Gravy Queen
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*wipes slobber off keyboard*
me too,i only found out last week when i was having my annual shower.my first name is tatooed on one foot & my last name on the other.apparently i'm called left right...!!Oy . Your name ain't Haricot Bean ?
Am shocked .
If we could just bring this back to the subject .....
Well done Harry on your work at the food bank! where would we be without people giving their own time to help others .
katycooks - while you are looking for work have you considered voluntary work ? You can put your experience on a cv and it can often lead to paid work ? Good luck !
good for you katers & good luck tomorrow with the new job!!I have been doing voluntary work with St Michael's Hospice charity since January GQ. I picked that charity because they took such good care of my mother in her final few days. I'm not looking for work now, because I start my new job tomorrow.
As for today's dinner, I threw together a chicken, bacon and mushroom pasta dish which came out very well for a store-cupboard raid.
bloody marvellous whiska,you've got it over your side of the pond...i only live 6 miles from old trafford,have got sky,and can't find it anywhere...bleedin' liberty or wot?!!!And just to make sure Harry's in his happy place, the ESPN on-line sports network is displaying UK socccer games right now. Hope you're getting it on the teevee. I can only read the play by play for free.
14' Offside called on Javier Hernández
Manchester United 0-0 Norwich City 14'
Aha ! Good luck Katy !! Don't mind me , short attention span ....
*wanders off in own little world *
'course you will!!No worries GQ and thanks! Getting pretty nervous but I know it will be fine!
Thanks .40! C&Ped.
Re companies not paying a decent living wage - A lot of the problem is at the feet of those of us who want cheap food, clothing etc., not necessarily because we can't afford to pay more but because we want what we consider to be a bargain. We are shocked at accounts of sweat shops in the third world, starvation wages paid to Polish and other eastern European temporary workers employed in agriculture in Britain and the attitude of companies like McDs and Walmart to their employees but fail to associate this with our own consumerism. If we want to feed our desire for strawberries at £1.99 a pound and jeans for £10.00 a pair someone has to pay the price and it isn't us, the customers.I have similar thoughts Harry. And this is the right thread to discuss this. I think along these lines somedays when it seems I have too much food, make too much, more than I can eat, and Know someone else is not eating right or even sleeping in a comforatable bed at night.
There was a recent newspaper article, a McDonald's Mgr brought in a stack of forms so all their employees who qualifiy, could sign up for Food Stamps. Like this was a good thing to be commended for helping employees. Well, no. How about paying employees a livable wage.
Well, there are many ways of giving. Whether it involves hiring your unemployed family members or friends to do repair work or painting that you could perform yourself, but they won't take an offer of assistance itself, or finding ways that most directly impact the people who are in need.
With all that said, I am making some chicken ( with plans for the leftovers later in the week.) More mash potatoes and gravy. I think I like gravy. Roasted carrots. I bought some pears today too.
All the best for tomorrow, Katy.I have been doing voluntary work with St Michael's Hospice charity since January GQ. I picked that charity because they took such good care of my mother in her final few days. I'm not looking for work now, because I start my new job tomorrow.
As for today's dinner, I threw together a chicken, bacon and mushroom pasta dish which came out very well for a store-cupboard raid.
Chicken is in the oven sitting on some peeled whole young carrots acting as a trivet and the chix juices can baste them. Potatoes peeled and waiting their turn to cook.
Manchester United wins 4-zip. I 'd a put this part over in the tailgating/ sports thread but I'm not sure it gets read too much mid week.
Twiddling thumbs and about an hour to go. Open the Halloween candy bought two days ahead. What was I thinking !?!
I made a salad I can eat at my computer desk while I type. Find some music to turn up the volume with. I think I should move the bags of candy out to the garage or at least out of arm's reach. Thinking about it but not putting my shoes on. yet...