virtual crazy gang, part II

[billyboy]

Eh? little chips? ... French Fries.

Eggs is for scrambling,with butter, Milk, salt and pepper. served up on freshly made Buttered toast. Almost as good as A cheese beanie

[Varley]

Send a photograph and I'll consider putting you on the list.

Morninks and evenincks I drinks Warninks? Not I. Eggs essential for the Christmas Cake, Yorkshire puddings and a proper breakfast.

The last can be any of Poached (at which I am rather more misser than hitter - ending too hard), fried - with proper accoutrements of crispy streaky bacon, Andreas Cumberland sausage, fried bread etc. or a slightly less rare treat scrambled on toast.

The microwave being fine for that last and also infuriates the better cooks (as it did Ma when I used the de-humidifier to show her how to ensure her icing set. Once only, and it explains why I then had to take over the Christmas cake-making. She was a great cook but hated it, a job for staff).

[tweediekiwi]

We had an old family joke - "If we had eggs, we could have eggs on toast, if we had bread."
Or, there was that old morning request of my Dad's, "How would you like your boiled eggs fried, poached?"
Anything to egg you people on ...
When is the Golden Dreamer coming to New Zealand? Mind you, it'll have come a long way up the Manawatu River to get to where I am. No hens here, just a great big dairy factory. Take a trip down when the weather is finer, in Jan-Feb. A nice 12500 mile jaunt for New Year 2025.
We can arrange some Maori's to do the Haka (without a rugby field) to welcome you. Anything for a laugh!

[Engine Serang]

A capital idea, I'll get the Noble Lord to do a Passage Plan, he's refitted ECDIS with triode valves.
As regards the Haka, it's a busted flush, we Irish regularly whupp the All Blacks. With and without McCaw.

And no leg of lamb for Christmas lunch.

The Manawatu River holds no fear for us, we've run aground in better rivers, the old Suez River can be a wee bit tricky and the locals a bit uppity if you touch bottom on their, or rather our, waterway.
So KTF my Harrissey friend and start your preps.

[tweediekiwi]

Well, McCaw is well gone, and the AB's are pretty much owned by some company, Silverlake, in the US nowadays. I'm not sure how this new coach, Robertson, will do with them. Keep beating them Ireland! They're far too high up the scale with a 76% win rate over all other teams.
Many legs of lamb can be provided for such esteemed company in our Southern Seas and I'm sure we could do chickens and cheese and ice cream to please all.
You'll never get up the Manawatu River - at no point is it as wide as the Ever Given was long. If we had a plug that size in it, the Central Districts would be under water, and it would be fresh water too, not your sort of thing at all unless you want to weaken your Whisky.
BTW, what's KTF and Harrissey? I'm from Berwick-upon-Tweed, but live in NZ, hence tweediekiwi, but it's normally too hot for Harris Tweed here.
I look forward to hearing more of your plans and trips. A great diversion from normal life.

[Engine Serang]

Keep The Faith and buy yourself a Harris Tweed sports coat, it doesn't have to be the jaggy tweed the Laird of IOM wears. And no leather elbows.
Chicken, cheese and ice cream is a bit of stramash, just stick to turkey.

[Varley]

This sainted Isle has its own lamb, thanks. As for tweed. The family fortune was founded on worsted (or more precisely on the ill-treated backs of Old John V's mill workers) rather than the rougher stuff that the sainted Isle to our West favours.

As it happens I have just had Pa's corduroy jacket 'done' with cuff patches (not leather, no one's got the stitching gear I gather). V smart I'll look now!

WRT saints and ensainting. Are there more than two societies responsible for their classification or can anyone go around appointing ensandled brown people they find wrangling devils and turning water into wine? (That last. Presumably not many methodist or ICS appointees - mainly LR, Canterbury office and RINA, Rome I guess).

(RINA probably better than LR for wine. Anyone tasted Rougemont Castle?)

[tweediekiwi]

My trusty Christian partner for life here says not just anyone can ensaint the ensandaled, but she thinks there are more than two beatifier(?) organisations, when you consider all the orthodox foreign ministries of the non English speaking variety. Interesting thought though. Until I find out out properly, I'll KTF (thank you ES), unharrissed, and ponder what ICS, LR and RINA are? You really are a very learned chap Varley.
For a while, down here in NZ, we had a RENA hanging off our Astrolabe Reef off the east coast up by Tauranga, but that's been cleaned up now. Different RINA of course, but, the mind wanders.
And ES, you use the word Stramash! Amazing! My old Scottish Dad used to break out words like that, normally under the influence of fine amber products made in Kirkintilloch and such places.
I remember the words but I never really knew what they meant and presumed he was swearing at me again, but in Gaelic.
Where's the GD now then? Who's in the engine room and who's on the helm?

[Engine Serang]

Its well you may ask.

The RINA Chaps always had undrinkable wine because they believed 3 years of second order differential equations gave them the ability to turn water into wine.

One tends to not getting involved with questions of an Ecumenical Nature, as Fr Ted advised, but if the opportunity arises its a must to give Celtic a good kicking.

With the Twelfth a week away I must away and steal a lorry load of pallets for a wee BBQ.

[billyboy]

Originally Posted by tweediekiwi

My trusty Christian partner for life here says not just anyone can ensaint the ensandaled, but she thinks there are more than two beatifier(?) organisations, when you consider all the orthodox foreign ministries of the non English speaking variety. Interesting thought though. Until I find out out properly, I'll KTF (thank you ES), unharrissed, and ponder what ICS, LR and RINA are? You really are a very learned chap Varley.
For a while, down here in NZ, we had a RENA hanging off our Astrolabe Reef off the east coast up by Tauranga, but that's been cleaned up now. Different RINA of course, but, the mind wanders.
And ES, you use the word Stramash! Amazing! My old Scottish Dad used to break out words like that, normally under the influence of fine amber products made in Kirkintilloch and such places.
I remember the words but I never really knew what they meant and presumed he was swearing at me again, but in GaWho's in the engine room and who's on the helmelic.
Where's the GD now then? ?

no good asking me. I only own it and ride around on it. Tmac and his pet mates have the Engine room. I assume ES is still in charge of the bridge. plus we have an army of cut outs and plastic Stewards milling around doing stuff. Might even sell the Golden Dreamer as I am knocking on a bit now. qwonder if ES wants to buy her for a few cases of Jamiesons?