Things you've never done and when you tell people they go "eh"
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Re: Things you've never done and when you tell people they go "eh"
I've never met a nice South African.
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Re: Things you've never done and when you tell people they go "eh"
Amd that's not bloody surprising, mon....
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Re: Things you've never done and when you tell people they go "eh"
I've never seen a Harry Potter film.
I've never managed to watch an entire episode of any of the "vote for talent" TV shows.
I have never thought that having children was the right move for me.
I've never managed to watch an entire episode of any of the "vote for talent" TV shows.
I have never thought that having children was the right move for me.
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Re: Things you've never done and when you tell people they go "eh"
Subway duck broken.MrLongbeard wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 6:54 pm Never eaten @ a Subway
Never knowingly eaten honey
Never had a Dr. shove their finger up my bum, although now I'm 50.........
It's alright, you'd not cross the road for one but if you're hungry and it's there.....
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Last time I tried one they had run out of bread.MrLongbeard wrote: ↑Tue Jun 25, 2024 6:07 pmSubway duck broken.MrLongbeard wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 6:54 pm Never eaten @ a Subway
Never knowingly eaten honey
Never had a Dr. shove their finger up my bum, although now I'm 50.........
It's alright, you'd not cross the road for one but if you're hungry and it's there.....
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Re: Things you've never done and when you tell people they go "eh"
I had a television free childhood and didn't own one myself until I was around 30 years old.
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Re: Things you've never done and when you tell people they go "eh"
Which leaves honey and a finger up the arse. Could kill two birds with one stone to clear the list.MrLongbeard wrote: ↑Tue Jun 25, 2024 6:07 pmSubway duck broken.MrLongbeard wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 6:54 pm Never eaten @ a Subway
Never knowingly eaten honey
Never had a Dr. shove their finger up my bum, although now I'm 50.........
It's alright, you'd not cross the road for one but if you're hungry and it's there.....
Just a suggestion, mind. Dip your finger in the honey before the doc does.
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I'm a bit surprised by the honey one since it is such a regular ingredient in mixes for splodging on meat for barbecues. Works a treat for thickening up the goop and caramelises a treat to give that finish.
(I do a chicken thigh thing with red chilli, ginger, garlic, lime juice and honey marinade).
(I do a chicken thigh thing with red chilli, ginger, garlic, lime juice and honey marinade).
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Resist the temptation to lick your (or the doctor's) finger after.gremlin wrote: ↑Fri Jun 28, 2024 1:35 pmWhich leaves honey and a finger up the arse. Could kill two birds with one stone to clear the list.MrLongbeard wrote: ↑Tue Jun 25, 2024 6:07 pmSubway duck broken.MrLongbeard wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 6:54 pm Never eaten @ a Subway
Never knowingly eaten honey
Never had a Dr. shove their finger up my bum, although now I'm 50.........
It's alright, you'd not cross the road for one but if you're hungry and it's there.....
Just a suggestion, mind. Dip your finger in the honey before the doc does.
Doubt is not a pleasant condition.
But certainty is an absurd one.
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But certainty is an absurd one.
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Re: Things you've never done and when you tell people they go "eh"
I've deffo had it in stuff, just never on it's todd as a separate recognisable ingredientCount Steer wrote: ↑Fri Jun 28, 2024 1:46 pm I'm a bit surprised by the honey one since it is such a regular ingredient in mixes for splodging on meat for barbecues. Works a treat for thickening up the goop and caramelises a treat to give that finish.
(I do a chicken thigh thing with red chilli, ginger, garlic, lime juice and honey marinade).
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I was a latecomer to Honey too, had it in stuff but never really got around to eating it in it's own right.
It often gets lumped in with syrupy stuff as just sweet...which is true, for a lot of Honey. But as someone one here (Tafff?) who keeps bees pointed out, 'proper' honey is a different beast all together. So now I'm a convert.
It's also really fucking expensive Very labour intensive to make I guess, especially for the bees.
It often gets lumped in with syrupy stuff as just sweet...which is true, for a lot of Honey. But as someone one here (Tafff?) who keeps bees pointed out, 'proper' honey is a different beast all together. So now I'm a convert.
It's also really fucking expensive Very labour intensive to make I guess, especially for the bees.
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Dunno about other people going 'eh?' but I make myself do it when I realise I've never set foot in the USA. Canada a few times but never across the border. (Odder still as for a while I had teams/projects in Houston and Seattle).
Almost feel I ought to go, just to tick the box.
(But not to Houston).
Almost feel I ought to go, just to tick the box.
(But not to Houston).
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From reading Chickenhawk by Robert Mason*, the Huey pilots and the plane pilots did a swapsies in Vietnam and the Huey pilots were a shitload better with a plane than the plane pilots with a helicopter.MingtheMerciless wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 7:33 pmFrom an old Lightning Pilot “Never fly in a helicopter, even the manufacturers have no faith in their product, they equip them with wheels, floats, skids etc, anything to give them a fighting chance on the way down!”
Also from the same guy “flying a helicopter, wiggle all the controls vigorously until you reach a sensible height, once there hold the controls in one position, see what the helicopter does and if you want it to do it again remember the position”.
*Funny/harrowing/interesting true story about a Huey pilot in and after his experience of the Vietnam war.
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Talking of military things, I seem to hang around with a lot of ex Army and Marines. They're all genuinely surprised that I've never shot anyone.
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I know that flying a plane is a bit like riding a bicycle.demographic wrote: ↑Sat Jun 29, 2024 2:35 pmFrom reading Chickenhawk by Robert Mason*, the Huey pilots and the plane pilots did a swapsies in Vietnam and the Huey pilots were a shitload better with a plane than the plane pilots with a helicopter.MingtheMerciless wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 7:33 pmFrom an old Lightning Pilot “Never fly in a helicopter, even the manufacturers have no faith in their product, they equip them with wheels, floats, skids etc, anything to give them a fighting chance on the way down!”
Also from the same guy “flying a helicopter, wiggle all the controls vigorously until you reach a sensible height, once there hold the controls in one position, see what the helicopter does and if you want it to do it again remember the position”.
*Funny/harrowing/interesting true story about a Huey pilot in and after his experience of the Vietnam war.
I have been told that flying a helicopter is like riding a unicycle.
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Re: Things you've never done and when you tell people they go "eh"
The Army Air Museum at Middle Wallop includes exhibits on early pilot selection tests, around vestibular... Err ... Stuff. Turns out they were filtering out potentially 'good' pilots and keeping the dodgy ones for training.
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I did a load of the RAF pilot aptitude tests back when I was applying for a scholarship. Passed the tests (out of ~40 people only two of us did) but didn't get the scholarship
There's all the hand eye coordination and spatial orientation stuff etc you'd expect. The real killer though was the multi tasking / information processing stuff. Doing mental arithmetic, memory tests, pong type computer games and hearing tests simultaneously
If was to give it all up and start again I still think I'd be a pilot...or maybe a chef. Mrs D hates flying anyway
There's all the hand eye coordination and spatial orientation stuff etc you'd expect. The real killer though was the multi tasking / information processing stuff. Doing mental arithmetic, memory tests, pong type computer games and hearing tests simultaneously
If was to give it all up and start again I still think I'd be a pilot...or maybe a chef. Mrs D hates flying anyway