19.9.07

Celebrity Chef? Clown Chef more like. How old are you?

I know I am harsh on this blog sometimes but, hey, that's what blogging's
all about isn't it?

I have set up a radio system in my bedroom now so I can end and start the
day with my favourite BBC Radio 4. This means that I can then watch
Breakfast Television on BBC 1, having caught up with the world in bed.

Anyway, they had on "Celebrity Chef" James Martin to talk about tinned food.
Well, they would have done better to have me on to be honest. At one stage,
trying to defend his pathetic and ill thought out arguments, he said, 'Who
soaks peas any more? Serve marrowfat peas from a tin.' Clown! As he was
saying this, there just happened to be a goodly batch of dried peas ready
for me to cook for today's dinner ... I've already cooked them and eaten
half of them.

Tinned marrowfat peas are no substitute for real mushy peas. That chap calls
himself a Yorkshireman too: even more of a disgrace.

Then I got round to hiring a van for the weekend and was asked for my age:
when I told the young sounding lady at the other end of the line she said
'Brilliant'. Hmm, good!


DW

18.9.07

Chocolat

Finished reading the book chocolat by Joanne Harris and I didn't like it in the slightest.

 

Review will follow in a day or two!

 

DW

The weekend

Dima and Veronica came to stay for the weekend and that was good. Went out on Saturday night with Susan and Neville and D and V at a local Chinese restaurant: Wok 1 in Halifax. Nice sized restaurant with a good sized buffet and they have a lot of veggie options. The sweet trolley is extensive too: several lovely cakes plus ice cream and not just ice cream!
 
I have now moved the coffee table from the middle of the living room to the side and that has opened up the room a huge amount. I have also put my crockery away in the sidebaord and have switched on the lights in there and that has added a nice ambiance to the room too.
 
There is a big old hi fi set in the cupboard upstairs, courtesy of the previous occupants and that has an FM aerial which I filched for my own little stereo kit. So now I've got a radio/CD player/cassette player in my bedroom together with remote control so now I've got radio 4 on tap in almost every room in the house now! Plus other stations when I feel the need for change.
 
The weather has just turned a bit chilly here and there's been a fair amount of rain today too.
 
Thought I'd share all of that!
 
DW

16.9.07

Electrocution!

My car's battery drains at the drop of a hat and whilst I don’t like it I live with it for now. What that means is that if I don’t drive it for a day or two I will probably have to give it a boost with my battery booster! I was doing that on Thursday, just outside the house, when a kindly looking gentleman came along and this conversation ensued.

 

He:   Be careful with them [the leads on the booster]. Make sure you don't let them touch otherwise you might get a shock.

 

Me:   I did that once but I just blew the fuse.

 

He:   I'm living up the road, well, it's my parents house because I live in Cheltenham (I think he said), I work on Casualty, the television programme. Anyway, my dad did that, let the leads touch and he got a shock. He collapsed. I went to him but I couldn't touch him because I would have got a shock as well. So I dialled 999 and they told me not to touch him. Just collapsed he did.

 

So I just had to leave him alone until the ambulance came.

 

Me:   That's terrible and thanks for the advice ...

 

Friendly chappie that!

 

DW