Pedro

@Tym, make it a nice Jeep to go jeeping on, forget about that pikey caravan stuff.

That’s indeed correct

I once went on holiday and left my XR400 caked in mud on my parent’s garage. Every time they would brush against it walking past they’de get dirty and a little bit of dirt would drop to the nice floor, so dad called the local mechanic who owns a washing station to come and take it away for washing, the poor guy kicked and kicked for ages. Eventually gave up convinced I had a hidden switch installed. Eventually I came back, and hearing about this proceeded to start it on the third kick. Dad still thinks there’s a switch under the tank, where I fidget with the tickover speed before kicking it from cold.

What do you think of the Ducati so far, @Six30?

Hey there @William, I’m in Portugal and have no advice whatsoever about the route, but that whole “sidecar for the wife / no sidecar for solo” would make interesting reading in write reports, what bike are you riding?

From @Parker's tastes, I don´t think he likes topboxes as much as Pete.

Children usually aren’t paid much

Are you really Liam Neeson?

Is it surprising that it rains there?

What’s the deal with pine nuts’ prices? Do they have to get into negotiations with the squirrel mafia to buy them or something?

Walnuts work well, as do almonds, pistachio as well, each with a different twist. But surprisingly, old hard bread turned to crumbs on a blender are a great substitute for nuts, proper italian old school cooking with nothing. A couple of mint leaves in the green pesto also work well, if you have them fresh.

We usually try and avoid it

They derestricted restaurant hours a couple of days ago here, people were cravingfor sitting outside after dinner with a cool wine and chatting happily, you can tell by the mood people are appreciating it.

Arriving to Faro by train yesterday night, I caught an Uber across town, and was amazed at the amount of people on the streets. Tens of motorcycles where there’s usually half a duzian, most restaurants have expanded outside because of capacity restrictions inside, every single chair occupied, people eating and drinking and having fun, and lots of people walking around… I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a busier night here except one time there was a concert. It’s nice watching people have fun but I hope it doesn’t blow in our faces.

All this talk of DR isn’t really fair or helpful on poor Dog, fighting to live for ages while dealing with oil starvation while Fred tries to kill it on some god forsaken mud pits

Somewhere in this thread there’s portobello mushroom spaghetti, I like it too. And thank you very much!

I murdered a plant for it

Couple of days ago, with little brother. Chorizo as entree, and cow’s rib with white rice and tomato salad, the roasted pepper was half eaten with the meat, and half of it left soaking in olive oil and garlic for deliciousness a couple days later.

Linguini with basil pesto, dried nuts were scarse at home so it’s got a weird mix of almonds and walnuts, with a couple of cashews. Would doubled on the garlic and tripled on the black pepper but since I’m cooking for mum I toned it down. Consistency and cremosity (?) was ideal!

Hurrah for the Dog pulling out of recovery!

This isn't a modern hospital by any means, and the emergency service is notoriously bad.

Were you expecting something from the middle ages?

Indeed. Turns out he had 4 cracked ribs, a small laceration on the liver (which was fixed) and a punctured spleen, which was taken out this morning. Now he's on the surgical recovery and shall remain there for a few days. Fuck knows how he managed this shit falling from a stepladder. My plans for August have drastically changed Nice! Plenty of excitement outside, though Also saw an old Buick going to the supermarket, all the way from Sweden!

That seems … fun?