Originally posted by DaveB
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Lamb chops , yum yum.
The day before you have your lamb chops, get a sandwich bag, a clove of garlic, a hot chille, some pepper and some salt.
sprinkle the salt and pepper on the chop, then, using the bag as a glove, gently rub the garlic and the pepper into the chop, till it wears down.
place the chops in the bag in the fridge.
fry or grill the next day for the tastiest lamb chops ever
the same works for pork chops, except you have to use pork instead of lamb
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Originally posted by Gentile View PostNowt wrong with a piece and fried egg with brown sauce, you sloppy git!
Red"Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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Longbow arrows rarely went through plate armour depsite their modern reputation. An eye witness at Agincoury mentioned how the French armour was proof against English arrows. The archers did kill hundreds of knights but they did this with knives when the French had surrendered because the English knights refused to do it.
William Wallace did not wear a kilt or woad.
Most swords to virtually no damage to a man wearing maille and padding unless you thrust and they are almost useless against plate. I have fought at full power and took many many hits without so much as being hurt let alone stopped.Comment
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Originally posted by Gentile View PostI have also discovered that if you don't know whether your remote control is working or not, you can check by pointing your mobile phone's camera at it, looking at the end of the controller through it, and pressing a few buttons. If the controller is working, there's be a visible light coming from the LED as you press the buttons: your camera detects the UV light being emitted by the controller and turns it into visible light.
I've additionally learned that 99/100 blokes will try this surprising phenomenon out immediately after hearing about it, and be surprised that it actually works.Comment
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Re traffic lights being motion rather than light sensitive, I suspect it is the same thing in practice. Flash a light at a motion sensor and it perceives it as motion, does on my very cheap Chinese motion sensitive CCTV system anyway.bloggoth
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Originally posted by xoggoth View PostRe traffic lights being motion rather than light sensitive, I suspect it is the same thing in practice. Flash a light at a motion sensor and it perceives it as motion, does on my very cheap Chinese motion sensitive CCTV system anyway.
What bugs me is when you see drivers creeping towards lights in the hope that they will change before they get there when you know that the thing to trigger the change is a sensor or an induction thing in the road. Meaning that until you are a certain distance from the lights it won't know you are there and so won't change.Rule Number 1 - Assuming that you have a valid contract in place always try to get your poo onto your timesheet, provided that the timesheet is valid for your current contract and covers the period of time that you are billing for.
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Originally posted by SimonMac View PostWith temporary traffic lights I usually find that stopping one car length back from where you should tricks the set into thinking there is more cars waiting than there really is
Originally posted by MyUserName View PostMost swords to virtually no damage to a man wearing maille and padding unless you thrust and they are almost useless against plate. I have fought at full power and took many many hits without so much as being hurt let alone stopped.Growing old is mandatory
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Originally posted by Scoobos View PostI wish I had something to add, but a great thread - some really good stuff in here from some!Rule Number 1 - Assuming that you have a valid contract in place always try to get your poo onto your timesheet, provided that the timesheet is valid for your current contract and covers the period of time that you are billing for.
I preferred version 1!Comment
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