Alcohol self help thread II

feelinggood_2

I like the chocolate malty horlicks, mmmm.

Or banana nesquick

jayne.doe

I thought you were on a diet:rolleyes:

feelinggood_2

I am, I'm allowed to think about food though hehe

Just back from 5 mile walk And I bought a pineapple for lunch tomorrow

beer2006

I'm with jayne, hot chocolate :j

Ovaltine _pale_

I think the word you are looking for Al is historian

Hi jac and feelie........ banana nesquick!

feelinggood_2

Not had an 'nana nezzy in ages, was my favourite drink as a kid :rotfl:

Plain water for me now

Chrismojam

habibi wrote:

I'm trying to make the most of my parents while I can. It's sort of an amends too. Do you ever see your Dad, if you don't mind me asking?

I have been on some retreats locally. I was going to try some others but not got there yet. There is a Buddhist retreat in Yorkshire (I think) where you can work for them and not pay so much. There's one in Shropshire too. There's also one in the Lake District but I'm not sure who runs it. Do you know of them? Let me know if you find a good one.

Take care
M x

Oh sorry hun, I didn't make myself clear there did I (my turn of phrase I suppose:rolleyes: ) ....:o my dad died....20 years in Feb.

I remember watching a programme and I'm sure it was like a buddhist retreat in Scotland? Looked really nice....although the programme I saw on a place in Thailand were they raise orphaned tigers looked sooooooo much better:D Don't think they let people stay though:o never mind:rolleyes:

Chrismojam

Al_Mac wrote:

I've just been to the school musical:T It was very good:j

Nancy was best, then Fagan;)

So what would I love to do for two hours? Sit in a crowded room, with very little personal space, surrounded by strangers, little ventilation etc

Back row, aisle seat and ready to run for the door:rotfl: Did all my breathing exercises, all my positive thoughts, did it work, did it !!!!!!y:eek:

The things you do for your kids:rolleyes:

Well done Al!;)

feelinggood_2

The Tara Centre in the midlands. Its a buddhist centre that offers retreats, my mum has been to a few and I hope to go to one at some point, well worthing looking in to if anyone is interested

brodev

Hi folks I have managed to get access again. After all my gloating I have to tell you that the rain is pi??ing down out here and it is very cold. Boo Hoo. Serves me right. nice to read the posts.
small exercise for those of you who have predictive text on their phones. key in SMIRNOFF and see what it has done to you.

Al_Mac

jayne.doe wrote:

Ovaltine is malty and yuk, its acutally shedding horrible:rotfl: And its older than hot chocolate isnt it??????

Once again luddite:rolleyes: Have you never heard of t'internet

1904 - Swiss chemist, Dr. Wander, invents Ovomaltine
1906 - Ovaltine is launched in the UK

Hot chocolate was invented by the Incas

The warm, foamy drink we know today owes its true origin to Dutchman Hendrick Van Houten. In April, 1828 Van Houten patented a process whereby a press is used to squeeze ground cocoa beans to extract the natural fat also known as cocoa butter. Cocoa butter makes up about half of the weight of a cocoa bean. The pressed cake that remains after extracting the cocoa butter is cooled, pulverized and sifted into cocoa powder. Van Houten also discovered that by adding alkali-potash to the beans before they are roasted the acidic taste of the cocoa is neutralized. The process became known as “Dutching” and has been used ever since. Even today you will sometimes hear hot chocolate referred to as “dutch chocolate.”