UK from space, all snow covered

Ah - those were the days.... ME still a fledgling, and XP a nightmare

--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk
"Joan Archer" wrote in message
...
The one I bought was called the 10th Anniversary Edition it came with the
book Paint Shop Pro 7 & Animation Shop 3 Getting Started Guide and a
really thick book Reference Guide both printed in 2001 but I think it said
that the year 2000 was the 10th Anniversary of the program, blimey where's
the time gone g


--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
Since this threatens to be the longest thread in ME.general's history, I
may as well join in

I used to use PSP7 - but don't recall it being any sort of Anniversary
thingy? Nowadays, unless it needs something specific, Irfanview does the
lion's share of the work.

WP again - I used to use it back in the days of DOS.... maybe WP3 or
4??.... when Windows came out, I converted the few files I had to Word,
and never looked back (I was too busy runningg).

As for pasta.... The schedule here is for me to make a Bolognese on
Thursday - all welcome, if you can get here through the floods which will
(obviously) follow the thaw that's (so the weathermen say) coming
tomorrow/Thurs/Fri.
My only problem is where to get decent Pork mince - I like to use 1/2:1/2
pork/beef if I can - it improves the texture immensely. The rest is
fairly standard. If I was brave I'd have a go at making my own
spaghetti - but it'd cost a small fortune to buy the 'proper' equipment,
and I can't be bothered to do it the old-fashioned way

I suspect that I'm going to have to compromise on the wine to go with the
Bolognese - I'm the only one I know of the four scheduled to attend who
actually drinks red wine..... so getting a decent Chianti is out of the
question... Lidl may have something to offer when I go shopping tomorrow
( their Chateauneuf was very palatable - especially at 'only' £7 a pop!).
Perhaps a reasonable Rioja? It's likely to end up being either Lidl or
Tesco.... since 17th Dec I'm not allowed to drive as I was naughty, and
got my license confiscated for 12 months

Enough already!... I've made myself hungry again - and I only ate a
couple of hours ago!

--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk
"Joan Archer" wrote in message
...
Didn't Corel take over PaintShop Pro ? I have version 7 of PaintShop Pro
the Anniversay Edition here but haven't got it on this machine in either
Vista or Windows 7.
I know I get regular emails from Serif with offers for their programs
but as I'm not into photo or video editing I don't see the point
spending money on such things.

I'm another one that hardly ever uses Word, I just use Excel, I have
Home & Student 2007 version which just comes with Excel, Word, Power
Point and OneNote.

The snow started again this afternoon but turned into rain, don't know
what it's going to do overnight the temperature at the moment is down
to freezing.

--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

"Heather" wrote in message
...
Thanks.....perhaps I will go with X3 the and maybe upgrade. I asked on
two different WP news groups which was better (that or 12) and NO ONE
had the decency to reply. Think I will post a decidedly sarcastic
note, grin.

My version 8 came with WinME and I think it was an OEM one or a
curtailed one. And I seem to remember a very nice lad in the US at
Corel who sent me a full version, but damned if I know where that is.

Nice break in researching........I was trying to read pages in spanish
and failing miserably, lol. It seems that the Archives are in Sevilla
and are now available. I remember when they wouldn't let the LDS into
the country (heretics!!) to microfilm their records. Oops, for those
not into genealogy, LDS folks are the Mormons.

Cheers........off to find a peanut butter sandwich cuz Shane made me
hungry. (G)

"Mike M" wrote in message
...
I've got WordPerfect X4 installed here. I installed and ran X3 on
this box in April 06 and updated to X4 in November 08. Both installed
and ran/run without problem. Like yourself I don't use MS Word
although I do have it installed as I make a fair bit of use of Excel
and very occasionally Publisher. To be honest I make virtually no use
of any of the changes made in recent versions, the same being true of
Office, so if you're the same install whichever version you think you
will be most comfortable with.
--
Mike


Heather wrote:

You betcha!! Shall we meet at his place in say, two weeks?? Sounds
amazing.

Hey, btw........I have 3 Wordperfect cd's here and am wondering which
one to put on. As you and I seem to be the only two people on Usenet
that prefer it, I thought I would ask.

1. Really old Version 8 which I think was *topped up* by Corel at
some point.
2. An OEM version of Office 12 which I got for free, just pay the
shipping (illegal?)
3. Ditto for X3 and ditto again. MDG was advertising them for
*sale*, so bought them years ago.

I don't use it much, but prefer it over MS Word which I do have on
here (MS Office 2003)

lol And now here's me using Windows 7, who'd have thought it g

--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
Ah - those were the days.... ME still a fledgling, and XP a nightmare

--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk
"Joan Archer" wrote in message
...
The one I bought was called the 10th Anniversary Edition it came with the
book Paint Shop Pro 7 & Animation Shop 3 Getting Started Guide and a
really thick book Reference Guide both printed in 2001 but I think it
said that the year 2000 was the 10th Anniversary of the program, blimey
where's the time gone g


--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
Since this threatens to be the longest thread in ME.general's history, I
may as well join in

I used to use PSP7 - but don't recall it being any sort of Anniversary
thingy? Nowadays, unless it needs something specific, Irfanview does the
lion's share of the work.

WP again - I used to use it back in the days of DOS.... maybe WP3 or
4??.... when Windows came out, I converted the few files I had to Word,
and never looked back (I was too busy runningg).

As for pasta.... The schedule here is for me to make a Bolognese on
Thursday - all welcome, if you can get here through the floods which
will (obviously) follow the thaw that's (so the weathermen say) coming
tomorrow/Thurs/Fri.
My only problem is where to get decent Pork mince - I like to use
1/2:1/2 pork/beef if I can - it improves the texture immensely. The rest
is fairly standard. If I was brave I'd have a go at making my own
spaghetti - but it'd cost a small fortune to buy the 'proper' equipment,
and I can't be bothered to do it the old-fashioned way

I suspect that I'm going to have to compromise on the wine to go with
the Bolognese - I'm the only one I know of the four scheduled to attend
who actually drinks red wine..... so getting a decent Chianti is out of
the question... Lidl may have something to offer when I go shopping
tomorrow ( their Chateauneuf was very palatable - especially at 'only'
£7 a pop!). Perhaps a reasonable Rioja? It's likely to end up being
either Lidl or Tesco.... since 17th Dec I'm not allowed to drive as I
was naughty, and got my license confiscated for 12 months

Enough already!... I've made myself hungry again - and I only ate a
couple of hours ago!

--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk
"Joan Archer" wrote in message
...
Didn't Corel take over PaintShop Pro ? I have version 7 of PaintShop
Pro the Anniversay Edition here but haven't got it on this machine in
either Vista or Windows 7.
I know I get regular emails from Serif with offers for their programs
but as I'm not into photo or video editing I don't see the point
spending money on such things.

I'm another one that hardly ever uses Word, I just use Excel, I have
Home & Student 2007 version which just comes with Excel, Word, Power
Point and OneNote.

The snow started again this afternoon but turned into rain, don't know
what it's going to do overnight the temperature at the moment is down
to freezing.

--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

"Heather" wrote in message
...
Thanks.....perhaps I will go with X3 the and maybe upgrade. I asked
on two different WP news groups which was better (that or 12) and NO
ONE had the decency to reply. Think I will post a decidedly sarcastic
note, grin.

My version 8 came with WinME and I think it was an OEM one or a
curtailed one. And I seem to remember a very nice lad in the US at
Corel who sent me a full version, but damned if I know where that is.

Nice break in researching........I was trying to read pages in spanish
and failing miserably, lol. It seems that the Archives are in Sevilla
and are now available. I remember when they wouldn't let the LDS into
the country (heretics!!) to microfilm their records. Oops, for those
not into genealogy, LDS folks are the Mormons.

Cheers........off to find a peanut butter sandwich cuz Shane made me
hungry. (G)

"Mike M" wrote in message
...
I've got WordPerfect X4 installed here. I installed and ran X3 on
this box in April 06 and updated to X4 in November 08. Both
installed and ran/run without problem. Like yourself I don't use MS
Word although I do have it installed as I make a fair bit of use of
Excel and very occasionally Publisher. To be honest I make virtually
no use of any of the changes made in recent versions, the same being
true of Office, so if you're the same install whichever version you
think you will be most comfortable with.
--
Mike


Heather wrote:

You betcha!! Shall we meet at his place in say, two weeks?? Sounds
amazing.

Hey, btw........I have 3 Wordperfect cd's here and am wondering
which
one to put on. As you and I seem to be the only two people on
Usenet
that prefer it, I thought I would ask.

1. Really old Version 8 which I think was *topped up* by Corel at
some point.
2. An OEM version of Office 12 which I got for free, just pay the
shipping (illegal?)
3. Ditto for X3 and ditto again. MDG was advertising them for
*sale*, so bought them years ago.

I don't use it much, but prefer it over MS Word which I do have on
here (MS Office 2003)

"Heather" wrote in message
...

"Art" wrote in message
...


"Heather" wrote in message
...

"Dai Artichoke-Lewis" wrote in message
...

Probably tomorrow I'll make the linguini dish I got the wine for (well,
after the required 100ml, the rest is fair game for quaffing. In fact I
think I'll have a glass before I hit the sack). I've got fan-tailed
prawns
from Thailand or Mussels from Chile (both from Tesco, actually.
Sainsbury's
do the Chilean mussels too, but they're half the price in Tesco. And
they do
a very nice Rustic Multigrain baked in-store loaf). Not sure which to
have.
Or there's a spaghetti dish with red-wine vinegar and spinach and
chilli
flakes and pine nuts; won't be having that as didn't get any pine nuts.
The
linguini uses half-fat creme fraiche, juice of half a lemon, fresh
chives.
Both recipes use garlic (but just about everything I make contains
garlic).
The spaghetti dish also uses shaved and grated parmesan, and actually I
have
quite a lot of that to use up, so I'd better get to the shops some time
in
the week and get the rest.

That is a tasty wine!

If you truly cook all of those things, I do have a spare room here. You
probably have Sir Michael (the gourmand) absolutely drooling!!


I may take you up on that, if you stay on line long enough for me to
squeeze down the phone line and through that transatlantic cable. Can
Rosie come too?

Does Rosie cook?? LOL. I wish, but I think she would have to be
quarantined for a while.


She's a great hunter!

Lady Mary Elizabeth
Countess of Werewolfshire

She'd kill a werewolf no prob!

Anyway, Figgs. What's Canadian immigration policy? I can't stay in this
country.

Shane

"Art" wrote in message
...


"Heather" wrote in message
...

"Art" wrote in message
...


"Heather" wrote in message
...

"Dai Artichoke-Lewis" wrote in message
...

Probably tomorrow I'll make the linguini dish I got the wine for
(well,
after the required 100ml, the rest is fair game for quaffing. In fact
I
think I'll have a glass before I hit the sack). I've got fan-tailed
prawns
from Thailand or Mussels from Chile (both from Tesco, actually.
Sainsbury's
do the Chilean mussels too, but they're half the price in Tesco. And
they do
a very nice Rustic Multigrain baked in-store loaf). Not sure which to
have.
Or there's a spaghetti dish with red-wine vinegar and spinach and
chilli
flakes and pine nuts; won't be having that as didn't get any pine
nuts. The
linguini uses half-fat creme fraiche, juice of half a lemon, fresh
chives.
Both recipes use garlic (but just about everything I make contains
garlic).
The spaghetti dish also uses shaved and grated parmesan, and actually
I have
quite a lot of that to use up, so I'd better get to the shops some
time in
the week and get the rest.

That is a tasty wine!

If you truly cook all of those things, I do have a spare room here.
You probably have Sir Michael (the gourmand) absolutely drooling!!


I may take you up on that, if you stay on line long enough for me to
squeeze down the phone line and through that transatlantic cable. Can
Rosie come too?

Does Rosie cook?? LOL. I wish, but I think she would have to be
quarantined for a while.


She's a great hunter!

Lady Mary Elizabeth
Countess of Werewolfshire

She'd kill a werewolf no prob!

Anyway, Figgs. What's Canadian immigration policy? I can't stay in this
country.

You definitely have to be able to speak either French or Spanish, besides
English that is, hahaha...


Shane

"webster72n" wrote in message
...



"Art" wrote in message
...



She'd kill a werewolf no prob!

Anyway, Figgs. What's Canadian immigration policy? I can't stay in this
country.

You definitely have to be able to speak either French or Spanish, besides
English that is, hahaha...

Damn, you Merkins are so clueless about Canada!! FRENCH is our second
language, NOT spanish. Give your head a shake!!

Art........don't know much about immigration cuz we emigrated in 1820. (G)
Look it up on our government websites, but you would have a head start over
*south asia* cuz you speak English, have a profession and are a lighter
shade of pale.

Figgs.........watching the coverage on CNN in Haiti.......so heartbreaking,
especially the children.

"Heather" wrote in message
...

"webster72n" wrote in message
...



"Art" wrote in message
...



She'd kill a werewolf no prob!

Anyway, Figgs. What's Canadian immigration policy? I can't stay in this
country.

You definitely have to be able to speak either French or Spanish, besides
English that is, hahaha...

Damn, you Merkins are so clueless about Canada!! FRENCH is our second
language, NOT spanish.

You could have fooled me, cuz-babe g

Give your head a shake!!

Our government takes care of that!!!


Art........don't know much about immigration cuz we emigrated in 1820.
(G) Look it up on our government websites, but you would have a head start
over *south asia* cuz you speak English, have a profession and are a
lighter shade of pale.

Is that on the map???


Figgs.........watching the coverage on CNN in Haiti.......so
heartbreaking, especially the children.

I forgot to mention the quite considerable amount of black pepper in the
linguini. Had it the last two nights! 'Yum, yum!' indeed.

Shane

"Mike M" wrote in message
...
As Figgs says (or meant to say), Yum, yum!
--
Mike


Dai Artichoke-Lewis wrote:

I used to go to the supermarket across town on my 140 mph production
racer motorbike (back when that was *fast*) and bring home a couple
of shopping bags full of groceries on it. Then my girlfriend moved in
with me and she used to carry them on the back (which was so funny!).
Later I used backpacks. I still walk to the supermarket and carry a
backpack's worth home, for the exercise, but have been shopping
online off and on for close to a decade now.

However - as you might reasonably guess, what with my general posting
history - I am *very* particular. Probably about everything but
especially about food; and with the biker sensibility regarding being
ripped off. So basically if the food was crap I wouldn't be buying it
- and that applies to nutritional content as well as to more
traditional quality. http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/groceries/index.jsp

Sainsbury's do annoy the hell out of me at times. Their site seems to
be maintained by someone who changes the layout every few weeks as
though we go there for entertainment and the point of the site is to
show how they 'get' IT. And some weeks ago they dropped Baked
In-Store Harvest Grain farmhouse loaves, though they are still
available in the actual stores! You'd think they were charged for the
site a rate dependent on the number of items on offer.

It's bloody well snowing again!

Probably tomorrow I'll make the linguini dish I got the wine for
(well, after the required 100ml, the rest is fair game for quaffing.
In fact I think I'll have a glass before I hit the sack). I've got
fan-tailed prawns from Thailand or Mussels from Chile (both from
Tesco, actually. Sainsbury's do the Chilean mussels too, but they're
half the price in Tesco. And they do a very nice Rustic Multigrain
baked in-store loaf). Not sure which to have. Or there's a spaghetti
dish with red-wine vinegar and spinach and chilli flakes and pine
nuts; won't be having that as didn't get any pine nuts. The linguini
uses half-fat creme fraiche, juice of half a lemon, fresh chives.
Both recipes use garlic (but just about everything I make contains
garlic). The spaghetti dish also uses shaved and grated parmesan, and
actually I have quite a lot of that to use up, so I'd better get to
the shops some time in the week and get the rest. That is a tasty wine!

An online grocery shopping tip for anyone who's interested. Order
deliveries for around mid-week. At the weekends the shoppers are
likely to be students or other relatively inexperienced types. It is
less important if you select 'no substitutes' (That is, if they don't
have what you want, they'll give you something similar. Now, if I
wanted something else I'd have ordered it in the first place. If they
don't have what I want I'll either do without or get what I do want,
elsewhere; though 99% of the time they have everything these days
anyway); but substitutes or not you're still more likely to get what
you want - such as a fresher bag of spuds, say, from a shopper who
does it every day.

I thought YumYum was one of the pirates??
gd&r

--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk
"HM John Smith" wrote in message
...
I forgot to mention the quite considerable amount of black pepper in the
linguini. Had it the last two nights! 'Yum, yum!' indeed.

Shane

"Mike M" wrote in message
...
As Figgs says (or meant to say), Yum, yum!
--
Mike


Dai Artichoke-Lewis wrote:

I used to go to the supermarket across town on my 140 mph production
racer motorbike (back when that was *fast*) and bring home a couple
of shopping bags full of groceries on it. Then my girlfriend moved in
with me and she used to carry them on the back (which was so funny!).
Later I used backpacks. I still walk to the supermarket and carry a
backpack's worth home, for the exercise, but have been shopping
online off and on for close to a decade now.

However - as you might reasonably guess, what with my general posting
history - I am *very* particular. Probably about everything but
especially about food; and with the biker sensibility regarding being
ripped off. So basically if the food was crap I wouldn't be buying it
- and that applies to nutritional content as well as to more
traditional quality. http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/groceries/index.jsp

Sainsbury's do annoy the hell out of me at times. Their site seems to
be maintained by someone who changes the layout every few weeks as
though we go there for entertainment and the point of the site is to
show how they 'get' IT. And some weeks ago they dropped Baked
In-Store Harvest Grain farmhouse loaves, though they are still
available in the actual stores! You'd think they were charged for the
site a rate dependent on the number of items on offer.

It's bloody well snowing again!

Probably tomorrow I'll make the linguini dish I got the wine for
(well, after the required 100ml, the rest is fair game for quaffing.
In fact I think I'll have a glass before I hit the sack). I've got
fan-tailed prawns from Thailand or Mussels from Chile (both from
Tesco, actually. Sainsbury's do the Chilean mussels too, but they're
half the price in Tesco. And they do a very nice Rustic Multigrain
baked in-store loaf). Not sure which to have. Or there's a spaghetti
dish with red-wine vinegar and spinach and chilli flakes and pine
nuts; won't be having that as didn't get any pine nuts. The linguini
uses half-fat creme fraiche, juice of half a lemon, fresh chives.
Both recipes use garlic (but just about everything I make contains
garlic). The spaghetti dish also uses shaved and grated parmesan, and
actually I have quite a lot of that to use up, so I'd better get to
the shops some time in the week and get the rest. That is a tasty wine!

An online grocery shopping tip for anyone who's interested. Order
deliveries for around mid-week. At the weekends the shoppers are
likely to be students or other relatively inexperienced types. It is
less important if you select 'no substitutes' (That is, if they don't
have what you want, they'll give you something similar. Now, if I
wanted something else I'd have ordered it in the first place. If they
don't have what I want I'll either do without or get what I do want,
elsewhere; though 99% of the time they have everything these days
anyway); but substitutes or not you're still more likely to get what
you want - such as a fresher bag of spuds, say, from a shopper who
does it every day.

Yum Yum daughter of The Mikado

George Gee

"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
I thought YumYum was one of the pirates??
gd&r

--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk
"HM John Smith" wrote in message
...
I forgot to mention the quite considerable amount of black pepper in the
linguini. Had it the last two nights! 'Yum, yum!' indeed.

Shane

"Mike M" wrote in message
...
As Figgs says (or meant to say), Yum, yum!
--
Mike


Dai Artichoke-Lewis wrote:

I used to go to the supermarket across town on my 140 mph production
racer motorbike (back when that was *fast*) and bring home a couple
of shopping bags full of groceries on it. Then my girlfriend moved in
with me and she used to carry them on the back (which was so funny!).
Later I used backpacks. I still walk to the supermarket and carry a
backpack's worth home, for the exercise, but have been shopping
online off and on for close to a decade now.

However - as you might reasonably guess, what with my general posting
history - I am *very* particular. Probably about everything but
especially about food; and with the biker sensibility regarding being
ripped off. So basically if the food was crap I wouldn't be buying it
- and that applies to nutritional content as well as to more
traditional quality. http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/groceries/index.jsp

Sainsbury's do annoy the hell out of me at times. Their site seems to
be maintained by someone who changes the layout every few weeks as
though we go there for entertainment and the point of the site is to
show how they 'get' IT. And some weeks ago they dropped Baked
In-Store Harvest Grain farmhouse loaves, though they are still
available in the actual stores! You'd think they were charged for the
site a rate dependent on the number of items on offer.

It's bloody well snowing again!

Probably tomorrow I'll make the linguini dish I got the wine for
(well, after the required 100ml, the rest is fair game for quaffing.
In fact I think I'll have a glass before I hit the sack). I've got
fan-tailed prawns from Thailand or Mussels from Chile (both from
Tesco, actually. Sainsbury's do the Chilean mussels too, but they're
half the price in Tesco. And they do a very nice Rustic Multigrain
baked in-store loaf). Not sure which to have. Or there's a spaghetti
dish with red-wine vinegar and spinach and chilli flakes and pine
nuts; won't be having that as didn't get any pine nuts. The linguini
uses half-fat creme fraiche, juice of half a lemon, fresh chives.
Both recipes use garlic (but just about everything I make contains
garlic). The spaghetti dish also uses shaved and grated parmesan, and
actually I have quite a lot of that to use up, so I'd better get to
the shops some time in the week and get the rest. That is a tasty wine!

An online grocery shopping tip for anyone who's interested. Order
deliveries for around mid-week. At the weekends the shoppers are
likely to be students or other relatively inexperienced types. It is
less important if you select 'no substitutes' (That is, if they don't
have what you want, they'll give you something similar. Now, if I
wanted something else I'd have ordered it in the first place. If they
don't have what I want I'll either do without or get what I do want,
elsewhere; though 99% of the time they have everything these days
anyway); but substitutes or not you're still more likely to get what
you want - such as a fresher bag of spuds, say, from a shopper who
does it every day.

And I thought it was Sideshow Bob!

Shane

"George Gee" wrote in message
...
Yum Yum daughter of The Mikado

George Gee

"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
I thought YumYum was one of the pirates??
gd&r

--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk
"HM John Smith" wrote in message
...
I forgot to mention the quite considerable amount of black pepper in the
linguini. Had it the last two nights! 'Yum, yum!' indeed.

Shane

"Mike M" wrote in message
...
As Figgs says (or meant to say), Yum, yum!
--
Mike


Dai Artichoke-Lewis wrote:

I used to go to the supermarket across town on my 140 mph production
racer motorbike (back when that was *fast*) and bring home a couple
of shopping bags full of groceries on it. Then my girlfriend moved in
with me and she used to carry them on the back (which was so funny!).
Later I used backpacks. I still walk to the supermarket and carry a
backpack's worth home, for the exercise, but have been shopping
online off and on for close to a decade now.

However - as you might reasonably guess, what with my general posting
history - I am *very* particular. Probably about everything but
especially about food; and with the biker sensibility regarding being
ripped off. So basically if the food was crap I wouldn't be buying it
- and that applies to nutritional content as well as to more
traditional quality. http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/groceries/index.jsp

Sainsbury's do annoy the hell out of me at times. Their site seems to
be maintained by someone who changes the layout every few weeks as
though we go there for entertainment and the point of the site is to
show how they 'get' IT. And some weeks ago they dropped Baked
In-Store Harvest Grain farmhouse loaves, though they are still
available in the actual stores! You'd think they were charged for the
site a rate dependent on the number of items on offer.

It's bloody well snowing again!

Probably tomorrow I'll make the linguini dish I got the wine for
(well, after the required 100ml, the rest is fair game for quaffing.
In fact I think I'll have a glass before I hit the sack). I've got
fan-tailed prawns from Thailand or Mussels from Chile (both from
Tesco, actually. Sainsbury's do the Chilean mussels too, but they're
half the price in Tesco. And they do a very nice Rustic Multigrain
baked in-store loaf). Not sure which to have. Or there's a spaghetti
dish with red-wine vinegar and spinach and chilli flakes and pine
nuts; won't be having that as didn't get any pine nuts. The linguini
uses half-fat creme fraiche, juice of half a lemon, fresh chives.
Both recipes use garlic (but just about everything I make contains
garlic). The spaghetti dish also uses shaved and grated parmesan, and
actually I have quite a lot of that to use up, so I'd better get to
the shops some time in the week and get the rest. That is a tasty
wine!

An online grocery shopping tip for anyone who's interested. Order
deliveries for around mid-week. At the weekends the shoppers are
likely to be students or other relatively inexperienced types. It is
less important if you select 'no substitutes' (That is, if they don't
have what you want, they'll give you something similar. Now, if I
wanted something else I'd have ordered it in the first place. If they
don't have what I want I'll either do without or get what I do want,
elsewhere; though 99% of the time they have everything these days
anyway); but substitutes or not you're still more likely to get what
you want - such as a fresher bag of spuds, say, from a shopper who
does it every day.