Helen Hill finally says Ciao ... it's been Fun

.....well this thread has gone a long sideline from "Helen leaving"....... where's Calzone ;) Rangefinder Forum ..... and by the way sometimes there's photographic content......
 
Deardorff38 said:
.....well this thread has gone a long sideline from "Helen leaving"....... where's Calzone ;) Rangefinder Forum ..... and by the way sometimes there's photographic content......
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Yep. But you know, this is how I look at it whether it happens with a thread I start or someone else's. I hope others feel the same way..............

You ever been in one of those sessions with a group of friends? Sitting around, relaxed in each other's company, shooting the breeze, maybe sharing a few brewski's.......

It is always unpredictable where those conversations among friends will go (especially if brewski's are involved). The conversation just meanders and rambles along, one thought leads to another, maybe disconnected thought, and the people involved just go on enjoying the cameraderie and what the old timers used to refer to as fellowship. And you realize that after all is what those conversations are about - its not the conversation nor necessarily the topics under discussion, its the pleasure of being in the company of like minded people - sometimes talking about issues of some importance. Sometimes just "kibbitzing" - killing time, in Australia what we refer to as "having a yarn" with each other in an informal, rambling, discursive way. To me it is what being human is about - we are small group social animals. And if it is good enough for face to face groups, why not the same for virtual groups.

OK, maybe that's what "Off Topic" threads are for here at RFF but there is no predicting when such "off topic" topics will arise in the course of other discussions. And that is, for me, a big part of the charm of RFF (when it is kept civil of course, and hot button issues are avoided especially). It is what makes RFF special. And those final couple of sentences kind of rounds it back to the original theme of this thread and closes the loop.

PS. By way of comparison: I sometimes post over at Leica Forum which is Germany based I believe. While it is a perfectly fine site and the people friendly enough and certainly knowledgeable about Leica, it somehow seems much more structured and formal to a degree. It's a German thing I think. Try going a millimetre outside the forum rules and you tend to get called on it - and not necessarily by the forum moderators, either. And its not the kind of place, I think, where you can go to just shoot the breeze and have a rambling conversation online. As I say I have no gripes about it but the I have noticed the difference in "feel" compared with RFF. Which, I suppose is why I keep coming back here as my default forum site on photography and camera gear.
 
peterm1 said:
I think the secret to eating vegemite for those unaccustomed is to think of it as Soy Sauce in paste form. In other words as a salty and "umami" (savory) condiment and (believe it or not flavor enhancer) to be used in miniscule amounts especially by newbies. In which office it serves very well indeed. A thin scraping of vegemite on hot buttered toast under poached or fried eggs is delicious and has the added benefit that extra salt is seldom needed.

But those who have tried eating it thickly spread on anything have my sympathy. And my apologies - many Aussies tell newcomers to the country to eat it spread thickly as a perverse kind of practical joke on them.
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I've always eaten Vegemite in minuscule scrapings under other things like cheese, avocado, chicken, eggs or whatever. Your description of it as thick soy sauce paste is perfect. Vegemite is just way too bitter to eat in thickness.

Years ago, a friend was making toast at my house, and he dug out a sloppy log of Vegemite from the jar and slathered it on his toast like pipe grease. I was horrified, and asked him WTH he was doing. He said that 'this is how they always do it at home'?! It's like he was using the bread to take the edge off the Vegemite. ughhhh. :eek:

Nutella, however, that's a different story.
 
True Vegemite aficionados eat it by the teaspoon straight from the jar. It helps if you come from a background of fermented tofu, or its dessert relative in olfactory assault, durian, compared to which Vegemite is relatively benign.
 
Archiver said:
I've always eaten Vegemite in minuscule scrapings under other things like cheese, avocado, chicken, eggs or whatever. Your description of it as thick soy sauce paste is perfect. Vegemite is just way too bitter to eat in thickness.

Years ago, a friend was making toast at my house, and he dug out a sloppy log of Vegemite from the jar and slathered it on his toast like pipe grease. I was horrified, and asked him WTH he was doing. He said that 'this is how they always do it at home'?! It's like he was using the bread to take the edge off the Vegemite. ughhhh. :eek:

Nutella, however, that's a different story.
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Nutella - The problem is not putting too much on it is how to put more on.

As Homer would say, Nutella arghhhhhhhhhhh (drool)

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all this vegemite talk, bollocks. (will i get banned now?)
have the true stuff. it's called marmite.

and it's true, it really works well under nutella.

sad thing that the "english shop" in heidelberg has closed (my source of marmite), now hosting a "spanish shop" where the sales people even don't know vino fino.

if this is all of my problems, i'm pretty fine.
 
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sebastel said:
all this vegemite talk, bollocks. (will i get banned now?)
have the true stuff. it's called marmite.

and it's true, it really works well under nutella.

sad thing that the "english shop" in heidelberg has closed (my source of marmite), now hosting a "spanish shop" where the sales people even don't know vino fino.

if this is all of my problems, i'm pretty fine.
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Nah You won't get banned her. You are safe.

But don't even think about visiting Australia - word has gone out! :):D
 
peterm1 said:
In Australia you get the tea but you also get a slice of toast with butter and vegemite on it. And if you cannot stomach the vegemite (only those of us raised on it can - people who were not raised on it apparently think it is something like Surströmming – Scandinavian rotten fish but it is actually more like eating a handful of jet black rock salt) we revoke your visa and send you back to your home country on the next plane out. It is taken as clear evidence that you are in the country illegally. :D
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A good teaspoon of Vegemite added to the gravy while stirring....watch the gravy turn to gold:D
 
Deardorff38 said:
.....well this thread has gone a long sideline from "Helen leaving"....... where's Calzone ;) Rangefinder Forum ..... and by the way sometimes there's photographic content......
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Agreed but as Peter has commented its a chat among friends .... sometimes it gets serious but then we come back to the more mundane .

That`s the unique aspect of this forum IMO and one which I hope always stays a part of it .
 
David Hughes said:
Trouble is, and this happened twice, you ask for coffee and they bring you a pot of tea because you are English...


Regards, David
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David I now have good reason to believe you are an imposter. I was married to an English woman for 17 years so I have it on very sound authority that it is not a "pot of tea" the correct phrase is always "a nice cup of tea". I am yet to hear an English person use another term. Unless you were translating for those who were not fortunate enough to be born English and hence lack the cultural understanding. :D
Just ask Hyacinth Bucket. (For the rest of RFF you will have no idea what on earth I am talking about unless you have been steeped in English culture.) :D :D
Also for readers other than David who will understand I am sure, please bear in mind when reading this that while I was born and live in Australia I was steeped in English culture as a child and it has stuck. In my parent's era and before, the majority of people had a English or wider British ancestry and many of them, if asked, would say they were "English". (Today in Australia we would find that astounding but it was in a very real sense accurate in that time as people still regarded England as "the Mother Country). The exceptions to this were the Irish of course :) and sometimes the Scots. Though many of those would still begrudgingly admit to being British - which is not quite the same. Though I am sure they still enjoy a nice cup of tea.

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peterm1 said:
David I now have good reason to believe you are an imposter. I was married to an English woman for 17 years so I have it on very sound authority that it is not a "pot of tea" the correct phrase is always "a nice cup of tea". I am yet to hear an English person use another term.
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But I was in France at the time...

Regards, David
 
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