the village idiot

All will be revealed when I win:thumbup:

Sorry old bean, that would risk a draw and I've already found some cracking avatar images for you.

A pint of Orange juice is perfectly acceptable so long as it is not used as a repository for unconsumed vegetable matter. The stage is set. Bring it on!

Splendid! A picture of the meal pre consumption will be required, posted on Arbtalk, with a pint of beer or bottle of wine adjacent to the plate in order to scale the sprouts. The meal must include at least one additional vegetable group. Any sprouts incorporated into other foodstuffs are ineligible. Number of sprouts consumed will be taken on trust, verification from the better halves will be admissable as proof. All sprouts must be consumed in one sitting. Any sprouts whether whole or masticated that 're-emerge through the mouth or any other orifice will be disqualified. These are my terms. Are you happy to proceed?

OK tough guy. How about a wager? Whoever eats the most sprouts with their Christmas day meal gets to choose the losers avatar picture for a calendar year. You in? Or are you chicken?

I can eat THREE in one sitting! Try beating that Richie, or have you not got the brassicas?

Ahhh... gotcha:thumbup:

What, go and nick someone else's chipper to replace yours?

Second that. Don't let them beat you.

Oh Drat! An insurmountable hurdle! Fossil fuels it is then.

Sounds good to me. Batteries are a bit of a problem, but there's a lot of work going on to produce other storage options using water and other mediums. I feel we should be throwing money at these type of initiatives rather than lining the pockets of the fat cats at Quadrilla. It is also sickening to hear about the obscene profits that the traditional energy companies make. There's a reason in itself to use less energy! Best case scenario of course is to generate your own energy but the government is making this more difficult too.

We are getting better at storing energy from renewables, it just needs more development. We also have the know how to build new houses that don't require any heating but we don't build them. With some brave leadership and support we could all use a lot less energy. Fracking is a risky strategy that just delays the inevitable and sends out completely the wrong message.

In support of Kevin's post earlier. The shale gas under the UK isn't going anywhere. In the wake of the optimistic and forward thinking resolutions coming out of the Paris talks, would it not be appropriate to put our considerable expertise and our resources into the development of wind and solar, rather than instantly making a mockery of the agreement and say we are going to squeeze the last drops of fossil fuels out of the Earth first. It is baffling and embarrassing. Shale gas should be an option of last resort, but our government has also just pulled the plug on it's commitment to carbon capture and storage so it's pretty clear where their priorities lie:thumbdown:

A number of stress fractures and a lonely leather thong adrift in a small sea of baby oil.

Let's just say there wasn't much water left in the tub by the time they'd finished.

:lol: That's very appropriate Jon:thumbup:

Missed the bath but got this shot after they'd toweled each other down and were coyly discussing tonight's sleeping arrangements

Just do as I do Mull and make a pair. All you need is two man-sized toblerone tubes (empty), an old wire coat hanger and one and a half packs of strawberry jelly. Whatever you do, don't use raspberry jelly, the resulting effect is too powerful. My mate Wombat tried raspberry and after just two hours wear he was simultaneously arrested and sectioned! I also found mixed berry flavour to be painfully unsatisfactory, too heavy on the blackcurrant. I did have great success with some euphoric driving glasses made out of two 40 watt light bulbs filled with red diesel. Unfortunately my rapture was short-lived as I was quickly pulled over and heavily fined by VOSA. Apparently, if I had have been wearing a flat cap or been towing a cow I would have been perfectly legal I have since tried unleaded fuel tinted with tomato ketchup but experienced debilitating refraction issues. I have yet to try jelly tot contact lenses, but I am very excited by the obvious potential. Hope this helps:thumbup: TVI.

Don't be too hard on yourself eggs. What's an errant 'h' between friends?:love:

Thanks Eggs, your grasp of Mendipese is truly second to none.

OK fellas, let's stop beating aroound the bush. JON. What in the name of Foghorn Leghorn are you going on about??

Or 'An Idiot Abroad'

Sounds like you might save a lot of money on hardware by going old school and 'writing in' to Arbtalk Bob? I'm sure the ever helpful Steve would gladly send you a daily transcript of all the postings. You might get a little out of sync but I'm sure we could muddle along.

My rose tinted spectacles are two foot thick. They play havoc with my depth perception, but they do make the world look brighter.