Tea?

[classic33]

morning Good
Again Monday It's
fancy you what of cup another Have

Owdo
Yer reight t'is.
Thanks, one sugar in mine...

 

[classic33]

And so the phone starts ringing

 

[classic33]

Swapped ? no.. except the part in the first line..
May have said about the time I had a 'lift' drop me off near Corby, I had a cousin(I at one point thought she was my aunt) who stayed there so off to find the house, Sat evening, neighbour says she is up in Scotland, typical, out towards the A1 at near Stamford, night spent on a cemetery bench, got to the A1 and parted ways with my pal who headed south and I thumbed and bloke said I'll drop you off at such and such a place as lots traffic heads N, duly dropped and a white Imp stops and find out eventually he was going to within a quarter mile of my final destination, the place I loosely called home...another spooky connection, Mrs M had a white Imp when we first met....Life in my case has been all weird connected coincidences.

The fading holiday resort? there was a member on here who moved there, dunno if he still posts..

I enjoyed shop work, wearing a suit wasn't my style and it was procured from the local pawn shop, think it was a John Collier special, the window to watch !! I enjoyed the early supermarket store boy one too but knew they wouldn't want to employ me past 18..

In other news? I'll be knitting my own greek style yogurt later...

First I recall of you saying that about yer aunt, doesn't mean you haven't mentioned it before though.
You seem to have fallen on yer feet with yer lifts. Yer "lucky thumb" working its magic...
Night in the cemetery. Nothing untowards happened whilst you were there?
Don't see many Imps these days, Hillman, white or otherwise. Did you check to see if it were the same one you were given the lift in. That would have spooky, if it were.
Turtle as an avatar? I don't think they do post any more. Probably no connection at the fading holiday site...

Suit shop and you bought one elsewhere. No staff discount back then. We'd a shop uniform of sorts, black trousers, blue shirt with company logo stitched in, with yer name below the logo.
What used to be a Burtons and later for a short time a John Colliers, is now a McD's.
March the Tailors was a bit further up the same road.
Too old for them, back then. Before the minimum wage were introduced! Terrible, lousy, unbelievable...

Hope yer knitted yoghurt turned out ok, no dropped stitches, or pearl when plain was required. Home printed tub as well no doubt.

 

[Bobby Mhor]

First I recall of you saying that about yer aunt, doesn't mean you haven't mentioned it before though.
You seem to have fallen on yer feet with yer lifts. Yer "lucky thumb" working its magic...
Night in the cemetery. Nothing untowards happened whilst you were there?
Don't see many Imps these days, Hillman, white or otherwise. Did you check to see if it were the same one you were given the lift in. That would have spooky, if it were.
Turtle as an avatar? I don't think they do post any more. Probably no connection at the fading holiday site...

Suit shop and you bought one elsewhere. No staff discount back then. We'd a shop uniform of sorts, black trousers, blue shirt with company logo stitched in, with yer name below the logo.
What used to be a Burtons and later for a short time a John Colliers, is now a McD's.
March the Tailors was a bit further up the same road.
Too old for them, back then. Before the minimum wage were introduced! Terrible, lousy, unbelievable...

Hope yer knitted yoghurt turned out ok, no dropped stitches, or pearl when plain was required. Home printed tub as well no doubt.

Home made tub? never thought about that..
Cheapo maker has 7 wee jars, total ? 1.2 ltr...hopefully,
Took me until around 3 to organise it all so a midnight finish...
Haven't done this in ages but this is a first trying 'knit one, purl two' recipe..
no doubt, if it 'near' works a tweak or two..
or it gets flushed......
and my response? 'It's all Greek to me'

Wasn't J. Collier 'the window to watch', I'd a daily trip to Glasgow to pick up specs (it was an opticians as well) and other stuff needed urgently so travelled definitely not in a suit...Sats were optional...I'd a yearly ticket, I stayed not to far from the choo station and I'd nip up to Glasgow at night when doing nothing.
I did get bored with that but as I said an apprenticeship was beckoning, well, a year of it...

Unfortunately the white one got written off.

Local Burtons had a dance hall, jeez, a frightening place..

 

[Bobby Mhor]

First I recall of you saying that about yer aunt, doesn't mean you haven't mentioned it before though.
You seem to have fallen on yer feet with yer lifts. Yer "lucky thumb" working its magic...
Night in the cemetery. Nothing untowards happened whilst you were there?
Don't see many Imps these days, Hillman, white or otherwise. Did you check to see if it were the same one you were given the lift in. That would have spooky, if it were.
Turtle as an avatar? I don't think they do post any more. Probably no connection at the fading holiday site...

Suit shop and you bought one elsewhere. No staff discount back then. We'd a shop uniform of sorts, black trousers, blue shirt with company logo stitched in, with yer name below the logo.
What used to be a Burtons and later for a short time a John Colliers, is now a McD's.
March the Tailors was a bit further up the same road.
Too old for them, back then. Before the minimum wage were introduced! Terrible, lousy, unbelievable...

Hope yer knitted yoghurt turned out ok, no dropped stitches, or pearl when plain was required. Home printed tub as well no doubt.

Forgot to say, My 'aunt/cousin' explanation....
Her Mum was my mum's older sister, 20 or 21 years between them so my 'younger' cousins called them aunt and uncle and I thought the same, nobody corrected me..

 

[classic33]

Home made tub? never thought about that..
Cheapo maker has 7 wee jars, total ? 1.2 ltr...hopefully,
Took me until around 3 to organise it all so a midnight finish...
Haven't done this in ages but this is a first trying 'knit one, purl two' recipe..
no doubt, if it 'near' works a tweak or two..
or it gets flushed......
and my response? 'It's all Greek to me'

Wasn't J. Collier 'the window to watch', I'd a daily trip to Glasgow to pick up specs (it was an opticians as well) and other stuff needed urgently so travelled definitely not in a suit...Sats were optional...I'd a yearly ticket, I stayed not to far from the choo station and I'd nip up to Glasgow at night when doing nothing.
I did get bored with that but as I said an apprenticeship was beckoning, well, a year of it...

Unfortunately the white one got written off.

Local Burtons had a dance hall, jeez, a frightening place..

You never thought of it! Yer slacking Bob, that or yer've been overworked...
Cheapo maker, you don't sound that confident about this knitted yoghurt malarky. Did it work out okay in the end, or are you awaiting the fruits of yer labour?

They were, but there never seemed to be much in the window of the local one.
March the Tailors dressed you well. A bloke went in in shoes, socks, underwear, vest, bowler hat and umbrella on the arm. Came out fitted out top to bottom in a brand new work suit, shirt and tie included. You could have been at home there.
You were the one that everyone else got hold off when they needed something fast... A daily trip for glasses, did they at least pay for yer ticket? Thought you lived in Glasgow? Up on the choo choo, still steam at the time. We lost the last of our steam services in the late 60's.
Sounds like wandering fever hit you hard back then. Followed by a dose of wanderlust.

How'd you write the white one off?

You never ventured in for long then.

 

[Bobby Mhor]

Good morning fine people
'Tis a wet start,
it rained as I went to bed and as I rose this morning..
Trying to tell me something?

 

[Bobby Mhor]

You never thought of it! Yer slacking Bob, that or yer've been overworked...
Cheapo maker, you don't sound that confident about this knitted yoghurt malarky. Did it work out okay in the end, or are you awaiting the fruits of yer labour?

They were, but there never seemed to be much in the window of the local one.
March the Tailors dressed you well. A bloke went in in shoes, socks, underwear, vest, bowler hat and umbrella on the arm. Came out fitted out top to bottom in a brand new work suit, shirt and tie included. You could have been at home there.
You were the one that everyone else got hold off when they needed something fast... A daily trip for glasses, did they at least pay for yer ticket? Thought you lived in Glasgow? Up on the choo choo, still steam at the time. We lost the last of our steam services in the late 60's.
Sounds like wandering fever hit you hard back then. Followed by a dose of wanderlust.

How'd you write the white one off?

You never ventured in for long then.

I did stay in Port Glasgow, 20 mile W of the big city...38 glorious years..
now ensconced in the town that goes by the name of a famous American food joint, Denny.
Not the Algarve like Mrs M mentioned mid 80s..oh well.
It would be too hot for me....he lies through what's left of his teeth....

Think an umbie and a titfer esp a bowler would have got me laughed out of town..
A leather briefcase too, I'm guessing..

Don't ask but someone decided to hit us.....
Looked out the door late last night and jeez, snail city..
Too many I think so relocated maybe 20 odd elsewhere, I've made one trap but I'm going to remove the two most spreadiest plants and see what I can do first, put in more sharp grit and some new plants, the sods climb up the door frame on occasion, didn't mind them but definitely overrun and damaging areas planted out...

Beeching has a lot to answer for...plus they should have made most of them 'green lanes' like more than a few nowadays..

 

[classic33]

Good morning fine people
'Tis a wet start,
it rained as I went to bed and as I rose this morning..
Trying to tell me something?

Owdo
Does that "fine people" bit include missen?
Snap...
Aye, don't go to bed...

 

[classic33]

I did stay in Port Glasgow, 20 mile W of the big city...38 glorious years..
now ensconced in the town that goes by the name of a famous American food joint, Denny.
Not the Algarve like Mrs M mentioned mid 80s..oh well.
It would be too hot for me....he lies through what's left of his teeth....

Think an umbie and a titfer esp a bowler would have got me laughed out of town..
A leather briefcase too, I'm guessing..

Don't ask but someone decided to hit us.....
Looked out the door late last night and jeez, snail city..
Too many I think so relocated maybe 20 odd elsewhere, I've made one trap but I'm going to remove the two most spreadiest plants and see what I can do first, put in more sharp grit and some new plants, the sods climb up the door frame on occasion, didn't mind them but definitely overrun and damaging areas planted out...

Beeching has a lot to answer for...plus they should have made most of them 'green lanes' like more than a few nowadays..

There a while then, before yer move seven? years ago.
Do they do doughnuts there...
Times and places change, memories get corrupted. Or were you looking at moving abroad.
You'd have been back home, to cooler climes before the month were out.

Maybe they would have, but if yer "uniform" for work required them...
Useful for carrying yer glasses when sent to collect them. Handcuffed to yerself would have added to the mystery.

Heavy rain* on the way, by the sounds of things.
Try a "ring" of copper pipe round yer house.
Relocated anywhere near yer garden?
Try eggshells to stop them.

No more choo choo travel!

​

*"Snails and the weather

The domestic hen persistently rolling in the dust is an omen of wet; whilst even the humble snails are aware of the changing conditions. They will cross roads and paths when the signs are bad. Thus the old English saying: "When black snails cross your path, black clouds much moisture hath."

Similarly, those who recall childhood days in the countryside, will remember the village boy crooning to a snail: "Snailie, snailie, shoot out your horn, and tell us if it will be a bonny day the morn?" "

 

[Bobby Mhor]

The results are in..
Bob's (first)attempt at Greek Style yogurt..
7.5 out of 10..
it set....this was my main concern..
had a slighter yogurty taste compared to the pronounced FA-GE stuff,
a little more AI (say 25% more), a slightly longer time (extra 90 mins)in the maker and hopefully voila !!
Marvel type stuff, half a tsp
Consistency was 90%

and yes, probably cheaper buying the shop stuff..
Now to make the compote for it......

 

[classic33]

The results are in..
Bob's (first)attempt at Greek Style yogurt..
7.5 out of 10..
it set....this was my main concern..
had a slighter yogurty taste compared to the pronounced FA-GE stuff,
a little more AI (say 25% more), a slightly longer time (extra 90 mins)in the maker and hopefully voila !!
Marvel type stuff, half a tsp
Consistency was 90%

and yes, probably cheaper buying the shop stuff..
Now to make the compote for it......

Yer knitting held up to scrutiny then...
Setting is always good, if it's supposed to, before eating.
AI yoghurt!

But, if yer not that keen on it tweak the recipe next time, An option not available with the shop bought version.
Yer adding more to it?

 

[Bobby Mhor]

Yer knitting held up to scrutiny then...
Setting is always good, if it's supposed to, before eating.
AI yoghurt!

But, if yer not that keen on it tweak the recipe next time, An option not available with the shop bought version.
Yer adding more to it?

AI in my day was active ingredient.....
I'll add another half tbsp of cultured stuff,
the milk powder? (a level teaspoon will be enough to make it slightly more wobbly (cleanest explanation).
The stuff I used to make was from packets of dried culture, previous post tells what I used this time, 1.5 tbsp of AI...

Somebody forgot the frozen fruit from the shop that auld punters get 10% off today...
a batch(fruit compote) lasts five days so flavoured it will be...mixed berries my fave....

I made bolognese today and someone, used an oxo to thicken it up..
boy, I am seething.........

and this viral thing going about has knocked me for six,
Lemsip city...

 

[classic33]

AI in my day was active ingredient.....
I'll add another half tbsp of cultured stuff,
the milk powder? (a level teaspoon will be enough to make it slightly more wobbly (cleanest explanation).
The stuff I used to make was from packets of dried culture, previous post tells what I used this time, 1.5 tbsp of AI...

Somebody forgot the frozen fruit from the shop that auld punters get 10% off today...
a batch(fruit compote) lasts five days so flavoured it will be...mixed berries my fave....

I made bolognese today and someone, used an oxo to thicken it up..
boy, I am seething.........

and this viral thing going about has knocked me for six,
Lemsip city...

Fair enough, makes more sense than an AI "generated/created" yoghurt.
Adding culture to yer "wobbly" yoghurt... A man of many talents.

Go on, who forgot the frozen fruit from the shop where old folk punters get 10% off on a Tuesday... You can make it last five days, you do well. You don't "dip in" to check it's okay do you.

Spaghetti? Doesn't sound like a good day was had today. Forgotten fruit, spoiled bolognese...

I catch it now, I'll be blaming you...
Other than all the above, it's not been too bad as you head for Lemsip City. Maybe Wednesday will be better.

 

[Bobby Mhor]

Fair enough, makes more sense than an AI "generated/created" yoghurt.
Adding culture to yer "wobbly" yoghurt... A man of many talents.

Go on, who forgot the frozen fruit from the shop where old folk punters get 10% off on a Tuesday... You can make it last five days, you do well. You don't "dip in" to check it's okay do you.

Spaghetti? Doesn't sound like a good day was had today. Forgotten fruit, spoiled bolognese...

I catch it now, I'll be blaming you...
Other than all the above, it's not been too bad as you head for Lemsip City. Maybe Wednesday will be better.

Mrs M is to blame this time. The rascal

Boggin knees weren't that bad tbf..

Stagecoach racing S as I write....It's more a fake Lemsip make...
Dark'n'stormy evening...
Dozen snails relocated