[lace-chat] Re: driving through Wales
On May 6, 2005, at 2:15, Jacqui Butler wrote: Two tourists were driving through Wales. At Llanfairpwllgwyngllgogerychwryndrobwllyantsllyogogogoch, they stopped for lunch at Burger King and one tourist asked the waitress, "Before we order, could you please settle an argument for us? Would you please pronounce where we are... very slowly?" The blonde waitress leaned over and said, "Burrr-gurrr-Kinngg..." OK. I thought it was very funny, and forwarded it to all and sundry non-chat members on my "clean jester" list. Got an immediate response from DS: http://www.comfychair.org/~duvall/llandad4.wav No idea if it'll work for you, but worth a shot. The "shot" proved to be a long string of gobbledy-gook, which just *might* be the way to say "Burger King" in Welsh -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Re: school dinners
Hi All, Yes - it does depend very much on the school, the local authority, and also on whether the schools kitchens have been decommisioned!My grandson - a veggie - occasionally has school dinners, which cost about £1.60 per day - but if they have any *special* days (Christmas, St. Valentine, Hallow E'en etc) he is always asked what he would like, and given a choice of two or three dishes. But - he is fortunate. His school has kitchens, so they cook and source their own foods, so nothing needs be brought in - they are not allowed fizzy drinks in the lunchpacks, or chocolate, and the children are supposed to have fresh fruit etc. in the lunchpacks, which is always provided by the school cooks. So - some children are lucky, and some are less so. But all credit to Jamie Oliver for the campaign - it seems to be having an effect generally. Carol - in Suffolk UK To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: Southern States Professional Engineering Exam
If your uncle builds a still This is a true story. My brother is a chemical engineer. His first job right out of university was with a chemical plant located in the mountains of a southern state. He was in the development Lab and needed distilled water in a process, so decided to make the apparatus. He had the burner, flasks, etc. but needed a condenser. So he located a copper pipe, but couldn't figure out how to bend it in a spiral without crimping it. One of the local men suggested filling the pipe with sugar and then wrapping it around a sapling. DB asked if sand would work as well as sugar. His helper said the it might, but they always used sugar . For information of city folk - corn whiskey (moonshine) is made with mash of corn and sugar, cooked down in a copper pot, and allowed to ferment before distilling out the alcohol. Louise in Central Virginia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] School dinners
Don't know if it's changed since I left teaching in 1997. School dinners were only free to children of parents on Social Security. All others had to pay, but the meals were subsidised at one time. I don't know if that's still the case. The school I taught at had its own kitchens - a lot didn't. Kitchens were often turned into classrooms because they needed the space, and meals were then shipped in from other schools which did have kitchens. We were fortunate and our kitchens only supplied our school's meals. The cooks used to be employed by the local authority and that meant the meals had to be produced for very little money, but then everything started to be privatised and we had catering firms tender for the contract to supply the meals. That meant that they had to be able to sell the meals for a price laid down by the local authority (because they were still paying for those entitled to free meals) and still make a profit. One of the criteria was that the meals had to be healthy. The first company failed in the first term, but the one that took over did quite well. It offered pasta, salads, curries as well as traditional meals such as steak pie, and home-made sausages and burgers. The menus were strict so, for example, a child couldn't have steak pie with chips - they had to have two green vegetables instead (by green I mean no potatoes, but carrots, cabbage, peas, runner beans etc). Chips were only on the menu once a week, and they were coated with a light spice and baked, not fried. They could choose yoghurt, fruit or something else that was in a similar vein - chocolate and crisps were not allowed on the premises, let alone in the lunches. Because the school was a disaster centre, the kitchens couldn't be closed down. Don't know what the situation there is now because I don't live in the area any more. Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: school dinners
Hi Liz, At the primary school that I work in the children are only entitled to a free school dinner if their parents are on income support otherwise it costs £1.60 a day. The Jamie Oliver programme has had a brilliant effect at our school and because of it last week our canteen stopped selling crisps and chocolate bars at lunch time and have adopted a 'Healthy Meals' programme. As far as our staff were concerned this should of happened a long time ago and it is a shame that this doesn't stop the children who bring their own packed lunch from bringing crisps (they are not allowed chocolate in their packed lunch anyway) Hope this answers your question but it does vary from borough to borough and so not all schools will be the same. Best wishes, Anne Nicholas Hanworth Middx. England We have been watching the Jamie Oliver TV series on the School dinners, and his effort to get decent food into the schools. Do the kids have to pay for these dinners, and if so, how much? I have a feeling they are free, but not sure. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Re: Jamie's School Dinners
<> The big issue here is that the schools won't pay more than about 40 - 60 pence for the meal at cost, but the kids' parents are paying 60 - 80 pence minimum - this is why there is so much anger about the meals. The Head Teachers moan that if they go over their cost margin then it comes out of the library funds etc - when in fact it comes out of the profits from the food. However, in most inner city schools have a school population that is considered below the poverty line and they get free school dinners (means tested) which means then it comes out of their school budget if they go over But quite frankly the whole thing is frightening. This is simply a problem because they gave the making (and profits) from school dinners to private companies and allowed the money to be removed from the schools - so to make a profit they sell chips and beefburgers - which the kids flock to buy. It raises all the other problems - like school tuck shops selling crisps and fizzy drinks to make money for school funds - it just shouldn't be allowed. If these foods aren't available then the kids can't eat them. Or am I being stupid? Regards Liz in London I'm back _blogging_ (http://journals.aol.com/thelacebee/thelacebee) my latest lace piece - have a look by clicking on the link or going to _http://journals.aol.com/thelacebee/thelacebee_ (http://journals.aol.com/thelacebee/thelacebee) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
