The totally off-topic thread

[TomVexille]

Is it showing off to post on AFF from the air.

No. It's expected.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Is it showing off to post on AFF from the air.

Badge of honour - any clown can post from their lounge room - multi handed manipulation of free alcohol, iPad or such and still typing at 35K ft really does display commitment to the ongoing success of AFF.

 

[Foreigner]

A World Portrait...

If the World were 100 People:

If the World were 100 PEOPLE

 

[cove]

Sitting out at Heathrow waiting for our diverted A380 that landed in Manchester. The Katie storm is running out of puff.

 

[legroom]

We've had a neighbour's tree crash through our fence into our backyard (taking out the fence at the same time of course). I'm getting mixed reports of who is responsible. Some of the articles/forums I've read say that unless you can prove negligence on their side, then because it fell into your property you're responsible and need to claim off your own insurance. Common sense to me would have said it came from their property so they need to pay/claim.

Wondering if anyone else has had experience of this?

I had been to court once to request the neighbour to trim down his hedge which was grown deliberately to block the ocean view from my living room.

The tree(s) are legally your neighbour's property and as such once it / they cause damage to your property, they are liable for making good the damages so caused.

(QLD) https://www.qld.gov.au/law/housing-...-to-do-if-a-neighbours-tree-is-affecting-you/

(NSW): http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/tbna2006363/s12.html

See section 12(h)

All the best

PS: I'm not a lawyer

 

[Bindibuys]

Is it showing off to post on AFF from the air.

Trying to pick a hot air balloon operator in Luxor.... I will definitely be posting pics from up in the air.

 

[Pushka]

Is it showing off to post on AFF from the air.

I posted the shower on EK last year.

 

[Flashback]

I had been to court once to request the neighbour to trim down his hedge which was grown deliberately to block the ocean view from my living room.

The tree(s) are legally your neighbour's property and as such once it / they cause damage to your property, they are liable for making good the damages so caused.

(QLD) https://www.qld.gov.au/law/housing-...-to-do-if-a-neighbours-tree-is-affecting-you/

(NSW): TREES (DISPUTES BETWEEN NEIGHBOURS) ACT 2006 - SECT 12 Matters to be considered by Court

See section 12(h)

All the best

PS: I'm not a lawyer

Unfortunately UK law is quite the opposite!

Looks like we're up for the cost. Have just reviewed our insurance policy also and it doesn't cover the fence damage if it happens in a storm, so that leaves the only thing to be covered the removal of the fallen tree. Given the excess is £100 and you could get a contractor to do it for roughly that amount, looks like we'll just have to cough it up and hope the neighbour is nice enough to go halves.

 

[cove]

So will you use Bunnings UK or Screw Fix? Gee that second name should come to Australia!

 

[Flashback]

So will you use Bunnings UK or Screw Fix? Gee that second name should come to Australia!

Or option C -> contractor

I think we'll deal with it when we get back from the US. No rush.

 

[JohnK]

Is it showing off to post on AFF from the air.

Show off....

 

[medhead]

Inherited 5 kg of prawns from the brother in law who discovered that he might be allergic. Defrosted now and must be eaten. This is going to be hard.

 

[amaroo]

Thanks amaroo.

You know how I feel

[video=youtube;OfJRX-8SXOs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfJRX-8SXOs[/video]

 

[anat0l]

Inherited 5 kg of prawns from the bother in law who discovered that he might be allergic. Defrosted now and must be eaten. This is going to be hard.

Yes, I can imagine that might be a bother. Especially if you had to try and down them all by yourself... ouch!

I think cooking them in some sort of dish, e.g. creamy mornay pasta etc. might "prolong" them a bit. But that's then a waste of prawns per se. Plus that's also no real guarantee.

 

[serfty]

I reckon After the first 2kg it'd be time to cook'n preserve the rest ... or chuck em out ...

 

[Flashback]

You know how I feel

[video=youtube;OfJRX-8SXOs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfJRX-8SXOs[/video]

Wife likes that song, walked down the aisle to the Muse version.

 

[JessicaTam]

You know how I feel

[video=youtube;OfJRX-8SXOs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfJRX-8SXOs[/video]

Fabulous artist. I was first introduced to her when watching the film The Assassin.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Foreigner]

I reckon After the first 2kg it'd be time to cook'n preserve the rest ... or chuck em out ...

...or call friends and neighbours!

 

[anat0l]

Inherited 5 kg of prawns from the bother in law who discovered that he might be allergic. Defrosted now and must be eaten. This is going to be hard.

I reckon After the first 2kg it'd be time to cook'n preserve the rest ... or chuck em out ...

If you're feeling culinary-brave, you might want to consider making a large batch of palabok sauce.

Pancit palabok is a Filipino noodle dish; some might say it's a bit like spaghetti bolognaise. It consists of white rice noodles topped with a rich prawn-based sauce and garnished with spring onions, pork crackling bits (Filipino: chicharon or tsitsaron), sliced boiled eggs and kumquat juice. Many sauce recipes just use a shrimp stock cube in place of the more traditional approach, which uses blended prawn heads and shells (usually remove the crown, leave aside the heads and shells, process in a food processor or blender, cook to make the stock, then pass through a sieve to remove the solids).

I'm actually struggling a bit to find a decent recipe (and one that is not a Youtube video entirely in Tagalog). Here is one recipe from SBS (Rice noodles with prawns (pancit palabok) recipe : SBS Food), though they say to roast the shells before cooking the stock. I think it's easier just to process the heads and shells, then cook these up when starting the stock base to get the flavour going. Keeping some stock on hand (particularly prawn, pork or chicken stock) to adjust for seasoning is a good idea. Also, although this recipe bulks up the sauce with mussels, squid and flaked mullet (for garnish), you can simplify things by just using some fine chopped pork (or pork mince) in the sauce and skipping the flaked fish garnish. There are many ingredient variations, but the main base flavour is prawns (and annatto seed, which also gives the sauce a distinctive colour). The dish can be served with slightly thicker lug lug noodles, but standard thinner rice noodles (rice vermicelli) is just fine.

Some might be put off by the dish description, but it's really delicious and a recognisable dish in Filipino cuisine. Making it the proper way can be a bit of hard yakka, though. Dad sometimes makes large batches of palabok sauce and freezes containers of it - they keep just fine.

 

[amaroo]

Fabulous artist. I was first introduced to her when watching the film The Assassin.

Thanks for sharing.

Copping a flogging with some family members ... released April/May. I'll be in the queue - great voice!

[video=youtube;W3EWygLE_No]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3EWygLE_No[/video]