 - Last login: 18 hours agoTania6538
- Margaret is a 42 year old woman from Perth, Scotland, UK.
- Likes 276 pages, 12 videos, 14 photos • 14 fans • Received 3 reviews
- Member since Jun 17, 2007
Not a houseaholic or a TV addict - like to get out there and live life - favourite things to do are travelling and going to gigs
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May 2, 4:09pm
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uk.youtube.com/watch [uk.youtube.com/watch]
Well I am afraid I am not very up to speed with putting you tube clps on my blog but I hope if you click on the above link you will see Marc Bolan performing my favourite T-Rex song.
This X factor caper truly amuses me because really only a very very few people in the musical world are going to have the X factor - Elvis had it, Neil Diamond has it, Mick Jagger has it, David Bowie has it and Marc Bolan most certainly had it!!!!
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May 1, 3:55pm
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I am relieved to see by the vast amounts of fantastic blogs from all over the world on Stumble that there is still much of mankind that appreciates and can communicate the finer things in life.
I am currently undertaking a Health and Safety course run by IOSH and was shocked to hear that managers are encouraged to write procedures etc in "Sun" language as that was the level of literacy the British population could understand. I did not know what this "Sun" language was - so not one afraid of coming forwards - I asked. Oh right - the "Sun" referred to was the "Sun" newspaper. How soul destroying is that???
Not that it should really come as a surprise to me as a 20 year old at my work was very confused recently when a colleague complimented her on looking "studious" She shrieked " and what does that mean?"
Then when I used the word conducive in a converstation with another colleague who was equipped with a BSc, he burst out laughing and asked me if I had made that word up myself as he had never heard it before!
How often do I wish I was Maxine LOL
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http://pics.livejournal.com/brianmn/pic/0000b1yq
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May 1, 3:36pm
6 reviews
humor
•http://pics.livejournal.com/brianmn/p...
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Thank you Stripedtiger71 - this made me laugh out loud!!
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Yemii Pics - OMFG! For me?!?
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May 1, 1:25pm
27 reviews
humor
•http://pics.yemii.com/surprised-mouse...
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Thanks to Yemii for this. I don't usually warm to rodents but in this case I make an exception
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Gidleigh Park - Dinner
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May 1, 12:50pm
1 review
•http://www.gidleigh.com/sample_menus/...
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The said tartlet of Quail LOL
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Apr 28, 4:02pm
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Michelin Stars? My A*** LOL
My youngest daughter asked me tonight what a Michelin Star was. So I explained to her what it was. Then I thought I would show her the website of Michelin "starred" restaurants in Britain to illustrate the standard required of such acclaim. Well talk about the Emporer's new clothes!
Banana Parfait with a lime foam. Lime foam!!!!! Is that no a jelly that hasnae set? My mother wouldn't put that out on the table!!
A tartlet of poached quail's eggs, onion confit, smoked bacon and truffle with roast quail and a light quail jus. Mmm pretentiousness at its best LOL. A tartlet LOL My daughter saw the photo of the said "tartlet". Verdict = yuch gross
Who are these Michelin judges? You check out the Michelin starred restaurants and it is all a ridiculous food fashion. Coincidentally they all seem to serve quail, guinea fowl, John Dory and a variety of tropical fruit parfait.
When I worked in a pub once upon a time - one of the regulars used to frequently remind me that "enough was as good as a feast". How right he was. But for me that "enough" consisted of my Granny's home made potted hough and pickled beetroot, my Dad's home made ice-cream that I can still taste and smell to this day and has never been bettered, my Mum's date and walnut loaf, my children's grandad's Wiener Schnitzel and Vichy Carrots and my children's grannie's meatballs and raspberry pavlova.
So not for me the lure of the Michelin Stars - If anyone is ever in need of a meal in Highland Perthshire - I would strongly recommend the Aileen Chraggan. Food great and service very friendly. If you are in Devon - try the Hoops outside Bideford - food out of this world - setting spectacular - ask for the round table in the window - staff so friendly and such fun and not a foam of lime or a tartlet of quail to be seen!!!
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Apr 22, 1:56pm
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I visited Lanhydrock House - (photo below LOL)at the weekend and would recommend a visit to anyone. It is located near Bodmin in Cornwall and dates from the 17th century.
The Jacobean shell is lined with a Victorian interior due to the house being gutted by fire in 1881 (the year my paternal grandfather was born amazingly enough!!!)and the interior took 4 years to rebuild. The combination works beautifully. The house is stunning yet not the often grotesque over the top show of opulence that many British Stately homes often are guilty of. It is stylish, elegant and homely. It was gifted to the National Trust by the 7th Viscount of Clifden in 1953. At almost £10 for an adult it is pricey but well worth it with 50 rooms to meander through from the many kitchens below stairs through the residential rooms and up to the servants quarters at the very top of the house.
The house is like the Marie Celeste - every room is fully furnished including all the nic nacs and ornaments which would have been there when the family were in residence. The kitchens are still fully kitted out with everything from the massive range with several spits, the crockery down to an implement for making sugar lumps from a sugar loaf.
I was amazed by the kitchens and the variety and quality of menus and food they prepared in these many rooms. There seemed a different room for every different cooking process from baking the bread to smoking the fish.
The servants quarters were particularly impressive. Decent sized cosy rooms with comfy bed and a big comfy chair. They all had a fireplace and by the clothes, books, pictures present in the rooms - it seemed they had a comfortable life.
Top tips I would give though are as follows:
If you have mobility problems do not use the main car park but drive down to the one nearer the house
Do not wear high heels/stilettos as they will make you take them off and wear weird little foam slippers
Give the cafe a miss - the coffee was tasteless and I have it on good authority that the millionaire's shortbread (at £1.95 per slice so probably best being a millionaire to buy it) looked much much better than it tasted
If you think you will visit another three or four National Trust Properties in the year you are probably best buying annual membership rather than paying the £9 odds one off entrance fee to get into Lanhydrock House
Notwithstanding all of the above - please go and see it if you are in the area - it is a fascinating place!!!
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Flickr Photo Download: Lanhydrock House
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Apr 22, 1:39pm
1 review
photography
•http://www.flickr.com/photos/14336147...
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Lanhydrock House
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Apr 21, 1:30pm
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I swiped the Goldfish photo below from Johnshaven (my Mum) so thank you for that. I just thought I would share with you all the fact that it is in fact quite amazing that this fish survived to the age of 4 far or less 20!!
When he was but a water babe of 3 years old - I was staying at my parents with my daughters aged 2 and 1 years old at that time. My Mum and Dad had gone off out for the day probably to escape the chaos LOL and the two cherubs were sitting watching a Disney masterpiece on the TV in the sitting room. The wee goldfish at that time was very happy in his goldfish bowl sitting on top of a corner cabinet in the sitting room. So I took this opportunity to have a wee snooze on the couch - a one and two year old can be quite tiring lol.
The crash, bang, wallop!! The corner cabinet, a stool, Holly (the 2 year old) and the wee fish came crashing to the floor!!. Holly in her infinite wisdom had decided to get a stool to stand upon and reach into the bowl to pat the fish!! Luckily for the fish he landed on a shag pile carpet which kept enough water to keep him alive. As quick as Roger Bannister (LOL) I scooped him up and plunged him into a basin of water in the bathroom sink. What a relief when he started chicaning around the porcelain bowl. I was very thankful it is not only cats who have 9 lives!! So he well and truly deserves his 20th birthday and his big tank in the kitchen. Holly is now 19 and has now learned that you don't pat goldfish LOL
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Goldfish on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
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Apr 21, 1:06pm
1 review
photography
•http://www.flickr.com/photos/14336147...
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