So, my little lass,
now has a boyfriend, He's called Jordan,
so, not such a little lass any more I guess,
he seems to be a nice lad, a musician,
he wrote a song, for the missus and I,
and she, my little girl, sang it...
and it's here
feeling fine (coffee and wine)
Labels: ChaCha, coffee and wine, Jordan England, Mrs Stuffy, music, oakwood barn, song, Stuffy
posted by Stuffy @ 12:20 pm
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Yes it's a saga,
I can't complain, (but I probably will anyway) I bought the Land Rover a couple of years ago to practice my rusty engineering and mechanical skills and both my skill-set and wallet have been stretched as I've sought to identify and rectify the many challenges presented by a thirty year old semi-agricultural lump of corrosion and attitude.
Thanks to dozens of spare parts dealers, (many of whom are now close personal friends) and the awesome power of eBay to locate and purchase, well, everything really, we've gone through a couple of thermostats, a new battery, two starter motors, a new heater valve, a de-coke kit, a new radiator, half-shafts and bearings, brakes, brake piping, an exhaust, new electronic ignition set-up, plugs, leads, air cleaner, a new coil, two thermostats, four gasket sets, CV joints and as of last weekend a new water pump, well I met this chap and he said, "overheating? that'll be your water pump mate" it wasn't but it is nice and shiny, and very, very hot. That's another nice thing about the Landy, every other man in the world knows what's wrong with it.
I must say that it now does run beautifully for the thirty minutes it takes to approach the sort of temperatures found at the heart of the sun. I may have to get onto ebay and buy a drawing board so that I can go back to it.
Labels: blog from the barn, blogfromthebarn, eBay, land rover, Landy, Oakwood, overheating, saga, Stuffy
posted by Stuffy @ 12:57 pm
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If you're one of those who enjoy what I write (and if you're here, reading this I guess you must be) you may be interested in my new blog. I've been nagged for some time by various (presumably) well-meaning folk to write something about cooking, as you know it's something I really enjoy and something I like to inflict on others.
With that in mind I've bowed to public pressure and started a simple blog of stuff I've done in the kitchen, how I did it and how it turned out. I'm planning to point to interesting stuff both on the web and in the real world, and my excited thoughts generated by some of the mountain of cookbooks I get through in a year. There's a smallish amount of content at the moment, it's early days and I'm still seeking opinions, (including yours, yes, you!) but I'll endeavour to stock it up over the coming months.
I hope it doesn't come across as instructional, I don't have the skills and anyway I'd like it to be a communal effort to share stuff so if you've your own recipes and thoughts you're prepared to share just send 'em over and I'll add them to the mix.
Yes?
excellent!
Have a look here (click-on-the-pic)
Labels: blog, cookery, cookingfromthebarn, Oakwood, simply stuffy, Stuffy, whatsdadcookingnow
posted by Stuffy @ 12:54 pm
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... an aimless wander through the dusty and moth-eaten corridors of a once beautiful mind, alternating between grumpy optimism and cheerful misanthropy...
Ramblings from the dusty and neglected corridors of a once beautiful mind, alternating 'tween cheerful misanthropy and grumpy optimism, enjoy, or enjoy not, as you wish ...
