The totally off-topic thread

[love_the_life]

The tuna wasn't her.
I'm getting lucky tonight having slow cooked beef ribs in red wine. At work she cooked the beef and duck overnight.

Stop it! You're making me hungry.

 

[Denali]

....I'm getting lucky tonight having slow cooked beef ribs in red wine. At work she cooked the beef and duck overnight.

I made 10hr slow beef short ribs on Friday night - so tender that it fell off the bone as I took it out of the pot.

 

[Quickstatus]

Ah It’s slow cooker season again

 

[love_the_life]

They appear to have surfaced. I'd forgotten all about them.
Missing Games athletes contact Sydney refugee service

 

[RB]

Just reading some local news & came across this great article-Young lady constructed a timber world globe as a major school project. Have a look at the photos, esp one with the lights on
National exposure for globe crafted from Manning Hospital hoop pine | Manning River Times

 

[Denali]

Ah It’s slow cooker season again

Yep!

They appear to have surfaced. I'd forgotten all about them.
Missing Games athletes contact Sydney refugee service

I cant blame them - pretty sure I would do the same thing in their situation.

Just reading some local news & came across this great article-Young lady constructed a timber world globe as a major school project. Have a look at the photos, esp one with the lights on
National exposure for globe crafted from Manning Hospital hoop pine | Manning River Times

I follow some guys on insagram that do amazing wood features, not just furniture but art. Beautiful. One guy is a chippie and his corner work is just beautiful, he made a stairwell that was amazing.

 

[rogerkambah]

Smart family.

From my perspective, and probably that of the other diners I'd call them a$$$oles.

But I may be wrong - in eating at buffets and in airline lounges most people exercise some restraint instead of pigging out, however that's just my perspective.

 

[Flying mermaid]

So my Silverseas refund has been received and I now have a new, very helpful consultant to look after me. Having that sorted out I can now move onto things like do we need poles for Antarctica or not . When we went for our mother’s day/doggy walk on Sunday, I noticed Ms FM struggling to walk down a very tiny incline with her destroyed leg, so I am inclined to hire poles for her and me - my balance is not great, although much better than it used to be since I took up Tai Chi.

 

[Pushka]

From my perspective, and probably that of the other diners I'd call them a$$$oles.

But I may be wrong - in eating at buffets and in airline lounges most people exercise some restraint instead of pigging out, however that's just my perspective.

Unfortunately some don’t realise that buffets are to share and not your own private dining table. I hate it when kids run amok and grab stuff with their hands but then I’ve seen adults to that too. Even at the Qantas Business lounges.

So my Silverseas refund has been received and I now have a new, very helpful consultant to look after me. Having that sorted out I can now move onto things like do we need poles for Antarctica or not . When we went for our mother’s day/doggy walk on Sunday, I noticed Ms FM struggling to walk down a very tiny incline with her destroyed leg, so I am inclined to hire poles for her and me - my balance is not great, although much better than it used to be since I took up Tai Chi.

I think that’s a good idea to have poles. Going downhill is surprisingly tricky. I’m a little unsure of myself now and always grab the rail when going down stairs.

 

[Quickstatus]

They were hungry?

Had a survey of opinions in work place about taking all the lobster tails at a classy buffet (is that an oxymoron? - but this was at the Canberra)

8/12 said nothing wrong with that as it’s a buffet.
1/12 of the 8/12 said go early next year and take all the lobster tails yourself

I do concede that the kids of NoStar seafood family were actually well behaved and used utensils properly

 

[Flying mermaid]

I think that’s a good idea to have poles. Going downhill is surprisingly tricky. I’m a little unsure of myself now and always grab the rail when going down stairs.

I had a period of a few years where I had some nasty falls, so always hold onto rails now and am quite cautious when running with the dogs. Tai Chi has helped enormously, but I don’t trust myself anymore. I was quite surprised at how Ms FM was struggling, but I suppose if you have no muscles in the lower leg, then it has to affect your balance as well.

Right so that’s another decision made - add poles to boots and water proof pants to hire . I must admit I am more in Safari Mode at the moment than Antarctica - need to multi task - and Hamilton tickets go on sale soon, so that’s for the USA in May 2019 -too many balls to juggle

 

[Quickstatus]

too many balls to juggle

Delegate?.
Even so it’s often better done yourself

 

[blackcat20]

Had to re-apply for my business name because it was cancelled. No emails sent for renewal, just an internal message on a portal that I wouldn't have known to log in to because they don't tell you there's a message for you. Seems to be one thing after another this week (and it's only Tuesday!)

 

[Flying mermaid]

Delegate?.
Even so it’s often better done yourself

Mr FM would die of shock if I delegated any of this to him . Unlike most females, I am lousy at multi processing - much prefer to single thread through tasks. However it must be done and being a control freak I actually want to do it all myself

 

[JohnK]

From my perspective, and probably that of the other diners I'd call them a$$$oles.

But I may be wrong - in eating at buffets and in airline lounges most people exercise some restraint instead of pigging out, however that's just my perspective.

I get the point @Quickstatus was making and it's not right to take everything from the buffet in one go but there's nothing wrong having dinner in a hotel/airline lounge. I've done it many times and will continue to do it.

 

[Quickstatus]

They weren’t pigging out but selectively took all the lobster tails at the time.
We managed to get one in the end.

 

[rogerkambah]

I get the point @Quickstatus was making and it's not right to take everything from the buffet in one go but there's nothing wrong having dinner in a hotel/airline lounge. I've done it many times and will continue to do it.

Absolutely nothing wrong with having a meal in an airline lounge if the food is there and especially if the lounge has an area set up with dining tables and chairs. I've had some very nice meals in lounges eg QF SYD Flounge, EK (SYD) F/J lounge, JAL F lounge (NRT), BA (LHR) Flounge, CX (HKG) F Pier etc wine too.

 

[Cossie]

Enjoying a meal in the Serendib lounge in Colombo right now! Grilled Mohda with lemon parsley sauce and pineapple/shrimp rice, followed by fruit salad.
Now for a glass of red or maybe a beer, it's nearly 12 noon.

Apologies to JohnM, I grabbed 1A from Melbourne to Colombo and now Colombo to London.

 

[tgh]

I noticed Ms FM struggling to walk down a very tiny incline with her destroyed leg, so I am inclined to hire poles for her and me - my balance is not great, although much better than it used to be since I took up Tai Chi.

Plenty of walking on offer if the weather allows..

 

[RB]

So my Silverseas refund has been received and I now have a new, very helpful consultant to look after me. Having that sorted out I can now move onto things like do we need poles for Antarctica or not . When we went for our mother’s day/doggy walk on Sunday, I noticed Ms FM struggling to walk down a very tiny incline with her destroyed leg, so I am inclined to hire poles for her and me - my balance is not great, although much better than it used to be since I took up Tai Chi.

Mrs RB has used poles on our last few trips. I think she actually uses them more going downhill. I seem to recall that the ones she bought collapse down smaller than others for packing-something to keep in mind if buying