Army Thread Thursday 1st December

[anon]

Army Thread Thursday 1st December

Thanks you two had a shite few days but off to bed in a bit.


Sorry to be sounding negative.

I have been out running tonight to counteract the bad vibes in my head. Some lovely woman asked me if I was over 45 So all not lost??

[anon]

Army Thread Thursday 1st December

Thanks JC did feel invisible today. TA very much

[Tabbers (a.k.a. KTAB)]

Army Thread Thursday 1st December

Sometimes bed is a very good option. I bet you will feel so much better when you wake in the morning, you know that first fleeting second between sleep and waking when you realise you won the battle the previous night.
Dream sweet dreams Anon.

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Army Thread Thursday 1st December

mollyka;1218705 wrote: Erm......... ok, really like boiled egg - really like spinach --- altogether??? Shit why not, just won't tell the rest of them bout the egg bit:H Yep, spill Tabbers!

Egg & spinach is a great match, just look at eggs benedict for instance. Hang on I will have to go find it and type it out. Might take me a while but you will have it before the morning.

[myhappyplace]

Army Thread Thursday 1st December

mollyka;1218710 wrote: Funny this convo. came up tonight actually. I'm going to the work Christmas party on Sat. night, and even tho I've had a few spectacular tumbles from grace, I have been by and large, sober for nigh on 2 years and in that time I haven't gone out with other people on a big night out - until now. I am sort of projecting the thought that I'll get home from work at 5.30 and am picking up work-mates at 7.30 -- in the past I'd have had the bottle of wine upstairs with me - supping away while doing the hair and make-up etc. and it just seems so foreign now to be doing all that - without the wine - and then of course walking into a big place with lots of folks there that I hardly know - stone cold sober - just .......... actually don't know how I feel about it. Don't want to drink, don't get me wrong, it just feels - strange

Hi Army! Molly I'm facing the same shite tonight myself....and I think I know how you feel...its the habit of how I get ready to go out and the walking into somewhere with all those people...big breaths I reckon

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Army Thread Thursday 1st December

mollyka;1218710 wrote: Funny this convo. came up tonight actually. I'm going to the work Christmas party on Sat. night, and even tho I've had a few spectacular tumbles from grace, I have been by and large, sober for nigh on 2 years and in that time I haven't gone out with other people on a big night out - until now. I am sort of projecting the thought that I'll get home from work at 5.30 and am picking up work-mates at 7.30 -- in the past I'd have had the bottle of wine upstairs with me - supping away while doing the hair and make-up etc. and it just seems so foreign now to be doing all that - without the wine - and then of course walking into a big place with lots of folks there that I hardly know - stone cold sober - just .......... actually don't know how I feel about it. Don't want to drink, don't get me wrong, it just feels - strange

Not strange at all, when I am in a good head space I just dont want to drink and it feels like what it is to me, poison. Now if only I could bottle that feeling and keep it some place safe.

In regard to your walking into a room full of strangers sober, well I imagine the vast majority of them are also strangers to each other. Ask yourself would you rather people see you as a little nervous or falling around the joint later in the night?

Hi Happy X post, same question posed to you my friend.

[myhappyplace]

Army Thread Thursday 1st December

KTAB;1218719 wrote: Not strange at all, when I am in a good head space I just dont want to drink and it feels like what it is to me, poison. Now if only I could bottle that feeling and keep it some place safe.

In regard to your walking into a room full of strangers sober, well I imagine the vast majority of them are also strangers to each other. Ask yourself would you rather people see you as a little nervous or falling around the joint later in the night?

Hi Happy X post, same question posed to you my friend.

Hi Ktabbers - I like that question. And tbh I'm a bit like Molly - on my longest AF since I was pregnant or feeding - so its not that I want to drink. Will be interested in who applies "peer pressure" though... and will use your question as backup ammunition for my brain.

[myhappyplace]

Army Thread Thursday 1st December

Will give you full report Molly inclusive of nitty gritty stuff, like the food! Better shoot off now gotta get the locusts to school...thanks all...

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Army Thread Thursday 1st December

mollyka;1218723 wrote: Unfortunately Tabs, knowing a lot of these folks - some mad as a bag of cats, some piss-artists, they'd probably much rather see me falling round the joint:H

I thought you said they were strangers, not your old drinking buddies :H:H:H

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Army Thread Thursday 1st December

myhappyplace;1218724 wrote: Hi Ktabbers - I like that question. And tbh I'm a bit like Molly - on my longest AF since I was pregnant or feeding - so its not that I want to drink. Will be interested in who applies "peer pressure" though... and will use your question as backup ammunition for my brain.

We are all a bit long in the tooth to give in to peer pressure. Anyway those that apply it most have a problem with AL themselves imo. I know personally I was an arsehole for forcing drink on people who didnt want any more. Not my proudest moments.

Oh I see you are off, g'night Happy.

[myhappyplace]

Army Thread Thursday 1st December

KTAB;1218729 wrote: We are all a bit long in the tooth to give in to peer pressure. Anyway those that apply it most have a problem with AL themselves imo. I know personally I was an arsehole for forcing drink on people who didnt want any more. Not my proudest moments.

Oh I see you are off, g'night Happy.

:H no but I should be - going now...yes must remember I am a grown up now! xx

[ladyjan]

Army Thread Thursday 1st December

Hiya all..
and hiya to my darlin' KT...
what some more mojo, or chilli's??

[InChains]

Army Thread Thursday 1st December

evening all

[Tabbers (a.k.a. KTAB)]

Army Thread Thursday 1st December

Evening Jan & Inchy. Still got some of the mojo left thanks Jan.

Ok Molly nearly got your recipe ready.

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Army Thread Thursday 1st December

KTABS favourite 'to die for' fish pie.

5 large spud peeled & chopped
2 free range eggs (you might have those)
2 large handfuls of fresh spinach
1 onion finely chopped
1 carrot finely chopped
evoo
285ml double cream
2 handfulls grated parmesan or mature cheddar
juice of 1 lemon
i heaped teaspoon of english mustard
large handful flat leaf parsley finely chopped
450grm haddock or cod, skinned, pin boned, skinned and cut into strips.
pinch of nutmeg.

I like to add a few prawns too.

Boil spuds till cooked, pop in eggs with them for 7 mins. Steam spinach over the pot for 5 mins.
Take out eggs and mash spuds with s&p, evoo and a little nutmeg.
Cool eggs under the tap, shell and quarter. Squeeze extra water from spinach.

Fry onion & carrot in a little evoo for 5 mins then add the cream, cheese, lemon juice, mustard and parsley.

Put fish, eggs and spinach in oven dish and mix gently, pour over the sauce and top with mash.

Cook in preheated oven 230c for 25-30 mins till golden brown and scoff.
Should serve 4 folks with decent portions.