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Friday night free for all

I've not been well this week and I seem to be getting worse. Despite all that, it's been a good week and a bad week all rolled into one. I'll spare you all the details of my life, however.

In a broader sense, great things are afoot which seem to be side-lining the NZ news media completely. Oh well, we are somewhat isolated here in NZ until we get hit by the proverbial two-by-four that will appear to come out of nowhere.

For World Youth Day (next week) in Australia is going to make tremendous waves in this region for years to come.

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  1. Tonight, in lieu of take-aways, I'm making broccoli and barley soup. It's one of my many favourite soups, it's always so hard to choose between them. I think if I were just cooking for me, soup would be all I'd make.

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  2. broccoli and barley

    Sounds too much to me like Clark and Cullen.

    Two vegetables with little to recommend them apart from their characteristic boring, unimaginative flavour and historical use as a last resort gruel for the infirm elderly approaching death.

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  3. salami pizzas tonight. my recent entry into bachelorhood has ended with a crash. I have seven Canadians staying at the moment. They brought real maple syrup with them and for the first time in my life I have found out what the limit is on how many pancakes i can eat.

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  4. haha adolf, and I do wonder what a Klarkburger tastes like let alone a big caustic cullen soda?

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  5. Evening all! Mrs Inventory is still in the mainland, so it was a trip to Wangavegas's best fish 'n;' chippie for ole Inventory - and darned good they were too!

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  6. IV2, Is Mrs IV2 visiting the village of the damned? Bet it is cold down there. I have started using treated timber now the last of the kindling is gone. We had two frosts in a row this week up here. That is a first.

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  7. Evening all.
    Cigarettes and coffee here--food is just too much bother.
    The wind is getting up and it looks like becoming a wild night out there.
    Hope you feel better soon, Lucyna.

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  8. She is indeed BB - we went down to University of Canty's open days - Inventory's Darling Daughter is going to start a Law/Commerce degree next year so she can keep Mrs I and I in the style to which we are accustomed! Mrs I has stayed down there for a few days with her parents, so I have the run of the Inventory whare. Unfortunately the forecast is cr*p for tomorrow, so I might have to work instead of golfing )-:

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  9. Having lived in Canada for a few years, I was converted to the wonderful taste of pure Maple Syrup. I resisted for a while, but now love it.

    It's good not only on pancakes, but on fried eggs. Yummm. And you can buy a divine Maple Syrup and Walnut ice cream in this country. Yummm.

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  10. BB - that "village of the damned" comment - have you been listening to Miles Davis again?

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  11. Has that south london muppet nicked another barnsleyism?

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  12. I am now a convert to the real stuff zen. The maple "flavoured" syrup is not going to cut it anymore.

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  13. I rather enjoy his show BB, and for a cockney lad, he certainly knows his sport! Mind you, he supports West Ham United, so that is a black mark!

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  14. Speaking of Rugby, can the Boks play in wet, 0 degree weather? Will it be a scrum or a search for the hot water bottle?

    I don't have TV, so I will not be watching. Is that illegal?

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  15. Adolf, it's all in how you cook them. My broccoli and barley was liberally dosed with mushrooms, rosemary and garlic topped with parmesan cheese. In a homemade vege stock with added milk. It was very nice.

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  16. Prediction Zen - the Springboks will miss John Smit more than the AB's will miss Brad Thorn.

    The forecast for Dunedin isn't as bad as it could be - it certainly won't be like Wellington last week. I reckon the AB's might run away with this one in the last quarter.

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  17. I think it will be a five pointer.

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  18. Evening everyone
    terakihi fillets fried /simmered simmered with a can of coconut milk and lemon juice, couscous ,washed down with banrock station bubbles

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  19. Rump steak cut 40mm thick here.

    Nothing to drink due to being on call- maybe a small brandy before bed.

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  20. mmm. Cow. Juicy cow.

    On other matters, I was brutally reminded of an old lesson today:

    "Confidence is that feeling you have moments before you actually understand the situation."

    Sigh. Sometimes, even with a bit of preparation, everything comes undone when you least expect it.

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  21. Terakahi with red capsicum sauce, broccoli & brussells sprouts (we used to call them noddy cabbages when we were kids) accompanied by an Allan Scott pinot noir and lots of laughter at the Speights Ale House in Ashburton in the company of a contingent of old Young Farmers.

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  22. Is a communion wafer food?

    If I'm not hungry, can I take it away to eat later?

    Why do some people feel the ned to send death threats over a piece of tastless flour and water?

    http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/07/its_a_goddamned_cracker.php

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