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Meetings with remarkable trees, the Arbtalk version
peds replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Picture Forum
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Nope. Walking away, shaking my head. ...but it's why God invented brisket. For people who like well-done beef.
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I have to say, I do prefer the Ukraine conflict to anything going on in the Middle East. It's nice to have such a simple and clear-cut delineation of who are the goodies and who are the baddies, instead of trying share out the blame and trace culpabilities across generations of increasingly-muddy waters. More guns for Ukraine!
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There is nothing wrong with pan-roasting larger steak cuts, and you get better results with some cuts than doing them solely on the hob or grill (fillet, cote de boeuf), but 20 minutes sounds a little excessive unless they were particularly thick rump steaks, or a fairly gentle oven. Needless to say, anything beyond a medium with a rump steak (or any cut of steak) is an unforgivable waste of meat. That said, I've absolutely done 20 minute rump steaks, but they've been big fat things for multiple people to share, more like a rump roast than a steak. I'm not going to get into any arguments about personal preference of done-ness with steaks, but I've walked more than my fair share of steaks across the bars in a number of restaurants over the years, and my opinion remains the same: if you are eating your steak with no red left in the centre, you should be ordering something else.
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Jeez... the Russians are a bunch of shits at the best of times, but given the latest incident in their long line of shooting down passenger planes (and the absolutely incredible bit of flying by the pilots to avert the worst during the crash landing), this advert where they explode the red-suited western version of Santa (with a sleigh full of NATO goodies...) at the behest of their original blue-suited Grandfather Frost really does take the pisscuit.
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Are you saying that people only have a right to complain about the current state of affairs if they are actively involved with dismantling the state apparatus?
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I was actually wondering where you'd been. I you can see your words. Merry Christmas!
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" Ham with things" Technically accurate description. Bravo! There wasn't space in my MiL's ovens for the ham as well, so I was sent 300m back up the lane with her's to glaze it. Twenty five minutes of blissful peace and quiet to get it going, a most welcome break.
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Didn't want to put you on the spot there, but I kind of assumed! You are right though, it's another step to make the theft more difficult, but another expense...
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Have you got trackers installed Mick? Just on big kit, or down to little saws too? It's probably the sort of thing that some people have to be bitten by before they take action... get it all nicked first, then invest in a countermeasure. Like dashcams...
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Best wreath ever. Top job.
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I have my orphaned foster foxhound back for the week while my friend's kids are in the UK. He is going to be devastated when he learns that my daughter's new beanbag chair isn't for him...
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Ahh shite. Sorry to hear about this. They should be nailed to the f*cking mast.
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I think the whole world did at first, but by golly, we were well and truly shown!
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Unsure if curry actually contains several pheasant cloaca, or just some sort of performance art. concerned meme.jpg
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Oh come on, it's generally a good rule of thumb to live by, but unless you've got a dunce of an incredibly heavy groundie practising his bellringing at that exact moment, pulling half a twist of your downstream climbing line around your hand for extra grip isn't going to end in catastrophe. I generally do it if foot placement is suboptimal.
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That'll look lovely. Fair play.
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Could have ragged the final cut a little bit though. Woodlice prefer wavy lines.
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Took the wee ones ice skating earlier, sure why not, 'tis the season. I hate being a beginner at something, but they had fun. Pulling on my Christmas jumper later and going for a hot whiskey or two with the mountain rescue folks, followed by a festive kebab and chips in the small hours and Christmas films on the sofa with the children in the large hours.
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I wouldn't say "concerned" at this point, alea jacta est, so let's just enjoy the show!
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Heretic!
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When I was 17, a girl called Holly was the editor (and almost sole writer) for the 6th Form newsletter. In the Christmas edition, she had designed a cryptic crossword puzzle with a seasonal prize for the first correct returned entry. She thought it was really clever, she was very proud of it. Dear reader, no-one claimed that prize. Several of the cryptic clues had no discernable way of deciphering them. She was convinced they (the clues) were all just too clever for us. They weren't... they were just shite. Just a bunch of words smooshed together. This reminds me of that. I wonder if Gareth used to be Holly...
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Let it crack, then fill it with epoxy mixed with gold glitter, Japanese kintsugi style. The crowd over on Etsy would bite your hand off for it. We found ourselves hosting Christmas in our new house last year but, gasp! No coasters, and a whole pile of inherited teak and oak furniture! I snipped a dozen thin cookies from an ornamental cherry felled a few weeks previous. Half split, but not until mid-January, and they got promoted to dog toys. The other half, oddly enough, are fine, and are still in use to this day.
