tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187164070937704663.post7873380840676874543..comments2023-06-18T11:06:27.891+02:00Comments on Musings of an I.T. Girl: A glorious weekendStacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07907346657510908857noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187164070937704663.post-69922382627334602812010-07-19T12:04:22.711+02:002010-07-19T12:04:22.711+02:00Veronica: Here in Holland we have something calle...<b>Veronica:</b> Here in Holland we have something called a 'viswijzer' (fish wisdon as a rough translation I think) that says which fish is good, wich is an OK second choice, and which to avoid. We use that when shopping in the supermarket for fish.<br /><br /><b>Caroline:</b> I know what you mean - it's kind of stopped being 'having a laugh' and moved more to the 'how stupid can we go'. case in point Jezza and Hamsters motorhomes yesterday...<br /><br />I only know the garden because it's easy to calculate. The house is 6m wide, we have 10m on the back of the house and 1 in front. I couldn't have done that if it had been an interesting shape :)<br /><br />Good luck on the BBQ weather, my folks had that when we were visiting earlier this month, arranged a day to have a BBQ, was really beautiful. Until 10 mins before we were due to start, then the heavens opened (to the point where someone stole the black isle again) and we decided to grill everything indoors instead.<br /><br /><b>Rachel:</b> I felt so guilty leaving it (poor chef getting the plates back) but it was getting to the point of that or seeing the mean in reverse - which is never as nice :)<br /><br />If I can keep ours in good shape with a few hours work a month then I'll be happy. Sitting in the garden most of the day yesterday made it worth it, and not sitting in front of the gogglebox just because it's there is going to be nice as well (if we stick music on and sit in the garden whilst the evenings are nice).<br /><br /><b>Lynn</b> It was thanks, I think the only downer was knowing that it was nearly over...Stacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07907346657510908857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187164070937704663.post-42277707158521296672010-07-18T23:22:24.213+02:002010-07-18T23:22:24.213+02:00Sounds like you had a top weekend. Plus, a snooze ...Sounds like you had a top weekend. Plus, a snooze before Top Gear - what's not to like? ;-)Lynn Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00876715474502367377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187164070937704663.post-51040890668250720262010-07-18T23:15:18.190+02:002010-07-18T23:15:18.190+02:00I got one of those letters too! Some people are ju...I got one of those letters too! Some people are just so a*** and fail to appreciate the beauty of nature preferring dead sticks stopping at the boundary!<br /><br />Have a few friends who enjoy overlooking other people's gardens but I like the privacy of my personal jungle.<br /><br />Caroline xxxCarolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133031265351841626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187164070937704663.post-82738683366455731172010-07-18T22:55:40.616+02:002010-07-18T22:55:40.616+02:00I can't believe you couldn't finish the wh...I can't believe you couldn't finish the white chocolate ice cream. Yum. I would have stuffed it in my pockets to eat when I get home :-)<br />My last house had a fair size garden but of course it ended up as a jungle. The council had to send me letters to order me to cut my hedge as it was blocking the pavement. When I moved to where I am now I was happy to find a house with no garden. I just have a small bit of yard overlooking my neighbours garden. I can sit out there in my deck chair and enjoy the fruits of all his labour ;-)<br /><br />Rachel XXXRachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13108824048813344322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187164070937704663.post-30891919102669111462010-07-18T22:40:19.236+02:002010-07-18T22:40:19.236+02:00Top Gear is now so painful to watch since they hav...Top Gear is now so painful to watch since they have become so full of themselves and forgotten about the kinetic beauty of the best cars!<br /><br />Best thing about the show, every time they mention something I like they say it's a girls car.<br /><br />I am impressed that you know how large the garden is. Mine is just too large to manage, no matter how hard you work it can never be done. power wash the furniture leaves time to put feet up. Gardening is a bit like a gym work out, at least the rain has stopped after three days but no sign of BBQ weather yet.<br /><br />Caroline xxxCarolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133031265351841626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187164070937704663.post-10836304432844967682010-07-18T22:06:24.767+02:002010-07-18T22:06:24.767+02:00Glad you had such a great weekend!
Good on you ab...Glad you had such a great weekend!<br /><br />Good on you about Bluefin Tuna. It's hard to imagine any restaurant continuing to serve it. Chilean Sea Bass is another, and probably even more restaurants still serve that. So many wild fish stocks have just been plundered.<br /><br />We're lucky here to have a program called Oceanwise that's run by the aquarium. Restaurants participate in it, and they mark fish that come from sustainable stocks. Some (most I hope) serve only those fish.VĂ©ro Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02895169022031921712noreply@blogger.com