Karmen's British counterpart
 

http://www.chrishodgephotos.co.uk/pixcma/04334.jpg

Note no frying pans..deep fat fryers for FISH & CHIPS!!! Or that great Scottish delicacy, deep-fried Mars Bars! In batter or not.:fry: :fry: :fry: :fry: :fry: :fry: :fry: :fry:

Why does Carmen not need a watch???
Because there's a clock over the stove: :fry:

Having fun are we, boys? (I'll get you back one day soon ... I'm too tired and full of Tim tams to move, lift a frying pan, or think right now)

:fry: :fry: :fry: :fry: :fry: :fry: :fry: :fry: :fry:

A little advice from one who is older than alot of you.

When I joined the airforce in 1957, as a know all teenager, I was given some advice day one.

Be friends with the cooks, help them where you can, they will repay you twice over.

I followed that advice, and when others would come back on base, could and hungry at night, we would be sitting in the cook house, cooking steaks etc, and others would be turned away.

That could be what you get from Karmen, an empty frying pan.

GRINS

Col Tigwell
Downunder

Re: Karmen's British counterpart
 

Actually, Master D_H ... you-all might not "see" them, but my frying pans are never where I can't get them when I need them immediately.:D :smoker: (that looks like my Granny in the picture! :p )

:fry: :yappy: :fry:

Now you've gone and done it Master C-V ..... you're on my hit-list "just in case you need to be" ... see you at the next event :D :smoker: :D

An empty frying-pan to lay a few hard knocks on you from it ... but you have to be really nasty before I go that far:D

... don't you mean "WISH LIST"...as in, "I wish I could lift this frying pan high enough to smack someone with".........:p

Tam-Tims
 

Just bought a load of Tim-Tams for my pal's shop to try out. I wonder if you can deep fry Tim-Tams in batter as they do with Mars bars, pineapple rings, balls of peas, etc., oh fish as well?!
Pal sells Hershey bars and also Tootsie Rolls. Do they still make Twinkies?

Re: Tam-Tims
 

David ... My youngest daughters half-sister landed a Twinkies commercial years ago ... maybe she knows about if Twinkies are still being made ... because I don't. Tim Tams blind me to all other treats :smoker:

Mark ... :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :p :D (how you doing Old Fart?)

Bravo Mark! I am 6'3" afterall. Karmen, I'll bring my step ladder to the next event

Gee, you folks like to gang up on me, a mere 5'1" poor helpless little thing ... :devil:

Cooking
 

I have always followed this advice. But Herkman, are you seriously considering that Kartmann should ever cook for any of us or that we would be game enough to put ourselves in that situation.:D :D
Surviving Bob

Didn't you mean to say "Gee, you folks like to gang up on me, a mere 1" poor helpless little thing" .... :p

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I like your atti-tude Master Salesman Bob ... for a man (or a woman) is nothing without a strong survival instinct ... and mayhaps you are wise to avoid consuming anything I cook, especially if I use my frying pan to cook it in :eek: That shows a verra strong neccesity in life, in place, for even little people like Little Miss Ma :yappy: can alter the food properties to equalize (or kill) those bigger and meaner than my wee bittie self who like to pick on me. :D

Re: Cooking
 

So far I'M still living, but that's a relative definition I expect (still have a pulse anyways)... :D :p

Kartmann's Cooking
 

Hello Sunray
I'm sure Kartmann is doing a stirling job and don't worry about her adjusting your oxygen mask and drip, she knows what she is doing. For further nourishment I will be sending her a recipe for "Braised Tim Tam with a Vegimite Glaze Gravy".
Master Chef Bob

Re: Kartmann's Cooking
 

Master Salesman Bob, I am totally sure, that you sense I will always know when, and how, to "adjust" things as needs neccecitate ... :D:D:D:D:D ... I must do what I must ... drips and oxygen aside darlin', please DO ... SHARE those recipes with Little Miss Ma :yappy: Kartmann? ;)

Geoff, considering the fact that you are still alive, relatively, due in most part to a certain wee things cooking, would make you a prime contestant for the TV show Fear Factor .
I would also suppose that being an experienced military man has prepared you for a worst case scenario, complete with training on how to survive by eating all kind of nasties to provide nourishment when neccessary. I would think not much different than frying pan fixins.:p
BTW Karmen, we only tease those that we cherish:fry:

Why are Karmen's feet so tiny?
 

So she can stand closer to the sink and stovee.
Boy,I think this is going to deserve a :fry:
Arf drom the Shaad!!Get him a cat sso he can:dh:

English gramer, speling and stuf lik that
 

Hey guys...and ladies too...

May I be so bold as to correct a couple of errors in recent posts in this thread?

Good...now listen up...

Salesman Bob...stirling is not what you meant, you meant sterling...

Vets Dottir...you meant necessitate instead of neccisitate...

Chris...you meant necessary instead of neccessary...


Tsk, tsk, tsk...if one is to be an elucidating wordsmith, one should consult one's OED, Funk & Wagnalls, et al, shouldn't one?

May I suggest that we all preview, carefully, our posts prior to exposing them to this global Forum?

Snobbish as it may seem, one's impression of one who fails to observe the common rules of grammar, syntax, and composition, can sometimes create an impression, rightly or wrongly, of a certain stratification of one's station in life.

Something that enormously annoys me is a message wherein there is no punctuation. The purposes of punctuation are quite lucidly expounded in books such as "Scribner's Handbook of English". Proper punctuation, in itself, can convey many tacit meanings.

Off topic rant ends. God help me if I ever make a speling errer on this Forum...I'll be flamed forever!

Ferchrissakes, use the dictionary, thesaurus, word check whatever.
:dh:

Re: English gramer, speling and stuf lik that
 

Hmmmm. run-on sentence.....:teach:

Re: English gramer, speling and stuf lik that
 

Um wot's dey wen dar @t 'ome?

Trouble is there is no true real dinkom Aussie Dictionary about by crikey!:D (or spell check for that matter :note: )

cheers
Cliff:salute:

Re: English gramer, speling and stuf lik that
 

Jon;

By correct spelling, do you mean this way.........

Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, etc, etc, etc........:p

Re: Re: English gramer, speling and stuf lik that
 

Yup, run on sentence...intended to trawl for those who know exactly what it is!:D :) :salute:

This is the sort of stuff up with which I shall not put! :teach: :bang: :D

PS, Clive: Are the books in the mail?:salute:

Re: Re: English gramer, speling and stuf lik that
 

I believe he actually means..... Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog, Fox, etc, etc, etc..... :D

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Hey, 2 i/c Mortar Platoon, (illumination type guy), Foxtrot Oscar.

...and I am not referring to the Oscar Tango line either! (not that you would know how to talk to the Golf call signs, anyway) [ Like Mark says, on the Ops Net, "Repeat", and the whole gun line erupts in a fury of fire. Whereupon the Battle Captain says to the Adjt..."What the **** was that?]:) ...whereupon Mark scurries to his hootchie, made of crates and SKOP kits, promising to attend Church Parade next week, and making a generous donation to the bowl, hoping that his transgression would be not noticed.

Mark...you can run, but you can't hide! We know who you are, and we know where you are!:devil: :idea:

Apologies, to others on the Forum...bit of an inside joke, and a lot of chucking the brown stuff!

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Or indeed the consideration of appropriate paragraph construction allowing the respondent a convenient space to reply.

Also the burgeoning usage emanating from the North American continent of "your" variously for "you're", and now commonly, "there" for "their" and "they're".

Absolutely dreadful.

With some regret, we note the Concise Oxford Dictionary now lists common usages of cellular telephone text message abbreviations; we can but hope these do not become the acceptable norm in the proper written word.
Been there already.
A Sisyphean task I'll wager.

R.

Correct Language Use
 

Jon
Thank you for correcting my spelling error. I love the English language and try to use it correctly at all times.

Now it is my turn.

A couple denotes two whereas you quoted three examples. Your quotations of the incorrectly spelt words also lacked opening and closing parenthesis plus a quotation should also be presented in italic script.

At the outset you should have explained whether your usage of the word "meant" was in relation to the meaning of the word or its spelling. We all knew what we meant to say but we probably did not mean to incorrectly spell the words. Perhaps Sunray could incorporate a Spell Checker in the Tool Bar.

When listing with the use of commas the last comma is not required as the word "and" completes the list.

I detest words such as "no" or "got". Perhaps you could have said "a message deficient in punctuation"

A double space is required between a full stop and the beginning of a new sentence.

Would it not be more gramatically correct to say "The purpose of punctuation is...".

It is not required to state a degree on an emotion. You are either annoyed or not annoyed.

Enough of this for now, but perhaps a parting shot. I always believed the christian name John was spelt as I have just written. What is the derivative of "Jon"?

Bob:p

Jon, thank you for the correction of my mis-spelled word.
The point is though, that you understood the message as did others.
In a land where we have many who don't even speak English, I think that a few mis-spelled words is perfectly acceptable, so Piss Off.

As far as one's station in life, I have met many, many educated people who have terrible spelling and grammar. Many of these same people have a hard time walking and chewing gum at the same time. Not all of us hold a B.A. in English Lit so once again, Piss Off.
:p : :rolleyes: :teach:

Anyhow, the direction of the original posting is now on a tangent, let's get back to Karmen