Breaking Through, Travelling On

edinburgher

Hopefuljoy, here's the first reference to Tax Dark I saw

I eat some seaweed in my diet, it has some very interesting benefits. Calcium, iodine, folate, magnesium, B vitamins in some varieties...

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Samphire (though I'm not sure if it qualifies as a true seaweed) is delicious. Has been eaten in this country for centuries (was even mentioned in King Lear). Has become something of a foodie favourite and is also known as sea asparagus or something like that. Edinburgher, your talk of the benefits of seaweed has reminded me that I haven't eaten samphire for ages. Must seek some out although it is hard to find and buy at a reasonable price:eek:. Used to know somewhere on the coast not far from here where we could to pick some. Time for a little trip at the weekend I think:j

Karmacat

Morning all! Community chat, I love it :j:j:j

Hopefuljoy wrote: »

Hello KC and friends. It looks like everyone is well apart from some sniffles!

My sniffles went, thank you! - definitely an allergy to the shampoo I used (Sainsbo own brand) this was the first time I'd used it for 1st and 2nd wash - it was *horrendous*. This is inconvenient, as its a big bottle but I'll use it up as liquid soap

I am a bit confused about this dark tax stuff. Can anyone explain it too me???

Nite nite, Hopefuljoy

Hope you slept well, Hopefuljoy :kisses3: It was the *phrase* that attracted me ed has explained it already a little downthread from your post.

carbootcrazy wrote: »

Samphire (though I'm not sure if it qualifies as a true seaweed) is delicious. Has been eaten in this country for centuries (was even mentioned in King Lear). Has become something of a foodie favourite and is also known as sea asparagus or something like that. Edinburgher, your talk of the benefits of seaweed has reminded me that I haven't eaten samphire for ages. Must seek some out although it is hard to find and buy at a reasonable price:eek:. Used to know somewhere on the coast not far from here where we could to pick some. Time for a little trip at the weekend I think:j

We had some at a posh restaurant in Norfolk during one of our holidays there, and we all loathed it but we think it was stale/the day before a delivery, something like that. El - all the recipes I saw yesterday were about "chopping finely" and I'd certainly only include it as part of the greens, not the entire thing. For instance, the recipes I started looking at on eatweeds were using the leaves of ox-eye daisies, which migrated with me from my house on the coast :j

Seaweed and oxeye will both be just one more string to my bow for the salsa verde I plan

Karmacat

Blimey, Gally, that non-resident tax thing is a beggar :eek: I didn't know anything about that! Git, indeed

Right, this morning, better do a list:
- read through the Monevator post that Ed linked to - I may have been over-focussing on MrMoneyMustache
- session work at lunchtime.
- numerous cards and letters to write, oops. Erm, [strike]three [/strike] four plus a phone call, I think.
- pay credit cards - s*dding stopzilla should have disappeared from my account by now, I'll check before I pay.
- tidy up downstairs, necessary life task between the w/m delivery and the fact that I have a few days holiday next week
- research how to unhook the hoses from a washing machine, ahead of the new one being delivered on Saturday. I will be *very* glad to be able to put a washing machine on :rotfl:

edinburgher

Fresh British samphire is one of those foodstuffs that actually deserves the word 'divine', I haven't had any in years!

rtandon27

We bought some samphire from our Mr W fish counter (on red sticker of course) - it really was divine - a cross between seaweed and asparagus - lightly steamed with butter - I'd have it again (at the right price):D

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I'm really sorry to hear of your bad reaction to the shampoo, Karmacat. I can empathise to a certain extent because I once sent off for a trial size bottle of Aussie mint shampoo. I've used other variants of their hair products in the past and was looking forward to trying something new. It was appalling, my eyes ran and stung for hours (even though I didn't actually get any of it in my eyes directly). The 'fragrance was just so unbelievably strong:eek:. What I didn't use went straight down the drain. I wish now I'd kept it and complained to someone about it as I'm sure it wasn't even safe to use.

Karmacat

rtandon27 wrote: »

We bought some samphire from our Mr W fish counter (on red sticker of course) - it really was divine - a cross between seaweed and asparagus - lightly steamed with butter - I'd have it again (at the right price):D

Wow! Well, I trust the tastebuds of you and Ed, so it seems definite that we got a bad batch in Norfolk :rotfl: I'll try again.

carbootcrazy wrote: »

I'm really sorry to hear of your bad reaction to the shampoo, Karmacat. I can empathise to a certain extent because I once sent off for a trial size bottle of Aussie mint shampoo. I've used other variants of their hair products in the past and was looking forward to trying something new. It was appalling, my eyes ran and stung for hours (even though I didn't actually get any of it in my eyes directly). The 'fragrance was just so unbelievably strong:eek:. What I didn't use went straight down the drain. I wish now I'd kept it and complained to someone about it as I'm sure it wasn't even safe to use.

It had gone this morning, CBC, thank you for your concern :kisses3: I had a dreadful allergy attack about 20 years ago now, that lasted months, but this one has literally been one day, so no problemo I consider myself *extremely* lucky in terms of my family - yes, I have moles that I have to get checked every now and again, but almost every other member of my family has had operations for skin cancer or pre-skin cancer. I haven't even had a mole excised! And much as I'd love to die my hair, I don't, because I can't really justify paying for the organic stuff, and with my skin it would be mad to use the ordinary stuff.

Never mind! In a hundred years, it won't matter, as an optimist used to tell me

I've been a bit lazy though I have done some of the list:
[STRIKE]- read through the Monevator post that Ed linked to - I may have been over-focussing on MrMoneyMustache [/STRIKE]

[STRIKE]- session work at lunchtime.[/STRIKE]

[STRIKE]- numerous cards and letters to write, oops. Erm, three four plus a phone call, I think.[/STRIKE]
I did three

- pay credit cards - s*dding stopzilla should have disappeared from my account by now, I'll check before I pay.
No, but I checked the refund, which genuinely has arrived

[STRIKE]- tidy up downstairs, necessary life task between the w/m delivery and the fact that I have a few days holiday next week [/STRIKE]

- research how to unhook the hoses from a washing machine, ahead of the new one being delivered on Saturday. I will be *very* glad to be able to put a washing machine on :rotfl: No :eek: this **must** be done tomorrow, because its arriving on Saturday.

Oops :cool:

elantan

I watched a wee semphire Farmingy type thing on tv ages ago, it was interesting but have to admit it didn't appeal to me, I think it's because of the reaction I seem to have with anything sea type related, can't eat sea food at all, I used to think it was a psychological thing but I think I'm more allergic and that makes it psychological, couple of times I tried fish or sea weed I would be vomitting an stuck in the toilet for hours then stuck on the couch for days with a pounding headache and the sweats ... Strange and rather annoying as I know it's very good for you

Watty1

Read up on tax dark. Interesting. Not far off personally - could achieve once mortgage paid off I think if I shipped funds from company direct into pension pot thus saving corporation tax on company.