biggish data

chip and pin on credit cards?

Boy, have things changed. Credit cards now come with fish and chips?

mawilson

Male

United Kingdom

2007-04-26 10:40:00

But do you make ketchup? I cannot stand how sweet US ketchup is!

I thought it was a bit strange at first, but eventually I got used to the taste, and now
it seems perfectly normal! I reckon the Yanks are on to something with this corn syrup thing
(besides mass obesity, of course

)

mawilson

Male

United Kingdom

2007-04-25 13:13:00

HUbby was annoyed the other day when the (99p in the UK) grocery store French baguettes are $2.29 here (in LA) & not even fresh! Fresh food should not cost more!

Well....99p is worth almost $2.29 anyway.

mawilson

Male

United Kingdom

2007-04-25 12:47:00

I'm not a fan of shop made sarnies, too much mayo. I do remember that I used to look at the calorific content of one of those sarnies and think "how on EARTH do they manage to get the calories so high??? It's JUST a sandwich!!".

I'm still puzzled, to this very day. Well, to be honest I'm puzzled by many things, but let's not go down that route!

Well... I love mayo :lol:

Anyway, I think their salads are better than their sandwiches, at least here in New York.
Organic as well.

mawilson

Male

United Kingdom

2007-04-25 11:00:00

I've never heard of them either

Dawn.

Well.... 95% of them are in London and 5% in other places (Oxford, Cambridge, Brighton, Glasgow....New York

)

So unless you're a Londoner... (mags, where are you? :help:

)

mawilson

Male

United Kingdom

2007-04-25 03:35:00

Wow, the guy in that photo has terrible posture. That's not you is it?

LMAO

mawilson

Male

United Kingdom

2007-04-24 21:03:00

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mawilson

Male

United Kingdom

2007-04-24 18:22:00

Yay! Mark's found his way to the regional forum....

Eh, sarnies don't really blow my skirt up. Tho Pret had some good ones

Hehehehe. I've been keeping an eye on you guys for a while, but my "region" is now NYC, US of A.

mawilson

Male

United Kingdom

2007-04-24 18:12:00

I used to go to Pret a lot when I lived in London and I absolutely loved their sandwiches (I wasn't into salads back then.)

There's a Pret here in New York (Midtown - 39th St & 7th Ave) which is great! I just had a BLT sarnie for lunch and it was almost as good as a London BLT.

mawilson

Male

United Kingdom

2007-04-24 15:11:00

Weetabix

Is it popular? Yes. Is it tasty? No...it's exactly what I would expect compressed sawdust to taste like.

LOL @ compressed sawdust

My wife calls it "compressed hamster shavings" :lol:

Weetabix

mawilson

Male

United Kingdom

2007-04-30 14:11:00

The Visa Journey UK Pub Quiz Thread!

You know, I never thought about that one - I guess David was fortunate that Cockfosters is at the end of the line
Now THAT needed a spew warning!

Ugh... reminds me of the night I got so wasted, I fell asleep on the train and woke up in Cockfosters. :lol:

mawilson

Male

United Kingdom

2007-03-07 12:20:00

He's also Portuguese. Fair question.

Oh it's your dream come true then -- what are you still doing here, you liberal tree-hugger?

Go to Yurrup, embrace the socialist ideals! :devil:

mawilson

Male

United Kingdom

2007-05-18 13:17:00

I'm just an American married to an EU citizen who's looked into this

I didn't know Brazil joined the EU :whistle:

mawilson

Male

United Kingdom

2007-05-18 10:54:00

I'm British, if I wanted to live permanently in Spain I'd have to get the correct paperwork
and stamps in my passport. I couldn't just "stay there".
I'm pretty sure you can (at least if you're an EU citizen in the UK.)

You have to apply for a form of residency card. My Dad lives in Malta (an EU country) and had to go through a right old palava to get permanent residency there. It is quite bureaucratic, regardless of whether you are an EU citizen.

When did he apply for residency? Malta joined the EU in May 2005.

mawilson

Male

United Kingdom

2007-05-17 17:58:00

I'm British, if I wanted to live permanently in Spain I'd have to get the correct paperwork
and stamps in my passport. I couldn't just "stay there".

I'm pretty sure you can (at least if you're an EU citizen in the UK.)

Edited by mawilson, 17 May 2007 - 04:54 PM.

mawilson

Male

United Kingdom

2007-05-17 16:51:00

Pilotless police drone takes off

People get annoyed with me when I mention how quickly we're all turning in to Orwell's 1984, but there it is.

"Turning"? Wake up, darling, we're already there! :crying:

mawilson

Male

United Kingdom

2007-05-21 12:54:00

If I hear At the River by Groove Armada one more time

Secondly, annoying M&S Voice Woman is Dervla Kirwan. Just some trivia!

Mags, you're just a walking bag of trivia, aren't ya? :lol:

mawilson

Male

United Kingdom

2007-05-21 17:14:00

Staff asked to 'snoop' for police

Remember, remember the 5th of November.

Is V running about yet? :whistle:

mawilson

Male

United Kingdom

2007-05-21 21:38:00

You do, then?

Mr Wilson, you are one of a kind!

Well......if things don't work out with Larry, you know where to find me

mawilson

Male

United Kingdom

2007-05-22 13:52:00

You do, then? :dance:

mawilson

Male

United Kingdom

2007-05-22 13:37:00

At least humans have the ability to consent.
Except when you get a rash all over your body after using a shower gel which was
"not tested on animals", it's probably too late to consent or dissent.
Boots manage to make entire ranges of products not tested on animals and I've not heard of huge outbreaks of rashes amongst the British public.

Not a huge outbreak, just me. (It was a Boots product -- don't want to say anything bad
about Boots though, they are great.)

Ok, I officially love you.
mags is gonna be heartbroken

mags doesn't love me, it's time for me to move on :crying:

mawilson

Male

United Kingdom

2007-05-22 12:44:00

At least humans have the ability to consent.

Except when you get a rash all over your body after using a shower gel which was
"not tested on animals", it's probably too late to consent or dissent.

mawilson

Male

United Kingdom

2007-05-21 15:59:00

You're assuming that I eat cheese with animal rennet in it, or that I deliberately ignore the abuse of animals.

Products that are not tested on animals are tested on humans. Much better. :rolleyes:

mawilson

Male

United Kingdom

2007-05-21 15:33:00

I am not saying it isn't personal choice, I'm not saying it isn't where each individual draws the line, I'm saying It's amazingly hypocritical on many levels. I suppose though, it's whatever helps one sleep better at night in the end.

I don't see that it's hypocritical at all. Explain precisely how it's hypocritical.

Hypocritical = pretending to be what you're not.

In this context, pretending to care about rennet in a chocolate bar, while
turning a blind eye to rennet in cheese, as well as ignoring a myriad of other
products and companies that use animal ingredients.

mawilson

Male

United Kingdom

2007-05-21 15:19:00

Like I said it's a matter of pick and chose your exploitation. If people gave as much thought to everything as they do one thing the hear in the news, they'd be chewing their cud in the fields with the coos. No toothpaste, no soap, no makeup, no hand bags or shoes, etc etc.

Ok, I officially love you. :thumbs:

mawilson

Male

United Kingdom

2007-05-21 13:18:00

The difference being clearly that you don't kill the cow to extract the milk!

I imagine they don't kill cows just to extract rennet from their stomachs either.

If they didn't use the stomachs for rennet production, they'd just go to waste.

mawilson

Male

United Kingdom

2007-05-21 12:57:00

However I certainly don't think being concerned about using rennet in chocolate is "taking vegetarianism too far".
What about cheese? Apparently, rennet is used by many (most? all?) cheese makers.
In the UK at least, most supermarkets sell Vegetarian Cheese.

Yeah but isn't it #######?

mawilson

Male

United Kingdom

2007-05-21 12:50:00

However I certainly don't think being concerned about using rennet in chocolate is "taking vegetarianism too far".

What about cheese? Apparently, rennet is used by many (most? all?) cheese makers.

mawilson

Male

United Kingdom

2007-05-21 12:32:00

Never mind, I looked it up.

Rennet

"The chief use of rennet is in the making of cheese, junket, and chocolate bars.

[ ... ]

Natural rennet is produced in the inner mucosa of the fourth stomach chamber
(the abomasum) of young ruminants.

[ ... ]

Because of the limited availability of proper stomachs for rennet production,
cheesemakers have always looked for other ways to coagulate the milk. Artificial
coagulants are a useful alternative, especially for cheap or lower-quality cheeses.

[ ... ]

Many plants have coagulating properties.

[ ... ]

Worldwide there is also no industrial production for vegetable rennet. Commercial
so-called vegetable rennets usually contain rennet from the mold Mucor miehei -
see microbial rennet below.

[ ... ]

The flavour and taste of cheeses produced with microbial rennets tend towards some
bitterness, especially if longer maturation is wanted."

mawilson

Male

United Kingdom

2007-05-21 12:28:00

yanno what pisses me off? Just because I'm not a veggie does not mean I'm down for eating animal intestine ####### in my choccie.

What does the "secret ingredient" do? And why does it matter to a veggie
if it's extracted from plants, cow intestines or monkey brains? It's not like
it's an actual meat product, just a tiny amount of some preservative.
Taking vegetarianism a bit too far, aren't we?

mawilson

Male

United Kingdom

2007-05-21 12:03:00

Awwww cmon guys...I'm not feelin the love here. Let's all make up and eat some non-animal product choccie.

Here's some LOVE for you Lisa:

:luv:

mawilson

Male

United Kingdom

2007-05-18 12:00:00

I believe the bag was supposed to imply that DR_LHA was a girl or some such.

I liked the "bag of whoop #######" explanation better. :blush:

mawilson

Male

United Kingdom

2007-05-18 11:11:00

Cook it anymore than that and it will be ruined!

mawilson

Male

United Kingdom

2007-05-17 12:51:00

Speaking of vegetables, Omaha Steaks has 72% off The Memorial Day Celebration Party
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mawilson

Male

United Kingdom

2007-05-17 11:16:00

Passionate about their causes and the well being of animals. Not angry.

mags, are you a vegetarian?

mawilson

Male

United Kingdom

2007-05-17 11:11:00

Yes, but it has to be something like 90%-100% cocoa solids to overcome the detrimental effects of the sugar and dairy products in order to be of any benefit, and the strongest chocolate I've seen for sale in a supermarket is 85% cocoa solids. They should just make a chocolate pill.

Nah, 70% dark chocolate doesn't have THAT much sugar and fat to have a detrimental effect
(and what's unhealthy about dairy products???)

C'mon, how much sugar does a dark chocolate bar contain?

The guideline I have read and as given by my nutritionist was 70% - so like I said, high quality chocolate. In moderation.

Thank you.

mawilson

Male

United Kingdom

2007-05-15 22:45:00

Chocolate should never be a staple anyway, it's very unhealthy.

On the contrary -- chocolate (especially DARK chocolate) is VERY healthy.

It's packed with polyphenols which protect against heart disease and cancer.
It also contains phenylethylamine, which (research suggests) is a stimulant
released during intimacy.

mawilson

Male

United Kingdom

2007-05-15 13:45:00