A Lark Ascending Posted August 24, 2004 Report Posted August 24, 2004 (edited) Jeez, I saw some tape on the news over the weekend of a colossal flood somewhere in England. There were torrents of water rushing through (and over!) a town nestled in a valley. I couldn't believe no one died. That was Boscastle down in Cornwall. We're lucky in the UK in that we rarely get natural disasters - flooding seems the most common if you live in the wrong place. There's real concern for this year's harvest. If the weather keeps up it will rot in the fields. Bad news for farmers. Compared with Bangla Desh however, our worries are insignificant! Sorry, this is the nice thread... Did someone say: "Raindrops on roses..." Edited August 24, 2004 by Bev Stapleton Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted August 24, 2004 Report Posted August 24, 2004 As a teacher I get the luxury of a nice six week break in the summer. This makes the return to work in September all the more hellish - the getting up. So one of my favourite things is the first Friday night at the end of the first week back. The moment your head hits the pillow and you know you don't have to get up at an unearthly hour the next day. Mmmm! Quote
catesta Posted August 24, 2004 Report Posted August 24, 2004 Bev, please have one of those arks ready for me. I would prefer light colors with a leather interior. We've had something like only 3-4 inches of rain here all year. I could use a change. They announced on the news this morning that we're heading for the wettest August since records began. That could be a little too wet. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted August 24, 2004 Report Posted August 24, 2004 The scene in my, er, garden 5 minutes ago! Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted August 24, 2004 Report Posted August 24, 2004 (edited) The scene ten days ago! Edited August 24, 2004 by Bev Stapleton Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted August 24, 2004 Report Posted August 24, 2004 For the moment I'll go out and try... Quote
Noj Posted August 24, 2004 Report Posted August 24, 2004 Searching through my music collection for something I haven't heard for a while... Going to the beach... Getting "in the zone" shooting a basketball... Eating excellent food--Mexican, Indian, Brasilian, Chinese, Cuban, Japanese... Carving down a mountainside of fresh powder on my snowboard... Negra Modelo beer... Sequoia National Park... Juxtapoz magazine... Babes on surfboards... Quote
RainyDay Posted August 24, 2004 Author Report Posted August 24, 2004 Bev: Cool swimming pool in your backyard. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted August 24, 2004 Report Posted August 24, 2004 (edited) Bev: Cool swimming pool in your backyard. You don't know how cool! Brrr!!!!!!!! It'd soon knock the smile of that girl in the swimsuit! Edited August 24, 2004 by Bev Stapleton Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted August 24, 2004 Report Posted August 24, 2004 Yikes! Sugar! Four sliced pieces of tree branch, three berries, a bay leaf and sugar?????? You Americans are weird! Don't you have Yorkshire Pudding? Quote
catesta Posted August 24, 2004 Report Posted August 24, 2004 It's raining outside!!!!! Please pass the cannoli. B-) Quote
7/4 Posted August 24, 2004 Report Posted August 24, 2004 Yikes! Sugar! Four sliced pieces of tree branch, three berries, a bay leaf and sugar?????? You Americans are weird! Don't you have Yorkshire Pudding? Looks like Italian pastry Bev, canoli, I think. Special diet for me...no carbs, raging hypoglycemia.... Quote
7/4 Posted August 24, 2004 Report Posted August 24, 2004 Don't you have Yorkshire Pudding? If Yorkshire Pudding has that kind of content, I can pick the parts I want to eat, just like a... ...can't think of anything polite right now, but you know what I mean. Quote
RainyDay Posted August 24, 2004 Author Report Posted August 24, 2004 Talk about perpetrating a major fraud. Yorkshire pudding is not pudding. It's a dinner roll. I remember the first time I had some with prime rib, I felt I'd been cheated. Quote
7/4 Posted August 24, 2004 Report Posted August 24, 2004 Talk about perpetrating a major fraud. Yorkshire pudding is not pudding. It's a dinner roll. I remember the first time I had some with prime rib, I felt I'd been cheated. um...does that mean I don't get to hang with the cute Women? Bummer. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted August 25, 2004 Report Posted August 25, 2004 Yorkshire pudding is not pudding. It's a dinner roll. What's a dinner roll? Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted August 25, 2004 Report Posted August 25, 2004 Bread. Hmm! So do you all cover your bread with roast beef and gravy? Stranger by the minute. You can also buy Yorkshire Puddings the size of a plate with meat and gravy inside; or even a cumberland sausage! A meal in itself. Now a close relative of the YP is Toad-in-the-Hole. Same batter mix. Different arrangement with bangers in the middle. Is this a "dinner roll" too? Quote
Phil Meloy Posted August 25, 2004 Report Posted August 25, 2004 Same batter mix. Different arrangement with bangers in the middle. For the benefit of our American chums "bangers" are sausages. For the benefit of any Australians "sausages" are "snags". Quote
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