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I'm just thawing out after a very cold PCC meeting in one of our daughter churches. The heating wasn't, and we were all frozen. Thankfully, we managed to get through all the important stuff before our 9pm deadline - if our vicar had asked for an extention to finish the agenda, (our standing rules say that the chairman - ie the vicar - can request that the meeting can go on beyond 9pm)then tonight, he'd have been refused!

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Poor you!

Doesn't your Standing Committee organise things in such a way that PCC can be limited to a decent length? We generally start c7pm and are free before 8.30.

Sub-Committees and delegation are key; if that doesn't work then more meetings of shorter duration.

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The Anglican Cemetery Committee, for which I'm the recording secretary, tries to limit its meetings to 2 hours (7:30 - 9:30), but the last one dragged on because the vicar of the church where it was held (it rotates around the 8 churches in the group) rabbited on ...

... and on ...

... and on. [Snore]

He may be an archdeacon, but it doesn't stop him being a tube.

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quote:
Originally posted by L'organist:
Doesn't your Standing Committee organise things in such a way that PCC can be limited to a decent length? We generally start c7pm and are free before 8.30.

No Baptist Deacons' Meeting can ever be less than 2 hours long. It's in our Ecclesiastical Statutes.

(Or so you might think).

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Just recovering from a fantastic celebratory weekend, when my sister and brother-in-law came up for weekend, and we went over to my daughter who put on a wonderful meal for us, plus my two grandsons, who are both really lovely good-looking young men now, and my great granddaughter, who is lovely, though a real bossy boots! Then on my actual birthday (Monday) we went out for a gorgeous lunch at a huge local garden centre. The waitresses, who had somehow got wind of the fact it was my birthday, served my two scoops of sorbet (lemon and mango, since you ask) with a little lighted candle in the top!

Now the house is covered with cards, and a big helium balloon, which all say "80"!

I am feeling rather old today. But happy. [Smile]

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quote:
Originally posted by Nicodemia:

Now the house is covered with cards, and a big helium balloon, which all say "80"!


♪ ♫ ♩ ♬♪ ♫ ♩ ♬♪ ♫ ♩ ♬♪ ♫ ♩ ♬♪ ♫ ♩ ♬♪ ♫ ♩ ♬♪ ♫ ♩ ♬

Happy Birthday to you!

♪ ♫ ♩ ♬♪ ♫ ♩ ♬♪ ♫ ♩ ♬♪ ♫ ♩ ♬♪ ♫ ♩ ♬♪ ♫ ♩ ♬♪ ♫ ♩ ♬

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Happy Birthday! [Smile]

Spent the morning doing work admin, replying to emails and giving telephone tutorials. I've just got time to pop to Waitrose for the ingredients for my eldest's cooking lesson tomorrow and it'll be back to the telephone tutorials.

Later this afternoon we'll catch the bus into Cambridge and have pizza at my husband's work followed by fireworks on Midsummer's Common. Anyone else off to a display?

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Enjoy your special day, Nicodemia! May your year be blessed.

I saw a pretty good firework display from the window of my flat at the weekend. I didn't get to see what was on the ground, as that was obscured by trees, but the rockets were really good. Half an hour of that with all the comforts of home.

I'm thinking about making parkin or something similar - haven't had that in ages.

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quote:
Originally posted by L'organist:
Poor you!

Doesn't your Standing Committee organise things in such a way that PCC can be limited to a decent length? We generally start c7pm and are free before 8.30.

Sub-Committees and delegation are key; if that doesn't work then more meetings of shorter duration.

Appoint a rather well-to-do, old fashioned chairman who always dines at 8pm. Start meetings at 6:30 and you'll be finished by 7:45, I promise.

Nicodemia! A very happy birthday! Glad to hear it was such a joyful occasion.

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Many happy returns, Nicodemia! [Yipee]

You know 80 is the new 60, don't you? [Big Grin]

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Happy birthday from me too Nicodemia.

Having heard that it might get down to freezing tonight I've just dug up my tender standard fuchsia and put in a pot in the garage. Seems a shame as it's blooming beautifully.

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Menny happy returns [Smile]

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Happy Birthday Nicodemia, you don't look a day older [Smile]
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Happy Birthday, Nicodemia. SOunds liek a good way to celebrate it.

We've just stood in the garden with a sparkler each, having a small Fireworks celebration. WHen my son was younger he loevd the things, probably why he became a chemist.

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Happy birthday Nicodemia!

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Today for the first time in years I saw two "guys" - remember the old cry of "penny for the guy"? Both neatly done, one dressed up as a cavalier, so lifelike that even close up it was still a bit hard to believe it wasn't real. Haven't seen those in decades - good to know the old traditions are still being kept up.

I suppose with inflation, it's probably now "A fiver for the guy". [Roll Eyes]

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posted by Sioni Sais
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Appoint a rather well-to-do, old fashioned chairman who always dines at 8pm. Start meetings at 6:30 and you'll be finished by 7:45, I promise.
[Overused]

Failing that, look for someone with a military background and just tell them meetings can't last more than and hour and a half: you'll get it all done in the time.

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Many Happy Returns, Nicodemia [Smile]

No bonfire here, but I did just manage to set light to a tortilla in the oven. Does that count? I managed to get the fire out and open a window but tonight of all nights that lets the smell of smoke in , not out. [Disappointed]

At least my Mum's being baking parkin. Very nice, but it'll be better in a few days with some crumbly cheese.

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Sorry I'm a bit late, but it's still the 5th there - Happy Birthday Nicodemia!

We got back from our trip last night - a real lightning dash down the coast and back. The bureaucrats I met were all lovely and very helpful BUT the process still takes several weeks so I will have to go down again when it is all sorted - no problem really and the end product will be worth it eventually.

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Glad to hear it went well, Wodders.

I rather miss Guy Fawkes' night fireworks - it's not a tradition here (although a friend was saying on FB that there had been a bonfire out in Conception Bay South, which is a few miles out of St. John's).

We had no choir practice tonight as D. was needed to play for a service at the theological college that would have been right in the middle of our rehearsal. This was not, however all bad: beforehand we went to investigate a new bar/restaurant called Granite and very nice it was too. We shared a huge antipasto platter (if we'd known how huge it was going to be we probably wouldn't have ordered main courses) and then he had fish and chips, and I had lamb sliders. Couldn't really fault anything - definitely somewhere we'll go back to.

It's not quite in the same league as Côte or Café Rouge back home, but better than the run-of-the-mill places here.

[ 06. November 2014, 03:10: Message edited by: Piglet ]

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It does look nice. Compared to the British places you mention, the prices seem to be a bit higher, especially for the Appetizers.
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quote:
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[...] At least my Mum's being baking parkin. Very nice, but it'll be better in a few days with some crumbly cheese.

Clearly, you're someone who doesn't mind a parkin fine. [Smile]

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They could do with a good proofreader. Quibbles apart, what's a screech drizzle?

(Apart from the kind of banshee who looms suddenly up out of the mist at you, of course.)

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quote:
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They could do with a good proofreader. Quibbles apart, what's a screech drizzle?

A drizzle of this stuff? [Snigger]

BT, they're not too bad by local standards, and the platter we shared would have easily fed us on its own or with a shared salad. The lamb sliders comprised three little burgers (a bit less than half the size of a standard burger) plus garnishes, and I suspect that most of the "starters" would have sufficed as main courses, which is good value - $20 would be the cheap end for a main course in a moderately upmarket place.

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Ariel
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I'd have had the prawns. Or the scallops. I imagine the seafood must be really good - you probably get it very fresh.
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Btw, speaking of Cafe Rouge, the last time I was there they asked me to fill in an online feedback form and by way of incentive I was emailed a voucher for a free chocolate and banana crepe. Can't be bad.
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I would probably have tried the braised BBQ pork.

Tonight I cooked venison haunches in a buttery red wine sauce and they were lovely [Smile] there are some positive aspects to having left the freezer door open yesterday...

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I'm on the Cafe Rouge mailing list. Each year around my birthday they send me a voucher for a free bottle of prosecco or champagne if you spend £40. Easily done and worth it for the bubbly!

[ 06. November 2014, 21:56: Message edited by: Chocoholic ]

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quote:
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I'd have had the prawns. Or the scallops. I imagine the seafood must be really good - you probably get it very fresh.

You'd be surprised. Haligonians (of the Nova Scotia variety) are subjected to the same generic mass market stuff as the rest of Canada. The only thing I could count on to be fresh were those abused lobsters in the fish tank.

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I rarely think about whether a prawn has been frozen or not; I've had excellent ones and not-so excellent ones here.

There's a place in Petty Harbour about which I think I've waxed lyrical here before where I've seen them bring in the cod in buckets, straight from the boat. I assume that's why they're only open in the summer, when it's in season.

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Off to foie gras land this weekend.

We are going to be meeting the Caterer™ [Big Grin]

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We had our church fireworks party tonight. The rain held off, and we had some fairly impressive fireworks. [Biased]

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Hi! It's just me breaking in to thank you for lending two of your own to us on this side of the Pond! [Smile]

Gill H, Hugal and I had a lovely lunch together with many tales and much laughter!

[Big Grin]

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Glad you had a good time, JJ.

It's been an indoor sort of day here: it's blown a gale all day, with gusts up to 70 mph, and I could feel the house shuddering a bit, even though we're the middle of a block of three ... [Eek!]

I took a fancy for making a curry today - something I haven't done for well over 20 years. We had a ready-cooked chicken, so it was just a case of making a sauce and chucking things in, and it came out rather well. I was particularly pleased with the saffron rice I did to go with it, which was beautifully fluffy, and was described by D. as "a triumph". [Big Grin]

It was based on a recipe from the old Delia Smith books, but with adaptations to suit what I had, and I was chuffed enough with the result that I think I'll post the recipe upstairs.

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It's still early here and I'm just having a quick SoF session before heading off to a busy Interfaith Sunday - we go to Mass, come home and go straight to a Hindu marriage reception here in the village and then, after that, straight to a Muslim engagement thingy at a close neighbours house. Back about mid-afternoon completely knackered and with absolutely no need for supper!

First, though, a little bit of toast and marmalade - on my trek to The Big City yesterday the shop was out of Lemon and Lime marmalade so I had to settle for Orange, Lemon and Ginger.

I'll manage.

eta: it will be sort of malicious fun at the engagement thingy as the groom's mum can't stand me [the feeling is fairly mutual] but we shall smile and be pleasant as is required. The groom is a close friend and instructed his parents that I was invited.

[Two face]

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quote:
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I took a fancy for making a curry today - something I haven't done for well over 20 years. We had a ready-cooked chicken, so it was just a case of making a sauce and chucking things in, and it came out rather well. I was particularly pleased with the saffron rice I did to go with it, which was beautifully fluffy, and was described by D. as "a triumph". [Big Grin]

Saturday night has been curry night in our house for upwards of 15 years, to the best of my recollection, relying heavily on my Madhur Jaffrey recipe book. Last Christmas The Intrepid Miss S bought us a subscription for six monthly packs of fresh spices from The Spicery - they send you detailed instructions to make a main dish, a vegetable dish, various pickles and sides, as well as all the fresh whole and ground spices in little plastic envelopes. These feed four, so we have made various friends very happy by feeding them as well *mmmm*

I can never again get away with what has been described as 'chicken in slop' - i.e. a bought jar of curry sauce!

Mrs. S, fresh from last night's chicken tikka biryani [Yipee]

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I was given Madhur Jaffrey's books as a Christmas presents years ago and had many happy experiences with them. Her recipes were reliable and tasty and I've always used real spices since. I might dig those books out again - some of the recipes were good in lunchboxes.

In other news, the fog's rolling in fairly quickly just now. Hopefully this means it's going to be a lovely sunny autumn day when that clears.

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Its sunny here, Ariel, not a wisp of fog in sight - but then we don't get much up here. Everything else damp and wet, but not fog!

Have a good day, everyone, going to track down piglet's curry now!

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Tipping down with rain here East of Greenwich, with the hope of better weather later ... the folk doing Remembrance in the Park will get wet, I fear.
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Currently debating whether to go to the evening service or stay home with a glass of wine and the Sunday evening TV...

Nen - regular consumer of Chicken In Slop.

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I'm considering myself fortunate - I did not get soaked at the Remembrance Service in Deri this morning. I did suggest that, if it started to rain, we could always take cover in the nearby bus shelter. This became impractical when 30 people turned up - it would have been more than a bit cosy in that shelter! Happily for us, although the weather looked threatening, it didn't come to anything.

And then, as we were clearing away after our afternoon service (this would be about 18:00) I heard a rather odd noise from outside. Went to the front door to have a listen and realised that what I had heard was a rumble of thunder. It was also raining fit to bust. Not good news as I had a flat case and a guitar to carry - it's difficult to carry an umbrella with both hands full.

There were several other claps of thunder, including one directly overhead but, here's the happy bit, the rain had more-or-less stopped by the time we had to walk home. I consider myself fortunate ...

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At 10:15,leaving home for church on a sunny morning we thought "Oh good, the poppies won't get their usual drenching, in Newport at any rate".

Wrong again. We're used to Newport and Cardiff having different weather but it remained sunny at the top of the hill, where we live, while it was wet and windy in town, not a mile away.

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The morning fog cleared into a brilliantly sunny autumn day. Notable for a quite amazing display of pumpkins at a farm shop - several long trestle tables piled full of every shape, size and colour of pumpkin and gourd you can imagine, and some you probably can't.

The tourist season is officially deemed to be over which means a lot of houses/gardens are either now closed until the spring, or else only partly open. But still, good to get out. The trees are still flying the last few pennants of colour - that probably won't last much more than a couple of weeks now.

I saw some of the Remembrance Day broadcast from the Cenotaph. Thank God it all went smoothly as intended.

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Rick Stein's India is another recommended book for those who love curries, it's currently my most visited recipe book. The TV series was good too.
A nice afternoon, I slaughtered everyone at Monopoly then we had a late supper of a very nice whole Brie baked in bread (courtesy of my other half), followed by strawberries and marshmallows dipped in a chocolate fondue.
We've just siphoned 20 litres of berry cider into mini kegs and bottles and I'm now smelling decidedly fruity [Big Grin]

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Stand By For An Interesting Factoid

Did you know that your computer won't be able to access the internet if you don't actually press the connect button?

Even at my great age I try and learn something useful every day.

[Big Grin]

Yesterday's interfaith thingy went well although my sneezing in the reading of the Letter from the Kerala Catholics Bishops Conference was a bit embarrassing - perhaps I'm allergic to Bishops - or Catholics!

After that the food at the Hindu Marriage Feast was indeed passable, so much so that I was unable to partake of the nosh on offer at the Muslim Engagement "do" - which means S's mum and I didn't actually come into contact, which I am sure made us both happy.

Today we are off to the Mall and some shopping for guests arriving in 48 hours time - arriving, indeed, on my ex-colleague's 66th birthday, so cake has to be bought and I think we need more cheese.

Also 10th of the month means it is pay day - my work pension is in my account today and will be transferred, or most of it, over here in the next couple of days - which pays for cheese!

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quote:
Originally posted by Nicodemia:
... going to track down piglet's curry now!

Guess who forgot to post it? [Hot and Hormonal] I'm messing about here in between making a batch of French sticks, so when I go downstairs to put them in the oven I'll bring the book (and hopefully the remains of my memory) with me and see what I can do.

It was a beautiful, but cold and still rather windy day here. We had our usual acts of remembrance during the morning service: the Dean read out the names from the WWII memorial during the kids' address, and we had "They shall grow not old" and sang the Royal Anthem (God Save the Queen), the Ode to Newfoundland and the National Anthem (O Canada).

11th November is a national holiday here, and acts of remembrance at War Memorials are done then. I understand the forecast isn't too bad for Tuesday ... **crosses fingers**

Loaves now in oven; I'll go and post that recipe upstairs. [Smile]

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quote:
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Currently debating whether to go to the evening service or stay home with a glass of wine and the Sunday evening TV...

Nen - regular consumer of Chicken In Slop.

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I wish we hadn't had to go to Evening Service- it was our quarterly Healing Service, which involves a LOT of sitting around. Also, it justified what the vicar says about 'organised religion' - 'Who are you calling organised?'. There were four people there I'd never seen before but mercifully Mr. S was siding and said there was no Mystery Worshipper card in the collection *phew*

We no longer go to Remembrance Day - not from principle but from pragmatism. The church needs our space more than our presence!

Mrs. S, who attended enough of those as Scout mother (is that like a soccer mum?)

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Nice bit in the paper here last week - primary school children asked in a survey of things that worry them said that traffic was one of those that really go to them. Enter the local traffic police who escort various 6/7/8 years old to tell off offenders who didn't wear crash hats or seatbelts.

Good for them!

Apparently several offenders were quite shamefaced about told off by the littlies.

Brilliant!

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quote:
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... Loaves now in oven; I'll go and post that recipe ...

Posting the recipe took longer than anticipated - loaves in oven nearly twice as long as they should have been - loaves somewhat crusty. [Hot and Hormonal]

There was swearing.

D. likes them that way (I don't - I think they'd work better as offensive weapons), so I'll probably make another batch and he can eat the crusty ones. I really must invest in a timer next time I'm in a kitchen shop ...

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quote:
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loaves in oven nearly twice as long as they should have been - loaves somewhat crusty. [Hot and Hormonal]

There was swearing.

OTOH, they could be an excellent accompaniment to French onion soup (the sort with a little cheese grated into it). Once slices are dunked into it, they'll soften up and be delicious. You might spread some garlic butter on them beforehand, or just turn them into croutons.
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