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Mail order Chai

PLucas — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:36:54 GMT

Trying to buy any sort of Chai tea powder (apart from tea bags and Chai Latte
sachets which are *way* to sweet for us) at our supermarkets is next to
impossible. Sometimes they have it, a lot of times they don't.

So now I just order our Bondi Chai powder, and Arkadia Chai powder online.

And it works out to be about the same price as going to the damn shops to buy
it!!

Also put an order in for some Bondi Chai for the office, so that I can use
the new coffee machine and make it up :-)

--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

ACHTUNG! ALLES LOOKENSPEEPERS! Das computermachine ist nicht fuer
gefingerpoken und mittengrabben. Ist easy schnappen der springenwerk,
blowenfusen und poppencorken mit spitzensparken. Ist nicht fuer gewerken
bei das dumpkopfen. Das rubbernecken sichtseeren keepen das cotten-
pickenen hans in das pockets muss; relaxen und watchen das
blinkenlichten

Pork, Lamb, and Goats on sale this weekend!!

PLucas — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:33:11 GMT

I think I might just go and get some more belly pork, the last lot was
*absolutely* magnificant (or maybe it was just the way I cooked it!!).

My local butcher shop is running a 'special'. They're breaking up 300 odd
Bangalow pigs and putting them into tubs. Front, middle and back sections,
with the dearest being $5.99kg. And that is *bloody* cheap for Bangalow
pork!!

Here's the concept........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWHjhbisd5U

and the blurb from the email.......

*******************
"This weekend (Friday,Saturday and Sunday) we have the "Fresh Meat
Clearance Sale" on for perhaps the last time, so make sure you don't miss
out on savings of up to 70% on Supermarket prices. Due to the flooding in
Victoria, this could be the last sale held in this format at these LOW
PRICES, so make sure you get in this weekend to pick up one of the great
deals.

At the 2 Factories (Yatala and Eagle Farm) we have 200 Organic Lambs, 200
Normal Lambs, 200 Bangalow Pork (100% Female) and 30 Fresh Goats on Sale.
We are keeping the same low prices as last weekend and as you know Organic
Lambs are normally 30% to 50% more expensive than Normal Lambs and
Bangalow Pork is one of the best known Pork Brands in Australia - so the
prices we are going out at are quite incredible!

Organic and Traditional Lamb (Both are while stocks last)
Lamb Shoulders $5.99kg,
Lamb Legs $7.99kg,
Lamb Loin/Racks and Ribs $9.99kg (all sliced FREE)

Fresh Bangalow Pork
Fresh Pork Shoulders $3.99kg,
Fresh Pork Legs $4.99kg,
Fresh Pork Racks, Bellies or Loins $5.99kg.

We have the Spit Roast Operating at both factories on Friday, Saturday and
Sunday, so come on in grab a Free Roast Sandwich or Sausage Sandwich."
***********************

Mmmmmmmmmmm, roast pork sandwich........ might have to take some relish
with me.

--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

ACHTUNG! ALLES LOOKENSPEEPERS! Das computermachine ist nicht fuer
gefingerpoken und mittengrabben. Ist easy schnappen der springenwerk,
blowenfusen und poppencorken mit spitzensparken. Ist nicht fuer gewerken
bei das dumpkopfen. Das rubbernecken sichtseeren keepen das cotten-
pickenen hans in das pockets muss; relaxen und watchen das
blinkenlichten

OT: Missing child has been found!!!!!!

PLucas — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:13:54 GMT

http://www.news.com.au/national/miss...drew-thompson-
found-after-three-years/story-e6frfkvr-1225916241362

Missing Australian boy Andrew Thompson found after three years

* By staff writers
* From: news.com.au
* September 09, 2010 9:04AM

AN Australian boy who went missing almost three years ago has been found
in Northern Europe, bringing an end to his father's desperate search.

Andrew Thompson was abducted in 2008 by his mother Melinda Stratton after
she was diagnosed with a mental disorder.

Despite a worldwide search, Ms Stratton eluded authorities until Monday
when she tried to enrol Andrew in a school in Amsterdam, reported the
Sydney Morning Herald.

Authorities were alerted after a school principal ran a security check
when he noticed Andrew's passport was expired and discovered Andrew had
featured in more than 180 Interpol alerts.

Andrew's father Ken Thompson, a former deputy commissioner of the New
South Wales Fire Brigades, was last night on his way to meet his son.

A family Friend, Robin Bowles, told the Sydney Morning Herald, "Ken's
ecstatic, emotional, relieved, overjoyed and still in a total state of
shock," Ms Bowles said.

"It is no secret there were fears for both Melinda's and Andrew's safety
and the longer time went on, the fear grew deeper within Ken that maybe
he'd never see his son again. He wants to see him. He can't wait a moment
longer."

Mr Thomson has spent every day of the last three and a half months cycling
through Europe, looking for his son in a heroic search effort.

He has cycled through over half a dozen countries in his desperate mission
to find his missing son.

Three-year nightmare over

It�s been almost three years after his ordeal began when his son and wife
went missing on April 24, 2008.

Ms Stratton began showing the first signs of mental illness in 2006
according to Mr Thompson.

The symptoms were subtle at first, but they progressed, manifesting
themselves in paranoia and false beliefs about various people, including
Mr Thompson.

"I didn't realise it at the time, but it started slowly and just
escalated, it was terrible," Mr Thompson said previously.

By December 2007, his wife had been diagnosed by one of Australia's
leading psychiatrists as having a paranoia disorder, and left their family
home on January 1.

She fled the country with three-year-old Andrew after fearing she would
lose access to him over the psychatrist's report.

The Australian Federal Police issued a warrant for her arrest and together
with Interpol managed to trace her to Frankfurt, but there the trail
quickly ran cold.

Mr Thompson took early retirement and began to plot a way to find his son.

At that point the Family Court of Australia had granted an order lifting a
ban on Andrew's name being published, to aid the search.

Mr Thompson got himself fit, organised a bike, set up a website, got a
cycling shirt printed with Andrew's face on it and set off for Europe.

--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

ACHTUNG! ALLES LOOKENSPEEPERS! Das computermachine ist nicht fuer
gefingerpoken und mittengrabben. Ist easy schnappen der springenwerk,
blowenfusen und poppencorken mit spitzensparken. Ist nicht fuer gewerken
bei das dumpkopfen. Das rubbernecken sichtseeren keepen das cotten-
pickenen hans in das pockets muss; relaxen und watchen das
blinkenlichten

The little (kitchen) things that make life easier

Arri London — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:34:01 GMT

ChattyCathy wrote:

Two sizes of bamboo tongs. They can go into hot oil or boiling water or
take the toast out of the toaster oven :)

Set of plastic funnels; nice for transferring liquids.

The small jam jars; nice to hold spices airtight.

Basket-type coffee filter and papers; straining yoghurt or cheese curds,
filtering used cooking oil (works but slowly).

Black marker for labelling the freezer bags and boxes.

Assortment of spatulas for scraping out the bowls. We are ardent
'scrapers' in our kitchen LOL.

OT: Got hay?

Chemo the Clown — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:03:06 GMT

ELO cellist killed!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_edwards_elo_odd

Coffee .......... can we talk?

Steve B — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:12:26 GMT

"phaeton" wrote in message
news:6eea3805-d174-482f-bc6b-aa7a221fca7e@u13g2000vbo.googlegroups.com...

When I go to Vegas, we stay at our vacation rentals. I don't want to drag
all the coffee stuff along unless we're going to be there at least three
days. So, I go to Starbucks near us and get a latte grande, and that winds
my clock. A nice break. I am even considering getting a coffee maker with
a frother on it. Not so stuck that I won't take what's available. And I
could and have drunk it black when I forget to stock up.

Steve

Update on the chicken (and my holiday dinner plans)

Janet Wilder — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:22:02 GMT

On 9/8/2010 9:50 PM, Cheryl wrote:

We had more wind than rain.

We were once in an RV park in Vermont when that happened. I saw the dead
squirrel. It looked like it was smiling.

She actually came to services tonight. She said I motivated her. She
wrote me the most wonderful thank you note. It made me cry. She said
that withut my meal they would not have had a holiday.

I was raised in a home where visiting the sick and feeding the hungry
were two of the greatest things one could do for their fellow human
beings. I was grateful to be able to perform this mitzvah and honored
that I could do it for these people.

When I met my now DH, I invited him to my home for dinner on Rosh
Hashannah. We were both divorced and he had no where to go for a holiday
meal. Well he fell in love with my cooking and the rest is history. It
was 25 years ago. We'll celebrate our 25th anniversary this new years eve.

Wow! That made me wince!

This is my first time with acrylics. Ever since I had the radiation and
it knocked my thyroid out of whack, my nails have been a disaster. They
are ridged and they split along the ridges which is very painful. I
finally decided to get the acrylics not for beauty, but for having nails
that didn't split and cause me pain. I'm now at the point that my nails
are fully grown into the acrylic and my nail person says they will be
stronger. She also told me today that if they start to get yellowed, to
soak them in water with a Polident tablet.
--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.

Ping: Squeaks/Recipe for Bill - Reposted for Ruth

Stu — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:57:41 GMT

On Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:57:41 -0500, Stu wrote:

Thanks Ruth and Stu.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

--

"If the soup had been as warm as the wine,
if the wine had been as old as the turkey,
and if the turkey had had a breast like the maid,
it would have been a swell dinner." Duncan Hines

To reply, remove "spambot" and replace it with "cox"

OT: Dvorak keyboards

B Barry — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:36:02 GMT

Or cheesy pissflaps.

The choice is yours.

A Taste of Spain in America, by - Jos� Andr�s

sf — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:29:30 GMT

On Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:29:30 +0100, sf wrote:

Bet the binding's hard on your hemorrhoids. Must leave a bad taste in
your mouth. {plonk}

-- Larry

Ping: Squeaks/Recipe for Bill

Mookie — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:17:02 GMT

In article <1eec1b98-c79b-4445-85e9-7ade06c79c67@m15g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
Mookie wrote:

No problem!

Charlotte

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Bonefish Grill: opinions please

Kalmia — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:31:38 GMT

"Kalmia" wrote in message
news:3784381d-f396-44df-b805-863ec7c9c5fa@m1g2000yqo.googlegroups.com...

Not a fish lover so never been there. But it is a popular place here and I
know a lot of people who love it. They are also good for people with food
allergies.

4 Months Until The Kombat Kramer Bangkok Arrest Anniversary Bash

Anonymouse — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:27:34 GMT

On 08/09/2010 16:02, Mike wrote:

I'm hungry

Anonymous — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:19:28 GMT

"Anonymous" wrote in message
news:20100908151928.80AA71A79F2@www.ecn.org...

I like beans on my crappy white bread. Preferably with butter on the bread
and lots of raw onions on top. Any kind of beans will do but the best are
pork and straight from the can or leftover cold baked beans. Super quick
meal!

Even more OT: loans/interest rates (was: some survey thread)

ChattyCathy — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:38:52 GMT

On Sep 8, 1:38*am, ChattyCathy wrote:

Those are comparible to credit card rates here.

Not sure, but far less. I am vaguely thinking 5 or 6 %

It sounds completely stupid, but I remember hearing about them before
the economy went south. And a lot more since. So, they must have been
popular with some people.