BS: Good stuff

Subject: RE: BS: Good stuff
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 03 Sep 15 - 06:06 PM

It's not often that the words "wonderful" and "vegetarian" can appear in the same sentence, I was thinking to myself. Then I remembered that I cooked up a gloriously simple tomato sauce for tonight, with fresh cherry tomatoes, olive oil, tons of basil and the obligatory lashings of garlic and chilli. Lovely with spaghetti and freshly-grated Parmesan, washed down with a sunny bottle of Negroamaro from Puglia. As I'd made the sauce on Tuesday, the whole thing was rustled up in ten minutes!

Subject: RE: BS: Good stuff
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 03 Sep 15 - 04:51 PM

Just had a wonderful Polish-themed vegetarian meal at my daughters. Got back and realised I had eaten far too much so I had 30 minutes on the exercise bike listening to The Small Faces. All definitely good stuff :-)

The universal is a very odd song but I love the line

"Working doesn't seem to be
the perfect thing for me,
So I continue to play
And if I'm so bad,
Why don't they take me away"

Original Brit Pop genius!

Subject: RE: BS: Good stuff
From: Will Fly
Date: 03 Sep 15 - 04:47 PM

Oh God yes - think of the royalties! :-)

Subject: RE: BS: Good stuff
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 03 Sep 15 - 03:51 PM

Sounds brilliant, Will. And playing yourself is better than getting some famous actor to do it :-)

Subject: RE: BS: Good stuff
From: Stanron
Date: 03 Sep 15 - 03:19 PM

Right now I'm listening to Andras Schiff play Bach's Goldberg Variations on BBC 4. Very good stuff.

Subject: RE: BS: Good stuff
From: Will Fly
Date: 03 Sep 15 - 01:09 PM

My old mate of 40+ years' friendship, Rob, is coming over from Shropshire for the weekend. On Sunday it's the annual, invitation-only, back garden festival in a local Sussex village - we call it "Ditchfest" - and I'll be setting up the PA and mixing desk in the morning, mixing for local musicians from 2pm to around 10pm, and drinking beer, chatting and even playing myself throughout the day.

The rule is: Get your name and a time on the blackboard, you play for 15 minutes oe 3 tunes - whichever is the shorter - and then you're off. But of course you can always team up with some of the other musicians there, call yourselves something different - and away you go again!

It's a great day. People bring food and drink, there's a huge paella served at 8pm, and the various musical groups range from little children to grandparents making music of all sorts and kinds. At 10pm the PA is switched off, the camp fire coals are burning brightly and people sit round the fire and sing and play acoustically until it's bedtime.

That's what I call "Good Stuff"!

Subject: RE: BS: Good stuff
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 03 Sep 15 - 12:40 PM

I well remember friend, now sadly departed, and I quaffing a few pits of Moorhouses 'Pendle Witch' at the Marine Hall prior to a third friend joining us and being unable to understand a word we were saying until he had caught up :-) Plenty good beer at Fleetwood, Stanron. The Steamer used to have a good range of well kept ales. Plenty of others but I can't recall the details. Too many brain cells lost :-)

Gillymor - Whatever you do, don't light a fire in your kayak to keep warm. Remember that you can't have your kayak and heat it...

Keep it up everyone. We may yet keep a happy thread going!

Subject: RE: BS: Good stuff
From: akenaton
Date: 03 Sep 15 - 11:58 AM

"We just try to 'beer up under the strain' of some topics. ;>) "


Just "got it" Bill.....isn't old age terrible....nice one! :0)

Subject: RE: BS: Good stuff
From: Stanron
Date: 03 Sep 15 - 11:47 AM

That reminds me, anyone know what beer to expect in Fleetwood? Any recommendations?

Subject: RE: BS: Good stuff
From: Jim Carroll
Date: 03 Sep 15 - 11:26 AM

"Good thread, Dave"
I'll drink to that - bottoms up - or maybe not, considering!
Jim Carroll

Subject: RE: BS: Good stuff
From: GUEST,gillymor
Date: 03 Sep 15 - 11:03 AM

Going kayak camping on a barrier island and fishing Pine Island Sound this weekend where the Redfish are supposed to be abundant right now.
We're bringing along our instruments for some campfire picking with plenty cold beer at day's end.
Good thread, Dave, in spite of the "unbeerable" observations of a certain grump.

Subject: RE: BS: Good stuff
From: Bill D
Date: 03 Sep 15 - 10:48 AM

"...get the beer aficionados to stick to their own thread .."

We just try to 'beer up under the strain' of some topics. ;>)

Subject: RE: BS: Good stuff
From: GUEST
Date: 03 Sep 15 - 10:31 AM

My neighbours a few doors down, were just married a few months ago. It's nice to see young loving couples prepare for a life together. They are really nice folks, get along with everyonr,and have hada couple of neighbourhood get togethers ,attended by all. BTW,they are gay- not that that makes a difference to positive thinking people.

Subject: RE: BS: Good stuff
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 03 Sep 15 - 09:34 AM

Ooooh - Forgot about that, Stanron, and got all excited at the prospect of a visit to the seaside. But then remembered I am on call and need to stay near home until Monday. Ah well, can't have everything.

Our visitors do not arrive until Monday this time but last time they came must have been same time of year. We took them to Fleetwood on the Sunday of the Festival and had a lovely time watching the Morris Dancers outside the Marine Hall in the glorious sunshine! About 10 years ago I think.

Subject: RE: BS: Good stuff
From: Stanron
Date: 03 Sep 15 - 09:16 AM

If it doesn't get too cold tomorrow, or Saturday, I will head off to Fleetwood to see what I can find in the way of sessions at the resurrected festival.

Subject: RE: BS: Good stuff
From: Jim Carroll
Date: 03 Sep 15 - 09:13 AM

"Jim, we do it all the time here"
Sounds a bit like the kicking matches (I assume you know about these?)
Jim Carroll

Subject: RE: BS: Good stuff
From: GUEST,Raggytash
Date: 03 Sep 15 - 08:56 AM

Next week will be fine after that I will be incommunicado for some time.

Subject: RE: BS: Good stuff
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 03 Sep 15 - 08:52 AM

Enjoy, Raggy. If we find ourselves over in Whitby, which we did last time they were here, I will get in touch.

Jim, we do it all the time here :-)

Subject: RE: BS: Good stuff
From: Jim Carroll
Date: 03 Sep 15 - 08:38 AM

"sparing partner"
Does this mean you punch each other up the point where one of you is beaten - then you let him off?
The strange things men do!!!
Jim Carroll

Subject: RE: BS: Good stuff
From: GUEST,Raggytash
Date: 03 Sep 15 - 08:19 AM

Just about to have a shower before I amble into town to meet up with my old sparing partner to chew the fat and enjoy a few pints in hostelries we don't usually frequent. I've got a few ounces of Serrano Ham to take down for him carved from the whole leg I purchased two weeks ago at a ridiculously low price from the local Lidl supermarket. A 6.5kilo Serrano Ham was just £29.99 and it's rather nice. Should last me until at least Christmas, plus the quantity I will freeze.

Subject: BS: Good stuff
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 03 Sep 15 - 07:58 AM

As a break from the usual negativity how about a positive thread on all the good things that are going on?

I'll start. Only one more day in work and then I am on leave for 2 weeks and 2 days which we will be spending at home with good friends from the USA. We have a couple of nights in Edinburgh planned but in the main it will be visits around the north of England, good food and plenty to drink :-) I am also going top read 'The Shepherds Crown' while I am off and possibly, as a group, we may well catch up on some films courtesy of XBMC on the Raspberry Pi. No plans set in concrete. All relaxed. I am unwinding already :-)

How about you?