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[NickFitz]

Shopping done, and thing I didn't collect from the Royal Mail the other day collected

I've just bought a thing for the car that plugs into the lighter socket and provides two such sockets plus two USB sockets, as I thought I'd see what this satnav malarkey was all about. Then I realised I could just use the maps apps on my phone to start with, so I got a screen mount for that.

Initial impressions of Google Maps' directions: no, I don't take that route starting out because it's got a right turn at some lights on a fairly narrow road that's usually got oncoming traffic, but I suppose it looks OK in theory. Still, this allowed me to see that it re-routed itself very quickly when I went in the opposite direction at the first turning.

It got confused at one point where I was queuing on a dual carriageway which has service roads for the adjacent housing at either side, deciding that the car had suddenly jumped twelve feet to the left and was no longer on the main route. And before that, it failed to warn me of the congestion ahead until I was coming to a halt behind it, which isn't much help; but I'd only just started that leg of the trip, so it hadn't had much time to think ahead.

I daresay it's more helpful on a route one doesn't know, but I reckon I could get used to it. Next time, I'll try Apple Maps

[NickFitz]

Oh, and I've started stewing the carcase from the other day's roast chicken, so there'll be chicken soup later

[MrMarkyMark]

The two pieces of fillet are massive, so will have to do part pan, then part oven.

I think the butcher thought I was feeding four, not two, or have a lot of appetite for a fairly slim chap.
The bits are 200 and 225g respectively, my fault really, as I was starving at the time he measured out with the butchers knife

So, going to have to go part pan for searing, then around 20 minutes in the oven for medium rare.

I have never been so out of control with my steaks , usually its a hot le creseut pan that fills the kitchen with smoke, only

Still, not going to kill me having some nice cold beef in the fridge

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This is my 20,000 post here.

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This is my 20,000 post here.

Pali (20002)...

[SueEllen]

9 minutes.

Then holiday until January.

[mudskipper]

9 minutes.

Then holiday until January.

I couldn't face the last 15, so, as timesheet was signed, buggered off early.

[vetran]

I couldn't face the last 15, so, as timesheet was signed, buggered off early.

had a late lunch after the BI meeting which is the highlight of Fridays

[cojak]

After all this talk of quality sausages and steak, I'll need to go to the award-winning butchers in Breaston to get some sausages and steak from there.

I'm not sure where the other award-winning butchers are around here, but Fred Hallam has some excellent venison and partridge, so I might buy that instead.

[NickFitz]

This is my 20,000 post here.