Messymascot's faith in humanity and ginger safe haven


Morning Messy, Fred and the rest of the gang.

Lovely sunny day here in Kent. 10C the high. I'm off to the dentist for a check up soon.

Good to see you posting yesterday Messy. Hope you enjoyed your time with your mates and the Blues didn't get you down.

That was the least stressed I've been watching Everton for a while. The inevitability of it all just calmed me.
 
Good morning @messymascot and other mascoteers (@fandjango I like the term). I hope you had a good night of sleep and throw us a line at some point today.

It is just past 5 am here so still is dark and cold but the sun is supposed to shine at some point. This week here in the US we will be celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday so I have a short work week and lots of cooking to do as I will be in charged of baking the turkey. I absolutely love Thanksgiving food and the opportunity to gather with family and be grateful.
 
NeroCeasar said:
Actually it's probably the first time in my life I had soup for breakfast. Not something us Irish do at all really unlike hangovers which we do well and regularly
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Then now that you have done so, maybe it becomes a tradition ;)

In Colombia we just love soups a lot so they are part of our regular menu even for breakfast. There is one soup in particular that is a breakfast staple, or hangover cure, and can restore even the most tired person’s strength. A mix of ingredients that no one would ever think would be so good, having milk as it’s main ingredient, along with eggs, bread and cilantro. A strange combination but I sure you a very tasty one, or at least Colombians seem to think so lol

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Bluetintedspecs said:
Morning Messy, Fred and the rest of the gang.

Lovely sunny day here in Kent. 10C the high. I'm off to the dentist for a check up soon.

Good to see you posting yesterday Messy. Hope you enjoyed your time with your mates and the Blues didn't get you down.

That was the least stressed I've been watching Everton for a while. The inevitability of it all just calmed me.
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Morning mate. Morning Messy. Hope you had a decent night and are up to posting today. Morning everybody else.

Keeping busy with cooking this week. Made a curry on Saturday. A proper one from scratch using a recipe that we normally use with lamb, but I couldn't get any lamb so used pork. It didn't work out very well because the pork was a bit tough. Not sure if it was the wrong cut of pork for stewing, or whether I overcooked it or undercooked it. The taste was spot on (really hot to my taste), just the texture. Anyway, I have seconds for tea tonight and I've also frozen a portion. Later in the week I'm doing Cal's beef stew with red wine which i'll share the recipe for in Sassy's thread.

Neighbours have just knocked on the door with some meatballs in sauce she made yesterday, so that's tomorrow nights tea sorted. They're taking the dogs for a walk this afternoon and asked if i wanted to come along. It's another beautiful day down here and they're walking down to Maenporth Beach, which is a lovely wooded valley walk, so that's my afternoon sorted. The husband is taking me into Falmouth to get my hair cut tomorrow afternoon, and on Wednesday we're all going to get our booster jabs in the morning and then go for a spot of lunch. So a busy week for a change. Don't know how i'll manage. lol
 
fandjango said:
The current classical guitar build … hoping to have her in some semblance of guitar shape by Xmas
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Looking good amigo.

I help out in a charity shop for animals in need and a few months ago we were donated a beautiful Hofner acoustic guitar.

Now I know nothing about musical instruments and can't play a note but even I knew that this was top top quality. So , got in touch with our mate Gordon ( he's written a book on the history of Hofner ) and he confirmed it was a rare one from the late 60s.

Managed to hawk it round and eventually got £1000 for it and the charity.

Anyway the point is even someone with no knowledge can spot quality and the one you're building looks pretty wonderful too.

It must give you a real sense of pride and joy when you finish one.
 
Barnfred 55 said:
Morning mate. Morning Messy. Hope you had a decent night and are up to posting today. Morning everybody else.

Keeping busy with cooking this week. Made a curry on Saturday. A proper one from scratch using a recipe that we normally use with lamb, but I couldn't get any lamb so used pork. It didn't work out very well because the pork was a bit tough. Not sure if it was the wrong cut of pork for stewing, or whether I overcooked it or undercooked it. The taste was spot on (really hot to my taste), just the texture. Anyway, I have seconds for tea tonight and I've also frozen a portion. Later in the week I'm doing Cal's beef stew with red wine which i'll share the recipe for in Sassy's thread.

Neighbours have just knocked on the door with some meatballs in sauce she made yesterday, so that's tomorrow nights tea sorted. They're taking the dogs for a walk this afternoon and asked if i wanted to come along. It's another beautiful day down here and they're walking down to Maenporth Beach, which is a lovely wooded valley walk, so that's my afternoon sorted. The husband is taking me into Falmouth to get my hair cut tomorrow afternoon, and on Wednesday we're all going to get our booster jabs in the morning and then go for a spot of lunch. So a busy week for a change. Don't know how i'll manage. lol
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Gorgeous area where you live Fred. I know it well having grown up in Plymouth. I did the reverse journey to you moving up to Liverpool in 1982.
 
Sassy Colombian said:
Then now that you have done so, maybe it becomes a tradition ;)

In Colombia we just love soups a lot so they are part of our regular menu even for breakfast. There is one soup in particular that is a breakfast staple, or hangover cure, and can restore even the most tired person’s strength. A mix of ingredients that no one would ever think would be so good, having milk as it’s main ingredient, along with eggs, bread and cilantro. A strange combination but I sure you a very tasty one, or at least Colombians seem to think so lol

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Mrs Js just made some veggie minestrone soup for lunch!!
 

jazzy said:
Looking good amigo.

I help out in a charity shop for animals in need and a few months ago we were donated a beautiful Hofner acoustic guitar.

Now I know nothing about musical instruments and can't play a note but even I knew that this was top top quality. So , got in touch with our mate Gordon ( he's written a book on the history of Hofner ) and he confirmed it was a rare one from the late 60s.

Managed to hawk it round and eventually got £1000 for it and the charity.

Anyway the point is even someone with no knowledge can spot quality and the one you're building looks pretty wonderful too.

It must give you a real sense of pride and joy when you finish one.
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Prude and joy is the second emotion … blessed relief that I hit through it is first … pride and joy comes when the local professional plays it and determines its quality … these guys can be brutal ha ha
I’ve been looking for a 1955 Horner arch top fir a while
 
Barnfred 55 said:
Morning mate. Morning Messy. Hope you had a decent night and are up to posting today. Morning everybody else.

Keeping busy with cooking this week. Made a curry on Saturday. A proper one from scratch using a recipe that we normally use with lamb, but I couldn't get any lamb so used pork. It didn't work out very well because the pork was a bit tough. Not sure if it was the wrong cut of pork for stewing, or whether I overcooked it or undercooked it. The taste was spot on (really hot to my taste), just the texture. Anyway, I have seconds for tea tonight and I've also frozen a portion. Later in the week I'm doing Cal's beef stew with red wine which i'll share the recipe for in Sassy's thread.

Neighbours have just knocked on the door with some meatballs in sauce she made yesterday, so that's tomorrow nights tea sorted. They're taking the dogs for a walk this afternoon and asked if i wanted to come along. It's another beautiful day down here and they're walking down to Maenporth Beach, which is a lovely wooded valley walk, so that's my afternoon sorted. The husband is taking me into Falmouth to get my hair cut tomorrow afternoon, and on Wednesday we're all going to get our booster jabs in the morning and then go for a spot of lunch. So a busy week for a change. Don't know how i'll manage. lol
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Afternoon @messymascot and everyone. Afternoon Fred, was going to say you've got great neighbours- you really do ..... You and Cal must have been such a wonderful couple to be so highly thought off by your neighbours. Keep your head up buddy eveyone knows how much you miss her. We all miss her for you too. ?
 
Earwigjoe said:
Afternoon @messymascot and everyone. Afternoon Fred, was going to say you've got great neighbours- you really do ..... You and Cal must have been such a wonderful couple to be so highly thought off by your neighbours. Keep your head up buddy eveyone knows how much you miss her. We all miss her for you too. ?
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Cheers Joe. Yeah Cal was such a warm, generous and funny person. Everybody loved her.

Just back from the walk now. The tide was right out so there was lots of golden sand and a fantastic view over to St Anthony Lighthouse and the Roseland Peninsular. But it's the smell of the sea that hits you like a smack in the face the second you emerge from the wooded valley into the cove. Cal would have just loved it.
 

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