Tea? (Part 1)

[tdr1nka]

Night Speicher, sweet dreams!

 

[Amanda P]

Mornings, all.

Just seen Mrs Uncle Phil off on her way back to the Emerald Isle. She's booked on one of those truckers' ferries that are dirt cheap, and you get a fry-up thrown in, but you have to check in at Birkenhead by 9, which means leaving York-ish at six. Bit a palaver.

And, yes, she has one swan, two geese and a selection of small ducks on board...

I can feel another cuppa coming on already.

 

[Night Train]

I have just bought another £90 worth of b100 biodiesel at £.99 per litre. I am doing my bit for the environment as best as I can on that front.

Last weeks lectures were a little depressing when we looked at how and when the climate will reach tipping point and also how the climate can change within a year once tipping point has been reached. What was more depressing was the time scales. The evidence and climate models are starting to point at 2012 to 2015 for when it could all go belly up.
Year on year we are pumping out more greenhouse gases then ever before and the UK government are going to start up coal fired power stations to increase it even further when we should be stopping all emissions and finding ways to reverse the trend.

Anyone got a solar powered teapot?

 

[Speicher]

Solar powered tea pot? hmmm I shall make enquiries at the Environment Centre on Friday. I can do an orange-powered clock.

Question for Tdr1nka - why am I taking a small set of kitchen scales with me on Friday, let me know if you need a clue. Oh and have a cup of tea.

I went to Broadway yesterday. They have amongst other old-fashioned type shoppies, a traditional sweetie shop. So I got a quarter of clotted cream fudge. Oh dear, just looked, there's none left to share.

 

[Arch]

Solar powered tea coming up...

Look on the bright side, if it happens that soon, we'll be around to say "We told you so..." Little consolation, I know...

We had a great ride yesterday, nearly 70k on hired city bikes! Bit weary when we got back, but nothing a cool beer and a lie down, followed by steak and frites couldn't cure. Having a day of aimless wandering about today, to recover. Big decision of the day will be, pizza or fondue for dinner... We're trying to have something specific in mind, or we'd never be able to choose a restaurant. Mind you, they pretty much all do fondue anyway...

 

[tdr1nka]

Anyone got a solar powered teapot?

Nah, but I'm thinking of moving somewhere with thermal vents or geysers.

 

[Speicher]

Remember that if you drop your fondue thingy in the cheesey thingy, then you have to pay a forfeit.

 

[Speicher]

Nah, but I'm thinking of moving somewhere with thermal vents or geysers.

Oh yes, very nice geezers in Iceland*. They like relaxing in hot tubs and drinking beer.

* That's the Iceland next door to Greenland, not the one next door to W H Smiths.

 

[marinyork]

What do we need a solar powered tea pot for? The one LOTP has is a perfect black body object and contains infinite amounts of tea.

 

[Arch]

Nah, but I'm thinking of moving somewhere with thermal vents or geysers.

I thought London was full of geezers, innit?

Our post prandial chill out was just disturbed by a small but vociferous demo of postmen matching past our hotel, protesting (I think) against privatisation. About 40 people, with an escort of one police motorbike, one car and two horses, and holding up (at last count) at least 4 buses plus other traffic. We're certainly getting a variety of entertainment!

But no tea! TBH, we've more or less gone native and stuck to c*ff** or chocolat chaud - a disappointing lukewarm tea is a bit of a letdown...

 

[wafflycat]

Celebratory tea in order. MrW is out of plaster *finally* and is now on crutches.

Mind you, I'm not impressed by the lack of advice on physiotherapy and exercise generally. Plus we had to do the chasing to get crutches! Bah!

 

[tdr1nka]

I hear ya Waffles, when I left A&E after I ground my leg open, they tried to send me away with one crutch altho I wasn't meant to use my leg at all!
I got no advice on physiotherapy at all and no follow up from my GP!

Get Mr. W to a private pref Sports physio ASAP so he can heal that leg as quickly and safely as possible.

I ended up with a problem of muscle wastage that then took longer to fix than the leg took to heal.

 

[Speicher]

I ended up with a problem of muscle wastage that then took longer to fix than the leg took to heal.

That has been a big part of my problem as well. The doctors were saying "take these painkilllers", or try these, etc from approx October to end of February, when the Consultant (which I paid for privately, owing to not being able to walk properly), diagnosed muscle wastage, as well as original injury.

 

[TheDoctor]

Afternoons!
I have to say, doing about 70k on a hired city bike with an 8-speed nexus left me feeling rather more the worse-for-wear than did my trip up the Big Pointy Provencal Thing.
The local ice-creameries appear to do a Schtroumpth flavour one. I'm fairly sure that that's French for Smurf, and they are indeed a worryingly similar shade of blue. I'm almost scared to try one, as that colour just ain't natural. I may end up glowing in the dark or growing an extra arm. Useful for ski-boxing, anyway...

Celebratory Tea? all round and huzza for the unplastered MrW!

 

[cookiemonster]

Afternoons!
I have to say, doing about 70k on a hired city bike with an 8-speed nexus left me feeling rather more the worse-for-wear than did my trip up the Big Pointy Provencal Thing.
The local ice-creameries appear to do a Schtroumpth flavour one. I'm fairly sure that that's French for Smurf, and they are indeed a worryingly similar shade of blue. I'm almost scared to try one, as that colour just ain't natural. I may end up glowing in the dark or growing an extra arm. Useful for ski-boxing, anyway...

Ski-boxing!?

MMMmmmm (scratches chin)

Could be useful here in Northern Finland in about a month's time.