Here we can all be heard for a little while. Part 3

tea_lover wrote: »

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/may/10/uncharted-4-grief-finishing-video-game-loss-novel-tv

Well this is timely, following our conversations yesterday.

Indeed! And oh so true! With the accomplishment of completing a game comes the knowledge that you won't get that experience again. With games like Mass Effect and Dragon Age you can replay, make different choices, play as a different character but you still are confined by the same overall narrative.

Izadora wrote: »

I'm not surprised she needed to vent. Is it just that he's unaware that it's not a free-for-all on anything that's in the fridge or is he an inconsiderate so-and-so who doesn't care that he's stealing from his girlfriend's daughter?

A few months ago I'd have thought it was an honest mistake but E's told me a fair few things about him that make me think that he's actually being quite deliberate about this and perhaps even trying to get E to move out?

After the pasta incident she did make it clear that it was her food he'd stolen, and apparently complained about (too salty!). Though he should already have been aware of this.

I know there's always the possibility that E is against him because he's dating her mum but he does seem to be incredibly inconsiderate from the things she says.

Me too!! I've lost count of the number of things I've misplaced this week. Finding my keys in my underwear drawer was an odd moment...

Haha! I've found my keys in the fridge before. I have no idea what was going on there... :rotfl:

Ooh I'd be so tempted to leave him a little laxative casserole for his dinner :rotfl:

tea_lover wrote: »

Ooh I'd be so tempted to leave him a little laxative casserole for his dinner :rotfl:

That's evil, but funny! :rotfl:

tea_lover wrote: »

Ooh I'd be so tempted to leave him a little laxative casserole for his dinner :rotfl:

I'm sure a chef in a hotel did that to me once.
I ordered a gammon steak with chips for dinner, and when it came I was surprised because it looked like breakfast..........gammon, baked beans, tomatoes and mushrooms. And chips.
However, when I tasted the gammon, it was incredibly salty, I mean inedlibly salty. It must have been the sort you need to soak before cooking. Any, I couldn't eat it, and its price wasn't particularly cheap, so I told the waiter, nicely. He brought me another one, but it was just the same. So I asked for a different dish altogether.
The next day, I had terrible diawoowoo.
The waiter saw me the next day and asked how I was. I wasn't going to give them the satisfaction, so I said yes, absolutely fine thanks, and beamed, even though my guts were turning inside out.

It was a horrible hotel, dirty room, lots wrong with it, dreadful cardboard breakfast buffet that looked like it had been sitting there since the night before. The rates were cheap. Shame, because it was an old coaching inn, a historic building close to the Cathedral, and had a fantastic,huge lounge with squashy sofas where you could get a nice afternoon tea. Different chef, I suppose!

codemonkey wrote: »

Personally I'd give it a sniff before eating and if it smelled alright, go for it. That being said, I have a cast iron stomach so you might not want to listen to me.

It depends on the conditions it was kept in. If was a cool day and the bag was in a cool room away from the sun, it's probably ok. If the bag was in a hot room, or near the sun or in a hot car, I'd chuck it, to be honest.

onomatopoeia99 wrote: »

Mostly for Pyxis, I was listening to radio 4 on the way home just now. It was "Word of mouth" and they were talking about irregular verbs, particularly in the past tense and participle, but the subjunctive got a mention as well (in the context of lay / lie).

Will appear on iplayer here : http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b079pr8y

The simple past and the participle seem to be where most of the irregular conjugations are in English verbs and they talked about origins in Germanic and the older indo-european languages. An interesting half hour as I drove through the rain anyway .

Ooh thanks, Ono! I'll deffo listen to that!