And Continues...

[poliphilo]

Since we've no running water in the kitchen I've been fetching it in a big plastic bottle from the bathroom- and only doing as much washing-up as is absolutely necessary.

I made an excellent lamb curry for lunch yesterday.

The BBC has been airing a set of programmes looking at the historical trends of the Noughties. I don't mean what was happening in the pop charts or the coming or going of politicians- but the underlying societal changes- the deep sea currents. Yesterday we were considering globalisation. Did you know that the rise of the Chinese economy has led to a fall in burgary in the UK? It works like this: burglary is a business like any other- and if electrical goods- which is what your old time burglar was mainly after- are really, really cheap in the shops (thanks to the Chinese making them in sweatshops) there ceases to be a market for them "off the back of a lorry".  The burglar isn't making any money, so he stops burgling- and takes to mugging instead. 

Every so often we get a flurry of snow. 

Comments

[craftyailz.livejournal.com]

I could do with a sticker, like you have for cars, on my forehead saying no valuables here at any time!

[idahoswede.livejournal.com]

We are getting flurries here amid the sunshine and it's bitterly cold now since there is a slight breeze. Up to 10cm predicted for the next 24 hours apparently.

[michaleen.livejournal.com]

I should have said something about this earlier: sometimes you can leave the tap on just a trickle and it will prevent the pipes from freezing. Often, you need only leave open the hot tap, since if the two pipes run along together, then the warmth from the hot side will keep the cold side from freezing, too.

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

Taking into account that I am way down here in southern Spain, the water still inside in our garden hose froze and split it open. That has never happened here before.

Of course, that's nothing compared to frozen pipes in the house! It's just the absolute oddity of a hose freezing here that amazes me.

[arielstarshadow.livejournal.com]

You might be the perfect person to ask this - I have a slow cooker, and was thinking of trying to make a curry in it. What are the basic ingredients for a decent curry (I'm thinking of using chicken, as it's cheaper).