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Hi Phil! Sorry, was out for lunch in RL

Funny about this "1 hour ago" in my last posting, that must have been at least 3 hours ago I made it - hmm...

Still raining here, must have been raining something like 48 hrs non-stop by now. No, wait! I can SEE the stains of rain in the street now! That must mean that the streets dried up some time during the morning, means there must have been a break in the raining - and I missed it! Argh!

Since the weather is always fine here at Lil's, I guess things are pretty alright anyway... how are you?
Let's go outside...

*drifting out on the veranda*

...and I reloaded the forum several times before lunch, and your reply did'nt come up until now, odd....

It does seem to be doing some funny things with postings not showing. I guess they must be cacheing pages so the servers don't have to generate so many pages all at once.
I think I'll be off for some lunch soon as I'm now getting quite hungry (perhaps I should start getting up earlier and eating breakfast). The weather here is overcast so nothing new. Where are you. I guess somewhere in eurpoe but I'm not sure where. I'm in an the office of an ISP in London - fast access

Ah the joys of being able to spend so much worktime online.
Perhaps one day I will get a job where they pay me to do it.
No such luck just now
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I'm in Stockholm, Sweden (noticed there were 4 other Stockholms in US...)

Hi Babel!

*from veranda*Come on out here!

*looking in, noticing []*...or have you left?

Hi Babel. I do have to work as well (I'm one of the sysadmin team here). The internet is very useful as a work (as well as a skiving) tool.
I keep thinking of visiting Stockholm, Sweeden as it looks like a nice place to go. If it's still raining, I'll just let you know that now I've come back into the office after my lunch the sun is shining.

I guess the raining makes it easier having to spend my day working...

We have the Cutty Sark Tall Ship's Race here this week. Nice weather would have been a nice frame for that..

Stockholm is quite nice, special as it is with the center consisting of several islands connected with bridges, surrounded by water, and a lot of big, green areas right outside city area.

Here's a nice place to read more about Stockholm:
http://www.stockholmtown.com/pages/271/index.asp

*gradually awakened by voices on veranda*

Ah, coffee's made already. Good morning everybody. If you didn't notice, I put some close-ups of the Kid tintype up at
http://www.h2g2.com/A402201 and today I reckon to get safely on with the work.

Affi closed the tunnel last night because of a scuffle with True Brownie church members -- any word yet on whether it's open?

*strolls in trying to look nonchalant*

Hi, there.

Lil, do you happen to have a live feed from the securicam at the cafe?

*hums innocently*

Just got there; I was bogged down in some other compartment of my online life and could hardly believe what I read. They are aware of the posting lag, I think, and testing to find out what the problem is.

Witty, you handled it beautifully. Now let's get in there and bring those vandals to order. Irv won't believe the tapes.

*blushes*

Awww, shucks. Thanks, Lil.

Hey, I didn't notice the number in the upper right corner of each post yesterday. That's sweet!

*goes to kitchen and rustles up some mbougatses* I see the stew is gone. Tomorrow I'll make tandoori, which means I better set the stuff to marinade today. Tonight we'll order in pizza.

*begins rustling around in fridge and pantry*

Over at the F&F. they're toasting as they pass each 100 posts. They just went over 400 on the current thread. I guess that's the equivalent of the fttf races at the cafe.

Let me help, want me to chop anything?

mmmmm, curry

Isn't it terrific? The new architecture is a resounding success, and now they've overcome yet another glitch, the forum names at the 5 busiest.

*dumps plain yoghurt into a very large lidded bowl and begins mixing in spices and tomato colouring*

Would you mind to chop the garlic? Now THERE'S a southern US grammatical construction, "would you mind to"..... anyway, 6 cloves and then stir it into this marinade.

*begins to wash and skin chicken breasts, cutting deep transverse grooves into the muscle of each* I'm beginning to think I should call this place Aunt Lil's Atelier.

*begins peeling and chopping garlic*

And you're Diamond Lil at the cafe according to Abi.

*adds garlic to mixture*

A cafe is a good place to be Diamond Lil.

Then chop these three chillies into the marinade too. Here's some lemon juice -- don't get that stuff in your eyes!
*continues to prepare chicken breasts*

I think I'll do a pasanda as well.

*works on the chillies*

What's a pasanda?

*gets a flute, fills it with champagne, sips*

I do a lamb pasanda with a light and rather creamy gravy or sauce or whatever you want to call it. It's not a hot curry, quite delicate.

It will work well with the dry tandoori, I think, and we can also curry a some fresh spinach. We have loads for Mindspring.

Mindspring! I left her in the Lincoln room!
*rushes out of the kitchen and down the hall to the guest room named after the town of Lincoln, New Mexico, done all in southwestern decor*

*opens door and stares as Springie trots out tamely, meeping hello*

Ah. Well, it could have been worse.
*goes back to kitchen as Mindspring romps ahead of her*

She's still somewhat carbo-loaded, but not frenzied any more. Minoova, please go clean the Lincoln Room. Never mind about the pillows, we'll get new ones.

Minoova: Oui madame.

OK, onions and more garlic for the pasanda. *lays chicken in the marinade, covers them with more, replaces lid of bowl and sticks it in fridge* that takes care of the chicken till tomorrow.