Well Organised
Karen Mossman
year. I have done all my Christmas shopping, written all my cards and
have stamps on them ready to post. I've had losts to buy too. I feel
proper pleased with myself. Anyone else as organised ?
.....Karen
Shetland Knitwear Associates
from Karen Mossman <kj.mo...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
Yes, I've organised the lasses to have their Christmas celebrations
with their friends, the Cap'n to be in Saudi and I have bought two
chateau cardboards and a huge tin of Quality Steet. All I have to do
now is move the TV and all the un-read books up to the bedroom and
I'm set for the festive season...... :-P
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Ag@whd
wrote these words:
>I have never been as well organised for Christmas as I have been this
>year. I have done all my Christmas shopping, written all my cards and
>have stamps on them ready to post. I've had losts to buy too. I feel
>proper pleased with myself. Anyone else as organised ?
Nope.
But then we're not women :-)
Adrian
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Debbie Panks
from Karen Mossman <kj.mo...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> I have never been as well organised for Christmas as I have been this
> year. I have done all my Christmas shopping, written all my cards and
> have stamps on them ready to post. I've had losts to buy too. I feel
> proper pleased with myself. Anyone else as organised ?
Yes.
I Just have my fathers present to buy and something for myself.
I Have written and posted nearly all of my cards and got
everything else except the last minute basics milk, food.
Rebecca and I are having Christmas alone. I can do what I
want then.
...Debbie....
Christa
> year. I have done all my Christmas shopping, written all my cards and
> have stamps on them ready to post. I've had losts to buy too. I feel
> proper pleased with myself. Anyone else as organised ?
> .....Karen
I have sent most of my cards, but not all. Have bought some presents
(a new telephone/answering machine for my mother to drag her into the
1990's before we leave it!). I'm going for talking-books for everyone
I think this year. Then people can play them whilst stuck in traffic-jams.:-)
I have made the Christmas Pudding (sugar-free)...do people still put
silver charms in them? Also the Christmas cake which has brandy
regularly poured into it's base.
Christa (Who has just had her mother on the telephone urging her to
'test-drive' Sainsbury's brussel-Sprouts before Christmas Day!)
Adam Thorn
from Karen Mossman <kj.mo...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> I have never been as well organised for Christmas as I have been this
> year. I have done all my Christmas shopping, written all my cards and
> have stamps on them ready to post. I've had losts to buy too. I feel
> proper pleased with myself. Anyone else as organised ?
I think I'm probably just about as far away from that as possible! I
never know what I'm getting people until, quite literally, the last
minute and am usually rushing about a few days before xmas sorting
everything out!
--
Adam
adamthorn (at) zetnet.co.uk
Linda Sutherland
from Karen Mossman <kj.mo...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> I have never been as well organised for Christmas as I have been this
> year. I have done all my Christmas shopping, written all my cards and
> have stamps on them ready to post. I've had losts to buy too. I feel
> proper pleased with myself. Anyone else as organised ?
No, but thanks for jolting me into realising how much I still have to do!
--
Linda Sutherland
linda.su...@zetnet.co.uk
Frances Patricia Amas
from Karen Mossman <kj.mo...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> I have never been as well organised for Christmas as I have been this
> year. I have done all my Christmas shopping, written all my cards and
> have stamps on them ready to post. I've had losts to buy too. I feel
> proper pleased with myself. Anyone else as organised ?
> .....Karen
No. Went Christmas shopping yesterday in Brighton with my
sister-in-law and a friend of mine. I got a fair bit done but it
didn't help spending an hour and three quarters in the Cactus Canteen
eating Enchilladas! Nice meal, mind you!
I've done a fair number of cards and I've wrapped all the presents
I've got so far (twice in some cases where the kitten got hold of them!).
You've every right to feel proud of yourself - now just hope you
remember to post the cards in good time!
--
Fran
ja...@zetnet.co.uk
Frances Patricia Amas
from w...@directors-1.zetnet.zet (Ag@whd) contains these words:
> Nope.
> But then we're not women :-)
> Adrian
Now what sort of excuse is that, Adrian?
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Fran
ja...@zetnet.co.uk
Karen Mossman
from Debbie Panks <deb...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> Rebecca and I are having Christmas alone. I can do what I
> want then.
> ...Debbie....
We're having Christmas alone this year. It will be strange, won't it?
....Karen
Karen Mossman
from Christa <frees...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> Christa (Who has just had her mother on the telephone urging her to
> 'test-drive' Sainsbury's brussel-Sprouts before Christmas Day!)
I love the brussel sprouts and chestnuts combined. I only have them
at Christmas so it is something different. I also buy a big bottle of
Sheridan's, Mmmmm! Gorgeous! Can't wait!
....Karen
Karen Mossman
from Adam Thorn <adam...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> the last
> minute and am usually rushing about a few days before xmas sorting
> everything out!
That's what I didn't want to be doing. I end up forgetting people
that way and only realise on Christmas Eve when they give me one and
it is too late! Happened one year that...very embarrassing. I ended
up unwrapping some presents of Debbie and Ian's - which I knew to be
chocolate and gave them!!!!
....Karen
Karen Mossman
from Frances Patricia Amas <ja...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> Enchilladas! Nice meal, mind you!
Know the name but what are Enchilladas, sounds Spanish.
> You've every right to feel proud of yourself - now just hope you
> remember to post the cards in good time!
Posted!!! <bg>
....Karen
David Jackson
from Karen Mossman <kj.mo...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> I have done all my Christmas shopping, written all my cards and
> have stamps on them ready to post. I've had losts to buy too. I feel
> proper pleased with myself. Anyone else as organised ?
Ermmm! When's Christmas again?
Until such time as everyone here tells me what they want Santa to
bring them, it all stays in the shops. I presume Mollie's done all the rest!
I'll be buying my present to me on Saturday (Manchester Model Railway
Show), so I'll be OK . . .
--
Dave
Frodsham
Frances Patricia Amas
from Karen Mossman <kj.mo...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> Know the name but what are Enchilladas, sounds Spanish.
Mexican. I got hooked in California, firstly in a restaurant in
Hollywood that we were taken to by my friend Christine's Dad. That
was the first time I drank Margueritas. Phew! Wonderful stuff.l
The second time was last year in Santa Barbara. Equally good
Margueritas and the food wasn't bad either. Didn't drink alcohol
yesterday as I was driving.
> > You've every right to feel proud of yourself - now just hope you
> > remember to post the cards in good time!
> Posted!!! <bg>
Now that's just plain flash, Karen. I got my first Christmas card
today. Time for the silly season again!
--
Fran
ja...@zetnet.co.uk
Christa
> > 'test-drive' Sainsbury's brussel-Sprouts before Christmas Day!)
> I love the brussel sprouts and chestnuts combined. I only have them
> at Christmas so it is something different. I also buy a big bottle of
> Sheridan's, Mmmmm! Gorgeous! Can't wait!
> ....Karen
My mother mentioned chestnuts. How do you cook them to go with the
brussel-sprouts?
Christa
Rose Conway
from w...@directors-1.zetnet.zet (Ag@whd) contains these words:
> Anyone else as organised ?
> Nope.
> But then we're not women :-)
How true :-/. Gary only buys one present - mine ( hopefully). I do
all the rest, buy, write and send all the christmas cards. Organise
decorations, lights, tree etc. This year we're eating out on
Christmas day, so at least I won't have to spend half Christmas eve
preparing the dinner and half Christmas day cooking it.
Rose
Aonghas P MacKenzie
from Karen Mossman <kj.mo...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> I have never been as well organised for Christmas as I have been this
> year. I have done all my Christmas shopping, written all my cards and
> have stamps on them ready to post. I've had losts to buy too. I feel
> proper pleased with myself. Anyone else as organised ?
> .....Karen
I've got all my cards - the ones I didn't get round to posting last
year - and maybe the year before. I will - I will - really I will this year!
Usually, if I see something which will make a good present for a
relative or friend during the year, I buy it, put it aside for a
Christmas present, and can't find it when I need it. Thus I have
dozens of thimbles about the house, all but one of which were
intended for Cheshirisation over the years. I have toys and games,
all of which my nephews and nieces have long outgrown.
I can't help feeling that I need a little help here. A good woman
would be second choice. For first choice, I'd have a naughty one.
APM
Aonghas P MacKenzie
from Christa <frees...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> My mother mentioned chestnuts. How do you cook them to go with the
> brussel-sprouts?
> Christa
Soak them for 24 hrs then cover them well in boiling water. Allow to
cool, then remove the shells, replacing the chestnuts in the water.
Taking them out one by one, remove as much of the skin off the
chestnut as you can: this is bitter. Simmer them in a fresh pan of
water until you can break one easily.
Drain. (Save the water for the gravy!) Melt some butter in a pan and
sauté the chestnuts.
Add them to the sprouts and mix carefully. The chestnuts should be
very fragile.
APM
Aonghas P MacKenzie
from Adam Thorn <adam...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> I think I'm probably just about as far away from that as possible! I
> never know what I'm getting people until, quite literally, the last
> minute and am usually rushing about a few days before xmas sorting
> everything out!
> --
> Adam
> adamthorn (at) zetnet.co.uk
Man after my own heart.
APM
Frances Patricia Amas
from Aonghas P MacKenzie <an.b...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> I can't help feeling that I need a little help here. A good woman
> would be second choice. For first choice, I'd have a naughty one.
> APM
Goodness me, Aonghas, the 240 volt thingy you spoke of in another
post is obviously working!
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Fran
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Pam Massey
from Rose Conway <rose....@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> How true :-/. Gary only buys one present - mine ( hopefully).
I am truly jealous! The only way I get anything from Dave, is to go
and buy it myself:(
> I do
> all the rest, buy, write and send all the christmas cards. Organise
> decorations, lights, tree etc.
Same here!
> This year we're eating out on
> Christmas day,
I wish I was...but have decided to go and ask the local butcher to do
it all for me:)
Pam
Adam Thorn
> from w...@directors-1.zetnet.zet (Ag@whd) contains these words:
> > Anyone else as organised ?
> > Nope.
> > But then we're not women :-)
Well, I read in the paper today that apparently, christmas shopping
places large amounts of stress on men (ie, more so than women). So,
we have an excuse! (not that we really needed one, of course <g>)
Adam Thorn
from Aonghas P MacKenzie <an.b...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> I can't help feeling that I need a little help here. A good woman
> would be second choice. For first choice, I'd have a naughty one.
Is Fifi available? :)
Fiona Cope
from Karen Mossman <kj.mo...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> I end up forgetting people
> that way and only realise on Christmas Eve when they give me one and
> it is too late! Happened one year that...very embarrassing.
Oh yeah??? <wg>
Sue Haley
from Karen Mossman <kj.mo...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> I have never been as well organised for Christmas as I have been this
> year.
I HATE YOU!!! ;-)
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Fiona Cope
from Adam Thorn <adam...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> The message <199812022...@zetnet.co.uk>
> from Aonghas P MacKenzie <an.b...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> > I can't help feeling that I need a little help here. A good woman
> > would be second choice. For first choice, I'd have a naughty one.
> Is Fifi available? :)
I won't ask if I'd be the second choice or the first...<g>
Fifi
Gerald L R Stubbs
from Aonghas P MacKenzie <an.b...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> Add them to the sprouts and mix carefully. The chestnuts should be
> very fragile.
> APM
You forgot to mention that sprouts are
best if not boiled for 30 mins.
(just in case she buys fresh ones that
won't have any instructions with them)
Stubbsy stu...@zetnet.co.uk
<:)(((((><<
Debbie Panks
from Karen Mossman <kj.mo...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
It will for me. But my parents have my brother sister in law and
the kids so it will be noisy and you won't be able to think let
alone sit down. I think I will be better off here.
My ex he has his newborn baby girl Kayliegh his girlfriend
and her 6 yr old son for company. I have Rebecca , so I have
the best deal Imho.
...Debbie ( Debs)...
Gerald L R Stubbs
from Karen Mossman <kj.mo...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> I have never been as well organised for Christmas as I have been this
> year. I have done all my Christmas shopping, written all my cards and
> have stamps on them ready to post. I've had losts to buy too. I feel
> proper pleased with myself. Anyone else as organised ?
> .....Karen
Bah! Humbug!
<:)(((((><<
Ag@whd
<ja...@zetnet.co.uk> wrote these words:
>The message <36882901....@news.zetnet.co.uk>
> from w...@directors-1.zetnet.zet (Ag@whd) contains these words:
>
>> Nope.
>> But then we're not women :-)
>
>Now what sort of excuse is that, Adrian?
A poor one :-(
Adrian
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Anne Jackson
from Karen Mossman <kj.mo...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> I have never been as well organised for Christmas as I have been this
> year. I have done all my Christmas shopping,
You just *had* to remind me, didn't you?
I went off to London with the very best of intentions, but despite
spending over £600, I only bought one Christmas present! (A new
"double-barrelled" Dyson for my daughter!)
I did buy lots of edible goodies in Harvey Nichols and Fortnum &
Mason's though! Bill is really going to enjoy cooking Christmas
dinner this year! <BBG>
Anne
Ag@whd
wrote these words:
>Well, I read in the paper today that apparently, christmas shopping
>places large amounts of stress on men (ie, more so than women). So,
>we have an excuse! (not that we really needed one, of course <g>)
Hmm, maybe that's why I was admitted in a "doubled-up" state to the John
Radcliffe Hospital one Xmas Eve whilst doing my last minute Xmas
shopping!
Saw GP in the morning, "Um, I'll contact Consultant and call you", went
home then out shopping, painful, took an hour to get half a mile back to
the house in traffic jam to find two (or was it three?) answer-phone
messages from GP each increasing in state of "panic/urgency", last one
"You WILL go straight to the hospital NOW". (They thought appendix might
burst and GP knew I was driving ...)
Ag@whd
<an.b...@zetnet.co.uk> wrote these words:
> I can't help feeling that I need a little help here. A good woman
>would be second choice. For first choice, I'd have a naughty one.
"A nice girls good, but a bad girls better ..."
<Jethro Tull>
Karen Mossman
from Frances Patricia Amas <ja...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> Now that's just plain flash, Karen. I got my first Christmas card
> today. Time for the silly season again!
I have three cards so far.
....Karen
Karen Mossman
> My mother mentioned chestnuts. How do you cook them to go with the
> brussel-sprouts?
I buy them from Iceland, never tried cooking them straight from the shells.
But I must admit you have reminded me, another Christmas treat is
chestnuts, cooked in the oven and put in a bowl to eat as I shell
them. Lovely-jubbly!
...Karen
Karen Mossman
from Sue Haley <sueh...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> > I have never been as well organised for Christmas as I have been this
> > year.
> I HATE YOU!!! ;-)
> --
I just feel smug <bg> Every year I am never organised and everyone
else is. Well this year it is me and I can't help but brag - just a
little <hehehehe>
...Karen
Karen Mossman
from Aonghas P MacKenzie <an.b...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> Soak them for 24 hrs then cover them well in boiling water. Allow to
> cool, then remove the shells, replacing the chestnuts in the water.
Thanks Ao, I think I shall try them fresh this year using what you've
said. Must be much tastier than frozen.
....Karen
Christa
I have just started Christmas-shopping in earnest this morning. How
to spend one hundred and sixty pounds in one hour! And I am know
where near finished.
Next port of call The Body Shop.
Christa
Linda Sutherland
from Gerald L R Stubbs <stu...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> The message <199812021...@zetnet.co.uk>
> from Karen Mossman <kj.mo...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> > I have never been as well organised for Christmas as I have been this
> > year. I have done all my Christmas shopping, written all my cards and
> > have stamps on them ready to post. I've had losts to buy too. I feel
> > proper pleased with myself. Anyone else as organised ?
> > .....Karen
> Bah! Humbug!
Yes, the paragraph's well organised too, isn't it? <bg>
--
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linda.su...@zetnet.co.uk
Adam Thorn
from Fiona Cope <co...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> I won't ask if I'd be the second choice or the first...<g>
The first, of course! :)
Aonghas P MacKenzie
from Gerald L R Stubbs <stu...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> You forgot to mention that sprouts are
> best if not boiled for 30 mins.
> (just in case she buys fresh ones that
> won't have any instructions with them)
>
> Stubbsy stu...@zetnet.co.uk
>
> <:)(((((><<
Very true. Sometimes i'm accused of serving
my vegetables raw. Naturally, this isn't true,
as I always wear a chef's hat.
Sprouts should be slightly crisp on the tooth:
none of this next-step-to-purée stuff.
APM
Aonghas P MacKenzie
from Anne Jackson <amyg...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
/snip/
> I went off to London with the very best of intentions, but despite
> spending over £600, I only bought one Christmas present! (A new
> "double-barrelled" Dyson for my daughter!)
/snip/
Never heard of Dyson. Good gunmaker, is he? I have a d/b Adams, a
d/b Hollis and a d/b Manton (Calcutta). How would a Dyson compare?
APM
Karen Mossman
from Linda Sutherland <linda.su...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> Yes, the paragraph's well organised too, isn't it? <bg>
> --
> Linda Sutherland
Yes! I'm on a roll! (see other postings!)
....Karen
Mark Trudgill
from Aonghas P MacKenzie <an.b...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
Most favorabley Oingas, they're used in the cleaning up operations of
raids on organised crime. I've heard their invaluable in rubbing out
the stains of society. :)
Mark..
Frances Patricia Amas
from w...@directors-1.zetnet.zet (Ag@whd) contains these words:
> Saw GP in the morning, "Um, I'll contact Consultant and call you", went
> home then out shopping, painful, took an hour to get half a mile back to
> the house in traffic jam to find two (or was it three?) answer-phone
> messages from GP each increasing in state of "panic/urgency", last one
> "You WILL go straight to the hospital NOW". (They thought appendix might
> burst and GP knew I was driving ...)
> Adrian
I travelled in an ambulance when my appendix flared up. We had to
stop on the way to collect an elderly man who'd had a heart attack.
I was in complete agony so I don't know how the hell you managed it!
--
Fran
ja...@zetnet.co.uk
Frances Patricia Amas
from Aonghas P MacKenzie <an.b...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> > I went off to London with the very best of intentions, but despite
> > spending over £600, I only bought one Christmas present! (A new
> > "double-barrelled" Dyson for my daughter!)
> /snip/
> Never heard of Dyson. Good gunmaker, is he? I have a d/b Adams, a
> d/b Hollis and a d/b Manton (Calcutta). How would a Dyson compare?
> APM
Er, Aonghas, it's a hoover!
--
Fran
ja...@zetnet.co.uk
Frances Patricia Amas
from Aonghas P MacKenzie <an.b...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> Sprouts should be slightly crisp on the tooth:
> none of this next-step-to-purée stuff.
> APM
My mother-in-law's were green slush. She was one of those cooks who,
is lunch was at 1 p.m., started everything going at 9 a.m. Bless
her, she could make amazing cakes and biscuits and her scones were
great, but she either boiled tasteless of cremated everything she cooked.
--
Fran
ja...@zetnet.co.uk
Frances Patricia Amas
from Karen Mossman <kj.mo...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> ....Karen
(Exaggerated sigh) You're probably more popular than me!
--
Fran
ja...@zetnet.co.uk
Fiona Cope
from w...@directors-1.zetnet.zet (Ag@whd) contains these words:
> I was admitted in a "doubled-up" state to the John
> Radcliffe Hospital one Xmas Eve
So which young lady had you been chatting up then? ;)
Seriously Adrain - take care this Christmas!
Fifi
Fiona Cope
from Aonghas P MacKenzie <an.b...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> Sometimes i'm accused of serving
> my vegetables raw.
I was going to make a joke about 'lightly tossed' but on second
thoughts I won't..
Naturally, this isn't true,
> as I always wear a chef's hat.
Only a chef's hat....??
Fifi
Fiona Cope
from Adam Thorn <adam...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> The message <199812022...@zetnet.co.uk>
> from Fiona Cope <co...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> > I won't ask if I'd be the second choice or the first...<g>
> The first, of course! :)
Forgotten what the choices were now...duh...<bg>
Fifi <thanks for the compliment...if it *was* a compliment!!<g>>
Fiona Cope
from Karen Mossman <kj.mo...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> I have three cards so far.
I've only had one for a while now.
Fifi
Adam Thorn
from Fiona Cope <co...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> Forgotten what the choices were now...duh...<bg>
> Fifi <thanks for the compliment...if it *was* a compliment!!<g>>
Now Fi.. would I ever *not* pay a compliment to you? :)
Would I ever *dare* not to, especially when Fran's standing behind you too?
Aonghas P MacKenzie
from Adam Thorn <adam...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> The message <199812022...@zetnet.co.uk>
> from Fiona Cope <co...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> > I won't ask if I'd be the second choice or the first...<g>
> The first, of course! :)
> --
> Adam
> adamthorn (at) zetnet.co.uk
Crawler!
APM
Gerald L R Stubbs
from Aonghas P MacKenzie <an.b...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> Sometimes i'm accused of serving
> my vegetables raw. Naturally, this isn't true,
> as I always wear a chef's hat.
> APM
You should see me in action when I'm wearing
my butcher's hat and pinny! Chopping up
animals is one of life's pleasures.
Stubbsy stu...@zetnet.co.uk
<:)(((((><<
Anne Jackson
from Aonghas P MacKenzie <an.b...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> I only bought one Christmas present! (A new
> > "double-barrelled" Dyson for my daughter!)
> /snip/
> Never heard of Dyson. Good gunmaker, is he? I have a d/b Adams, a
> d/b Hollis and a d/b Manton (Calcutta). How would a Dyson compare?
Infinitely better for one's health, I would have thought! <BG>
Anne
Anne Jackson
from Frances Patricia Amas <ja...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> Er, Aonghas, it's a hoover!
No it's not Aonghas, it's a vacuum cleaner!! <g>
Anne
Aonghas P MacKenzie
from Fiona Cope <co...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> > > I won't ask if I'd be the second choice or the first...<g>
> > The first, of course! :)
> Forgotten what the choices were now...duh...<bg>
> Fifi <thanks for the compliment...if it *was* a compliment!!<g>>
Depends on whether you want to be thought of as 'good' or not. <WG>
APM
Ag@whd
these words:
I nearly chatted up the three pretty nurses and doctor's in attendance
but didn't feel so well.
OTOH being smeared all over top half of body with baby oil and having
ultrasound sensor moved around from groin to shoulders and all over
several times was a truly erotic experience. I had to exercise some
serious self control!
Recommended.
[Symptoms provided upon receipt of a crisp tenner]
Adrian
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Ag@whd
<an.b...@zetnet.co.uk> wrote these words:
>Very true. Sometimes i'm accused of serving
>my vegetables raw. Naturally, this isn't true,
>as I always wear a chef's hat.
>
>Sprouts should be slightly crisp on the tooth:
>none of this next-step-to-purée stuff.
Same for most veggies.
I mostly don't boil veggies but do them in a tight fitting microwave
container with a little water in a microwave.
Ag@whd
these words:
>The message <199812031...@zetnet.co.uk>
> from Aonghas P MacKenzie <an.b...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
>
>>Sometimes i'm accused of serving
>>my vegetables raw.
>>Naturally, this isn't true,
>>as I always wear a chef's hat.
>
>Only a chef's hat....??
Suitably positioned no doubt :-)
Ag@whd
wrote these words:
>Next port of call The Body Shop.
>Christa
The Gloucester branch? :-)
Ag@whd
wrote these words:
>On Thu, 3 Dec 1998 14:16:15 GMT, Christa <frees...@zetnet.co.uk>
>wrote these words:
>
>>Next port of call The Body Shop.
>>Christa
>
>The Gloucester branch? :-)
Eek!
Did I really write that? ;-)
Karen Mossman
from Aonghas P MacKenzie <an.b...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> Never heard of Dyson. Good gunmaker, is he? I have a d/b Adams, a
> d/b Hollis and a d/b Manton (Calcutta). How would a Dyson compare?
> APM
Dyson's are wonderful, infact we had a whole thread devoted to them
not long ago.
...Karen
Adam Thorn
from Aonghas P MacKenzie <an.b...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> > The first, of course! :)
> Crawler!
Nowt wrong with that <g>
Frances Patricia Amas
> > > I won't ask if I'd be the second choice or the first...<g>
> > The first, of course! :)
> Forgotten what the choices were now...duh...<bg>
> Fifi <thanks for the compliment...if it *was* a compliment!!<g>>
Fifi, the second choice was a bad woman - the first a good woman!
--
Fran
ja...@zetnet.co.uk
Frances Patricia Amas
from Gerald L R Stubbs <stu...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> You should see me in action when I'm wearing
> my butcher's hat and pinny! Chopping up
> animals is one of life's pleasures.
>
> Stubbsy stu...@zetnet.co.uk
>
I read a book about serial killers recently. They reckon they start
out killing animals. Another of your many talents, Stubbsy?
--
Fran
ja...@zetnet.co.uk
Frances Patricia Amas
from Anne Jackson <amyg...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> Anne
Same difference! Both pick up bits off the carpet!
--
Fran
ja...@zetnet.co.uk
Aonghas P MacKenzie
from Frances Patricia Amas <ja...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> > > Er, Aonghas, it's a hoover!
> > No it's not Aonghas, it's a vacuum cleaner!! <g>
> > Anne
> Same difference! Both pick up bits off the carpet!
> --
> Fran
> ja...@zetnet.co.uk
I've never tried using my steam iron for that.
APM
Marion Pearcey
from Karen Mossman <kj.mo...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> I have never been as well organised for Christmas as I have been this
> year. I have done all my Christmas shopping, written all my cards and
> have stamps on them ready to post. I've had losts to buy too. I feel
> proper pleased with myself. Anyone else as organised ?
> .....Karen
Christmas is the time of Ill will and false bon ahmie. (I know that's
wrong but you know what I mean). And don't tell me I am a misery I
know. But thank you for the good wishes for the exam I took.
--
Marion
do...@zetnet.co.uk
Marion Pearcey
from Gerald L R Stubbs <stu...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> The message <199812031...@zetnet.co.uk>
> from Aonghas P MacKenzie <an.b...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> You should see me in action when I'm wearing
> my butcher's hat and pinny! Chopping up
> animals is one of life's pleasures.
>
> Stubbsy stu...@zetnet.co.uk
>
> <:)(((((><<
Already dead I hope?
--
Marion
do...@zetnet.co.uk
Marion Pearcey
from Frances Patricia Amas <ja...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> > I have three cards so far.
> > ....Karen
> (Exaggerated sigh) You're probably more popular than me!
> --
> Fran
> ja...@zetnet.co.uk
I am busily designing a card that I will only be able to send to
people I know really well!!
Do you remember those Purple Ronny cards you and Richard used to send?
-
Marion
do...@zetnet.co.uk
Marion Pearcey
from Frances Patricia Amas <ja...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
Bless
> her, she could make amazing cakes and biscuits and her scones were
> great,
> --
> Fran
> ja...@zetnet.co.uk
If you had dropped my mother-in-laws cakes or biscuits on the floor
they would have gone straight through to Australia. They were even
worse than mine!!
--
Marion
do...@zetnet.co.uk
Christa
from Frances Patricia Amas <ja...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> I read a book about serial killers recently. They reckon they start
> out killing animals. Another of your many talents, Stubbsy?
> --
> Fran
> ja...@zetnet.co.uk
Really? I always thought they preferred animals particularly their
pets to humans? The concern for the welfare of their pets outstrips
any concern for their victims.
Christa
Adam Thorn
from Frances Patricia Amas <ja...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> > Fifi <thanks for the compliment...if it *was* a compliment!!<g>>
> Fifi, the second choice was a bad woman - the first a good woman!
If I recall correctly, they were the other way around - ie, good
woman second but *bad* woman first.. :)
Frances Patricia Amas
from Marion Pearcey <do...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> If you had dropped my mother-in-laws cakes or biscuits on the floor
> they would have gone straight through to Australia. They were even
> worse than mine!!
> --
> Marion
Do you remember how she used to send her famour lemon meringue pie
home to us? You used to put it straight in the bin. It's the only
lemon meringue pie I have ever seen that had a grey film on top - and
no meringue. Yuukk!
--
Fran
ja...@zetnet.co.uk
Frances Patricia Amas
from Marion Pearcey <do...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> I am busily designing a card that I will only be able to send to
> people I know really well!!
> Do you remember those Purple Ronny cards you and Richard used to send?
> -
> Marion
It wasn't the Purple Ronny ones that got you hysterical with
laughter, but I don't think we'll go into that right now! I'm
currently hunting for the right type of card for this year!
Love,
--
Fran(ces)
ja...@zetnet.co.uk
Frances Patricia Amas
from Christa <frees...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> Really? I always thought they preferred animals particularly their
> pets to humans? The concern for the welfare of their pets outstrips
> any concern for their victims.
> Christa
'Fraid not - not in this book, anyway. I doubt if they're all the
same anyway (they'd be too easy to identify), but generally animals
were their first victims.
--
Fran
ja...@zetnet.co.uk
Frances Patricia Amas
from Adam Thorn <adam...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
Adam, Aonghas said perhaps he needed a good woman, but maybe a bad
woman would be better!
--
Fran
ja...@zetnet.co.uk
Anne Jackson
from Frances Patricia Amas <ja...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> > > Er, Aonghas, it's a hoover!
> > No it's not Aonghas, it's a vacuum cleaner!! <g>
> Same difference! Both pick up bits off the carpet!
.....but James Dyson gets very upset if you refer to his most
excellent machine as "a hoover" - and rightly so!
Anne
Anne Jackson
from Clair Barrass <clair....@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> I've got my pressie from David already - I had to buy it for myself
> and it's already in service - a mobile phone,
Just out of interest - who're doing the best deals on
mobile phones ATM?
Anne
Karen Mossman
from Clair Barrass <clair....@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> I know! Karen, how about I send you a list......... ?
> Clair
> <I haven't got time to panic...>
I am sitting back and enjoying it all this year!
...Karen
Ag@whd
<ja...@zetnet.co.uk> wrote these words:
>The message <199812042...@zetnet.co.uk>
> from Marion Pearcey <do...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
>
>> I am busily designing a card that I will only be able to send to
>> people I know really well!!
>> Do you remember those Purple Ronny cards you and Richard used to send?
>
>It wasn't the Purple Ronny ones that got you hysterical with
>laughter, but I don't think we'll go into that right now! I'm
>currently hunting for the right type of card for this year!
My friends up in Abingdon call me "Purple Ronnie", "Ronnie" as in Ronnie
Barker (go on and on and on). As for "Purple" I ain't saying ... ! :-)
Ag@whd
wrote these words:
>The message <199812041...@zetnet.co.uk>
> from Clair Barrass <clair....@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
>
>> I've got my pressie from David already - I had to buy it for myself
>> and it's already in service - a mobile phone,
>
>Just out of interest - who're doing the best deals on
>mobile phones ATM?
Orange are still the cheapest.
Vodafone are still arrogant bastards but I am still with them because I
nagged them so much they gave me a VIP card so I no longer have to call
each of their two services about problems ("you need to speak to the
airtime provider" call back 9-5 etc). I now have a list of 5 personal
mobile numbers for their VIP people and never call 100 any more. How did
I get this VIP card? Don't ask! They're usually for the Royal family, R.
Branson etc.
IMHO the best deal is Cellnet with their new tariff. If you make fewer
calls than your "talk plan" (say talk 30) then they say "you should have
been on talk 15 last month" - here - we'll put you back to that talk
plan and give you back the money you would have saved. If however you
used more calls and the next biggest talk plan would have been more
appropriate they say "you should have been on talk 60 - we'll put you on
that now and give you back what you would have saved".
Clever marketing.
Orange will MATCH anyone elses talk plan, if you come up with a tariff
from a competitor.
If you can try to borrow a phone for a week and go to all your usual
places on your travels. Although the main part of the country IS covered
there are "holes" so it's wise to test it out first.
Ag@whd
wrote these words:
>Christmas is the time of Ill will and false bon ahmie. (I know that's
>wrong but you know what I mean). And don't tell me I am a misery I
>know. But thank you for the good wishes for the exam I took.
Yeah, families are the worst.
Did you pass?
Ag@whd
wrote these words:
>My friends up in Abingdon call me "Purple Ronnie", "Ronnie" as in Ronnie
>Barker (go on and on and on). As for "Purple" I ain't saying ... ! :-)
Er... "Corbett" I meant.
Aonghas P MacKenzie
from Frances Patricia Amas <ja...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> Adam, Aonghas said perhaps he needed a good woman, but maybe a bad
> woman would be better!
> --
> Fran
> ja...@zetnet.co.uk
Correction: I said I might prefer a naughty one.
APM
Aonghas P MacKenzie
> Really? I always thought they preferred animals particularly their
> pets to humans? The concern for the welfare of their pets outstrips
> any concern for their victims.
> Christa
What? Their pets are serial killers too?
APM
Aonghas P MacKenzie
from Marion Pearcey <do...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> Christmas is the time of Ill will and false bon ahmie. (I know that's
> wrong but you know what I mean). And don't tell me I am a misery I
> know. But thank you for the good wishes for the exam I took.
> --
> Marion
> do...@zetnet.co.uk
I'd like to wish you well with the result. (With a measure of bonhomie!)
APM
Adam Thorn
from Frances Patricia Amas <ja...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> > If I recall correctly, they were the other way around - ie, good
> > woman second but *bad* woman first.. :)
> Adam, Aonghas said perhaps he needed a good woman, but maybe a bad
> woman would be better!
Exactly! Therefore, first choice would be a bad woman - hence, my
suggestion of Fifi as first choice.. you'd be second, of course Fran :)
Gerald L R Stubbs
> from Gerald L R Stubbs <stu...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> > You should see me in action when I'm wearing
> > my butcher's hat and pinny! Chopping up
> > animals is one of life's pleasures.
> > > > Stubbsy
> I read a book about serial killers recently. They reckon they start
> out killing animals. Another of your many talents, Stubbsy?
> Fran
You have got me worried now.
You'll never guess what I do with them after I
have chopped them up:
I eat them.........
Stubbsy stu...@zetnet.co.uk
<:)(((((><<
Fiona Cope
from Adam Thorn <adam...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> > Adam, Aonghas said perhaps he needed a good woman, but maybe a bad
> > woman would be better!
> Exactly! Therefore, first choice would be a bad woman - hence, my
> suggestion of Fifi as first choice.. you'd be second, of course Fran :)
Oi!! My Big Bruv's reading this!!!<g>
Adam's a 17 year old 15 stone 6'2" 'bearded' schoolboy <apparently>
with a tendency towards severe brattiness BTW, Oingas <Aonghas who
started all this> is old enough to know better and has promised to
send me a nice classical tape <if he ever gets the wind-up mechanism
on his hi-fi working ;)> and Fran <Frances> has a hard time getting
the brunt of the blokes' 'humour' - also has a tall, beautiful
willowy 23 year old blonde daughter who is in Bali and a wonderful
mother Marion, hence the reason for most of the male population of
Zetnet enquiring about flights to Bali ATM....;))
Fifi
Aonghas P MacKenzie
from Fiona Cope <co...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> Adam's a 17 year old 15 stone 6'2" 'bearded' schoolboy <apparently>
> with a tendency towards severe brattiness BTW, Oingas <Aonghas who
> started all this> is old enough to know better and has promised to
> send me a nice classical tape <if he ever gets the wind-up mechanism
> on his hi-fi working ;)> and Fran <Frances> has a hard time getting
> the brunt of the blokes' 'humour' - also has a tall, beautiful
> willowy 23 year old blonde daughter who is in Bali and a wonderful
> mother Marion, hence the reason for most of the male population of
> Zetnet enquiring about flights to Bali ATM....;))
> Fifi
I haven't forgotten. As I can't find the fault myself the amp will
have to go away and be fixed.
If I can adjust the speed of my No2 turntable (runs a bit fast) I'll
use that on the system in the study. Tomorrow. Old enough to know
better? What's better than a big wooden spoon? (Apart from a bigger one.)
APM
Frances Patricia Amas
from Aonghas P MacKenzie <an.b...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> > Adam, Aonghas said perhaps he needed a good woman, but maybe a bad
> > woman would be better!
> > --
> > Fran
> > ja...@zetnet.co.uk
> Correction: I said I might prefer a naughty one.
> APM
It's like Chinese whispers this! Sorry for the error.
--
Fran
ja...@zetnet.co.uk
Frances Patricia Amas
from Gerald L R Stubbs <stu...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> > I read a book about serial killers recently. They reckon they start
> > out killing animals. Another of your many talents, Stubbsy?
> > Fran
> You have got me worried now.
> You'll never guess what I do with them after I
> have chopped them up:
> I eat them.........
>
> Stubbsy stu...@zetnet.co.uk
>
Hannibal Lecter, no less!
--
Fran
ja...@zetnet.co.uk
Frances Patricia Amas
> Adam's a 17 year old 15 stone 6'2" 'bearded' schoolboy <apparently>
> with a tendency towards severe brattiness BTW
Agreed!
> Fran <Frances> has a hard time getting
> the brunt of the blokes' 'humour' - also has a tall, beautiful
> willowy 23 year old blonde daughter who is in Bali and a wonderful
> mother Marion, hence the reason for most of the male population of
> Zetnet enquiring about flights to Bali ATM....;))
Fifi, she's my step-daughter! She looks a lot like her father did
when he was her age (although he was darker - in other words he
didn't highlight his hair like Jo does!).
Karen. Jo's sister, could almost be mine - she's a little bit shorter
and is very dark haired. The only thing they have in common
physically are green eyes!
> and a wonderful mother Marion, hence the reason for most of the
male > population of Zetnet enquiring about flights to Bali ATM....;))
Uhm, that isn't *quite* right, is it Fi? I'm not saying my Mum isn't
wonderful, but..........
--
Fran
ja...@zetnet.co.uk
Gerald L R Stubbs
from Marion Pearcey <do...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> Christmas is the time of Ill will and false bon ahmie. (I know that's
> wrong but you know what I mean). And don't tell me I am a misery I
> know. But thank you for the good wishes for the exam I took.
> Marion
I think you are quite right. I wish Christmas
would dissappear in a cloud of smoke. The
problem is that other people have expectations
of one and do not understand that one finds
Christmas a meaningless celebration that, even
if one believed in the religious aspect of it,
bears little resemblance to the original reasons
for the festival and has turned instead into a
commercial bonanza of extraordinary waste.
The new year is a festival that I celebrate, as
it means something to me. At the moment we have
here about seven hours daylight, depending on the
day, still reducing. After the new year the days
get longer and one has all to look forward to as
our part of the world exposes itself to more and
more sunlight per day.
I might add that I celebrate the new year on the
21st. of December. (and again on the 31st. Jan
in order not to offend people, of course.)
Stubbsy stu...@zetnet.co.uk
<:)(((((><<
Anne Jackson
from Aonghas P MacKenzie <an.b...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> With a measure of bonhomie!
Why is there no bonfemie? Just wondered! <g>
Anne