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BBC News: "Embarrassment for North-Pole as WikiLeaks posts Santa's 'Naughty/Nice' list"
QUOTE(Babybird2 @ Dec 17 2010, 01:43 PM) 
BBC News: "Embarrassment for North-Pole as WikiLeaks posts Santa's 'Naughty/Nice' list"
QUOTE(Babybird2 @ Dec 17 2010, 01:43 PM)
BBC News: "Embarrassment for North-Pole as WikiLeaks posts Santa's 'Naughty/Nice' list"
The colours on butterflies' wings are not pigmented and it is caused by interference patterns.......
QUOTE(Babybird2 @ Dec 17 2010, 01:43 PM)
BBC News: "Embarrassment for North-Pole as WikiLeaks posts Santa's 'Naughty/Nice' list"
I was playing Christmas carols to myself and singing along under my breath and I find I can now sing C below middle C Last I checked I was still female and I'm pretty sure i couldn't sing that low a few years ago
edit: missed a word..
Last I checked I was still female and I'm pretty sure i couldn't sing that low a few years agoedit: missed a word..
QUOTE(nicki_flute @ Dec 17 2010, 08:49 PM)
The colours on butterflies' wings are not pigmented and it is caused by interference patterns.......
I seem to remember hearing about this in a science lesson long ago... Nice to be reminded!
Crochet is much harder than knitting. 
QUOTE(corenfa @ Dec 17 2010, 10:56 PM)
I was playing Christmas carols to myself and singing along under my breath and I find I can now sing C below middle C
Last I checked I was still female and I'm pretty sure i couldn't sing that low a few years agoedit: missed a word..
Yes , I can do that, and up to the 2nd G above middle C, hmmmmmmmmmmmmm
QUOTE(The Old Lady @ Dec 18 2010, 02:52 PM)
QUOTE(corenfa @ Dec 17 2010, 10:56 PM)
I was playing Christmas carols to myself and singing along under my breath and I find I can now sing C below middle C Last I checked I was still female and I'm pretty sure i couldn't sing that low a few years ago
edit: missed a word..
Last I checked I was still female and I'm pretty sure i couldn't sing that low a few years agoedit: missed a word..
Yes , I can do that, and up to the 2nd G above middle C, hmmmmmmmmmmmmm
I can sing the tenor lines at church, as well as the ridiculously high descants 
(Can reach two Cs above middle C at last!)
QUOTE(Flossie @ Dec 18 2010, 12:26 AM)
Crochet is much harder than knitting.
Interesting. I don't get on with knitting at all and found crochet much easier. Not tried either for a while though.
What am I going to do for Christmas and where am I going to spend it?
Still no idea yet.
Still no idea yet.
Roasting potatoes and carrots, nom nom
QUOTE(Babybird2 @ Dec 18 2010, 05:49 PM)
Roasting potatoes and carrots, nom nom
mmmm thats what i did yesterday.... so yummy!!!
Just have an urge to indiscriminately try out all the Christmas / winter smilies... 
Aw - they're so pwitty!
Aw - they're so pwitty!
QUOTE(flobiano @ Dec 18 2010, 04:23 PM)
QUOTE(Flossie @ Dec 18 2010, 12:26 AM)
Crochet is much harder than knitting.
Interesting. I don't get on with knitting at all and found crochet much easier. Not tried either for a while though.
You'll have to show me at the Leeds concert.
I've got a guide and a book and I can't get things to look anything like they're supposed to. I can knit fairly complex things, and I taught myself to knit from a book - but it doesn't seem to be working for crochet. 
I need a holiday! 
QUOTE(Flossie @ Dec 18 2010, 01:26 AM)
Crochet is much harder than knitting.
It really isn't, Flossie, and it's certainly a lot quicker to produce a crocheted garment than a knitted one. Crafts are always easier to pick up from watching someone who knows what they're doing, so try to find someone who's confident with crochet and get them to instruct you.
QUOTE(BerkshireMum @ Dec 19 2010, 12:07 AM)
QUOTE(Flossie @ Dec 18 2010, 01:26 AM)
Crochet is much harder than knitting.
It really isn't, Flossie, and it's certainly a lot quicker to produce a crocheted garment than a knitted one. Crafts are always easier to pick up from watching someone who knows what they're doing, so try to find someone who's confident with crochet and get them to instruct you.
I don't know anybody that does crochet.
I taught myself how to knit from a book about 3 years ago and didn't have any problems with that. I've tried following a crochet book, but can't get anything to look like the pictures.
QUOTE(Flossie @ Dec 18 2010, 08:50 PM)
QUOTE(flobiano @ Dec 18 2010, 04:23 PM)
QUOTE(Flossie @ Dec 18 2010, 12:26 AM)
Crochet is much harder than knitting.
Interesting. I don't get on with knitting at all and found crochet much easier. Not tried either for a while though.
You'll have to show me at the Leeds concert.
I've got a guide and a book and I can't get things to look anything like they're supposed to. I can knit fairly complex things, and I taught myself to knit from a book - but it doesn't seem to be working for crochet. I'll dig out my crochet things after Christmas and do some revision...I am not an expert crochet person by any means - I am just less terrible at crochet than I am at knitting!
I also have a vague recollection of an additional complication with crocheting in that British/ American books use the same terms to mean different things! So you have to know where the book is published in order to interpret the patterns.
I can't believe that Karen Gillan complains about not getting much attention in public when she's with Matt Smith... I'll give her all the attention she wants!
QUOTE(flobiano @ Dec 19 2010, 08:48 AM)
QUOTE(Flossie @ Dec 18 2010, 08:50 PM)
QUOTE(flobiano @ Dec 18 2010, 04:23 PM)
QUOTE(Flossie @ Dec 18 2010, 12:26 AM)
Crochet is much harder than knitting.
Interesting. I don't get on with knitting at all and found crochet much easier. Not tried either for a while though.
You'll have to show me at the Leeds concert.
I've got a guide and a book and I can't get things to look anything like they're supposed to. I can knit fairly complex things, and I taught myself to knit from a book - but it doesn't seem to be working for crochet. I'll dig out my crochet things after Christmas and do some revision...I am not an expert crochet person by any means - I am just less terrible at crochet than I am at knitting!
I also have a vague recollection of an additional complication with crocheting in that British/ American books use the same terms to mean different things! So you have to know where the book is published in order to interpret the patterns.
Thank you.
The book I have is English. There are the same UK-US differences with knitting and (to a lesser extent) cross stitch - different yarn weights, different needle/hook sizes, stitches which have the same name but are different, and so on. 
QUOTE(Brynfan @ Nov 19 2010, 01:17 PM)
Just had an OMG moment in ToysRUs! Standing in the queue with my modest ?30 worth of goods, the lady in front started talking to me. She told me she'd lost count of the number of times she'd been to the store over the last few weeks and had already spent ?5000 (five thousand!!) on gifts for her 3 children and every day they ask for something else, (which obviously then goes out and buys)
I must be the meanest mother on earth budgeting ?150 each on the children.
That is absolutely stupid!! The kids wont even touch those toys because there will be too many to choose from. I remember when my were little that I only ever used to put a few toys out at the time and keep swapping them over as then they held interest.
?150 budget for each child is more than adequate certainly not mean! What is the point of putting yourself in hoc that isn't what Christmas is about - ?5000!!!! I am gobsmacked!!! What a waste of money! She would be better off putting it away towards their futures.
Fish fingers for lunch. Yum 
QUOTE(barry-clari @ Dec 19 2010, 12:45 PM)
Fish fingers for lunch. Yum
Hrm I have some in the freezer, thanks for reminding me! Fish finger sandwich it is!
QUOTE(Solari @ Dec 19 2010, 12:46 PM)
QUOTE(barry-clari @ Dec 19 2010, 12:45 PM)
Fish fingers for lunch. Yum
Hrm I have some in the freezer, thanks for reminding me! Fish finger sandwich it is!
don't forget the salad cream
QUOTE(barry-clari @ Dec 19 2010, 12:46 PM)
QUOTE(Solari @ Dec 19 2010, 12:46 PM)
QUOTE(barry-clari @ Dec 19 2010, 12:45 PM)
Fish fingers for lunch. Yum
Hrm I have some in the freezer, thanks for reminding me! Fish finger sandwich it is!
don't forget the salad cream I want fish finger sandwiches, but I'm in stupid work! *insert stompy foot emoticon*
QUOTE(barry-clari @ Dec 19 2010, 12:46 PM)
don't forget the salad cream Not this again! You know that only Heinz tomato ketchup is acceptable!
QUOTE(barry-clari @ Dec 19 2010, 12:45 PM)
Fish fingers for lunch. Yum
I'm going to have roast chicken.
It's in the oven now and I've out BBQ peri-peri seasoning on it.QUOTE(barry-clari @ Dec 19 2010, 12:46 PM)
QUOTE(Solari @ Dec 19 2010, 12:46 PM)
QUOTE(barry-clari @ Dec 19 2010, 12:45 PM)
Fish fingers for lunch. Yum
Hrm I have some in the freezer, thanks for reminding me! Fish finger sandwich it is!
don't forget the salad cream 
Is fish finger sandwiches with salad cream a London thing?
QUOTE(Flossie @ Dec 19 2010, 12:55 PM)
Is fish finger sandwiches with salad cream a London thing? No, as per my above comment. Barry needs help
QUOTE(Solari @ Dec 19 2010, 12:55 PM)
QUOTE(Flossie @ Dec 19 2010, 12:55 PM)
Is fish finger sandwiches with salad cream a London thing? No, as per my above comment. Barry needs help
I saw your response after I'd posted my reply.
Red sauce is okay with fish fingers, but I'm still not sure I'd want that combination in a sandwich...
QUOTE(Juniper @ Dec 19 2010, 12:52 PM)
QUOTE(barry-clari @ Dec 19 2010, 12:46 PM)
QUOTE(Solari @ Dec 19 2010, 12:46 PM)
QUOTE(barry-clari @ Dec 19 2010, 12:45 PM)
Fish fingers for lunch. Yum
Hrm I have some in the freezer, thanks for reminding me! Fish finger sandwich it is!
don't forget the salad cream I want fish finger sandwiches, but I'm in stupid work! *insert stompy foot emoticon*Have a fish finger sandwich tonight
QUOTE(Solari @ Dec 19 2010, 12:54 PM)
QUOTE(barry-clari @ Dec 19 2010, 12:46 PM)
don't forget the salad cream Not this again! You know that only Heinz tomato ketchup is acceptable!
Ketchup is OK : salad cream is better though
QUOTE(Flossie @ Dec 19 2010, 12:55 PM)
Is fish finger sandwiches with salad cream a London thing? I think it might be : I find much of the rest of the UK react the way you have
QUOTE(barry-clari @ Dec 19 2010, 12:59 PM)
QUOTE(Flossie @ Dec 19 2010, 12:55 PM)
Is fish finger sandwiches with salad cream a London thing? I think it might be : I find much of the rest of the UK react the way you have
I think I'll stick with my chicken (although this conversation's made me realise that what I really fancy now is a beef and horseraddish sandwich...)
I can't say I've ever heard of anyone eating fish fingers with salad cream. Intriguing.
QUOTE(Flossie @ Dec 19 2010, 01:03 PM)
QUOTE(barry-clari @ Dec 19 2010, 12:59 PM)
QUOTE(Flossie @ Dec 19 2010, 12:55 PM)
Is fish finger sandwiches with salad cream a London thing? I think it might be : I find much of the rest of the UK react the way you have
I think I'll stick with my chicken (although this conversation's made me realise that what I really fancy now is a beef and horseraddish sandwich...)
The chicken sounds great
but horseradish... QUOTE(Babybird2 @ Dec 19 2010, 01:04 PM)
I can't say I've ever heard of anyone eating fish fingers with salad cream. Intriguing.
You have now!
It's yummy
QUOTE(barry-clari @ Dec 19 2010, 01:06 PM)
QUOTE(Flossie @ Dec 19 2010, 01:03 PM)
QUOTE(barry-clari @ Dec 19 2010, 12:59 PM)
QUOTE(Flossie @ Dec 19 2010, 12:55 PM)
Is fish finger sandwiches with salad cream a London thing? I think it might be : I find much of the rest of the UK react the way you have
I think I'll stick with my chicken (although this conversation's made me realise that what I really fancy now is a beef and horseraddish sandwich...)
The chicken sounds great
but horseradish... QUOTE(Babybird2 @ Dec 19 2010, 01:04 PM)
I can't say I've ever heard of anyone eating fish fingers with salad cream. Intriguing.
You have now!
It's yummy I'm not quite sure what BB2 meant with her use of the word 'intriguing' - it's a bit like 'interesting' can mean rather different things dependent on the tone of voice.
QUOTE(Flossie @ Dec 19 2010, 01:07 PM)
I'm not quite sure what BB2 meant with her use of the word 'intriguing' - it's a bit like 'interesting' can mean rather different things dependent on the tone of voice.
I'm pretty sure I know what sort of tone of voice she was using
I meant nothing bad by it I was kind of trying to imagine what it would taste like. I think it might be quite nice to be honest I don't think I've ever actually had a fish finger sandwich, so it's a bit of an alien concept to me
I do like horseradish though
I was kind of trying to imagine what it would taste like. I think it might be quite nice to be honest I don't think I've ever actually had a fish finger sandwich, so it's a bit of an alien concept to me I do like horseradish though
QUOTE(Babybird2 @ Dec 19 2010, 01:11 PM)
I meant nothing bad by it
I was kind of trying to imagine what it would taste like. I think it might be quite nice to be honest I don't think I've ever actually had a fish finger sandwich, so it's a bit of an alien concept to me See above!
It is nice - you should try one, or get your fiance to make one for you QUOTE
I do like horseradish though
ugh
I don't eat fish
QUOTE(Babybird2 @ Dec 19 2010, 01:16 PM)
Don't eat fish
Good point, well made
My potatoes are in the oven. They should have gone in earlier - before I got sidetracked.
Has this thread become CISD?
Has this thread become CISD?
QUOTE(Flossie @ Dec 19 2010, 01:17 PM)
Has this thread become CISD?
Wait for my next post, Flossie
QUOTE(Solari @ Dec 19 2010, 12:55 PM)
QUOTE(Flossie @ Dec 19 2010, 12:55 PM)
Is fish finger sandwiches with salad cream a London thing? No, as per my above comment. Barry needs help
Just seen this.
You've only just realised, Solari?
QUOTE(flobiano @ Dec 18 2010, 04:23 PM)
QUOTE(Flossie @ Dec 18 2010, 12:26 AM)
Crochet is much harder than knitting.
Interesting. I don't get on with knitting at all and found crochet much easier. Not tried either for a while though.
My Dearest Granny did loads and loads of crochet
.Bagpuss and I have lots of things that she made - especially beautiful lacy edgings for tablecloths.
My sister is all lined up to put me to shame by producing beautifully hand knitted presents for everyone this Christmas... 
She got all the textiley talent from my grandmothers and mother, I've never had the patience! And yet she honestly gets jealous of me about other things. Family's don't make much sense.
She got all the textiley talent from my grandmothers and mother, I've never had the patience! And yet she honestly gets jealous of me about other things. Family's don't make much sense.
QUOTE(barry-clari @ Dec 19 2010, 12:46 PM)
QUOTE(Solari @ Dec 19 2010, 12:46 PM)
QUOTE(barry-clari @ Dec 19 2010, 12:45 PM)
Fish fingers for lunch. Yum
Hrm I have some in the freezer, thanks for reminding me! Fish finger sandwich it is!
don't forget the salad cream fish fingers and salad cream, another one to add to list of b-c likes
The England cricket team appear to have resumed normal service... 
fish fingers and salad cream, another one to add to list of b-c likes
don't forget to let me know some of your food likes too, Louise!
QUOTE(louise1712 @ Dec 19 2010, 05:49 PM)
fish fingers and salad cream, another one to add to list of b-c likes
don't forget to let me know some of your food likes too, Louise!
QUOTE(barry-clari @ Dec 19 2010, 05:51 PM)
The England cricket team appear to have resumed normal service...
QUOTE(louise1712 @ Dec 19 2010, 05:49 PM)
fish fingers and salad cream, another one to add to list of b-c likes
don't forget to let me know some of your food likes too, Louise! England
indeed I'm not all that fussy really when it comes to food Barry
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