The totally off-topic thread

[drron]

So today was checking out the SPG hot rates for upcoming bookings.One is for Sheraton at IAH.Checked booking and we have been pre allocated the Presidential suite.Dont think I will bother with the $10 per night discount!

 

[Bindibuys]

This MAY BE a bit on-topic.... but thought it was cute.

The Boarding on Flight 2018 has been announced.......
Your luggage should only contain the best souvenirs from 2017

Excess baggage, the bad and sad moments should be left behind.......
The duration of the flight will be 12 months.
So, tighten your seatbelts
The next stop-overs will be : Health, Love, Joy, Harmony, well-being and Peace.

The captain offers you the following menu which will be served during the flight.......
A coughtail of Friendship
A Package of good Health
A Grain of Prosperity
A Bowl of Excellent News
A salad of Success
A Cake of Happiness
All accompanied by bursts of laughter......


Wishing you and your family an enjoyable trip on board the flight 2018......
Before it takes off,
Let Me Thank All The Good People Like You ,
Who Made 2017 Beautiful For Me.
I Pray that You are Blessed With a Fruitful Year Ahead

 

[Pushka]

Today we were over at Oxford Street in London and I bought 2 smallish bags of fruit. The strawberries had the full taste and the cherries were to die for. These are the tastes we used to get decades ago.

We still do get those flavours in Adelaide but you have to go to the cherry farms and strawberry farms themselves and not from the stores. Interestingly I went to the strawberry farm yesterday in Mt Barker. Pickings were happening all over the fields and the processing shed was in full tilt. Bought some wonderful rich ripe strawberries for a pavlova I’m doing today for an engagement celebration tonight. All of $5 for two large containers. There was also a refrigerated double truck in the yard packing with strawberries - to go to WA and other states. These strawberries are never sold in SA markets.

 

[Pushka]

Anyone buying Trump’s book? It’s on the US Kindle Store.

 

[RooFlyer]

We still do get those flavours in Adelaide but you have to go to the cherry farms and strawberry farms themselves and not from the stores.

Oh, cruel memory! Many years ago (like 40 or so!!), even before the mass production and distribution of today, my mum used to have a 'secret' raspberry supplier, 'down the Huon' if I recall correctly, which used to only sell privately. Sort of like Stonewallers for raspberries!

I remember every Christmas period there were those high sided very big pots of raspberry jam brewing on the stove, and raspberries and cream for dessert many nights. You just had to ignore the odd little creature crawling out from time to time.

Cherries today are not quite the same story. If you want the good stuff you can still visit orchards but even there, there are pecking orders; I'm not regular enough to get the very top line fruit, but not too bad.

Add: Then there was dad with a direct line to the scallop boats - Sunday night was curried scallops night, again, cooked in the big pot in creamy curry sauce.

 

[RooFlyer]

Anyone buying Trump’s book? It’s on the US Kindle Store.

I'm sure the newspapers will be bringing us the juiciest bits in due course.

 

[Flying mermaid]

Today we were over at Oxford Street in London and I bought 2 smallish bags of fruit. The strawberries had the full taste and the cherries were to die for. These are the tastes we used to get decades ago.

Australians get rubbish fruit on the whole. When we were in Norway a few years ago we totally pigged out on strawberries - used to buy them from the barrows. There was a whole lo of lovely looking strawberries at half price and we asked about them. Apparently they were yesterday’s strawberries, as Norwegians won’t buy them unless heavily discounted. The taste was amazing. You can get decent fruit in Australia, but it’s an effort.

 

[Denali]

Anyone buying Trump’s book? It’s on the US Kindle Store.

No. Because as much as Trump disgusts me, I refuse to let Bannon profit one cent for me.

They are all ****ers that need to die a CIA stroke during the night.

Not that Pence is any better... Uggh, there goes my Zen again.

 

[Denali]

I've been taking mum in laws home grown veggies to work, people loving them for the taste and quality. Store bought doesn't compare.

Mango tree looks like lots of fruit this year as well.

 

[Pushka]

No. Because as much as Trump disgusts me, I refuse to let Bannon profit one cent for me.

They are all ****ers that need to die a CIA stroke during the night.

Not that Pence is any better... Uggh, there goes my Zen again.

Count to 10 Denali

 

[blackcat20]

We try to go raspberry picking most summers, cant get better than fresh off the bush.

 

[Milboo]

Growing up in Hawkes Bay, summer (and especially Xmas time) was about going to the strawberry farm and then just down the road was where you got the raspberries and boysenberries. Rule was you could eat as many as you like as you picked. The taste when they are ripe and sun warm is amazing.

Was lucky enough that to get apricots, nectarines and peaches, all I had to do was walk down to our back block! Same with apples and pears.

I rarely buy fruit these days due to the poor taste and quality.

 

[TomVexille]

We try to go raspberry picking most summers, cant get better than fresh off the bush.

And there's always a kid narrating "one for the tub, one for me..."

 

[Denali]

The cherries we had in SA were yummy!

 

[Flying mermaid]

I like Tasmanian cherries and I buy USA cherries in winter - particularly the white ones. Our late Mr Rabbit was pretty fond of cherries in winter.

 

[love_the_life]

And there's always a kid narrating "one for the tub, one for me..."

And would that be you perchance?

 

[Flashback]

We try to go raspberry picking most summers, cant get better than fresh off the bush.

Just down the road from us we pick blackberries off the bushes in summer and then sloeberries off the bushes after the first frost. They're currently in some bottles of gin stewing away to make some sloe gin. Looking forward to trying it when I'm back in the UK later this month!

 

[TheRealTMA]

So today was checking out the SPG hot rates for upcoming bookings.One is for Sheraton at IAH.Checked booking and we have been pre allocated the Presidential suite.Dont think I will bother with the $10 per night discount!

What?? No upgrade? Outrageous!

 

[blackcat20]

Just down the road from us we pick blackberries off the bushes in summer and then sloeberries off the bushes after the first frost. They're currently in some bottles of gin stewing away to make some sloe gin. Looking forward to trying it when I'm back in the UK later this month!

I used to go along the train tracks near home to get blackberries but they sprayed/removed them all a few years back....

 

[Deleted member]

I had hoped that this year was going to be different, guess not, same old stuff being regurgitated.

Why even bother getting upset over stuff you can't change, worry about your own life and things you can change. You obviously have too much time on your hands to be so concerned with what others.are doing, or not doing, do you ever stop and think that it may be none of your business?

Do realise how ironic your post is ? LOL !