No - it's not common fare in our house. I wouldn't say we're a family of vegetarians, but meat other than bacon tends to take a back seat. I've never tried the fillet, mainly because I prefer my steak extremely well done to the point of charred & kangaroo is too lean to do that - but kangaroo tail stew or soup done in a crockpot is to die for. It's not too popular in Australian households - after all it is our national fauna. Eating it would be akin to Scots tucking in to unicorn steaks - not the the done thing...
Off very shortly for a mince pie and mulled wine event. It is annual gathering that it very good, and raises a small amount of cash for various local charities. Seeing as there is food and drink involved you can be sure that it will be well attended. This is France after all.
Morning all. Quite a decent day with sunny periods and little wind. Mme has her hairdresser coming this afternoon, so I will escape to the peace of my fields.
¡¡¡ Have a great Xmas and NY all !!! We´re shooting off to the coast for a week or so, hope the sailfish bite holds .
Morning all.. my last day of 'work' for the year . Looking forward to a good relax... Sent from my G3121 using Tapatalk
Morning all. Very misty and murky here this morning. The calendar season is in full swing now, with various groups such as the blood donors association, the retired fireman's association, or the postal service all knocking on the door to "give" you one to see you through next year in return for a donation. The pharmacy also gives their loyal customers one that if you touch it gives off a scent. It is no wonder that that one arrives in a sealed plastic bag.
Today I received a message from my ISP telling me that I could now watch hundreds of TV channels via my computer. Oh yes thinks I, another standard message gone out to the masses, but here where we are miles from a telephone exchange it will not apply. Still I tested the ADSL speed on the line and found that I had gone from just over 2 mps to just over 9 mps. How they have done it I don't have a clue, but it is certainly a bit faster. On Sunday I was in a village that has maybe 50 houses, and there were signs telling me that the holes in the road were because they were installing super fast broadband, ie fibre. I discovered that there is a program in the department to up grade all of the connections over the next two years. The costs were very high, they detail where the money comes from, and nearly a third was from the EU. I wonder if the work done on the networks in the UK obtain finance from that source, or is it done by private companies that do not qualify?
They pay companies to do it here, but strangely they pocket the cash and huge swathes of the country have dire internet/phone reception. My parents also got fibre in our tiny village in France, makes such a difference... You can start looking for HD streams OFH
I must admit I was very pleased to find that my speed had increased by such a dramatic amount. Although I knew about the program to upgrade lines I didn't expect anything for some years out here. Part of the deal from my ISP gives me access to Bein Sports free of charge, so I will be a happy bunny if I can watch more football without all the hassle of trying to find a stream from some sites that get shut down mid-match.
There has been an 'angry exchange' in HoC recently over the Tory plan to roll out super-fast broadband across the UK - with the Tories attacking the Scottish Government for being three years behind schedule in comparison to the rest of the UK. Aside from the fact that Telecommunications is a reserved matter anyway, and therefore not actually their responsibility, the SG had to step in to fix the mess created by Westminster and create a new schedule - the Tory plan having not taken into account the rural nature of Scotland, and providing limited funding. In spite of Tory claims, roll out up here is now ahead of schedule with independent website Think Broadband saying that 91.8% of premises have access to speeds of up to 24mbps. The SG have set a target of 100% having access to a speed of 30mbps by 2021, to be achieved in two stages. As to where the money comes from - Westminster 'gave' the SG £20.9 million, SG have allocated a further £580 million, meaning that Scottish taxpayers are funding it.
