On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 20:21:46 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 06/06/2010 7:20 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 09:59:10 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> 
>>>>> I'm a bit scared of SLC
>>>>
>>>> Nah, don't be - it's the liberal part of the state. :-)
>>>>
>>> I'll take your word on that.
>>
>> No need, it's pretty well documented - democrats hold (and have for
>> years) positions as the mayor for SLC and for the county,
> 
> +1 point
> 
> < lots of local
>> "green" initiatives (including vehicles that run on alternative fuels
>> for the city),
> 
> -1 point (I worked for oil companies for almost 20 years) :-P

Surely not BP, no?  If so, you might be buying the first round. ;-)

But in terms of 'liberal' point of view, green energy is a pretty good 
sign, don't you think?

> The number of overseas tourists last year was 14.1 million and the total
> overnight-stay visitors was 27 million. Not all of them visited the Wong
> Kei (Mr Wong’s shop) ;-)

LOL

> I imagine a lot don’t go more than once. Although, I recommended it to a
> Chinese Australian who came on holiday and he ate there 10 times in a
> week. The price might have had something to do with it. ;-)

I imagine it's also popular with student visitors. :-)

>> OK, I misread, then. :-)
> 
> I may have miss-writ.

<Stephen Colbert>I accept your apology, sir</Stephen Colbert>

> It is if you can eat Hong Kong style food. For instance in the scramble
> egg rice the egg is barely cooked.

Might work for me, or it could end up being a texture thing.

>> The last two times have been off-season, and we really enjoyed it.  But
>> if we're relocating, we also need to spend a little time there during
>> the season as well. :)
>>
> No, then it is full of tourists and hot. Off season is best. :-)

Well, "hot" to you is different than "hot" to me.  It's 82F here right 
now, and we're supposed to hit 90F by mid-week.

I guess spring is over. <sigh>

>>>>>> Ooooh, don't think I've had that before (pork obviously isn't often
>>>>>> used, but you know that<G>).
>>>>>
>>> Fusion :-)
>>
>> Yeah.  I can't remember which show it was now, but on a cooking show
>> someone had to create a new Indian-style dish, and he wasn't sure what
>> kind of meat to use; he remembered something about beef, but didn't
>> know about pork, so he selected that.  Even still, I think he came out
>> ahead.
>>
>>
> Some people think it is an unclean meat. They don’t know what they are
> missing.

Well, it tends to be thought of as such for religious reasons, so it 
either becomes "throw away my religion and religious traditions" or eat 
it.  Generally; I know a guy who is ostensibly Jewish who likes the 
occasional bacon sandwich (made with the real thing, not turkey bacon).

>>> Nor am I generally but it absorbs the flavour wonderfully. Try adding
>>> some florets about 15 minutes before the end of the cooking.
>>> Overcooking is OK too.
>>
>> I'll keep that in mind. :)
>>
>>
> Actually par boiling them first is best.

Hmm, I could see that working.

Jim

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On 07/06/2010 5:37 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:

>> <  lots of local
>>> "green" initiatives (including vehicles that run on alternative fuels
>>> for the city),
>>
>> -1 point (I worked for oil companies for almost 20 years) :-P
>
> Surely not BP, no?  If so, you might be buying the first round. ;-)
>

No, I worked for Conoco for 12 years and for 4 years I contracted for 
other operators.

> But in terms of 'liberal' point of view, green energy is a pretty good
> sign, don't you think?
>

Yes, :-D
I transferred my orniness to this thread. ;-)

>
>> I imagine a lot don’t go more than once. Although, I recommended it to a
>> Chinese Australian who came on holiday and he ate there 10 times in a
>> week. The price might have had something to do with it. ;-)
>
> I imagine it's also popular with student visitors. :-)
>

Yes, the average age is quite low if you don’t count the singletons.

>>> OK, I misread, then. :-)
>>
>> I may have miss-writ.
>
> <Stephen Colbert>I accept your apology, sir</Stephen Colbert>
>

Lost on me as we don't get Stephen Colbert here.

>> It is if you can eat Hong Kong style food. For instance in the scramble
>> egg rice the egg is barely cooked.
>
> Might work for me, or it could end up being a texture thing.
>

Slimy is a description, it goes for “ho fun” too.

>>>
>> No, then it is full of tourists and hot. Off season is best. :-)
>
> Well, "hot" to you is different than "hot" to me.  It's 82F here right
> now, and we're supposed to hit 90F by mid-week.
>

I thought that as I was writing it.

> I guess spring is over.<sigh>
>

Spring has sprung,



the grass has ris’,
I wonder where the birdie is?

There he is up in the sky,
He dropped some whitewash in my eye!

I‘m alright, I won't cry,
I'm just glad that cows can't fly!


>> Some people think it is an unclean meat. They don’t know what they are
>> missing.
>
> Well, it tends to be thought of as such for religious reasons, so it
> either becomes "throw away my religion and religious traditions" or eat
> it.  Generally; I know a guy who is ostensibly Jewish who likes the
> occasional bacon sandwich (made with the real thing, not turkey bacon).
>

Yeah, bacon butties are the Devil's invention.


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	Stephen

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On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:27:09 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 07/06/2010 5:37 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> 
>>> <  lots of local
>>>> "green" initiatives (including vehicles that run on alternative fuels
>>>> for the city),
>>>
>>> -1 point (I worked for oil companies for almost 20 years) :-P
>>
>> Surely not BP, no?  If so, you might be buying the first round. ;-)
>>
> No, I worked for Conoco for 12 years and for 4 years I contracted for
> other operators.

I see - well, then, I guess the first round's mine. ;-)

>> But in terms of 'liberal' point of view, green energy is a pretty good
>> sign, don't you think?
>>
>>
> Yes, :-D
> I transferred my orniness to this thread. ;-)

So I noticed. ;-)

>>>> OK, I misread, then. :-)
>>>
>>> I may have miss-writ.
>>
>> <Stephen Colbert>I accept your apology, sir</Stephen Colbert>
>>
> Lost on me as we don't get Stephen Colbert here.

It's a common tactic in his interviews (he is a satirical commentator on 
current events, and the last 7 minutes of the show includes an interview 
where he usually tries to wind up the guest).

>>> It is if you can eat Hong Kong style food. For instance in the
>>> scramble egg rice the egg is barely cooked.
>>
>> Might work for me, or it could end up being a texture thing.
>>
> Slimy is a description, it goes for “ho fun” too.

Yeah, "slimy" often kicks the gag reflex here.  But not always.

>>> No, then it is full of tourists and hot. Off season is best. :-)
>>
>> Well, "hot" to you is different than "hot" to me.  It's 82F here right
>> now, and we're supposed to hit 90F by mid-week.
>>
> I thought that as I was writing it.

So what do you consider "hot"?  That'll give me an idea. :)

> the grass has ris’,
> I wonder where the birdie is?
> 
> There he is up in the sky,
> He dropped some whitewash in my eye!
> 
> I‘m alright, I won't cry,
> I'm just glad that cows can't fly!

LOL

>>> Some people think it is an unclean meat. They don’t know what they are
>>> missing.
>>
>> Well, it tends to be thought of as such for religious reasons, so it
>> either becomes "throw away my religion and religious traditions" or eat
>> it.  Generally; I know a guy who is ostensibly Jewish who likes the
>> occasional bacon sandwich (made with the real thing, not turkey bacon).
>>
>>
> Yeah, bacon butties are the Devil's invention.

LOL. Bacon, though, is mana. ;-)

Jim

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On 07/06/2010 3:28 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:27:09 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>
>> On 07/06/2010 5:37 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>
>>>> <   lots of local
>>>>> "green" initiatives (including vehicles that run on alternative fuels
>>>>> for the city),
>>>>
>>>> -1 point (I worked for oil companies for almost 20 years) :-P
>>>
>>> Surely not BP, no?  If so, you might be buying the first round. ;-)
>>>
>> No, I worked for Conoco for 12 years and for 4 years I contracted for
>> other operators.
>
> I see - well, then, I guess the first round's mine. ;-)
>

But I was on BP's Thistle platform for a trip.

What a mess it was. <Grrr>

>>> But in terms of 'liberal' point of view, green energy is a pretty good
>>> sign, don't you think?
>>>
>>>
>> Yes, :-D
>> I transferred my orniness to this thread. ;-)
>
> So I noticed. ;-)
>

Easy Peasy :-)

>>>>> OK, I misread, then. :-)
>>>>
>>>> I may have miss-writ.
>>>
>>> <Stephen Colbert>I accept your apology, sir</Stephen Colbert>
>>>
>> Lost on me as we don't get Stephen Colbert here.
>
> It's a common tactic in his interviews (he is a satirical commentator on
> current events, and the last 7 minutes of the show includes an interview
> where he usually tries to wind up the guest).
>

I’ve seen clips of his show but you noticed that I didn’t fall into your 
trap :-P
So I accept you apology in advance.

>>>> It is if you can eat Hong Kong style food. For instance in the
>>>> scramble egg rice the egg is barely cooked.
>>>
>>> Might work for me, or it could end up being a texture thing.
>>>
>> Slimy is a description, it goes for “ho fun” too.
>
> Yeah, "slimy" often kicks the gag reflex here.  But not always.
>

It does for most Westerners :-)

>>>> No, then it is full of tourists and hot. Off season is best. :-)
>>>
>>> Well, "hot" to you is different than "hot" to me.  It's 82F here right
>>> now, and we're supposed to hit 90F by mid-week.
>>>
>> I thought that as I was writing it.
>
> So what do you consider "hot"?  That'll give me an idea. :)
>

75 F is hot for most of us Brits but since I've worked in the subtropics 
anything over 90 F is too hot for my comfort. I did find 104 F was 
tolerable if I moved slowly and kept out of the sun. And I onced worked 
for half an hour at a time at 210 F when I was offshore.



>> Yeah, bacon butties are the Devil's invention.
>
> LOL. Bacon, though, is mana. ;-)
>

You mean that the Israelites were eating bacon during their travels in 
the desert?

You could knock be down with a feather.


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	Stephen

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On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:49:34 +0100, Stephen wrote:

>>> No, I worked for Conoco for 12 years and for 4 years I contracted for
>>> other operators.
>>
>> I see - well, then, I guess the first round's mine. ;-)
>>
> But I was on BP's Thistle platform for a trip.

Hmmm, might have to reconsider that first round, then. ;-)

> What a mess it was. <Grrr>

I was watching something this weekend that talked about the number of 
safety incidents for various oil companies over the past 3-4 years.  Most 
of them were in the < 10 category.  BP?  More than *700*.

Ouch.

> I’ve seen clips of his show but you noticed that I didn’t fall into your
> trap :-P
> So I accept you apology in advance.

LOL, well played, sir. ;-)

>>> Slimy is a description, it goes for “ho fun” too.
>>
>> Yeah, "slimy" often kicks the gag reflex here.  But not always.
>>
> It does for most Westerners :-)

Interesting, I didn't know that.  I thought it was "just" me (not as in 
"I'm the only one" but "I'm one of a small number").

>> So what do you consider "hot"?  That'll give me an idea. :)
>>
> 75 F is hot for most of us Brits but since I've worked in the subtropics
> anything over 90 F is too hot for my comfort. I did find 104 F was
> tolerable if I moved slowly and kept out of the sun. And I onced worked
> for half an hour at a time at 210 F when I was offshore.

75 F is very comfortable for me.  In fact, that's what it is outside here 
right now.  Warmer than that depends on the humidity and available 
drinking water.  I did some work in Arizona in 106 F (server room setup 
but the building wasn't finished yet and the AC wasn't installed, much 
less the windows), and it was OK, but took a lot of drink with me 
(Gatorade, as I recall).

But I've seen > 100 F in 80%+ humidity and that's just miserable.

>>> Yeah, bacon butties are the Devil's invention.
>>
>> LOL. Bacon, though, is mana. ;-)
>>
>>
> You mean that the Israelites were eating bacon during their travels in
> the desert?
> 
> You could knock be down with a feather.

LOL.

<tap>

Jim

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On 07/06/2010 7:47 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:

>>> I see - well, then, I guess the first round's mine. ;-)
>>>
>> But I was on BP's Thistle platform for a trip.
>
> Hmmm, might have to reconsider that first round, then. ;-)
>

As long as you buy the lst one ;_)

>> What a mess it was.<Grrr>
>
> I was watching something this weekend that talked about the number of
> safety incidents for various oil companies over the past 3-4 years.  Most
> of them were in the<  10 category.  BP?  More than *700*.
>
> Ouch.
>

I'm glad it's called BP instead if British Petroleum, now.

>> I’ve seen clips of his show but you noticed that I didn’t fall into your
>> trap :-P
>> So I accept you apology in advance.
>
> LOL, well played, sir. ;-)
>

<Bows>

>>>> Slimy is a description, it goes for “ho fun” too.
>>>
>>> Yeah, "slimy" often kicks the gag reflex here.  But not always.
>>>
>> It does for most Westerners :-)
>
> Interesting, I didn't know that.  I thought it was "just" me (not as in
> "I'm the only one" but "I'm one of a small number").
>

IMHO :-)

>>> So what do you consider "hot"?  That'll give me an idea. :)
>>>
>> 75 F is hot for most of us Brits but since I've worked in the subtropics
>> anything over 90 F is too hot for my comfort. I did find 104 F was
>> tolerable if I moved slowly and kept out of the sun. And I onced worked
>> for half an hour at a time at 210 F when I was offshore.
>
> 75 F is very comfortable for me.  In fact, that's what it is outside here
> right now.  Warmer than that depends on the humidity and available
> drinking water.  I did some work in Arizona in 106 F (server room setup
> but the building wasn't finished yet and the AC wasn't installed, much
> less the windows), and it was OK, but took a lot of drink with me
> (Gatorade, as I recall).
>

Yes you need to drink. Which raises another gripe of mine. People 
carrying water bottles in temperate climates as if they are in the tropics.

> But I've seen>  100 F in 80%+ humidity and that's just miserable.
>

One job I had (on BP's Thistle) was to keep an eye on the production 
instrumentation, when the telemetry had broken. It was about 40 C (104 
F) and the humidity was very high. We must have drunk a gallon of water 
an hour.


>> You could knock be down with a feather.
>
> LOL.
>
> <tap>
>

:-D

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	Stephen

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On 07/06/2010 8:26 PM, Stephen wrote:
> As long as you buy the lst one ;_)

Last one, I meant.

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On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:26:14 +0100, Stephen wrote:

>> Hmmm, might have to reconsider that first round, then. ;-)
>>
> As long as you buy the lst one ;_)

Deal, as long as you keep buying the *next* one. ;-)

> I'm glad it's called BP instead if British Petroleum, now.

I'm sure you're not alone in that feeling.

> Yes you need to drink. Which raises another gripe of mine. People
> carrying water bottles in temperate climates as if they are in the
> tropics.

Well, I can understand that - it's a diet thing for some people.  When I 
was working with a personal trainer, I was under instruction to drink (I 
think it was) a gallon of water a day (not at once, but thorughout the 
day) or something like that.

>> But I've seen>  100 F in 80%+ humidity and that's just miserable.
>>
> One job I had (on BP's Thistle) was to keep an eye on the production
> instrumentation, when the telemetry had broken. It was about 40 C (104
> F) and the humidity was very high. We must have drunk a gallon of water
> an hour.

I'd believe that.  That can't have been fun.

Jim

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On 07/06/2010 9:04 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:26:14 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>
>>> Hmmm, might have to reconsider that first round, then. ;-)
>>>
>> As long as you buy the lst one ;_)
>
> Deal, as long as you keep buying the *next* one. ;-)
>

It is a Scot that you're talking to :-P

>> I'm glad it's called BP instead if British Petroleum, now.
>
> I'm sure you're not alone in that feeling.
>

I bet.

>> Yes you need to drink. Which raises another gripe of mine. People
>> carrying water bottles in temperate climates as if they are in the
>> tropics.
>
> Well, I can understand that - it's a diet thing for some people.  When I
> was working with a personal trainer, I was under instruction to drink (I
> think it was) a gallon of water a day (not at once, but thorughout the
> day) or something like that.
>

A good way to get ill.

>>> But I've seen>   100 F in 80%+ humidity and that's just miserable.
>>>
>> One job I had (on BP's Thistle) was to keep an eye on the production
>> instrumentation, when the telemetry had broken. It was about 40 C (104
>> F) and the humidity was very high. We must have drunk a gallon of water
>> an hour.
>
> I'd believe that.  That can't have been fun.
>

It was in a masochistic way.


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On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:15:42 +0100, Stephen wrote:

>> Deal, as long as you keep buying the *next* one. ;-)
>>
> It is a Scot that you're talking to :-P

But of course I knew that - that's why I phrased the way I did. :-)

>> Well, I can understand that - it's a diet thing for some people.  When
>> I was working with a personal trainer, I was under instruction to drink
>> (I think it was) a gallon of water a day (not at once, but thorughout
>> the day) or something like that.
>>
> A good way to get ill.

Only if you take too much at once.  I've a coworker whose adopted 
daughter died as a result of overhydration - it was a form of punishment 
- the story is very complicated, but it was all over the news here when 
the trial happened.

I forget the measure I was told - I was originally thinking 32 Oz, but 
then thought that didn't seem like much.

>>>> But I've seen>   100 F in 80%+ humidity and that's just miserable.
>>>>
>>> One job I had (on BP's Thistle) was to keep an eye on the production
>>> instrumentation, when the telemetry had broken. It was about 40 C (104
>>> F) and the humidity was very high. We must have drunk a gallon of
>>> water an hour.
>>
>> I'd believe that.  That can't have been fun.
>>
> It was in a masochistic way.

That's right, you're a Scot. ;-)

Jim

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