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Skriven 2010-05-06 20:54:00 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Michael Loo
Ärende: GAZ 110  00506
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 -=> Quoting Michael Loo to Glen Jamieson <=-

 GJ> The present methane producing field should go for 10 years, then the
 GJ> pipes get pulled up and moved along to the next clay-capped area.
 ML> How far off is that area?
 GJ> About 300 metres, I think.

 ML> And the next after that? Or are there middens every 300 m?

Dunno.  Probably connect the generators to the nearby natural gas
line.  Interestingly the local council has just issued every household
a small (20 x 20 x 15cm) basket and a huge roll of biodegradable
plastic bags, with the instructions that all food and vegetable waste
- peels, bones, leftover scraps, teabags, tissues - are to be placed
in the bags and added to the garden waste in the "green bins", which
are emptied fortnightly for the council's composting facility.

 GJ>   As methane is about 50 times worse
 GJ> than CO2 as a greenhouse gas, and would enter the atmosphere if not
 GJ> burnt, that is an additional saving.
 ML> It is said that that is one of the greatest issues with beef
 ML> production.
 GJ> Ruminant consumers of cellulose are great producers of methane.

 ML> My point exactly. Of course, human consumers of pulses (in
 ML> substitution for this beef) contribute in their own way.
 
Somewhat more difficult to arrange to use that gas as a fuel.

 GJ> Yesterday I saw a program on one of our more enlightened free to air
 GJ> TV channels of the dissection of a recently dead elephant.  It had
 GJ> already become rather "blown", so the gas had to be released by
 GJ> stabbing it.

 ML> Different gases. Possibly greenhouse, but not likely much methane.

When cut open, the stomach was stuffed with partly digested grass.
Being dead, the animal had been unable to relieve the built-up gas,
and so had inflated during the 24 hours since its expiry date.

 ML> =
 
 GJ> duplicate controls which keep waggling about.

 ML> When I flew in that seat, I was warned that they were active
 ML> and primary, and I should avoid touching anything unless the
 ML> pilot told me to do so.

Or unless he had a heart attack and said nothing more.
 
 GJ> At least the bird doesn't steal valuables and pawn them, although I
 GJ> have seen the scars on Kevin's arms where it has sunk its talons in.

 ML> Such birds have been known to steal valuables, though flying
 ML> to the pawnshop might be a new evolution.

A trained crow would probably more effective.
 
 GJ> Good to see that you made it home safely.  (My BBS has been out of
 GJ> action for the last 4 days, but has now returned to life.)

 ML> Indeed. It would not have been a great tragedy to be stuck
 ML> in Europe with Lilli, who is admirably suited to me in all
 ML> ways except the second most important one, but my pocketbook,

(Trying to think what is _the most_ important one...)

 ML> already shriveled by the planned aspects of the trip, might
 ML> have suffered severely.

I thought there was plenty of work for musos in Europe.
 
 GJ> I'm keeping fingers crossed.  So far, so good.  MAS should get me to
 GJ> Europe, and then I am at the mercy of KLM-Air France and their evil
 GJ> non-food.

 ML> The thing is belching again, though with some alterations in
 ML> flight path most European (other than UK) destinations should
 ML> be reachable.

If we get as far as Kuala Lumpur, that wouldn't be too bad a place to
be trapped in, particularly if MAS was paying.

On your next trip, will you get UA or Continental cabin service?  From
my own experience with Continental, years ago, it was the pits!

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Chilli And Garlic Prawns
 Categories: Appetisers, Seafood, Spanish, Quick, Stir-fry
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
     16 lg F- prawns; green
      5    Garlic cloves
      1 lg Chillies- red
     75 ml Oil- olive
        pn Salt
           ; NUTRITIONAL
    880    ;Calories
   3700    ;Kjoules
     48 g  ;protein
      8 g  ;carbohydrate
     72 g  ;fat
      4 g  ;fibre
 3 3/16 g  ;sodium/Na
 
  Use a sharp knife to peel the prawns, leaving the tail end with the
  shell intact. Cut a slit along the back of each prawn & using the
  tip, devein each prawn. Rinse them under cold, running water. Pat dry
  with paper towels.
  
  Heat the oil in a wok or pan, add the garlic & chilli & gently fry for
  about a minute. Fry the prawns for a minute on each side, or till
  they are pink & opaque. Serve with a pinch of salt & serve
  immediately.
  
  If you wish a herby version, add 4tb of fresh continental parsley to
  the pan with the chilli & garlic.
  
  Serve with plenty of crusty bread or saffron rice & a bowl of
  marinated black olives.
  
  From: 1001 RECIPES FOR PAN OR WOK cards [from Mrs Sikanen] Typed by:
  KEVIN JCJD SYMONS
 
MMMMM
 

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