Is the UK ready.....

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...venturing to the land of backwards toilet flushing...

A fountain?!?

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Originally posted by Bartelby:
For a Lexie invasion????

As I missed tickets to Berlin [limited number and nobody really wanted to part with them on ebay damn timezones]..I now have securely in my hand 2 tickets to see Robbie in Leeds Friday 8th September 2006

The man has since announced that he will be venturing to the land of backwards toilet flushing in December, but hey, wont hurt to see him twice in one year will it?

Pop in for a coffee and/or meal, Lexie - we are 9 miles from Leeds. What airport will you be going to?

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A fountain?!?

Arent they called bidets??


Havent we had this conversation?? Hmm....must not have.

*Apparently* our toilet water flushes in the opposite direction to yours...I have heard it from a reputable source (if you class the Simpsons as reputable )

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Originally posted by Mike from West:
Pop in for a coffee and/or meal, Lexie - we are 9 miles from Leeds. What airport will you be going to?

Havent even thought that far ahead yet Mike, was just super excited when my tickets arrived

Will you feed my some Funky Pommie Authentic meal?

Oh Oh .....please please let it be Jamie Oliver style!!

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Originally posted by Bartelby:

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Originally posted by Mike from West:
Pop in for a coffee and/or meal, Lexie - we are 9 miles from Leeds. What airport will you be going to?

Havent even thought that far ahead yet Mike, was just super excited when my tickets arrived

Will you feed my some Funky Pommie Authentic meal?

Oh Oh .....please please let it be Jamie Oliver style!!

Hi Lexie
Jamie O does a lot of good here trying to prevent our kids eating rubbish.
Despite that, schools make money by having vending machines in schools, loaded with sweets and crisps. The malnourished obesity generation is with us now.

The Europeans cannot understand why our children do not have the same food as the parents!

Pommie grub, eh? The standard 'meat, spuds and two veg' I would not wish on anyone

Someone said that English cook their vegetables for hours until they small like drains. Was it Oscar Wilde? Dunno, but not far wrong.

I suppose the nearest Britgrub thing we cook is Fish 'n' chips, but chips that my wife makes in the oven.
My speciality is making curries and stir-fries.
As Bradford is the UK curry capital of England, ingredients are no problem.

We do make all our own bread, and our own yogurt.

On the Scottish side, haggis are delicious!

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Originally posted by Bartelby:


*Apparently* our toilet water flushes in the opposite direction to yours...I have heard it from a reputable source (if you class the Simpsons as reputable )

Bart was right! It is due the Coriolis effect. It will cost you if you ring me up to ask, though!

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Lexie...the opposite of a hallmark card!

Do Hallmark cards also flush differently in Australia?

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We do make all our own bread, and our own yogurt.

Funny how things change. That use to be considered a lower-income thing - now it's trendy.

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make money by having vending machines in schools, loaded with sweets and crisps.

Difficult to get kids to put their money in fruit/veggie vending machines. At least it keeps the kids on campus and on the inside of the metal detectors. Potato chips are fruit or vegetable?

My fav meal:

Cheese (grilled) on beans (cold) on marmite (lots) on toast!

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Fishfingers, rice and peas with tomato sauce!

Ok, there are others...

R2 - had to buy 'er indoors the RW album with bonus DVD for her birthday. Why?

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Originally posted by Rick:

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We do make all our own bread, and our own yogurt.

Funny how things change. That use to be considered a lower-income thing - now it's trendy.

We (the royal we!) have been doing it for years, predating the breadmakers that we use now.
Reason is neither penury nor trend - it is just the fact we cannot stand 'plastic' bread that we get in England when not near a proper baker.

Much better in France, when the tiniest village has a boulanger. Sliced bread there is not common.

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Difficult to get kids to put their money in fruit/veggie vending machines. At least it keeps the kids on campus and on the inside of the metal detectors. Potato chips are fruit or vegetable?

Veg, I think, Rick. Unfortunately also loaded with fat and salt.
IMHO, schools should be for education, not revenued cafes!!

The problem with homemade bread is that I eat too much of it. Just the baking, and the anticipation, makes me hungry and the aroma after the bread is done continues to be a reminder of the remaining loaf. Now, give me a slice of Wonder Bread, and end of temptation. I know the wonder in Wonder Bread is how bread can be made without any beneficial contribution to one’s health/diet. A challenge to a growing boy’s health was to pull the crust off and roll three or for slices into a dough-ball and eat it. Of course, a pitcher of Kool-Aid was the ultimate high in healthy eating.



Show me someone with a humble opinion, and I’ll show you someone that doesn’t use exclamation points!! (IMHO)

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Originally posted by region2:
My fav meal:

Cheese (grilled) on beans (cold) on marmite (lots) on toast!

or

Fishfingers, rice and peas with tomato sauce!

Ok, there are others...

R2 - had to buy 'er indoors the RW album with bonus DVD for her birthday. Why?

OMFG!!! You are weird R2!!

Tomato sauce on peas? Ewwww!!

My favorite meal would be pizza.

Either a Original Porchetta with Salami....sauce, sausage, cheese, garlic, chilli and salami.

Or Homemade with Sauce, Beans, Egg and Cheese.

Your missus has great taste R2 Have you watched (endured) the DVD? He's a funny man.

I just watched the Berlin concert on DVD.

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Originally posted by Rick:
Show me someone with a humble opinion, and I’ll show you someone that doesn’t use exclamation points!! (IMHO)

Ooops

The tomato sauce is more for the fishfingers and rice but it works OK with the peas...

Never liked hot baked beans - always have to have 'em cold

Not watched RW DVD yet but saw some of the Berlin concert on TV. He's just won a libel victory in the UK so he's definitely not gay despite some of the lines in his lyrics which might suggest otherwise!

R2

Yes, potatoes are classed as a vegetable. Where are these fat kids I see on the TV ads for obesity? When I take my grand to school, I see healthy children, not obese!

R2 if you are speaking of real baked beans, not the American beans from a can, cold is yum!

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Originally posted by Bartelby:
Ooops

Should that be “Ooops??” or “Ooops!!” - ?!?



(“?!?” = the mark of an indecisive person - maybe; perhaps.)

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Originally posted by Mrs.M.:
Where are these fat kids I see on the TV ads for obesity? When I take my grand to school, I see healthy children, not obese!

They are all in England, Shirl ! Hence Mr Oliver's need to do something about it. Yeah, I know he got the publicity, that can only help his career as a chef, but it did mean that the gubmint actually gave more money to school meals so they actually cook things, rather than just microwaving bought-in rubbish.

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R2 if you are speaking of real baked beans, not the American beans from a can, cold is yum!

Even better and still in a can, Saucisse et Lentilles - any French supermarket, or make your own, and stick some chillies in!

FATTY RANKING

Looks like the gold goes to Scotland, with U.S. getting the silver.


Here

Well, those childen must live somewhere other than here! I am around a lot of children every week, at school and Church. I simply don't see this percentage of overweight children!..Adult, that is another matter!

Good news: Scotland isn’t a nation, so U.S. is still the fat capital.

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Originally posted by Mrs.M.:
Well, those childen must live somewhere other than here! I am around a lot of children every week, at school and Church. I simply don't see this percentage of overweight children!..Adult, that is another matter!

http://www.nchealthyweight.com/:
Still, childhood overweight remains an epidemic in North Carolina affecting:

• More than one in four (27.2%) youth 12 to 18 years of age,
• More than one in five (23.8%) children 5 to 11 years,
• and One in eight (14.9%) preschool children 2 to 4 years of age.

http://www.wral.com/health/2229263/detail.html
Lot more info from Google.