Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

Inflation is now at the lowest level on record. This means that wages will be rising must faster than prices. Also no chance of interest rate rises.

.

latter yes, but former not necessarily

sticky - are you throwing in the sponge yet about "guaranteed rate increases before the election"?

I remember gf giving up that recently and admitting that you were right all along.

It does seem that the only way UK interest rates will rise in the medium term is if there is a run on the £. So the consumer appears to have an edge atm, what with fuel, (small) wage increases and no mortgage rises. Will the feel good factor come quick enough for the Tories?
2517

If the public realise the problems the Tories are stacking up. NO!

gf aka sticky is too busy carrying on his running battles with various posters on another bulletin board. Some things never change.

no one else will have me, so i stick with this one :-)

Damn.

Hey Manuel.

You probably know, but there is some very good Celeriac and Cauliflower in the market now.

Made some very tasty soups.

cauliflower is very versatile and as a puree with nutmeg (i think) is absolutely delicious with roast chicken

am trying mashed swede with halibut + tomato, mushroom and spring onion sauce tonight

I like cauliflower best with cheese sauce!!

it's good made with a blue cheese

It is better without Stilton, or strong blue cheeses, but with a little nutmeg, cumin, coriander and mild garlicky parmesan croutons and Crème fraîche, etc.

Applies to celeriac and cauliflower.

Agreed about the cauliflower and cheese comments.

By the way, did anyone else watch the 'What's The Right Diet For You?' show on BBC's Horizon last night? What a fantastic programme!

They profiled 75 people to understand why they had problems losing weight. Medical and nutritional experts tested their hormones, genes and attitudes towards food, categorising them into three groups: Constant Cravers, Feasters and Emotional Eaters. The experts then gave each group a different diet to follow, using a scientific approach to weight loss.

To get everyone into an invigorated, supportive and 'see what you can do if you try' mood, they took everyone to a disused 100' high lighthouse(?) and got them abseiling down the side of it.

Well! Imagine all these unfit fatties' faces when they saw what they were expected to do! They were in shock, awe and tears - and also all of them felt 'beaten before they got started'.

And then ONE of the dieters was talked to persuasively and pushed (?) into actually doing it. She succeeded! Fantastic! The tears stopped instantly and elation started instead. It motivated everyone elese to have a go and they all succeeded too. Of course, now everyone was cheering along and supporting everyone else!

End result? They are now highly motivated to try the suggested diets and, not only that, they are also highly motivated to try and supportingly motivate each other too.

The idea with the diets is to pick the right type of diet for you after testing you with a Quiz and then get you eating in a way whereby the body will start producing ketones from body fat. This means the body fat gets used up and lost from the body - ie. you lose weight!

Importantly, it means you aren't just burning up some of calories from the food you eat and piling the unused ones into surplus body fat. ie. and thus making you gain weight.

I looked at some of the suggested menus too. They do look tasty. I think my wife and I are going to be converts to this. We both eat virtually the same stuff, but I generally eat more of it and also snack on a few things too. Hence, she is a healthy 5' 7" and 10st 7lbs with a BMI of around '23' and I'm an unhealthy 5'10" and 16st 0lbs with a BMI of around '32'. I need to lose around 4 stones. This diet method may be the best way.

Program 2 is tonight. Use 'Catch Up TV' if you missed it.

http://order-order.com/2015/01/13/watch-ed-balls-struggles-to-count-to-three/?utm_source=Guy+Fawkes%27+Blog+List&utm_campaign=7435554f51-happy+hour&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_547885726c-7435554f51-229951757

This very funny. Is Ed Balls suffering from some sort of degenerative brain disease? He doesn't look to be suitable material for a chancellor.

God help us if that prat gets in a position to make decisions. Oh! he was wasn't he, along with the other ED they had prominent roles under Brown, and look how well they did then.
2517

There's no surprise he can't even add up to one, two, three ! :-))

One two three seven Flumpty leven = a hundred

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2908087/Labour-lose-Miliband-centrestage-presidential-contest-Cameron-Prescott-warns.html

Labour will lose if they put Miliband centrestage in presidential contest with Cameron, Prescott warns