SB sanity and Gas Marks

[Simon]

Simon: "There I am reading the messages and I notice that a lot have SB's
sanity in the subject line. I started to get worried that people where
trying to call me sane, but relaxed when I opened one and realised that
they in fact were talking about Sirius.
I can go and rest in peace knowing that I am in fact insane (not in
Seine)."
Trina: "Oh, Simon, we were just trying to gaslight you and you caught us.
<Sigh>  There goes the fun."
Teek: "Aah, today I saw a minature Simon while at work. (Children's
library... can I say dream job?) He looked just like you, with Harry's
glasses... round and black. Cute, but kind of creepy that I noticed."


Gaslight me? You where trying to set me on fire?

A miniature version of me. That does sound scary. Everyone will be running
for cover! Many say that one of me is quite enough (and often too much!). I
was thinking of getting new glasses soon, but decided that glasses like
Harry's would be taking things a bit far.

Children's library a dream job? It depends on what aged kids you get. If it
is the little ones and you get to read all the cute children's books to and
with them then yes. The older ones are usually too much trouble to get them
to read (that is spoken from experience of people trying to get me to read
when I was a teenager, I still have not managed to complete my GCSE set
texts).



John: "Most (if not all) British ovens/stoves/ranges/whatevers which run
off gas (no, not gasoline/petrol) measure heat by "Gas Marks". I have no
idea how many Gas Marks there are -- 6-10 IIRC -- having never owned a gas
oven/range/yadda/yadda."

There are 9 gas marks, but some modern ovens include things ling 1/2 and
1/4 as well. Not to mention a plate warming temperature and a light on at
the back of an oven one! Gas hobs are much nicer to cook on than electric,
as they are much more responsive to changing the heat level.

Go here for conversion from one to another:
http://www.globalgourmet.com/cgi-bin/hts?convcalc.hts and also conversion
of weights and measures.

I have never been one for being too accurate with measurements when
cooking. Most of my recipes are a bit of this and a bit of that, until it
tastes right. Even when cooking cakes I do not make a great effort to be
overly accurate. For most things it is simply not needed.


Pigwidgeon
--
"... a minute owl, small enough to fit into the palm of his hand, whizzing
excitedly around the room like a loose firework."
"Oh, look at the weeny owl! Isn't he cute?"
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by Jo Rowling
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