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|IC date:
|Winter 6, 1007
|OOC date:
|December 25, 2012
|Sodium-Fizz, Nocturne, Winter, Magpie, Jellybean, Windrose, Zypher
It's a well established fact that the Harbour never gets any breaks, ever, what with foalifications, flying pirate ships, paralel dimensions and the end of the world - or at least of the town. Still, even amongst the big, messy chaotic things… there's still room for smaller, more domestic messy, chaotic things. Such at a resounding explosion sounding from the second floor of the Fizzy Flask, the residence of the local alchemist. Explosions are kinda what everypony expects from a alchemist.
Most, though, don't quite expect a mad alchemist. Nor do they expect a big pot of spaghetti launching itself out of the window, sending hayballs and tomato sauce splattering onto the pavement. A few moments later the owner of the store, and most likely the pot of spaghetti, comes crashing out of the window herself. Though endowed with wings Sodium-Fizz didn't actualy crash down. Instead she franticaly looked about from where she hung in the air.
Walking through Main Street, Nocturne stops and jolts back as a plate of spaghetti lands a few yards in front of him. As he looks up, he eventually catches sight of the floating Soda. "This better not have to do with soda flavors," he shouts in her direction. He walks past the mess, and sits down at a bench, sipping some coffee in a paper cup.
Zypher Ooh's as he drags himself from the sidewalk where he had found himself formerly plastered from a night of drinking turned something else, things flying, meant game time, and game time meant him being so 'TOTALLY on this!' "thats Some kinda Ball, Whatcha Playing miss Sodum-Fizzy?" he shouts out as he sees the wayward pegasus mare
Windrose was just minding her business, standing 'guard' as it were, to make sure no more wayward storm elements come in from the bay. Because darn it, the last thing the Harbor needs is another holiday ruined by disaster, so it's weather pony holiday patrol time!
Or at least that was a few hours ago. Right now she was sneaking in a nap on a low cloud after being up all morning.
Or she was, until a strayward hayball bonks her on the nose. "Wha?" She blinks a few times, stares down at it…. and then gobbles it up. -Then- gets up and pulls out a weather map. "I don't recall cloudy with a chance of hayballs being on the forcast…"
Winter-Solstice has partially disconnected.
Jellybean, for his part, is surprised but not taken aback by the sudden food-weather. He was on his way to go caroling when noodles went flying passed him, and now he's heading towards the Fizzy Flask to see what, exactly, is going on.
NOT THE SPAGHETTI, NOOOOOOO! Winter Solstice kicks her way out of a business on the other side of the street and charges out, only to leap upward and try and catch the sailing pot of spaghetti. And she does! The pot is saved! Big pieplate hooves seize it from the sides as the mare vaults upward with rear legs kicking. It's not the most graceful maneuver, though, and she lands in an unbalanced fashion, tottering about on her hind legs in the manner of some freakish creature that doesn't have a nice, stable, quadrapedal stance. The spaghetti sloshes and slurps and spills up over the edge. The back edge, specifically, so the hot noodles dribble and slurp their way down Winter's backside. Soon her precarious teetering becomes a hot-hoofed dance as she runs circles about in the street. "Aaahhh! Spaghetti attack! Augh! Sodaaaaaaa!!!" She spots Jelly approaching on one of her circuits. "Jelly!!!!"
The sight of the sauce-splattered Winter might have been really interesteing to Soda, had it not been for the particular big pot of spaghetti the large white mare was handling. The pegasus dives down with all the speed her kind typicaly show though Sodium-Fizz herself normaly lacks and snaps up the pot before turning about in mid-air, smiling nervously. "No, no! It's allright, I got it! And, um… no? It's not a soda flavour! Or a game. I was just cooking, hehe… And, um, I maybe figured it was a bit slow. And maybe that it looked kinda bad, and… um…"
The pegasus alchemist fell silent for a moment before smiling. "Sill, nothing to worry about, I got it! So we can all just pretend this… never happened…" Soda's voice trailed off as she looked into the pot before upturning it, producing naught but a few drops of sauce. Her gaze dropped to the mess around Winter, and the long trail of sauce leaving the scene and cutting for a nearby alley. "Oh, frak…"
Jellybean blinks at the tableau. He wouldn't call it that, though, because he doesn't know what that word means or how to spell it. He flaps his wings uncertainly. "…do you need any help?"
Windrose POOF. Windrose pokes her head out of the bottom of her cloud at the noise below, because Winny stomping about and shouting is pretty hard for any pony to miss. "… Oh, that's where the hayball came from." It's almost sad that she's been around the Harbor long enough this doesn't even really strike her as out of the ordinary.
Zypher just jawdrops, at the show of such athletics, such grace, such poise, such potential! If only she were a Pegasus she'd be a top contender in the game! "OhmyGOSH!" he practically cheers having just watched such a dramatic rescue of a spagetti pot, well the rescue didn't go so well, but the angle, the arc of body, the successful interception, alas the inertia of the mass within the pot wasn't counted, but all the same. "Wow, Just Wow, Miss, Miss" he trots over to the big earth mare, "Miss, that was, was, Was just TOTALLY AWESOME!" He beams, "are you on any teams? like Soccer, for Earth Ponies? or something, cause I've not seen such moves since back home with the Seaddle Cloudbusters! I mean just Totally WOW!" he beams
Once the pot is liberated from her grasp, Winter's rapid circling drops back down to a proper four hooves and then picks up the sort of speed proper stability affords. Eventually it seems like she's running not because her backside is getting toasted by errant spaghetti and sauce but because whee, running! The red sauce blends in nicely with the red stripes in her mane and tail. After a few circling passes she screeches to a stop and stares at Zypher. "Sports?" The big mare stomp stomp stomps her hooves. "The only sport I play is JUSTICEBALL. You find an injustice and you smash it. It's a game that everybody wins- except for evil." Winter whirls and looks up towards Soda. "Soda! Your avant-garde cooking has crossed the line. It was pretty cool, though, so I hope you cross it again. Any leftover? Is it lunch time?" She looks at the door to the shop, then back up to Soda. "Can we do lunch?"
Magpie comes trotting down from upstairs. "Hey, what's goin' on?" she asks, then blinks. "Oh, hi there w— hi ther— HIWINNY! What's going on? Are we spinning? I can spin!"
Magpie rolls 1d10 (Spinning is a good trick) — Result: 10 | Sum: 10
Magpie is clearly a world class piruette-er.
Winter-Solstice turns to stare back at Magpie, watches her for a moment, then starts spinning in place. Spaghetti sauce smeared down her back is flung, flung!
Zypher is spattered with sauce from the now spin-cycle big mare whinny. "Oh my feathers?!" he actually squeaks and cowers some, somepony not used to getting dirty evidently "Getitoff Getitoff Getitoff!" he too now spins in place like he's trying to fling it off him too!
Jellybean manages to avoid being splattered with things by the simple expedient of being bitty. It's amazing how that works out for him.
"No, no leftovers…" came the muted mutter from Sodium-Fizz as she let the empty pot fall, "it's… it's scarpered! Girls… guys… Whatever! Hey!" The grey mare wringed her hooves together nervously. "We… might have a problem, a dinner related problem. A big dinner related problem…"
Zypher nodnods, "yeah, of course we do, no Garlic Bread!, and no rolled up napkins or wipes!"
Magpie finally stops spinning and staggers a few steps, giggling. "Wheeeeee," says the Queen of Spinning.
Windrose just rolls her eyes at all the ponies spinning in place, craning her head towards Soda. "What did you do this time, Fizzy?"
Winter-Solstice's spinning gradually slows, and she stops to stare at Fizzy, head circling slightly. "Uh? It's spaghetti and meatballs! It doesn't go anywhere! At least not before eating it! Did someone eat it? And then escape? Did they eat the spaghetti without permission? Do we need to find them?"
The big mare stomps her forelegs. "Do we need to PUNISH them!?"
Jellybean continues to blink. "Is this a magic thing?"
Sodium-Fizz ground her hooves together nervously. "No! No galic bread issues! Though, I supose somepony will have issues with garlic bread soon…" The alchemist gave Windrose a nervous look. "I… might have tried to make the greates dinner in town… exept I can't cook that well. So I, um, might have used a few alchemical tricks to help it along. And when I had my back turned, it… um, left, after pillaging my fridge. It -is- the greatest dinner in town. But I still can't cook."
Soda smilled nervously. "I think," she said faintly, "it's going to eat everything. There can be only one, the greatest dinner…"
Magpie blinks. "W-wait, you MADE a flying spaghetti monster?"
"Crawling, I think," said Sodium-Fizz, "but more or less correct."
"So you made a take-out meal?" Snicker. "Because it's going to take out every other… oh, nevermind." Windrose hops off her cloud and with wings aflutter takes off after the trail of sauce and destruction. "Com'n, we better find it before it gets somepony sauced and becomes their last supper."
Winter-Solstice tromps up to Soda, expression stern, and stops near her. Her disposition is sober as she eyes her marefriend critically. "Soda…" Winter narrows her eyes just a bit. "Did you set a monster loose on town?"
Magpie 's eyes widen. She runs upstairs in the boutique, then comes dashing back down with a colander on her head and a large ladel gripped in her teeth. She presents herself to Windrose and salutes.
Jellybean meeps. "M-monsters? Is it a big scary pony-gobbling monster?"
Sodium-Fizz bit her lower lip nervously, looking at Winter. "Um… do you mean a spaghetti and hayballs monstrostity Tartarus-bent on devouring every meal in town… Yes?"
Off in a distance came a crash, and a mare-like shriek.
Winter-Solstice stares at Soda for a few moments longer, still poker-faced, before hopping in place and grinning like a sunbeam. "Awesome! AWESOME! C'mon, Magpie!" Winter reaches over, scoops the colander-armored near-filly up onto her back, and charges off after Windrose and along the trail of sauce.
Magpie stands up on Winny's back, waving the ladle in the air with a warcry!
".. Shoot, I shoulda thought to grab a pan." Windrose muses at seeing the 'armored' Magpie. Ears flick up at the shout, and she takes off again. "Com'n guys, I heard screaming!" Not that the sauce trail is very hard to follow either.
Sodium-Fizz shifted from hoof to hoof nervously, her gaze darting from the direction of the shriek to the store, then back again. After a moment she put her hooves to her mouth, calling after them. "Stop it! I'll try to figure out if I can find a way to stop it…. But… But don't wait for it! If you get a chance, take it down!" With that the grey mare jumped into the air, diving back through her shattered window.
Jellybean starts chasing after everypony else. On the one hoof, monsters are scary. On the other hoof, monsters are scary and he doesn't want to be all alone when he runs into one. "Wait for me!"
The trail of sauce menders between the buildings alongst the alleys of the Harbour before cutting into one of the small and narrow back-streets, cutting a straight line down it in the direction down poartside and right up the wall at the very end and in through a shattered first-floor window.
"This way!" calls Winter, as she charges along, following the sound of screams and the trail of sauce alongside Windrose. She is not following the Pegasus, but nor is she attempting to take the lead. The party is ALREADY DIVIDED. "Can you smell it? The deliciousness- it went… it went this way!" Around a corner, down a street! Down to… a window! Winter screeches to a stop and stares at it, then stick her head out, calling inside. "Hello! Uh… monster! Delicious spaghetti monster!" The big mare stops for a moment. "… extermination services! Here to serve you!"
Magpie crouches low on Winny's neck, expecting a surge and a leap — and it doesn't happen. Blink. "What're you DOING?! You can't TALK to SPAGHETTI!" She swats Winny on the flank with her ladle.
Trail trail alley corner alley trashcan alley corner corner steps alley trail trail corner trail alley trash trail WALL!
Windrose rears back and thrusts her back legs out as her wings stiffen like paracutes to break off her speed, coming to a stop mere milimeters from smacking facefirst into the wall. "Now that's just rude. The color of sauce doesn't match the house paint at all!.. wait a minute." She follows the trail on the wall to the window. "There!" Wings limber again and give a flap to launch herself to the window, only to screech to a stop before crashing into Winter as she shoves her head in the window instead.
At the ladle swat, Winter hops in place and does a little circular dance, coming to rest facing the window once more and sticking her head back in.
Jellybean says "Can spaghetti talk? I don't think it can. I've never heard it talk to me, but maybe it was waiting for me to talk first?"
Behind the shattered window sat a stallion at a small table with a single seat and a depressingly empty plate. He looked suprisingly shellshocked, but then again most ponies don't expect a spaghetti monster to come barreling through the window. Upon seeing Winter he eeped and dove under the table, leaving only the plate behind with it's splattering of tomato sauce and the muffin crumbs - and a suspiciously red trail leading up to it, then away. Apperently the monster have already scarpered through the door at the far side an-…
Further crashes and calls of startled supprise sounded out up ahead.
"There it goes!" Windrose bolts into the air, over the house, and back down the other side in the direction of the crashing. Good thing she has most of the non-broken or burned parts of town memorized by this point.
Winter-Solstice lifts a hoof and knocks out the remaining shards of glass around the window frame- wouldn't want to get cut, after all!- and neatly brushes it away, before hauling up over the edge and into the kitchen. Nevermind that she could probably go around the house! Nevermind! The way is forward, forward, always! "Sorry!" says the big mare, very nearly toppling the table. "We have to put a stop to this before it's… TOO LATE!" She tromps through the kitchen and towards the door and hauls to a stop.
Across the room is some pottery. Everybody knows good things are kept in pottery and what you do is you go into someone's house and you ransack things looking for goodies.
With a great show of will, though, she whimpers and turns back towards the opposite door, bursting through it and resuming the chase. Presumably, Magpie is still astride, ready for ladle-jousting.
Jellybean, having trouble keeping up with Winter's unstoppable rampage, has taken to the air. Maybe this way he'll see the monster, too? But then he doesn't really WANT to see the monster.
The monster's saucy trail menders through the building, apperently some kind of appartment it seems, and leaving a trail of empty plates and stunned ponies behind. Before long though it spills onto the street through a broken down door. From there it waves around in a figure-eight for a moment in indecision before beelining straight for a small grocer - the large front window once having read 'Noodle's Food Emporium!' though the shattered remains only leaving a the 'N', a 'O' and the exclamation mark.
Within the store something moved, something suprisingly large and desidedly foody.
Windrose brakes to a hover and points towards the old store front. "It went in there, guys." She rears back for a moment, but then stops. Wait, what is she doing? She doesn't have anything to fight a monster with, food or otherwise. She's suppose to be the -sane- one around here. And would rather like to not get messed up on a holiday.
The pegasus touches down to the ground, and makes a flamboyant gesture to wave Winter towards the store. "After you." We'll just let the JUSTICE TANK do her job, instead.
Just when they thought it was safe to relax, the citizens of the apartment complex are left to yelp and shriek and wail and cry and gasp at the horror, the horror! once more as Winter charges through, hot on the noodles of the beast. "Sorry!" she says. "Important business! Monster fightin'!" Crash! "That was an awesome vase! You should get another just like it!" Wham! "That is a silly place for a bookshelf! I suggest you pick it up instead!"
With a scattering of chicken feathers and a yowl of a disrupted cat, Winter emerges from the building and stares around the street, a fork wound up in her mane and a striped sock wedged on one hoof. She looks left, looks right, follows the sauce trail, eyes the poor NO ! shop, and narrows her eyes. The big mare nods up at Windrose- sneaky pegasi, missing out on all of the excitement indoors!- and scrapes a big hoof against the ground. "DINNER…" She charges towards the door of the shop! "IS SERVED!"
And then she stops by the door, reaches out, opens it neatly, and slips inside. "Hello~?"
Dropping in for dinner unanaounced is just plain rude, and dinner agrees! The lumbering mass of no-longer-just-spaghetti turned about, though it was kind of hard to tell all things considering. Maybe it just looked like it did. And roared. Again, just a maybe, though it certainly made a roary kind of sound at the sight of Winter and Magpie. The mass rolled backwards. The mass rolled forwards. The thing split up, the bulk of it pulling towards the back of the store while the rest pulled itself up menacingly at the mare and the filly.
Magpie has been clinging to Winny's neck through the whole headlong flight, and consequently has added a garland of dried peppers to her outfit. She whips her jacket off (it's NEW!) and throws it back into a snowdrift. Then she readies her ladle and leaps from Winny's back into the fray with an overhead stroke!
Oh wait, there's just what she needed. Windrose grabs the fork in Winter's mane and pulls it out. There, now she has a weapon. Sort of. It IS spagetti, after all. With 'weapon' in hoof she bolts past the big mare and barrels through the shop, trying to intercept the second lump sneaking away and stab it mightily with said fork. "Yaaaaah! If you had eyes I'd totally be stabbing them out right now! Cuz yer gonna get forked up good!"
Guess Ms. One Sane Mare isn't quite above it all after all….
"That's the spirit, Magpie!" howls Winter with delight, hot on the heels of the ladlin' filly! "Time to let that beast know that DINNER…" She pauses! "is SERV- wait, I already used that one. Uh…" While she lets Maggie fling herself into certain doom, Winter considers. Windrose breezes past and takes the fork in Winter's mane with her. "Food is… served… no, no. Lunch is s- no! Uhh-" The big mare panics for amoment, before simply howling! "I'M HUNGRY!"
Winter barrels in towards the nearer mass of monster, and tries to shovel some into her mouth. Pie plate hooves? Great for shoveling.
Winter-Solstice rolls 1d20 (Wak Wak Wak Wak Wak Wak) — Result: 19 | Sum: 19
Magpie swings furiously with the ladle, smashing it into the monstrous spaghetti over and over! She sweeps the collander off her head and lays into the spaghetti monster with it, two weapon style! Three weapon, even! Ladle, collander, bite! Collander, ladle, bite bite bite!
The food monsters quiverad and shook before colapsing in on themselves. For two very different reason it seems though, the large bulk with the fork in the figurative forehead tensed up tight - putting preasure on its inards only to… have said, saucy inards exsplode outwards, spraying the inside of the store with a variety of fluids ranging from tomato sauce to milk to vanilla cream. Icky but tasty.
The one under assault from Winter and Magpie seemed to fare less well, seeing as the large mare and the filly was laying into it with vigor. The culinary creature definatly bit of more than it could chew with those two.
Winter-Solstice crams spaghetti and sauce and any other accumulated foodstuffs into her mouth. "Om, nom, nom," she enunciates, perhaps with a bit more slurping and gulping and open-mouth chewing. It isn't pretty, but hey, monster hunting is ugly business sometimes. "Mmmf. Nife tegnique," she compliments Maggie, WITHOUT FIRST SWALLOWING. "Go for thad li'l skinny noodly spot dere- yeah, thad's id! Ladle that thucker right in haff."
Looking up around a fistful of hayballs, she looks towards the back of the store. "Windrothe! You okay bag dere?"
KERSPLAT! Windrose just stands there, blinking, after being covered in spagetti monster inwards. Which, after licking it off her face, confirms, "That's.. actually not all that bad." Licks some more off, and stabs her fork into the remains again. "Just fine~" Winds the fork, pulls a chunk out of the sauce-and-muck and stuffs it in her mouth. Omnomnomnom indeed.
Magpie happily omnoms on the spaghetti monster. She's /covered/ in sauce, from nose to tail. Who cares what's IN it? She's had worse. Not squirming so muc, though.
Another food-monster not-quite shriek sounded through the store, it might have been described as meaty but considering the herbivore nature of ponies it's 100% guaranteed meat free, and the smaller of the culinary abominations colapsed - it's component dishes spiling out across the floor and adding to the already rather grose mess of vegetables, sauces and frozen prefabricated meals. Ick. The monster that Windrose is laying into trembled with terror and pulled back, once more spliting into a larger and smaller chunk - the smaller throwing itself at Windrose with abaddon while the larger bashed down the back door, making it's escape into the streets once more.
"Hey, it's trying to split and run away again!" Then the smaller portion leaps at her! Oof! Windrose topples over for a moment in surprise since, y'know, it's spagetting and assorted other food bits and not really that heavy. "I've heard of food fights but this is crazy!" Then after a moment of struggling grabs the lump in both of her hooves and takes a note from Winny's book — just trying to shove the whole thing in her mouth.
Winter-Solstice pushes upright and glances about, reaching up to wipe her mouth- ever so rudely!- on the back of a hoof. "Welp! Looks like there's more chasin' to do. C'mon, Mags! Our work here is mostly kinda done! Now for the work- over there!" The big mare romps through the mess, blundering past Windrose and the second smaller spaghetti beast, and towards the open back of the door. She shakes her head off as she charges along, bits of chomped-up noodles and veggies shaken loose, and out the back entrance. "HEY!" she calls out, after the beast. "Don't you know it's rude to dine and dash!? Get back here!"
Magpie looks up from her feast and yelps! She gallops after the larger remaining spaghettimonster portion, leaving her collander and ladle behind in her haste. "Come baaaaack!" she howls at the spaghett! She siezes the necklace of peppers in her magic and hurls it after the retreating creature!
Magpie rolls 1d10 (Pepper attack!) — Result: 10 | Sum: 10
Nothing quite kills a meal like bad seasoning, and peppers are just right out for this one! The creature slurps loudly as they take it in the back - assuming it have one - and topples over into a writhing mass of foodstuff on the street. And good thing Magpie's aim was true, just up ahead stood one of the swankiest eateries in the Harbour! The amount of crittical damage this abomination could have done after absorbing those crittically acalimed dishes… That's how it works right? Either way, the monster's down… if not quite done for yet!
After finishing off the end of the smaller lump Windrose flops on her back, forehooves on the slight cartoony bulge in her belly from all the foodstuffing she did for the safety of the Harbor! "*burp* I'm not gonna need to eat for a week…"
Winter-Solstice tucks her head low and charges in, aiming to take advantage of the opportunity Magpie's skillful pepper toss has afforded. "That's more like it! I've had enough fast food!" The big mare pounces after the looming beast and tries to land in its midst, and with a wide open mouth and looming hooves, start shoveling it into her mouth again. She hesitates after a moment, though, and rears up. "Five second rule! Blast!" Stomping and kicking ensues as Winter tries to smash and disperse the beast as best she can.
Magpie comes charging after the pastrosity and dives down after the monster. Omnomno— "Phfive sec'nd whoth?" She hasn't really heard of that one.
Despite her complains at being stuffed Windrose does manage to finally stagger out back and find the others. "Was that the end of it? No more splitting up? After all that eating I'm about ready to spagettiboutit."
It seems to be the end of it indeed as the heap of food quivers under the relentless assault before simply just sliding appart like the ones in the store did. The culinary horror is finaly destroyed after having left a trail of saucy chaos through town.
Winter-Solstice turns, looking about, studying the various smashed bits of wayward spaghetti made still and sticky in the dirt of the read. She lifts a hoof after a moment and peers at the assorted mashed foodstuffs underneath. "Is that it?" she asks, looking to Magpie, then Windrose. "Is that it?" The big mare turns back to the mass of foodstuffs and nudges it about. "Did it drop anything?" She frowns. "No." Sitting up, she glances about, then whirls away, romping back towards main street and back towards the Fizzy Flask.
Windrose lets out another small burp. "I'll meet you guys back at Fizzy's." She pumps her wings to take off, though more slowly than the haphazard gourmet race earlier. She's probably going to be out like a light when all those calories catch up to her.
Magpie sits up and slowly staggers down the street. She's covered in so much spaghetti sauce, she looks like the victim of a terrible battle. But her tummy is bulgy and full. Mmmm. Spaghetti. Evil, ambulatory spaghetti.
The trip back to the Flask is both swift and eventless - it might as well be glossed over had it been some kind of performance show or game, really. Of course, stepping inside is another matter entirely as a rather frantic looking Soda shuffled vials and flask back and forth on her counter - a solid oak thing halfway across the large bottom-floor room, seperating the front with it's tables and seats from the back with the shelves of alchemy and soda. "Oh no, no no! How do you kill that which have no life?!"
Judging from her dilated eyes and frizzy mane, somepony's gone just a smide loopy.
Winter catches this question as she enters, looking around slowly, then back across the shop. She beams a smile at the frantic Fizz. "You eat it!" she announces, as a bit of sauce drips off her chin and onto the floor.
The big earth pony then lumbers over to the counter and leans up against it, forelegs folded. "ANd it was delicious! Well, except for the parts that got scooped up along the way that weren't delicious at all. Brussel sprouts are tasty but mixed in with everything? Nooooo thanks. How'd you make that, anyway? Are you branching out? Are you gonna be making munchy minions now?" Winter sits up slightly and taps her hooves on the countertop. "Make the next one out of asparagus! I love asparagus."
"Just don't make it out of alfalfa," Windrose adds as she meanders in, still partially covered in sauce and other odds and ends. "We don't need alfalfa monsters running around. Though Winny's right, we just ate it." She holds up a hoof to the big mare. "High hoof for the CHOWDOWN OF JUSTICE." … Great, Winny is rubbing off on other ponies now. Or it's post stuffing your face delerium.
Winter-Solstice high-hoofs Windrose! Clop! "Yeah! Dinner and a show! And the show is justice! And the reward for justice… is dinner!" She grins brightly as she looks back to Soda.
Sodium-Fizz blinked at them as if they were completely mad. After a few moments though she shrugged and let herself slump over the counter. "Thank sweet Luna you got all of it… I was worried I'd have to leave town, again…" The grey mare smiled thinly at the two. "Thanks…"
And a few moments after Soda slumps over, she finds herslef scooped up as Winter leans closer and pulls the pegasus up to where Winter can give her a saucey smooch. She smiles as she draws back. "You won't have to leave, Fizzykins! Don't worry." Winter settles back down, forelegs folded neatly before her. "Just make sure all your rampant mishaps are delicious ones and they'll take care of themselves." The big mare pushes herself upright and glances about. "YOu should show me around the place! I haven't been here in a while."
Aaaw, that's cute. Abiet messy. "You two do that. I'm gonna go home and," pause, "actually, Ruby's place is closer, I'm just gonna go crash there and sleep this fiesty feast off. Later." She waves to the two as she turns to trot out of the shop.
Sodium-Fizz leaned into the kiss for a moment and smiled, if a bit awkwardly and embarasedly, and waved at Windrose. "Um… Sure, and… thanks for the help Windrose! Mucha appreciated… And everyone else. What happened with Jellybean and Magpie…?" She glanced at Winter. "And… I supose I could, not that it's much to see…"
Winter-Solstice glances about. "Jellybean and Magpie? Uhhh… Jellybean got scared and left, and Magpie…" Winter shrugs, and smiles. "I don't know. Saw some loose change and followed it elsewhere. She did a lot of eatin', though. She's got the makings of a great adventurer!" Winter vaults the counter, then, landingon the other side with a thunk, and starts making for the stairs. "Alright! Tour time! Let's start with the towels, I am guuuummed up! I got sauce where it shouldn't be! You can help with that, I think." Tromp tromp tromp. "On account of it being hard for me to reach, I think, and that's it."


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20 Pull Ups
30 Push Ups
40 Sit Ups
50 Squats
*Rest 3:00 Between Rounds
*Keep track of your time on all 5 rounds
*Your score will be your 5 rounds and your total time minus the 12:00 of rest
Tip of the Day
Although these numbers might look intimidating to some, the idea of this workout is to go unbroken for as long as you can. We all love benchmark tests and today is a good test of your ability to push through. The rest in between is just enough for your arms to recover and go as hard as possible.

subset: commoncrawl


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Director of International Relations
- Recruiter
- NHS Confederation
- Location
- London & Brussels
- Salary
- Not Specified
- Posted
- 19 Feb 2018
- Closes
- 12 Mar 2018
- Job Function
- Director
- Industry
- Not-For-Profit
Director of International Relations
London & Brussels
The NHS Confederation is the only membership body that brings together and speaks on behalf of organisations that plan, commission and provide NHS services. Our members are drawn from every part of the health and care system and from part of more than 560 organisations connected to the Confederation. Our purpose is to support our members to improve care and treatment, and the health of the populations in the areas which they serve.
We are now looking to expand our international activity, which will be led by a Director of International Relations. This new role will be focused both on the critically important work around Brexit and on developing an international strategy for the organisation. This will seek to promote the NHS and our members overseas, spread good practice and exchange between the NHS and the international healthcare community. This will include responsibility for promoting, organizing and supporting delegations from overseas who are interested in understanding healthcare practice in the UK or in entering the UK healthcare market.
The successful candidate will have a good understanding of health policy in England, and of how the Brexit negotiations could have an impact on the healthcare sector in the UK. He or she will have some experience of working with international bodies or of working overseas, and the ability to develop and promote an effective international strategy for the Confederation. The aim will be to create a programme which over time will become self-funding, and hence a degree of commercial
acumen will be important.
For more information visit www.gatenbysanderson.com/job/GSe40283 and for a confidential discussion contact our advising consultants at GatenbySanderson Melanie Shearer or
James Canning on 0207 426 3985.
Closing Date: Monday 12th March 2018.


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Quick facts: Founded: 1923 Arena: Power Balance Pavillion Division Championships: 5 NBA Titles: 1(1951) NBL Titles: 1(1946) Playoffs: 29 Best Season 61-21 2001-02 Best win % Season .750 45-15 1948-49 .750 51-17 1949-50 Worst Season 17-65 2008-09 Worst win % season .207 2008-09Nickname History:
The Kings are the old professional American basketball team still in existence, having been formed in 1923. Since 1923 the franchise has relocated five times, the most in NBA history, and has had four different nicknames.
Originally called the Rochester Seagrams; they were named for the Seagrams distillery in Rochester. The team remained the Seagrams until 1943 when they became the Eber Seagram Pros for one season. The following season they became just the Rochester Pros.
In 1945 the team joined the NBL and had to find a new name since all the teams in the league were professionals or pros. A contest was held and Royals won. The team remained the Royals through their most success years in Rochester and even on to Cincinnati where they moved in 1957.
The team relocated again in 1972 and played their games between Kansas City, Missouri and Omaha, Nebraska. Because Kansas City already had a team named the Royals the current Royals were forced to change their name. They selected Kings due to its closeness to Royals. The Kings have kept the nickname since 1972 taking it with them to Kansa City after the dropped Omaha and than on to Sacramento.
Team History:
The Kings where called the Seagrams from 1923-1942
Rochester Pro's 1943
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The Black Keys show Sayers, Rob Pattinson just filmed with a group of male partners
No KStew. But I think he is with Dominic Cooper. attests, this very dark. everyone is just waiting for the whole relaxed start
@Kadeshow Black Keys at the Sayers Club? Faced with a scant 50 people? Making a full repertoire? Will I be kidding??! The next thing I'll say is that Robert Pattinson was there, and we spent an hour talking about alcohol and Buddhism. Oh, wait ...
"With R Patz"
Source Added: Another photo fan + Details LA Times sometimes Sunday "Funday" RobPatt helps to escape the paparazzi. He is super cute, # xo # adayinthelifeofaDJ
Robert Pattinson left Sunday night in Hollywood for a show rockers the Black Keys. Making it a boys' night, Pattinson enjoyed with friends including his cost of "Breaking Dawn - Part 2" Rami Malek, an exclusive show, organized at The Sayers Club on 98.7 FM. Slipped in a back entrance around 9 pm, Pattinson, in a baseball cap and black jeans, leaning against a back wall and enjoy mixed drinks while the band played hits like "Tighten Up" Rob sang with them almost all the songs, doing occasional break to greet people as creative director of the Sayers Club, Jason Scoppa. Rob looked relaxed, behind rows and rows of fans who took photos and videos, not of him but of the band. An unusual experience for Pattinson, but perhaps a typical night in an exclusive.
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Be a Pin Up Girl Every Day
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Here are some fun and easy ways to add Pin Up style to your everyday routine.
Hair: Curls and fake curls, plus a head scarf!
This is my favourite video tutorial with multiple easy-peasy ideas!
If you have a curling iron and 15 minutes, try this one on unwashed hair. (this one does have swear words!)
Makeup: Classic cat eyeliner and red lipstick!
Skip the false eyelashes and this is a pretty quick look. Its a full pin up look, with drama.
Watch this one for fun! Be prepared for giggles. It's a fast, simple, clean pin up look.
Hit up your grandma's closet! Ok, so this may not be possible for everyone. But a good second to your grandma's closet is vintage boutiques and second hand clothing and thrift stores. Thigh length dresses and skirts, polk-dot everything, wide belts, Navy and blue, black and white, sailor buttons, high waisted pants, skirts and shorts, feminine scarfs and bandanas, petite girly sweaters, vintage jackets and furs, short gloves and shoes. Stockings are a must. Layers are a good idea, but not always possible in the hot summer months.
I can't write a blog post about pin up style and not include a section on attitude. A huge part of pin up style has nothing to do with hair, make up or clothing and everything to do with your attitude. Pin up style was at the hight of the second world war and on into the 50's and early 60's. While men were away fighting, woman moved from working in the home to working in factories and on farms, to running a household and holding down a job. Pin Up woman showed up and got the job done, but they still looked good while doing it!
Be sassy, be flirty, be strong, be feminine and be bold. Love your body. That, my gorgeous friend is Pin Up attitude.
You can check out my August Pin Up Pinterest board here, for more Pin Up ideas.
Now that you've been rocking that pin up style on the daily, are you ready for a full out pin up beauty session? Are you ready to get together and create some amazing images to memorialize your personal pin up style? Do you need a little more information or perhaps, help coming up with a creative inspiration that truly brings out your inner pin up goddess, please contact me. I'd love to chat with you!
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After i close it, the application doesnt work (cant search any song)
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YES I WAS FREEZING MY FAT OFF JUST BY TAKING THIS PHOTO. Ideally I wanted to go to the gym to take this post, but ol' mother nature decided to snow us in so I thought a snowy-look-like-I-am-going-for-a-run picture would be suitable. I have been going to the gym like hard-core (by my standards) since the beginning of January because I ate so much over the festive period that I gained like a tonne! Okay… maybe not a tonne but I did gain some extra flub to keep me warm over the winter.
However since the beginning of January I have been going to the gym 2-3 times a week, I have been eating less and better (with cheat meals of course) and I have nearly lost 2kg. But a healthy 2kg not like OMG I AM GOING TO LOOSE SO MUCH MORE. I have put on a lot of muscle too so remember muscle weighs more than fat!
I have even started drinking protein shakes… I know get me! One because it is only like 100 calories, and the one I have has both whey powder and green tea extracts so is good for slimming and toning and two because I never drink a lot of milk so it's a good way of me getting more calcium in my diet.
But trust me it hasn't been all 'Oh lets go to the gym work out a few times and lose some calories' oh no I have had some REAL issues with motivating myself to do this and to go to the gym. I am for sure the last person to be giving lectures about motivation as when deciding whether I go to the gym or not I am always texting my boyfriend going 'Oohhhh do I go to the gym or don't I?' and he's always like 'Yeah go for it!!' and he is right.
So my number one tip for motivation is 'F*ck It'. Literally say that too yourself because seriously what have you got too loose. Even the busiest of people I bet can find 30 mins to go to the gym. When I am in the car driving down to the gym, I have that feeling of relief knowing that I got my lazy ass self off the sofa and actually doing something.
Another tip is to think about your end goal. I am going to Croatia in the summer **YAY** but I must have that bikini bod ready…. Don't get me wrong everyone has a bikini bod but I would just like to feel a little more confident in a bikini this year. Even if I only see slight improvements then I am happy. TBF I have already seen a lot of improvements, in my hips and waist and my legs are looking strong AF. #CONFIDENCEISKEY
The tip which I probably can relate to the most is getting yourself something that you can have after the gym which you look forward to. For example a yummy (but healthy) snack or a protein shake. For me, it is my protein shake because its soooooo good and jesus I crave it all the time now but I can't have it unless I go to the gym because it's too expensive to have as a normal milkshake. SO YES SOMETIMES I GO TO THE GYM JUST TO HAVE THE MILKSHAKE .
Lastly another good tip is to splash out on some higher end gym clothes. I went and got myself some Gym Shark leggings and a Gym Shark Sports Bra. I got them in the red colour and its sooooo stunning. I love them so much, they don't show any sweat marks, the only issue I am now having is that I have lost weight so the leggings are slightly baggy Ha Ha! Sports Direct also sent me this amazing Under Armour sports bra which I love for when I do a cardio day! But this is good because you can only wear them if you go to the gym, thus if you buy some nice gym clothes you have to go to the gym!
But most importantly remember that whatever you are striving for, gaining muscle, loosing weight or getting fitter, it is still more than OKAY to have a cheat day. Go have that pizza or dig into that chocolate cake YOU DESERVE IT!!
Do you go to the gym? If so how do you motivate yourself?!
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Year Joined MKLM: 2016
Country: Brazil
City: San Paulo
Focus: Communication, Prison Ministry, Restorative Justice
Project(s): Vozes da Migração, Pastoral Carcerária, Arsenal da Esperança
People Served: Imprisoned men and women, men experiencing homelessness, the Community-at-Large
Project Goal(s): To help people recognize God, the good, and the potential in themselves and in others, be they in a situation of homelessness, incarceration, or migration.
Current Ministry:
Marcelo's MKLM ministry began with the Archdiocese of São Paulo's Pastoral Carcerária (Prison Pastoral) formation (carceraria.org.br). Since April 2017, Marcelo has served as part of the team visiting the state of São Paulo's Centro Hospitalar do Sistema Penitenciário (CHSP — Hospital Center of the Prison System) on a weekly basis. Men and women who are imprisoned throughout the state of São Paulo are transferred to this hospital center to undergo special and/or intensive treatment. There, Marcelo has met and gotten to know men receiving long-term treatment for illnesses including Hepatitis, HIV, and tuberculosis. Men requiring surgery or biopsies also pass through the CHSP. Among patients Marcelo has gotten to know, hernias have been remedied, amputations have been made, and tumors have been removed. The men Marcelo encounters at the CHSP are grateful for the support and accompaniment provided by the Pastoral Carcerária and its agents.
Through a community radio station in Brazil, Marcelo has pitched the idea of a program called Vozes da Migração (Voices of Migration). He presents interviews with immigrants and refugees, seeking to build bridges between them and other Brazilians via their stories and their music. He is currently seeking to develop a website to host a podcast format of the program and hopes to develop English-language content, as the program and interviews are conducted in Portuguese.
In late 2017, Marcelo co-facilitated a Foundations course at the penitentiary in Parelheiros, which is in the extreme south of the city. Focusing on growing more conscious of emotions and working to break out of a cycle of revenge and aggression, the course was well-received by the group of 20 men participating. It was fulfilling to see the transformation of thinking or at least the reconsideration of stances by the men. They were grateful for the opportunity to share and explore difficult topics in our small classroom, an island of calm and a safe space in a sea of noise and frustration that is prison.
Another of Marcelo's ministries has been with the Arsenal da Esperança, the "Arsenal of Hope." The Arsenal is a "house of refuge," providing 1,200 men with a clean bed, a warm shower, hearty and balanced meals, laundry services, medical services, social assistance, and educational and professional development. Marcelo comes to the Arsenal every Wednesday to meet the staff and a group of men participating in the Floresta que Cresce (Forest That Grows) program.
Each week, a new group of about 15 men participates in the Floresta program, and Marcelo is uplifted to see the motivation and inspiration the program helps instill in the participants. Each week, he hears a new story of struggle, of a difficult upbringing, of decisions that led to darker places, and of thankfulness for having the opportunity to be at the Arsenal. The Arsenal provides some stability for men who are seeking to get back on their feet, a springboard from which they can take steps forward in their lives.
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Marcelo was born and raised in Detroit, MI, and grew up playing soccer, trumpet, and sharing much quality time with family. After graduating from Fraser High School, he enrolled at Loyola University Chicago, where the foundations in Jesuit spirituality nurtured his sense of service and purpose. In 2009, Marcelo graduated from LUC with a BA in International Studies, and later that year began a year of service with Jesuit Volunteer Corps Northwest. He was placed in Juneau, Alaska, where he served as a Community and Prevention Advocate at AWARE (Aiding Women in Abuse and Rape Emergencies), co-facilitating a domestic violence accountability program in the community and in the local correctional center and providing support to violence prevention and healthy-living programming in two local high schools. There in Juneau, Marcelo was an active member of the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary parish, assisting the leading of the high school Youth Group and participating in Lenten and Music ministries.
Marcelo met his wife, Kathleen, in community during their JVCNW year. In the years following JVCNW and preceding entrance into MKLM, Marcelo worked as a youth and family mental health support worker in Greater Boston's Metro West area, as a stay-at-home dad, as a rough carpenter, as a student assistance provider at a middle and high school, and as a volunteer firefighter in northern New Hampshire. He also volunteered as a grammar school soccer coach, junior ski program group leader, and played trumpet for holiday services at Our Lady of the Mountains parish in North Conway, NH. Marcelo and Kathleen started their family in the White Mountains, where Cecilia was born in 2013, and Maëlle was born in 2015.


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A teenage Ballinderry girl who has battled against a brain tumour and raised over £100,000 for charity has been recognised by the Prime Minister.
David Cameron named 18-year-old Danielle McGriskin, who helped raise £136,000 for brain tumour charities, as a Point of Light award winner.
As well as setting up the Danielle McGriskin Fund, she inspired thousands through her blog called 'Danielle's Journey,' where she writes about her experiences of living with her brain tumour and hydrocephalus.
The blog has had over 39,000 hits since 2013.
Through her inspiring story, others have organised marathons, a May ball, dragon boat races, tough mudder challenges and many more events have been completed to raise vital funds and awareness.
Danielle said, "It is a great honour and privilege to have been nominated and to receive the Point of Light award from the Prime Minister.
"Finding out about the devastation brain tumours cause, inspired me to share my journey and set up my supporter group.
"I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has followed my personal journey and for helping to raise vital funds for research into brain tumours."
A Point of Light awards recognises outstanding individuals who are making a change in their community and inspiring others.
Each day, someone, somewhere in the country is selected to receive the award to celebrate their remarkable achievements.
It was in July 2010 when Danielle was diagnosed with a brain tumour and hydrocephalus (water on the brain),
Shortly after her diagnosis Danielle started to fundraise for research into brain tumours and raised more than £136,000 for The Brain Tumour Charity.
She founded The Danielle McGriskin Fund, the first group to be set up in Northern Ireland with the Brain Tumour Charity.
She did this while still suffering from the symptoms of her brain tumour, hydrocephalus and undergoing numerous operations and a course of radiotherapy.
Danielle created wristbands labelled with her motto 'Stay Strong, Keep Positive... Always.'
Hundreds of wristbands have been sold so far, with all profits going to The Brain Tumour Charity.
Danielle has also organised events, from a Fashion Show and concert to events held in schools across the community.
In 2014 in recognition of her efforts she was selected by The Brain Tumour Charity to be one of their young ambassadors.
The Money raised through the charity will support awareness of brain tumours through the HeadSmart Campaign and UK Research Projects accredited by AMRC Peer Review.


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- In the past decade, demand for emotional, pastoral, and other support for veterans returning from the Middle East war zone, as well as their families, has escalated dramatically. In today's military environment, service members and their families are experiencing an unprecedented number of extended deployments. The average deployment for an active duty soldier is approximately 12 to 15 months and 18 months for members of the U.S. Army Reserve and Army National Guard. Soldiers are experiencing multiple deployments with little time in between which can be a particularly stressful time for soldiers and their families, as they prepare for deployments, cope with the separation, and deal with unexpected challenges upon return. The local community is particularly important for members of the reserve component and veterans who are often miles away from the traditional military resources offered on a military installation. This study reviewed literature on concepts, strategies and programs involved in addressing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for returning combat veterans. The researcher reviewed current studies on military and religious PTSD programs. Using case study methodology, this study examined the emotional, social, religious, family, health and financial impacts of war on veterans who experienced PTSD and their experiences in obtaining pastoral care and counseling from their religious institution(s). Interviews were conducted with ten military personnel who have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder or anxiety disorder as a result of their combat experiences. Veterans selected included active and inactive military from four wars, in which the United States was engaged. Research questions examined the motivation for participants to seek pastoral care for their PTSD and the extent to which participants felt their needs were met. Impact of participating in an "undeclared war" and its influence on participants' lives was also examined. Major findings of the study revealed that:
- Veterans have spiritual wounds that have eroded their capacity to trust.
- Early in these young recruits' military career, they are trained to feel and be physically fit. Nonetheless, basic training cannot prepare them for the reality and/or terror they encounter when engaging in combat.
- The stress of constantly engaging enemy troops and the fear of being engaged is often horrific. Memories of such warfare are agonizing.
- When soldiers return from combat, often the impact of their experiences is time-delayed. This causes confusion and results in confusion for both the soldiers and their families.
- There are limited (often none) resources for veterans living away from military bases.
- A pastor, viewed as God's representative, may not be well-received.
- Nevertheless, the fact that clergy do represent a possible source for reconnection with God provides an opportunity to accepting veterans in the midst of their doubt, cynicism, and self-loathing.
Recommended Citation
Jackson, Eric D. Sr., "Bridging the gap between Sunday in the combat zone and Sunday at home" (2012). ETD Collection for AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library. 337.
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Theme: There has to be a better way - living more humanly
In the times we are living through the call for spiritual leadership has been heard with growing frequency but without much sign so far of its being effectively met. Nevertheless the cry is being made in all sincerity. It comes from a deeply felt concern that the way our society has gone in our lifetime has become dire not just for ourselves but even more so for the next generation. Is it possible to bring about a radical change in our prevailing thinking and attitudes that will move us towards a shift in our own evaluation of what life is about and how it should be lived?
The area of faith and prayer is still the area in most urgent need of renewal in an Ireland increasingly disenchanted with current religious expression and practice. The Irish church has been characterised by devotionalism and sentimentality, and this has created patterns in the Irish mind: lay people have come to believe that the devotional way is the way to heaven. There is a need to develop a spirituality, to have a gospel-based dynamic clearly visible as being in fidelity to the example of Christ. A gospel-based witnessing community would engage with contemporary issues and challenges, and this must result in more positive growth in our society towards what is truly human.
More attention is needed to "secular spirituality", a spirituality that deals directly with the world which God so loved. This spirituality will be in dialogue with science and technology, with daily work, skilled and unskilled, recognised and unrecognised, with the environment, and with the political, economic and social life of our democratic State.
It has been said that the real challenges to the Irish Church are in the areas of faith and theology as they face a powerful social and cultural interrogation. For many, the Church is not longer credible in that many of its teachings, especially its attitudes to sexuality, and its priorities such as the maintenance of existing structures, do not connect with the lives of people today, do not help them to know Christ nor assist them to act in good conscience in complex situations. There is a need for serious interchange and debate between the major themes of Christian faith such as creation, incarnation, redemption and resurrection and the major strands of current cultural life in science, politics, the arts, the media etc.
Spiritual leadership is not just for the ordained; every baptised person has a call and a mission. The mission is to live and to spread the gospel. That means they have potentially at least, the call to leadership.
The following points will be considered at the Conference:
- Leadership is for everybody - not just for ordained people.
- Leadership and the exercise of gifts and charisms is always from within the community of the Church.
- Leadership is for the common good - it is to promote the dignity and well-being of every human person.
- The Christian community is called by its participation in the Eucharist to share its beliefs, its wisdom, and its material goods.
The Conference will attempt to consider how to shape a spiritual leadership that will give us motive and courage to follow the example of Christ and the gospel values he urged us to accept as necessary if our humanity is to gain its fulfilment.


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These are the things Mumpty loves this week – 21/11/2014
♥ Lime Crime Velvetine – Red Velvet – get on mah lips!
I ran out of my Red Velvet Velvetine ages ago and it has been out of stock all round the world for SOOOOOO long! Anyway … it has finally become available again and as soon as I saw the notification I was on my little computer shopping away like crazy! As we speak my Red Velvet is winging its way to my eager little lips! Squeeeeee! I love this stuff so much – it is the most stay-onny lip stuff ever (I'm not sure what to call it – it's not really a lipstick, it's not a gloss and it's oh-so-much more than a stain.) Anyway … I wrote a review about it here. But if you don't have time to read it – here's a summary: buy some! I got mine from www.makeup.co.nz
♥ Betsey Johnson Hearts & Lockets necklace
Isn't this fab?! Another gorgeous Betsey piece to add to my collection. Her jewellery is always such happy, funky stuff and the quality is great – especially for the price. This one is extra-cool in that all the lockets actually open, meaning I can put photos in them! And I do so love Betsey's trademark packaging of hot pink satin with leopard print accents!
♥ The Ginger Kisses
Sister act, The Ginger Kisses, are one of my most favourite burlesque acts; they're gorgeous, exuberant, funny, sexy, raunchy and talented! As individual performers, they're wonderful, but when they perform together like they did recently in Miss Bettsy Rose Lee's Bountiful Bachelorette Bash, a certain magic happens! Check out their Facebook page here.
♥ My quick-fire Q&A with Teer Wayde
Teer is my pinup idol, so I was SOOOO excited to have her on my blog. So much so that I'm putting her in my MumptyLoves so I can show off again! Click here for the Q&A with Teer.
♥ My crazy burlesque class (and my crazy burlesque teacher!)
One week it's "Cruisy Sexy"; the next it's Bumps & Grinds and walking like ducks (well, that's what it felt like anyway!) What happens at burlesque, stays at burlesque right?! Well not really actually – I have a lot of laughs practicing at home some weeks! Anyway … this week's class was one of my favourites ever … a crazy, funny, sexy combination of bumps, grinds and struts … my three favourite burlesque things! Oh … and here is my burlesque teacher, Ms Tittle Tattle, featuring in our local newspaper. Isn't she gorgeous?!
♥ Coffee
Because … yum! And the good thing about coffee is that although it's awesome all by itself; it's so often enjoyed in the company of friends and family, and that is just cool.
And to round up MumptyLoves again this week … the Louboutins!
These are the Pigalle Plato's from the Spring 2013 collection. These would be FABULOUS to have in one's wardrobe, doesn't one think? So very versatile with the red AND the hot pink!
What are your favourite things this week?
Enjoy …


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Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II
List Entry Number: 1055315
Date first listed: 25-Feb-1987
Statutory Address: FIRS FARMHOUSE
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Statutory Address: FIRS FARMHOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish: Stoke upon Tern
National Grid Reference: SJ 65670 26380
7/102 Firs Farmhouse
Farmhouse. Early to mid-C17 with mid-to late C18 addition. Timber framed with painted brick nogging on brick plinth, partly rebuilt in brick with painted imitation framing. Red brick addition. Plain tile roof. Framing: small square panels (3 from sole plate to wall plate) with short corner braces and long straight tension braces. T-plan. Baffle-entry hall range of 3 framed bays at right angle to road with C18 cross wing to west. One storey and attic with 2 storey cross wing. South front: central timber framed gabled eaves dormer with C20 two-light wooden casement. Hall range with large brick ridge stack off-centre to right and stack in front of ridge off- centre to left. Cross wing with plat bands, toothed-brick eaves cornice, parapeted gable ends with moulded stone kneelers, and integral brick end stack to front. Hall range with 3-window front; C20 three-light wooden casements. Door between first and second windows from left with 4 raised and fielded panels. C17 two-storey timber framed and brick gabled porch with first-floor 3-light wooden casement, segmental-arched entrance and segmental-arched side openings with splat balusters. Boarded door between first and second windows from left. Return of cross wing with C20 two-light wooden casements. Rear of cross wing with C20 two-light wooden casements and blind attic window. Interior not inspected.
Listing NGR: SJ6567026380
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System number: 260258
Legacy System: LBS
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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Starting today, and running through the 60-day legislative session, members will receive the CAWV Legislative Bulletin every Monday morning. The bulletin contains legislation and activities that will affect contractors, subcontractors and suppliers.
Members will be asked to contact their legislators on issues affecting the construction industry. Members will receive Legislative Alerts during the session detailing the issues and containing contact information. A list of House and Senate members with their contact information and committees will be sent in next week's Legislative Bulletin.
"Last July, West Virginia became the first state to use the Qualified School Construction Bonds statewide, which is letting us build or improve dozens of schools at a much lower cost," Governor Joe Manchin said in his sixth "State of the State" address. "We currently have $540 million in ongoing school construction -- the largest amount in the history of the School Building Authority, but much more needs to be done," he told members of the legislature on Wednesday, opening the regular session for 2010. "I am asking the Legislature to give the SBA more borrowing flexibility. This will not increase our debt limit, but will allow us to create a steady revenue stream and provide safer schools and more construction jobs at cheaper bond rates."
The governor continued, touting the impact that construction has on the state's potential for economic development. "When we build a school, construct a road, install a water line or expand broadband and wireless technology, we are creating a lasting impact," he said, noting that West Virginia is a top state for utilizing stimulus money for highways, water and sewer lines. "We are working hard with limited resources and have planned an aggressive construction program for 2010."
Governor Manchin told attendees that the WV Division of Highways has the most projects ongoing since the interstates were first built noting that, "this year marks the 10th consecutive year we have budgeted over a billion state and federal dollars for our roads. Last year, we opened half of Corridor H, advanced sections of U.S. 35, Route 9, Route 10, the Coalfields Expressway, the Mon/Fayette Expressway, the King Coal Highway and the Fairmont Gateway Connector, to name just a few. We are constructing more than 80 miles of four-lane highway."
He also discussed the state's Clean Water Revolving Fund, which is ranked among the top in the nation. "Last year alone, we funded 18 different projects to provide wastewater treatment for an additional 12,400 West Virginians."
Except for the school bonds, the governor did not propose any new funding mechanism to fund infrastructure projects. There is some indication that existing highway user fees may be modified which would increase funding for secondary road improvements.
To view the full speech visit http://www.wvgov.org/sec.aspx?id=117.
Gov. Manchin has introduced S.B. 229 and H.B. 4041. The bills would allow the School Building Authority to have up to $500 million in bonds outstanding at any given time. The current statute gives the SBA authority to issue in the aggregate $500 million. The SBA is nearing the $500 million aggregate amount. This bill gives SBA the authority to continue to sell bonds as old bond issues are retired. The SBA was formed in 1989 and no one recalls why the statute was written to cap school construction bonds at the $500 million level, especially since the SBA has a dedicate revenue source to retire the bonds.
A number of bills from last year's legislative session are carry-over bills this year. Included are bills to either eliminate or recalculate the state's prevailing wage rate, requiring contractors to submit a list of their subcontractors to owners two hours after bid opening, providing an employee the right to decline work more than forty hours in a workweek, requiring contractors awarded a state public works construction work to meet the time restrictions for completion and verifying the legal employment status of workers. The bills, all House bills, are noted below.
A bill requiring contractors performing public works construction projects to show that at least 75 percent of the workers on a project over $500,000 have health insurance, which has been defeated in previous sessions, was introduced this week and referred to the House Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business Committee, then Finance Committee. H.B. 2425http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_History.cfm?input=2438&year=2007&sessiontype=rs&btype=bill is sponsored by Delegates Don Perdue, D-Wayne, Bobbie Hatfield, D-Kanawha, and Mike Caputo, D-Marion. The CAWV cites a number of reasons why the legislation is not necessary or constitutional.
House and Senate bills can be accessed from the CAWV's Legislative home page at www.cawv.org/legislative.html. Members can view status updates on bills of interest to the construction industry and see what legislation is introduced that affects the construction industry. A summary of each day's activities will be uploaded each afternoon.
Below is a list of bills that have been introduced this week that have an impact on the construction industry or some CAWV members. Anyone needing further information can contact Mike Clowser at (304) 342-1166 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
HB 2016 Del. Sumner-Providing for removal and election of Public Service Commissioners-To Government Organization then Judiciary
HB 2050 Del. Craig and Morgan-Expanding the counties covered by West Virginia Route 2 and Interstate 68 Authority to include Cabell, Mason and Jackson counties; and increasing the number of members-To Government Organization-[Local Bill]
HB 2062 Del. Blair, Overington and Miller, J.-Giving the owners of newly constructed homes a ten-year grace period before connection to a newly installed sewer line is mandatory (FN)-To Judiciary then Finance
HB 2113 Del. Rodighiero and Eldridge-Providing overtime pay for all employees who are required to work holidays regardless if the holiday hours are in excess of forty hour workweek (FN)-To Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business then Finance
HB 2129 Del. Martin, Argento and Rowan-Requiring bids under state contract to disclose the location of work performed or risk state termination of the contract-To Government Organization
HB 2143 Del. Shaver and Williams-Dedicating a portion of the receipts from the tax on food products to be distributed equally to each district of the Division of Highways (FN)-To Roads and Transportation then Finance
HB 2247 Del. Caputo and Martin-Providing an employee the right to decline to work more than forty hours in a workweek- To Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business then Judiciary
HB 2262 Del. Shook-Making it a misdemeanor to file a frivolous lawsuit-To Judiciary
HB 2274 Del. Shook-relating to the distribution of the State Treasurer's "Road Fund" (FN)-To Finance
HB 2321 Del. Caputo, Longstreth and Manchin-Extending the alternative-fuel motor vehicle tax credit for ten years and making the credit retroactive from expiration date of the initial credit (FN)-To Finance
HB 2378 Del. Hatfield, Caputo, Walters, Martin, Argento and Perdue-Relating to the removal of the exemption for government employees performing electrical work on government property from having to possess an electrician's license-To Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business then Government Organization
HB 2425 Del. Hatfield, Perdue, Caputo-Requiring employers to provide health insurance to employees working on public improvement project (FN)-To Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business then Finance
HB 2427 Del. Caputo, Talbott and Hatfield-Requiring contractors awarded state public works construction projects to meet time restrictions for the completion of the public works construction project-To Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business then Government Organization
HB 2462 Del. Martin and Schoen-Authorizing county commissions to adopt and enforce noise abatement ordinances-To Political Subdivisions then Judiciary
HB 2476 Del. Miller, C., Ashley, Porter, Sumner, Carmichael and Sobonya-Reducing the corporate net income tax to five point nine percent effective the first day of July, two thousand nine (FN)-Ton Finance
HB 2521 Del. Williams, Shaver, Perry, Michael, Hartman and Sumner-Reducing the wholesale tax on heating fuel, off road fuels, kerosene and propane used for home heating purposes or off road use (FN)-To Agriculture then Finance
HB 2571 Del. Guthrie-Relating to privatization contracts-To Government Organization then Judiciary
HB 2632 Del. Porter and Sumner-Modifying the West Virginia Parkways, Economic Development and Tourism Authority's power to charge tolls and issue bonds (FN)-To Government Organization then Finance
HB 2634 Del. Craig, Michael, Armstead and Azinger-Relating to limitations for certain asbestos exposure claims-To Judiciary
HB 2751 Del. Schadler, Rowan, Evans, Azinger and Overington-Exempting nonprofit corporations from paying prevailing wages in certain circumstances-To Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business then Judiciary
HB 2768 Del. Overington, Schadler, Cowles, Miller, J., Andes, Blair, Shott, Carmichael and McGeehan-Exempting construction performed on behalf of educational authorities from prevailing wage requirements-To Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business then Judiciary
HB 2784 Del. Overington, Blair, Carmichael, Schadler, Andes and Miller, Jr.-Establishing prevailing hourly rates to be used in connection with the construction of public improvements-To Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business then Judiciary
HB 2800 Del. Klempa, Swartzmiller and Stephens-Updating the requirements for a new subdivision to access a road in the State Highway System,-To Roads and Transportation then Industry
HB 2809 Del. Sumner, Miller, C., and Sobonya-Exempting all gallons of gasoline and propane gas for any church, religious sect, society or denomination from the excise tax
HB 2844 Del. Ellem and Poling, D.-relating to the adoption of the 2008 National Electric Code-To Government Organization
HB 2871 Del. Moye, Barker, Poling, M., Stephens, Campbell, Schoen, Rodighiero, Poling, D. And Aregento-Verifying legal employment status of workers-To Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business then Judiciary
HB 2909 Del. Cowles-Exempting certain construction projects performed on behalf of county or municipal governments from the prevailing wage laws-To Political Subdivisions then Judiciary
HB 2917 Del. Guthrie-Giving full consideration to bicycle, pedestrian and transit ways in the planning, development of state roads, railways and waterways-To Roads and Transportation then Finance
HB 2923 Del. Klempa, Givens, Martin, Argento, Swartzmiller, Walker, Manypenny and Poling, D.-Requiring the disclosure of subcontractors within a certain time of the close of bids for public construction contracts-To Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business then Government Organization
HB 2997 Del. Louisos-Requiring Commissioners of the public service commission to be elected-To Government Organization then Judiciary
HB 3009 Del. Cowles-Changing the definition of "construction" to only include projects whose total costs are more than $200,000 in the prevailing wage law-To Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business then Government Organization
HB 3061 Del. Ross-Increasing the spending limits on contracts involving the expenditure by a public service district for construction work or for the purchase of equipment and improvements, without seeking competitive bids-To Judiciary then Finance
HB 3149 Del. Overington, Blair, Duke, Miller, J. And Lawrence-Changing the board members of public service districts terms from six years to three years-To Political Subdivisions then Judiciary
HB 3157 Del. Williams and Shaver-Relating to allowing a county board of education to enter into lease-purchase agreements and allowing the School Building Authority to provide one-time grants to a county board of education for that purpose-To Education then Finance
HB 3280 Del. Poling, M. And Paxton-relating to higher education capital facilities-To Education then Finance-[Interim Bill]
HB 3326 Del. Ross and Hartman-Relating to existing National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits-To Natural Resources then Judiciary
HB 4028 Mr. Speaker (Mr. Thompson) and Del. Armstead [By Request of the Executive]-Updating the meaning of federal taxable income and certain other terms used in the West Virginia Corporation Net Income Tax Act-To Finance
HB 4030 Mr. Speaker (Mr. Thompson) and Del. Armstead [By Request of the Executive]-Updating the meaning of federal adjusted gross income and certain other terms used in the West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act-To Finance
HB 4031 Mr. Speaker (Mr. Thompson) and Del. Armstead [By Request of the Executive]-Providing flexibility in the West Virginia public school support plan for funding regional education service agencies-To Education then Finance
HB 4041 Mr. Speaker (Mr. Thompson) and Del. Armstead [By Request of the Executive]-Authorizing the School Building Authority to issue bonds in the maximum aggregate amount of $500 million outstanding at any time-To Education then Finance
SB 10 Sen. Jenkins-Transferring certain cash balances between funds administered by Commissioners of Highways-To Finance
SB 12 Sen. McCabe-Relating to regional water and wastewater authorities (FN)-To Government Organization then Finance
SB 20 Sen. Sypolt-Relating to surveying services' procurement-To Government Organization
SB 21 Sen Sypolt-Relating to land surveryor's liability on railroad property-To Judiciary
SB 30 Sen. Barnes-Calculating prevailing wage on federally funded construction projects-To Labor then Finance
SB 40 Sen. Jenkins-Expanding counties covered by Route 2 and Interstate 68 Authority-To Transportation and Infrastructure then Government Organization
SB 69 Sen. McCabe-Creating Energy Efficient Building Act (FN)-To Transportation and Infrastructure then Finance
SB 70 Sen. McCabe-Relating to municipalities and counties issuing bonds- To Government Organization then Finance
SB 91 Sen. Williams-Reducing certain fuels' wholesale tax (FN)-To Finance
SB 101 Sen. White-Prohibiting certain water pollution control permits (FN)- To Energy, Industry and Mining then Judiciary then Finance
SB 117 Sen. Stollings-Establishing Innovative Highway Projects Pilot Program-To Transportation and Infrastructure then Finance
SB 129 Sen. Guills-Relating to small, women and minority-owned businesses-To Judiciary
SB 142 Sen. Jenkins-Creating Asbestos Claims Transparency Act-To Judiciary then Finance
SB 161 Sen. K. Facemyer-Creating Asbestos Claims Transparency Act-To Judiciary then Finance
SB 163 Sen. McCabe-Authorizing issuance of revenue bonds for public projects-To Government Organization then Finance
SB 181 Sen. Caruth-Relating to land development ordinances-To Economic Development then Government Organization
SB 182 Sen. Caruth-Terminating tolls on Turnpike-Transportation and Infrastructure then Finance
SB 184 Sen. McCabe-Creating WV Energy Efficient Buildings Program-To Transportation and Infrastructure then Finance
SB 212 Sen. Plymale, Wells, Oliverio, Helmick, Boley, Tomblin (Mr. President), Unger, Green, Foster, Hall, White, Edgell, Stollings, Browning and Laird-Relating to higher education capital facilities (IB)-To Education then Finance
SB 214 Sen. Tomblin (Mr. President) and Caruth [By Request of the Executive]-Updating certain terms in Corporation Net Income Tax Act-To Finance
SB 226 Sen. Sypolt-Revising Board of Examiners of Land Surveyors' qualifications standards-To Government Organization
SB 229 Sen. Tomblin (Mr. President) and Caruth [By Request of the Executive]-Authorizing School Building Authority to issue certain outstanding bonds-To Education then Finance


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The Gulfstream G100, formerly known as the Astra SPX, is an Israel Aircraft Industries-manufactured twin-engine business jet, now produced for Gulfstream Aerospace. The United States Air Force designation for the G100 is C-38 Courier.
Design and development
Astra evolved from the Rockwell Jet Commander aircraft, for which IAI had purchased the manufacturing license in 1968, and the IAI Westwind. Astra later evolved into the Galaxy (later the Gulfstream G200) business jet during the 1990s.
Work on an improved Westwind began in the early 1980s, with the first prototype flight on March 19, 1984. The first production Astra flew in March 1985, FAA certification came in August 1985 and customer deliveries started in 1986.
The original 1125 Astra was replaced in by the Astra SP, announced in 1989 of which 37 were built. The third variant, Astra SPX, flew in August 1994. This variant was renamed G100 from September 2002 following Gulfstream's acquisition of Galaxy Aerospace, which held the Astra certifications, in May 2001. IAI builds G100s in Israel and then flies the completed airframes the United states for interior outfitting.
In September 2002 Gulfstream announced the improved G150, based on the G100. This new variant was due in 2005.
The C-38 Courier is currently in use by the United States Air Force with the 201st Airlift Squadron at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. The C-38 has replaced the earlier C-21 Learjet. The C-38 differs from the standard Gulfstream G100, featuring US military-grade GPS, Tactical Air Navigation, UHF and VHF secure command radio, and Identification friend or foe system.
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Specifications (Gulfstream G100)
General characteristics
- Payload: 3,291 lb (1,496 kg)
- Length: 55 ft 7 in (16.96 m)
- Wingspan: 54 ft 7 in (16.64 m)
- Height: 18 ft 2 in (5.54 m)
- Empty weight: 14,400 lb (6,531 kg)
- Loaded weight: 24,800 lb (11,249 kg)
- Useful load: 885 lb (401 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 24,650 lb (11,181 kg)
- Powerplant: 2× Honeywell TFE731-40R-200G turbofans, 4,250 lbs each
- Never exceed speed: Mach .875
- Maximum speed: 472 kts
- Cruise speed: 460 kts
- Range: 2,700 / 2,950 mi (IFR/VFR) (5,465 / 6,034 km)
- Service ceiling 45,000 ft (13,716 m)
- Fuel capacity: 9,365 lb (4,247 kg)
- Price: US$ 11,750,000


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This adorable lamp with shade was purchased at a hobby store.
The base was sprayed green.
The shade came with lower beaded edge; however there are many beads by the yard sold very inexpensively so you could add your own.
The topper was made of the mini ladder ribbon yarn. We often have some of this yarn for sale in various colors.
To make this lamp topper (or a garter, think weddings and proms) measure around the circumference of the lamp shade.
Place rods into My Own Fringemaker in the holes that will yield the drop length desired. The closer together the shorter the drop length, the further apart the longer the fringe drop length.
Stitch elastic onto header, holding the yarn [fringe] slightly taught the length of the fringe to keep fringe from gathering up.
Place the garter onto the lamp shade.
Optional: Hide header stitching like I did. Add a little glue to header stitching and wind a couple of the yarn strings over the stitching to hide the stitching. I used glue that dries clear.
HINT: Create a lamp topper in school colors and use as a fund raiser! Or change it out seasonally for a fresh look.
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We have had a mixed year, lots of activities, games and days out with the girls. I have struggled with help for a year as I don't have an assistant guider. In June last year I was joined by Tony, a retired teacher who had helped at a pack in Oxted for several years. He has been great with the girls and a tremendous help to me. Running a pack on your own isn't easy, especially with a young family.
We have recently joined with the Chaldon pack for a weekend away which was tiring but fun!!
Looking forward to more activities over the summer.
Claire Wilson
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Favourite movie speeches
I'm in rather a film mood at the moment.
What's your favourite? Two for me:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=eRVm_TAE24A SLJ in Pulp Fiction
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=U5ACYu_ZNNA Quint in Jaws
I think that
speech nearly made me cry last time I saw it. HOW LAME.
Pacino's speech in both Sent of a Woman and
The Devil's Advocate
It's here!
Also Scent of a Woman:
The Devil's Advocate speech
is the most out of context thing in any film ever
god damn it.
when i saw the thread title i was ready to leap in and say 'the ezekiel 25:17 scene from pulp fiction must not be mentioned because it's too darn obvious'.
so what if it's obvious?
still a mint scene.
'always be closing' in glengarry glen ross
^ this
Also the rant that Pacino directs at Spacey.
i cant remember his argument
but i bet it is WRONG
During the revolutionary period,
loads of waiters in Moscow and St Petersberg went out on strike because they were angry at receiving tips, which they saw as demeaning.
computer says no
sum up
"i don't tip because society tells me to, i tip if someone really is something special.
You don't tip someone in McDonald's but they're pretty much doing the same job. Why does society tell us to not tip these people over here, but tip these people over there? It's for the birds. If she doesn't get paid enough, she can quit"
I've tipped twice before, because the service was genuinely excellent. Aside from that, they're doing their job. I didn't get tipped when i was young and working in WHSmith and spent 15 minutes running all over the place finding their David fucking Pelzer book for them.
1. people in McDonalds are not doing the same job. They are operating tills and putting food on trays.
2. When somebody is paying £3 for a meal, and they have a relationship with the McDonalds employee for about 90 seconds, there is no reason to leave a tip.
3. Most McDonalds staff will be on more money than your average waiter/waitress.
4. You won't have worked under anything like the pressure people who wait tables work under in WHSmiths. This is a fact. You won't have had to work until 1 or 2 in the morning (or possibly later), done a 14 hour shift, or broken sweat for more than about 6 hours per year.
5. I have some sympathy with people saying "why should I tip when the service wasnt all that?". Fair enough if it was terrible and it was the waiter's fault. NOT FAIR if the food took too long (in your opinion). NOT FAIR if you didn't especially like the food. NOT FAIR if the waiter did everything right, but you just didn't notice that he did. The reason you had a really good time was down to the fact that he/she has been working fucking hard and knows his/her job inside out, and the reason you didn't notice him/her doing it is because he/she is fucking good at it.
6. "Aside from that they're just doing their job". Yes, but in many cases a waiter's wage will depend on their tips. They may be paid a wage of about £1.80 p/h, effectively a retaining fee, and their wages over and above that will depend on tips. The night that they are really really busy and don't spend 15 licking your arse while your party places the most annoyingly complex and off-menu order should not be the night that they get paid less as a reward.
7. "If she doesn't get paid enough, she can quit". It is a skilled job and very hard labour to boot. If you didn't like your job in WHSmiths, you should have become a waiter because its harder work, and you get paid more. Farily.
8. For anyone who has ever worked in catering/service industry, these are self evident truths.
LOL i thought that was still Mr Pink talking about working in Smiths
Sorry, for a moment i thought i was unaware of the workings of the job
and forgot all about my time waiting at a place in Glasgow. I have had plenty experience in the service industry, so my stance on tipping isn't down to naivety.
If people dislike the pressures of waiting so damn much and think they deserve an added tip they should go and work in McDonalds then, if, like you say, the wages are better. I pay the prices that are listed on the menu; i don't go into a shop and expect to pay more for the product i've taken up, so restaurants is no different.
Waiting is hardly a strenuous job, and in the UK where minimum wage exists, you're fucked if i'm paying extra because society says i should.
i dont know where you waited or for how long
but you had it easy if it wasnt strenuous.
and im not saying I hated it. I actually liked it. enough to do it for two years anyway.
I dont feel bitter about the conditions or the wages I recieved. I think people should get paid more by employers, but I was generally happy with and grateful for the tips I recieved. The only people I'm railing against are the stingy, ungrateful arseholes who like to make a point of not tipping because it gives some kind of moral front to their totally-lacking-in-empathy cold, black hearts.
i don't not tip for those reasons, i just don't because i don't see why i should.
I'm polite and courteous to the staff, but that's my nature - i'm not going to tip because they return the courtesy of being polite.
i often did 10am - 4pm, 10pm - 4am double shifts (doubled as a bar), people were cunts - including the management - and i hated it.
But i don't now, nor did i then, think i was due some sort of bonus. I chose to work there, i knew what the wage was and what the job was, so i accepted it and quit when i decided i didn't like it any more.
5 months.
We're not going to change one another's opinion, so hey
ty enough experience in 5 months i think; i just don't see the need to
continue making points when we're clearly not in agreement whatsoever with one another and i don't see anyone benefiting from the other's opinion
i know, i didnt mean your argument malfunctioned
just the argument we were having
plus, it is never the waiter that makes a decent meal for me.
It's the food and environment. Someone bringing me a bottle of wine and then cleaning up some plates and carrying them to the kitchen and then asking how my food is, taking a card payment and giving me my jacket doesn't mean i should give them a tip: it's their job
i 100% agree
the further we stay away from the tipping culture they have in america the better.
I think the implication in the film is that Mr. Pink is wrong
because he's a little pussy creep.
but it was made in America, where waitresses actually do get paid less.
In the UK that doesn't really happen. I don't tip someone in Fopp for selling me CDs, so i don't see why i should tip someone for carrying a plate from the kitchen for me
If you're defining the similarities purely on 'customer service'
then that means that I do the same job as a waiter, only in a slightly different environment. And I most certainly don't.
ok, an example:
Fopp: ask for CD // check computer // runs around the shop hunting down CD for me // not on shop floor so checks stockroom // fights off loads of people asking questions on the shop floor because they already have a customer // finds CD // charges me for it
Restaurant: takes an order // puts order into kitchen // collects order from kitchen and brings to table // clears plates // charges me for it
that one in deep impact
where the guy just says "...but the waters receeded" and the end of everything he says
Peter Finch in Network
and Rutger Hauer (?) in Blade Runner
I've seen things you wouldn't believe, attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion etc etc
The whole of Gladiator and 300
because I am a man
In Bruges
Ken: Harry, let's face it. And I'm not being funny. I mean no disrespect, but you're a cunt. You're a cunt now, and you've always been a cunt. And the only thing that's going to change is that you're going to be an even bigger cunt. Maybe have some more cunt kids.
Harry: [furious] Leave my kids fucking out of it! What have they done? You fucking retract that bit about my cunt fucking kids!
Ken: I retract that bit about your cunt fucking kids.
Harry: Insult my fucking kids? That's going overboard, mate!
Ken: I retracted it, didn't I?
this one x100
plus the pacino speech in any given sunday i think it is.
Right now, poised at the edge of the galaxy, Emperor Zurg has been secretly building a weapon with the destructive capacity to annihilate an entire planet! I alone have information that reveals this weapon's only weakness. And you, my friend, are responsible for delaying my rendezvous with Star Command!
Orson Welles
in Third Man. Amazing.
Listen here pandejo...
You pull any of your crazy shit with me, you flash your piece out on the lanes...
I take it away from you, I shove it up yo ass and pull the trigger til it goes CCCCLICK!
Nobody fucks with the JESUS!"
"8 year olds Dude"
"That" monologue


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This recipe is for 250 grams (about 1/2 pound) of edamame. This will make a good size appetizer for 2~3 adults.
Although you can make edamame as salty or salt-free as you'd like, for a half pound of edamame, 2 tablespoons of salt is average.
(1) Wash the edamame in cold water just before preparing.
(2) Snip off the ends of the pods to allow the salt water to soak in better.
(3) Rub with about 1/4 of the salt (1.5 teaspoons). This opens up the pods slightly, allowing the salt to soak in and the taste to improve. You can set the edamame aside for 1 hour for a deeper flavor to develop, or boil it right away.
(4) Bring 1 quart of water to boiling and add the remaining salt.
Add the edamame and boil for 3.5 to 5 minutes. When boiled for more than 5 minutes, the amino acids in the edamame begin to break down and escape, destroying the natural "umami" of the beans.
After 3 minutes, we recommend removing a pod from the boiling water to check doneness. Edamame should be "al dente," slightly soft but still firm and crunchy.
(5) Drain the edamame in a colander.
(6) It is necessary to cool the edamame as quickly as possible, but using cold water will wash off the salty flavor and result in a watery taste.
The Japanese spread the beans out on the counter or on a cooling rack and cool them with a small fan for a couple of minutes, and we've found this gets the best results.
(7) Although amount of salt used in rubbing and boiling should be enough to adequately season the edamame, you can sprinkle more salt on top if you like a saltier taste.
(8) Boiled edamame can be served warm or chilled. After boiling, it will keep in the refrigerator for three to four days.