#237014 - 08/10/2004 16:46
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What are you guys/gals doing/have done this Friday evening/night?
I'm currently sat on the sofa typing this on my laptop with a kitten perched precariously on my shoulder whilst watch Series 2 of Black Books on DVD.
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#237015 - 08/10/2004 16:54
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[Re: andym]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 15/08/2000
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Loc: New Jersey, USA
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Let's see. Probably a little web surfing, a little TV ( Rukeyser, the debate, maybe switching for a few minutes to the Cartoon Network or SpikeTV* if the debate gets dull). Perhaps a bit of reading. Not much.
That perch might be a little shaky now, but just wait until your cute little kitten digs in with sharp little claws when she starts to slide off!!!
* - SpikeTV, in their rather curious sense of humor, is broadcasting a mini-marathon of "women in prison" films in honor of Martha Stewart going to jail today...
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#237016 - 08/10/2004 16:57
Re: Friday Night
[Re: andym]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31597
Loc: Seattle, WA
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What are you guys/gals doing/have done this Friday evening/night?
Celebrating my friend Tod's birthday. Probably going to go to a nearby indian casino and lose unfortunate sums of money, but have a great time doing it. 
Although I have to say, the kitten thing sounds really good. I have been jonesing for a new kitten for a long time, but we are under a self-imposed moratorium on kitten purchases. Sigh.
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#237017 - 08/10/2004 16:57
Re: Friday Night
[Re: pgrzelak]
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Registered: 17/01/2002
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Loc: Manchester UK
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but just wait until your cute little kitten digs in with sharp little claws when she starts to slide off!!!
Already happened, I'm sure kitten claws are sharper than cat ones.
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#237018 - 08/10/2004 16:59
Re: Friday Night
[Re: andym]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 06/02/2002
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Loc: Leeds, UK
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I am sat trying to read "Language, Proof and Logic", and trying to answer some coursework questions on the subject (yawn!) not the most interesting way to spend a friday night! So that's why I am distracting myself by posting this Cheers Cris. BTW - Did you name the cat yet?
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#237019 - 08/10/2004 17:03
Re: Friday Night
[Re: Cris]
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Registered: 17/01/2002
Posts: 3996
Loc: Manchester UK
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Off to the vets on Monday to get a final say on wether it's a boy or a girl. We still think it's a she so we're calling her Lottie. If she turns out to be a he then he's being called Dexter.
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#237020 - 08/10/2004 17:04
Re: Friday Night
[Re: andym]
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Registered: 27/12/2001
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Loc: Central, NC, USA
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MMM kittens...
Sean in NC
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#237021 - 08/10/2004 17:17
Re: Friday Night
[Re: andym]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 23/08/2000
Posts: 3826
Loc: SLC, UT, USA
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Making chicken and sausage gumbo!
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#237022 - 08/10/2004 17:18
Re: Friday Night
[Re: loren]
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Loc: New Jersey, USA
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A good plan!
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#237023 - 08/10/2004 17:23
Re: Friday Night
[Re: loren]
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Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31597
Loc: Seattle, WA
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Micman2b: MMM kittens...
Loren : Making chicken and sausage gumbo!
Awww, what a cute Coolidge-painting-esque image that is.
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#237024 - 08/10/2004 17:24
Re: Friday Night
[Re: andym]
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Registered: 25/12/2000
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Loc: Raleigh, NC US
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Having dinner with my niece this evening, along with some minor shopping. Hopefully some nudie bar action tomorrow.
Edit: Umm, I need to point out that the niece and the nudie bar are (hopefully) unrelated.
Edited by wfaulk (08/10/2004 17:24)
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#237026 - 08/10/2004 17:31
Re: Friday Night
[Re: andym]
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Registered: 14/01/2002
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Loc: Atlanta, GA
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My Father-in-law's coming to town and we're going to drag him to see a local band and eat the best BBQ in San Antonio- which happens to be in Cibolo, but it's close.
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#237027 - 08/10/2004 17:35
Re: Friday Night
[Re: Micman2b]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 17/01/2002
Posts: 3996
Loc: Manchester UK
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MMM kittens...
Time for the hastily prepared cat collage....
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#237028 - 08/10/2004 17:42
Re: Friday Night
[Re: andym]
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old hand
Registered: 17/01/2003
Posts: 998
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Mowing grass for the last time this year, yes! – damn summer/fall
… then…
Getting fire wood – damn winter
Spring rocks!
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#237029 - 08/10/2004 18:38
Re: Friday Night
[Re: Redrum]
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Registered: 02/08/2004
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Loc: Helsinki, Finland
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Going to the Vote for Change concert in Orlando, FL.
Will miss the debate though....
Peter
Miami, FL (but in Orlando now)
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#237030 - 08/10/2004 19:15
Re: Friday Night
[Re: petteri]
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Registered: 14/01/2002
Posts: 2858
Loc: Atlanta, GA
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Will miss the debate though....
See this thread.
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#237031 - 08/10/2004 19:59
Re: Friday Night
[Re: andym]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14493
Loc: Canada
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Recovering from a long and bumpy mountain bike trek to three remote geocaches this afternoon -- perhaps some vin rouge and a rented DVD..
EDIT: And a bonus: SWMBO made chocolate chip cookies -- using the recipe from (the) Cuckoo's Egg (book).
Edited by mlord (08/10/2004 23:32)
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#237032 - 08/10/2004 20:20
Re: Friday Night
[Re: andym]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 16/04/2002
Posts: 2011
Loc: Yorkshire UK
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Absolutely nothing: Sitting with a mental boxer on my shoulder wondering what the point of Q1 is!
Now, if you had picked the next five:
1. Having dinner with a friend I've not met in 32 years.
2. Having dinner in London, meeting my cousins, my nearest family, preparatory to their son being christened in St. Paul's Cathedral.
3. Eating dinner looking out over Lake Windermere.
4. Eating dinner watching the sun set over the Irish sea in West Wales.
5. Eating dinner on our first visit to Venice.
Too much eating, really!
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#237033 - 08/10/2004 20:43
Re: Friday Night
[Re: andym]
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What are you guys/gals doing/have done this Friday evening/night?
I have spent the last 12 hours on the back deck trying to fix one of the friggin' streamers we got trailing after us. And since each section is 100m long and weigh about 400kg, they're a real pita to haul around... And to top it off, two of the sections we changed out was just repaired onboard and they failed almost right away... Argh!
I feel better now...
Only 4 more days till crew-X. I feel even better now...
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#237034 - 08/10/2004 22:33
Re: Friday Night
[Re: andym]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 19/09/2002
Posts: 2494
Loc: East Coast, USA
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I was about ready to go to bed at 8:30pm (20:30?) because I had to get up at 4am to drive two hours to a site to meet roofing contractors all day long starting at 7am. BUT, my 7am appointment called and canceled, so now I don't have to wake up until 6:30am. Hm, maybe that means I should work on my computer programming assignment for class which is technically due in 3.5 hours but I'm no where near done with.......
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#237035 - 08/10/2004 22:35
Re: Friday Night
[Re: StigOE]
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old hand
Registered: 17/01/2003
Posts: 998
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Wow, not a clue on what you said. Sorry to hear about the streamers (whatever they are).
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#237036 - 08/10/2004 22:58
Re: Friday Night
[Re: andym]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 24/01/2002
Posts: 3937
Loc: Providence, RI
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Was gonna watch the debate. Now, TiVo will, and I will go do something. What I *want* to do is go buy some batteries, or another electric car.
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#237037 - 08/10/2004 23:03
Re: Friday Night
[Re: andym]
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veteran
Registered: 21/01/2002
Posts: 1380
Loc: Erie, CO
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Packing for a backpacking trip, leaving Sat. morning at 6:30am.
Damn, where did I put my lexan forks and spoons?
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#237038 - 08/10/2004 23:10
Re: Friday Night
[Re: andym]
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Sitting at home recovering with Alix, who had minor surgery this morning. I should be at the launch party for the evil boss who got fired today, but that wouldn't be very nice of me to leave him here alone.
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#237039 - 09/10/2004 00:22
Re: Friday Night
[Re: Heather]
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Registered: 31/05/2002
Posts: 352
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I'll be replacing a turbo on a saab 9-5 (not mine) so I can take tomorrow off and go to a wedding (not mine).
I wouldn't mind so much except the car has just 100k miles on it and I really don't think they should require changing yet.
I'm recording the debate, I'll watch it once I'm too tired to scream and throw things about.
have a grand weekend everyone !!
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#237040 - 09/10/2004 00:56
Re: Friday Night
[Re: andym]
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old hand
Registered: 17/07/2001
Posts: 721
Loc: Boston, MA USA
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I'm camping at the Grand Canyon, right now I'm at an internet cafe just ouitside the park. Its all part of a cross country trip. Check out the photos at www.thelongdrive.photosite.comI try and update them as often as possible.
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#237041 - 09/10/2004 01:07
Re: Friday Night
[Re: andym]
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Registered: 08/06/1999
Posts: 7868
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Hanging out with a few friends, wishing today wasn't the end of my weekend.
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#237042 - 09/10/2004 01:49
Re: Friday Night
[Re: andym]
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Registered: 13/02/2002
Posts: 3212
Loc: Portland, OR
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What are you guys/gals doing/have done this Friday evening/night?
Well, I *was* going to go see some improv, but I got caught up watching the debate, and didn't leave work until too late. So now I'm just sitting at the computer, listening to a couple crazies arguing outside my window, and contemplating the possibility of going to see a movie.
Edit: "going to see" should now be past tense. Three thumbs up.
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#237043 - 09/10/2004 02:18
Re: Friday Night
[Re: andym]
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Registered: 30/10/2000
Posts: 4931
Loc: New Jersey, USA
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I was watching channel 595 on DirecTV, but then me and a friend went to Hawaii Fountain.
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#237044 - 09/10/2004 07:15
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[Re: robricc]
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Registered: 17/01/2002
Posts: 3996
Loc: Manchester UK
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What's channel 595? It's not QVC is it?
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#237045 - 09/10/2004 07:32
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Wow, not a clue on what you said. Sorry to hear about the streamers (whatever they are).
Thanks... I work on a seismic vessel and streamers are long cables filled with hydrophones, which are used to pick up the reflections from the seabed and underlaying layers when we fire the airguns...
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#237046 - 09/10/2004 12:34
Re: Friday Night
[Re: andym]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 13/07/2000
Posts: 4180
Loc: Cambridge, England
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Topical -- Friday night was Rob's leaving do, so the whole Empeg massive (minus Hugo, on holiday, and Roger, on an early flight the next morning) got some fine pints of Ruddles in in the Eagle, followed by a large slightly Greek meal and vast amounts of cheap-and-cheerful plonk at Cambridge institution the Eraina... Peter
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#237047 - 09/10/2004 14:29
Re: Friday Night
[Re: andym]
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Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
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Playboy TV.
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#237048 - 09/10/2004 15:21
Re: Friday Night
[Re: peter]
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Mmmm... it's been months since I had a good kebab.
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#237049 - 09/10/2004 16:12
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[Re: genixia]
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Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31597
Loc: Seattle, WA
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wfaulk: Playboy TV. genixia: Mmmm... it's been months since I had a good kebab. Heh, this has been the week for interesting juxtapositions in flat mode replies, hasn't it?
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#237050 - 09/10/2004 16:58
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#237051 - 10/10/2004 13:53
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[Re: andym]
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Registered: 09/08/2000
Posts: 2091
Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland
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well, I got to it late, but the answer was driving 270 miles home from Leek (exactly - where the **** is Leek?) to Livingston in time to look after the kids and cats so SWMBO could go out on t'piss.
Was alright - watched Barry and Carry, Green Wing and The L Word and had a couple of nice beers.
Sadly then had to write a proposal for a global multinational (I always do that better after a couple of beers...apparently) and I'm still working on it now.
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#237052 - 10/10/2004 14:47
Re: Friday Night
[Re: frog51]
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Just make sure you don't start writing "Yoooure my besst freeend you know. youre wiicked. want to go for a kebab?"  Okay, I'll bite. Where is Leek?
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#237053 - 10/10/2004 14:59
Re: Friday Night
[Re: tman]
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Loc: Cambridge, England
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Okay, I'll bite. Where is Leek?
Near the Potteries somewhere. Staffordshire, maybe. The only thing I know about Leek is that there's some rocks there -- there was a big poster of a photo of the rocks on the wall of the cafeteria in Lewis's in Hanley when I was little, and because of that I've grown up with a vague idea of Leek as an exotic and happening place. Quite why a bunch of rocks were exotic and happening I wasn't sure, but I guess it doesn't take much to look exotic and happening when you're a little kid -- and especially if you're a little kid in the cafeteria in Lewis's in Hanley.
Having said that, doesn't Hugo's other half come from Leek? Certainly somewhere round there.
Peter
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#237054 - 11/10/2004 06:08
Re: Friday Night
[Re: peter]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 09/08/2000
Posts: 2091
Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland
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East of Stoke on Trent. Near nowhere. Not very exotic. Definitely not happening. I had warnings that I should not stop or open windows in certain villages near there.
And the Holiday Inn I had was grotty too:-)
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#237055 - 11/10/2004 07:03
Re: Friday Night
[Re: peter]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 16/04/2002
Posts: 2011
Loc: Yorkshire UK
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Hanley
The mention of Hanley gives me the shivers, 30 years ago, I locked myself out of my Saab 99, double parked outside a bus, whilst I nipped in to a tobacconist. Getting it sorted cost me a fortune, fortunately, the constabulary took a more resonable "I could prosecute you for this, but you've got enough problems" approach.
Ah, now Stoke on Trent is where I sat, with the rest of the crew of a canal boat, watching the police rounding up a flasher!
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#237056 - 11/10/2004 09:49
Re: Friday Night
[Re: genixia]
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Registered: 17/01/2002
Posts: 3996
Loc: Manchester UK
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Mmmm... it's been months since I had a good kebab.
So what's the deal with kebabs in the states? Are they as good as the ones over here?
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#237057 - 11/10/2004 11:16
Re: Friday Night
[Re: andym]
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So what's the deal with kebabs in the states? Are they as good as the ones over here?
I'd say better, but that depends on where you are in the US. There are several places in this country where I find the local cuisine scary. That, and good is very subjective.
Edited by Heather (11/10/2004 11:18)
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#237058 - 11/10/2004 11:20
Re: Friday Night
[Re: andym]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 16/04/2002
Posts: 2011
Loc: Yorkshire UK
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I was told by a Greek restauranteur (Called Solomon Solomonades), who operates your side of the Pennines, that the kebab that we have is after the Turkish, not the Greek style: The Greek has solid chunks of meat and a larger fat content.
I've only had a kebab in Canada, but, as I've described, it was very different to those that we are familiar with.
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#237059 - 11/10/2004 11:33
Re: Friday Night
[Re: andym]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 25/12/2000
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Loc: Raleigh, NC US
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Kebabs (or, as we usually spell it here in the States, kabobs) aren't wildly common here, so anything you'll find isn't going to fit some common perception of a kabob. That said, the ones I've had have been tasty, even if they've varied wildly. On the other hand, Boxer says that they're large chunks of meat over here, which raises the question of what they're like over there.
Oh, I see. The Wikipedia article on kebabs is actually very useful. To reiterate, what you call kebabs we call gyros or (much less commonly) shwarma. What we call kabobs you call shish kebabs, which is certainly a term we're aware of here, and would be a synonym.
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#237060 - 11/10/2004 11:39
Re: Friday Night
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pooh-bah
Registered: 27/02/2004
Posts: 1914
Loc: London
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You haven't even started talking about Indian kebabs yet, and there's more than one type of those...
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#237061 - 11/10/2004 11:49
Re: Friday Night
[Re: wfaulk]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 16/04/2002
Posts: 2011
Loc: Yorkshire UK
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Boxer says that they're large chunks of meat over here
Would anyone this side of the pond care to describe the texture of our average takeaway kebab meat? I can't cook, am not a gourmet and can't think how to describe it?
Ah, now: Indian Kebabs, or for that matter curries generally, my favourite food! Now I've only had curries in NY and SF, the taste and type of kebabs was much what we're used to in the UK.
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#237062 - 11/10/2004 12:00
Re: Friday Night
[Re: boxer]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 16/04/2002
Posts: 2011
Loc: Yorkshire UK
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A quick brain's trust in the office came up with: Rather like a closely packed rather dry, finely ground meatloaf.
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#237063 - 11/10/2004 12:19
Re: Friday Night
[Re: boxer]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 25/12/2000
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Loc: Raleigh, NC US
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Oh, well, that's different than a gyros. I've never seen one here that has ground meat in it. Small cubes (like maybe a quarter inch) to sizable hunks (maybe like and inch and a half by an inch by half an inch) would be much more common. On the other hand, I almost always get the chicken and not the meat-on-a-stick (which I think is reconstituted ground beef and lamb) -- I think that's shwarma -- but I think it's still served in similarly sized chunks to the chicken.
Oh, wait. Maybe you were describing the shwarma. It's not loose ground meat in the sandwich, right, but cut into chunks?
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#237064 - 11/10/2004 12:19
Re: Friday Night
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pooh-bah
Registered: 27/02/2004
Posts: 1914
Loc: London
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If anyone's interested here's my recipe for Shami Kebabs (an Indian thing):
1lb lamb mince
1/4lb pre cooked channa dal (split chick peas)
3 cloves garlic
1" grated ginger
salt
chillies (dried or green to taste)
handful of chopped coriander
garam masala
egg for frying
cook the mince, garlic and ginger with a little oil until the meat has browned and liquid evaporated, add all the other ingredients and process to a pate in a food mixer when cool enough. Shape it into little patties and keep in freezer or fridge until you're ready to fry them.
Coat in beaten egg and shallow fry for a couple of minutes each side, they're quite fragile so be careful when turning, drain on kitchen paper and eat.
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#237065 - 11/10/2004 12:23
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pooh-bah
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Maybe you were describing the shwarma. It's not loose ground meat in the sandwich, right, but cut into chunks?
A shawarma is Middle Eastern and it's layers of meat or chicken on a vertical stick, the traditional British Friday night kebab is a Turkish Doner, which is very finely ground meat (allegedly) that could be made of anything, always reminded me of plasticine for some reason
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#237066 - 11/10/2004 12:30
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They tend to come more as slices, than chunks.
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#237067 - 11/10/2004 12:30
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Cooked on the vertical stick, not eaten on it, right?
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#237068 - 11/10/2004 12:33
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try this. It doesn't support the difference between Greek and Turkish cuisine that I started with!
Edited by boxer (11/10/2004 12:43)
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#237069 - 11/10/2004 12:41
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I like that 
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#237070 - 11/10/2004 13:00
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Some years ago, I was standing outside an Indian Restaurant in San Francisco, when a car pulled out of the traffic and screeched to a halt: The driver leaned across and said: "Hey, Man you don't want to eat there it's f***ing c**p - if you want a decent curry, you want to go to the Gaylord on Ghiradelli.
So doing, we entered the same, some time later, without a booking: To be greeted, with Good Evening Mr. Solomon, your window table is ready for you, leading us past a waiting queue.
It occurred that the Manager, the Gaylord being a world wide chain, had just transferred from their Manchester operation, where I had had lunch every week.
So, maybe the difference between Indian cuisine in our two countries is not as pronounced as we might have thought!
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#237071 - 11/10/2004 14:19
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Very, very, cool.
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#237072 - 11/10/2004 16:20
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I would describe the average UK donner kebab meat as spongy. I doubt whether I would every eat a "normal" UK donner kebab if I was sober.
The only UK donner kebab I have ever had that didn't have the spongy texture is from Murdocks on Division Street in Sheffield. Instead of reconstitued spongy stuff it is thick slices of roast lamb that they use instead (still heated on the vertical stick like everywhere else).
I happily ate Murdocks kebabs when sober and they were also open until 3am (and a handy five minutes walk from the uni engineering department).
Don't know if they are still there, this was ten years ago now...
Not my favourite Sheffield take-away though, that was Nibbles Pizza in Broomhill. Best pizza I have ever had, I lived off it for several years.
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#237073 - 11/10/2004 18:29
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#237074 - 11/10/2004 19:30
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Interesting to see fried chicken mentioned in that thread. I wonder what the British take on it is. I should have gotten some while I was in London. Of course, I also should have avoided that kidney infection, but them's the breaks.
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#237075 - 11/10/2004 19:34
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I must be so unsophisticated, I actually enjoy a kebab whilst sober.
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#237076 - 12/10/2004 06:07
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I'm glad you owned up, in fact since this subject started I've had an uncontrollable urge to go up to the town centre for one! I've not had one for months, possibly a year or more - trouble is, they tend not to open at lunchtime.
Second to which, the girls in the office were talking about maltloaf, something which I haven't had for years, but will be getting this weekend! More to the point, they were talking about picking the sultanas out and leaving the loaf for slimming purposes - weird and sacriligious.
Anyway, Indian buffet day today, a variety stretching all the way up one side of the restaurant - and all for £4.99 (Plus the Cobra to wash it down with).
And, on the way back I'll buy my kippers in the market for weekend breakfast. Manx kippers, they're not the red, but grey, but taste much better.
I'm just a slave to my tastebuds.
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#237077 - 12/10/2004 06:11
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Bitt, I don't think I've had fried chicken in my life, I think of KFC, and more positively, the Blues Brothers!
Come to think of it, I'm not a great chicken fan all round! But there's plenty of it around, fried and otherwise, in this Country.
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#237078 - 12/10/2004 12:16
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I don't think I've had fried chicken in my life
You don't know what you're missing! You should got some right away.
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I think of KFC
Or maybe not....
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#237080 - 12/10/2004 14:09
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You've obviously never had the misfortune to spend any time at Weston-super-mud then.
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#237081 - 12/10/2004 14:22
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The closest I've had is a gyro
So, in view of that page that said there are five different pronunciations of that word extant in Greece, how's it pronounced in the US? I'm incoherent enough when drunk enough to want a doner without going round saying "yee-rosh" when it ought to be "dji-rho".
Peter
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#237082 - 12/10/2004 15:03
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You've obviously never had the misfortune to spend any time at Weston-super-mud then
My brother in law was a coastguard based at that very place!
I know it well!!
Good Indian at that time, homely middle aged waitresses.
John Cleese was born there, to which I've attributed his becoming so dull in later life.
It also has the Bristol crematorium, unfortunately, the purpose of my last visit.
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#237083 - 12/10/2004 15:04
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Not to be outdone by those Greeks, the USA apparently has 14 pronunciations. Been an uneducated Brit, whose previous experience with the word was limited to describing part of a helicopter, I used to pronounce it GaIro. My wife corrected that to dZaIro, but since her upbringing was somewhat cosmopolitan, what does she know? http://linguistlist.org/issues/6/6-1641.html gives the Boston pronunciation as yiro.
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#237084 - 12/10/2004 15:49
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Technically, "gyros" is the singular, so you should always pronounce the "s", but that would probably end up being more confusing in the real world than any of the fifteen thousand ways to pronounce the beginning of the word. I usually just stick with "hee-ro" or maybe "yee-ro".
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#237086 - 13/10/2004 11:17
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Cheeborger! Cheeborger!
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Everyone knows that the measure of a good kebab is it's chili sauce. People have been known to stagger a mile past one kebab van/shop to get to the next just for its chili sauce.
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