Nice people thread part 8 - worth the wait

Nikkster

PasturesNew wrote: »

Awww ... bless the younger generation

In my defence, I did know that when JFK said he was a 'Berliner' he actually referred to himself as a doughnut rather than a citizen of Berlin.

And I only had loose-bottomed sandwich tins, so would have needed to buy others (or made a different cake). Tastes ok (you've got to check, right? )

lostinrates

Nikkster wrote: »

In my defence, I did know that when JFK said he was a 'Berliner' he actually referred to himself as a doughnut rather than a citizen of Berlin.

And I only had loose-bottomed sandwich tins, so would have needed to buy others (or made a different cake). Tastes ok (you've got to check, right? )

Tin liners doubled solve the issue. Alternatively I have been known to back cakes in saucepans. . (Obviously not with plastic handles)

tomterm8

PasturesNew wrote: »

That's a solution for boys ... not ladies

I don't know, IMHO that camper van just has 'rob me now' written all over it. Maybe the solution for women is a nice proper house with hot and cold water, heating, and sanitation?

PasturesNew

tomterm8 wrote: »

I don't know, IMHO that camper van just has 'rob me now' written all over it. Maybe the solution for women is a nice proper house with hot and cold water, heating, and sanitation?

Luxury
It's on my To Do list.

PasturesNew

Nikkster wrote: »

And I only had loose-bottomed sandwich tins, so would have needed to buy others (or made a different cake). Tastes ok (you've got to check, right? )

You can re-use tin cans.... over the next few months save those small cans (e.g. pineapple, tuna) ....

zagubov

Nikkster wrote: »

Things I have learnt today:
1. Hamburgers are so called due to 'Hamburg'. I knew it wasn't because they were made of ham, but never connected it to Hamburg.
2. There is a reason you are advised not to make a pineapple upside down cake in a loose-bottomed cake tin. Oops!

In America I've heard people describe minced beef as "Hamburger steak" as well as "ground beef", and our actual hamburgers as "patties".

bugslet

PasturesNew wrote: »

I thought I'd spotted the answer to the housing crisis .... until I looked them up and found they start at ... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2322023/Just-vantastic-Head-turning-campervan-opens-reveal-secret-compartment-flick-switch.html ...... £53k

Eeek! For that, you can get a year old tractor unit with a fridge, micro, double bunk and you can throw a trailer on the back and earn some money with it to boot and make it pay for itself.

GDB2222 wrote: »

I remember trying one, but it was really, really hard to get in and out of. There are big box girders running down each side IIRC, and you have to worm your way in sideways between the girder and the roof. You had two of those? I'm impressed!

Saved on yoga classes:o

lostinrates wrote: »

The kiwi has sneaked ( snuck?) upstairs and curled up with the cats. Naughty but Impossibly cute.

Stop it......I'm still thinking of kiwi and his big pink toy running round and round and round.

bugslet

PasturesNew wrote: »

That's a solution for boys ... not ladies

tomterm8 wrote: »

I don't know, IMHO that camper van just has 'rob me now' written all over it. Maybe the solution for women is a nice proper house with hot and cold water, heating, and sanitation?

Oi PN, you sayin', I'm a boy? OK, so I didn't live in the back of a van, but after a few days of wandering around Europe with only a foam mattress, it felt like it.

You forgot to mention the kitchen, tomterm. We women love our kitchens - mine's good for storing millinery supplies. Think there's a pan in there somewhere.......:rotfl:

bugslet

GDB2222 wrote: »

We were incredibly lucky with the weather. The best day was Tuesday, when we walked out across the salt marshes at Stiffkey to see the seals at low water. Amazingly, we were the only people on the beach that day. This is a beach that's about a mile deep and several miles long, with nobody else in sight. ....... although it was not as crowded when we were there:




You can just wander up to the seals if you want to, but we kept 100m away so as not to disturb them.

Yep, that looks like a busy beach. Sounds like the perfect day to me, big beach and no-one else about.

Nikkster

PasturesNew wrote: »

You can re-use tin cans.... over the next few months save those small cans (e.g. pineapple, tuna) ....

Cake is for work, not just for me