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Anorak Forums: Recent Posts http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/ Anorak Forums: Recent Posts en Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:46:45 +0000 magnetite on "Help?" http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/topic.php?id=3756#post-24582 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:31:47 +0000 magnetite 24582@http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/ Thank you both. For the encouragement...and the pressure. Try to go to all the pages listed in those RSS feeds though - more page hits feed and promote Anorak, which is A Good Thing. I may be one of the least effective - and most contrary (or something that sounds like that, at least) commenters - but I wouldn't do without Anorak for the world. Just seeing the word 'Twitterings' from the old sidebar in those archived posts gave me a nostalgic thrill that I don't deserve. Also Anorak sometimes descends into Molesworthspeak occasionally, and will be forever loved for that. Viva Anorak! and thank you again June on "Help?" http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/topic.php?id=3756#post-24581 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:28:57 +0000 June 24581@http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/ and when you are done.... Bat E Bird on "Help?" http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/topic.php?id=3756#post-24580 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:14:21 +0000 Bat E Bird 24580@http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/ Thanks Magnetite, that works fine. I've heard that you need to decorate and trim your hedges so could you please get started today? I think you should do the hedges today and after that you should decide what paint and paper you need so you can start decorating next weekend (or even during the week if you're at home). Please let me know how you get on. magnetite on "Help?" http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/topic.php?id=3756#post-24579 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:43:42 +0000 magnetite 24579@http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/ Bat E Bird, As usual, only when someone else asks can I be of any use - even to myself. Stripping the identification number and page title out of an old page's feed address (admittedly in a bold gambit) gave me this result. It works on my Firefox/LiveClick add-on combination, and in Thunderbird. So it should work in any feed reader. <a href="http://www.anorak.co.uk/comments/feed" rel="nofollow">http://www.anorak.co.uk/comments/feed</a> Thanks for replying. If you hadn't I would have been scratching my lazy head forever. Now, you couldn't ask me if I'll redecorate my house and trim my hedges too, could you? They both really need doing. Bat E Bird on "Help?" http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/topic.php?id=3756#post-24578 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:48:20 +0000 Bat E Bird 24578@http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/ I didn't know there was an "all comments" RSS feed. That's better than having to add individual ones. Please let me know if you find it. magnetite on "Help?" http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/topic.php?id=3756#post-24577 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:29:44 +0000 magnetite 24577@http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/ I've accidentally deleted the live bookmark for my 'all comments' RSS feed, and can find it nowhere on the site - especially not in the half-vanished archives, where I found it the last time I stupidly/clumsily/drunkenly did the same thing. June on "Ready for the Reggie test?" http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/topic.php?id=3755#post-24576 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:57:24 +0000 June 24576@http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/ <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1225881/Feeling-hill-Its-time-Reggie-Perrin-test.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1225881/Feeling-hill-Its-time-Reggie-Perrin-test.html</a> Lets hope they do a trial in Brussels and then Westminster, then senility creeps in and they forget all about it... Yampster on "Well well well, who'd have thought it?" http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/topic.php?id=3754#post-24575 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:53:06 +0000 Yampster 24575@http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/ Cheryl. It's not polite to laugh at the misfortunes of others but a smug grin every now and then is allowable Bat E Bird on "Well well well, who'd have thought it?" http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/topic.php?id=3754#post-24574 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:50:33 +0000 Bat E Bird 24574@http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/ What the Butler saw? June on "Well well well, who'd have thought it?" http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/topic.php?id=3754#post-24573 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:42:06 +0000 June 24573@http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/ Oh I dunno Cheryl, most of Doris' rants have been in Anglo Saxon anyway Cheryl on "Well well well, who'd have thought it?" http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/topic.php?id=3754#post-24572 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:31:34 +0000 Cheryl 24572@http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/ I know it is not polite to laugh at another's problems but couldn't happen to a more deserving person. Wonder if Anorak should go for an exclusive from one of the waring parties, everyone knows hell hath no fury like a woman angry and could be quite interesting reading. Bat E Bird on "Well well well, who'd have thought it?" http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/topic.php?id=3754#post-24571 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:58:49 +0000 Bat E Bird 24571@http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/ Old chesty (as you call him) has replied to the Sun article. I suppose it's only fair to read his explanation. <a href="http://joana-morais.blogspot.com/2009/11/scum-anti-mccann-group-facing-fraud.html" rel="nofollow">http://joana-morais.blogspot.com/2009/11/scum-anti-mccann-group-facing-fraud.html</a> Cheryl on "Well well well, who'd have thought it?" http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/topic.php?id=3754#post-24570 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:19:03 +0000 Cheryl 24570@http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/ A few of them have slipped in under the radar using another name a couple of times but not hard to miss recognizing who they are after reading their ranting and raving style for a year and half early on. June on "Military" http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/topic.php?id=3752#post-24569 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:48:18 +0000 June 24569@http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/ Not a poem but its fitting for Remembrance: <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1225889/And-fallen-The-extraordinary-inspiring-operation-identify-honour-hundreds-Tommies-just-discovered-mass-grave-near-Somme.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1225889/And-fallen-The-extraordinary-inspiring-operation-identify-honour-hundreds-Tommies-just-discovered-mass-grave-near-Somme.html</a> Moderator on "Well well well, who'd have thought it?" http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/topic.php?id=3754#post-24568 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:44:26 +0000 Moderator 24568@http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/ They have been unable to post on Anorak for some quite considerable time..... Bat E Bird on "Well well well, who'd have thought it?" http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/topic.php?id=3754#post-24567 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:39:14 +0000 Bat E Bird 24567@http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/ I read the other day that NOTW were after a story on them. Who'd have thought? Those accusing the McCanns of fraud and misusing the fund being accused of fraud themselves. Bat E Bird on "Flexetarians" http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/topic.php?id=3749#post-24566 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:32:54 +0000 Bat E Bird 24566@http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/ LOL, me too Yampster on "Well well well, who'd have thought it?" http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/topic.php?id=3754#post-24565 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:08:36 +0000 Yampster 24565@http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/ <a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2718688/Maddie-latest-Anti-McCann-group-facing-fraud-probe.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2718688/Maddie-latest-Anti-McCann-group-facing-fraud-probe.html</a> The biters bit Yampster on "Military" http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/topic.php?id=3752#post-24564 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:46:29 +0000 Yampster 24564@http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/ "Good-morning; good-morning!" the General said When we met him last week on our way to the line. Now the soldiers he smiled at are most of ’em dead, And we’re cursing his staff for incompetent swine. "He’s a cheery old card," grunted Harry to Jack As they slogged up to Arras with rifle and pack. But he did for them both by his plan of attack June on "Flexetarians" http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/topic.php?id=3749#post-24563 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:45:24 +0000 June 24563@http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/ I did too Yampster, thats why I posted it -agw on "Off the rails" http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/topic.php?id=3753#post-24562 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:24:29 +0000 -agw 24562@http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/ Quote of the week has to be from Scot politico John Mason, the SNP MP for Glasgow East, who said: “These plans must be stopped in their tracks.”.... That was of the <a href="http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport-environment/glasgow-to-london-east-coast-trains-to-be-axed-1.930911"> Herald's</a> yarn leaked today re the wheeze to scrap what are considered vital (and profitable) East Coast rail links directly into Glasgow via Edinburgh. Reminiscent of the time Arthur Lake (yes, Lake), then general manager of the Port of Sunderland, when asked for a quote on the fact a security guard had been convicted for stealing from vessels in the Docks complex, quipped:"There is absolutely no way the South Docks can be made watertight." Shipowners were said to be reaching for their prozac & insurance policies. The British East Coast rail route is to be bailed out by the Government once again next week after National Express says it's giving the franchise back as a potential train wreck. Cheryl on "Military" http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/topic.php?id=3752#post-24561 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:00:22 +0000 Cheryl 24561@http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/ Charlie, the one you shared with me and yes also brought a tear to my eyes. THE FINAL INSPECTION The soldier stood and faced God, Which must always come to pass. He hoped his shoes were shining, Just as brightly as his brass. 'Step forward now, you soldier, How shall I deal with you? Have you always turned the other cheek? To My Church have you been true?' The soldier squared his shoulders and said, 'No, Lord, I guess I ain't. Because those of us who carry guns, Can't always be a saint. I've had to work most Sundays, And at times my talk was tough. And sometimes I've been violent, Because the world is awfully rough. But, I never took a penny, That wasn't mine to keep... Though I worked a lot of overtime, When the bills got just too steep. And I never passed a cry for help, Though at times I shook with fear. And sometimes, God, forgive me, I've wept unmanly tears. I know I don't deserve a place, Among the people here. They never wanted me around, Except to calm their fears. If you've a place for me here, Lord, It needn't be so grand. I never expected or had too much, But if you don't, I'll understand. There was a silence all around the throne, Where the saints had often trod. As the soldier waited quietly, For the judgement of his God. 'Step forward now, you soldier, You've borne your burdens well. Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets, You've done your time in Hell.' Author Unknown~ Cheryl on "Military" http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/topic.php?id=3752#post-24560 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:56:34 +0000 Cheryl 24560@http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/ One June kindly shared with me: Just a Common Soldier He was getting old and paunchy And his hair was falling fast. And he sat around the Legion Telling stories of the past, Of a war that he had fought in And the deeds that he had done, In his exploits with his buddies They were heroes, every one. Tho’ sometimes to his neighbours, His tales became a joke, All his Legion cuddies listened, For they knew whereof he spoke, But we’ll hear his tales no longer, For old Bill has passed away, And the world’s a little poorer - For a soldier died today. He’ll not be mourned by many, Just his children and his wife. For he lived an ordinary. Quiet and uneventful life, Held a job and raised a family. Quietly going his own way; And the world won’t note his passing — Though a soldier died today. When politicians leave this earth, Their bodies lie in state. While thousands note their passing And proclaim that they wore great Papers tell their life stories from The time that they were young, But the passing of a soldier Goes unnoticed and unsung Is the greatest contribution To the welfare of our land, A guy who breaks his promises And cons his fellow man? Or the ordinary fellow who, In times of war and strife Goes off to serve his country And offers up his life? A politician’s stipend and the Style in which he lives Are sometimes disproportionate To the service (hat h® gives, While the ordinary soldier Who offers up his all Is paid off with a medal, And perhaps a pension, small. It’s so easy to forget them For it was so long ago That the “Old Bills*’ of our country Went to battle, but we know It was not the politicians^ With their compromise and ploys, Who won for us the freedom That our country now enjoys. Should you find yourself in danger With your enemies at hand, Would you want a politician With his ever-shifting stand? Or would you prefer a soldier Who has sworn to defend His home, his kin and country And would fight until the end? He was Just a common soldier And his ranks are growing thin. But his presence should remind us We may need his like again. For when countries are in conflict Then we find the soldiers’ part Is to clean up all the troubles That the politicians start. If we cannot do him honour While he’s here to hear the praise, Then at least let’s give him homage At the ending of his days, Perhaps just a simple headline In a paper that would say “Our Country Is In Mourning - For a Soldier Died today. ANON Yampster on "Flexetarians" http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/topic.php?id=3749#post-24559 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:15:14 +0000 Yampster 24559@http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/ June! I was taking that seriously until the end June on "Flexetarians" http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/topic.php?id=3749#post-24558 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:09:56 +0000 June 24558@http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/ Easy Chicken Recipe Here is a chicken recipe that also includes the use of popcorn as a stuffing -- imagine that. When I found this recipe, I thought it was perfect for people like me, who just are not sure how to tell when poultry is thoroughly cooked, but not dried out. Give this a try. 4 - 5 lb. Chicken 1 cup melted butter 1 cup stuffing 1 cup uncooked popcorn Salt/pepper to taste Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Brush chicken well with melted butter salt, and pepper. Fill cavity with stuffing mixed with popcorn. Place in baking pan with the neck end toward the back of the oven. Listen for the popping sounds. When the chicken's arse blows the oven door open and the chicken flies across the room and lands on the table, it's done and ready to eat. And, you thought I couldn't cook ... Charlie.chivers on "Military" http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/topic.php?id=3752#post-24557 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:22:00 +0000 Charlie.chivers 24557@http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/ Sent to me today by E-mail It's the military'not the reporter who has given us the freedom of the Press It's the Military ,not the poet who has given us the freedom of Speech It's the Military not the Politicians that ensure our right to Life, Liberty and the Persuit of Happiness It,s the Military who salutes the Flag, who serve beneath the flag and whose coffin is draped by the flag. Yampster on "Bromsgrove Rumblings" http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/topic.php?id=3725#post-24556 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:58:09 +0000 Yampster 24556@http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/ This is what we need. A postal primary. It's time to slip the local postmen a few quid I think. This will make the Afghan elections look fair <a href="http://www.birminghampost.net/news/politics-news/2009/11/06/julie-kirkbride-s-hopes-of-remaining-mp-put-to-the-people-of-bromsgrove-65233-25107920/" rel="nofollow">http://www.birminghampost.net/news/politics-news/2009/11/06/julie-kirkbride-s-hopes-of-remaining-mp-put-to-the-people-of-bromsgrove-65233-25107920/</a> Yampster on "Bromsgrove Rumblings" http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/topic.php?id=3725#post-24555 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:40:31 +0000 Yampster 24555@http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/ <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/6513627/MPs-expenses-Julie-Kirkbride-reverses-resignation-decision.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/6513627/MPs-expenses-Julie-Kirkbride-reverses-resignation-decision.html</a> Now we're for it. Fasten your seat belt. She is in for a very rough ride. I have already written to Martin Bell and asked him if he is busy Bat E Bird on "East Lancashire singing star Hollie Steel aims for Christmas number one" http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/topic.php?id=3751#post-24554 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:49:21 +0000 Bat E Bird 24554@http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/ <a href="http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/4724979.East_Lancashire_singing_star_Hollie_Steel_aims_for_Christmas_number_one/" rel="nofollow">http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/4724979.East_Lancashire_singing_star_Hollie_Steel_aims_for_Christmas_number_one/</a> "The 10-year-old from Huncoat has an exciting two months ahead of her as she prepares to release a festive single which will go head to head with the winner of the X Factor for the Christmas number one spot." June on "fur babies" http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/topic.php?id=3750#post-24553 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:37:59 +0000 June 24553@http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/ <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/petshealth/6507575/Pet-economy-meet-the-fur-babies.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/petshealth/6507575/Pet-economy-meet-the-fur-babies.html</a> I have hidden this article from my boys.... Bat E Bird on "Flexetarians" http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/topic.php?id=3749#post-24552 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:07:08 +0000 Bat E Bird 24552@http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/ I've loved Lurpak since I was little and will never forget the taste of it melting on my boiled egg soldiers but I went all healthy when I had to buy my own food and bought low fat spreads instead. Now I'm older I'm back to what I enjoy. I don't think it's as sickly as the bright yellow butter and I'm sure a bit on a bacon butty or toast wouldn't do me any harm. June on "Flexetarians" http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/topic.php?id=3749#post-24551 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:52:10 +0000 June 24551@http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/ There seems to be a growing trend for Lurpak these days, everywhere on holiday had it...we normally use Bertolli. Bat E Bird on "Flexetarians" http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/topic.php?id=3749#post-24550 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:07:25 +0000 Bat E Bird 24550@http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/ Only on fresh white bread with Lurpak for me. Charlie.chivers on "In the blood?" http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/topic.php?id=3747#post-24549 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:03:47 +0000 Charlie.chivers 24549@http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/ 32k for Six months not a bad return. June on "Flexetarians" http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/topic.php?id=3749#post-24548 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:36:27 +0000 June 24548@http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/ So your bacon sarnie is bacon HP bread more HP bacon? or is that just when you pig out?