Obviously Gwyn - it is a combination cheese grater and sledge , solar powered and with no cold start !!

Sounds grate ( sic ) TT


T

Interesting morning - very cold and frosty here - sunny and bright and just reached 1 degree.

I have been doing a 15 minute piece to camera for a pitch to the power Company Eon for an energy/money saving idea I had and submitted to their website.They are doing a sort of Dragon`s Den along with 3 other ideas to find the best/most practical/profitable.

Great fun and hopefully the idea will be accepted.............I`ll hear from MGM studios later in the week probably !!!

Maybe not..................Tony

-5 overnight here and -1 now - not a breath of wind and clear blue skies and pale sunshine.The Cyrils are staying in bed and the munchkin and her mummies have headed home - Jo and I are pooped !!

Bit of a bad do last night - 3-50am awoke to the sound of a hatchback car t-boning the tree on the other side of the road at great speed - horn blowing for about 2 minutes and then deathly hush................lot of neighbour activity and ambulance within 10 minutes.Nobody could get into the vehicle and the fire brigade arrived and then the police - cutting gear and 30 minutes later a driver was placed in the ambulance and about 10 minutes later it drove off.3 fire tenders and a search & rescue vehicle disappeared,paramedic car drove off and two police Motorway patrol cars left.Just an unmarked police car with its red lights flashing quietly and the whole thing over in less than 75 minutes.........................recovery vehicle arrived about 5-15 and by 6-00 it was deathly quiet again until the first of the morning speedsters flashed by blissfully unaware of anything !!
Bad feeling about it I`m afraid but can`t find anything else out at the moment.

T

Can`t get better than a Pentax fixer !!

Tony

Careful or I`ll send him round to borrow a lens !!!

I`ll have a chat with him when he comes to see little Chloe tomorrow and see what he says TT.........................


T

Cyril said he`s fed up of being photographed so decided to get his revenge this morning....................................he still uses Auto though as his feet will not turn the dial !!!!

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Funny you saying that !!

If you read Larousse Gastronomique - IMHO one of the best cookbooks/encyclopaedias ever written - and look up Entrecote Steak Bordelaise , you will find that it was originally , before being classicised ,called Cooper`s Entrecote.
The barrel makers ( coopers ) at Les Halles in Paris apparently used to catch and gut the rats,sprinkle them with chopped onions and wine and cook over burning barrel staves as a source of protein and sustenance - amazing what people will do when they are hungry eh ?

Tony

When I was at Hotel School in Blackpool back in 1962 , we had a chef/lecturer who delighted in finding the squeamish very early on in the first year. He would present the lesson on butchery in the lecture kitchen from the front of the class and work away diligently on a carcass , usually a sheep/lamb or a small pig. At one point he would turn toward the board and write something and then turn back to the class with an eye stuck to his forehead........................guaranteed at least two faintings and usually at least one was a lad !
Very funny now as I look back but quite unsettling at the time having come straight out of Grammar School to this odd world of knives and dead animals and strange expressions.

Tony

Another superb winner for a challenging comp - I had David down for a winner from the start..................well done you !

Great and prompt judging and thanks for the input - amazing what you can do with a hand held led torch and a reversing ring and an old M42 lens !

Thanks Glyn and well done all


Tony