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Phhheewww !!!
How is Renes and Fans and LK and Cynths + Sylvia + Laines + Linds + Ginns + Jonesey + Jules + + Maureen + Joy + ALL the others doing ?????
I is tired !!!
Dea Xxx
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Can anyone send me something nice to take this horrid taste away ?????
Dea Xxx
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OOOOhhh errggghhhh !!
Just had the last one of my birthday chocolates - the picture was not very clear so it was either a hazelnut praline or a coffee truffle !!
It was a coffee truffle :-( :-( :-( - I HATE them !!!
Dea Xxx
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Cyn,
Know what you mean and agree with your comments about the rendition of Abide With Me.
What that segment needed was a man in a white suit standing atop a stepladder in the centre of the arena leading the audience in the singing of the hymn. That would have gone down better. :-P
I think that "Quirky" is probably the most suitable adjective to describe the opening ceremony as a whole. Some wonderful pieces of invention and imagination coupled with exuberance, enthusiasm and humour. The Queen's "Entrance" was hilarious made even more so by the wind blown effect created by the style of her hat (Fascinator?) and her facial expression (Looking like she was sucking a lemon) when the camera first showed her in the stadium.
Unfortunately my stamina gave out during the time the athletes parade was on so I did not see the end of the performance but from what I read it all seems to have been pretty well received round the world.
Let us hope that Team GB's athletes performances exceed my own and that at least some of them manage to achieve their ambition to become champion in their chosen sport.
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Morning Sylvs......thanks for breakfast. Hope you don't mind, but I rummaged around until I found the porridge. :-D
I know what you mean about the ceremony as it certainly didn't have the precision and the glitz of many of the others we've seen. I liked the fact that it was quite natural though and that there were children involved and lots of happy, smiling faces. The James Bond bit was brill. :-D The singing of Abide with Me was dire :-|
Had better get a move on........~~~~~~~~~ sleep well.
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Lunch will be served at 1 pm
Menu
Cocktails, Sherry, white wine spritzers
selection of hors d'ouevres ...............
Wild Mushroom Pate
Blue Cheese Dip
Fig and Goat Cheese Canapes
Prosciutto, Ricotta, and Red-Onion Marmalade on toasted bread squares
Buffalo Chicken Wings
Buffalo Sausage on Skewer
Vegetable antipasto, with pita bread
Crackers and toast tips
Soup ...............
Butternut Squash and Roasted Garlic Soup with Caramelized Vidalia Onions (vegetarian)
French Onion Soup
Cream of Tomato Soup
Tomato-basil bisque
Split Pea, Ham and Barley soup
Salad ...........................
Spring salad
Caribbean Cucumber salad
Golden beet salad, with goat cheese, pine nuts and herb dressing
Warm goat’s cheese salad with olive oil and balsamic vinegar dressing
Tuscan Salad (slow roasted cherry tomatoes, bocconcini, pinenuts, kalamata olives, red onions,
Main ..........................
Canadian Beef Pot Roast ……… beef slowly braised in its own juices, served with a vegetable medley , mashed potatoes or white and wild rice mix, and a rich home-style gravy
Pork Tenderloin with glaze
Shepherdess Pie (vegan)
Spinach and Sun-dried Tomato Lasagna (vegetarian)
Vegetarian chili
Meat Lasagna
Smoked salmon linguine
Roast potatoes,
garlic mashed potatoes,
Herbed Potato Medallions,
3 Cheese Scalloped Potatoes,
Aged Cheddar & Chive Twice Baked Potato,
Rosemary Creole Baked Sweet Potato,
Potato & Yam Gallette
lemongrass & ginger scented rice
Wild Rice
carrots and parsnip mash,
brussels sprouts,
spinach stuffed mushrooms,
snap peas,
asparagus,
Butternut Squash Gratin,
Green Bean Casserole,
sauteed peppers,
cauliflower with cheese sauce,
Tomato & Zucchini Ragout,
Stuffed Tomatoes,
cauliflower with hazelnut crumb topping,
corn on the cob with herbed butter,
lemon-herb roasted golden beets,
baby beetroot with peas,
artichoke with lemon butter dipping sauce,
baked eggplant (aubergine) and peppers
Gravy
Butter Pan Buns,
Multigrain Rolls,
Sourdough Rolls,
Corn Bread,
Dessert .....................
Chocolate Pistachio Mousse
Triple chocolate cheesecake
Dark and White Chocolate Pyramid, with milk chocolate mousse
Apple Galette, served warm, with vanilla gelato and caramel sauce
Lemon Tart, with tarragon syrup, and berry salad
Lemon sorbet
Red Chiffon Cake
Apple Blueberry Cobbler
Coffee Liqueur Bread Pudding with Caramel Sauce
Crème Brulee
Sticky Toffee Pudding
Bread & butter pudding with whisky
Custard, whipped cream
Cheese and cracker plate
Selection of wines from Hunter Valley NSW,
Tea, Coffee, Juices
enjoy
s
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Good morning all!
Thank you Sylvia - I will do me a bacon buttie ;-) <3
See you later,
Dea Xxx
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Good morning everyone
xxx
A light breakfast this morning
choice of cold cereals
Toast (sourdough, rye, white, whole grain, 100% brown, Hovis), crumpets,
jams, jellies
Tea, coffee, juices
(some bacon, turkey sausage or sausage patties, eggs, tomatoes, in the hidey place to cook up for the very hungry ones!)
enjoy
s
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got the dreaded purple message again :-P
had to change from .co.uk to .co.za
Jonesy ...................
I should also thank you for that link!!
As a result of Renes posting about it on another site ................... I finally used my anniversary present from last year :-D
OH has kept asking if I have subscribed to fmp "yet"
Now I can say, yes ................... and I got him a cheap deal :-D :-D :-D :-D
It only took me 50 weeks to take him up on the offer :-D
UNFORTUNATELY ................ I spent about 30 or 40 minutes looking at fmp, trying to find some US records for my Great-Aunt and her husband.
Guess what I kept getting every time I wanted to open a record?????????
Yep
an error message :-P :-P :-P :-P :-P
but NOT purple!
This year's anniversary is a biggie ................. and the joint present will be a trip to Churchill on Hudson Bay to see the Polar bears, delayed to October 2013
BUT the fmp sub should need renewing just about anniversary time next year. By which time, I should know whether it is any use to me.
s
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Hi everyone
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it was a lovely sunny day today :-D
I watched the Opening Ceremonies on the taped delay that we got here ..... from 7 pm to 11 pm our time.
Liked the first part.
Really disliked the middle section .................. had to keep looking away as the flashing lights combined with the music kept making my eyes feel funny. Just like the start of a migraine
Enjoyed the Athletes Parade ..... I love seeing their uniforms. BUT we kept missing chunks of the Parade for "commercial breaks".
Thought that it was overlong, and wished they had spent more time on similar to the first part.
Doesn't count as one of my favourite Opening Ceremonies!
Been interesting to see the comments by some Canadian and American media
Lots of the aspects of the "show" went right over their heads. For example, many US media types (and people) just cannot understand why you would celebrate the NHS ............. and thought the nurses and the big baby "freaky".
Health schemes are foreign to many of them ............ communistic even!
BUT that is why I forgot to do breakfast and brunch! It ended so late.
s
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Thanks Dea Dearest ---------- did not get far now did I
Jonesey .......... thanks for FMP link ........... have taken up offer .... and saved my self over 60,00 pounds ........... I was due to renew ....24 Aug ..... and have world wide ..............brilliant --------- I am sure you will hear of another joinee too
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Glad to see you back Renes.
Dea Xxx <3
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bye the bye ..................
I have come back ......................... so HELLO
my Danish cousin ..... who has more or less a copy of my ( ie our family ) tree ... emailed and said she added some rellies ( she hopes ) she found in Dorset ( via opc dorset) and asked will I have a look ............... But I could not see her tree .... as a free member ........ could not be bother to explain all .to her ..in case she thought I could not pay...... . so just rejoined ........ 7.96 for six months ........ ......... ah well
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Thank you for saying so Dea.
She is scheduled to start university this autumn. She is a bright lass, don't know where that came from. ;-)
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Jonesey.
I have only just found time to look at that video you posted about - it really is VERY good !!!
I can see that you have good reason to be very proud of her.
Dea Xxx
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Still up watching the swimming cos if I had not have started smoking I could have been good enough to compete in the Munich Olympics swimming/diving lol...in my dreams I think lol
ja...x
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How come you are still up Jax :-S
Have you been up all night, not used to seeing around at this time
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Mine is due on the 20th Jonesey wonder if I will get The discount?
It wont bankrupt me either...maybe I will stay? as every now and then there is something...but it is so boring not having at least one challenge a day to work on.
I noticed there is someone on the dark side offering his sevices...looks like a pay for the services site to me?
ja...x
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Mornin~~~~
Well you all have me to wind up :-P
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