Not mentioning the T word at all

GreyQueen

((Hugs)) Ma Larkin.

Your post was beautiful and moving. I guess we humans are unique among animals in that we know we will die and we cope with this knowledge by burying it deeply and not thinking about it, most of the time.

Sometimes, the passing of someone we know, even if that person isn't in the sphere of affection which would normally trigger deep grief, causes us to think about our own mortality and that of those we love. This is sensitising and upsetting but very much a part of life.

I know a young woman who has Carpe Diem (Seize the Day) tattoed on her wrist in a delicate flowing script. She told me she had it put there after a friend died very young and very suddenly, in his 20s. It's a constant reminder, she says, that life can be short and we should enjoy it.

I'm not a tattoo-person myself (although what other people choose to do with their own bodies is very much their own business and I don't mean to imply a criticism of tattoos) but I try to remember to Seize the Day, too.

Hardup_Hester

Hi all
I'm more Carpe Jugulum here, but it is a sentiment worth remembering.
I have a remoska, I cooked a piece of ham in it this morning for hubby's sarnies & now have lamb shanks in there, if you do get one, I'd recommend the large one, there's only 2 of us but it's big enough to cook a shepherds pie & veg in.
Hester

paidinchickens

Thanks for the advice on the remoskas, I have heard nothing but good comments about them and our friends rave on and on about how fab they are. It's the £100 odd pound that puts me off so will really have to think long and hard. I was hoping people would have bought them on a whim and be flogging them on Ebay cheaply by now

malarkin I must be completely bonkers as I had my cat put down a while ago and this made me take stock of my lot and make some changes to my life. I have certain "RL" friends who see wonder in the small things in life and I do envy them so.

I lived in my last house for 11 yrs and had a lovely old man who lived next door. He would always bring round a pack of biscuits for the kids and after time he would just turn up every night have a cup of tea then fall asleep sat up on the sofa :rotfl::rotfl:

When I met DH 4 odd years ago and moved in with him (easier for many reasons) I really felt guilty for leaving my little old man behind. Now, I have tried to keep in contact as much as possible but it is never the same as popping for coffee.

Every year we would wrap the kids xmas pressies at his house so the kids would never be able to find them and we would fetch them in the wee hours of xmas morning and pop them under the tree ready for the kids waking up. My little old man would come round in the morning to watch the kids open their gifts and would then go for dinner at his sisters.

When I moved in with DH this was one of the things I missed most. He is one of my best friend and can discuss anything with him. Time after time I have asked him up but as he has now go a "toilet issue" he has always declined. His sister has now gone into a home and so he rang me last night and asked if it was OK to take me up on the offer of coming for xmas :j:j:j I really hope he does not change his mind, I do miss him lots.

I have begged him to stay from xmas eve til boxing day and have been trying to lure him staying longer with the promise we have three toilets :rotfl::rotfl:

Sorry for the ramble

PIC xx

Seakay

Hard Up Hester- your life facinates me! Why are you siezing a juggler? Or has my rudimentary Latin let me down again (doh!)
Haribo Junkie - have a PM for you when you clear your inbox!
Ma Larkin - don't feel guilty, look on your LBM as a gift to be embraced, and thatnk you so much for sharing it.
paidinchickens - hope that he keeps his Christmas date with you as well. Hopefully it will go well and he will find the confidence to visit more regularly after that. You are a lovely generous person and not at all rambley!

Bigsmoke, have used chunky quorn in a slow cooker and it was fine. I'm sure that mince would be ok too.

So happy to have finally found the right thread after several days of panic!

grandma247

Not sure what happened but I saved this thread in my bookmarks but when I clicked on it each time I kept getting a thread about sweet chestnuts! I have checked and I did save it correctly. I will try again in a minute and see what happens.

Edited to say the new link works.

short_bird

Hardup_Hester wrote: »

I'm more Carpe Jugulum here

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Seakay

I think that this would be a good suet pastry recipe as there is a recipe at the end that uses it in a baked pie rather than a steamed pudding - just substitute veg suet for the beef suet in equal amounts:
http://www.gizzierskine.com/technique_suet_pastry.asp

Fruball

Seakay wrote: »

Hard Up Hester- your life facinates me! Why are you siezing a juggler? Or has my rudimentary Latin let me down again (doh!)
Haribo Junkie - have a PM for you when you clear your inbox!
Ma Larkin - don't feel guilty, look on your LBM as a gift to be embraced, and thatnk you so much for sharing it.
paidinchickens - hope that he keeps his Christmas date with you as well. Hopefully it will go well and he will find the confidence to visit more regularly after that. You are a lovely generous person and not at all rambley!

Bigsmoke, have used chunky quorn in a slow cooker and it was fine. I'm sure that mince would be ok too.

So happy to have finally found the right thread after several days of panic!

I think it means "Seize the throat/jugular" :rotfl::rotfl:

Hardup_Hester

Frugal is correct, it translates approximately into sieze the throat, which is something I'd like to do to alot of people in real life, lol. It is the title of a Terry Pratchett novel & I'm a big Pratchett fan. My life fascinates a lot of people, especially the friend who arrived unexpectedly this morning to find me with a fat lip (infection, not bruised) & my knickers draped over the kitchen tap!
Hester

GreyQueen

Hardup_Hester wrote: »

Frugal is correct, it translates approximately into sieze the throat, which is something I'd like to do to alot of people in real life, lol. It is the title of a Terry Pratchett novel & I'm a big Pratchett fan. My life fascinates a lot of people, especially the friend who arrived unexpectedly this morning to find me with a fat lip (infection, not bruised) & my knickers draped over the kitchen tap!
Hester

Another Pratchett fan! My most favourite author of all time, methinks. The gag in the title of his book Carpe Jugulum is that it is the family motto of a clan of aristocratic vampires.......;).

HH, I daren't even imagine what your intimates were doing on the kitchen tap and I think I'm far too young to be told as haven't even achieved the big 5-ohhh yet.:rotfl:

Well, the day has been a drizzling disappointment but I have ravaged the public library for an interesting selection of fiction and non-fiction. Whenever I feel a bit hard-done-by in forking over one-twelth of my net income for c*uncil t*x, I remember that it funds the libraries, among many other things, and don't feel so cross.

I have dragged out Henri d'Vac to put the fear of Glod* into the tribes of dustbunnies who inhabit the corners of my flat, and am currently getting a wee bit HIGH on the fumes of having treated the shabby scuffed bits of my leather sofa with Dylon shoe dye.:p And that's with the window open as well whoo whoo.

* this isn't a typo but a joke which Pratchett fans may recognise.

Well, suppose I better do some housekeeping in various parts of my computer.......have a good afternoon, everybody.