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lostinrates

Generali wrote: »

It's illegal in NSW to take food like that with your hands.

People don't break the rule either. At worst they'll grab a bread roll with the bag they plan to put it in.

In Italy you have to take vegetables you are buying with a plastic glove. If you forget they set a security guard on you.

Makes me snigger. They also love vegetable wash and the stuff is hardly grown in sterile conditions and picked by people who keep surgically clean.


Bread rolls etc, i use the tongs, or if its plastic bags just turn the bag inside out, ( much easier for the less dexterous)

zagubov

GDB2222 wrote: »

So, you wanted to take all 9?

I'm sure he took the best 9! Sounds like that sort of a chap! :eek:

We've just had a great meal.Mussels galore! Tried rollmops for the very first time. They look and smell revolting. Now I've tasted them I realise I've wasted my life!
Not too many roast potatoes. Turkey plus a variety of ways to eat pig. Stuffed to the gills now.

Hi Maggie. I'm probably the nearest NP to your current locality. :wave:

zagubov

Doozergirl wrote: »

I was at a carvery once where someone only helped themsleves to potatoes and yorkshires. With their hands.

They also flattened the yorkies onto the potatoes with their hands to make more fit on the plate.

It might have been less shocking if they'd have chosen at least one colourful vegetable.

Our local carvery has a breakfast buffet.
Took DS there recently. His appetite was restrained. Which is more than I can say for some of the other customers. :eek:

I don't like to be in a buffet behind kids or even certain adults; some people's buffet ettiquete leads a lot to be desired. I remember seeing the lady in front of me put the ladle into the soup tureen take a sip, pull a face and put it back in. And as for kids, the least said the better. _pale_

Nikkster

lostinrates wrote: »

g things have sounded rather taught in your writings.

Edit: most importantly lots of love to you my friend.

x2 for all of lir's post, but esp these bits.

From Sat I'm available for a beer/ wine/ cocktail/ coffee/ tea/ any combination of the above. Indeed I'll be positively looking for excuses not to do other things.

Hope you work things out. As lir also said, at least she's said something now. Hopefully gives you both time to work things through and get back to how you'd like it to be.

Nikkster

I think we have more in leftovers than we actually ate. Got through more bottles than people here though :beer:

GDB2222

Nikkster wrote: »

x2 for all of lir's post, but esp these bits.

From Sat I'm available for a beer/ wine/ cocktail/ coffee/ tea/ any combination of the above. Indeed I'll be positively looking for excuses not to do other things.

Hope you work things out. As lir also said, at least she's said something now. Hopefully gives you both time to work things through and get back to how you'd like it to be.

Isn't this a particularly fraught time of year? Everybody has it drummed into them that Christmas is a happy time of year, but there's only so much eating, drinking, and being kind to relatives that anyone can do. So, that's a double whammy. Not only are you not enjoying yourself, but you feel there must be something terribly wrong because you're not enjoying yourself. Whereas, it's pretty normal.

Nikkster

GDB2222 wrote: »

Isn't this a particularly fraught time of year? Everybody has it drummed into them that Christmas is a happy time of year, but there's only so much eating, drinking, and being kind to relatives that anyone can do. So, that's a double whammy. Not only are you not enjoying yourself, but you feel there must be something terribly wrong because you're not enjoying yourself. Whereas, it's pretty normal.

Yes, I think so. From my experience, it is the time of year a lot of things can find their way out of the woodwork. But also the pressure of living up to the 'Happy Family Christmastime' can lead people to feel like things 'aren't right' when in reality they are ok the rest of the year.

I'm sure we're all supposed to be hibernating in the northern hemisphere.

Masomnia

Mm I feel a bit 'meh' at the moment. Spent a few hours today with the family (mum and sister!) through the day but skulked upstairs a few hours ago and have just been wasting time since.

Had a nice day, great meal, got some nice things including a Kindle! So I can't complain

Feel a bit ropey though, and I have to be up tomorrow morning as I'm going to watch Burnley play Liverpool. I'm a fan of neither, but a mate of mine is a season ticket holder at Burnley and the mate of his who also has a season ticket can't make it, so he offered it to me!

I'm thinking bowl of crunchy nut cornflakes, bit of TV and then rest

GDB2222

Nikkster wrote: »

Yes, I think so. From my experience, it is the time of year a lot of things can find their way out of the woodwork. But also the pressure of living up to the 'Happy Family Christmastime' can lead people to feel like things 'aren't right' when in reality they are ok the rest of the year.

I'm sure we're all supposed to be hibernating in the northern hemisphere.

Hibernating sounds good. I also hate the forced bonhomie of New Year's Eve. I guess we have that to look forward to now. Great opportunity to hibernate.

Masomnia

GDB2222 wrote: »

Hibernating sounds good. I also hate the forced bonhomie of New Year's Eve. I guess we have that to look forward to now. Great opportunity to hibernate.

I normally enjoy NYE. We have a sort of uni reunion every year at someone's house. In Sheffield this year, so we're having a house party and then going for lunch and a walk in the Peak District on New Year's day

I get depressed on birthdays, and I think that's partly because you're supposed to enjoy yourself and be celebrating etc.