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A good place to see camels is Alice Springs in Australia. The early diggers imported them for their treks across various deserts and they went feral.
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Today's bit of useless information.
I've heard some refer to a camel as a "horse designed by a committee."
But I suppose after a long trek in the desert, one might appreciate the camel more than that, perhaps not with the affection that one can have for the horse/
But I suppose after a long trek in the desert, one might appreciate the camel more than that, perhaps not with the affection that one can have for the horse/
John Burgess; whom I believe is a diplomat.
It's definitely not a stranger to the diet of the Gulf Arabs.
They may not eat it every day or even every week, but they eat it. It's found in most of the larger supermarkets and is frequently a festive food.
It tastes mostly like beef. Younger camel is tastier and more tender. I find old camel somehow picks up a taste of kerosene!
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They may not eat it every day or even every week, but they eat it. It's found in most of the larger supermarkets and is frequently a festive food.
It tastes mostly like beef. Younger camel is tastier and more tender. I find old camel somehow picks up a taste of kerosene!
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If I may contribute to this slight digression regarding the flavour of camel.
I have eaten it, though it was probably 15 years ago, and memory seems to indicate that it was lighter in colour than beef, probably nearer to veal and similar in taste. But memory is a strange thing and I could be 'misremembering'
If I may contribute to this slight digression regarding the flavour of camel.
I have eaten it, though it was probably 15 years ago, and memory seems to indicate that it was lighter in colour than beef, probably nearer to veal and similar in taste. But memory is a strange thing and I could be 'misremembering'
Gents
If I may contribute to this slight digression regarding the flavour of camel.
I have eaten it, though it was probably 15 years ago, and memory seems to indicate that it was lighter in colour than beef, probably nearer to veal and similar in taste. But memory is a strange thing and I could be 'misremembering'
If I may contribute to this slight digression regarding the flavour of camel.
I have eaten it, though it was probably 15 years ago, and memory seems to indicate that it was lighter in colour than beef, probably nearer to veal and similar in taste. But memory is a strange thing and I could be 'misremembering'
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andytug (your #8284),
Are these the cats you had in mind ?
Danny.
lying Cats.
....Which ultimately leads to ideas like this....
....Murphy's law application - Uncyclopedia - Wikia
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....Murphy's law application - Uncyclopedia - Wikia
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Danny.
lying Cats.
Murphy and Sod
Thanks for the link ! But it says:
Quote:
It seems that this has subsequently become confused. What is "said to state" (to my mind) is now the general definition of Sod's Law.
Quote:
...Edward Aloysius Murphy, Jr. (January 11, 1918 – July 17, 1990[1]) was an American aerospace engineer[ who worked on safety-critical systems. He is best known for his namesake Murphy's law, which is said to state, "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong."...
Sod's corollary states "When it goes wrong, it will be when the adverse effects are maximised"
These things should not be confused!
With all the talk about camels, my only service contact with them was in El Adem and Aden and not particularly close-up. However a few years back I read a fascinating book, "Tracks" by Robyn Davidson, who walked a train of camels 1,700-miles across the Australian out-back.
Apparently the camels went a bit do-lally when the reached the Indian ocean, not knowing what to do with such a large expanse of water!
Pictures taken on her trek below:
"Aaaaaaah"
"Ooooooh"
"The things I have to do for the money they pay me !"
Apparently the camels went a bit do-lally when the reached the Indian ocean, not knowing what to do with such a large expanse of water!
Pictures taken on her trek below:
"Aaaaaaah"
"Ooooooh"
"The things I have to do for the money they pay me !"
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GlobalNav (your #8308),
What goes in one end of a camel comes out at the other. Sun-dried, and mixed with herbs, it was rumoured to be the filling of the "bidi", the ubiqitous Indian "roll your own" cigarette.
Don't know if it's true - but it certainly smelt like it !
Danny.
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Gents
...If I may contribute to this slight digression regarding the flavour of camel...
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Gents
...If I may contribute to this slight digression regarding the flavour of camel...
Don't know if it's true - but it certainly smelt like it !
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GlobalNav (your #8308),
What goes in one end of a camel comes out at the other. Sun-dried, and mixed with herbs, it was rumoured to be the filling of the "bidi", the ubiqitous Indian "roll your own" cigarette.
Don't know if it's true - but it certainly smelt like it !
Danny.
What goes in one end of a camel comes out at the other. Sun-dried, and mixed with herbs, it was rumoured to be the filling of the "bidi", the ubiqitous Indian "roll your own" cigarette.
Don't know if it's true - but it certainly smelt like it !
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Talking of camels, my late father (will have to locate the correct box in the loft for his logbook but I believe he was on Arnold Course 42A, 2 ahead of Danny) taught me a rude ditty about a 'make up an advertising slogan and win a car' competition run by Kensitas cigarettes in the 1930s - more details here: 1932 Austin 12/6 Harley De-Luxe saloon car .
In those days, the Kensitas packets showed a butler, named Jenkins, offering his Woosterish master his gaspers with the strapline, "Your Kensitas, sir."
According to pa, the entry that should've won, but probably didn't (for obvious reasons) went like this...
"Kensitas, my heart's delight,
Made of sand and camel ****e,
Private process*, bloody farce,
And you can stick your cars up Jenkin's arse."
Wordsworth, eat your heart out!
* Kensitas also boasted that their cigarettes benefited from their secret 'Private Process'.
In those days, the Kensitas packets showed a butler, named Jenkins, offering his Woosterish master his gaspers with the strapline, "Your Kensitas, sir."
According to pa, the entry that should've won, but probably didn't (for obvious reasons) went like this...
"Kensitas, my heart's delight,
Made of sand and camel ****e,
Private process*, bloody farce,
And you can stick your cars up Jenkin's arse."
Wordsworth, eat your heart out!
* Kensitas also boasted that their cigarettes benefited from their secret 'Private Process'.
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Widely known for years as the one cigarette that
depicted the factory on the packet.
(The late lamented Captain Brian Gillespie of East-West
Airlines smoked the unfiltered Camel most of his
truncated life. RIP old son)
Danny,
my mother in law died two years ago (aged 105 !) and only now are we sorting through the paperwork. We came across the above which may bring back memories for you. It is one side of a an airmail letter. If you are interested then I will put up the other side.
There was also a picture of a sergeant pilot in the lot. My wife seems to recall that he was a cousin and drowned whilst on leave shortly after getting his wings.
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My father died at 57, leaving a huge collection of "Golden Virginia" tobacco tins, each carefully labelled with the contents; various screws, nuts, bolts, rivets, transistors, assorted electronic and mechanical oddments. Of course, the original contents of the tins were what did for him; the tinned legacy lives on, and has been, and continues to be, remarkably useful!!