Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer

vivatifosi

PasturesNew wrote: »

Gardening robots .... 100 years from now everybody will use them. All people will have to do is choose what they want online, the items will come in specific types of package that the robot can handle - so if you order 20 lots of seeds, the robot will have slots to fit the packets into ... and goes off and digs/plants/covers the seeds, then pops out each day to water them etc. When something's ready to be eaten you'll get a text - choose "YES" and he'll fetch the item and bring it into the house for you.



He'll even understand your garden/soil type and you'll get an alert when online shopping if something's not the right product for your garden and asking if you want to order it anyway (it might be a gift, or you might just be a risk-taker)

I want one, need one, when can I get one? 100 years, nooooooo:(

chris_m wrote: »

That sounds horrible - you might as well just use online shopping and have the store's delivery robot bring the stuff to you.

I think I'll just stick to my robotic vacuum cleaner, leaving me time to get my hands dirty in the garden

I'll have yours. We have gardening problems here... DH has really bad hay fever and I'm not allowed to go out in the sun (because I'm a vampire).

vivatifosi

Generali wrote: »

AFAIK it has never snowed in Sydney since white settlement.

That wouldn't surprise me. When I lived in colder Melbourne it hadn't snowed for 100 years.

Love the house Gen. That's a proper Aussie house, on what looks like a quarter acre lot. You're going native...

Wheezy_2

vivatifosi wrote: »

Eurovision first semi bbc4 now

We applied our usual Eurovision watching process.
Record it on freeview box, start watching at least 1 hour in, fastforward through all the cheesy crap and watch a minute or so of each entry.
I thought Croatia was okay.
Best outfit goes to Armenia for sure.

vivatifosi

Wheezy, perfect timing... second semi final starts at 8pm tonight, BBC4. Will you be recording to fast forward through in search of Polish washerwomen, I mean highly talented acts? (strikethrough not currently working, so that loses something)

vivatifosi

Oooh, forgot to mention, my favourite song is on tonight... go team BELGIUM!!!!!!

oldandhappy

quote... probably going to add a little ornamental thing at the top of the slope, though calling it a pond is a bit of a stretch!.unquote..its good to stretch....haha

at the previous property it was on side on hill with a largish front garden so we built a stream with a bottom pond and a top pond installed a pump so it pumped from the bottom to the top then would run down the stream..when we got frogs spawn we had to turn it off.... then our ducks would take over so had to net off the top pond to protect the froglets....you can get mosquitos very easily with any water sources but fish help ...

Wheezy_2

vivatifosi wrote: »

Oooh, forgot to mention, my favourite song is on tonight... go team BELGIUM!!!!!!

A Belgian washerwoman!? :j

oldandhappy

genuine Cornish pasty must only contain:

Roughly diced or minced beef
Sliced or diced potato
Swede (turnip)
Onion
Seasoning to taste (mainly salt & pepper)
The ingredients must be uncooked when the pasty is assembled

The pastry must be savoury and can be shortcrust, puff or rough puff and must hold all ingredients through cooking and handling without cracking or breaking.

The pasty must be crimped into a D shape, with the crimp towards one side.
Quote:

not what I done..carrots pots mince beef onion peppers all precooked..added a oxo cube then.frozen flakey pastry from Tesco delivery in France....no salt but black pepper....

I call shepherds pie a shepherds pie even though its not made with lamb my neighbour did mention that to me one day that it would be whatever pie......cant remember what he said...

PasturesNew

oldandhappy wrote: »

not what I done..carrots pots mince beef onion peppers all precooked..added a oxo cube then.frozen flakey pastry from Tesco delivery in France....no salt but black pepper....

There's NEVER, EVER .... carrot in it
Everything goes in raw, never cooked.

You made a pasty.

oldandhappy wrote: »

I call shepherds pie a shepherds pie even though its not made with lamb my neighbour did mention that to me one day that it would be whatever pie......cant remember what he said...

Yes, it'd be a Cottage pie if there were no lamb.

Cottage: Meat
Shepherd's: Lamb, because they look after sheep/lambs

Cumberland: Cheese/breadcrumbs on top of a cottage pie.

oldandhappy

PasturesNew wrote: »

There's NEVER, EVER .... carrot in it
Everything goes in raw, never cooked.

You made a pasty.


Yes, it'd be a Cottage pie if there were no lamb.

Cottage: Meat
Shepherd's: Lamb, because they look after sheep/lambs

Cumberland: Cheese/breadcrumbs on top of a cottage pie.

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