I bet they went down a treat, Vic. Look very more-ish.
Top baker PH - got one of his books for xmas - I'll be trying his recipe soon.
My lad brought me a couple of Waitrose PPs over from the UK at xmas - they were delicious
I paid 'up front ' for 10 years worth with my missus & I'm now in debit !
It's a PH recipe I found on the net. Even the Boulie boys thought they went down well with a few glasses of red :-)
It's only been 4 days and I've been out of circulation for all of those and I've given up arguing wi' 'er indoors. I've already paid for the full half-hour.
They look great, get the kettle on i'm on me way !
Funnily enough I watched Paul Hollywood making the on the Gret British Bake Off last evening on the telly.
I made a resolution to eat more pies so I had a go at making some. Here is my first attempt at a Pork Pie. Even my fussy missus agrees they’re yummy:-)
talking about 'utter twaddle'.....
Vic, you would try the patience of Job !
It was a strange feeling being able to see and hear the surgeon, well at least some of him !
The sounds of the tools were eerie with the saw first of all followed by a router to shape the bone ends then the hammer with metal on metal as the components were knocked into place and then the staple gun at the end. The epidural lasted about 24 hours which really helped with the pain control so I would recommend the epidural if only for that.
Don't worry Pete, he won't last long with that resolution. Now, was that the 5 min argument you want Martin or the full half hour;-)
She had a general anaesthetic the first time but may have to have an epidural this time. She is not looking forward to that but she has been told that she will be mildly sedated so shouldn't remember much about it. Makes me shudder to think about it!!
Did your mum have a general anaesthetic or a local/epidural ? I had the epidural which was an unreal experience. I couldn't see anything because of a screen but was fully awake and able to hear the saws & hammering etc Apparently the advantage of an epiduralis the reduced pain post-op.
Really pleased that it's gone so well for you. Mum had first op about 6 or 7 years ago and is now very happy to be having the other one done. Like you she took some time for the knee to be completely better but she is so pleased she did it. She is about to be 70 years old this year so I'm a bit more worried than last time but she's in a lot of pain again so there's no other option really.
Hi Mandy Happy New Year to all chez vous. My knee is superb. Four months on and I can do just about everything I did with the original model ! Still a bit swollen and painful on the site of the operation. The outside of the operation site is still numb but all is slowly returning to normal. I have no pain whatsoever with the actual knee joint and I have no pain walking. All pain is muscular. The operation is painful but, as many people advised me, the long term benefits far outweigh the first few weeks of discomfort.
Good luck to mum, I assume the first knee has fully recovered ? My other knee is becoming painful so I suppose a second operation isn't too far away tho' I would like to hang on as long as possible.
Blimey Martin, such patience ! I'm afraid I have to say my piece if I feel someone is talking utter twaddle which has been both helpful and at times caused friendships to be strained at times. You are an example of tolerance to us all !
Bon rétablissement !
Hello Peter and a Happy New Year to you. I was just wondering how your knee is doing. My Mum is about to have her other one done in a week or so she was so happy with the results of the first one. Hope your op has been just as successful.
As I sit in my miserable sickbed nursing a thoroughly unpleasant English Cold I should resolve never to go back to that cold, damp, noxious island. If people want to see me they should Skype or come here.
However, I did make a resolution that's not driven by immoderacy...
"I will not rise to criticise those who speak first and think after, or who speak without listening, or who speak about issues they clearly know nothing about, however much the lack of care and bad research winds me up".
I've already been sorely tempted but resistance to temptation is character building, although maybe not always in a good way?
The Babylonians had this thing called an antichretic agreement or contract. That is to say that pledges are today often made whereby an intrinsic value of something is equivalent to the amount of a debt whereas an antichretic pledge was one whereby the profit from the pledge was set off against the interest of the debt. That was very often exercised as bonded labour, whereby a debtor bonded himself to work off that debt. The same principle is continued in modern bonded labour. Ever since I worked in child labour and knew more about debt bondage, I have always made sure I never make trade off deals that involve doing something for somebody in return for whatever because there is a high chance it will mean that yours truly will find himself being exploited although he knew the risks. So, resolutions being pledges are no go zones.
As for 1 January my friend, since most resolutions are made on 31 December for the coming year, how many of them actually make it into the new year?
The Romans fiddled about with their calendar quite a bit Brian. The first attempt was a ten-month year later lengthened to twelve with some months changing names etc. Didn't know about the Babylonians tho'.
I wonder if anyone has kept a resolution going beyond the month of january ? I know I haven't !
Catharine and Carol have both asked the same question, albeit it in sorter form. Where the heck this notion came from although we know that the Romans began each year by making promises to the god Janus for whom this month is named. Even earlier was the Babylonians who made promises and paid off debts at the start of their year. But apart from that, was it an ancient ancestor who promised to bring in the mammoths as never before and not daub the cave with graffiti? How long has humanity been breaking these pledges? So, why continue this ancient tradition of breaking the blasted things?
The solution is to resolve just once ever never to make resolutions then get on with life feeling smug in the knowledge that there will be none broken.