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Today I held a pen



Now this pen had been cut from a goose feather using a knife (yes, a penknife) in the late 1300's - yeah OK so some pens date back to the dead sea scrolls but I haven't touched them



To think that the guy who held this pen had no idea that I would handling that as a historic artifact so many centuries later - I wonder who he was

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BLOODLIFE
23:35 Mar 31 2016

A proud moment captured by the pen's ancestors :-p

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Morganna777
03:25 Apr 05 2016

How wonderful for you....

I too love antique pens.. calligraphic, feather, scroll, etc.

Writing with these instruments for me, unlocks the secrets to my soul...





Morganna777

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My friend is flying to Poland tomorrow, boring seminar but it still a freebie that I wanted



I reassured her that the wings wouldn't just fall off, unless the engines exploded first, they would more sort of fold upwards



So we spent the evening watching the news about the investigation into the Brussels airport bombing



then we caught an hour of "Mayday, when planes go wrong"



I was trying to find "Airplane" or "Snakes on a Plane" on Netflix when she decided she no longer had a phobia and was going to get an early night

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Morrigon
03:57 Mar 29 2016

Perhaps you should pursue psychology and become a specialist in phobia rehabilitation!

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Dear reader,



I don't usually deal with inorganic toxins but I picked up a task for an investigation into a very ill young child: presented with stertorous breathing, drooling, convulsions, cardiac arrest which had been preceded with 'normal' diarrhoea, vomiting and trembling. Scarey stuff huh, the lab quickly confirmed the cause so all should be well



In 'my' world of organic toxins I am used to the most innocent thing turning deadly but I never thought that a child playfully using a whole tube of toothpaste to clean her teeth could do that

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xRobin3x
14:47 Mar 20 2016

Most toothpaste has Fluorine in it. and yes, if a child does use a whole tube, it could, if she/he has a sensitivity to it more so.





https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorine

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Dear reader,



To make toad in the hole you need to catch some toads ... or



Take some Quorn and place it in the freezer



Mix up the Yorkshire pudding batter like before



Take a deep oven dish, can't be too big though or you're going to need more batter, oven at about 180C



Bake some sausages in the deep oven dish in just a thin layer of cooking oil, turn them over a bunch so they brown evenly, when they're done add some chopped up onion and a drizzle of oil - back in the oven for about 5 more minutes - carefully [it spits] pour the batter mix over the sausages, then back in the oven for about 20 minutes



Hack it into lumps and eat it however you like, by itself, pour gravy into it - sooo good

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Owlish
23:51 Mar 17 2016

You got a bit violent towards the end. xD

"Get into my face".

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imagesinwords
10:43 Mar 18 2016

Yum.

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Morrigon
00:51 Mar 20 2016

Ohhoo yummmmmy!

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by popular request, well OK someone asked



YORKSHIRE PUDDING



Take a packet of Quorn and set to one side. You're never actually going to use Quorn but if you have any, just set it to one side



Take 4oz of sifted plain flour, dump in two eggs out of their hens/shells, just less than half pint of milk, lump of butter about 2oz and a little salt. Throw the whole lot in a jug and whisk it a lot. Then let it settle while you play with the hot things



Take a bun/muffin tray, pour a little (teaspoon) vegetable oil in each part, put it in an oven at about 180C ish until the oil is smokin', then take it out an CAREFULLY (cos it spits) pour the mix into each part, then back into oven for about 20 mins



Take them out and eat with gravy etc. You can also add garlic and herbs to the mix but that mix up there is nice enough :)



Morrie :) Toad in the hole is next

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Owlish
01:58 Mar 17 2016

Thank you for not bastardising Yorkshire Puddings. I'm the child of a Yorkshireman. Yorkshire puddings are a religion. :P

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imagesinwords
10:44 Mar 18 2016

I've never made it because I don't want to destroy it- but I will try it eventually!

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Dear reader, I know who you are



Today I thought I would try making Yorkshire puddings instead of buying them frozen and then heating them up



They're so easy to make, I now feel I was being conned into buying flour, eggs and milk in really small quantities at really high prices



The trick seems to be to have the oil really hot in the pan thing before you pour it in



Next week ... toad in the hole

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Morrigon
00:26 Mar 14 2016

Toad in the hole?

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Morganna777
20:12 Mar 14 2016

I would love your recipe for Yorkshire Puddings.... It has been sooo long.



Respectfully,



Morganna777

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Owlish
02:01 Mar 17 2016

Toad in the hole is like Yorkshire Puddings (simple batter cooked in the oven, in little round pans, until it puffs up) - same batter, but in a long tray, with sausages in it.



Quorn make sausages, Artemka...

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Today we were asked if it were possible to simplify the language that we used in our technical reports



I have been asked to write back (probably not wise), so I am thinking along the lines of ....



We do not wish to appear obsequious but we always find ourselves bound in a quintessential dichotomy when fundamentalsing the vernacular used in our telephonic or transcribed output ...

Dear Reader



today we had the second fire drill ... lots of noise and standing around in the cold. As we are using gas cylinders in the lab, I think I'll stand on the other side of the car park in the event of a real fire - dunno what would happen if they get too hot but it can't be good



Maybe we should keep buckets of Quorn around to smother fires, it has got to have some purpose after all