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Really didn't know what to say to our four year old daughter the other day. She was coming up with a list of homonyms. "So there's bats that fly and there's bats that we play with" etc etc. Then she came out with "there's chicken that we eat and there's chickens that run around!".

I just said "err, yeah". She adores animals and I didn't think it was a conversation that either of us were ready for.

I don't think they quite understand how it comes from cows.

I'd still be top of the food chain. I'd eat me the shit out of some dinosaurs.

Despite my good intentions I still have to regularly explain to my kids that the animal on the plate is the same one that runs around a field. I think they just can't fully connect the two.

Jem wrote:

Despite my good intentions I still have to regularly explain to my kids that the animal on the plate is the same one that runs around a field. I think they just can't fully connect the two.

Go on a survival weekend and snare a rabbit.

Or, for even more fun, get the kids chickens this Christmas, let them build up an emotional relationship with them over the year, then serve them on Christmas Day 2018

Jem wrote:

Despite my good intentions I still have to regularly explain to my kids that the animal on the plate is the same one that runs around a field. I think they just can't fully connect the two.

Apologies Mimi; didn't know this.

What an absolute prick. I'm sorry to hear this Mimi.

The terrible thing is that he probably thought nothing of it and was unaware of how it could affect a young mind.

Same floor still, or have you moved upstairs?

Grim... wrote:

TO THE CLUB

CLUB IT IS

Dr Zoidberg wrote:

Same floor still, or have you moved upstairs?

Same floor still. Upstairs after the refurb I think whenever that is. How goes it with your new place?

Unless the ‘it’ you are smashing out of the park is a Labrador puppy, you absolute monster!

Advice please.

Say I save up some money to treat myself. What would represent the best value:

A) An HTC Vive/Occulus Rift for my existing PC (£600 ish)

B) PS4 Pro and PSVR (£350 + £450 ish = fuck me, £900, really??)

Well shit, that seems to answer my own question.

Yeah the PC thing all day long, if your PC is up to it.

Author:	MaliA [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 13:00 ]
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote: What sort of ting? Like Lilt but without pineapple.

Author:	Grim... [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 13:58 ]
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So fizzy grapefruit?

Author:	MaliA [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 13:59 ]
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Yes

Author:	markg [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 15:22 ]
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Really didn't know what to say to our four year old daughter the other day. She was coming up with a list of homonyms. "So there's bats that fly and there's bats that we play with" etc etc. Then she came out with "there's chicken that we eat and there's chickens that run around!". I just said "err, yeah". She adores animals and I didn't think it was a conversation that either of us were ready for.

Author:	Mr Dave [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 15:25 ]
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markg wrote: Really didn't know what to say to our four year old daughter the other day. She was coming up with a list of homonyms. "So there's bats that fly and there's bats that we play with" etc etc. Then she came out with "there's chicken that we eat and there's chickens that run around!". I just said "err, yeah". She adores animals and I didn't think it was a conversation that either of us were ready for. I remember having that conversation when I was young. Although it was ham and pigs. It only put me off the not too nice laughing cow ham cheese that led to the conversation. TV were in Normandy, on the patio. Just saying,.

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Author:	TheVision [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 15:26 ]
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Interesting. We've already had that conversation with our 3 and 5 year old. They're fine that beef comes from cows but I don't think they quite understand how it comes from cows.

Author:	Kern [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 15:30 ]
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TheVision wrote: I don't think they quite understand how it comes from cows. That's not something I'm particularly keen to explore in depth either, to be honest.

Author:	markg [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 15:32 ]
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Yeah she'll probably be completely unphased. I think it's more me. I eat meat but I find it to be a source of internal conflict. It's not something that I find that I can wholly justify to myself. And that makes it feel a little more awkward than it might be.

Author:	TheVision [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 15:34 ]
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Why not? We're at the top of the food chain at the moment so we need to take advantage while we can. It might not always be that way. For instance, Dinosaurs could come back.

Author:	Pundabaya [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 15:34 ]
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Could be worse, could be 'Daddy, where does cat food come from?' 'well, you know those horsies that Daddy shouts at on the telly on Saturday afternoon. Well...'

Author:	Cras [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 15:35 ]
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I'd still be top of the food chain. I'd eat me the shit out of some dinosaurs.

Author:	Pundabaya [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 15:36 ]
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You'd eat dinosaur shit? That's an unusual fetish.

Author:	Cras [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 15:37 ]
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Me and Jeff Goldblum. Illustrious company

Author:	GazChap [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 15:39 ]
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Cras wrote: I'd still be top of the food chain. I'd eat me the shit out of some dinosaurs. Giphy "now that is one big pile of shit": https://media3.giphy.com/media/m34hiViZBttw4/giphy-loop.mp4 //edit: Jesus Christ, giphy.

Author:	Mimi [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 16:25 ]
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TheVision wrote: What an absolute prick. I'm sorry to hear this Mimi. The terrible thing is that he probably thought nothing of it and was unaware of how it could affect a young mind. Oh, no, I don’t believe that at all. My grandmother Was very much family oriented, blood thicker than water under the bridge stuff that I do not go for at all, so I was unfortunate enough to have had to see him throughout my years growing up and, frankly, until she died. I know and have observed enough in him to know with some certainty it was calculated to hurt. He made such a big play of trying to get me to say I was enjoying my food that day. He wanted me to say I was enjoying eating my own pet, for his sick amusement, and so he could tell people. I put up with him for the sake of my grandmother, and I decided that when she died I’d never let him near me ever again. It’s the real reason I didn’t go to her funeral (though I said something else), as the only person in the world I’d put myself in a room with him for was her, and she no longer would know, so I found myself saying goodbye to her alone, because I can’t bear that man. Gosh, sorry, I’ve got myself quite upset now. It really was something that will affect me all my days

Author:	Mr Russell [ Wed Nov 08, 2017 10:18 ]
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New desk day at work again. Now got people sitting on my left and right. May have to be slightly more subtle about forum time, hmm...

Author:	MaliA [ Wed Nov 08, 2017 17:34 ]
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In London on Monday, arriving at KGX, then going Holborne and back to KGX. Suspect you'll all be in work, but this is ADVANCE WARNING

Author:	Doctor Glyndwr [ Wed Nov 08, 2017 17:36 ]
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I mean I am in work but also I work at KGX so...

Author:	Jem [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 15:48 ]
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I've had the meat conversation with mine since they were old enough to eat it. It's important to me personally that if we're going to consume meat we have a full understanding of where it comes from and how it gets on our plates. I don't hold back when discussing the process. (By the same token I also try not to waste it - e.g. if I cook a chicken I use the bones for stock etc.) Despite my good intentions I still have to regularly explain to my kids that the animal on the plate is the same one that runs around a field. I think they just can't fully connect the two.

Author:	Kern [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 15:51 ]
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Jem wrote: Despite my good intentions I still have to regularly explain to my kids that the animal on the plate is the same one that runs around a field. I think they just can't fully connect the two. Go on a survival weekend and snare a rabbit. Or, for even more fun, get the kids chickens this Christmas, let them build up an emotional relationship with them over the year, then serve them on Christmas Day 2018

Author:	KovacsC [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 15:53 ]
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Kern wrote: Jem wrote: Despite my good intentions I still have to regularly explain to my kids that the animal on the plate is the same one that runs around a field. I think they just can't fully connect the two. Go on a survival weekend and snare a rabbit. Or, for even more fun, get the kids chickens this Christmas, let them build up an emotional relationship with them over the year, then serve them on Christmas Day 2018 you Sir, are evil. I love it

Author:	Mimi [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 16:01 ]
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Kern wrote: Jem wrote: Despite my good intentions I still have to regularly explain to my kids that the animal on the plate is the same one that runs around a field. I think they just can't fully connect the two. Go on a survival weekend and snare a rabbit. Or, for even more fun, get the kids chickens this Christmas, let them build up an emotional relationship with them over the year, then serve them on Christmas Day 2018 I had a pet duck when I was about 9. I lived on a smallholding with grandparents, uncle and cousins. I had to grow up understanding the link between animal and food. Just one of those realities of the everyday. Once my uncle served up a Strange chicken and kept asking me if I liked the special chicken he cooked (I have a horrible memory of it tasting oily and strong, and nothing else). Anyway, you’ve guessed it was my pet duck. It absolutely ruined me and caused a massive family rift. I don’t think my grandfather ever forgave him. He tolerated him some years later, but I don’t think he ever again liked him as a person. I refused to eat so much after then and it completely ruined my trust in people. I’ll never forgive him. He ruined a massive part of my childhood and he was evil. I dislike that man so very, very much. Now my body can’t process meat properly so I can’t be bothered with it. I used to say that I had no moral objections as such and had no problem with it, but I can feel proper squiffy trying to cut/prepare uncooked meat for Russell and Darwin now.

Author:	Kern [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 16:02 ]
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Apologies Mimi; didn't know this.

Author:	markg [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 16:03 ]
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Christ that's awful! What an absolute prick.

Author:	Mimi [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 16:06 ]
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Kern wrote: Apologies Mimi; didn't know this. No, no, I know you were joking, I don’t think that’s untowards in any way, but so close to what happened to me that I kind of felt internally it would be weird (to me) not to mention it. I think I’ve actually mentioned it before. I despise that man for so many reasons, but this is something that has consequences right through to today and really affects me still.

Author:	TheVision [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 16:17 ]
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What an absolute prick. I'm sorry to hear this Mimi. The terrible thing is that he probably thought nothing of it and was unaware of how it could affect a young mind.

Author:	Zardoz [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 16:44 ]
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You've every right to be upset, that's a horrendous thing to do. Evil bastard.

Author:	MrChris [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 16:45 ]
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What an absolute bastard. Get another duck. When he dies, feed him to your duck.

Author:	Mimi [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 16:56 ]
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I often think when we are older and Darwin grown up I may have another duck or two if we lived in the right kind of place. Maybe in retirement.

Author:	MaliA [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 19:15 ]
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1989 by Taylor Swift is an absolute brilliant record.

Author:	Pundabaya [ Tue Nov 07, 2017 10:56 ]
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Taylor Swift is Malicool? Poor Taylor Swift.

Author:	Dr Zoidberg [ Wed Nov 08, 2017 13:37 ]
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Same floor still, or have you moved upstairs?

Author:	Grim... [ Wed Nov 08, 2017 17:42 ]
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I mean I am in work but also I work five minutes from KGX so...

Author:	Mr Russell [ Wed Nov 08, 2017 18:28 ]
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Dr Zoidberg wrote: Same floor still, or have you moved upstairs? Same floor still. Upstairs after the refurb I think whenever that is. How goes it with your new place?

Author:	Doctor Glyndwr [ Wed Nov 08, 2017 19:59 ]
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Grim... wrote: TO THE CLUB CLUB IT IS

Author:	MaliA [ Wed Nov 08, 2017 20:06 ]
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote: Grim... wrote: TO THE CLUB CLUB IT IS Although i have to be back at 7pm as I have a charity meeting s, thats the half four train i think.

Author:	Doctor Glyndwr [ Wed Nov 08, 2017 20:21 ]
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CLUB IS CANCELLED

Author:	Cras [ Wed Nov 08, 2017 20:33 ]
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NOBODY GO TO THE CLUB