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[petesbrew]

Simmering a pot of chicken cooked in dubbel and leeks, I turn on the TV- and the cricket telecast says along the bottom 'Beer to Cook'. Heh.

My wife's got a good recipe for a chicken & leek pie. Adding dubbel sounds like a mouthful of awesome.

 

[earle]

Finally back on the interweb.

Here's the beer jelly and dogbolter choc pudding recipes that I mentioned before christmas.

Linky

 

[schooey]

Had an interesting day today...

Sitting in the kitchen working from home on the lappy when I hear this strange noise like fingernails on a chalkboard coming from the cupboard under the sink. I have a bit of a gawk; nothing. Hear it again and walk outside the doors thinking theres got to be a bird scratching on the brickwork outside, again, nothing!

...and then I remember

During the recent rennos on our kitchen we installed double hung cedar windows above the sink in the kitche with a view to putting a servery bench on the outside to the deck (when we build it ) and because said bench hasn't been fitted, that leaves a gap about two inches wide under the window...

Enter the possum!

******* of a thing must have found its way in their through the night chasing insects or spiders or whatever and he'd gotten himself stuck in the 5" wall cavity between the gyprock and brickwork. He could claw himself up the stud again, but couldn't manage the contortionist routine to get back through the gap.

Me being paranoid about firemen breaking down my damned wall and arriving with newspapers and TV in tow meant a call to WIRES really wasn't an option, but the poor bugger had obviously been in there all night and was highly stressed and very fatigued so I figured I'd give myself 30 mins and at that stage call the vet.

So off we went for a torch and a bit of trusty Telecom rope...you can do anything with that shit! I made a quick noose up in the rope and dangled it down to which old mate possum wasn't so enthralled about but was almost too buggered to fight. After five minutes or so we had the noose around his neck but I was a bit worried that he'd fight like a ******* and wouldn't fit through the small gap again and he'd end up dropping back to the bottom with a tightened noose around his neck and choke to death... :/

Soo...after another 10 minutes and a lot of frigging about with a 1 metre steel ruler we managed to get the noose around his chest, under the front legs and began hoisting him up, much to his protestations! Sure enough, couldn't get the ******* through the same gap he went down.

At this stage the wife has the phone in her hand and I'm threatening to go get my gun! ... But in more common sense we got the cordless hammer and a 6mm masonry bit (luckily handy from installing door latches for french doors the day before) and knocked the mortar out from around a brick so we could get it out...

So with brick removed, old mate possum was hoisted out of the gap and grabbed by the scruff of the neck where upon every one of his claws sank into my left arm while my right had a grip on the rope keeping his bloody nasty looking teeth away from any part of me... After a minute of wrangling I had three of his feet gripped in the right hand and the left hand firmly holding him by the scruff of the neck while the wife cut the noose with some scissors. I figured it was mission impossible trying to pull it back over his head without one of us getting hurt!

So at the end of the day, Prime Possum was released back onto the vacant block next door, a litte stressed and a little more fatigued, but glad to be free... or at least the ******* better be!

 

[bum]

inb4 the "funny" people with their torturous suggestions...

Nice work, schooey!

 

[jonocarroll]

Had an interesting day today...

You think that's bad - here's how my day went... There's a school just down the road so after work I wandered down to shoot a few hoops, nothing overly special, just for fun. So I'm minding my own business and some guys show up quite clearly looking for trouble - knocking over bins, hitting letterboxes, generally up to no good. Anyway, one of them starts talking trash to me, and I notice they're starting to surround me. I'm no idiot, so I make the first move and knock the guy I reckon's in charge right in the nose, figuring it's just one little fight. I thought I had them on the run, but one of them did get in a few decent punches. Eventually some cars pass through the carpark and the dudes piss off. I headed home quick smart but I was pretty sure I saw the same guys in a car watch me go inside. My family was not impressed, totally freaked, so now we've gotta stay at some relatives' house on the other side of town. We left our car at home and I took careful note of the taxi we were in just in case anything happened later - pretty easy to remember since the taxi had fluffy dice hanging from the mirror and custom plates. Fast forward the sixty dollar cab ride, and I pull up to the house about seven or eight. After giving the driver my kindest salutations, I looked at my kingdom - I was finally there; to sit on my throne as the prince of Bel-air.

 

[schooey]

Dude... you seriously needed some Telecom rope... *nods*

 

[bum]

You think that's bad - here's how my day went... There's a school just down the road so after work I wandered down to shoot a few hoops, nothing overly special, just for fun. So I'm minding my own business and some guys show up quite clearly looking for trouble - knocking over bins, hitting letterboxes, generally up to no good. Anyway, one of them starts talking trash to me, and I notice they're starting to surround me. I'm no idiot, so I make the first move and knock the guy I reckon's in charge right in the nose, figuring it's just one little fight. I thought I had them on the run, but one of them did get in a few decent punches. Eventually some cars pass through the carpark and the dudes piss off. I headed home quick smart but I was pretty sure I saw the same guys in a car watch me go inside. My family was not impressed, totally freaked, so now we've gotta stay at some relatives' house on the other side of town. We left our car at home and I took careful note of the taxi we were in just in case anything happened later - pretty easy to remember since the taxi had fluffy dice hanging from the mirror and custom plates. Fast forward the sixty dollar cab ride, and I pull up to the house about seven or eight. After giving the driver my kindest salutations, I looked at my kingdom - I was finally there; to sit on my throne as the prince of Bel-air.

Here's a handy tutorial for the next time that happens:

 

[jonocarroll]

Dude... you seriously needed some Telecom rope... *nods*

Heh - FIL worked for Telecom/Telstra - I have a shed full of the stuff.

Also, my brew sculpture, shelving, and work bench all closely resemble the inside of an exchange. :icon_cheers:

 

[Pennywise]

Anyone else getting e-mails from member floraa, reckon I should help?


From Ms. Flora............

Greetings,

My name is Ms. Flora Ipavk, 21 years old. Unfortunately, I 'm now an orphan as my mother died when I was 5 years old. My father recently died of food poison in 2006. Since his death, things have completely changed and my life became miserable. One of my uncles accepted me in his house. At first, I was ok even though his wife was too hostile. She treats me as slave in my uncles house.

Presently she has influenced her husband and life is now like hell to me. They have changed my father's personal assets to their name. Recently I discovered a letter in my uncles closet and in that letter, I found out that my uncle and two other people planned and poisoned my father. My uncle conspired with my fathers business rivals and poisoned my father. They killed my father in order to take over his businesses and inherit his wealth. In that letter they were asking my uncle to give them their own part of the deal. While reading that letter, I had a shock so I fainted and my uncle came in and caught me with the letter. I'm afraid that they might decide to kill me or poison me as they did to my father in order to keep me silent for the evil they did to my father.

For safety, I decided to run away from the house. I'm now in a hidden place very far from the town. My purpose of contacting you is because I need to come to your country secretly so that my uncle will not know my where about. I have here some documents which my father gave to me secretly before he died in the hospital about the secret deposited of US$6.500,000.00 (six million Five Hundred Thousand United States dollars) he kept with financial company in my name and I have verified this with the Financial Company before contacting you.

I shall require you help me to transfer this money to your country. Immediately after the transfer, I will come to live in your country. I will give you all information you need after I hear from you. I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance in this regards.

Your suggestions and ideas will be highly regarded. Now permit me to ask these few questions:

1. Can you honestly help me from your heart?
2. Can I completely trust you?
3. What percentage of the total amount in question will be good for you after the money is in your account?

Please, consider this and get back to me as soon as possible. Immediately I confirm your willingness, I will send to you my Picture and also inform you more details involved in this matter.

Please kindly reply me through this my private email address for more details ( [email protected] )

Yours,

Ms. Flora Ipavk

 

[earle]

What could possibly go wrong?

 

[WarmBeer]

419eater is your friend

Anyone else getting e-mails from member floraa, reckon I should help?


From Ms. Flora............

Greetings,

My name is Ms. Flora Ipavk, 21 years old. Unfortunately, I 'm now an orphan as my mother died when I was 5 years old. My father recently died of food poison in 2006. Since his death, things have completely changed and my life became miserable. One of my uncles accepted me in his house. At first, I was ok even though his wife was too hostile. She treats me as slave in my uncles house.

Presently she has influenced her husband and life is now like hell to me. They have changed my father's personal assets to their name. Recently I discovered a letter in my uncles closet and in that letter, I found out that my uncle and two other people planned and poisoned my father. My uncle conspired with my fathers business rivals and poisoned my father. They killed my father in order to take over his businesses and inherit his wealth. In that letter they were asking my uncle to give them their own part of the deal. While reading that letter, I had a shock so I fainted and my uncle came in and caught me with the letter. I'm afraid that they might decide to kill me or poison me as they did to my father in order to keep me silent for the evil they did to my father.

For safety, I decided to run away from the house. I'm now in a hidden place very far from the town. My purpose of contacting you is because I need to come to your country secretly so that my uncle will not know my where about. I have here some documents which my father gave to me secretly before he died in the hospital about the secret deposited of US$6.500,000.00 (six million Five Hundred Thousand United States dollars) he kept with financial company in my name and I have verified this with the Financial Company before contacting you.

I shall require you help me to transfer this money to your country. Immediately after the transfer, I will come to live in your country. I will give you all information you need after I hear from you. I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance in this regards.

Your suggestions and ideas will be highly regarded. Now permit me to ask these few questions:

1. Can you honestly help me from your heart?
2. Can I completely trust you?
3. What percentage of the total amount in question will be good for you after the money is in your account?

Please, consider this and get back to me as soon as possible. Immediately I confirm your willingness, I will send to you my Picture and also inform you more details involved in this matter.

Please kindly reply me through this my private email address for more details ( [email protected] )

Yours,

Ms. Flora Ipavk

 

[Pennywise]

419eater is your friend

Imma have fun wit dis one

 

[Leigh]

Are you one of the two other people?
US dollars aren't worth much anymore, better ask for a more stable currency like Australian $$$ lol

Keep us in the loop PW

 

[.DJ.]

Australian Cricket = DISGRACE

 

[Pennywise]

US dollars aren't worth much anymore, better ask for a more stable currency like Australian $$$ lol

PRICK's, didn't think of that, they're tryin' to shaft me

 

[Katherine]

Im cooking t-bones tonight.. with greek salad and sweet potato mash with balsamic.

 

[JonnyAnchovy]

You think that's bad - here's how my day went... There's a school just down the road so after work I wandered down to shoot a few hoops, nothing overly special, just for fun. So I'm minding my own business and some guys show up quite clearly looking for trouble - knocking over bins, hitting letterboxes, generally up to no good. Anyway, one of them starts talking trash to me, and I notice they're starting to surround me. I'm no idiot, so I make the first move and knock the guy I reckon's in charge right in the nose, figuring it's just one little fight. I thought I had them on the run, but one of them did get in a few decent punches. Eventually some cars pass through the carpark and the dudes piss off. I headed home quick smart but I was pretty sure I saw the same guys in a car watch me go inside. My family was not impressed, totally freaked, so now we've gotta stay at some relatives' house on the other side of town. We left our car at home and I took careful note of the taxi we were in just in case anything happened later - pretty easy to remember since the taxi had fluffy dice hanging from the mirror and custom plates. Fast forward the sixty dollar cab ride, and I pull up to the house about seven or eight. After giving the driver my kindest salutations, I looked at my kingdom - I was finally there; to sit on my throne as the prince of Bel-air.

first time I've been Bel-Air'd on AHB..... well played....

 

[petesbrew]

Halfway through my 2nd boil, crap everywhere, trying to keep the rinsing in the sink to a minumum to not disturb the fam.
I just wanna go to bed.

 

[jonocarroll]

Halfway through my 2nd boil, crap everywhere, trying to keep the rinsing in the sink to a minumum to not disturb the fam.

You're doing it wrong.

 

[petesbrew]

You're doing it wrong.

Once again, I have to thank AHB for all the good tips! :icon_chickcheers: