Hm.
Read on, Macduff.
Expense doesn't put people off here.
They will spend no money on a pet other than a couple of quid for the initial purchase.
Feed them all scraps and let cats and dogs forage in the streets at night.
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Read on, Macduff.
Expense doesn't put people off here.
They will spend no money on a pet other than a couple of quid for the initial purchase.
Feed them all scraps and let cats and dogs forage in the streets at night.
Tired hot and annoyed by now, more so, that wifey and i only had 3 ciggies left at home and all 4 of the shops that sell them were mysteriously closed. it's not a holiday, i even asked people if i'd missed something but just got the typically annoying Moroccan shrug or assurances that they might be open later - or not.
So, to buy some prickly pear fruit for Tidgy and head back via the backstreets to buy cigarettes.
The pavement is narrow down on this part of the road, but the road is quite wide,so the barrow of fruit sellers are in the gutter and you walk in the road to see what they sell as the pavements are blocked by cafe tables. There I am waiting while a vendor i know pops the chosen prickly pears into a little bag for me when suddenly a bus pulls up behind me. This is fifty feet or more away from the bus stop it should be at and the crowd waiting there stampede to get on the bus. Moroccans don't queue, they fight to be first in a line. These people also stampede and crush all before them (see the deaths at Mecca on many occasions, or in Morocco a couple of months back when someone saw a mouse and several deaths occurred in the ensuing chaos.
Anyway, one old lady got squished, possibly dead, I'm not certain and I, the fruit cart and it's owner all got knocked flying. Luckily i'd put my bag under the cart, so the glass bottles were okay. But I've got a nicely scraped knee and elbow; a hurt ankle, foot and bruised ball of my right palm. Helped up by passers by who mumbled the usual about animals and 'this is Morocco'. to which i agreed.
Its how it is here. I told them I was alright, thanked them and helped pick up the prickly pears, so i have spines in my hands, too.
Got the pears for Tidgy ate a couple and headed back to find the back street shops have ceased selling cigarettes.
I usually love shopping here.
Heavens Adam, what an awful experience for you! I do hope you aren't too badly hurt, that sort of thing really shakes you up.I was stampeded over on a bus stop when I was a school kid - still have the scars from it - physically and emotionally
You really did have a terrible day but I hope its been a much better day for you today.
Minor scrapes and damaged confidence.
I was stampeded over on a bus stop when I was a school kid - still have the scars from it - physically and emotionally
You really did have a terrible day but I hope its been a much better day for you today.
Trivial really, but a bit scary and embarrassing at the time.
Thanks, Lyn.
You know me, i'm a big baby.
That's very good news, and hopefully she will continue to feel better with each day.Good morning all. I have woken to an iMessage from Mum saying she's had a good night and is feeling much better which is undoubtedly true if she can be bothered to get her iPad out.
Quiet day today, hopefully.
You need a good rest too, bet you feel as if you haven't had a holiday!
Try to have a few quiet days.
You are entitled to be a baby after a shock like that, I would be too.
........maybe a cane with a concealed sword in it! That would teach 'em not to mess with you!!Good morning.
Adam, everyone here it seems is equipped with a handgun.
This is a civilized country, as you know.
I know you don't use a cane, but one could be used as a good defensive weapon.
Actually, i was terribly English (no offence intended) and just calmly got up, helped with the fruit collection and carried out my transaction, saying it was no bother and that I was fine and refusing to cry or show pain or anger.
Only when i finally got home did I blubber to wifey and moan about all my broken limbs and severed blood vessels.
I bought a grape vine for Lola last summer - it's grown back really well after winter. However no grapes yet and Lola won't eat the leaves either!
Make sure you wear your kilt Ed!
...........no need to pack a kilt then!
Who's John Frankly?
....unless I make it and then I have to check if people want one lump or two?Can our British contingent please enlighten me on THEIR "custard?"
Over here in the US, the custard I've had (and love!) is almost always cooked in small, individual cups and although soft, is firmer than mashed potatoes and does NOT pour: it's eaten with a spoon.
The only other custard I've seen here was in a pie.
It sounds as if your custard is loose enough to POUR, and is almost more like a sauce?
Mmmmm treacle tart or apple pie and hot custard poured over it - lovely.
Or cold custard in a trifle or iced slice - delicious!
The inventor of the "Find the Ceiling of the Cold Dark Room Catapult".Who's John Frankly?
He tried it out this morning and hasn't been seen since.
I was hurt next to the prickly pear stall.
Catapult inventor John Frankly has gone missing.
(see the post above this one).
I think I may have already told you about the boyfriend who wanted to cover me in custard, jelly and cream - I told him straight - I won't be trifled with!
With cinnamon
.http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/realpropercustard_65614
For the recipe.
It's liquid when hot and pored on to deserts as a sauce, but when cold it's more jelly (jello?) like and is used to top or fill flans and doughnuts.
Yummy when cold with fish fingers dipped in it.
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I've still got 4 pages to catch up, but I'm so tired I'm going to have to go to bed.
Glad you are feeling better tonight Adam, I'll be back tomorrow to check on you again.
So nos da for now and take care!!
Glad you are feeling better tonight Adam, I'll be back tomorrow to check on you again.
So nos da for now and take care!!
They're a very exciting 4 pages, too.
I get my revenge on an innocent child, hence better now.
See you tomorrow.
Nos da!
Well, I'm feeling a bit peckish, so i'm off to raid Tidgy's food plate and then I shall go to bed.
Nighty night, Roommates, a fun day today has lifted my spirits somewhat.
Nighty night, Roommates, a fun day today has lifted my spirits somewhat.
good mornooning all finally recovered from Saturdays shinanagins! never again until the next time.
I'm back working in Toyota this week, which is brilliant the guys in there are great and I don't have to worry about anything or anyone
finally recovered from Saturdays shinanagins! never again until the next time. I'm back working in Toyota this week, which is brilliant
the guys in there are great and I don't have to worry about anything or anyone
