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Who snows if that's true? It's beanie long time since it was cold enough around here. I'd ask the Mrs., but I'd ad-vizor to think carefully about it.
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what color ice?
a cold head may not be the worst of it.
pestilence [ pes-tl-uh ns ] noun
1. a deadly or virulent epidemic disease. especially bubonic plague.
2. something that is considered harmful, destructive, or evil.
Synonyms: pest, plague, people
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Meth you really ask? It's crystal clear, of course!
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ahh, 'snow very obvious
pestilence [ pes-tl-uh ns ] noun
1. a deadly or virulent epidemic disease. especially bubonic plague.
2. something that is considered harmful, destructive, or evil.
Synonyms: pest, plague, people
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Ice what you did there!
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Michel Roux: French restaurateur and chef dies aged 79 - BBC News[^]
One of the two brothers who did so much to teach post-war Britain that food could be tasty as well as eaten.* ![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
I'm quite surprised he lasted this long, given that most of their recipes contains two pints of cream and a pound of butter...
* Mind you, that didn't take much: the height of sophistication then was three foot long strands of spaghetti served in a heated chopped tinned tomato (called "spag bol") with "parmesan" that was pre-grated at the factory...
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OriginalGriff wrote: teach post-war Britain that food could be tasty as well as eaten
Too bad the lesson didn't pass down to subsequent generations.
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OriginalGriff wrote: I'm quite surprised he lasted this long, given that most of their recipes contains two pints of cream and a pound of butter...
Maybe he had his meals prepared by others, who were banned from using his own recipes.
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yes a lot of those items were used, and not to spare the salt.
the secret was to not eat so much, rather a smaller piece of the "main event" and lashings of fresh veggies.
...these days it's a 2 lb steak dolloped with a spoon of bearknees sauce, a pound of deep fried chips and 3 carrot sticks shavings.
(to make it fancy in upmarket establishments for 10 times the price they'll serve a 1 oz steak on an oversized plate, the 'gourmet' (??) fries in a basket and squirt a streak of something unpronounceable over the otherwise vacant real estate. oh, and only 2 carrot shavings but more neatly arranged.)
pestilence [ pes-tl-uh ns ] noun
1. a deadly or virulent epidemic disease. especially bubonic plague.
2. something that is considered harmful, destructive, or evil.
Synonyms: pest, plague, people
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Don't forget the jus, brush painted on the driftwood platter (and looking like the chef wiped his butt on it).
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OriginalGriff wrote: "parmesan" that was pre-gradigested at the factory.
FTFY. It was disgusting stuff, and nothing like actual Parmesan cheese.
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Yup. I suspect it was 50% sawdust and 50% dried vomit. That's certainly what it smelled like. 
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Oh yes. But we ate real spaghetti quite regularly in our house so my parents were not fooled.
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OriginalGriff wrote: French
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Ah, so you do like us from time to time... 
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Am I still up tomorrow ? I've set two unsolved ones this week
"We can't stop here - this is bat country" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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AFAIK you get 3 goes until you are booted. So yes, your turn again tomorrow.
Also, I can't even pronounce today's answer 
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pkfox wrote: Am I still up tomorrow ?
You will be if you never go to bed. 
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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I love a challenge, but I hate unsolvable problems. Actually they are not unsolvable, but what company is going to pay me to spend months or years to find the answer.
Unsolvable means I do not have access to the source code and therefor I am left guessing as to what the system call actually does. We are limited to what we can see.
Quote: I've set two unsolved ones this week
That is a sure sign that you live in my world. Unfortunately, the bean counters do not see the value.
INTP
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Time to try some words that people may actually be able to get.
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Maybe "What is the capital of England? (1)"
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Um, how can I spell "London" in one letter? Plz sir, send codz.
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OriginalGriff wrote: What is the capital of England? (1)
I got this one: 'E'
But that doesn't mean I'm in for next CCC, though
"Five fruits and vegetables a day? What a joke!
Personally, after the third watermelon, I'm full."
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Thought you might have gone with:
Drug capital of England (1)
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Hey - I didn't want to make it too cryptic for QA ... 
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