friday experienced through tarski's undefinability theorem

sungod

'ning

only mildly hungover

office early, coffee, couple of webexes, bail and skive

tlw1

Wet stuff falling from the sky which is pants as I’m cycling over the hills to a decent hotel in wales for a family party weekend

Oh well, still better than a good day in the office

lincolndave

Morning, dry and mild here in Redworth, working again today and the weekend

thistle_

Morning

Ran to the train station (not the one near me, the one next one along) this morning, made it with 5 minutes to spare. At least when you stink that badly nobody sits next to you.

Big plans today for managing to get stuff done. I'm sure someone will come along and spoil the party.

TLW1 wrote:

Wet stuff falling from the sky

Same when I left home but I scared it off and now it's dry.

webboo

Morning
Hip still playing up. I think this I’ll go down well when I go for my shoulder review with the consultant later when I limp into see him. I think I will try and ride it off this morning.

veronese68

Morning folks,
Not raining here because I had to drive in with the lad. Another GCSE for the girl so a bit of stressing in the females of the household, Stevo will have had the same I suspect. Only one more week of it to go thankfully. Today being Fryday I will of course be going to the cafe later, later still is pub with the Mrs.
Hope your neighbour's funeral doesn't lead to the same chain of events we've had Oxo. We've gone from having the perfect neighbour to a building site and now the screaming banshee.
Planned trip to the V&A tomorrow to see something a mate has been working on has been cancelled due to what were described as phucking incompetent lying arseclowns not doing what they said they had done.
Anyway, more tea has been delivered. Onwards to customer avoidance.

shirley_basso

Slacking from home today. Bit of work meh this morning then pedal later. Sun vs clouds battle going up overhead. Hoping sun wins.

Am hosting a dinner party later on. Any suggestions for something amazing, can feed about 15 people and can be prepared in advance and subsequently reheated?

hopkinb

Shirley Basso wrote:

Am hosting a dinner party later on. Any suggestions for something amazing, can feed about 15 people and can be prepared in advance and subsequently reheated?

A spice-rubbed shoulder of pork, low and slow in the oven all day. Make a big bowl of coleslaw, and a big bowl of something like tabbouleh, with heaps of fresh parsley and mint. The salads will keep in the fridge, the pork will look after itself in the oven. When it's time to eat, stick everything on the table and people can help themselves.

hopkinb

Legs are feeling it a bit, what with it being Friday.

Going to pop for a coffee soon. That'll be the highlight of the day until lunch, then after lunch it's hanging around waiting until it's time to go home.

Meh.

shirley_basso

hopkinb wrote:

Shirley Basso wrote:

Am hosting a dinner party later on. Any suggestions for something amazing, can feed about 15 people and can be prepared in advance and subsequently reheated?

A spice-rubbed shoulder of pork, low and slow in the oven all day. Make a big bowl of coleslaw, and a big bowl of something like tabbouleh, with heaps of fresh parsley and mint. The salads will keep in the fridge, the pork will look after itself in the oven. When it's time to eat, stick everything on the table and people can help themselves.

Pretty much exactly my plan. What about crackling?

hopkinb

score the rind before cooking, and you can turn up the oven for 20-30 mins at the end, but that might not even be necessary, the long cook should render the rind & fat into perfect crackling. Some sort of yoghurt/mint/cucumber dressing would be a good addition. Mmmm, I'm starving now.

shirley_basso

Awesome. thank you. Now - is it possible to make cracking the day before and bring it back to a good texture the following day?

hopkinb

Shirley Basso wrote:

Now - is it possible to make cracking the day before and bring it back to a good texture the following day?

Dunno, it doesn't last long enough at my house.

I reckon you'd just need to stick it in the oven for a bit and it'll be restored to its former glory though.

veronese68

Just had a phone call that wasn't wanted but not unexpected, we will be one down on our Wednesday drinks from now on. :-( Might just phuck off to the pub and join the others for the afternoon.

Wheelspinner

Veronese68 wrote:

Just had a phone call that wasn't wanted but not unexpected, we will be one down on our Wednesday drinks from now on. :-( Might just phuck off to the pub and join the others for the afternoon.

Ahhhh shoot V68. Sincere condolences.

hopkinb

Veronese68 wrote:

Just had a phone call that wasn't wanted but not unexpected, we will be one down on our Wednesday drinks from now on. :-( Might just phuck off to the pub and join the others for the afternoon.

Sincere condolences. That's very sad. Pub seems appropriate.

homers_double

Veronese68 wrote:

Just had a phone call that wasn't wanted but not unexpected, we will be one down on our Wednesday drinks from now on. :-( Might just phuck off to the pub and join the others for the afternoon.

Sorry to hear that V.

homers_double

In other news I just pumped up the tyres on my Santa Cruz. Its a little bit overkill for pottering about Canter Parcs but better than riding their crap.

Onwards to a haircut and a possible bike ride this evening.

Matthewfalle

Veronese68 wrote:

Just had a phone call that wasn't wanted but not unexpected, we will be one down on our Wednesday drinks from now on. :-( Might just phuck off to the pub and join the others for the afternoon.

Really sorry dude - thoughts, etc.

Stevo_666

TLW1 wrote:

a decent hotel in wales

That should make you suspicious for starters. Sounds like a 'Hostel' style trap or a Cruddy practical joke, although there's probably not a lot of difference between the two.

Busyish day today but still managed to escape at 4:30 for a sneaky pint. More drink tonight and a spot of research on what to do on our hols in a couple of weeks time.

V - really sorry to hear about your mate. Never easy, but at least it wasn't a complete bolt out of the blue.

pinno

Hoppy - resident gastronome. (Might head over there for dinner one day whether he likes it or not).

Talking of which, we had a tidy at PPP and then went off into the sticks to a little cafe which serves top quality bistro style food at a very fair price:

https://en-gb.facebook.com/Cafe-Rendezv ... 544039702/

Took the plunge and had Cream of Courgette and Brie soup followed by coffee and Almond cake.
The soup was A1 (surprisingly).

Soz VN, keep your chin up; helps the beer go down the right way.

Laters.

veronese68

Thanks guys. Went to the cafe then bailed, had to get a bus home as I was transportless, then wobbled to a pub in Esher for a few, then wobbled back for a couple more closer to home. There were quite a few of us there, good time telling tales of various past misdemeanours.
As mentioned not a surprise, most surprising thing is that the stubborn old git hung on for so long. There will be more drinks in his honour I’m sure.

veronese68

Has everyone seen Bungle’s freehub thread in workshop? Cheered me up but I couldn’t bring myself to ‘help’.

sungod

sad that a nice cat avatar is so misused

veronese68

Appropriate user name though.

BelgianBeerGeek

Sorry to hear about your pal V68. Hopefully they are free from any suffering they were in, and those left behind can take some comfort. I’ll raise a glass to you and others.

crumbschief

Oh m m my Verona it must be time to sink a drink.

hopkinb

Pinno wrote:

Hoppy - resident gastronome. (Might head over there for dinner one day whether he likes it or not).

Soup is nearly always surprisingly good.

Resident greedy b@stard more like.

Small glass of red and an early night, up for mini's tennis in the morning.

Sad to see Tony Bourdain committed suicide. I have most of his books, including a very well used and stained French bistro-style cookbook, and watched most of his gonzo style tv programmes.

pinno

hopkinb wrote:

Pinno wrote:

Hoppy - resident gastronome. (Might head over there for dinner one day whether he likes it or not).

Soup is nearly always surprisingly good.

Resident greedy b@stard more like.

Small glass of red and an early night, up for mini's tennis in the morning.

Sad to see Tony Bourdain committed suicide. I have most of his books, including a very well used and stained French bistro-style cookbook, and watched most of his gonzo style tv programmes.

Cannot say I am familiar with him. I did love Keith Floyd.
There was that episode where he went around the vineyards in Southern France for most of the day and in the evening, (quite pi$$ed) he cooks for the best chefs in that region and gets a standing ovation after.

hopkinb

I loved Floyd too. Equally though, there was a wonderful episode where he cooked piperade for an old woman, who told him it was b0ll0cks, then made him the same dish. He had the balls to say hers was far superior.

Just going to have a look at the dauphiné highlights.

crumbschief

Haha yeah Floyd was funny i still catch him on the Saturday Kitchen now and again and it's still good stuff,Bourdain i don't remember much on but he did like to experiment.