in two and add to warm plate
put sweetcorn on plate
put onion gravy on plate

enjoy your Toad in the hole with sweetcorn and onion gravy.


:beerchug:

Variations:

Whilst sausages are just about to go in you can spread a layer of english mustard to them.

Red onions work just as well.

Sage and Onion packet gravy is just as nice

Buy sausages that are all linked up - wind them back and roll and squish them to make one long sausage - roll it up in a sprial and stick a kebab stick through it to hold it together.


Now that sounds pretty damned good to me!!
We're back definitely on topic, cafe-wise. It only took 60-odd pages!! Shame on us all, the official bolox thread getting on track!! :p

[Dudey Head]

coke zero anyone?

Still contimated with aspartame! Tastes a lot better than standard thin Coke though!

[dansansome]

i actually quite like thin coke *runs and hides*

however i actually prefer diet pepsi *closes door, switches off lights*

prolfe, that sounds great. i like the idea of untwisting the bangers and turining them into a sausage spiral. mmmm.

damn im hungry. off home soon for blowout night....

[paul b]

Nice work <again> Profle. I'll see if the wife is willing to try something new ! :p

Again, (well not again really ;)) doesn't it feel pleasing to be on track ! Maybe we don't always talk bolox ? Ok maybe we do... just not right now. :D

Paul

[Dudey Head]

I had a blow-out night last night. It involved a pizza each, 3 bottles of wine & a huge bar of Fruit&Nut & same sized bar of Cabury Bubbly (basically thin Wispa. Do they still make Wispa?). Zillions of calories but very entertaining!! Neither of us felt rough this morning which probably speaks volumes!!! Too much of a good thing... ;)
Enjoy yours tonight Mr. Sansomite!
Anyway, I'm going to 'swear' off now chaps, toodle pip, tarrar & ciao for now!! :nana:

[Sam]

Nice work <again> Profle. I'll see if the wife is willing to try something new ! :p

Fnar!


I had a blow-out night last night. Neither of us felt rough this morning which probably speaks volumes!!! Too much of a good thing... ;)

Fnar fnar!

[prolfe]

That concludes this weeks recipe.

Next week: Thai Green Chicken with Tagliatelle.


Toad in the hole update:
Done me batter - just waiting for sproggies (4 and 10 weeks) to go to bed, ovens on already.

[Desertfish]

Evenin' gents... (or at least the ones who are still online)...

Can see it has been a fab day discussing culinary delights... btw, thanks for the suggestion Profle. Just had me dinner and now I'm all hungry again... :D

Looking forward to the Thai Green curry with Tagliatelli though... (njummie..)

[Desertfish]

Desertfish, no one wants to eat you uncooked! That must be pretty reassuring!

Its reassuring to know that is someone fancies eating me I will be going in a hot-tub... :D



sushi eater here.

love fish and seafood of all sorts. not a big fan of oysters, but havent had one in a long time (bad memories as a kid of one being drowned in tobasco sauce, which caused my mouth to melt).

Same here... Regular visitor of Yo Sushi restaurants, especially the one at Piccadilli Circus in London... Trip to London is never complete without a visit to that place (and a drinking session at Gordon's Winebar at Embankment...)

As for the Oysters my friend, try one with a little lemon squeezed onto it and a little champagne... bliss... :D

[Desertfish]

Actually... I just realised: If I like sushi so much, does that make me a canibal... :nervous:

[Desertfish]

I just got an idea... maybe I should change my username into "Desertshark"... :D

[prolfe]

Right then

Finished me dinner

was vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv tasty even if i do say so myself

I have created a picture based thread here:

http://www.vwaudiforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?p=217646#post217646

but for those who canna wait:

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd272/prolfe/DSC01428.jpg

There's more on the thread link.

:)

[Desertfish]

If I give you my address Prolfe... can you send me the leftovers so I can enjoy them during my graveyard shift...? :D

[prolfe]

If I give you my address Prolfe... can you send me the leftovers so I can enjoy them during my graveyard shift...? :D

Left overs?

[Desertfish]

Left overs?

!"£$%^&*()_+... thanks :(

[prolfe]

I'll make enough for three next time and post it to you.

:D

[paul b]

I just got an idea... maybe I should change my username into "Desertshark"... :D

Wahay ! Sharkeyyyyy ! :D


!"£$%^&*()_+... thanks :(

Poor Desertshark...


I'll make enough for three next time and post it to you.

:D

Do you want postal insurance ? :p

[Desertfish]

Wahay ! Sharkeyyyyy ! :D



Poor Desertshark...



Do you want postal insurance ? :p


Thanks for the moral support Paul... :biglaugh:

[paul b]

Thanks for the moral support Paul... :biglaugh:
Tehee ! :D

[prolfe]

Wahay ! Sharkeyyyyy ! :D



Poor Desertshark...



Do you want postal insurance ? :p

Where are you in the country?

:)


maybe i could start a little part time business:

Toad-In-The-post

:biglaugh:

[prolfe]

I just got an idea... maybe I should change my username into "Desertshark"... :D

Is Desertshark either:

Shark flavoured iceream

or


Someone who lends you a pudding and charges 200% interest?

[Desertfish]

Ok... I can already see that the whoe "Desertshark" idea hasn't got a lot of merrit... But don't you guys go and call me a canibal for liking sushi... :D

[Desertfish]

or any other "cooked" fish for that matter... :D

[paul b]

Where are you in the country?

:)


maybe i could start a little part time business:

Toad-In-The-post

:biglaugh:
Toad-In-The-Post... like it !

That will be more attention grabbing than the local joiner's ad in the yellow pages ! :approve:

Paul

[Col]

I've been away for a week and you've only managed to get to page 67?

[Desertfish]

I've been away for a week and you've only managed to get to page 67?

Its not just the quantity of the posts that counts... Its also their quality... :approve:.

Happy reading... :D

[Col]

Its not just the quantity of the posts that counts... Its also their quality... :approve:.

Happy reading... :D

I will never know cos the prospect of reading through 20 odd pages of mindless drivel, whilst appealing, would be pointless as you no doubt would have had to have been there to get the jokes. :approve:

As for quality, Mr Kipling makes exceedingly good cakes but I bloody well hate his cherry bakewells :puke:

Also having been on holiday, I've been drinking "Desperados", anyone heard of or experienced it? It is lager and tequilla which initially is a bit like lager and lime but only on the first pint. After that it is well lucsious.:alcoholic

[Desertfish]

I will never know cos the prospect of reading through 20 odd pages of mindless drivel, whilst appealing, would be pointless as you no doubt would have had to have been there to get the jokes. :approve:


Right... so we managed 20 odd pages in one week and you're not even impressed...? :1zhelp:

[Col]

Right... so we managed 20 odd pages in one week and you're not even impressed...? :1zhelp:

Get a woman to spot the ironry.

They are supposed to be good at that, unless I'm rubbish at ironing, in fact get one to do that as well, or did I mean ironry?

[MalcQV]

I will never know cos the prospect of reading through 20 odd pages of mindless drivel, whilst appealing, would be pointless as you no doubt would have had to have been there to get the jokes. :approve:


These type of threads you do not catch up on. Go on holiday for a week or two and just ignore the bits you have missed :p

Looks like a Gordon Ramsey forum!

[dansansome]

Gordon Ramsey forum?




Done me batter - just waiting for sproggies

fnar

[MalcQV]

Gordon Ramsey forum?


Pages 63-66 ;)

[Eshrules]

Morning Chappies ;)

So I log on last night and see a thread for toad in the hole and wonder just what the hell has happened to the masculinity of this forum :Blush2:

Please, lets not have any 'how to sew your own curtains' threads :approve:

[MalcQV]

Morning Chappies ;)

So I log on last night and see a thread for toad in the hole and wonder just what the hell has happened to the masculinity of this forum :Blush2:

Please, lets not have any 'how to sew your own curtains' threads :approve:

...or have you seen the latest knitting patterns - Well said Esh :p

cooking is for girls!!!!!

[Hex69]

Morning Chappies ;)

So I log on last night and see a thread for toad in the hole and wonder just what the hell has happened to the masculinity of this forum :Blush2:

Please, lets not have any 'how to sew your own curtains' threads :approve:

Exactly, it's 8:51 and I've not had my brekkie yet. This whole food thing is doing my head in..:banghead:

Let's talk about some good old manly things, like sprockets and hammers and power tools and things..

[Eshrules]

...or have you seen the latest knitting patterns - Well said Esh :p

cooking is for girls!!!!!

I can imagine the headlines if I agree with that... "North West Auto Diagnostics supplier loses manhood in argument"


Exactly, it's 8:51 and I've not had my brekkie yet. This whole food thing is doing my head in..:banghead:

Let's talk about some good old manly things, like sprockets and hammers and power tools and things..

LOL you know, my brother and I are very much chalk and cheese, I'm a very 'think and do' person, my brother is a very 'hands on' between us, we make a good team, I find what's wrong with the cars, he fixes them, it's a beautiful circle :Blush2:

[Ben]

morning VAG fans.

Having our kitchen done this week. The lad doing it is fully kitted out with DEWALT power tools.:D

[Eshrules]

morning VAG fans.

Having our kitchen done this week. The lad doing it is fully kitted out with DEWALT power tools.:D


Ben , have you asessed his 'alignment' yet? perhaps a snog/fondle could earn you some of those tools, a fair price I'd say if possible :approve:

[Sam]

morning VAG fans.

Having our kitchen done this week. The lad doing it is fully kitted out with DEWALT power tools.:D

Pics or it didn't happen!



of his tools



er the tools



darn it - Pics of the DEWALT setup

[Dudey Head]

Wahay ! Sharkeyyyyy ! :D

Shall we just call him Feargal?! :boggled:

[Dudey Head]

Gordon Ramsey forum?




fnar


Yeah, I thought that as well! :D

[dansansome]

Attention: VAG Cafe - (Page 67 - grumpy man returns and appears not to be as grumpy ... yet)

:biglaugh: nice work Sam :fing02:

[dansansome]

just been shamed into buying a fat coke for my lunch.

[Hex69]

just been shamed into buying a fat coke for my lunch.

Lunch!! It's only 10:48:(

[Dudey Head]

Lunch!! It's only 10:48:(

I was thinking that!

[dansansome]

we are limited to buying lunch from a couple of bun wagons that come round our business park. the first of which has the better food. unfortunately it arrives at about 10:40 ish, which means my lunch is generally being digested by 11am.

couldnt look past the breakfast roll today too, so currently digesting a sausage egg bacon cold filled roll (and a fat coke). lovely

[Sam]

Just had a cereal bar.

I still don't understand what they're meant to do. They look like those things you stick in a budgie cage (trill is it called?), and taste like the sweepings from the bottom of the cage.

Someone explian their purpose.

[Dudey Head]

I had coffee & a croissant this morning, long since digested & I'm hungry again! :(
Got a cheese & pickle sarnie & various other goodies inc. an apple (5 a day people!) on standby!
dansansome, why don't you just make your lunch, then you can have what ever you want & save a bit of dosh as well! I usually do. Unless I can't be 'swear'ed. Which is quite often! :p

[dansansome]

'cos i cant be 'swear'ed lol. i do take the "add ons" fruit etc, but i generally buy my roll and drink.

[Eshrules]

I had coffee & a croissant this morning, long since digested & I'm hungry again! :(


coffee & croissant - a man of elegance, style and the opitimy of refinement....

I enjoyed a gorgeous cinnamon croissant when I stayed at the village in ashton, the nicest hangover breakfast I've ever had :approve:


Got a cheese & pickle sarnie

you can have what ever you want & save a bit of dosh

oh, wait, you've just ruined the elegance theme, such contradiction within a single post :Blush2:

[Dudey Head]

coffee & croissant - a man of elegance, style and the opitimy of refinement....

I enjoyed a gorgeous cinnamon croissant when I stayed at the village in ashton, the nicest hangover breakfast I've ever had :approve:


oh, wait, you've just ruined the elegance theme, such contradiction within a single post :Blush2:

Exc-uuuuse me! And what, prey tell, is your beef with a good old cheese & pickle sarnie??!!
Croissants are the best brekkie by far, no preparation required, instant tastiness!
A fool & his money are easily parted my friend!! :p

[Dudey Head]

There're not many peeps having lunch in the cafe!

[dansansome]

i had brunch :)

[Dudey Head]

i had brunch :)

:biglaugh: You couldn't help yourself then, as predicted?

[dansansome]

we are limited to buying lunch from a couple of bun wagons that come round our business park. the first of which has the better food. unfortunately it arrives at about 10:40 ish, which means my lunch is generally being digested by 11am.

couldnt look past the breakfast roll today too, so currently digesting a sausage egg bacon cold filled roll (and a fat coke). lovely

yep. by the time i had posted the above, i had eaten it. got a choccy bar and a banana left to see me through to about 7pm.

Sam, i think cereal bars are placebo food. they dont actually do anything, but they make you feel better because you think they are healthy (compared to a choccy bar).

[Hex69]

yep. by the time i had posted the above, i had eaten it. got a choccy bar and a banana left to see me through to about 7pm.

Sam, i think cereal bars are placebo food. they dont actually do anything, but they make you feel better because you think they are healthy (compared to a choccy bar).

Those Trackers ads on the weather on Five, ready get up my nose.....:zx11:

[Sam]

Sam, i think cereal bars are placebo food. they dont actually do anything, but they make you feel better because you think they are healthy (compared to a choccy bar).

They don't work :( I'm still hungry

Be seated for what follows, I don't or rather can't eat chocolate. It gives me a day-in-bed migraine.

[paul b]

Shall we just call him Feargal?! :boggled:

:D


just been shamed into buying a fat coke for my lunch.

You'll feel better for it in a bit. ;)

On the cereal bar thing... they're just wrong.

Paul

[dansansome]

Sam, you poor sod.

i dont eat it often (and i'll confess my choccy bar is another one of those placebo type low fat thingies, probably full of aspartame) but i do enjoy the odd galaxy etc...

[Dudey Head]

They don't work :( I'm still hungry

Be seated for what follows, I don't or rather can't eat chocolate. It gives me a day-in-bed migraine.

Nature really can be cruel!!

[Dudey Head]

S for cereal bars, the Tracker's with peanuts are pretty tasty!

[prolfe]

Morning Chappies ;)

So I log on last night and see a thread for toad in the hole and wonder just what the hell has happened to the masculinity of this forum :Blush2:

Please, lets not have any 'how to sew your own curtains' threads :approve:

<prolfe deletes word document and many pictures on the art of sewing>

[prolfe]

Name 3 top chefs.

Thought i'd share my toad-in-hole with you lot as its great and you could try it.

So how you getting on with 3 top chefs?

Delia, Nigella and Barefoot Contessa don't count.

[Eshrules]

Nature really can be cruel!!


<stops scoffing family sized galaxy bar>

<chomp chomp>

yes, ahem, I agree... truely the cruelest thing I've ever come across, not being able to eat...choc.....excuse me for a moment would you :Blush2:

[paul b]

<stops scoffing family sized galaxy bar>

<chomp chomp>

yes, ahem, I agree... truely the cruelest thing I've ever come across, not being able to eat...choc.....excuse me for a moment would you :Blush2:
:D

[Eshrules]

Name 3 top chefs.

Thought i'd share my toad-in-hole with you lot as its great and you could try it.

So how you getting on with 3 top chefs?

Delia, Nigella and Barefoot Contessa don't count.

Rick Stein - his enhusiasm is admirable and his love of fish infectious, I've watched in awe sometimes as he composes his dishes

Gordon Ramsey - An obvious one, but this man is an absolute genius, he's all about simple, honest cooking, but doesn't mess around either.

Ainsley harriot - yes hes a little annoying and yes he's a big guy, but he knows his food and he's probably the one TV chef responsible for getting me into cooking properly.... he has a passion for food, a true one, not one like these other generic tele chef types that do it purely for the money :approve:

[dansansome]

Rick Stein - his enhusiasm is admirable and his love of fish infectious,


i scan read this and thought you had typed fish infections lol.


my personal favourites are Gordon Ramsey, for the same reasons as EE

Jamie oliver, some of his rustic cooking dishes just look amazing, and his jamie at home on bbq food was awesome. i dribbled all through that episode.

..and a current inspiration* of mine is ching-he huang (sp) in the chinese cooking made easy. some of the dishes look gorgeous, and pretty simple too.

*i say inspiration because she is actually pretty irritating, but her food looks great.

[Dudey Head]

<stops scoffing family sized galaxy bar>

<chomp chomp>

yes, ahem, I agree... truely the cruelest thing I've ever come across, not being able to eat...choc.....excuse me for a moment would you :Blush2:

It would seem that nature is not as cruel as Eshrules! :D

[Dudey Head]

Ainsley harriot

That man has the shiniest scalp in human history!!
And he likes beans on toast, all good!

[Sam]

It would seem that nature is not as cruel as Eshrules! :D

When something debilitates you enough to make you want to cry, I don't feel I'm missing anything so Mr EE can be as cruel as he wants.

Right up until I wave my stick of ban http://www.passatworld.com/forums/images/smilies3/sign0024.gif

[Hex69]

<stops scoffing family sized galaxy bar>

<chomp chomp>

yes, ahem, I agree... truely the cruelest thing I've ever come across, not being able to eat...choc.....excuse me for a moment would you :Blush2:

off for a choccy bar, back soon,......:burnout:

[Col]

Right up until I wave my stick of ban http://www.passatworld.com/forums/images/smilies3/sign0024.gif


......Which is in fact a Morris Dancers Staff with lots of nice jingly bells on it.

You may laugh but it is true. Sam did once consider waving his Morris Dancing hanky about but it is far less intimidating.

[RichardCranium]

Went mountain biking last night for the first time yonks. 'Swear'ing 'swear', didnt realise i'd got so unfit. Talk about blowin out yer 'swear'hole!

Great fun though. got totally caked in mud etc.

[Dudey Head]

......Which is in fact a Morris Dancers Staff with lots of nice jingly bells on it.

You may laugh but it is true. Sam did once consider waving his Morris Dancing hanky about but it is far less intimidating.

You're right Col, these just aren't doing the job!

http://www.piraconsulting.com/pc/events/morris_dancer-2.JPG

[dansansome]

......Which is in fact a Morris Dancers Staff with lots of nice jingly bells on it.

You may laugh but it is true. Sam did once consider waving his Morris Dancing hanky about but it is far less intimidating.


lmfao. Sam and his Morris Dancing hanky of ban.

currently getting "what are you laughing at you weirdo?" looks from the office inhabitants..

[Dudey Head]

got totally caked in mud etc.

Kind of like a chocolate cake?

On a completely different note, my rear-view mirror fell off about quarter of an hour ago! It clattered across the dash & I pooped myself! I nearly lept out of the car at 30 MPH! :o

[Col]

You're right Col, these just aren't doing the job!

http://www.piraconsulting.com/pc/events/morris_dancer-2.JPG

I'm not so sure as I think 'twin' hankies are quite scary.

[Dudey Head]

I'm not so sure as I think 'twin' hankies are quite scary.

Double the meance!

[Dudey Head]

Like my new avatar? It's a variation on a theme!! :D

[Col]

Double the meance!


Dud,

You have a new head, no longer are you a ginger yawning donkey but a read-head.

Tell me, did you use that El-vive hair colour like wots on the telly advert?

You know the one where that woman looks at shoes takes her wooly hat off and then buys some nice red high heels?

Guess not, shoe shopping for you would entail a visit to the blacksmiths.

[prolfe]

Rick Stein - his enhusiasm is admirable and his love of fish infectious, I've watched in awe sometimes as he composes his dishes

Gordon Ramsey - An obvious one, but this man is an absolute genius, he's all about simple, honest cooking, but doesn't mess around either.

Ainsley harriot - yes hes a little annoying and yes he's a big guy, but he knows his food and he's probably the one TV chef responsible for getting me into cooking properly.... he has a passion for food, a true one, not one like these other generic tele chef types that do it purely for the money :approve:

All men.

I thank you.

good night.

i'll get me coat.

Although i would of chosen:

Gordon Ramsey
Heston Blumenthal
and
Any one of the Roux family - save derek roux the dog.

[Dudey Head]

Dud,

You have a new head, no longer are you a ginger yawning donkey but a read-head.

Tell me, did you use that El-vive hair colour like wots on the telly advert?

You know the one where that woman looks at shoes takes her wooly hat off and then buys some nice red high heels?

Guess not, shoe shopping for you would entail a visit to the blacksmiths.


Nah, metal on pavement's always too conspicuous, I'd get recognised & then there'd be a scrum for an autograph & how're you supposed to do that with hooves! Never mind no opposable thumb, no 'swear'ing fingers!! I have my own blacksmith come over from Gucci.
As for the colour, I have a vet who flys in from L.A every quarter, she did it under the guiding hand of my stylist who was over from Paris.
I've just had an architect do a refit of my stable, this colour goes beautifully with the new look, darling!

[Hex69]

Nah, metal on pavement's always too conspicuous, I'd get recognised & then there'd be a scrum for an autograph & how're you supposed to do that with hooves! Never mind no opposable thumb, no 'swear'ing fingers!! I have my own blacksmith come over from Gucci.
As for the colour, I have a vet who flys in from L.A every quarter, she did it under the guiding hand of my stylist who was over from Paris.
I've just had an architect do a refit of my stable, this colour goes beautifully with the new look, darling!

Still, need to visit the dentist by the looks of it:biglaugh:

[Hex69]

Still, need to visit the dentist by the looks of it:biglaugh:

And you'd definitely need those twin hankies with nostrils that size;)

[Dudey Head]

Some snaps of me & the family:

This me chillin' in the garden:

http://www.spca-sofla.org/photos/posh.jpg

This is Dudey Jr:

http://www.kentislandsporthorses.com/images/PoshBeauty5.08.jpg

This is Mrs Dudey just after having her hair done:

http://www.rarebreeds.co.nz/frieshorse3.jpg

[Dudey Head]

Still, need to visit the dentist by the looks of it:biglaugh:


All the better for chomping you with!

[Dudey Head]

And you'd definitely need those twin hankies with nostrils that size;)

All the better for snotting on you! :p

[Hex69]

All the better for snotting on you! :p

Stands well back.....

Gets coat and goes home (scrub that - waits 10 minutes for laptop to shut down, packs up, doesn't get coat (it's 21 C outside), walks out door, never to be seen again*)









* Well at least until tomorrow, g'night all :outtahere

[Dudey Head]

:crying: DAMN IT! I knew Mrs. Dudey & that stable-boy were too close for comfort!!!

http://www.animalherbcompany.com/images/mareexam.jpg


WHY, WHY, WHY :crying::crying::crying:

[Sam]

Fiver says he loses his gold watch ;)

As for the Morris Dancer sentiments, I know some people mistake the Beetle for a Morris but I thought you lot would at least get it right :(

Col, you promised to never share my stick story, I'm deeply hurt.

[Col]

Col, you promised to never share my stick story, I'm deeply hurt.

I'm sorry.

At least you have some history to it as Morris Dancing is passed down generation to generation.

I don't like, from how you described it, the initiation ceremony though. The thought of having to clench a bunch of stinging nettles there makes me wince a little bit.

A noble and ancient persuit.

[dansansome]

right everyone im signing out for the night.

ill leave by saying hello to desertfish, who will no doubt be making sure the internet works during the graveyard shift.

[Dudey Head]

right everyone im signing out for the night.

ill leave by saying hello to desertfish, who will no doubt be making sure the internet works during the graveyard shift.

Tarrar chuck.

[Dudey Head]

'Swear' it, I'm going home too. I'm not being paid a penny more for sticking around, I'm close to killing someone for fun due to no sweet, sweet nicotine all day & I generally can't be 'swear'ed!

http://www.lehigh.edu/~md08/blink/pics/goodbye.jpg

[Desertfish]

Rick Stein - his enhusiasm is admirable and his love of fish infectious, I've watched in awe sometimes as he composes his dishes

Gordon Ramsey - An obvious one, but this man is an absolute genius, he's all about simple, honest cooking, but doesn't mess around either.

Ainsley harriot - yes hes a little annoying and yes he's a big guy, but he knows his food and he's probably the one TV chef responsible for getting me into cooking properly.... he has a passion for food, a true one, not one like these other generic tele chef types that do it purely for the money :approve:

... said the man who was having doubts about the masculinity of the forum after the Toad-On-A-Pole thread appeared... :D

Anyway... for all you gents who need to munch all day long because cereal bars don't live up to their promisse, try this one for for breakfast:

- 1 flass of mik
- 1 banana
- 1 handfull of porridge oats.

Put in a blender and drink it... Much healthier than cereal-killer bars and you won't be needing any more munchies until at least lunchtime...

[Desertfish]

Did you know we eat a lot of horse steak in Belgium DH...? Much tastier then beef and also a lot more tender... :D

[prolfe]

Went mountain biking last night for the first time yonks. 'Swear'ing 'swear', didnt realise i'd got so unfit. Talk about blowin out yer 'swear'hole!

Great fun though. got totally caked in mud etc.

tomorrow you'll be walking about like a 90 year old with piles.

:)


Did you know we eat a lot of horse steak in Belgium DH...? Much tastier then beef and also a lot more tender...

Not that I ordered it but i had a horse burger in france once.

tasted like
http://disney-clipart.com/winnie-the-pooh/Pooh-Bear/pooh-rumbly-2006.jpg

[RichardCranium]

tomorrow you'll be walking about like a 90 year old with piles.

:)





I was going to go out again tonight but didnt for that reason:Blush2:

[Desertfish]

Not that I ordered it but i had a horse burger in france once.

tasted like
http://disney-clipart.com/winnie-the-pooh/Pooh-Bear/pooh-rumbly-2006.jpg



Horse burger...? That's like going up north to get fish & chips...!!! :D We all know that the best fish & chips can be found in the south of the country...

[prolfe]

I was going to go out again tonight but didnt for that reason:Blush2:

don't chance it till saturday at least.

Do have proper cycling shorts? with the leather inside?

I do, then i stick any old shorts over the top - after all lycra is for the 'swear'ies with thin tyres and funny handlbars.
http://shop.devercycles.co.uk/images/prod_2197.jpg

The leather insert in the lycra shorts makes a massive difference.

This is identical to my bike:

http://jitensha-kan.blog.so-net.ne.jp/blog/_images/blog/_054/jitensha-kan/8281430.jpg

http://jitensha-kan.blog.so-net.ne.jp/blog/_images/blog/_054/jitensha-kan/8281435.jpg

[Ben]

... said the man who was having doubts about the masculinity of the forum after the Toad-On-A-Pole thread appeared... :D




Nice mr. fish. 1 - 0 to you. :notworthy

[Dudey Head]

Please make them stop talking about leather shorts!!! :crying:

[Desertfish]

Please make them stop talking about leather shorts!!! :crying:

Its going from bad to worse... The masculinity of this forum is now really coming under theat... :D

[Dudey Head]

Horse burger...? That's like going up north to get fish & chips...!!! :D We all know that the best fish & chips can be found in the south of the country...

Balderdash & piffle! No mushy peas!! I've tried to provoke unrest in the discerning southern chippy enthusiast a while ago in the 'tailgating Audi drivers/ north-south divide/ fast food/ pets' thread. Everyone deserves a host of condiments. A chippy should have as a minimum mushy peas, gravy & curry sauce. It's only the northern chippy enthusiast who has the pleasure of such moist jollities!! Brothers & sisters of the south, you deserve more!!

[Desertfish]

Balderdash & piffle! No mushy peas!! I've tried to provoke unrest in the discerning southern chippy enthusiast a while ago in the 'tailgating Audi drivers/ north-south divide/ fast food/ pets' thread. Everyone deserves a host of condiments. A chippy should have as a minimum mushy peas, gravy & curry sauce. It's only the northern chippy enthusiast who has the pleasure of such moist jollities!! Brothers & sisters of the south, you deserve more!!

Hang on a sec... didn't you suggest a while ago that you were a vegitarian...? If so, what the heck are you doing in a fish & chips shop...?

[Dudey Head]

Hang on a sec... didn't you suggest a while ago that you were a vegitarian...? If so, what the heck are you doing in a fish & chips shop...?

Because chips rule & they're not made out of creatures. Neither are mushy peas!! :p

[Dudey Head]

Hey, Feargal Poisson, you binary herding till seven again? Hanging with the corpses!