classic33
Leg End Member
He knows, they got to call it the East Riding again. The West Riding were split in two, West and South Yorkshire, with Lancashire grabbing bits as well.
The Retirement Thread
- Thread starter Dirk
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Poacher
Gravitationally challenged member
- Location
- Nottingham
Thanks everyone for your birthday wishes - even those who chose to misinterpret my post. 
Mrs Poacher usually goes out with a friend on Wednesdays, but chose to stay with me today, which slightly skewed my plan to surprise her with some home-made cannoli (in shop bought shells - I'm not that ambitious yet). I had to admit what I was up to.
Anyway, they were well received. I'd expected to make 2 or 3 of each of 3 flavours, but ended up with 5 of each, plus lickouts for the chef.
Best was orange oil, triple sec and candied peel, second was almond extract with flaked toasted almonds and a distant third was chopped glace cherries with a weird rose flavoured liqueur. We still have 9 shells left, so next time I'll adjust quantities and use the surplus ricotta to make spinach and ricotta cannelloni (took me 3 goes to spell that right!). Vanilla and demerara sugars were powdered quickly in the spice mill - who buys icing or caster sugar?
Mrs Poacher usually goes out with a friend on Wednesdays, but chose to stay with me today, which slightly skewed my plan to surprise her with some home-made cannoli (in shop bought shells - I'm not that ambitious yet). I had to admit what I was up to.
Anyway, they were well received. I'd expected to make 2 or 3 of each of 3 flavours, but ended up with 5 of each, plus lickouts for the chef.
Best was orange oil, triple sec and candied peel, second was almond extract with flaked toasted almonds and a distant third was chopped glace cherries with a weird rose flavoured liqueur. We still have 9 shells left, so next time I'll adjust quantities and use the surplus ricotta to make spinach and ricotta cannelloni (took me 3 goes to spell that right!). Vanilla and demerara sugars were powdered quickly in the spice mill - who buys icing or caster sugar?
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
I see there's a lot to catch up, I will do later. Meanwhile an excellent ride today, 9 miles of tarmac, 52 miles gravel. I am absolutely goosed. A truly excellent cafe stop though where I ate the best sausage roll I've ever tasted.
Juan Kog
permanently grumpy
We are close to the village primary school but that doesn’t cause us any problems. The main problem is secondary school pupils are placed in schools miles from there homes and not on direct bus routes, this results in school run mums coming at you from all directions.
numbnuts
Squire
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
Oi you lot! Stop dissing Fray Bentos
Food of the Gods.
Not all Gods are equal
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I am very squeamish. It took a lot of persuasion by a doctor at the hospital to get me to look at the CT scans of my clotted lungs... I just heard about something much yuckier that I would have DEFINITELY declined!
A friend of my sister fell off a ladder and shattered her arm, which required major surgery to repair. She is slowly recovering and had made a trip to the hospital for physio. After the appointment, she was walking out of the hospital when she encountered the surgeon who had carried out the operation. He asked how the arm felt now, and told her some of the details of the surgery. Then he got a gleeful look on his face and asked if she is squeamish? She replied that she is not. Next minute, he whips out his smartphone and proudly shows her his gallery of operating theatre photos of her mangled arm as bits of metal were being bolted into it!
If you were in that situation, would you want to see the photos?
A friend of my sister fell off a ladder and shattered her arm, which required major surgery to repair. She is slowly recovering and had made a trip to the hospital for physio. After the appointment, she was walking out of the hospital when she encountered the surgeon who had carried out the operation. He asked how the arm felt now, and told her some of the details of the surgery. Then he got a gleeful look on his face and asked if she is squeamish? She replied that she is not. Next minute, he whips out his smartphone and proudly shows her his gallery of operating theatre photos of her mangled arm as bits of metal were being bolted into it!
If you were in that situation, would you want to see the photos?
numbnuts
Squire
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
Yeah why not, I have seen two of the operation they did on my spine on youtube laminectomy and spinal stenosisI am very squeamish. It took a lot of persuasion by a doctor at the hospital to get me to look at the CT scans of my clotted lungs... I just heard about something much yuckier that I would have DEFINITELY declined!
A friend of my sister fell off a ladder and shattered her arm, which required major surgery to repair. She is slowly recovering and had made a trip to the hospital for physio. After the appointment, she was walking out of the hospital when she encountered the surgeon who had carried out the operation. He asked how the arm felt now, and told her some of the details of the surgery. Then he got a gleeful look on his face and asked if she is squeamish? She replied that she is not. Next minute, he whips out his smartphone and proudly shows her his gallery of operating theatre photos of her mangled arm as bits of metal were being bolted into it!
If you were in that situation, would you want to see the photos?
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
12boy
Guru
- Location
- Casper WY USA
Poacher...forgot your feliz cumpleanos. Your canneloni look tasty as hell and I am sure are very slimming.
classic33
Leg End Member
I had pictures of the last operation, down there, shown to me on the ward prior to leaving.I am very squeamish. It took a lot of persuasion by a doctor at the hospital to get me to look at the CT scans of my clotted lungs... I just heard about something much yuckier that I would have DEFINITELY declined!
A friend of my sister fell off a ladder and shattered her arm, which required major surgery to repair. She is slowly recovering and had made a trip to the hospital for physio. After the appointment, she was walking out of the hospital when she encountered the surgeon who had carried out the operation. He asked how the arm felt now, and told her some of the details of the surgery. Then he got a gleeful look on his face and asked if she is squeamish? She replied that she is not. Next minute, he whips out his smartphone and proudly shows her his gallery of operating theatre photos of her mangled arm as bits of metal were being bolted into it!
If you were in that situation, would you want to see the photos?
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Sterlo
Early Retirement Planning
- Location
- East Riding of Yorkshire
I think I would now, not sure at the time. All of the docs I've seen since have told me is was one of the best/worst (depending on your point of view) they had ever seen. I did tell them, when I do something I make sure I do it properly.I am very squeamish. It took a lot of persuasion by a doctor at the hospital to get me to look at the CT scans of my clotted lungs... I just heard about something much yuckier that I would have DEFINITELY declined!
A friend of my sister fell off a ladder and shattered her arm, which required major surgery to repair. She is slowly recovering and had made a trip to the hospital for physio. After the appointment, she was walking out of the hospital when she encountered the surgeon who had carried out the operation. He asked how the arm felt now, and told her some of the details of the surgery. Then he got a gleeful look on his face and asked if she is squeamish? She replied that she is not. Next minute, he whips out his smartphone and proudly shows her his gallery of operating theatre photos of her mangled arm as bits of metal were being bolted into it!
If you were in that situation, would you want to see the photos?
Juan Kog
permanently grumpy
For years I thought Fray Bentos was just a company name , I was surprised when found out it’s a port city in Uruguay .Fray Bentos?Dad used to eat them. They look pretty awful even for my low culinary standards!
