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Girlfriends grandad is pissed off two bottles of Bud and it’s not even 4pm. Merry Christmas everyone.

Medium for me. Merry Christmas to all and happy birthday to Santa @Stan.

Merry Christmas fellow football enthusiasts and happy birthday Stan.

We could never bottle anything because we've been over performing of a considerable amount of time for a decade or so. There were no espectations with the realists and qualifying to participate in the Cahmpions League for so long just made us be part of a select number of European clubs from top leagues that were able to earn their shareholders more doe. So what are you exactly getting at mate?

Why would you ruin fillet steak with pepper corn sauce? That’s for the cheaper cuts.

My house!

Merry Christmas team

What a day to be born... Happy Birthday @Stan

Let them sink or swim!

Happy birthday to Jesus and @Stan

Happy Birthday mate, hope you enjoy your currycake!

Merry Christmas you filthy animals.

50 years ago, 'Earthrise' inspired the environmental movement Steve Dent 2 hrs ago The most famous photo ever taken from space, Earthrise, is 50 years old today. It's so ironic that we now take it for granted, but it may have had a greater impact on humanity than any photograph ever taken. Far from being planned, astronaut Bill Anders snapped it during the ground-breaking Apollo 8 mission on the spur of the moment. "Suddenly we saw this object called Earth," Anders told the Guardian. "It was the only color in the universe." The 1968 Apollo 8 mission was crucial in the race to get a man on the moon. It was the first manned launch of the colossal Saturn V rocket, which had only flown twice before in unmanned test missions. It was also the first manned spacecraft to escape Earth's gravity, reach another celestial body, and orbit it. It took nearly three days for the crew to reach the moon, and after a tense four-minute engine burn -- which could have flung them into space or crashed them onto the Moon's surface --they successfully entered orbit. The astronauts were equipped with a highly modified Hasselblad 500 EL with the reflex viewfinder replaced by a mechanical sighting ring. They were fully trained in its use and in photography principles and had access to both 70mm color and black and white film. Commander Frank Borman happened to be turning the command module when it came around on its fourth orbit on December 24th, and the Earth appeared as a blue jewel against the Moon's drab monochrome surface. Video player from YouTube (Privacy Policy) Borman reportedly took a black and white photo of the Earth in a slightly lower position next to the moon, but Anders thought the shot would be worthy of color. The conversation among the crew at that moment was famously recorded for posterity (above) and reveals what happened next. Anders: Oh my God! Look at that picture over there! There's the Earth coming up. Wow, that's pretty. Borman: (Joking) Hey, don't take that, it's not scheduled. Anders: (laughs) You got a color film, Jim? Hand me that roll of color quick, would you... Lovell: Oh man, that's great! Anders didn't get the film loaded quickly enough to take the shot from the main window but noticed that the scene was still visible from the hatch. Crew member Jim Lovell wanted to grab the camera to take several more, but Anders amusingly chided him. "Wait a minute, just let me get the right setting here now," he said. "Calm down, Lovell!" Anders knew he got it ("Aw, that's a beautiful shot!") and said he took it at 1/250th of a second at f/11. He took a couple more at slightly different exposures to make sure, though. The crew splashed down on December 27th, along with the famous photo. After Anders loaded the film, the next person to handle it was NASA chief of photography Dick Underwood early in 1969. The development of the seven rolls, containing 865 frames, was undertaken with the same level of precision as the rest of the mission. "I took them to my area of the photo lab where we had a special processor that I had built for Apollo space film," Underwood told the Independent in 2009. "We gave that very thin film tender love and care. There was no room for error. Failure was not going to happen." The photo was first published in early 1969 and reportedly inspired the first-ever Earth Day in 1970. It has been a touchstone for the environmental movement ever since. "The vast loneliness is awe-inspiring and it makes you realize just what you have back there on Earth," said Lovell. NASA https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/techandscience/50-years-ago-earthrise-inspired-the-environmental-movement/ar-BBRpqFN?ocid=chromentp

Merry Christmas all!!!

Merry Christmas a todos!

Currently in Rotorua, spent yesterday walking around an area of geothermal activity called Hells Gate before spending half an hour relaxing in geothermal mudbath. Pretty decent, there's a phenomena called the frying pan effect where the ground is so hot that it boils and spits water out like a frying pan. Amazing. Spent Sunday walking around Hobbiton....was a surprisingly good day even if it was absolutely rammed with tourists all pushing to get pictures. Managed to fall off from the group and just get some pictures outside the Hobbit houses. Drank at the Green Dragon as well. Off to Lake Taupo tomorrow, will see some waterfalls, do some sailing and then do the Tongariro crossing...as seen on Lord of the Rings, no real interest in the film tbh, just going to be a great hike.

Merry Christmas guys.

Merry Christmas to you all

Happy Christmas to all and everyone of you. Wish you guys all the best in this blessed time of the year. Let's hope peace, understanding and respect suddenly hits the eyes' retina for once. Christmas greetings.

Sounds nice...as for the doneness - I understand that it's a matter of preferences, but certain cuts of beef simply lose their quality if they're cooked above medium... Lean, tender cuts in particular as they lose their juiciness and tenderness and become too chewy and dry. Fatter cuts tend to taste better when cooked medium and above due to marbling. I generally like mine medium or medium rare for high quality cuts and medium or medium well for lower quality meat. This is medium though? It's not blood, it's myoglobin... This man knows his steaks

Had an amazing steak dinner for Christmas Eve tonight... Medium rare Black Angus fillet steak with some rosemary and thyme roasted potatoes and a side salad. Honestly the best steak I ever had. Now off to have a few beers and whiskies. This Christmas is turning out to be quite nice

It's all good, folks. I remembered the pattern and promptly removed it

New Zealand in a week or so. And planning a return to Japan in maybe April.