https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/1838129/iranian-chess-ref-in-trouble-over-attire
Well.....she probably won't be wanting to return home, then. =)
Cheers - Phil
As a father of two daughters, a reminder of our own, hard won freedom.
For some reason it made me think of this...... X_X
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnFAOEZboq4
Though I thought the title was "Women....Know your place !"
Cheers - Phil
You wouldn't get any nonsense dress codes for the FOG MeG, DBMM nationals.
I should send 'em a picture of Lee in a typical game!
Having showered and wearing clean fitting clothing would be a start for some.
;D ;D ;D ;D
Cheers - Phil
As a hillbilly I am often required to wear shoes in upscale restaurants. >:(
Quote from: d_Guy on 18 January 2020, 06:10:03 PM
As a hillbilly I am often required to wear shoes in upscale restaurants. >:(
I am deeply shocked ! That as a hillbilly you go to restaurants :D
I thought you just walked out on your porch, shot the nearest Squirrel with a .22 and prepared dinner. For special occasions you went into the woods with your Dawg and shot a white tail buck.
As in the song by Lord Have Mercy on a Country Boy- Josh Turner
Well, I grew up wild and free
Walkin' these fields in my barefeet
There wasn't no place I couldn't go
With a 22 rifle and a fishin' pole
Sorry d'Guy , I couldn't resist this as you neatly walked into it. :)
Mark
Shooting squirrels from a porch (or bedroom window) with a .22 rifle does not make one a hillbilly but more a conscientious citizen. (especially when the little b*stards are using power tools in your loft >:()
Used to be 6d a tail, so my father-in-law tells me...
Quote from: Orcs on 18 January 2020, 08:52:08 PM
I am deeply shocked ! That as a hillbilly you go to restaurants :D
I should have explained, I go in to deliver the squirrels. ;)
Quote from: d_Guy on 19 January 2020, 12:17:48 AM
I should have explained, I go in to deliver the squirrels. ;)
;D ;D ;D ;D
I bet they taste like chicken. ;)
Cheers - Phil
Always a good bet, Phil, but more like greasy pork!
So....much tastier than chicken then, Bill ? ;D ;D ;D
Cheers - Phil (Who has never eaten rabbit, venison, rat, flying rat (feral pigeon >:() or larks' tongues in aspic.) ;)....At least... as far as he knows.)
Venison, well prepared, is gorgeous. Rabbit is an acquired taste. But pigeon, cooked at a Michelin starred restaurant in France many years ago, nearly killed me. The most violent food poisoning I have ever experienced. Never again!
Chess:
IGO-UGO - so old-Skool.
Unpainted miniatures - come on guys, a little effort wouldn't hurt.
Fixed army lists - where's the fun in that.
Don't even get me started on the terrain - no cover, no rivers, no woods - who in their right mind would want to conquer this land.
On that subject, what about some ranged combat, it's all melee with a ridiculous charge bonus of "attacker can't lose".
Always the same scenario.
Not supportive of multiplayer, big battle or skirmish variants.
Quote from: steve_holmes_11 on 19 January 2020, 06:56:15 PM
Chess:
IGO-UGO - so old-Skool.
Unpainted miniatures - come on guys, a little effort wouldn't hurt.
Fixed army lists - where's the fun in that.
Don't even get me started on the terrain - no cover, no rivers, no woods - who in their right mind would want to conquer this land.
On that subject, what about some ranged combat, it's all melee with a ridiculous charge bonus of "attacker can't lose".
Always the same scenario.
Not supportive of multiplayer, big battle or skirmish variants.
;D ;D So True, although is the best strategy game I have found for free to use to my iPhone . (That is not too complex / has graphics so small you need an electron microscope to see them )
Quote from: steve_holmes_11 on 19 January 2020, 06:56:15 PM
Chess:
IGO-UGO - so old-Skool.
Unpainted miniatures - come on guys, a little effort wouldn't hurt.
Fixed army lists - where's the fun in that.
Don't even get me started on the terrain - no cover, no rivers, no woods - who in their right mind would want to conquer this land.
On that subject, what about some ranged combat, it's all melee with a ridiculous charge bonus of "attacker can't lose".
Always the same scenario.
Not supportive of multiplayer, big battle or skirmish variants.
But the one big plus - it seems to have infinite replayability!
I'm waiting for the new edition of Codex Black :)
Quote from: Ithoriel on 19 January 2020, 07:37:35 PM
I'm waiting for the new edition of Codex Black :)
No doubt Games Workshop will happily sell you one with a painting guide for £25
Quote from: d_Guy on 18 January 2020, 06:10:03 PM
As a hillbilly I am often required to wear shoes in upscale restaurants. >:(
I wouldn't eat at a restaurant that would willingly serve me!
A joke so simple a child is six could understand it.
Quick, someone find me a child of six!
Quote from: toxicpixie on 19 January 2020, 08:53:10 PM
I wouldn't eat at a restaurant that would willingly serve me!
If you mean place you on the menu, neither would I!
Venison in cherry sauce is the culinary equivalent of Beethoven. Look up Elizabeth David's Italian Food for a recipe.
Absolutely, FK!
Back in the days before I went veggie I was rather partial to venison and had a recipe, filched from the internet, which involved medallions of venison with morello cherries and red wine which, even in my inexpert hands, was something of a success at dinner parties.
I didn't know you were a veggie! I'd better make sure my wife never finds out; she lives in fear that I'll become one (for a Buddhist, she's frighteningly carnivorous), and if she thought wargaming could make one cross over, I'd come home to an empty games cupboard one day.
I never liked white meat (fish, poultry or pig) but was partial to beef and venison, preferably as steaks or mince. To be fair bacon and prawns were exceptions to the general rule.
Being ultra fussy I found early on that claiming to be veggie made eating out rather simpler.
With the evidence of potential harm from too much red meat and bacon, coupled with the BSE and similar scares, it was a simple matter to swap to being fully vegetarian.
No wargaming involved!
Bacon's off my menu since gout turned up. :(
Quote from: Ithoriel on 20 January 2020, 02:14:27 AM
I never liked white meat (fish, poultry or pig) but was partial to beef and venison, preferably as steaks or mince. To be fair bacon and prawns were exceptions to the general rule.
Being ultra fussy I found early on that claiming to be veggie made eating out rather simpler.
With the evidence of potential harm from too much red meat and bacon, coupled with the BSE and similar scares, it was a simple matter to swap to being fully vegetarian.
No wargaming involved!
I an a carnivore but can fully understand being vegetarian, particularly if you are not keen on the flavour of meat. What I cannot understand is Vegans ( one of my daughters and one of Mrs Orcs Daughters are vegan ).
This causes all sorts of issues when catering at family gatherings, far more than being vegetarian. Particularly when two other family members are celiac. I can cope with the inconvenience of the celiac as this is not their choice, but the Vegans .... "You cant use the same tongs for the veggie sausages as you use for the normal ones " You find you don't haver room in the oven to have different pans for everything.
Fortunately my daughter is practical and says "don't worry if the roast potatoes are in the same pan as the meat, just don't tell me." But the stepdaughter and her boyfriend (also vegan) wanted me to get another Barb que to cook their food on. that was a step to far
Quote from: FierceKitty on 20 January 2020, 04:16:13 AM
Bacon's off my menu since gout turned up. :(
Ouch !!...Not fun !! (I misread that as 'goat' the first time I looked. X_X)
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: Orcs on 20 January 2020, 06:56:41 AM
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Fortunately my daughter is practical and says "don't worry if the roast potatoes are in the same pan as the meat, just don't tell me." But the stepdaughter and her boyfriend (also vegan) wanted me to get another Barb que to cook their food on. that was a step to far
I'd tell the boyfriend he is welcome to bring his own BBQ and food >:(
It's only 2 or 3 quid for a disposable BBQ.
Quote from: Westmarcher on 20 January 2020, 10:44:16 PM
It's only 2 or 3 quid for a disposable BBQ.
True but an awful lot of faffing about.
He sounds like a disposable boyfriend.
Quote from: Orcs on 20 January 2020, 11:45:10 PM
True but an awful lot of faffing about.
I know what you're saying. Catering for people's fussiness or eating habits can indeed be a faff. Suppose it depends whether or not you want to fall out with your step daughter. Families! =) :)
Quote from: Westmarcher on 21 January 2020, 09:36:08 AM
I know what you're saying. Catering for people's fussiness or eating habits can indeed be a faff. Suppose it depends whether or not you want to fall out with your step daughter. Families! =) :)
Step daughter is such a lazy £$$%^^ that I am not bothered. I even avoid being in the same room if I cam
Quote from: FierceKitty on 21 January 2020, 01:38:54 AM
He sounds like a disposable boyfriend.
Yes, I was asked to describe what he was like by some friends - My reply was "you can use any word with "Less" in it. :D
One each, then, Gang ?
I'll have "Hope".
Cheers - Phil
Top is always an auspicious start to an adjective, I feel.
My 3rd fiancee was Indian and a vegetarian.
I went to her house one day and watched her (dressed in a white sari) cook a meal from scratch - flour, herbs, spices etc. It was the most magical and beautiful thing I have ever watched.
However, she cooked me some meat. I knew what that meant to her - and to this day I get quite emotional thinking about it.
She was the one that got away.
Quote from: fsn on 20 February 2020, 07:56:57 AM
My 3rd fiancee was Indian and a vegetarian.
I went to her house one day and watched her (dressed in a white sari) cook a meal from scratch - flour, herbs, spices etc. It was the most magical and beautiful thing I have ever watched.
However, she cooked me some meat. I knew what that meant to her - and to this day I get quite emotional thinking about it.
She was the one that got away.
Yes I have one of those as well - (Not a 3rd fiancé) , but one that got away. :)
Quote from: fsn on 20 February 2020, 07:56:57 AM
My 3rd fiancee was Indian and a vegetarian.
I went to her house one day and watched her (dressed in a white sari) cook a meal from scratch - flour, herbs, spices etc. It was the most magical and beautiful thing I have ever watched.
However, she cooked me some meat. I knew what that meant to her - and to this day I get quite emotional thinking about it.
She was the one that got away.
I fear asking what happened to numbers one and two.
:o
I was once at a dinner, many years ago, where everyone at the large table was a bachelor ... and all had such a tale. A sad lot we were.
:'(
Quote from: hammurabi70 on 20 February 2020, 08:41:21 PM
I fear asking what happened to numbers one and two.
:o
You had to ask............ :)
Quote from: hammurabi70 on 20 February 2020, 08:41:21 PM
I was once at a dinner, many years ago, where everyone at the large table was a bachelor ... and all had such a tale. A sad lot we were.
:'(
And now you realise how lucky you all were being bachelors :D
Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.
"As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent." - Socrates
Quote from: Orcs on 20 February 2020, 08:46:26 PM
And now you realise how lucky you all were being bachelors :D
Mrs H is happy and content ... as am I.
Tomorrow is another day.
:-X