lol, young ms. shake loves the pokemon furikake. The tamago ones, not the sake ones though

Oh my! 20 individual packets, with different pokemon on each side of the little packets!!
(see the "what have you done today" for a pic of todays haul!)

By the way, when shake mentions sake furikake, that's salmon, not the drink.

You'll often find furikake with cartoon characters on the packaging. I think this is because it's useful to help get kids to eat their rice (if, like ours, they leave the rice for last while eating everything else).

I did wonder colin! Ingredients in these are listed as: Sesame, Wheat flour, Salt, Laver, Flavouring Colours, Sweetening

Furikake is gorgeous, I think I'll go have some now.

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Originally posted by symmetry:
Furikake is gorgeous, I think I'll go have some now.

I shall bring some packets round when I make it for tea!

I am presuming, from Colins initial comment, its not vegetarian?

Please be observing proper furikake technique.

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I am presuming, from Colins initial comment, its not vegetarian?

There's "vegitable" furikake, too. I'm not sure if that's what you have... is Laver a fish?

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Originally posted by colin:
Please be observing proper furikake technique.

Really.. You know you shouldn't show such cuteness to pregnant ladies!! We might explode!

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Originally posted by colin:

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I am presuming, from Colins initial comment, its not vegetarian?

There's "vegitable" furikake, too. I'm not sure if that's what you have... is Laver a fish?

Ah ha. Seaweed

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laver_%28seaweed%29

Looks like we do have vegetarian Furikake

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Originally posted by Fashionpolice:
1998. It was when he received his honorary doctorate from Parson's School of Design, and they made him agree not to make any fashion blunders if he accepted the degree.

Thank you for answering that. Do you aim to be WG's biographer ? Because not only you know everything but you can also make a story out of it.

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But seriously he looked pretty styling in that Hippy Gib video with his Levi's jeans and brown corduroy jacket.

So I suppose he always had that skill.

The biography should of course contain a chapter about WG's fashion style.

But, given his age, is it rude to speak about biography?

Hell, these days everyone who's "anyone" has a biography before they've turned 40!

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Originally posted by colin:
...is Laver a fish?

He's a tennis player.

I'm getting a new location for my same old job.

So, i'm in the process of purchasing a new house to keep my stuff in that isn't going to be 1 1/2 hours away on a bad traffic day.

What is a good distance for a reasonable bike commute?

What is a bad distance for an unreasonable, masochistic bike commute?

How can I go from a 'usually don't fall off much' rider to a 'rides in traffic looking cool' rider?

The two guys who bike into my office regularly go between around 4.5 and 6.5 miles each way. The masochist spends half of his trip home riding up a mountain, to boot.

I'm not sure how that rates on your masochism scale though

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How can I go from a 'usually don't fall off much' rider to a 'rides in traffic looking cool' rider?

Shotgun slung over your back helps.

I am of no assistance on the distance question. Elevation change seems as important if not more important than distance.

I'd say that a commute should take no more than 30 minutes if you actively have to participate in the traffic in either a car or a bike. It can be longer if you're in a train where you can read a book or just relax.

If you don't want to be tempted to drive instead of biking, you need to get the commute down to around 15 minutes. So I'd say 3 miles or less each way would be a good distance. You'll get some exercise, save the gas money, but won't need to take a shower and change your clothes when you get to work.

5 miles would be doable, but you'd probably break a sweat.

10 miles is a distance that you would considere unreasonable and masochistic. (It would take around an hour depending on your bike, conditions, etc.) Definite shower and change of clothes.

Also depends on elevation and general weather.

If I had somewhere to store a bike at home (not allowed to chain it to the raliings, not allowed to keep it in the hall, no room in the flat), then I would have to contend with Notting Hill, which would be OK coming home, but would kill me going up it every morning.

Then there is the British weather.

You also need to have a shower at your office when you arrive and factor in showering/drying time.

Apart from that, at about 6 miles, I'm probably perfect distance for bike commuting.

For seven years I cycled five miles each way to and from work, through heavy central London traffic. It usually took half an hour. When I pedaled absolutely flat out giving it everything I had, I could manage to get it down to twenty two minutes. But it wasn't worth being an exhausted sweaty heap for the sake of an extra ten minutes. Plus, there was no shower at work so I had to have clothing to change into when I arrived. Less of a problem in winter, obviously.

If the weather was bad - anything heavier than a light drizzle - then I'd take the train. Nothing worse than being soaked through at the beginning of the day and taking hours to warm up again after arriving. Sometimes in winter my fingers would be so frozen I'd need half an hour before I could pick up a pen!

I found thirty to forty minutes in dense traffic enough for my nerves and attention span, really. More than that and you begin dreading the journey. Also, as Krad says, hills are a big (and when you're tired after a long day, maybe the BIGGEST) factor. Central London is pretty flat, but the south where I live is absolute hill valley hill valley thigh murder... some nights it was easier to walk up the hill pushing the bike than pedal up it. Would you have the patience to do that?

As for Teh Confidence; that comes from doing it. At first you will feel unbelievably vulnerable, especially if you've never cycled much before. But you get used to using your eyes and ears and after a while it's no big deal. You will often arrive at your destination having seen nothing of the scenery around you because you're concentrating so hard on not getting squished. A lot of drivers pay no attention at all to cyclists and you have to anticipate that every car you see might do the stupidest possible thing right in front of you at any moment. But even that becomes second nature after a while.

Do you already have a bike?