Bits & Bobs 44

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16560

The bacon tail is on the left and the fatty bit is at the top, obviously.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

You have vertical brain bacon?

That's broken headed.

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Mar 11, 2015 10:17

markg wrote:

The bacon tail is on the left and the fatty bit is at the top, obviously.

I am with Markg on Right Island

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

markg wrote:

The bacon tail is on the left and the fatty bit is at the top, obviously.

Nooo, the 'tail' is on the right!

You are all so confused

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16560

https://www.ocado.com/webshop/getSearch ... ntry=bacon

Seems there's no real industry standard for bacon presentation rotation.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38467

Can't see my brain bacon.

Eaten it.

myp · **Posted:** Wed Mar 11, 2015 10:20

markg wrote:

https://www.ocado.com/webshop/getSearchProducts.do?clearTabs=yes&isFreshSearch=true&entry=bacon

Seems there's no real industry standard for bacon presentation rotation.

I'm sure Craster will be along soon to set us right.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

markg wrote:

https://www.ocado.com/webshop/getSearchProducts.do?clearTabs=yes&isFreshSearch=true&entry=bacon

Seems there's no real industry standard for bacon presentation rotation.

I think the main bit on the left just about pips it.

I want some bacon now, so I have taken some out of the freezer to have with some macaroni cheese. Because mine is made by Quorn it has no shape.

Well, oblong.

Oblong Baconbong.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38467

Mimi wrote:

markg wrote:

https://www.ocado.com/webshop/getSearchProducts.do?clearTabs=yes&isFreshSearch=true&entry=bacon

Seems there's no real industry standard for bacon presentation rotation.

I think the main bit on the left just about pips it.

I want some bacon now, so I have taken some out of the freezer to have with some macaroni cheese. Because mine is made by Quorn it has no shape.

Well, oblong.

Oblong Baconbong.

So lazy! It's cut from a duvet of press protein. They could make it any shape they want. Piggy shaped!

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

I guess it is supposed to be the shape of a streaky bacon rasher, but not streaky.

I'd be happy if they made it bread-shaped.

Also, Quorn Chorizo is awesome.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

I rather agree with Mimi, the tail goes to the right.

Mimi wrote:

Also, Quorn Chorizo is awesome.

Well that didn't last long. Now everything is ruined.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

Cras wrote:

I rather agree with Mimi, the tail goes to the right.

Mimi wrote:

Also, Quorn Chorizo is awesome.

Well that didn't last long. Now everything is ruined.

But have you tried it? It's surprisingly good!

I'm willing to say that Quirn bacon is NOTHING like bacon. The chorizo (uncut) is amazing however,

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Mar 11, 2015 11:51

But it tastes shit when you cut it?

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

Zardoz wrote:

But it tastes shit when you cut it?

Hehe, no, I think they also do sliced chorizo, which is not so good

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

Whoa! I was wrong! It must only be the fresh Facon that is oblong!

Best day ever!

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Mar 11, 2015 13:08

Mmmm, tongue!

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14362

Eat it before that giraffe does! Quick!

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

Saturnalian wrote:

Eat it before that giraffe does! Quick!

Grim... why do my pics always come out sideways, and why can't I turn them using the little arrows?

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

I eat quite a lot of Quorn sausages and amuse myself be calling them faux-sages in my head. I only do this in my head as I can't imagine it would amuse anyone else.

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11843

"fresh facon"?? wtf?

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11843

Bamba wrote:

I eat quite a lot of Quorn sausages and amuse myself be calling them faux-sages in my head. I only do this in my head as I can't imagine it would amuse anyone else.

I like it!

myp · **Posted:** Wed Mar 11, 2015 13:29

I call them shitsages.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

Mimi wrote:

Saturnalian wrote:

Eat it before that giraffe does! Quick!

Grim... why do my pics always come out sideways, and why can't I turn them using the little arrows?

You can turn them, you just won't see that it's turned until you refresh the page.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

Bobbyaro wrote:

"fresh facon"?? wtf?

You can get some from the chiller aisle (oblong) and some from the frozen section (bacony shape)

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

Cras wrote:

Mimi wrote:

Saturnalian wrote:

Eat it before that giraffe does! Quick!

Grim... why do my pics always come out sideways, and why can't I turn them using the little arrows?

You can turn them, you just won't see that it's turned until you refresh the page.

No, I tried that, but it doesn't work. Maybe it is because I use Safari. Let me try with Chrome.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

Yes, it works in Chrome

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

Oddly, though, in Safari it is still sideways, though it is now 'correct' in Chrome

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Mar 11, 2015 13:44

Mimi wrote:

Oddly, though, in Safari it is still sideways, though it is now 'correct' in Chrome

Try pressing the refresh button while holding shift.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

Grim... wrote:

Mimi wrote:

Oddly, though, in Safari it is still sideways, though it is now 'correct' in Chrome

Try pressing the refresh button while holding shift.

Yes, that worked

What does that do, then?

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22276

Mimi wrote:

Grim... wrote:

Mimi wrote:

Oddly, though, in Safari it is still sideways, though it is now 'correct' in Chrome

Try pressing the refresh button while holding shift.

Yes, that worked

What does that do, then?

It's the "Yes, I really do want to refresh, you bastard" button.
You can also put a question mark at the end of the URL to force a refresh.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Mar 11, 2015 13:51

Trooper wrote:

You can also put a question mark at the end of the URL to force a refresh.

Um - not if you want to get back to the same page (it would change the post ID).

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22276

Grim... wrote:

Trooper wrote:

You can also put a question mark at the end of the URL to force a refresh.

Um - not if you want to get back to the same page (it would change the post ID).

It doesn't, not in Chrome anyway.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

Mimi wrote:

Grim... wrote:

Mimi wrote:

Oddly, though, in Safari it is still sideways, though it is now 'correct' in Chrome

Try pressing the refresh button while holding shift.

Yes, that worked

What does that do, then?

It forces the browser to ignore any files it's got in it's local cache and just re-download all the page elements as if it was the first time it was going to that page. When you do a normal refresh I don't know how it decides what to re-download and what to just use from the last time (some kind of timestamp comparison I'm guessing?) but sometimes it can miss stuff that's been updated so a normal refresh won't show any changes but a shift+refresh will do.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

Ah, cheers - that's useful to know!

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Mar 11, 2015 14:06

"straight from the herd to the nerd"

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14362

Forking hell, man.

The latest 2 Broke Girls just blew my mind with their filth.

Mac is hanging decorations for a bridal shower for Sophie. She has, typically, brought black ribbons to hang on. Caroline comes in and demands to know why she hasn't been "hanging pink" - rather than black.

Max: "I told you I don't do girl things. Like hang pink or sit when I pee. Which, coincidentally, I refer to as hanging pink."

Filthy buggers.

I LOVE IT!

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14490

Mimi wrote:

Oh My Goodness...

Please, please come over here.

I saw this on my twitter feed earlier :

https://twitter.com/MoominOfficial/stat ... 6651276288

Oh wow! #Moomin clutch bags by @IvanaHelsinki! https://t.co/sLe7HOXxQ5 pic.twitter.com/1skgSLvgdf
— Moomin (@MoominOfficial) March 11, 2015

https://www.moomin.com/en/blog/moomin-c ... -helsinki/

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

The bottom one is Moomin with a sashiko stitching design. I've been learning/practicing Sashiko (I was doing a small piece at the cottage last year. Now I'm making a huge blanket).

It is literally all my hobbies and interests.

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Mar 11, 2015 16:19

Can you not buy useful stuff at chemists, anymore? Recently, I have wanted 10 powdered dextrose, 1kg Calcium chloride,ipa and some magnesium sulphate. No one has it. A while back I needed some formaldehyde but that was a fool's errand, too.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

No, you tend to have to turn to the Internet for anything like that. You can't even get Citric acid in a chemist's now (though oddly I've seen it in Wilkinsons, amongst the cleaning products).

TheVision · **Posted:** Wed Mar 11, 2015 17:30

The big Boots by me didn't even have any isopropyl alcohol when I tried the other day.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

I hope we don't have any farmers here, as if they mention any kind of soil enrichment products this forum is lilkely going to end up on some government anti-terrorism watch list

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Mar 11, 2015 18:26

Saturnalian wrote:

Forking hell, man.

The latest 2 Broke Girls just blew my mind with their filth.

Mac is hanging decorations for a bridal shower for Sophie. She has, typically, brought black ribbons to hang on. Caroline comes in and demands to know why she hasn't been "hanging pink" - rather than black.

Max: "I told you I don't do girl things. Like hang pink or sit when I pee. Which, coincidentally, I refer to as hanging pink."

Filthy buggers.

I LOVE IT!

Far too much Sophie, though.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22276

Mimi wrote:

I hope we don't have any farmers here, as if they mention any kind of soil enrichment products this forum is lilkely going to end up on some government anti-terrorism watch list

I think that ship sailed a long time ago

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Mar 11, 2015 21:06

I hate masterchef

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Mar 11, 2015 21:07

Trooper wrote:

Mimi wrote:

I hope we don't have any farmers here, as if they mention any kind of soil enrichment products this forum is lilkely going to end up on some government anti-terrorism watch list

I think that ship sailed a long time ago

I had a gchq at my wedding

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14362

Grim... wrote:

Far too much Sophie, though.

She didn't have a single funny line and she labours what she does have to say with that silly bloody accent like she's being paid per second of airtime.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

Hmm. How could anyone ever top Exploding Kittens for a crowd funded moneymaker?

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/con-man

Oh right. Yeah, that'll probably do it.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

Passive-aggressive posts, blow by blow 15 minute updates of people's days, and casual racism are just some of the reasons I have many people from work on 'mute' (unfollowed?) on Facebook. The irony of the accompanying comment on this, however, made me chuckle.

myp · **Posted:** Thu Mar 12, 2015 8:24

Reminds me of when celebrity racist and ex-EDL leader Tommy Robinson tweeted that he was now a minority in Luton, despite the fact that the 2011 census showed Luton to be 87% white.

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