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Sweetpea · 11-05-2009, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by GeoffC

Our Panasonic 28 inch CRT still produces a very good picture .....

So does our 32" CRT. We won't get rid of it, it'll move to the lounge. Add a DVD player and the visiting kids will be quiet. It's not so much picture quality as overal functionality (and looks) that don't fit with our demands anymore.

On a different note.

I was still thinking about a remark I made ages ago here. About never buying a citroen as citroen = lemon and who wants to buy a lemon!

Just to let you know: the original family name of the creator (Andre) of Citroen was "limoenman" (aka, key lime man) as one of his ancestors sold limes when he had to pick a family name in 1811 by the introduction of the civil registry... Andre's grandfather's father-in-law didn't like that name and thought "Citroen" was better. The umlaut was only added by one of the teachers of Andre...

So, finally got that out of my system!

Slite · 11-05-2009, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Sweetpea

So does our 32" CRT. We won't get rid of it, it'll move to the lounge. Add a DVD player and the visiting kids will be quiet. It's not so much picture quality as overal functionality (and looks) that don't fit with our demands anymore.

On a different note.

I was still thinking about a remark I made ages ago here. About never buying a citroen as citroen = lemon and who wants to buy a lemon!

Just to let you know: the original family name of the creator (Andre) of Citroen was "limoenman" (aka, key lime man) as one of his ancestors sold limes when he had to pick a family name in 1811 by the introduction of the civil registry... Andre's grandfather's father-in-law didn't like that name and thought "Citroen" was better. The umlaut was only added by one of the teachers of Andre...

So, finally got that out of my system!

Meh... I have 2 Citroens, one C4 and one C5, and I'm very pleased with them, especially compared to the SEAT (Spanish built Volkswagon more or less) we had before these

vivaldirules · 11-05-2009, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Sweetpea

So does our 32" CRT. We won't get rid of it, it'll move to The Llounge. Add a DVD player...

Excellent! Now I can lay here on the couch and watch Dogs of Our Lives every day - with my eyes closed, of course. Thanks, Sweepea! Um, could someone get up and get me another biccie?

ravenne · 11-05-2009, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by vivaldirules

Excellent! Now I can lay here on the couch and watch Dogs of Our Lives every day - with my eyes closed, of course. Thanks, Sweepea! Um, could someone get up and get me another biccie?

BTW, a biccie? You meant a bacon-y, right? Here we go:

Sweetpea · 11-06-2009, 02:49 AM

That's ham, not bacon!

Slite · 11-06-2009, 03:33 AM

what the heck is a biccie?

montsnmags · 11-06-2009, 04:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Slite

what the heck is a biccie?

Origin: biscuit (though I think in American "biscuit" is more like a scone, and here what covers "biscuit" or "biccie", they might call a "cookie" and "cracker", though we do use the latter sometimes. I don't know what they call those hard "dog biscuits"...probably "dog biscuits")

Dylrob · 11-06-2009, 05:28 AM

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Originally Posted by montsnmags

Origin: biscuit (though I think in American "biscuit" is more like a scone, and here what covers "biscuit" or "biccie", they might call a "cookie" and "cracker", though we do use the latter sometimes. I don't know what they call those hard "dog biscuits"...probably "dog biscuits")

Our biscuits are indeed similar to, though still distinct from, your basic scone.

And you're right... we usually call them dog biscuits.

GeoffC · 11-06-2009, 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Sweetpea

That's ham, not bacon!

only by shifting the knife an inch or two - ask any pig .....

montsnmags · 11-06-2009, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Dylrob

Our biscuits are indeed similar to, though still distinct from, your basic scone.

I thought they were. I've always wondered what they actually were, and am keen to try sometime. Are they eaten with jam and cream, as are scones quite often?

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And you're right... we usually call them dog biscuits.

Again I had that thought, but that's from helping run an Airedale Terrier mailing list populated mostly by Americans.

"Biccie" is a word here that'd wake our dogs from comas - that is, the kind you have to spell out if you want to talk about without feeling compelled by pleading faces to hand a couple out.

Cheers,
Marc

Slite · 11-06-2009, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by montsnmags

I thought they were. I've always wondered what they actually were, and am keen to try sometime. Are they eaten with jam and cream, as are scones quite often?

Again I had that thought, but that's from helping run an Airedale Terrier mailing list populated mostly by Americans.

"Biccie" is a word here that'd wake our dogs from comas - that is, the kind you have to spell out if you want to talk about without feeling compelled by pleading faces to hand a couple out.

Cheers,
Marc

Ok, my goggies doesnt react to that word, but god help the poor person who accidently says "Dentastix" out loud.....

GeoffC · 11-06-2009, 11:40 AM

oh sod it, forgot to get the goldie her biscuits - ah well, short rations for a while ....

badgoodDeb · 11-06-2009, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Slite

Ok, my goggies doesnt react to that word, but god help the poor person who accidently says "Dentastix" out loud.....

Any time I start to open a zip closed crinkly package .... my baby thinks it's for him. Goggie climbing my leg, with big pleading eyes......

Dylrob · 11-06-2009, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by montsnmags

I thought they were. I've always wondered what they actually were, and am keen to try sometime. Are they eaten with jam and cream, as are scones quite often?

Some people do eat them with jam. Though butter/margarine is the most frequent condiment. I prefer mine with honey. Or country gravy. Discounting shortcakes I've never known them to be eaten with cream. Especially if you meant clotted cream, which is uncommon here in general.

Patricia · 11-06-2009, 04:17 PM

I have to say that the Wikipedia description of country gravy makes me feel faintly queasy.
To me it looks like "add milk and flour to a heap of cholesterol plus free radicals, then serve on a scone."

All of which just goes to show how each country has ingrained food preferences. Doubtless your American foremothers didn't want to waste anything, and your forefathers needed the calories for a long day of hard work out on the prairie.

I've got several American cookery books, and have also noticed that you are surprisingly adventurous about mixing sweet and savoury items. I just wouldn't dream of serving bacon on the same plate as maple syrup, not even with waffles.

I never buy scones because they are only nice when freshly made. So if I want them then I make them myself. And in my part of the worls they are served at tea-time with fresh butter and jam; and cream only if one wants to make an effort.

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Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	I have to say that the Wikipedia description of country gravy makes me feel faintly queasy. To me it looks like "add milk and flour to a heap of cholesterol plus free radicals, then serve on a scone." All of which just goes to show how each country has ingrained food preferences. Doubtless your American foremothers didn't want to waste anything, and your forefathers needed the calories for a long day of hard work out on the prairie. I've got several American cookery books, and have also noticed that you are surprisingly adventurous about mixing sweet and savoury items. I just wouldn't dream of serving bacon on the same plate as maple syrup, not even with waffles. I never buy scones because they are only nice when freshly made. So if I want them then I make them myself. And in my part of the worls they are served at tea-time with fresh butter and jam; and cream only if one wants to make an effort.