Friday, November 7, 2008

Things That Definitely Get Smaller Over The Years

  • Wagon Wheels
  • Mars Bars
  • Poppies
  • Polar Ice Caps
  • Mobile Phones
  • Brains
  • Rainforests
  • Playground Apparatus
  • Skirts
  • Presents
  • Days
  • Grandma

Real Tie Knots

Four in hand
Half Windsor
Windsor
Shell knot
Double knot
Double cross knot
Bow tie knot

Pork cuts

Pork Shoulder Arm Picnic

Pork Shoulder Arm Roast

Pork Shoulder Arm Steak

Pork Shoulder Blade (Boston) Roast

Pork Shoulder Blade Steak

Pork Cubes for Kebabs

Pork Hocks


Pork Loin Blade Roast

Pork Loin Blade Chops

Pork Loin Country-Style Ribs

Pork Loin Back Ribs

Pork Loin Center Rib Roast

Pork Loin Rib Chops (Center Cut Chops)

Pork Loin Center Loin Roast

Pork Loin Top Loin Chops

Pork Loin Butterfly Chops

Pork Loin Top Loin Roast Boneless (Double)

Pork Loin Chops

Pork Loin Sirloin Roast

Pork Loin Sirloin Chops

Pork Loin Sirloin Cutlets

Pork Loin Tenderloin Whole

Pork Spareribs

Fresh Side Pork

Pork Leg (Fresh Ham) Whole

Pork Leg (Fresh Ham) Shank Portion

Smoked Pork Shoulder Picnic Whole

Smoked Pork Shoulder Roll

Smoked Pork Hocks

Smoked Pork Loin Canadian-Style Bacon

Smoked Pork Loin Rib Chops

Smoked Pork Loin Chops

Smoked Ham Whole

Smoked Ham Shank Portion

Smoked Ham Rump Portion


Smoked Ham Center Slice

Slab Bacon

Sliced Bacon

Brick nomenclature


half or bat
three-quarter closure
quarter closure
king
closure
queen closure
split

Thursday, November 6, 2008

20 Little known tie knots

  1. Extended tickler
  2. Soup dipper
  3. Fishnet
  4. Double decker
  5. Twister
  6. Tweed strangler
  7. Trout
  8. Half Wilson
  9. Knitted
  10. Inverted bootlace
  11. Medium
  12. Slough
  13. Strap-on
  14. Toilet roll
  15. Fancy Dan
  16. Nostril cleaner
  17. Disposable
  18. Marginal
  19. Hangman's noose
  20. Temporary

To Do

  1. Pay phone bill
  2. Wash up
  3. Make bed
  4. Fill car with petrol
  5. Buy bread
  6. Tollerate children
  7. Exercise
  8. Make toast
  9. Upgrade memory on pc
  10. Check email
  11. Ironing
  12. Watch Sky Sports News for a bit
  13. Feed the birds
  14. Watch TV
  15. Call Mother
  16. On-line shopping
  17. Clean cat's dinner bowl
  18. Sigh
  19. Walk around the block
  20. Buy wine
  21. Drink wine
  22. Ponder
  23. Buy more wine
  24. Drink more wine
  25. Get a life

Top Ten Basic Boys Toys (in ascending numerical order)

  1. Football
  2. Penknife
  3. Catapult
  4. Stick
  5. Stone
  6. Piece of string with a sharp edge
  7. Matches
  8. Marbles
  9. Conker
  10. Spider
  11. Ants
  12. Dirt

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Fireworks

  1. Sparkler
  2. Catherine wheel
  3. Rocket
  4. Roman candle
  5. Banger
  6. reloadable aerial shells
  7. single-shot aerial tubes
  8. ground spinners
  9. pinwheels
  10. cake
  11. crackers
  12. mine
  13. black snake
  14. Tom Thums (South Africa)
  15. Three pronged attack
  16. Black widow (waterproof!)
  17. Supernova
  18. helicopters
  19. hot kebab
  20. green gob
  21. Golden shower
  22. Blue baboon
  23. Geordie trumpet

14 Trousers

  1. Long
  2. Short
  3. Baggy
  4. Jeans
  5. Chinos
  6. Oxford bags
  7. Breeches
  8. Lederhosen
  9. Tracht
  10. Combat
  11. Cycling shorts
  12. Umanori hakama
  13. The Wrong
  14. Exploding

Top Hats

  • Top Hat
  • Bowler Hat
  • Trilby Hat
  • Stetson
  • Panama Hat
  • Sombrero
  • Australian Hat with Corks on
  • Old Hat
  • Woolly Hat
  • Bucket Hat
  • Muskrat