Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer

vivatifosi

Sorry Gen, but WELL DONE LEICESTER CITY!!!!

zagubov

vivatifosi wrote: »

WELL DONE LEICESTER CITY!!!!

That's a result!:beer::j

Generali

vivatifosi wrote: »

Sorry Gen, but WELL DONE LEICESTER CITY!!!!

I don't begrudge them a moment of it. Well done The Foxes.

It's all over the news here.

CKhalvashi

Popping out to sort what I need for a potential client in a minute.

It's someone I've known for about 4 years, but as it's the first time I've worked with them in this capacity, need to find a nice way of asking for full disclosure. Could be tricky........

ivyleaf

Oh dear, that's awkward CK! I hope you found a tactful way to do it and that they understood the necessity.

silvercar

vivatifosi wrote: »

I'm considering a small wager on the UK. The song is much better and catchier than our last few and the odds are ludicrously long. I don't think it will win, but may see what I can get for top five or top ten.

I also think Belgium is worth a punt, decent odds, decent song, May also get a sentimental vote due to the horrors.

I'm still undecided as to who will win. I've got it right for the last three four years, but they were easier to choose. Nothing is standing out this year. Maybe Russia? France, Belgium and UK are my favourites. It's great that France has actually tried this year. I don't think Sweden will do the double.

Based on your wisdom and an odd moment of patriotism, I've put a small bet on the UK ending in the top 10. Got odds of 12-1.


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Pyxis

Don't know if this sort of thing has been discussed before on here, but I was watching a bit of Rip Off Britain earlier, and heard them talking about eat by dates. They were dealing with things like sauces, condiments and dip-type stuff.

I must admit that things like ketchup, mustard etc. annoy me because, even though I buy the smallest pot, I very rarely finish it before the 'once opened' recommended eating by date, and then have to decide what to do.

I'm less bothered if the jar hasn't even been opened. About a month ago I was desperate for some marmite, and the jar in my cupboard had an expired date on it. It hadn't been opened, so I used the eye/nose/taste test and it was fine. And I'm still here unscathed.

No, it's once they're opened that is the problem as I know that far fewer preservatives are added in to foods these days. In the olden days, I never used to keep ketchup or made mustard jars in the fridge after opening! :eek: (I prefer not to have added preservatives, though).

Anyway, the programme was interesting because they did some lab tests on 5 foods, measuring bacterial levels on opening, and then on each day for seven days. (Three foods had eat by 2 days after opening, one was 4 days and one was 5 days. The foods were hummus, coleslaw, sour cream/chive dip, fresh orange juice, and cream cheese.

None of the foods had salmonella or E.Coli at any time. Other bacteria present were the sort that are everywhere and are safe in quantities below 1 million per unit (g or ml). After 7 days, none of them had bacteria levels anywhere near the unsafe level of 1million per g or ml, and some had fewer than were present on opening!

They'd been kept in the fridge, obviously, but also hadn't had spoons (or fingers!) dipped into them in the meantime, which could have increased bacteria levels.

I was disappointed they hadn't tested ketchup, mustard, horseradish etc. although I would think that the acidic levels in those type of condiments would be a powerful natural preservative, plus if squeezy bottles are used, you don't stick spoons into them, so they're probably safer.
Of course, I also have a tin of dry mustard, which should last for ever!


(Now, where did I put my mustard spoons? :rotfl::rotfl:)

Generali

Pyxis wrote: »

Don't know if this sort of thing has been discussed before on here, but I was watching a bit of Rip Off Britain earlier, and heard them talking about eat by dates. They were dealing with things like sauces, condiments and dip-type stuff.

I must admit that things like ketchup, mustard etc. annoy me because, even though I buy the smallest pot, I very rarely finish it before the 'once opened' recommended eating by date, and then have to decide what to do.

I'm less bothered if the jar hasn't even been opened. About a month ago I was desperate for some marmite, and the jar in my cupboard had an expired date on it. It hadn't been opened, so I used the eye/nose/taste test and it was fine. And I'm still here unscathed.

No, it's once they're opened that is the problem as I know that far fewer preservatives are added in to foods these days. In the olden days, I never used to keep ketchup or made mustard jars in the fridge after opening! :eek: (I prefer not to have added preservatives, though).

Anyway, the programme was interesting because they did some lab tests on 5 foods, measuring bacterial levels on opening, and then on each day for seven days. (Three foods had eat by 2 days after opening, one was 4 days and one was 5 days. The foods were hummus, coleslaw, sour cream/chive dip, fresh orange juice, and cream cheese.

None of the foods had salmonella or E.Coli at any time. Other bacteria present were the sort that are everywhere and are safe in quantities below 1 million per unit (g or ml). After 7 days, none of them had bacteria levels anywhere near the unsafe level of 1million per g or ml, and some had fewer than were present on opening!

They'd been kept in the fridge, obviously, but also hadn't had spoons (or fingers!) dipped into them in the meantime, which could have increased bacteria levels.

I was disappointed they hadn't tested ketchup, mustard, horseradish etc. although I would think that the acidic levels in those type of condiments would be a powerful natural preservative, plus if squeezy bottles are used, you don't stick spoons into them, so they're probably safer.
Of course, I also have a tin of dry mustard, which should last for ever!


(Now, where did I put my mustard spoons? :rotfl::rotfl:)

Years ago I heard an interview with an American bloke that made Worcester sauce for a living and he was asked why he refrigerated the stuff as, "...surely nothing can live in Worcester sauce."

"No it can't", he replied, "but if it's in the fridge then people see it every day and are reminded to use it and then buy more!"

The trouble with ignoring Use By dates is that if you get it wrong and you do get one of the nastier food poisoning bugs then it can mess you up really very badly.

My mate many years ago ended up on a drip in hospital for a week with salmonella and was told that he was lucky to get away as lightly as he did. Someone in a well known fast food chain had decided to replace the time card on a burger rather than cook a new one.

Pyxis

Yes, don't get me wrong - meat, and particularly fish, one has to be careful with.
Yup, agree about Rip Off Britain. I don't usually watch it, not so much because of their voices but because I've felt in the past that they can over-dramatise things for effect, but when I heard they were going to discuss this point, I thought I'd watch it.


PastiesNew, , do you mean to say that mustard spoons are less posh than ponies? :eek:
What Poshometer are you using? Is it one of the old antique brass and mahogany analogue ones, or one of the new plastic digital ones from the pound shop?

Nope, no pony. There might be a My Little Pony somewhere in the loft, though.

Nope, no holiday home. I do have the use of a beach hut, though. Not one of the gold-plated ones that double up as holiday homes, just one of the garden shed types. Does that count?

Nope, no plane. Well, not the aero sort, just one of the wood-smoothing sort.

Guess I'm well down on the poshness score then.
Will have to buy some lobster-claw crackers and a caviar spoon.

There was a daft quiz on t'internet somewhere about how posh are you, and some of the questions were weird. One was "Do you have a mantlepiece".

Generali

Pyxis wrote: »

There was a daft quiz on t'internet somewhere about how posh are you, and some of the questions were weird. One was "Do you have a mantlepiece".

I think we had that on this thread.

The funny thing is, the last place I lived which had a mantlepiece was the first place I rented in Aus. It was what we call a 'knock-down rebuild', that is a house bought to put a new one on the land because the existing one is knackered.

We used to get spiders climbing in through the broken window that had leg spans bigger than my hands. We had a small jungle at the back of the garden that used to get stick insects in (that was awesome for a Pom; stick insects are posh pets or something not pests in the back yard). In a storm the roof antenna came down and took a chunk of house with it. Each heavy rain or very hot day another chunk of driveway would come away. But we had a mantlepiece. And carpet in the kitchen too