The one pan man

The One Pan Man is a friend of mine who I see at local markets who sells candles. His other claim to fame is he likes to cook all in one pan hence the One Pan Man name. He makes videos to help people who want to cook using just one pan. The link under my picture in the front page is a link to his YouTube page he uses. 

Please take the time to have a look at his video and if you are in the region of Portugal around Arganil/ Coja why not go to the markets at Barril de Alva or George and Dragon on the N17 and meet him his candles are well worth a look. 

More about weight

Since I got of the plane at Liverpool airport shocked at the narrow size of the toilets on the last flight I took. I remembered back to when I started working in the butchers where I learnt my trade. People then or so I remember where not overweight the opposite was true or seemed to be. However we had one customer who was so overweight due to I was later told to be a thyroid problem. This lady we would bring out a chair for her to sit on while we served her.

Today over fifty years later I am in Liverpool and it is very common to see people very overweight. If is becoming common for weight to be a problem then why does a company decide to have the plane manufacturer make smaller toilets on there planes. Overweight has been a reported problem for years so Ryanair if you read this why did you make the toilets so small.

When I return back home to Portugal I am going to make a point of taking a photo, so watch this space.

Woodworking workshop

I had three things to do on my trip to Liverpool to see my Mum, see my new granddaughter and go along to one of only a few Wood turners clubs in the UK and it's in Liverpool. The wood turners is held in an old boat house in a famous park. Silly me went to the wrong lake in the wrong park  looking for the boat house anyway enough of that. When I got to the correct place I must say I was given such a warm welcome but what do you expect from fellow Scousers. I met Eric, Paul, Liz and Sue and many more but I can't remember all there names.
The main reason was I wanted to learn how to sharpen the tools and I was shown a number of ways to sharpen the gouges and it was so valuable what I was able to see and how easy it seems to do.

Watching Liz was so enjoyable because of what she was doing with a piece of wood others may shy away from. There where plenty of people around to offer advice and help when needed but it was Sue I watched most. As the bottom picture shows Sue is in a wheelchair but that doesn't seem to hamper her in her work and I must say Sue seems such a happy person. Sue was making the cylinders that you put the parts for pens into and I stood to watch the whole process. Although I have put a picture of Sue at work I did ask permission to take a picture and that I would put the picture her for everybody to see.

 This is Sue making the bodies for Pens  and the end product was perfect.













I must say I have pinched a few ideas from some of the things saw being made. Remarkably some of the newer members where doing amazing pieces of work and I learnt quite a lot from them. Next time I go to Liverpool and have time to spend I certainly will visit the climb again but next time I will go to the correct boat house.

A long time ago I got myself a Lathe when I saw them on promotion in a store in a place called Coimbra. Over a period of time I have enjoyed making table lamps but I knew my lathe was going to provide me with more pleasure than just table lamps.

I didn't want to cut this picture just to show what I can now make on my lathe. I also make cutting boards as the picture show because i love to see just what I am able to do now I have retired. The reason I want to make things is because I have lots of Olive, Cherry and Sycamore to make things from.






The Cherry is from two trees close to me that have just been cut down and they now need to dry out.
Eucalyptus where I live is a cash crop and used to make Pellets for heating and I have a Pellet burner. I also have a quantity of Eucalyptus that I had wanted to use for the two main uprights for my veranda some time ago. The reason I didn't use it was it was to heavy to lift into position so I used other timbers but the Eucalyptus is cut down into manageable pieces so one day it will get used on my Lathe.

Toilets

When I fly I make sure I have used the Loo before I fly until today. I noticed in front of me a lady who was having trouble getting into the Loo that someone had just vacated. It was sad to see someone having such trouble getting into a Loo.

Well it came time for me to go to the Loo and what a shock I got since I last used a Loo on a plane. I am sure Ryanair had the toilets made as small as they could to get another row of seats on the plane. The space to sit was not much wider than my hips and I found it uncomfortable to turn in such a small space but I am sure the extra income from the extra seats will certainly help Ryanair.

The cure for this is to go to the Loo before the flight.

Using the Internet

I have been using the Internet since before windooooows when it was just menu driven. One time I was on a forum and someone asked who was online. I then typed with one finger Me and I got a reply from some called Mudman. Madman asked who is Me and I gave a name and Mudman asked where I was and of course I replied Liverpool, liverpool, Liverpool in the UK and then a few others welcomed me. That was just to give an idea of how long ago I have been using the Internet.

I have been intrigued by a reader from unknown region. We I figured it out today or I did try a little while ago at home but I couldn't get it to run on my Linix machine. I had trouble coping and pasting from the page I got the information from and then using a terminal.

Now today I found doing a search on my IPad I found it was in the Applestore so I just download it from the Istore. The reason this all started was I like to download TVprograms to watch later than when they're on TV. The site I did use was closed by the FBI so I can now at least find what I want to download and not be traced. All I will say is Unknown region i can now be apart of.

I still have the problem when I get home of downloading it to my Ubuntu system

The UK stinks

Th UK stinks and i mean it, there are times i am ashamed to have come from the UK.

The story my Cousin like all here family are from the Midlands as is my Mum. My Cousins son moved to Mozambique many years ago to be a teacher and settled down. In time he married and had a family BUT yes a big BUT. This year it was planned to spend Christmas in the UK, a chance for Simon and his family to spend time with his family.

Portugal is the oldest friend the UK has had going back to  the earliest treaty dating back to the Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1373. This is about 400/500 before America was found.

In the 1950s, the Portuguese overseas colony was rebranded an overseas province of Portugal, and by the early 1970s it was officially upgraded to the status of Portuguese non-sovereign state, by which it would remain a Portuguese territory but with a wider administrative autonomy. From Wikipedia Also from, Wikipedia In the last decade of the 19th century and the first part of the 20th century, integration of Mozambique into the structure of the Portuguese nation was begun. After all of the area of the present province had been recognized by other European powers as belonging to Portugal,

So if other  European nations recognise Portugal/  Mozambique Why can't the UK after all Portugal is the UK's oldest friend.

I can only hope my cousin and Simon's family get to spend Christmas together.

Bang and crash UPDATE

I have been driving now for over 50 years and I had my first crash. I know last year I changed the shape of my front wing on a direction sign in a big car park. But today this was a crash with another car or rather the car crashed into me.

I was on a road where overtaking was not allowed. Well I was about to slow down and indicate to turn into a driveway when a car decided to to overtake and hit the front drivers side wing. The driver stopped but due to her speed yes it was a lady driver and I know her. The driver admitted it was her fault for overtaking in the wrong place and she asked for my phone details and would arrange to have my van repaired. But yes a big BUT.

I have used a garage now from since I arrived her some years ago. This garage I have found to be honest and reliable so I went of to get a quote and the price I got was less than I expected. I don't know what the other driver will say about me finding another garage but I am the injured party and I think my view is the most important.

I have nothing wrong with the other garages more it's about me being happy with the work to be done and who does the work to my van.                                                

I dropped my van off today mid morning and by mid afternoon i had a call to say my van was ready and looking so good.

Now the update part.

I had a call from the other driver to say that she now wants to involve the insurance company. Oh dear i have now had the damage repaired because the other driver said she would pay for the repair. I arrived for a meeting she planned to give her my insurance details. After taking all the details a comment about she was 50% to blame and that i was also 50% at fault. i slowed to make a turn into a driveway when i was overtaken and my front bumper was almost ripped of my van. At the time of the incident she did admit it was her fault but now she is only 50%. For now i will let the insurance companies do what they do. I couldn't say anything before now with the other driver because when i picked my van up the office was closed and the owner gave me my keys and said to come back in a day or two to pay when the office was open.

My poor granddaughter

My new granddaughter had to have her injections and I was sad to her how she cried when crying is something she doesn't do. This isn't about her but me, well I had to take someone to the doctors today and I asked about a flu jab. I have never had a flu jab because I hate injections I can't even watch an injection in a TVs program. When I asked I was asked to come back at 2 pm to see the nurse and get my jab.

Two o'clock came and I sat and waited my turn a when ready I went in to see the nurse, I must admit I was  terrified. After a few questions I uncovered my arm for the nurse who then used a swab before she gave me the injection. It was when she put the needle into a container when I realised she had finished. I genuinely never felt the needle go into my arm.

OK the swab must have had some kind of pain relief. If that is the case how come a nurse in the UK when giving a baby a jab made the baby cry??

Being a Scouser

Being a  Scouser i like to think i have a sense of humour. I have just found a Father Christmas cartoon that i would like to share and hope it brings a smile to someone at this time of year.

Well it's now December time has flown by

Well it's now December and another year has passed by so quickly. It's this time of year i look after another old person, but this one is the fairy on my Christmas tree.

Here is this years picture i would like to share at this time of year.

A very clever baby

I am lucky to have a new granddaughter and with Facetime and Whatsapp i get to see her often. I was surprised when i received a picture of my granddaughter holding an Ipad. She is used to seeing me on her Mum's phone but today she was using my other granddaughers Ipad.

I know she loves Peppa Pig and could that be what she is watching but to me a great picture.