"What have you eaten" Parallel Chat

[RosemaryJackson]

Good Luck tomorrow Antje.

 

[Annb]

We've just had a first phonecall, both slightly under the influence and very amusing.
A delightful mixture of genuine interest and mild teasing on points of view to see if we can coax the other into taking the bait.
This date is looking more and more interesting!

But first I'll have to survive the second job interview on monday, 10 am.
I'll have the date to look forward to on wednesday.

Evening meal was the third and last day of spicy peanut soup with two small fried chicken eggs and 1/3 of a marinated pork belly strip.

Hope the job interview goes well tomorrow, Antje. Also keeping fingers crossed for an enjoyable date on Wednesday.

 

[Annb]

Breakfast: the last of the stew and sausage with a big dollop of greek yoghurt. Although the sausage made it very tasty, it was much hotter than I had expected. I did expect spicy, of course (it is Nduja after all) but it was Caribbean hot rather than Italian hot. Still pretty good. I'll have to be a bit more sparing with the rest of it.

Salmon mayo for my 2nd meal today.

 

[Antje77]

Good Luck tomorrow Antje.

Hope the job interview goes well tomorrow, Antje. Also keeping fingers crossed for an enjoyable date on Wednesday.

Thanks for your good wishes, I'm really starting to get nervous now, so I'll be happy when it'll be tomorrow 11 am and the interview will be over!

I made a large tub of delicious and very garlicky zaziki yesterday to go with shawarma, onion and mushrooms. (Greek yoghurt, cucumber, garlic, pinch of salt, splash of olive oil.)
The plan was to have the same meal for 3 or 4 days. But I guess I'll have to rethink my plan, all that garlic may not be the best preparation for either a job interview or a first date...

It sounds like something very good! Where did you meet?
Hahaha, the main thing is to look for this person in the police base I watch so many documentaries about maniacs that I feel like I won't be able to meet people soon. Even though I still don't give my address to people I don't know for long time.


What position are you applying for?

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you both days

yesterday I overdid my hypo treatment and barely slept all night trying to get my bg back to normal, and in the morning I didn't change the sensor and allowed my bg to rise to 14 I hate it when that happens.

Ah yes, those lovely nights when diabetes just doesn't play fair.
I hope last night was a better night!

I'll meet Dirk the date at his house at 3 pm, and we've planned to do some sightseeing first. He'll cook us dinner, which will likely involve a bottle of wine so unless I decide I really don't like him before dinner, I'll spend the night at his place as well. Sounds like a perfectly sensible first date to me.
Good thing I'm not afraid of maniacs, I don't even keep my front door locked!

The job I'm applying for is brugwachter (Dutch) or brêgewipper (Friesian) in the city of Leeuwarden. A brugwachter is the person who opens and closes bridges to let ships through.

 

[Zhnyaka]

I hope last night was a better night!

Yes it was, thank you

I'll meet Dirk the date at his house at 3 pm, and we've planned to do some sightseeing first. He'll cook us dinner, which will likely involve a bottle of wine so unless I decide I really don't like him before dinner, I'll spend the night at his place as well. Sounds like a perfectly sensible first date to me.

I'm fighting the urge to ask you to write his address, and if you don't write on Thursday that you're okay, call the Dutch police... My basic trust to the world clearly needs to be corrected

The job I'm applying for is brugwachter (Dutch) or brêgewipper (Friesian) in the city of Leeuwarden. A brugwachter is the person who opens and closes bridges to let ships through.

still something to do with water and travel. Fascinated!

 

[Antje77]

I'm fighting the urge to ask you to write his address, and if you don't write on Thursday that you're okay, call the Dutch police... My basic trust to the world clearly needs to be corrected

I'll be fine, I promise, and I'll report back of course!
I don't think our forum ethos allows me to share his address for privacy reasons. Although it would be an interesting situation to have a Russian woman contact Dutch police on someone because of a forum in the UK!

 

[Zhnyaka]

I'll be fine, I promise, and I'll report back of course!
I don't think our forum ethos allows me to share his address for privacy reasons. Although it would be an interesting situation to have a Russian woman contact Dutch police on someone because of a forum in the UK!

I think I would just ask JoKalsbeek to do it, because at least she speaks Dutch and has the right passport to contact your police but in general, I suddenly realized how common it is for me and my friends to say "text me when you're home" with "goodbye" to each other... On the one hand, it's cute, but on the other, it shows the insecurity of the world. But I would actually send my friend geolocation, the name and description of the person who with I went on a first date with, without knowing him. And I'd take a pepper shaker with me... What little things does life consist of, right?

 

[Antje77]

if you don't write on Thursday that you're okay, call the Dutch police...

I've just let him know he has until thursday to hide the body or Russia will come after him!

I think I would just ask JoKalsbeek to do it, because at least she speaks Dutch and has the right passport to contact your police but in general, I suddenly realized how common it is for me and my friends to say "text me when you're home" with "goodbye" to each other... On the one hand, it's cute, but on the other, it shows the insecurity of the world. But I would actually send my friend geolocation, the name and description of the person who with I went on a first date with, without knowing him. And I'd take a pepper shaker with me... What little things does life consist of, right?

Ouch, yes, the world is a scary place to live in, and it makes us do things we wish we didn't feel were needed.
But I really don't think there's anything to worry about with this particular date. He's very easy to google and I haven't found any red flags.

 

[MrsA2]

Saturday
No early yoga as teacher was away on a yoga retreat!
Skipped breakfast.
Popped into town unsuccessfully
L: 2 egg omelette with loads of ham and some cheese. Shared a protein chocolate with hubby. Add splash of cream and half a very small pear.

Evening out at a wine tasting quiz so drank a lot of both red and white wines. The food was cheeses and pate so easy for me to avoid the bread and crackers

Sunday
Skipped breakfast.
2 hour walk with a friend. So good to see signs of spring everywhere.

3 hours gardening
Late lunch of 3 seed crackers with cream cheese and ham. A sq hm lc brownie with walnuts and ff greek yoghurt

D: steak with carrot and cabbage dressed with chilli and garlic oil. Small coffee ice cream. Red wine

 

[RosemaryJackson]

Morning all. Had a lovely home-cooked lunch yesterday after going out for breakfast with a friend. Then we went to a table-top sale and I bought a never used game of Scrabble and a game of Beetle Drive. Does anyone remember how to play it? At one time, they used to have Beetle Drives but I never went to one. Then we went to Lidl and I bought some Bratwurst sausages. They are very filling. But it was so cold I was pleased to get home.

 

[Antje77]

All your crossed fingers must have worked, the job interview went very well!
I'm likely to hear back from them at the end of the week, and I have a feeling I have a very good chance of being hired. If I am, they'll want me to work on the Vrouwenpoortsbrug in Leeuwarden. This is one of the more interesting bridges: it's narrow and it's placed in a curve in the canal, a very difficult bridge with larger ships, and there's lots of traffic, both on the road and on the water.

 

[Annb]

Morning all. Had a lovely home-cooked lunch yesterday after going out for breakfast with a friend. Then we went to a table-top sale and I bought a never used game of Scrabble and a game of Beetle Drive. Does anyone remember how to play it? At one time, they used to have Beetle Drives but I never went to one. Then we went to Lidl and I bought some Bratwurst sausages. They are very filling. But it was so cold I was pleased to get home.

Can't even begin to think about how many years ago I last went to a beetle drive but:

As I remember, you get a picture to show how much each body part is worth plus, of course, dice (one or several – makes no odds really). There can be up to 4 players. That's at a beetle drive, but in the house, I suppose it can be any number. Each player draws their own beetle.

Players take turns (in a clockwise direction). We used to start with the youngest player, but I don’t know that that has any basis in the rules.

The body has to be drawn first, so you can’t draw anything until you throw a 6. Also you have to throw a 5 and draw the head before you can draw in the antennae and eyes but you can draw in the legs and wings once you have the body.

The body is worth 6
The head is worth 5
The wings are worth 4
Each leg is worth 3
Each antenna is worth 2
Each eye is worth 1

The first player to complete the beetle scores 14, which is the sum of all the possible points.

Then everyone else scores one point for every body part they have drawn.

Each round is won by the one with the highest score so if you only play one round, the first to finish is the winner.

At a beetle drive several rounds are played and the winner is the one who scores the highest number of points overall.

It’s not an art contest, so the beetle can look artistic or not, as long as it is all there.

Enjoy the game - it's very friendly when you can get someone to play with and not as competitive as whist or bridge.

 

[Annb]

Breakfast was 2 RyVita spread with home made hummus (made with peanut butter and broad beans). It should have included lemon juice and garlic, but Neil can't eat those, so I did without. Still tastes OK but my processor wouldn't chop the beans finely enough so it is quite textured.

2nd meal will be 2 lamb chops with a dressing of a kind of tadziki - my interpretation.

Neil brought another bag of something out of the freezer for me to use tomorrow - I seem to remember that it is a vegetable soup of some kind, so will add some of the nduja sausage to it for a bit of interest - just not as much as the last time. That'll be for breakfast tomorrow.

 

[RosemaryJackson]

Can't even begin to think about how many years ago I last went to a beetle drive but:

As I remember, you get a picture to show how much each body part is worth plus, of course, dice (one or several – makes no odds really). There can be up to 4 players. That's at a beetle drive, but in the house, I suppose it can be any number. Each player draws their own beetle.

Players take turns (in a clockwise direction). We used to start with the youngest player, but I don’t know that that has any basis in the rules.

The body has to be drawn first, so you can’t draw anything until you throw a 6. Also you have to throw a 5 and draw the head before you can draw in the antennae and eyes but you can draw in the legs and wings once you have the body.

The body is worth 6
The head is worth 5
The wings are worth 4
Each leg is worth 3
Each antenna is worth 2
Each eye is worth 1

The first player to complete the beetle scores 14, which is the sum of all the possible points.

Then everyone else scores one point for every body part they have drawn.

Each round is won by the one with the highest score so if you only play one round, the first to finish is the winner.

At a beetle drive several rounds are played and the winner is the one who scores the highest number of points overall.

It’s not an art contest, so the beetle can look artistic or not, as long as it is all there.

Enjoy the game - it's very friendly when you can get someone to play with and not as competitive as whist or bridge.

Thanks Ann

 

[MrsA2]

Then we went to a table-top sale and I bought a never used game of Scrabble and a game of Beetle Drive. Does anyone remember how to play it? At one time, they used to have Beetle Drives but I never went to one

We play them as fund raisers. Multiple tables of 4. After each round the winner moves to the next table clockwise and the lower one table anticlockwise. It can get fast and furious. Ages from about 7 up but no one else rolls and passes the dice quicker than the oldies!
Sometimes rather than drawing a beetle we'll design a game based on what we're raising for, eg equipping Scouts it's a tent with poles, pegs, guy ropes canvas, pots, for Homeless a house with walls, roof, windows, doors, chimney etc.
Being Queen of the typos, I think I spotted one in @Annb s explanation. Her total is 41 not 14.
You can of course just play it one table at home. Do have a go. Good simple fun. Pensioners lunch would enjoy it I'm sure

 

[MrsA2]

Fasted until lunchtime after exercise class and coffee.
L: warmed some cream cheese, cheddar and tiny bit of stilton until melted. Added ham and ate it with a spoon and hm lc seedy crackers. A sq hm lc brownie and a benecol drink
D: was pub with 15 friends. Mint tea. Beef curry with veg (no rice). When home, small ice cream.

Frustrating afternoon trying to sort out various log ons etc. Still not able to do car insurance yet, but at least I've started

 

[RosemaryJackson]

We play them as fund raisers. Multiple tables of 4. After each round the winner moves to the next table clockwise and the lower one table anticlockwise. It can get fast and furious. Ages from about 7 up but no one else rolls and passes the dice quicker than the oldies!
Sometimes rather than drawing a beetle we'll design a game based on what we're raising for, eg equipping Scouts it's a tent with poles, pegs, guy ropes canvas, pots, for Homeless a house with walls, roof, windows, doors, chimney etc.
Being Queen of the typos, I think I spotted one in @Annb s explanation. Her total is 41 not 14.
You can of course just play it one table at home. Do have a go. Good simple fun. Pensioners lunch would enjoy it I'm sure

Thanks @MrsA2. I'll have to see if they are up for it

 

[Annb]

We play them as fund raisers. Multiple tables of 4. After each round the winner moves to the next table clockwise and the lower one table anticlockwise. It can get fast and furious. Ages from about 7 up but no one else rolls and passes the dice quicker than the oldies!
Sometimes rather than drawing a beetle we'll design a game based on what we're raising for, eg equipping Scouts it's a tent with poles, pegs, guy ropes canvas, pots, for Homeless a house with walls, roof, windows, doors, chimney etc.
Being Queen of the typos, I think I spotted one in @Annb s explanation. Her total is 41 not 14.
You can of course just play it one table at home. Do have a go. Good simple fun. Pensioners lunch would enjoy it I'm sure

I may be remembering wrongly. I thought that the first person to finish scored 14, although the sum of the parts actually comes to 43. When scoring the others, who haven't completed their beetle, they are given one point for every part they have. Scoring that way the maximum is 14, so that's what is awarded to the winner of the round. Did we make it unnecessarily complicated? Whatever works better for you, I guess and, of course, the idea is to have fun, not to quibble over how the points are scored.

 

[MrsA2]

I may be remembering wrongly. I thought that the first person to finish scored 14, although the sum of the parts actually comes to 43. When scoring the others, who haven't completed their beetle, they are given one point for every part they have. Scoring that way the maximum is 14, so that's what is awarded to the winner of the round. Did we make it unnecessarily complicated? Whatever works better for you, I guess and, of course, the idea is to have fun, not to quibble over how the points are scored.

That might explain why we have ages 7 or over because of the maths, your way makes the adding/subtracting much simpler
Either way it's a good social game for a range of ages/abilities

 

[Antje77]

Does anyone have experience with millet and BG?
Date Dirk is planning to make a millet soufflé for dinner tomorrow. I love trying new foods and I don't think I've ever had millet in any form, and definitely not in a soufflé. So I told him I'll be happy to eat his soufflé if he promises to not complain about repeated BG alarms from my sensor the rest of the evening.
But I'm very curious to hear if millet affects your bg just like flour would, it only has slightly less carbs.

Yesterday evening I was too tired to cook with the lack of sleep so I had a couple of slices of LC toast and called it a meal. Then I was too tired to want to go to bed, and only a couple of drinks are very effective on too little sleep...
So I made the rookie (both dating and alcohol wise, I really should know better) mistake of proposing a phonecall with Dirk, who I haven't even met yet, I'm an idiot!
Of course I was even more than my usual pedantic know-it-all self in this situation, and it turned out he's even worse than I am, no mean feat!
So we almost managed to get into a fight over nothing even before our first date. I must say it's a relief after having to be so very careful with Steve (who is a sweet soul but way too vulnerable for me) to meet someone who simply tells me I'm wrong and an idiot if he feels I am! (I wasn't, by the way, but I may not have worded my thoughts in the best way.)

We're both very much looking forward to tomorrow still, and no matter how it works out, I'm very sure it won't be a boring date!

I had another night of too little sleep so evening meal was a fish fillet a la bordelaise (Aldi), nothing else. I'll have some chicory with hummus later on by way of vitamins, and I'll try to catch up on some sleep tonight.
If Dirk and I don't want to kill eachother within an hour of meeting, I'll need my brains tomorrow for a very interesting date!