Scott`s personal talk to himself thread ...

[... Scott]

Hey how are you doing ?

[... Scott]

Yeah not bad, and you ?

[... Scott]

Ok for 2 in the morning, but I could have done with a couple of better players when I was getting shot on search and destroy earlier. I may even go to bed soon seeing as it is late an all ...

[... Scott]

I dont blame you its fukin late, night man. I hope Liverpool win tomorrow...

[... Scott]

Yeah so do I .. It has been a fukin weird evening tonight thats fo sho ...

[Ryan]

wat.

[Heath]

Couldn't get anyone to ask you questions huh?

:huh:

[Da Rafsta]

thread of the year award. :ribbon:

I like it. Surprised pete didn't think of this before you. :clap:

[Heath]

Raf, I thought you turned into a pumpkin at midnight nowdays? :-P

[Da Rafsta]

:ontome2:

Central time. :sigh:

[... Scott]

wat. Yup thats me ... Wat !


Today 04:06 AM
Heath Couldn't get anyone to ask you questions huh? ... I was just a little bored and only the lurkers were about so I thought that I would talk to myself ...

But last night I did speak to someone that I have not spoken too in ages which is why I was still up at 2am, it was a good evening Heath apart from my daughters hamster dying, she was a little upset as he was not even a year old yet :sad:

I wouldn,t answer any questions use lot would ask truthfully anyway ! :lol:


Today 04:08 AM
Da Rafsta thread of the year award. :ribbon:



I like it. Surprised pete didn't think of this before you. ...:cheers:...

Today 04:14 AM
Heath
Raf, I thought you turned into a pumpkin at midnight nowdays?:-P ... At midnight Raf turns into a cold blooded killer with telescopic sights and a message that will self destruct in 5 seconds. Thats at 12 midnight g.m.t btw ...



I hope everyone has a cool Saturday, I,m going to kill some alien`s and zombies with my children and then watch the Man U v Liverpool game, its sunny outside the dog is on the scrounge for biscuits and wotsits but he ain`t getting none... The fat bastard :dog: He ate all the pies !

[Heath]

That's a shame. Poor little fellow.

[Pun'KinG']

I'm just here to listen. :what:

[Da Rafsta]

:snacks2:

[... Scott]

Teddy the hamster was buried this morning in my daughters favorite hat. He was laid to rest next too her last hamster called Pearl who was and still is the best hamster to have ever lived. I think I bought her the hat in Carnaby Street last summer, it should keep Teddy warm on his journey to hamster heaven.

In other news after two months and fourteen days on the wagon, I am having a can of cider while making dinner. Some friends are round and its looking like a nice day...






Oh yeah ... Dennis Law, Bobby Charlton, George Best, Bryan Robson, Cantona, Steve Bruce, Wazza and Sir Alex... You took a hell of a beating ! 1 - 4 Premier, Euro and World Chumps :lol: Vidic getting sent off was the icing on the cake and I am going to gloat some more in the footy thread later ...:biggrin:...


Raf ... try some search and destroy on cod 5 its pretty good. (I like it better than the same thing on 4 as the maps are better). I even made last man standing a couple of times, its much more tactical than just running around getting shot in the butt ...:up:...

[... Scott]

I did some cooking yesterday, a whole rack of pork ribs and my patented potato skin`s with bacon red onion garlic and green chilli`s. I didn`t end up eating a lot, because I never do when I cook, but everyone else did and no one threw up so I must have done something right...

A friend of mines brother is a big Man U fan and he popped round yesterday and after all the good natured flak I taken from the big fella this year about his team winning, you could say that I got my own back. :smile:

I also reminded him that Arsenal are now unbeaten in 15 :up:

Its a nice day outside the sun is almost warming the air to a reasonable temperature but not quite and my daughter is sending me funny sound clips on msn to make me laugh. She is getting a new hamster today !

[Capt]

i am glad there is a thread for me to talk to myself

[... Scott]

It`s a trend that may eventually take over the internet given enough time ...:peace2:

How is the beer this Sunday Capt nice and I hope? England are playing rugby down the road today and the road outside my house is solid with traffic atm. There are quite a few coaches going past with the cross of St George taped across the windows. I,m going to avoid going any near "the nam" today. But it is a nice day to watch rugby...

[Capt]

i am in oslo so the beer is expensive and not extremely good. i have learned since leaving canada that canadian beer is strong. i always assumed canadian beer was normal and most other beers are weak, but it seems like that was just a bias based on where i landed on the planet. i still have some duty free beer from czech republic so its good for now.

[Capt]

i am making some tasty potato soup

[Pun'KinG']

Czech beer and potato skins with bacon red onion garlic and green chillis sound delicious. Not necessarily together, but the pairing might make a beautiful marriage.

[Capt]

bacon is the only meat that makes me think twice about being a vegetarian

some bacon in potato soup is an epic victory for texture

[Pun'KinG']

Bacon is delicious. I just wish it would keep it's yap shut. :piggy:

[Capt]

coooooooooffffffeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[Pun'KinG']

I was going to brew a pot earlier; fresh ground Sumatra beans :yummy:, but since I have to make some later tonight before going to work I figured it would be overkill. I do have a minor headache from drinking some tasty Harp last night though.

[Pun'KinG']

...Scott, please ask this question of yourself:

What perpetuated the stereotype that all English food is bland? Is this just a common misconception or is there an overwhelming truth to this banality?

[... Scott]

I have never had Canadian beer but I would not mind some potato soup. It is something I have never made and it sounds ok (as long as I could put something with a little heat into it.) How do you make it Capt ... (please don,t just say stick em in hot water :lol:)

I think you should aim a big laser at your boss for making you work on a Sunday P.K (unless you get triple time and an extra day off for doing it.) I used to like coffee but I went off it a while back. I hardly drink any hot drinks at all now unless it hot chocolate made with milk :grandpa:

Capt what are the bars like in Oslo in the evening, is there a lot to do or is it all quiet and sedate?

Today 05:54 PM
Pun'KinG' ...Scott, please ask this question of yourself:

What perpetuated the stereotype that all English food is bland? Is this just a common misconception or is there an overwhelming truth to this banality?

While some British food may be bland, there are some very nice foods that come from this island, its just that the average Englishman eats a lot of root vegetable`s and subsequently begins to take on the shape and i.q of the ground grown food. It is also the reason why our armed forces are so feared though out the world. We also have the best bacon fried eggs and black pudding to be had anywhere. Stuffed yorkshire puds are not too bad ether..

Its not such a problem these days as within five miles of my house I have four Chinese resturants, 3 Indian, 1 Lebenese, 2 fish and chip shops, subway, kfc, burger king, maccy dees, pizza hut, dominos, and three Greggs the bakers.


Our national dish these days is supposedly chicken tikka masala

http://currycircle.com/images/chicken-tikka-masala.jpg

I quite like it and I do make a good one (at least that whats people say, but they may just be humoring me who knows?)

http://www.geocities.com/robainsley2/eikoku/14.html

:lookup: Its pretty spot on and it makes a lot more sense than what I said :dopey:

[Pun'KinG']

:reading:

Bacon and Eggs

In our imagination, we are sitting in a friendly local cafe, reading the newspaper. The bacon is fried only in the fat of its own rind until crisp. The eggs are then fried in the bacon fat. The smell is wonderful. In reality, the bacon is microwaved and the eggs rubbery. There is only yesterday's newspaper.

Good cafes do an 'all-day breakfast' so you can enjoy fresh bacon and eggs any time of day. Bad cafes do an 'all-day breakfast' so they can sell leftover morning breakfasts in the evening.

:lol:

[Joga]

Czech beer and potato skins with bacon red onion garlic and green chillis sound delicious. Not necessarily together, but the pairing might make a beautiful marriage.

That sounds like it would cause the worst case of gas on the planet.

[Pun'KinG']

:nod: MAGO and I have recently been selected to head the alternative fuel committee at Greenpeace. :nerd:

[Capt]

I have never had Canadian beer but I would not mind some potato soup. It is something I have never made and it sounds ok (as long as I could put something with a little heat into it.) How do you make it Capt ... (please don,t just say stick em in hot water :lol:)


the way i cook food has more of a method than a recipe so i will tell you my theories about how to make a potato soup



onions first. cut them however you like and fry until soft in oil (or whatever you use to fry things) also add garlic if you like at this point. i like add jalepenos or spicy peppers at this point as well, but remember that if you add a lot your soup will be unbearably hot. you can always add some dried chili if its not hot enough but you can never remove anything you added at the start if its too hot. now potatoes. i use roughly the same volume of potatoes as onions, but being exact is not important. cut them however you like, the smaller the pieces the faster it will cook, so if you are in a hurry dice them really good. when the onions are soft (before they are caramelized), add the potatoes. after not too long the onions/potato/spicy mixture will start to stick to the bottom of the pot so deglaze with some water and scrape up all the good caramelized bits. then add enough hot water (i have a fancy kettle so i add boiling water) to cover the veg and a bit more to evaporate off later. add a bay leaf and salt to taste. some people like to use milk, but it doesn't really matter to me. if you like milk then by all means add milk.
after a while the potatoes will be cooked (when they are soft enough to pierce with a fork) and you can mash them as much you like, or blend it with a hand blender, or in portions in a normal blender. i am lazy and also don't own a blender so i mash it up with the bottom of a glass. the lazier you are the better, in my opinion. so now you have mashed up onions, potatoes and water, and you should let it boil for a while. if it doesn't thicken up, then you need to add a rue. this step is not always necessary depending on how much water you have added. a ruew is basically flour and water, but you have to make sure you aren't adding lumpy bits of flour. mix well some flour and water (1/4c and 1c respectively, but don't bother measuring its not important) and strain it through a colander if you have lumps. add a bit and stir up the soup. it should thicken up very fast, but if it doesn't add some more rue or else let it boil uncovered to reduce some of the volume of water.
make sure you taste it all the time while cooking and add salt/spices as you please. this soup freezes really well but let it sit in the fridge at least overnight before throwing it in the freezer so the tastes have time to become friends.
serve with some grated cheese and spices(dried chili is my fav) and crumbled bacon pieces for the nonvegetarians.

Capt what are the bars like in Oslo in the evening, is there a lot to do or is it all quiet and sedate?

friday and saturday are a crazy animalistic binge drinking gong show. every other night of the week is quiet

[MojoFearsSatan]

It's quite simple really. Places like the Mediterranean and India and Mexico etc. all have hotter climates than ours (you'll notice German food and Eastern European food has a similar reputation to British), and thus, in the days prior to adequate refrigeration, had to find ways to preserve the meats and prevent them going rotten, and if they were going to go rotten, find ways to mask that taste. As a result, they use a lot more herbs and spices than we in Northern Europe do (also, their native herbs often have much stronger flavours), or use wine in dishes, etc.. In Britain, things lasted longer, and what didn't would be pickled or salted. Our soil is conducive to green and root vegetables, the wet climate grows many fruits and harvests are mostly good, and our land is suited to grazing all three major livestock, so there's been less need to be creative in the days before refrigeration/freezing of food.

British food, when well done, can be among the best foods on the planet. But it won't necessarily sound as exciting or exotic as other foods.

Of course, it also depends on what's "interesting" or "exciting". My Chinese housemates eat more or less the same things every day, and have rice with every meal. To us, Chinese food seems exotic and different, to them it's bland and routine.

[... Scott]

:lookup: Yup English food does not really deserve its reputation. I have tasted pickled cabbage in Germany that almost killed me. But your Chinese friends are right rice is boring...

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Thanks Capt, I will be giving that a try sometime soon as it sounds really nice. I think I may even test it on my children when they come to visit for easter :beer:


My local cafe is round the corner and is full of old and new signed pictures of well known boxers. The guy who owns it used too own a gym, but now him and his misses make the best breakfast for at least ten miles.

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/6351/abcd001110.jpg


It is sadly shut on a Sunday and I forgot to resize the pic ...:redface2:...





No I have never eaten the stewed eel`s ...

[... Scott]

That sounds like it would cause the worst case of gas on the planet.


No that award has just got to go to Lennox after he has eaten the leftovers from a Roast Beef Sunday dinner. If I could find a way to capture the smell I could possibly make a small fortune from selling gas grenades to a private army :what:

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/5093/abcd0003m.jpg

You can actually hear it fermenting in his stomach :gulp:

[Capt]

since its not actually a recipe you should probably test it once before you serve it to people

[Capt]

its been months since i hit a bong!!@!@#$

i am going crazy

[Pun'KinG']

:thud:

[Pun'KinG']

:lookup: Yup English food does not really deserve its reputation. I have tasted pickled cabbage in Germany that almost killed me.

:lol:

[... Scott]

its been months since i hit a bong!!@!@#$

i am going crazy


Sometimes a little detox goes a long way Capt and people do say abstinance makes the heart grow fonder. I would have thought that sort of thing would be easy to find in almost any big city in Europe. Don`t tell they do not have dodgy looking bloke`s in Black Beamer`s who sell all sorts of illegal shit to masses from the darkness of the backstreets in Oslo. A friend of mine visited Bulgaria last year and his cab driver had a gun hanging on tape for easy access under his steering wheel. I am still amazed he made it back alive ...:what:...

[Capt]

since leaving canada (i always kind of new due to talking to my friends from other countries) i have found what it means when we say that canada has cheap high quality weed.

everywhere in europe has really disgusting crappy hash. amsterdam has normal quality weed (in my mind) for about 4-5 times the price i am used too, and REALLY REALLY good hash. i guess i am more of a snob that i thought because i won't smoke whatever it is they tell me is hash here. i tried it a few times and it sucks and is definitely not worth the price they pay..but everyone tells me that its pretty standard.

[... Scott]

Capt ... find a dutch guy they get everywhere.



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Talking to myself again ...




If I had known what I know now when it was then, then may well have happened differently but we are all slave`s to our feelings in the end and the logical answer is not always the right one at the time. But if the time is now it may well have been then but you missed it because you where looking the other way at something more interesting.

I always find that I have been looking the other way when the right way to look was the wrong way to go !

















But I went there in spite of myself ...

It took ages to think that up ![ and is not a sign of cwazyness in any way, its late and there is nothing at all on the tele ...

[... Scott]

I bought a new lighter even though I am (still) trying to give up smoking ...

[Capt]

smoking is bad for you

[... Scott]

http://pufone.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/gypsy__man_shirt_fire_269x450.jpeg


Yeah but so is blowing yourself up, but that does not stop people doing it...:smile2:... I was even considering patches or something. But every one tells me they are useless. I have done it before for over a year, the second time around is supposed to be easier I thought :shrug:

[Capt]

when i had to stop myself from doing something that was physically addicting i slowly started taking lower and lower doses (and it was basically torture). it took me about 6 weeks to get down to a half dose and then i got fed up and stopped completely. after that it sucked for a long time. but then it got better.

you should probably find out what makes you want to smoke before you attempt to quit.

[... Scott]

I,m in the process of doing the first part as I have cut down to 3,4, oh well some days 5 a day. I have been doing this for two`s or so weeks and over a the past few days I have stopped totally twice.

I get to around 7/8 pm and all the good intentions go out of the window. I am going to keep trying and one day I am going to do it.





I will probably get hit by a bus the day after I stop knowing my luck ...

[... Scott]

A member of family died this morning he was 24 years old and I had never even met him. He developed a brain tumor when he was in his teens that was diagnosed as terminal, and over the past ten years he underwent numerous courses of radio therapy but this morning the tumor finally caused his death. It has put some of my petty problems that I have had to negotiate recently into a sharp perspective.

[sneakypete]

:console:

[greg]

wats all around itt

[sneakypete]

:laughing: :jazzgreg:

[sneakypete]

sweet, an ambien thread. post moar plz


greg is some kind of internet jesus.

[bleuMadonna]

A member of family died this morning he was 24 years old and I had never even met him. He developed a brain tumor when he was in his teens that was diagnosed as terminal, and over the past ten years he underwent numerous courses of radio therapy but this morning the tumor finally caused his death. It has put some of my petty problems that I have had to negotiate recently into a sharp perspective.

:frown: :console:

[... Scott]

Thank you ...:redface2:...

He sounded like a really nice bloke from what I have heard today. The funeral will probably be held within the next couple of weeks. I won,t be going but a few other family member`s who I see more regularly will be attending.




greg is your second name almighty then ?

[Pun'KinG']

No. His second name is actually greg. His first name is Jesus. As in the example: "Jesus, greg!"

[Capt]

gerg

[... Scott]

Is it gerg greg ? Or is it greg Jesus, or even is it Jesus greg ? It`s no wonder I get confused and its not even mid day yet...:uhhh:...


Its raining outside and it looks like it is going to be a very shitty day. I wish I had put 20 quid on Jenson to win the aussie gp a month ago now ...:frown:...

[Pun'KinG']

http://www.starz.com/titles/BackToTheFuturePartII/PublishingImages/back_to_the_future_part_2_1989_685x385.jpg

[Pun'KinG']

I always find that I have been looking the other way when the right way to look was the wrong way to go !


:salute:

So...Scott, where you at?

[dionysusolympus]

:salute:

So...Scott, where you at?

:secret: from him, he's doing ok. kids are all grown up and becoming a pain in the ass. and he's still jamming on his jackson.

[KenKill75]

I sent him a message on xbox yestersay asking him to come back.

[Pun'KinG']

:grouphug:

[Capt]

so thats cool

[KenKill75]

He said something about not having his computer and he's been trying to get it back or some shit. So I guess if and when he gets it back from wherever the heck it is, then he'll be back on here.

[Capt]

in the meantime we can only imagine what he is thinking