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Well, I am now somewhat regretting not keeping back a few rashers for a spaghetti alla carbonara this evening.
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I can't see any problem - no-bacon, no-problem...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Well, quite. There is certainly an noticeable lack of bacon now.
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Sir, I salute you..
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians.
Help end the violence EAT BACON
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Why would you freeze bacon in the first place? The whole point of the curing process is to give it long life. Returning the extra to a fridge or even just a cool cupboard would have been more than sufficient care to keep some in reserve for another day. There is no justification for consuming the lot other than hedonism. Not that I have a problem with that. Just be man enough to admit it!!!
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This was supermarket bacon, made from local pig farms. I have little confidence in its ability to survive after being frozen. The smoking is pretty minimal. However, when Mrs. lady wife returns from the UK, she is bringing some of the real stuff with her.
As to hedonism, I'm all for it!
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A couple of weeks ago I bought a cheesecake for after dinner.
Nobody else wanted any.
Then I noticed the use by was that very day.
What was a man to do?
It wasn't easy, but waste is bad.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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chriselst wrote: It wasn't easy, but waste waist is bad.
FIFY
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Chris C-B wrote: All 18 rashers!
Chris C-B wrote: 250gm pack of BACON
Good lord, can you read the paper through those things? To me, a package of bacon is 454 gms and about 15 rashers. Since that's almost exactly 2 servings, refreezing is never an issue. In any case, you made the right decision. By the way, there is absolutely no reason not to refreeze pork. From a health standpoint, food kept below 42°F is safe indefinitely. Above that, a total exposure of 4 hours is acceptable, in terms of bacterial growth rates and human risk. If you thaw it, peel off what you plan to use, then refreeze it in under an hour or so, you risk absolutely nothing. Of course, as you've determined independently, a 250gm pack is a single serving, and the discussion is moot. Enjoy! 
Will Rogers never met me.
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I was at my local Tesco's store buying a large bag of My Dog dog food for my loyal pet and was in the checkout queue when a woman behind me asked if I had a dog.
What did she think I had an elephant? So, since I was bored and had little else to do, on impulse I told her that no, I didn't have a dog, I was starting the Dog Diet again. I added that I probably shouldn’t, because I ended up in hospital last time, but I'd lost 10 kilograms before I woke up in intensive care with tubes coming out of most of my orifices and IVs in both arms.
I told her that it was essentially a perfect diet and that the way that it works is to load your pockets with My Dog nuggets and simply eat one or two every time you feel hungry. The food is nutritionally complete so it works well and I was going to try it again. (I have to mention here that practically everyone in queue was now enthralled with my story.)
Horrified, she asked me if I ended up in intensive care because the dog food poisoned me. I told her no, I stepped off the kerb to sniff an Irish Setter's arse and a car hit me.
veni bibi saltavi
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Strangely enough, I'm still not entirely sure if this is a true story or not... 
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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Well it is one way to get out of being sent shopping by the wife ever again. 
Or maybe it was just the Gin talking.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Haha, this made my day! Have to try it myself, true or not 
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Funnily enough, dog food has to be fit for human consumption. Now that tester has an awful job.
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Which one? The one tasting the meat, or the one tasting the dry food?
The meat appears to be very similar to what you get in a fastfood shop, the dry food tastes more like dry bread. It is edible, which I can't say for catfood. Very fat, salty crap. Then again, the cat will eat anything
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: Then again, the cat will eat anything
Show how much you know about cats!
Ours is a picky little sod: He won't touch Felix, he used to eat Whiskas (until I bought a load of it), he stopped eating Sheba for a few months, but it back on it now. He eats birds, rats - but not mice, he brings them home and eats the top half only - and loves "real meat". And Tesco cheap ham.
Generally, they will eat anything once. And then refuse to touch it when you buy it in bulk out of sheer relief at finding something he likes...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Do not feed the cat for a few days and let it lose its pickiness!
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We tried that. "Eat it or starve!" and locked him in the house so he couldn't supplement his diet. Three days of sulky, p*ss*d off cat and untouched food later we relented. 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Tried that too, same effect plus bleeding hands and arms  cats can be complete axeholes... that's why I like them
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"just eat it, eat it"."They're out to mold, better eat while you can" -- HobbyProggy
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Given how much she scratched and bited I'd say that 8 out of her 6 ends were pointy
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
"When you have eliminated the JavaScript, whatever remains must be an empty page." -- Mike Hankey
"just eat it, eat it"."They're out to mold, better eat while you can" -- HobbyProggy
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Waterboarding or Rendition?
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OriginalGriff wrote: Ours is a picky little sod: He won't touch Felix, he used to eat Whiskas (until
I bought a load of it), he stopped eating Sheba for a few months, but it back on
it now.
Yes, ditto. He's not touching the Sheba chicken and all the dry food is still there, so yes, acts a bit picky. Still, he will eat anything, from small animals from the garden, insulation-foam, raw paprika and anything that smells like food from the garbage-can, regardless of age or state.
OriginalGriff wrote: Generally, they will eat anything once.
The only stuff that is consequently rejected (even at first try) seems to be fruit.
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I've heard large cats have an instinctive chase-kill-eat-sleep set of instructions. Perhaps yours has stronger cat instincts and needs the chase-kill-before-eat sequence. Ours will make a beeline for the foodball as soon as they recover from a play session. Try playing with them then immediately putting down the food.
Also, when our old cat started loosing interest in food, our vet told us that they won't eat something if they can't smell it. Told us to get the smelliest, stinkiest food we could find. Worked.
We can program with only 1's, but if all you've got are zeros, you've got nothing.
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patbob wrote: our vet told us that they won't eat something if they can't smell it
Never noticed, but that might explain why some stuff is ignored (like fresh raw eggs, until they are broken).
Also explains why he has to have the week-old half rotten herring from the trashcan 
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