Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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It sounds like Umm Ali, an Egyptian pudding similar to bread and butter pudding but made with filo pastry, nuts and dried fruit.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Now that sounds nicer Peter, but not sure they would have had it for school dinners - not back in 1963 when I left school.
Then, you had to eat everything on your plate, I remember many times at Junior School, I would put the cabbage stalks and gristly meat in my jacket pocket just so I could go out and play afterwards, or it was sit there till the lessons started.
Roger
Ah, Convent dinners. How did they manage to make the instant mash lumpy? That has to be a real skill. And milk puddings to die for. Literally.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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who can remember being dished up tapioca, semolina and macaroni, then being told to "enjoy" it?
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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Roger, you ate everything on your plate yesterday, and quite a lot of Jean 's too!
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
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yep tapioca and prunes,yuk.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Yes I did Peter - because I enjoyed it and as you know, Jean doesn't eat much at all, but what she did eat, she enjoyed - and she says thank you too (but didn't realise you were keeping an eye on her - only joking on this last bit).
Roger
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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Vic has just sent me and email containing the following message:
"Will you pass on my good wishs to the Dover Forum and I know that they will have a good night in the old war time bunker. We will not be coming ourselfs because we are not members anymore."
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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Wha...!!??
Has Vic quit. First Ive heard of it.
Terry Nunn
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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To use another debating chamber's vernacular, he's posting in "another place"!
He was quite chipper when I saw him yesterday. Reckons he'll be ready to be an aging rocker with his new guitar in about a year.
Terry
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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probably gone his awaited coach trip and took lesly with him.
probably a 1 way ticket to a deep,dark scotish glen with snow fot the winter season.
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Still here earlier this morning
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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I think he has had enough of the personal attacks some forumites have mounted against him.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 656- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Vic........ come back Vic......... whats got you, you promised me that your goodself and lovely Lesley will be with us on Friday night.......... I won't let you change your mind..... I won't, I won't, I won't
We have some work to do after Christmas, remember the photos we talked about
Of course we want him back, Vic is simply Vic. But be fair, Peter, Vic puts himself forward for some things and can expect a bit of challenge - that is not the same as personal attacks. Vics dedication to Dover is never in question, nor his hard work. But we do have a right to courteous challenge and discussion and he does come out with some ripe old stuff!! I hope very much that my own challenges to Vic haven't been too horrible - that was never the intention.
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
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Sometimes its not nice receiving unwarrented attacks .A lesson learnt maybe .
Attacks, yes. Genuine challenges, no. This is a forum, that implies conversation and discussion. As long as it is courteous that seems fine to me.
Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Victor why have you left me, I thought we were getting on so well
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
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Peter, I believe my comments about Vic were perfectly justified as he had a tendency to post some trivial rubbish at times, I guess it all depends what you call personal.
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Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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Don't shoot the messenger. In post 33 I was merely paraphrasing what he said to me on Sunday afternoon.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson