😃 The Little Pleasures of Everyday Life

Great Pub after beating them at Cricket back in the day

21 hours after having a hard boiled egg for breakfast 2nd hot meal in 4200kms and in 52 hours.
A MaccyD Bacon & Egg McMuffin.
Which was hot, fresh & had crispy vacon

Wine unpacked. Kòlsch & Cider in fridge.
Bed time

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Parrafin budgie booked weather is good should be getting beer by 10am

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A bit earlier than expected a breakfast beer

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Can you put the President butter in the annoyances thread :slight_smile: horrible stuff

Absolutely

Delayed arrival at Daughter’s in Abridge.
To find they had an electric fan in the bedroom.
Blossom…

Ian Fleming’s 13 Rules for Life

  1. Don’t draw your gun unless you can see both the other man’s hands.

  2. Don’t waste your time on women who wear a bracelet on their left ankle.

  3. Beware of motorcars with two women in the front seat.

  4. Don’t play cards against married couples, unless they are drunk.

  5. See the brand name on the bottle

  6. Avoid people who call you ‘Old Boy’, and all politicians.

  7. Never eat scrambled eggs unless you make them yourself.

  8. Talk secrets only in the open air

  9. Don’t buy anything that eats

  10. Beware of people who smell and tread carefully in the company of moustaches, sideburns, or beards.

  11. Have nothing to do with correspondence in coloured ink - particularly when variegated.

  12. Cut down on your drink when your eyes get red and on your smoking when your breath feels short. Don’t worry about cirrhosis of the liver or cancer.

  13. Live until you’re dead.

I think 12 and 13 are somehow intrinsically linked

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I am in deep shit.
Son in Law has a non Komodo smoker.
Asked me if I wanted to go to Butchers.
He had said he wanted to do T Bones but he hadnt ordered & they wouldn’t have.

I spotted a huge T Bone joint.
4 x 1.5 inch monsters & ÂŁ66 later the Women went berserk.

Updates later.

Any hints on smoking them? He practiced on a couple of Briskets…

We have new batteries for the thermometer

Oh & as we are in the doghouse, might as well go down the Pub shortly

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Set the smoker to 130c

Salt and pepper on the steaks

Sling them on

For medium rare

Cook until intertnal tamp is 53-55c 1 - 1.5 hrs depending upon thickness

Remove steaks

Open all vents and bring smoker up to warp 10

Bung the steaks back on - and sear both sides for 3-4 minutes each

Serve immediately - you have already rested it

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So the missus is out this afternoon so I am looking after the pets. Lastborn will probably only do it as a last resort.

I’ve let the big cat out, got the old dog to sleep my simply sitting in the same general area of her. It’s either the comfort she gets from being near her owner or what I like to call “sustainable musk” but she is akip now, which just left the kitten to administer.

He’s got this toy. A fluffball on a bit of elastic that is attached to a plastic rod. The human holds the plastic rod to animate the fluff ball for the cat’s amusement.

What he doesn’t know is that it and he, combined, are my favourite toy at the moment too. I have done a lot of things in my life, been to a lot of countries and have had a lot of fun.

I am not sure that anything beats on a fun-per-minute basis than playing with a kitten with a fluffball on a piece of elastic. They backflip, somersault, dive and grab. There are the moments when the kitten goes for the elastic or the stick, thus solving the fluffball problem at source. I think “clever kitty”, but he’ll be a bad(ass) kitty is he ever susses out the true source and attempt to bite my arm off.

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You soft twat.

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Just a small steak.

I have probed & hung Son in Law’s meat to great mirth from Pimm’sed up Women

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That might be a bit too thin for the method above

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Me and the mrs at Brantome.

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At that height above water are you stalking those in front of you - frogman like.

Photo courtesy of kid goat.

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As is often said….apologies old chap, didn’t recognise you from behind…

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If that wasn’t the right method then I have to come back.
Steaks were astonishing