Mundane News

[vernon]

About ten years ago, Mrs R was invited by the US government to give a keynote lecture on health care. She applied for a visa but was turned down because she had been deported in 1976 for working without a work permit. She'd been a volunteer on a summer camp and the lifeguard broke his leg. Being qualified she stepped into the paid role and someone ratted to the authorities.

She did eventually get a visa after a series of interviews at the US Embassy and even now she has problems with immigration when she arrives in the US.

So I guess you'll be OK as long as you aren't planning on eloping with her to the States.

She's far too frisky a filly for me.

 

[Katherine]

I have pleurisy once again. Bloody painful and makes it hard to breathe. This follows on from the cold I had last week while on leave from work.......
Will it all just p*ss off and leave me alone!
I like to breathe without pain - just a little quirk of mine don't you know

Oh dear, get well soon.

 

[Dave the Smeghead]

Oh dear, get well soon.

Thank you. I will try.

 

[mybike]

Made 4 beef mince & onion puddings, cooked & ate one

 

[vernon]

Made 4 beef mince & onion puddings, cooked & ate one

I'll eat the other three.

 

[mybike]

I'll eat the other three.

You really want to eat my first attempt at making a pudding?

Anyway, I've put them somewhere safe.

 

[vernon]

You really want to eat my first attempt at making a pudding?

Anyway, I've put them somewhere safe.

You should have seen my first attempt at making hot water pastry. The kitchen ceiling still bears the scars.

 

[vernon]

Ive just paid £13 for return train tickets to London.

 

[tyred]

My 24 year old VW pickup with almost 300,000 on the clock which I have just awakened from it's two year slumber and given a quick wash and a clean and fixed a minor electrical fault with the horn has passed it's MOT on the first attempt I couldn't see anything obviously wrong with it but I was still expecting the longest fail sheet in history!

 

[mybike]

Ive just paid £13 for return train tickets to London.

That's all right then.

 

[Large]

I've loaded and run the washing machine, but I can't remember if I put in a detergent capsule. I am getting very old.

 

[vernon]

£1 to get there and £12 to come back?

Nearly. £13 quid to get there and £0 to get back. I just had enough loyalty points for a free ticket from the EastCoast trains franchise which were about to expire.

Are you free May 7th? You could take me to London's finest pie shops.

 

[mybike]

You should have seen my first attempt at making hot water pastry. The kitchen ceiling still bears the scars.

My pastry had a bit too much water, I misread 120mL as 1200mL Tho' I did stop at ~300mL

 

[vernon]

My pastry had a bit too much water, I misread 120mL as 1200mL Tho' I did stop at ~300mL

At least your pastry didn't explode like my lard water mix did. It lifted the pan a foot off the stove and sprayed the cooker, ceiling walls and floor with lard and water. That's superheated water and a nucleating agent for you.

 

[vernon]

I am free on 7 May.....what time? I'm not sure I know any good pie shops but I could find somewhere suitable to meet for a drink and some sustenance.

I have an 08:30 interview appointment at the US Embassy and short of being extraordinarily renditioned I'll hope to be free well before lunch time.