Gutters :)
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yeah, you never saw that coming, did you? :) Roll with me here for the entertainment, and any lounge comments must involve gutters and insults against British food. :) I know a lot of us CP'rs are Brits or Europeans. Ohh, I'm sure I just offended somebody. Scottish want to chime in ;) I'm in the SE USA (Atlanta). Give me 30 minutes and I'll cook you a meal. Anyway, I know why you Brit's are so ... Brits. I heard this story about Yorkshire pudding. Gross. Do you know why the French still exist? To teach Brits how to cook, oh crap, this is going to go so sideways. Anyway, the Brits have the best vet ever, but back to gutters. In England it rains. A lot. The universal prosthetic is an umbrella. In the US, it rains in Seattle, but I don't care. Left coast and all that, they deserve it. What do you guys use for gutters? Do you go up on your roofs to clean them? Do you have gutter covers? Etc. I'm ignorantly curious. Here, we have companies selling "gutter protection." I can take their quotes, divide it by semiannual cleaning fees and I've been dead for 20 years before I get my money back. EDIT EDIT EDIT I did not mean this to go off on a culinary exercise. I am sure somewhere Yorkshire pudding is made proper. I just decided to try it at the restaurant I was at in a "what the hell" moment. I actually expected PUDDING. Live and learn. This sort of falls under "hey fellas! watch this" moment. The reference was simply a side swipe at you Brits in a friendly way. Now I need to catch up on the remains of the thread where it was really about gutters. You damn programmers - like herding cats :)
Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.
My minds in the gutter most the time, that count?
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I have it on good authority that they don't care a lick about gutters over the pond. I have watched numerous episodes of Grantchester (detective show where Vicar solves the crimes) the main character lives in a vicarage that has gutters like this (image from duckduckgo) [^] They just let wild ivy grow in there. :rolleyes: No need for crawlin' up and cleanin' out. That's what I see on all the TV shows, so I know it has to be true. Just like everything I read on the Web. ;P EDIT Also, the only thing they eat over there is bangers & mash. I seen it on TV. EDIT 2 Also, I'm the authority on these things because I'm All-American US-living for realz. I'm wrapped in a US flag right now and listening to the star spangled banner! <Salute>
raddevus wrote:
Also, the only thing they eat over there is bangers & mash. I seen it on TV
That's for lunch in the Hotel Swank, as seen in British '70s comic books They also eat fish & chips, baked beans on toast, kippers, and all manner of offal. X| I seen it with mine own eyes! :) /s
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yeah, you never saw that coming, did you? :) Roll with me here for the entertainment, and any lounge comments must involve gutters and insults against British food. :) I know a lot of us CP'rs are Brits or Europeans. Ohh, I'm sure I just offended somebody. Scottish want to chime in ;) I'm in the SE USA (Atlanta). Give me 30 minutes and I'll cook you a meal. Anyway, I know why you Brit's are so ... Brits. I heard this story about Yorkshire pudding. Gross. Do you know why the French still exist? To teach Brits how to cook, oh crap, this is going to go so sideways. Anyway, the Brits have the best vet ever, but back to gutters. In England it rains. A lot. The universal prosthetic is an umbrella. In the US, it rains in Seattle, but I don't care. Left coast and all that, they deserve it. What do you guys use for gutters? Do you go up on your roofs to clean them? Do you have gutter covers? Etc. I'm ignorantly curious. Here, we have companies selling "gutter protection." I can take their quotes, divide it by semiannual cleaning fees and I've been dead for 20 years before I get my money back. EDIT EDIT EDIT I did not mean this to go off on a culinary exercise. I am sure somewhere Yorkshire pudding is made proper. I just decided to try it at the restaurant I was at in a "what the hell" moment. I actually expected PUDDING. Live and learn. This sort of falls under "hey fellas! watch this" moment. The reference was simply a side swipe at you Brits in a friendly way. Now I need to catch up on the remains of the thread where it was really about gutters. You damn programmers - like herding cats :)
Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.
charlieg wrote:
Do you know why the French still exist? To teach Brits how to cook,
The French. Excellent cooks, terrible teachers.
charlieg wrote:
I'm in the SE USA (Atlanta).
Where they eat grits with everything? :) See, we Brits can do it too!
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
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charlieg wrote:
Do you know why the French still exist? To teach Brits how to cook,
The French. Excellent cooks, terrible teachers.
charlieg wrote:
I'm in the SE USA (Atlanta).
Where they eat grits with everything? :) See, we Brits can do it too!
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
:) actually my good sir, I am a yankee. Born in New York and emigrated to North Carolina. I'm sort of a history buff so all good colonies to a point. I actually prefer hash browns with my eggs. As I learned later, you would classify me as a Kentucky hillbilly with family most from - gasp - west virgina...
Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.
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Here, we have companies selling "gutter protection." I can take their quotes, divide it by semiannual cleaning fees and I've been dead for 20 years before I get my money back.
I can recommend a Nigerian prince who will be glad to reimburse you, just send him your checking account #. The circus guy was right, one a minute. My Grandmother (and mother) was from "jolly old". She made great Yorkshire pudding, steak and kidney pie, and eckles cake (sp?). Oh yeah, fish and chips ("use vinegar, it cuts the grease").
>64 It’s weird being the same age as old people. Live every day like it is your last; one day, it will be.
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Did you ever get the recipe? I'm open for trying new stuff...
Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.
Never mind English few Scottish dishes that are pure ambrosia, Haggis, Stornoway Black Pudding, Scotch Pie and Ecclefechan Tart :)
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yeah, you never saw that coming, did you? :) Roll with me here for the entertainment, and any lounge comments must involve gutters and insults against British food. :) I know a lot of us CP'rs are Brits or Europeans. Ohh, I'm sure I just offended somebody. Scottish want to chime in ;) I'm in the SE USA (Atlanta). Give me 30 minutes and I'll cook you a meal. Anyway, I know why you Brit's are so ... Brits. I heard this story about Yorkshire pudding. Gross. Do you know why the French still exist? To teach Brits how to cook, oh crap, this is going to go so sideways. Anyway, the Brits have the best vet ever, but back to gutters. In England it rains. A lot. The universal prosthetic is an umbrella. In the US, it rains in Seattle, but I don't care. Left coast and all that, they deserve it. What do you guys use for gutters? Do you go up on your roofs to clean them? Do you have gutter covers? Etc. I'm ignorantly curious. Here, we have companies selling "gutter protection." I can take their quotes, divide it by semiannual cleaning fees and I've been dead for 20 years before I get my money back. EDIT EDIT EDIT I did not mean this to go off on a culinary exercise. I am sure somewhere Yorkshire pudding is made proper. I just decided to try it at the restaurant I was at in a "what the hell" moment. I actually expected PUDDING. Live and learn. This sort of falls under "hey fellas! watch this" moment. The reference was simply a side swipe at you Brits in a friendly way. Now I need to catch up on the remains of the thread where it was really about gutters. You damn programmers - like herding cats :)
Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.
The Brits colonized half the planet for spices just so they can not use it. They eat as if the Germans were still flying overhead. I recently had a leakage in my living room (right where a flat-roofed annex begins) and the first thing we checked were the gutters. Turned out the gutters were fine, but the roofing came loose. Very weird, it had been raining for months (very wet year for us Dutch), but that one day, first of the month actually, it decided enough is enough. Luckily it stopped raining and a contractor was able to fix it a week later.
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theoldfool wrote:
and eckles cake
Eccles, from the town name: Eccles, Greater Manchester - Wikipedia[^]
Thank you. Please bake and send some. :)
>64 It’s weird being the same age as old people. Live every day like it is your last; one day, it will be.
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The Brits colonized half the planet for spices just so they can not use it. They eat as if the Germans were still flying overhead. I recently had a leakage in my living room (right where a flat-roofed annex begins) and the first thing we checked were the gutters. Turned out the gutters were fine, but the roofing came loose. Very weird, it had been raining for months (very wet year for us Dutch), but that one day, first of the month actually, it decided enough is enough. Luckily it stopped raining and a contractor was able to fix it a week later.
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We attempted to improve Europe's cuisine by sending our fast food franchises over there. You can thank us later.
>64 It’s weird being the same age as old people. Live every day like it is your last; one day, it will be.
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yeah, you never saw that coming, did you? :) Roll with me here for the entertainment, and any lounge comments must involve gutters and insults against British food. :) I know a lot of us CP'rs are Brits or Europeans. Ohh, I'm sure I just offended somebody. Scottish want to chime in ;) I'm in the SE USA (Atlanta). Give me 30 minutes and I'll cook you a meal. Anyway, I know why you Brit's are so ... Brits. I heard this story about Yorkshire pudding. Gross. Do you know why the French still exist? To teach Brits how to cook, oh crap, this is going to go so sideways. Anyway, the Brits have the best vet ever, but back to gutters. In England it rains. A lot. The universal prosthetic is an umbrella. In the US, it rains in Seattle, but I don't care. Left coast and all that, they deserve it. What do you guys use for gutters? Do you go up on your roofs to clean them? Do you have gutter covers? Etc. I'm ignorantly curious. Here, we have companies selling "gutter protection." I can take their quotes, divide it by semiannual cleaning fees and I've been dead for 20 years before I get my money back. EDIT EDIT EDIT I did not mean this to go off on a culinary exercise. I am sure somewhere Yorkshire pudding is made proper. I just decided to try it at the restaurant I was at in a "what the hell" moment. I actually expected PUDDING. Live and learn. This sort of falls under "hey fellas! watch this" moment. The reference was simply a side swipe at you Brits in a friendly way. Now I need to catch up on the remains of the thread where it was really about gutters. You damn programmers - like herding cats :)
Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.
charlieg wrote:
In England it rains.
- It looks likr rain sir? - Yes, and it darned well tastes like it too. Rain-tasting soup[^]
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yeah, you never saw that coming, did you? :) Roll with me here for the entertainment, and any lounge comments must involve gutters and insults against British food. :) I know a lot of us CP'rs are Brits or Europeans. Ohh, I'm sure I just offended somebody. Scottish want to chime in ;) I'm in the SE USA (Atlanta). Give me 30 minutes and I'll cook you a meal. Anyway, I know why you Brit's are so ... Brits. I heard this story about Yorkshire pudding. Gross. Do you know why the French still exist? To teach Brits how to cook, oh crap, this is going to go so sideways. Anyway, the Brits have the best vet ever, but back to gutters. In England it rains. A lot. The universal prosthetic is an umbrella. In the US, it rains in Seattle, but I don't care. Left coast and all that, they deserve it. What do you guys use for gutters? Do you go up on your roofs to clean them? Do you have gutter covers? Etc. I'm ignorantly curious. Here, we have companies selling "gutter protection." I can take their quotes, divide it by semiannual cleaning fees and I've been dead for 20 years before I get my money back. EDIT EDIT EDIT I did not mean this to go off on a culinary exercise. I am sure somewhere Yorkshire pudding is made proper. I just decided to try it at the restaurant I was at in a "what the hell" moment. I actually expected PUDDING. Live and learn. This sort of falls under "hey fellas! watch this" moment. The reference was simply a side swipe at you Brits in a friendly way. Now I need to catch up on the remains of the thread where it was really about gutters. You damn programmers - like herding cats :)
Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.
But fortunately we are blessed with many US food outlets where we can purchase such culinary masterpieces as fried burgers, deep fried chicken and pizza. By keeping some of our food fairly bland, your average Brit can still fit through a door without requiring the Fire Brigade to come and rescue them. :-D
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Thank you. Please bake and send some. :)
>64 It’s weird being the same age as old people. Live every day like it is your last; one day, it will be.
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I'm actually having some fun at the moment. My mother in law is up the street under 24x7 care after 6 weeks of hell trying to figure stuff out. My urologist has given my viagra to help with my prostate problems (oldfool want to chime in?) I just want to pee. So, careful what you ask for ;) Or maybe honeywitch wants to chime in? :^) ;P I am serious about the gutter question. As for British cooking, bring it.
Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.
:omg: I ... was on a different kind of trip, actually, so I'll pass on this time eventually. Hard times (without pun), I wish you well !
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:omg: I ... was on a different kind of trip, actually, so I'll pass on this time eventually. Hard times (without pun), I wish you well !
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My minds in the gutter most the time, that count?
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Image gave 404. :( But, main thing you're right about is:
charlieg wrote:
The rule we have is that all landscape around the structure MUST slope away. Gutters collect rainwater and direct it away from the structure. Water be bad in a house when not in a pipe.
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I have it on good authority that they don't care a lick about gutters over the pond. I have watched numerous episodes of Grantchester (detective show where Vicar solves the crimes) the main character lives in a vicarage that has gutters like this (image from duckduckgo) [^] They just let wild ivy grow in there. :rolleyes: No need for crawlin' up and cleanin' out. That's what I see on all the TV shows, so I know it has to be true. Just like everything I read on the Web. ;P EDIT Also, the only thing they eat over there is bangers & mash. I seen it on TV. EDIT 2 Also, I'm the authority on these things because I'm All-American US-living for realz. I'm wrapped in a US flag right now and listening to the star spangled banner! <Salute>
I guess maybe I should have directed this to the NW USA... Since I live in the SE USA, we have cyclical rain when we can get it. In Atlanta, our rainy season is from Octoberish to February with an occasional panic attack of solid precipitation. In late summer/autumn toss in a hurricane here and there - we actually have one coming in now (in the vicinity). From late February to May, we have to pay attention for tornadic weather systems. as I said, my perception from watching TV (never been to GB, definitely on my bucket list), it just seemed to rain there all the time. Hence my question. From the picture posted, it looks like no one cares about gutters :) There seems to be a growing movement that if your property allows it - chunk the gutters and use these: Since I live in the SE USA, we have cyclical rain when we can get it. In Atlanta, our rainy season is from Octoberish to February with an occasional panic attack of solid precipitation. In late summer/autumn toss in a hurricane here and there - we actually have one coming in now (in the vicinity). From late February to May, we have to pay attention for tornadic weather systems. There seems to be a growing movement that if your property allows it - chunk the gutters and use these: Gutter Alternative: Rainhandler[^] There is also the idea of covering your gutters, but those "patented systems" are so hideously expensive I'd die before I got my money back.
Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.
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We attempted to improve Europe's cuisine by sending our fast food franchises over there. You can thank us later.
>64 It’s weird being the same age as old people. Live every day like it is your last; one day, it will be.
American cuisine: over sized, oversugared, and over here. With apologies to the anonymous WWII pundit who coined the original.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
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yeah, you never saw that coming, did you? :) Roll with me here for the entertainment, and any lounge comments must involve gutters and insults against British food. :) I know a lot of us CP'rs are Brits or Europeans. Ohh, I'm sure I just offended somebody. Scottish want to chime in ;) I'm in the SE USA (Atlanta). Give me 30 minutes and I'll cook you a meal. Anyway, I know why you Brit's are so ... Brits. I heard this story about Yorkshire pudding. Gross. Do you know why the French still exist? To teach Brits how to cook, oh crap, this is going to go so sideways. Anyway, the Brits have the best vet ever, but back to gutters. In England it rains. A lot. The universal prosthetic is an umbrella. In the US, it rains in Seattle, but I don't care. Left coast and all that, they deserve it. What do you guys use for gutters? Do you go up on your roofs to clean them? Do you have gutter covers? Etc. I'm ignorantly curious. Here, we have companies selling "gutter protection." I can take their quotes, divide it by semiannual cleaning fees and I've been dead for 20 years before I get my money back. EDIT EDIT EDIT I did not mean this to go off on a culinary exercise. I am sure somewhere Yorkshire pudding is made proper. I just decided to try it at the restaurant I was at in a "what the hell" moment. I actually expected PUDDING. Live and learn. This sort of falls under "hey fellas! watch this" moment. The reference was simply a side swipe at you Brits in a friendly way. Now I need to catch up on the remains of the thread where it was really about gutters. You damn programmers - like herding cats :)
Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.
Well lets deal with the Brits or Europeans and food. When I lived at the Grand Canyon I was friends with the chef at the El Tovar Hotel. A Mexican chap who had a passion for cooking exotic food. Had special egg serving for breakfast when I felt like splurging for breakfast at the El Tovar. Because of our relationship I was invited to the Chen Dinner where he cooked as he belonged to the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs was created under the 1901 French law regarding Associations with an International Headquarters based in Paris. You can learn more here Chaine des Rotisseurs – Food & Wine Gastronomy Society[^] The menu was printed on a dinner plate and presented as a gift. Still have mine some where. If the Brits have a chapter it would be nice to know. I doubt it. I live in the White Mountains of Arizona and my home has gutters and I have 20 Ponderous Pine trees on my 3/4 acres of land with 3 apple trees that produce a lot of apples the elk steal the apples along with the deer. I am sure no manner of contraption can evade pine needles from piling up in said gutters. Monsoon Season is from June to late September 2 years ago the rain was so violent and turned to hail it stripped my apple trees of 50% of its leaves. DAM Solution is a leaf blower & step ladder around mid June or the gutters look like Niagara Falls.
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American cuisine: over sized, oversugared, and over here. With apologies to the anonymous WWII pundit who coined the original.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
You forgot to mention the salt!
>64 It’s weird being the same age as old people. Live every day like it is your last; one day, it will be.
