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Some doctor stole a piece of my intestines. Not fun to be in a hospital and see computer-screens displaying errors. Been looking for the CodeProject Q&A logo on each screen.
It's good to be back. I missed being a PITA for the rest of the board 
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: Some doctor stole a piece of my intestines.
Sounds like fun. Did you notice the theft at the time, or was it later when you woke in a ice bath and counted your kidneys?
Hope the removal has sorted whatever the problem was?
When do they let you eat normally again?
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OriginalGriff wrote:
Sounds like fun. Did you notice the theft at the time, or was it later when you woke in a ice bath and counted your kidneys?
I went 'voluntary'; that's what it is called if it is the only remaining option.
OriginalGriff wrote: Hope the removal has sorted whatever the problem was?
When do they let you eat normally again?
More comparable to a software-patch than a solution, but even that is progress if the computer stops crashing. Got permission to eat all I can. May take a while before that works again, which means I have a good excuse to go for the best beef 
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: Got permission to eat all I can
"eat all I can" not "want" - so they are already saying it will not be fun,
how about liquids? are you allowed to "self anaesthetise" ![Beer | [beer]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/beer.gif) ??
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Lopatir wrote: "eat all I can" not "want" - so they are already saying it will not be fun,
I should focus on protein. IIRC, that means less veggies and more meat.
Did not ask about alcohol, already can guess it does not mix well with morphine.
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Oooo yeah - sous vide steak with pepper sauce ... :slobber: :dribble: :HerselfIsCookingSoIt'llBeChickenTonightDamnIt:
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Recipe? Never tried to cook sous-vide, but got some time to try stuff 
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You need a water bath and a vacuum sealer, but...
2 tbsp black peppercorns, ground
2 tsp garlic powder, (or ground dried garlic)
2 rump steaks, about 8 ounces each.
Sauce:
1 tablespoon butter
2 teaspoons vegetable oil
3 tablespoons brandy
150ml heavy cream
1 tbsp ground black pepper
1 tsp onion powder
1/2 cup beef stock
Dozen or so whole peppercorns
Method
Mix the ground pepper and garlic.
Put the steaks on a board and trim away any extra fat. Press the pepper mixture onto both sides of the meat, coating it completely.
Seal the steaks in a vacuum bag, and Sous Vide at 56C for at least 60 minutes (more doesn’t hurt at all).
Melt the butter with the oil in a heavy frying pan over a high heat. Brown the steaks for 30 seconds or so each side. Remove and place in a warm place.
Pour in the brandy to deglaze the pan, scraping the base then lower the heat and add the onion powder, pepper, and stock. Add the whole peppers and cream slowly and stir them in (as usual, don't add cream to boiling liquid - the stock should help reduce the temperature nicely!) Add any juices from the meat, and serve.
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OriginalGriff wrote: You need a water bath and a vacuum sealer, but...
No need for an expensive vacuum sealer; submerge a ziplock in water (keep top dry), add contents, close ziplock. Not completely vacuum, but close enough.
Sounds good with those spices, so thanks for the recipe! 
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I tried the ziplock ones to start with, but they were a PITA: next to impossible to reuse because they don't clean well, and they don't hold a vacuum for long. Having a sealer (even a cheap non-chamber sealer) means you get a better vacuum and it lasts for years. Means you can vac-pack food and freeze it, and it's good for up to two years since the bacteria can't grow hardly at all at -18C and near total lack of oxygen. You can't reuse them either, but they are a lot cheaper than the ziplocks.
I get through around £35 a year in embossed vacuum bag rolls! (But it means I can buy in bulk when it's cheap and fill the freezer.)
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Put like that it may be worth the investment. Going to consider it
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Sounds delicious!
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
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Welcome back, Eddy, hope your convalescence and healing are going well.
cheers, Bill
«Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.» Miss Piggy
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Thanks
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Hope you caught the exception early enough!
What was the exception message?
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: What was the exception message?
"A remote connection could not be established".
It should have an informational icon, not the icon of an error.
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Welcome back and here's to a speedy recovery! 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Thanks
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I hope the recovery goes without any problems.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
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Thank you
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Long story short: birds have built a nest in the corner of an open window. There are 2 eggs and the parents take turns nesting. I really have to close the window at some point so now I have to figure out how to move the nest so that I do, hopefully, no harm. However, I am at a loss as to how best to achieve that.
I had thought of duct-taping a small cardboard box to the window that doesn't open in hopes they'd be ok with it.
Any (serious/sensible) suggestions?
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Why don't you just rig something to allow for the opened window but cover the opening to prevent them from coming inside and allow them a little privacy too.
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And hopefully keep waste material and bugs out of the house as well! 
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In the UK, it's technically illegal to move (or destroy) a birds nest with eggs - the eggs of all birds are protected by law since the Wildlife & Countryside Act of 1981.
In the states, I don't know about the legality, but I do know the eggs probably won't survive because the parents will almost certainly abandon the nest if you move it: it's called "Nest-site fidelity" or Breeding Philopatry[^]
This explains the problem quite well: Journey North American Robin[^]
I sometimes wonder how the heck I know about cr@p like this, given that I am not now, and never have been, a "twitcher"! 
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OriginalGriff wrote: In the UK, it's technically illegal to move (or destroy) a birds nest with eggs
Surely that only counts if you tell someone. Oh...
OriginalGriff wrote: I do know the eggs probably won't survive because the parents will almost certainly abandon the nest
I did know about that but was hoping someone knew different.
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