@very-rusty said
Drugs might make you happy for the moment, what about when the high is over?

-VR

What's your definition of happy then rusty- lasting, sustained contentment?

@very-rusty said
Did you enjoy the privacy?

-VR

It was a posh place, I'm too nosey. I wanted to see who else was there tbh!

@very-rusty said
Wife had her birthday in earlier Feb, we are not on lock down.

We do have restrictions such as wearing masks and keeping distance.

We went to an upper scale place and they have each table surrounded by either a clear plastic or a glass it was hard to tell, they say they are going to keep it that way as people enjoy the privacy it gives them. I think it is a great idea. It was nice actually sitting down at a restaurant, been awhile for us!

-VR

I've eaten in a restaurant that was in a posh hotel and there were screens around us. It was pretty weird, we couldn't see anyone but our waiters when they came over.

@divegeester said
I had a birthday recently and we broke curfew to stay with relatives and had a hoot.

I’m not an “escape room” fan and I don’t like “online” group stuff much.

Limited choices these days though, isn't it.
Our friends and family aren't all in the UK, or we'd do some kind of open air picnic or something.

Anyone had any great ideas for a lockdown birthday?
This is about the best I've come up with so far...
https://tinyurl.com/33a9k38w

Really appreciate any great ideas you've had

@fmf said
When I was in the Yakuza in Japan, I broke into a sweat the first time they chopped one of my fingers off.

You used to have fingers?! 😲

@divegeester said
As a non subscriber I believe it is 6.

Not any more, its more now.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
I'm unbreakable. (Touch wood).

Jack's unbreakable in torchwood

I've never broken a bone.
I have fallen head landing, over the handle bars, off my bike at speed, so I think I'm pretty lucky.

@trev33 said
Favorite fruit: papaya
Favorite tree: papaya
Favorite smell: mango

Papaya can't have everything you know.

I did make a song about it though, remember the tequila song? Just replace tequila with papaya. Oh papaya you make me happy...

No i haven't been smoking anything or drinking, or sniffing or whatever.

Now where was I. Oh yes.

Oh papaya...

I like my papaya with a squeeze of lime

@relentless-red said
If choosing convenience foods is destroying the planet it is hard to see the good in it. Maybe financially penalise the company offering the choice? Offset the cost to the environment and the cost to health perhaps? c.f. cigarettes??

Sure, but where would that stop?
Eating meat products increases cholesterol and that's a big health issue. Farmers are subsidised by most governments so things are backwards atm

@great-big-stees said
My favourite book: My Family and Other Animals.


My favourite: shape...ship 🤔

I started watching the Durrell's. I got a few episodes in. I might try again. Have you seen the series?

@relentless-red said
Are people so lacking in confidence in the kitchen that they feel it's worth the money?? I just don't get why it sells. So easy to Google pancake mix.

It's convenient.
You don't need to weigh out the ingredients and you know it's going to cook (too much of one ingredient can make the mix not cook properly) and like you say, no looking up ingredients.
You only need to add liquid and you can shake it up (no cleaning mixing tool), pour it right into your pan and throwaway the bottle.

@mwmiller said
This

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjFpNq-tdNE&list=RDVjFpNq-tdNE&start_radio=1&t=55

Relaxing, thankyou for this

@relentless-red said
Pancake mix is back on the shelves again.

What is the mark up for mixing flour, egg, milk and salt and packaging? Literally nothing else in it.
How much extra packaging is used in the process?

We live in a throwaway society, full of convenience items that are not needed nor wise for us to be producing or purchasing 🙁