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Curmudgeon' s Corner. I blame it on the heat. (2)

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  • Pauline 7Pauline 7 Posts: 2,246
    Why is sunny and warm while I am at work but starts to rain when I am on my way home? 
    West Yorkshire
  • hogweedhogweed Posts: 4,053
    Bleh. Just to round off a pretty crappy and expensive weekend my wife bought me a choux bun from the supermarket to cheer me up and I only found out when I bit into it that the cream was very very mouldy. :s 
    :o:|:'(
    'Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement' - Helen Keller
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Possum had her first go at making choux pastry this afternoon while I was out.  18 prefect choux buns produced, filled with freshly shipped cream and drowned in hot chocolate sauce.  Not keen on choux so it's pretty much the last thing I veer choose in a pastry shop or a dessert menu so only had 2 but they were good.

    While she was whipping the cream and piping it into the buns I went out to water all my many many pots thoroughly as I'm leaving them all to the tender mercies of OH for a few days and the eejit came back from walking the dogs and locked me out cos he thought I was upstairs sewing!  Turned off the terrace light that I need to see what I'm doing round the back too.

    Humph!



    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    No.  He needs a new switch for the bits of brain he turns off.

    Yes indeed, well done Possum.  I'm too impatient to drive a piping bag but she's good with it.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Obelixx, this is the 21st century. Wifi with remote control would be better.

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    edited September 2018
    Not convinced OH's brain is equipped for broadband download speeds B3.  or maybe it's his ears given the number of times Possum and I have to repeat ourselves.

    Works better with anything golf or sport related tho.......
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Obelixx said:
    Possum had her first go at making choux pastry this afternoon while I was out.  18 prefect choux buns produced, filled with freshly shipped cream and drowned in hot chocolate sauce.  Not keen on choux so it's pretty much the last thing I veer choose in a pastry shop or a dessert menu so only had 2 but they were good.
    Well it will be a long long time before I risk a choux bun again. I'm still sure I can taste it  :s

    I might go and brush my teeth again...

    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I can't even look at pain au chocolate. I once saw little black flies flying in and out of one on display in a cafe at Gatwick Airport. The cafe is gone now thank goodness, but the memory lingers on.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    @wild edgeswas it from a supermarket, if so, email them showing lots and lots of displeasure, with a bit of luck they will refund and compensate. I did it once with a packet of biscuits and they send one of those big tins like you get at Christmas.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    I bought a bag bag of basil once from Asda and it said on the wrapper it compliments tomatoes. I wrote to Asda saying that the basil was next to the tomatoes for 24 hours and didn’t say a single kind word. They sent me a £5 voucher.
    Rutland, England
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