Dag 717: Welcome to Edinburgh

After my plane touched down this morning the airhostess welcomed us all to Edinburgh. In my opinion someone who is traveling to a place with you is not the right person to welcome you to that place when you get there. I think only somebody who was already there before you arrived should have the authority to perform such a ritual.
You could argue that as she was sitting in a seat nearer the front than the passengers she did get there first, but I think the people sitting over the wheels got there first as that was the first bit of the plane to touch the ground.
But, to avoid all confusion I think that a time limit of 5 minutes should be set. So you can only welcome someone to a place if you got there at least 5 minutes before they did. That would avoid all unnecessary confusion.

In other news as I drove through Mid calder last friday morning on my way to work I noticed a large number of squashed milk cartons and big squashed plastic milk containers on the side of the road in a large puddle of milk. I am pleased to note that I didn't see anyone in the area with either red eyes or watery eyes.

You have been selected

Got a letter yesterday.
From the Inland Revenue.
They want to "Review my PAYE status"

Does Bulgaria have an extradition treaty with the UK?

Dag 712: A new phase for an old flange

Today I start my 505th month of life and in lue of any recent weekly woss action I am enclosing a recipe idea for you to try:

The recipe was named and improved by Paolo from an original half baked idea of mine.
It is called "Vitello alla Siarrem"

ingredients() {
lightly floured veal escalope;
sliced chestnut mushrooms;
shredded baby leeks;
baking potatoes;
sherry;
butter;
salt;
pepper;
}

method() {
Place the potatoes in the oven to bake;

wait until the potatoes are about ready;

heat the butter until just sizzling, then place the escalope in to it;

fry for about 2 minutes turning once;

remove the escalope cut into thin strips and set aside;

fry the mushrooms, when these have taken on a bit of colour add the leeks;

gently fry until most of the exuded water has evaporated then mix in the veal;

once the melange has recovered its temperature flambé it with the sherry;

split the potatoes and dress with the veal;

serve immediately with a Baltika in a frozen glass;
}

OK I could have gone much further with this them with the "until', "then" and "when" bits etc, but I couldn't be bothered.

Anyway, I haven't tried this, but I am sure it will be very nice.
If you do try this, please let me know how you got on with it.

And to save you doing the maths - yes it is my birthday today, but you will have to do the maths if you want to know how old I am.

Get it right up ye.

It's quiet around here.

I'm sure everyone knows what I'm up to, so won't go into all that.

January is a bad month. I'm glad it's over. All it does is kill time before February, when you can start counting down to the end of winter. Unfortunately I've got lots of family birthdays, so can't really ignore it as it deserves.

So, let's get back to normal business, I want / demand weekly updates from celebrity fat club, get it sorted.