Hands up

Hands up if you remember this one.

I'll know how many times you have been around the sun if you put your hand up.

it's a bit hit and miss isn't it?

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Hi all, I needed to give my mind a break from all this maths, and as it tends to do it mind went for a wander.
Where it went I'll never know but what it came back it wanted to know about the expression 'Hit and Miss'.

This started when I went up to feed the chooks this morning. It started thinking that their egg laying is a bit hit and miss atm (but at least they are laying).
Then it started wondering if the term hit and miss had anything to do with the old hit and miss 4 stroke engines that I loved to listen to as a kid.

Therefore I now find myself writing about the phrase 'hit and miss' usually prefaced by, it's a bit hit and miss isn't it?

Well after about an hour searching on the web the only reference to the origin of 'hit and miss' I could find is with Dictionary.com which says origin 1895-1900 which places it at the same time as the appearance of these engines.

So I'm now probably none the wiser on the origins of hit and miss but I did enjoy watching the videos of these old engines and after all thease years thanks to the first video now know how they work.

If you are really keen on hit and miss engines then Wikipedia (hit and miss engine) has lots of info for you to look at.

Here is another one just for fun.



Cheers and bye for now
Stewart

Just when I thought it was safe to go to the mail box

Just when I thought it was safe to go to the mail box, uni send me more study material.

Mathematics teriary preparation level A (anything but level A.) If I wasn't in a panic before, then I am now.

I start Friday at 9.00am. I'm oscillating between sheer terror and pure excitement.

Once I get through day 1 I'll settle down a bit. (I hope)

D-Day

Well D-Day has arrived.

I start my first class of my Tertiary Preparation Program on Friday at 9am.

I've currently got my head stuck in some study material they have sent me and so far so good.

As for the veggies, well they are doing very well atm, just watering weeding, and some mulching and eating.

I'd like to say that post ing from here on might become irregular but I'll see how I go. Maybe if I make good use of my time I'll be able to get some stuff up.

I know I have a little lettuce story I want to post so I'll see how I go with that one.

The rose is called Ebb Tide and now resides in my veggie garden.

The National Rose Trial Garden of Australia had this to say in 2005.

Award: Certificate of Merit
Name: Ebb Tide
Type: floribunda rose
Habit: a purple double with exposed yellow stamens that age to cerise pink
Breeder: Weeks, Chino CA, USA
Exhibitor: Swane's Nurseries, NSW


Cheers

Stewart

My favorite pumpkin soup recipe

I'm about half way through making this my favorite pumpkin soup recipe so I thought I'd post it. The recipe that is, I think the soup would end up a bit messy if I tried to post it.

Ingredients (serves 6)

• 2 tbs olive oil
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 1 leek, white part only, finely sliced
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 1/2 tsp ground coriander
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1/2 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
• 1kg peeled pumpkin, diced
• 1 large potato, peeled, diced
• 1L chicken or vegetable stock
• 1/2 cup (125ml) thin cream

Method

1. Heat oil in a large saucepan over low heat, add onion and leek and cook for 2-3 minutes, until softened but not coloured. Add garlic and spices and cook, stirring, for 30 seconds. Add pumpkin, potato and stock and bring to the boil. Turn heat to low, cover and simmer for 30 minutes. Allow to cool slightly, then blend in batches.
2. Return soup to pan, stir through cream and reheat gently. Season and add a little more nutmeg if desired.

Source

delicious. - April 2004, Page 63

Recipe by Valli Little

'Violet Sicilian'

I grew this!

First year I've grown these.

'Violet Sicilian' Cauliflower, looking good to me.

Jamie Oliver had a recipe for beer battered cauliflower on one of his shows and I've been dying to try it out.

Just been waiting to grow some cauliflowers and now I have some.

A high mineral content is responsible for the colour.