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Comment on books by Amy

Amy — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:31:44 +0000

Australian books?

Ooh, I must read some.

One of the guys from Delphi Australia is in town this week for work. We’re working with GM Holden to design our steering column and Savio is helping us as an interface between GM and Delphi. I’m glad he had a chance to come to Saginaw and I had a chance to meet him.

That “No Direction Home” is a good book I’m sure. I saw the PBS documentary, and I loved every minute of it.

Amy

PS: I love your new theme. Very clean lines.

Comment on love cats by wildschwein

wildschwein — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:25:08 +0000

Haha. Well there are some people in the world who buy clothes for their pets, but I’m not one of them I have to say. Not just because it seems a bit kooky, but our cat would just attack it and possibly also try to eat it.

Btw, I wasn’t a cat person either. And I was raised as a strictly no-pets-indoors person. But he has grown on me. And the plus of having him indoors is I can be pretty sure of his cleanliness, health, etc. We bath him frequently and keep all his medicines up to date, and he eats well. So he’s kind of like a self-heating teddy bear. Very snuggly and fluffy. Only difference perhaps is that he snores.

I’ve seen a few examples on tv and in magazines where they use old jumpers to make hot water bottle covers. They looked pretty good. I wouldn’t go cutting up anything expensive, but it would be a good idea for a jumper that has shrunk or has got out of shape, etc.

Comment on love cats by vettiliveinnorthcote

vettiliveinnorthcote — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:29:28 +0000

i’m not cat-person enough to have one live with me, but have just invested in hot water bottles. mine don’t do chores either, but i don’t have to feed em, so i guess that’s ok. at least w hcb’s you can change the covers, and make em look swish and designeriffic which would be hugely unfair to expect of a feline companion…?

Comment on drinking chocolate - best brand? by wildschwein

wildschwein — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:47:40 +0000

I looked at the supermarket for Green & Blacks and Coles atleast doesn’t stock it. So I’ll look out for it next time I go to the snazzy gourmet place in town.

I got some Vittoria stuff. It wasn’t $8 a pop, it was only around $4.50! for a big container! So I got one of dark, and one of white. The white is a bit weird. The dark is nice. I didn’t realise I got dark, I thought it was just standard milk chocolate type. But they must have been out of that.

Anyway, for us cheapos, Vittoria drinking chocolate is really good. You get heaps, its sufficiently sugared, and very chocolatey.

I don’t have a milk frother, but I bought myself a new hand-stab blender thingo the other day. I warmed the (Hilo) milk on the stove, added the choc powder (1/2 dark, 1/2 white), and then when it got to a simmer took it off and gave it a whizz with the blender. It went reallllly frothy. I then sprinkled it with some of the dark choc powder. It was YUM.

The other half recommended the Hilo milk - apparently skim milk and hilo froth up better. Does that mean I can drink twice the amount? Hmm..

Comment on books by wildschwein

wildschwein — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:04:36 +0000

Thanks, I’ll check it out right now.

Comment on baked bean brunch for the vegetarian soul by ChovyChap

ChovyChap — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:08:31 +0000

Enjoy? I will! Baked beans outa can with those ingredients added is sure to be a taste treat.

Comment on books by gizo

gizo — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:37:40 +0000

So, at the risk of sounding like spam, be sure to check out bookboy’s new blog - Reading Hacks, for ‘tips tools and gadgets for those who love to read’
I only spam because I love, and because he’s my brother, and so on.

Comment on drinking chocolate - best brand? by gizo

gizo — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:29:54 +0000

we usually get given a jar of Green and Blacks by Vetti.
I must add that Kymbo tried another Hot Chocolate today (also gifted by Vetti) that she claimed was even yummier!
Not sure what the brand is - ask the Vett-star. Comes in a little tin.
And dammit - get yourself a good milk frother - it is the secret, I am sure…

Comment on drinking chocolate - best brand? by wildschwein

wildschwein — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:32:10 +0000

oh my god. that sounds so good. where do you get green and black’s from?? supermarket? or more speciality shop-type stuff?

Comment on drinking chocolate - best brand? by gizo

gizo — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:15:51 +0000

We’re lucky enough to keep on getting gifted with bottles of Green & Black’s.

I think the key for us though is that we don’t use water. We have a Bialetti Milk Frother, in which we heat up milk, then froth it. I mix in a little of the hot milk to dissolve the chocolate, and then spoon in the frothy milk to make a sumtuous milky hot chocolately treat of goodness.