Nice People Thread Part 9 - and so it continues

Doozergirl

Spirit wrote: »

I like lamb and beef pink, but draw the line at pink mince.

I obviously have no imagination, as I would never be able to put together a concept of hotdogs and champagne as a business.

Or even visit it.

It would work for me and DH, only for the reason that I'd be perfectly happy with champagne and he'd be loving the hotdogs.

German sausages for me.
(Nowholding back the urge to be smutty)

silvercar

I once heard a talk by a butcher describing where the meat for mince and sausages came from. I now only eat burgers rarely and sausages never. I always want meat cooked to a cinder.

lostinrates

silvercar wrote: »

I once heard a talk by a butcher describing where the meat for mince and sausages came from. I now only eat burgers rarely and sausages never. I always want meat cooked to a cinder.

Meh....its all dead animal.

There are bits I wouldn"t eat rare mind you.

SingleSue

Will catch up in a little while...

Just got back from a couple of days away with the boys, packed lots into it including taking my parents out for the day, going for a meal last night and then today, taking middle son to a drum shop to part exchange two snares (one a vintage one, quite sought after but in poor condition) for a brand new (expensive) awesome one...and the exchange didn't cost me a penny!

Bonus!

zagubov

silvercar wrote: »

I once heard a talk by a butcher describing where the meat for mince and sausages came from. I now only eat burgers rarely and sausages never. I always want meat cooked to a cinder.

Quite right, especially if it's poultry; it needs to look like the contents of an ashtray before I'm comfortable.
I'll eat all sorts of stuff (really like haggis) but I can't eat black pudding any more as I'm just too scunnered by the thought of it.

Mind you I'll eat some processed foods that can be up to 11% worm content by weight and not be bothered by it.
Maybe I better not say what that is.:cool:

zagubov

lostinrates wrote: »

Actually, I'd probably like a 'gourmet' hotdog and champagne. Depends what gourmet means. They say 100% British meat,...what else makes them gourmet? Any more welfare info?

I noticed that a lot of the time just calling them gourmet "makes" them gourmet. It's one of those weasel words they can use in marketing that doesn't mean as much as we think it does, like "premier".

SingleSue

lostinrates wrote: »

And yet it all seems to come out perfectly GDB!


Seventy four really can be very young these days. My younger parent is in sixties and very old. The older one well into seventies, but much younger IYSWIM.

My parents always seemed quite young for their age but just recently, dad has really been looking all his nigh on 73 years. He is getting quite frail now and has had a couple of falls recently (on the main road last week!)...mind you, he still has his very rude sense of humour! :rotfl:

So sorry to hear about your mum FC, it is so worrying when things fail, or loved ones are unwell.

LydiaJ

lostinrates wrote: »

Seventy four really can be very young these days. My younger parent is in sixties and very old. The older one well into seventies, but much younger IYSWIM.

My dad is 87. He is losing his hearing and has recently joined a lip reading class. When he turned up to the first class, his first thought was "Wow, this class is full of old people", shortly followed by the thought "Actually, all these 'old' people at the class are about 20 years younger than I am". He's still pretty "young" in himself. Young enough to come and live in my house for 3-4 weeks to look after my kids for the weekdays while I'm away and only able to come back for the weekends. Not bad for that age.

Spirit_2

LydiaJ wrote: »

My dad is 87. He is losing his hearing and has recently joined a lip reading class. When he turned up to the first class, his first thought was "Wow, this class is full of old people", shortly followed by the thought "Actually, all these 'old' people at the class are about 20 years younger than I am". He's still pretty "young" in himself. Young enough to come and live in my house for 3-4 weeks to look after my kids for the weekdays while I'm away and only able to come back for the weekends. Not bad for that age.

My late FiL used to vounteer at a number of clubs and societies for the elderly.

At the time his age barred him from driving a club minibus (an insurance restriction I think) he told us was older than many of the members who he always referred to as his 'olds'.

He was so active and engaged in life, just simple things like helping out with grandchildren, going and getting his shopping daily, cooking from scratch, making chutney and lemon curd, making and taking meals to sick friends, fly fishing and water bailiff.

The day that he was taken ill (dying a couple of days later in 2003) OH was on his way to visit him to teach him how to use the internet. Three months earlier he had been on holiday in Italy revisiting a place , and gettimg around by bike, where he had been active during ww2.

vivatifosi

Just catching up and wanted to send my thoughts and best wishes to fc and family.