Well if it’s really like a defenderer, only if it’s stripped, galvanised, welded and then rewired.
Hippo
Lord Hippo
Are thems deck chairs? If so that must be the delux model.
Is there sumat yer not tellin us ?
Hippo
Lord Hippo
Eye may only have a furd of a bag left to last me till next week.
??????Tell the truff yous went for the scramble
This one went over my head I'm afraid
No scrambled eggs around, nor motorbike scrambling neither.
Wait on, I'll have to dig out my Scottish - English dickshonary.
Aha!
The'scramble' or 'poor-oot' (pour out) is a tradition related to weddings. As newlyweds drive off from the church after their wedding ceremony the groom (or husband) throws handfuls of coins out of the car window. Children then 'scramble' in the street to grab the scattered money.
Interesting tradition! Is this to stop the kids trying to pull the old boots and tins off from where they are tied onto the back bumper on the car?
Is that why a good looking woman is called a "stoater" round your way?By they way they stoat to the bogs I very much predict a wet season.
Reminds me of the rude joke about "the wax treatment".A sharp surprise kick in the nether regions is very effective at making the wax jump out of one's lugs. And its very cheap ---
I'll have to put it up on the joke thread.
Oi, Oi!!!???Ive told the misses not to get me anything atm as she can get me some ceramic polish for my new van which I showed her today.
Whurs the pix?
We neva haves Toikey neeva!Had our xmas dins at the dottirs yesterday. Don't want another one today. So we'll be having sossij, mash and onion gravy. I likes having what I like and not what tradition says I should have
Without doing any sort of searching I'd guess a cherry liqueur or spirit. An "eau de vie" flavoured with or by cherries.
WhiskyLassie
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Evening all.been knocked down with a cold from my uncle. Also mixed with burnout from work. Hope everyone is all ok.
Frogs make loads of stuff like this but we (Gosh considering myself a "frog" there! slip of the keyboard!) put fruit in jars then top them up with vodka.
You used to be able to buy preserving alcohol in supermarkets, then only in chemists, and now you can't get it. It was much cheaper than vodka. The fruit keeps very well like this, and when you are served it it is generally simply called "goutte" as it is served in very small glasses. ("une goutte" is French for " a drop".)
Another trick thing they do it so put a bottle over a very small apple or a pear, then tie the bottle on so that it will stay there while the fruit grows inside it. Once the bottle is pulled away and the fruit comes off the tree it is filled with the spirit.
The drink that has a pear in it is simply called "poire" so they don't go mad finding names for it! Plum is called "prune" and so on.
In my first year of marriage to my ex my French family explained how this was done so I stuck a bottle over a baby apple. Once it was big enough I did the biz and took it with me to visit them. They ALL asked me how many bottles I had to put up before I got one that worked? A bit surprised I said, "Just the one." They found that very hard to believe until my ex told them it was true. I never realised that I was just dead lucky.
For a long time I had a poster hanging on the wall of my classroom, made from a photo I took when we visited my ex's uncle in Burgundy. When there he offered me a glass of something to taste and asked me what I thought it was. (They kept the bottle hidden.)
So I tasted it and said it seemed to me like a cheap brandy but it also had a taste of something else in it, something slightly bitter.
They agreed, telling me that it was in fact Marc de Bourgogne not brandy, but similar.
Then they showed me the bottle.
It contained an adder that had stretched itself in a coil from the bottom of the bottle to the top. As it was being drowned in preserving alcohol. They explained that at the end as the head was going under the surface, it would emit poison, which is what gave it the flavour.
If I can find the pic I'll scan it and put it up!
About the most interesting thing I have ever tasted!
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WhiskyLassie
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Next to the jubilee dinner set and tea towelsHas anybody seen my box of jubilee clips? Had it recently. Its in the garage somewhere. Not in its usual place now. Looked everywhere (except where it actually is). Must have put it in a new safe place where I wouldn't forget where I put it. Maybe aliens have nicked it.
Very Trad! We only eat one meal after breakfast on Christmas Day, se we have cold cuts and pickles the following day, usually cold roast from the previous day, along with ham, Melton Mowbray etc.
Frombay!Similar to German Kirsh great for cherry jubilee but don't forget to frombay it
Love it sounds like a mixture of fromage and flambé
So flambéd cheese, why the HECK NOT!!!!!!
When you find it please, send my watch back to me!Has anybody seen my box of jubilee clips? Had it recently. Its in the garage somewhere. Not in its usual place now. Looked everywhere (except where it actually is). Must have put it in a new safe place where I wouldn't forget where I put it. Maybe aliens have nicked it.
So now you are hunting for your glasses!!Happy to report that the aliens have returned my jubilee clips. And they put it in exactly the same place as I left it
OUCH!
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I got my noo pooter for christmas and burday combined.
But as I unwrapped it in Yorkshire it has stayed unused until now. And I still haven't switched it on.
I also got bort Windows 11 at a huge price.
Now!
Do I dare install it or not?
Looks like I am going to have to do some research.
Take it easy WL!
