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This steak was probably 40mm thick, and despite the 10-12 minutes in the oven at 180 was still well-rare. No butter needed, and the pan juices were scraped over me potatoes. Ah haint toldt the wife yet, but I intend to resurrect an old CI Skillet for this job, it is hiding about the shed somewhere. Cheers. mth.

Well I should have posted images of the last few fry-ups the wife made(and I will the next time) M&S(or any other reputable) black pudding, soft fried eggs and Heinz baked beans being the central items. BUT The reason for my post today was the first successful(in 61-16=45 years!!!) steak, cooked at home that is. The wife and myself were not reared to eat steaks(due to tight arsed parentage!), and despite enjoying the occassional decent steak when out, were never able to cook a steak at home to please ourselves, though in honesty mostly Tesco type offerings, with the odd "decent" butchers steak thrown in, but always, always, always, disappointing. But when we were in M&S looking for their black pudding(and see above) we bought a couple of 450g sealed in plastic sirloin steaks. Which when opened did not bleed whatsoever!, and following the instructions on the pack for a rare finish, were quite perfect, pre-heat the heavy-arsed SS pan in the oven, then transfer onto the big gas/wok ring on max flame before the steak was popped in, 2 mins each side, no touch, followed by 10-12 mins in the oven at 180 deg Fan(which had previously preheated the pan) Nor did it bleed out after cooking, at all. Washed down with a decent Shiraz. Why take me 45 years to figure this out! BURP!!!!

I have been wondering how the closure of so-called wet bars(and paramilitary run "clubs") and the policing of such , went down in West and East Belfast, ??????????? The patrons will have a wile dreauth on them by now.

???? Da Man got it sussed!

Musta bin driving a Series II then.

First, by correctly loading the trailer or caravan, it will not "snake". Second it should be noticable before it gets so severe as to be a problem, slow down, stop and adjust loading, or simply drive slower. Third, having first noticed the snaking, let off the throttle and, fingers crossed, drift down to a safe speed. Braking, let alone heavy braking is a BAD idea. These 3 things "worked" for me. "Yer man" or woman, was simply driving recklessly. Simples. P.S. I never had the power to power it out, but it does not seem like the best idea.

Apparently 3' by 30' straight trunk, good access on a farm place, with a telehandler, felled back in the Spring, April ish. Anyone interested? Marcus 077-642-11-521

IPA=India Pale Ale?

What! or Wot!

Holman projector.

Eh!

Nope! Simply a typical blast from Ammonium nitrate, if you look at archive footage from "the troubles". And indeed other such blasts in the recent past.

With our continued liquid Sunshine, the water level continues to rise, subjectively probably now at its highest(but again still no depth gauge, derp!) I do akinda suspect that it will never overflow, and if the surrounding peaty soil can accommodate the diffuse seepage/leakage without becoming marshy(at least next the house) no worries. However during a particularily heavy shower 2 days ago, the 6" infeed pipe was running between 5/8 and 3/4 full, plus another 4" pipe running 1/2 full. And it is hard to credit such a volume of water can simply dissappear. From 500/550m2 of roofs. Marcus EDIT

Our best rescue JR, Pongo, moved in with the neighbours soon after we adopted him, being a dirty stop-out, when he returned from a hunting trip up the Moss, black-bogging and at about 04:00, they had a cat flap, so he simply let himself in and introduced himself. I suspect he was also enticed and encouraged with treats. Anyway some 15 years later I still see him out and about, as spry, fit and friendly as ever. Pongo was SO friendly, including to cats !!, and did NOT bark, I used to joke that he could not be a JR, but he was. I still miss the wee bugger!

I think I remember that deal, some bucks wrote the first one off in a few hours/days/weeks/months even, and blythly stated "I"ll have a red one this time, just for a change". Kinda guessing if they wrote the 2nd one off, the deal was off as well.

Au contaire, over here we drink what passes for Sunshine!

I Which one, having found their site but being unable to identify a roof/membrane repair tape.

Yesterday evening I temporarily inserted 12" wide DPM up under the lead and down over the damaged butyl, which successfully turned the heavy rain last night. I was considering simply gluing the DPM down to the(well cleaned and washed) Butyl, with Stixall, then bedding strong stiff mortar on top, to reach up to the lead, to protect the DPM/butyl from furthur rat-attack. Worth a try I imagine. Btw, the hole issue is resolved, and there never was a pipe! Regards, Marcus

Bloody 'ell, build a better mouse trap someone once said! I never knew these A24 auto resetting traps existed Thanks Ratty.

Our power tripped out this morning, after prolonged rain. Found the offending circuit, in the utility, directly under the flat roof. I went up and saw the fornicating rats(well they do, dont they?) had ruthlessly shredded the butyl along below the lead flashing at the wall of the main body of the house. I had last year found where they were getting into the cavity, through the self same butyl due to a builder error, and had plugged the gap in the blockwork with mortar, and then patched in the butyl. Bastards rats soon got their revenge though! Suggestions welcome as to how to deter or prevent a re-occurance. Marcus EDIT I imagine the 303 trigger would be too heavy for tripwire activation by rats, and being bolt action, no auto-reset either, though one would tend to be aware of the triggering, so I suppose that would not really be an issue. P.S. I am bloody bored!

Being a tight, nay perhaps merely careful Co. Antrim bloke, bred off well hungry Co. Cavan farming stock crossed with the ever thrifty Ulster Scots. At 90p a pop, I am not for blattering off ammo pointlessly. Cheers Marcus

Took the 303 to the range this morning; Still "dead on" after 100 odd years. first group was 3.75", prone unsupported, at 100m 2nd group kinda supported over an ammo tin, was 3" dead, both near enough "dead on" in respect of my aiming point. And in so far as my decrepit eyesight was capable of aiming over open sights, with a MURDER-HEAVY military trigger forby. Edit; Just to say the Lee Enfield rifle is a lovely subjectively light naturally pointing thing, compared to me hazy memories of the SLR, which SLR I still loved mind you. I need to do a whole lot of dry firing to get used to the heavy trigger though. And start re-loading.

HGM I truely admire and indeed aspire towards your positive attitude. Best regards, Marcus

I would attatch more credance to Dr. Newnham's assertions than most other such stuff, especially if as he claims, there is clear corrolation between water/soil boron levels and the incidence of arthrits in the local communities. BUT! (i)Why has "big pharma" not been all over this and exploited the shite out of it? (ii)And why does Senior Management be crippled with arthrits and I am entirely unaffected, after 40 years living beside other and sharing the same diet? cheers mth

Aye, them dammned foringers wont be as good at killing and disabeling babies as our wonderful NHS trusts have proved to be. Just saying like.