Nice People Thread Part 9 - and so it continues

zagubov

PasturesNew wrote: »

I'm on about skin temperature, not under tongue temp.

It's only 34 now .... well, until I got bored of waiting for it to increase.

There's people with neurological problems who're medically described as poikilothermic ("cold-blooded"). They need to wear different amounts of clothing at various temperature compared with typical people. And everybody is cold-blooded while they dream.

I like my subject too much.:rotfl::D

PasturesNew

Spirit wrote: »

Had to leave some as there was too much.

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That's one reason I just ask for kebab meat .... nobody needs the pitta. I find one portion of kebab meat at a good place gives enough for that night - and can be nuked the next day.

Kebab meat recipe is just mince and 3-4 spices, then you squish it all together, just squash it tight into a tightly packed lump of meat that's the shape of a loaf. Then just bake/roast it - then slice/hack it. And it's definitely on my list to get round to making it one day.

If you look up The Takeaway Secret book on Amazon, then click on the cover to "take a look inside", you'll see page 26 for the recipe (I just checked to make sure it's still there and it is).

It can be tricky finding the ingredients.... in fact I've still not found cayenne.... but I have got something similar. It takes: flour, oregano, italian herbs, garlic powder, onion powder, cayenne pepper, salt, black pepper, lamb mince

And here is a photo an MSE member took when they made it: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=41745348&postcount=1704

michaels

WE get treated plus partners. Unfortunately all the people I get on with leave and the ones I am not so keen on stay so DW and I just treat it as a free dinner and yes we are thick skinned enough to pretty well ignore everyone else.

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

That's one reason I just ask for kebab meat .... nobody needs the pitta. I find one portion of kebab meat at a good place gives enough for that night - and can be nuked the next day.

Kebab meat recipe is just mince and 3-4 spices, then you squish it all together, just squash it tight into a tightly packed lump of meat that's the shape of a loaf. Then just bake/roast it - then slice/hack it. And it's definitely on my list to get round to making it one day.

But pita is nice. .

PasturesNew

michaels wrote: »

WE get treated plus partners. Unfortunately all the people I get on with leave and the ones I am not so keen on stay so DW and I just treat it as a free dinner and yes we are thick skinned enough to pretty well ignore everyone else.

I hate the +partners dos. I've rarely worked anywhere that put on a Xmas do - most you have to pay. So it's bad enough paying, but a +partners really makes it a cr4p night as [a] they stick together they stick together with other couples.

Spirit_2

Dangerously close to on topic...have any NP thought about the impact of raising state pension age?


I am not impacted directly by this as do not expect my retirement age to be influenced by Govt policy (own crappy health being the bigger consideration) and OH will probably go to pt working at 60 (I have said before he 'down shifted' and his job is one people would like to do post retirement. Just for the record he is not a lollipop man).

I am however trying to imagine a 70+ DD working and hoping she would be fit enough. She does have a pension fund and I expect will inherit form us in due course.

Usually I think about how we help her get on to the housing ladder. This is a new concern.

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

But pita is nice. .

Some pita is nice; some pita is awful and either tough, or dry .... and the cost difference of having a kebab, or having meat only, is often £1 - and I'd not pay £1 for a pitta bread!

PasturesNew

Spirit wrote: »

Dangerously close to on topic...have any NP thought about the impact of raising state pension age?

I think they should do something interim - and allow people to retire at 65 on "basic jobseekers allowance without having to sign on".

When I started work it was 60; now it's 66. My only pension will be the state pension.

LydiaJ

lostinrates wrote: »

Sigh. Its happening. I'm going to have to start a gradual fade to that safe middle aged blonde that starts usually in the late thirties and ends somewhere around Helen miren.

You are to do nothing so conformist! Your character is not about being the same as everybody else, least of all with hair. Take your time, consider all the options, and do something creative and beautiful with your hair that makes you smile.

michaels wrote: »

WE get treated plus partners. Unfortunately all the people I get on with leave and the ones I am not so keen on stay so DW and I just treat it as a free dinner and yes we are thick skinned enough to pretty well ignore everyone else.

We get a dinner. The food is excellent. I think you get to bring your partner if you're leaving, but not otherwise. They pick a charity and we have to give £5 to go to the dinner. It is well worth it.

Spirit_2

PasturesNew wrote: »

My only pension will be the state pension.

PN if this is the case how are you contributing to National Insurance to ensure you build up a full entitlemet to the state pension?