woolybanana Posted April 3, 2011 Author Share Posted April 3, 2011 Well I'll be diddled with a feather duster, I'd also assumed it was an American spelling. Oh well, old age gettin at me.Thanks, Pacha, all changed now, I hope.Edit: I knew I had seen it somewhere,http://www.actm-trailor.com/vehicules-disponibles/and http://www.bustinsleisure.co.uk/bustins/website/flatsite/renderhtml__ref_32_site_2_catid_26_flatsite_yes.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 [quote user="woolybanana"]Surely graphic design it was all started by the Egyptians with those guys walking sideways like, wellll, Egyptians, or was it the Mesopotamians with their square beards?How do the Americans react to your relaxed, chatty style of writing?[/quote]Well, that was the brief point I made in that essay. Probably the Mesopotamians had the first form of writing (being the earliest form of civilization), so they could be credited with it. But in modern times, the actual concept as a concept was officially introduced in the 1920's.That piece was very relaxed, my lecturer said he wanted to see a little bit of light hearted humor in the essay. Hope I achieved that.But I've been getting an A in every essay I've done so far. My history lecturer has kept two of my assignments to use as an example of what she wants from other students for the essays. My girlfriend called me a supernerd :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 I'm sure that she really meant 'superb' Mr Lion.Je m'excuse but I opened it and was looking for another recipe. Your pages look lovely, but I do rather just hunt out recipes immediately in magasines and now apparently on blogs too. I did notice a bit about Toontown, [:'(] not Newcastle upon Tyne? That is The Toon. OK, so I'll do what a very kindly librarian told me to do recently with a book, 'read it' she said, and I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted April 3, 2011 Author Share Posted April 3, 2011 Remember the movie Who Shot Roger Rabbit, Idun? That is where the reference to Toons comes from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Yes, I remember, Jessica? the most curvacious of cartoon characters nez pah[:)]I will read it all, promise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbles Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 I finally had a look at your blog, Wooly.My first reaction was confusion - I really didn't imagine you looking like that at all.I mean, you look just like an ordinary, normal sort of person - nobody would ever guess what lies beneath that exterior.Haven't read much of your blog yet (but will do) since I was sidetracked and fascinated by the Ikeahack site. Thanks so much for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Idun has offically lost the plot now.I had read weblog as WEB LOG and now I have read Ikeahack as IKE A HACK and was wondering what Ike meant. Is there any hope of recovery from my current state, I am starting to wonder and doubt it[8-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Out of sheer boredom I have just read your blog Wooly, I do like the trailer article but.........some Ladies do drive 4 x 4s pulling large trailers, Mrs PD used to often tow a 5m + caravan with a Range Rover and also drove a reasonable sized truck. Still, it was very amusing especially the reversing reference - not easy to learn, especially with a small / short drawbar trailer, or an articulated trailer ( I nearly wrecked one of those once). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted April 3, 2011 Author Share Posted April 3, 2011 Well, Mrs PD must have well developed arm muscles then, and nerves of steel!!For Idun, I have blogged a couple of tea time drinks and a treat from 1905 to offer her guests, using oranges which seem abundent at the moment.I'll try veau braisé à la Montglas next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 [quote user="woolybanana"]Well, Mrs PD must have well developed arm muscles then, and nerves of steel!!For Idun, I have blogged a couple of tea time drinks and a treat from 1905 to offer her guests, using oranges which seem abundent at the moment.I'll try veau braisé à la Montglas next.[/quote]Power steering ??????Nerves of steel ?......well she is married to me ( Sky diving, scuba diving, bungie jumping nutcase) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Are you trying to get me drunk, I feel tipsy just reading those recipes. Two sips and I would be legless[:'(]The jelly sounds rather nice though, like that idea. A female friend of mine manages trailors beautifully, but they had a big one with a 4x4 and I have been told that they are easier to reverse.Our little one is blxxxx murder to reverse and I gave up on trying. I'd rather get out of the car, unhook it and move it instead of reversing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted April 6, 2011 Author Share Posted April 6, 2011 For those interested, I blogged again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Are you going to add a blogpic of the new hairdo, Wooly?I had one of those fidelity card thingies from a French hairdresser, and when I thought I could redeem it she told me that it was two years old, so null and void...Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted April 7, 2011 Author Share Posted April 7, 2011 Well, I am going to a barbeque this evening where the hostess has a habit of popping off her camera every two minutes, so I will ask her to do something (down Ernie!) early in the evening when I am still sober! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted April 7, 2011 Author Share Posted April 7, 2011 Mr Coeur de Lion, where on earth did you acquire all that religious knowledge - misspent youth?[6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 I was a Jehovah's Witness for a few years Wooly, back in my 20's so I did learn a lot about the bible and how much paganism got into christianity over the years.Am very much agnostic now, there's something out there, but I don't believe it's this all seeing all knowing god that the majority of the world thinks.I still enjoy reading about the theology of christianity and about other people's beliefs though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted April 7, 2011 Author Share Posted April 7, 2011 JW in UK or Australia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Oz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbles Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Reminds me of the one where a Jehovah's witness knocked at a door armed with a pile of books and the customary neat haircut.The chap who answered asked him in and gave him a cup of tea with some biscuits.Then he asked: "So what did you want to talk to me about?"The young man answered: "Oh, b****r. I don't know. I've never got this far before." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Sounds like me lol.Still think they're the ones with the best interpretation of the bible though, but I just can't believe in a god. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 I realise that some of you live in Normandy so was wondering if the Soupe Normande was a local delicacy. If it is, is it good? The recipe on the blog was not. My hope was that that bone would give a wonderful flavour all on it's own, well with the aid of some onion. Now, if I had been making a good stock, then I would have had more veggies in with the bone and some herbs or bouquet garni, and salt and pepper, maybe garlic and or wine too. Seived, a good stock could be thickened and have cream added and be very good.So if anyone has had this and it has been good, what had they put in it to give it some flavour.I'll use what I have as a stock base to go with something else, but I'll have to use my magic and tweak it until it is good, it already has wine in it to perk it up, but needs more TLC, until it reaches a standard I would find good enough to dish up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 I don't think I trust those olde-style recipes. They always sound SO bland compared with what we are used to eating today.It was very noble of you to try it, Idun.Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted April 8, 2011 Author Share Posted April 8, 2011 Here is another version of the same thing:http://chestofbooks.com/food/recipes/Miss-Leslie-Complete-Cookery/Normandy-Soup.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted April 8, 2011 Author Share Posted April 8, 2011 Reading other recipes from those times, it is clear that our predecessors took in much more fat than we do these daysAncienne recette normande :La soupe à la graisse faisait autrefois la base de la nourriture de bien des paysans et même de citadins normands. Presumably to keep warm amongst other things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 To keep what warm amongst other things?Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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