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When bcUK went down last night (Thursday, 3rd Feb), what did you do?
Went to go and see Rammstein in London :super: so I didn't notice until this morning. Good work Fellas
Cheers,
Martin
I finnished carving the handle on my flint axe
MartiniDave
04-02-2005, 12:10
I'm ashamed to say I didn't notice! :shock:
I know I know, I'll get me bushshirt....:sulk:
i went over to british blades and nagged tony till it was fixed :lol:
"i went over to british blades and nagged tony till it was fixed "
Nice one TomTom, I didn't know I could do that (evil grinn)
Read a book on Stirling Castle and sewed a 16th century sark......drank hot chocolate and made ginger nuts :lol:
Toddy
Read a book on Stirling Castle and sewed a 16th century sark......drank hot chocolate and made ginger nuts :lol:
Toddy
That sounds so cool! :super: :-D
(btw what's a sark?)
Watched 'Star Trek - Nemsis'. I really HATE it when the site goes down...I know, I admit it dammit, I'm a BCUK junkie..
jdlenton
04-02-2005, 13:02
Panicked a bit :yikes: and then resolved my self to the fact that I had to find some other way to look busy at my desk. :wink:
Went to BB to check it was going to be ok then I mustered the strength to do some work:shock:
Ranger Bob
04-02-2005, 13:17
Panicked :yikes:
Visited British blades! Oh and slept, although I think Tone was up all night!! :yikes:
:offtopic: sorry guys
(btw what's a sark?)[/QUOTE]
A linen shirt, in this case a ladies under chemise......well wool's a bit scratchy under a corset..... and the C16th ones are going to leave us with the original 'heaving bosoms' as we tear around the castle after schoolkids, so the linen'll be cooler I hope. I'm not a re-enactor....just that the PTB want me in appropriate costume for work; you make costumes too, though?
Toddy
yeh thanks again tony and everyone.. its 24-7 job keeping the forum going for us and its much appreciated!
Dave Farrant
04-02-2005, 13:23
:yikes: :?: :yikes: :?:
I got on with my work.
After calling Tone to find out WHAT WAS UP.
SquirrelBoy
04-02-2005, 13:29
I didnt notice either but was house sitting (full of cats and no internet!) as my mums away on holiday - lucky monkey.
But I did have a go at bow drilling and later sharpen my knives.. :o):
Went to go and see Rammstein in London :super: so I didn't notice until this morning. Good work Fellas
Cheers,
Martin
cool.. was it good? :headbang:
:offtopic: sorry guys
(btw what's a sark?)
A linen shirt, in this case a ladies under chemise......well wool's a bit scratchy under a corset..... and the C16th ones are going to leave us with the original 'heaving bosoms' as we tear around the castle after schoolkids, so the linen'll be cooler I hope. I'm not a re-enactor....just that the PTB want me in appropriate costume for work; you make costumes too, though?
Toddy
Aaahhh right! :super: Well it all sounds much cooler than sitting around trying to figure out how to reduce the server load (especially the ginger nuts! :o):) :biggthump
TheViking
04-02-2005, 13:42
Went down and did my homework as supposed to. :wink:
Aaahhh right! :super: Well it all sounds much cooler than sitting around trying to figure out how to reduce the server load (especially the ginger nuts! :o):) :biggthump
Reckoned the less people trying to frazz up the network the better :-) My sons work in sys admin and network security, so I kept out of the way for a bit.
The ginger nuts is a great recipe. The dough can be made up, put into a poly bag and taken with you when you're going out. Tear off little lumps and cook over a shovel/frying pan/hot stone and you've got biccies to go with the tea :lol: Keeps for days if it's cool, and can be made up in advance and frozen for months......time for a cuppa, I've talked me into it now, maybe dip some in chocolate??? The cinnamon ones aren't half bad either.
Toddy :cup:
I actually ended up talking to my wife, which shocked her a bit as she asked me what was wrong. Thanks to Tone and the rest for getting the site working again.
Brian
The ginger nuts is a great recipe. The dough can be made up, put into a poly bag and taken with you when you're going out. Tear off little lumps and cook over a shovel/frying pan/hot stone and you've got biccies to go with the tea :lol: Keeps for days if it's cool, and can be made up in advance and frozen for months......time for a cuppa, I've talked me into it now, maybe dip some in chocolate??? The cinnamon ones aren't half bad either.
Toddy :cup:
Right then. you can't go around tempting us like that and then not give us the recipe !!! :o):
Martin
:yikes: :?: :banghead: :rant: :aargh4: :badputer:
That's pretty much the initial reaction done with, then I continued to make scales and sheath for a knife, interspersed with chatting with tomtom :o):
cool.. was it good? :headbang:
They were superb !!! Their Fireshow was awesome. We were standing about 20m away from the stage and I almost lost my eyebrows :yikes:
Go see them :headbang:
martin
Kath!!!! :yumyum: ... Go buy some Ginger Nuts! :cup: :hyper: :yumyum:
did anyone else think it was their account that had been suspended.. i was just sitting their chatting to Leon when bam... the chat room says "this account has been suspended" .... :yikes: what did i do this time?? :rolmao:
I actually ended up talking to my wife, which shocked her a bit as she asked me what was wrong.
:rolmao: :rolmao: :rolmao:
did anyone else think it was their account that had been suspended.. i was just sitting their chatting to Leon when bam... the chat room says "this account has been suspended" .... :yikes: what did i do this time?? :rolmao:
Can you imagine how I felt! :yikes: :rolmao:
TheViking
04-02-2005, 14:34
did anyone else think it was their account that had been suspended.. i was just sitting their chatting to Leon when bam... the chat room says "this account has been suspended" .... :yikes: what did i do this time?? :rolmao:
I felt that way too! :yikes: :lol:
Ha! All you people with guilty consciences! :o): :naughty:
Ha! All you people with guilty consciences! :o): :naughty:
Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they're not out to get you !!!
Martin
:offtopic:
Ginger nuts
this is a 7P's recipe (prior planning and preparation prevents a **** poor performance) make it up before you go......
*12oz self raising flour,
*4oz butter (margarine or vegenut if you like)
*8os caster or soft brown sugar
*3oz syrup or honey (or the syrup from stem ginger)
*2 T spoonsful of ground ginger (or cinnamon, add some chopped hazelnuts if you use this)
*1 T spoonful of baking powder
*1 beaten egg
Melt butter and warm syrup together.
Sieve all dry ingredients into a bowl and add the syrup and butter, add egg.
Stir well, it'll not look like it's going to have enough liquid to hold, but just keep at it, like pastry.
The end result is a tacky feeling dough.
Heat oven to 160 oC, or over a shovel/stone/whatever when you can hold your hand over the heat for about 5 or 6 seconds. Tear off little bits of the dough about the size of a *big* in its shell hazelnut and roll into a flattish ball. I get 8 of these on a baking sheet. Bake for abut 12 minutes...as soft or as crisp as you like. Remove trays, let cool a bit, remove biscuits to a rack to set firmly (hah! fat chance :-P ) makes at least 4 dozen.
Incredibly fattening and too sweet, but as comfort/campfire munchies go they're hard to beat.
The dough can be moulded into a big sausage and wrapped in polythene or tinfoil. It'll keep for a week or so in the fridge or a cold campsite and for months in the freezer.
The recipe is pretty robust, you can substitute just about everything to use what you have available.
I'm thinking of trying a recipe with oats and maybe apricot pieces to see if that'll work as well, and somehow I've got to make the birch bark flour palatable :hmmm:
Shall we a start a 'Munchies' folder?
My brother swears by one that's crushed crisps and peanut butter :shock:
Toddy
Thanks for that Toddy,
That's given me an idea for a project for the next Ashdown meet. I'm going to whittle me a rolling pin :o):
It'll probably end up the size of a Biro though :shock:
Martin
I panicked too...I was thinking on the weekend what i'd do if i returned home to find i'd been banned (dunno why i would be! :naughty: :hurra: ) . I logged on yesterday and it said i had been suspended! :yikes: "What have i done!?!" but then i was settled by the fact that everyone had been suspended too :wink:
I used it as an excuse to go to bed early :approve:
I actually ended up talking to my wife, which shocked her a bit as she asked me what was wrong. Thanks to Tone and the rest for getting the site working again.
Brian
Thanks to Tony and gang for helping Brian improve his relationship with his wife...! :wink:
:o):
I just got a bit confused...sat looking at the screen in a dazed sort of way...and then thought...oh. I suddenly felt very cut off ffrom a community that I've come to feel part of.
Very glad it's all back.
RovingArcher
04-02-2005, 16:15
:lol: I did everything on the list except the last one. Even did a couple bushcrafty things not on the list.
Needless to say, I was concerned when I got the message that the site I was attempting to contact had been delt a blow with extreme prejudice. :yikes: :cry: :nono: I didn't believe em. :wink:
did anyone else think it was their account that had been suspended.. i was just sitting their chatting to Leon when bam... the chat room says "this account has been suspended" .... :yikes: what did i do this time?? :rolmao:
Yeah, I figured I must've said something pretty stoopid to get suspended. :yikes:
arctic hobo
04-02-2005, 16:41
Put in some hours on my book.... I guess I should meet some of the deadlines :nono:
:biggthump Talked to Adi and Kath (had a good whine) and called the States finding out what the problem was (after having a good whine!)
Thanks Tony and Adi and Kath :biggthump
:You_Rock_
Abbe Osram
04-02-2005, 17:56
I was drinking a nice bottle of red wine from spain. :-)
//
Abbe
:chill:
Thought I'd been banned for having a "bash" at Garys parachute :o):
Went to bed and had a good nights sleep
So I wonder if there will be a baby boom in 9 months time:lol:
So I wonder if there will be a baby boom in 9 months time:lol:
:roll: ... ehm ... :1421: :icon_redf :smlove2: ... LOL :wink: - I kept on hitting the refresh button friday morning ... :nana:
Kath, Adi & Tony - Thanks!!!! :You_Rock_
PS Adi F. - You gave yourself away mate :biggthump :rolmao: :nono: