The 'trampoline wars' FG Off Topic Thread

tusk

Necro wrote: »

Ireland seems to have gone trampoline-crazy. I cannot find one in any online store at the moment, everywhere is out of stock

Edit: Never mind, got one

my bedroom window overlooks a good 30 back gardens. Over the last 3 weeks trampolines have multiplied exponentially. I think they may be planning a coup.

fixXxer

Watch out for the first stormy day of winter, you'll probably get a couple for free

Necro

tusk wrote:

my bedroom window overlooks a good 30 back gardens. Over the last 3 weeks trampolines have multiplied exponentially. I think they may be planning a coup.

Almost everywhere was sold out, eventually found one on Littlewoods but every other site was out of stock till July/August :eek:

It's ahem.... a bit bigger than we planned for but needs must and all (wanted a 10 footer but had to get a 14 footer)

Feck ya, Necro! You jinxed the weather when you purchased that trampoline.

Or I did when I bought new garden furniture

Necro

Strawberry Milkshake wrote:

Or I did when I bought new garden furniture

That's actually also on the list but I need to see how much garden I'll have left post trampoline arrival first :pac:

sullivlo

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

Feck ya, Necro! You jinxed the weather when you purchased that trampoline.

Or I did when I bought new garden furniture

I am probably in the minority but I welcome the brief change in weather. I have a metric ****tonne of work to do but there's no urgency on it so I have been putting it off because of the sun. Now that it's not sunny I will be doing the work and then having it out of the way for when the sunshine returns.

Green&Red

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

Feck ya, Necro! You jinxed the weather when you purchased that trampoline.

Or I did when I bought new garden furniture

Delighted to see the rain this morning!

fixXxer

Rain washing the pollen away thank goodness

Trigger

sullivlo wrote: »

I am probably in the minority but I welcome the brief change in weather. I have a metric ****tonne of work to do but there's no urgency on it so I have been putting it off because of the sun. Now that it's not sunny I will be doing the work and then having it out of the way for when the sunshine returns.

*Insert Walrus joke here*

y0ssar1an22

anyone ever read wheel of time? they're making a tv show on it:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7462410/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

it has been cast but no other details really.

hopefully it will be high end production like GOT or the witcher, rather than the disaster that was legend of the seeker (those books went of the rails towards the end)

quickbeam

Reading them as we speak. Loving it so far.

I will probably stick to the books though and avoid the TV show. GoT annoyed me after reading the books.

Necro

y0ssar1an22 wrote:

anyone ever read wheel of time? they're making a tv show on it:

I've heard the books are great. Hopefully it doesnt get the Legend of the Seeker treatment.... that was shocking

fixXxer

y0ssar1an22 wrote: »

anyone ever read wheel of time? they're making a tv show on it:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7462410/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

it has been cast but no other details really.

hopefully it will be high end production like GOT or the witcher, rather than the disaster that was legend of the seeker (those books went of the rails towards the end)

I'd watch the show rather than read the books. I probably came to them too late but there was just so much time where it felt like nothing was happening. The show might trim some of the fat.

BTW Necro, started The Dead audiobook. Very enjoyable so far.

Interesting

bits about zombies learning. Maybe they could learn to use a gun at some point...

Electric Nitwit

I really enjoyed the Wheel of Time books when I was at college, but I agree there's a lot that could be trimmed

On any other forum my username is Demandred, some bugger beat me to it on boards

quickbeam

fixXxer wrote: »

I'd watch the show rather than read the books. I probably came to them too late but there was just so much time where it felt like nothing was happening. The show might trim some of the fat.

Did you read them all? I've heard it dips in the middle but is worth it for the end.

The one I'm on at the moment (nearly finished it), there hasn't been a whole lot of forwarding of the plot alright, but still, I was never bored and am flying through it, and feel it's laying a lot of groundwork. Maybe four or five more books with the same lack of movement will start to grate, but for now I'm loving it.

quickbeam

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

On any other forum my username is Demandred, some bugger beat me to it on boards

Ahhhh, the last time you wrote that (elsewhere), I had no idea who that was. I now know! :P

Electric Nitwit

quickbeam wrote: »

Ahhhh, the last time you wrote that (elsewhere), I had no idea who that was. I now know! :P

Ha ha, as I wrote it I had deja vu that I'd already written that somewhere :pac:

sullivlo

Trigger wrote: »

*Insert Walrus joke here*

I know. I have actually listened to all of the entries and I have semi-ranked them. I just haven't been able to find time to schedule a reveal. Real life has been an absolute mess for the past few months, and I am only now beginning to get my head around things and back on track. Trying to deal with the welfare of an 84 yo with dementia, in the midst of a global pandemic, alongside some other things that I don't want to get in to, Walrus wasn't exactly on the top of my list.

fixXxer

quickbeam wrote: »

Did you read them all? I've heard it dips in the middle but is worth it for the end.

The one I'm on at the moment (nearly finished it), there hasn't been a whole lot of forwarding of the plot alright, but still, I was never bored and am flying through it, and feel it's laying a lot of groundwork. Maybe four or five more books with the same lack of movement will start to grate, but for now I'm loving it.

It's been a while but I got as far as where they join the circus and stopped there,

I went to The Hyperion Cantos instead and really enjoyed it.

quickbeam

fixXxer wrote: »

It's been a while but I got as far as where they join the circus and stopped there,

I went to The Hyperion Cantos instead and really enjoyed it.

I'm further on than that, and liking it.

Hyperion is on my read list too. I've put a moratorium on any more High Fantasy until this series is done though.

Trigger

sullivlo wrote: »

I know. I have actually listened to all of the entries and I have semi-ranked them. I just haven't been able to find time to schedule a reveal. Real life has been an absolute mess for the past few months, and I am only now beginning to get my head around things and back on track. Trying to deal with the welfare of an 84 yo with dementia, in the midst of a global pandemic, alongside some other things that I don't want to get in to, Walrus wasn't exactly on the top of my list.

It wasnt a dig at you Sully, just a silly joke, my own life (similar issues) got in the way of mine also, and it has been dragged out completely. Sure I'm only half way through listening to round 4

Really glad you are getting your head around things, and hopefully things will start to have a bit of normality for you going forward.

Electric Nitwit

Hope you guys know no one actually cares about things like a Walrus disappearing (weird sentence to write!), despite the odd jibe. Hope all's OK

Necro

fixXxer wrote:

BTW Necro, started The Dead audiobook. Very enjoyable so far.

It's very good, even the vignettes are quite interesting though Kevin's story is my personal fave I think I'm on book 5 right now iirc.

kitten_k

Necro wrote: »

That's actually also on the list but I need to see how much garden I'll have left post trampoline arrival first :pac:

Good luck with that! Took us ages to find a suite that we liked that was in stock now and not pre-order!

Ended up ordering from here, had it within a week.

https://www.eurogardenandhome.com/

Trigger

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Hope you guys know no one actually cares about things like a Walrus disappearing (weird sentence to write!), despite the odd jibe. Hope all's OK

Grand, cause it's going to be another week or so before the next reveal for me :pac:

tusk

fixXxer wrote: »

Rain washing the pollen away thank goodness

Amen. Head has been in bits recently from it.

Electric Nitwit

Trigger wrote: »

Grand, cause it's going to be another week or so before the next reveal for me :pac:

Electric Nitwit

While I'm posting here...

sullivlo wrote: »

The bread I made yesterday:

Equal volumes of greek yoghurt and self raising flour, and a pinch of salt. Mix until a dough is formed and then knead until springy. Roll to required thickness and dry fry on a hot pan. Amazing.

Pretzill wrote: »

I turned your flatbread into a delicious pizza base for dinner yesterday

Thanks guys, this has become a staple for our 2yr old, she loves them. So easy to make too

If you leave the dough in the fridge for a few hours it's so much easier to form into shape as well

Zaph

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

Feck ya, Necro! You jinxed the weather when you purchased that trampoline.

Or I did when I bought new garden furniture

Nope, you're both off the hook. I ordered a new barbecue last week so it was inevitable that the weather would change.

Baggly

I think you will find this is all the fault of the students for not sitting the leaving.

Mollyb60

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

While I'm posting here...



Thanks guys, this has become a staple for our 2yr old, she loves them. So easy to make too

If you leave the dough in the fridge for a few hours it's so much easier to form into shape as well

Me too. Any time I'm having curry now I'm breaking out the flatbreads. Delighted with them. Will try the fridge trick.

Is the wheel of time the one with a million books like SK's Dark Tower series? I think friend's recommended them to me when we started the GOT books. But the amount of them always puts me off starting. Same with the Dark Tower (also I didn't like the Gunslinger book).

Necro

Mollyb60 wrote:

Is the wheel of time the one with a million books like SK's Dark Tower series? I think friend's recommended them to me when we started the GOT books. But the amount of them always puts me off starting. Same with the Dark Tower (also I didn't like the Gunslinger book).

Its bigger. Theres fourteen volumes, a prequel and two companion books according to wiki :eek:

sullivlo

Baggly wrote: »

I think you will find this is all the fault of the students for not sitting the leaving.

That's it.

I couldn't sleep on Tuesday night with pre-LC nerves, even though I am a) not a student and b) the thing wasn't going ahead...

quickbeam

Mollyb60 wrote: »

Is the wheel of time the one with a million books like SK's Dark Tower series? I think friend's recommended them to me when we started the GOT books. But the amount of them always puts me off starting.

That's them. Not a short series, for sure. But worth the effort, IMO (so far anyway).

I've the Dark Tower on my read list too, but haven't started, so can't compare them.

Necro

Just used my Audible credit for first book of the Wheel of Time series.

That'll do nicely after my current one is doneded. (Still 90 odd hours in that mind)

quickbeam

90 HOURS!!!!! :eek: What are you reading that is that long? Even each WoT is a lot less than that.

I hope you enjoy it. Nervous now that I've built it up too much

Necro

quickbeam wrote: »

90 HOURS!!!!! :eek: What are you reading that is that long? Even each WoT is a lot less than that.

I hope you enjoy it. Nervous now that I've built it up too much

Ah no, it's a 12 book series in one in fairness

y0ssar1an22

quickbeam wrote: »

Reading them as we speak. Loving it so far.

I will probably stick to the books though and avoid the TV show. GoT annoyed me after reading the books.

stick with them, overall they're great! there is alot of fat alright. one of the books

follows perrin I remember. seemed abit off track - a side quest almost.

i might read them again but currently reading terry goodkinds nicci chronicles, a spin off from sword of truth.

quickbeam

I'm on Book 6, am I save to read that spoiler?

y0ssar1an22

its not really a spoiler. think its book 4, but not sure.

sKeith

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

While I'm posting here...


Thanks guys, this has become a staple for our 2yr old, she loves them. So easy to make too

If you leave the dough in the fridge for a few hours it's so much easier to form into shape as well

I think i'll try this too.

sullivlo wrote:

The bread I made yesterday:

Equal volumes of greek yoghurt and self raising flour, and a pinch of salt. Mix until a dough is formed and then knead until springy. Roll to required thickness and dry fry on a hot pan. Amazing.

will have to figure out how to knead and then how to roll.

Electric Nitwit

sKeith wrote: »

will have to figure out how to knead and then how to roll.

For me
kneading = squashing into a ball a few times
rolling = stretching it out by hand



For pizza bases I do wonder if regular flour might be better, I'll try that this weekend

MrsFlushdraw

Hey all, just checking in from windy Malta!

I am a major book worm and currently reading Cromwells books The Last Kingdom was based on. Enjoying them thoroughly. I decided to rewatch the show slowly so that I am always ahead in the books.

quickbeam

Don't know the show, and don't know the series, but just looked them up there, and I do like the author. I have read some and have others on the to-read list.

We should start a FG bookclub here

sullivlo

quickbeam wrote: »

Don't know the show, and don't know the series, but just looked them up there, and I do like the author. I have read some and have others on the to-read list.

We should start a FG bookclub here

I would agree with a book club, but I don’t read any science fiction or fantasy.

quickbeam

I read lots of genres. The ones MrsF mention above aren't Sci-Fi/Fantasy, afaik.

Peronally, I don't mean a literal book club. I have too many books to read myself without squeezing in a book a month assigned by a club. I'd love a club for general book chat though.

quickbeam

Just checked there, 25-30% of the books I read are in the Sci-Fi/Fantasy genres.

I actually want to make that a bit higher. There's a lot of great series I've yet to read.

Pretzill

I had what is now known as Sully Bread for dinner tonight - I made two small flatbreads one topped with garlic, olive oil and cheese and the other as a little pizza - delicious!

sullivlo

Pretzill wrote: »

I had what is now known as Sully Bread for dinner tonight - I made two small flatbreads one topped with garlic, olive oil and cheese and the other as a little pizza - delicious!

I'm jealous. I haven't had Sully bread in a few weeks. I sprained ligaments in my thumb and I am in a splint for 4 weeks... Two weeks down, two to go. I can chop (badly) and whatnot, but kneading is a step too far for the splint the dough would get everywhere. I might chance it over the weekend. I am probably going to BBQ so might try make some dough.

I made a salad last week and I served it with grilled (BBQ'd) halloumi cheese. It was: cous cous (made with salt, pepper, lemon juice and water), chopped baby tomatoes, chopped cucumber, chopped red onion and loads of seasoning - salt, pepper, oregano, Balsamic... Tossed together with the halloumi on top. It was eaten outside in the sunshine with a cold can of Coke zero. It was delicious. Thinking now that some flatbread would go nicely with that.

I have a long summer ahead to try it

kitten_k

What quantities of each ingredient are ye all using to make Sully bread?