About the Thai meal in the restaurant, in the curry there were potato chunks that had slightly citrusy flavour too them, really nice. I'd love to know how they did them. Now I need to find where my nearest Asian supermarket is, I don't think there are any on The Wirral, I'll probably have to go to Liverpool..... Edit that, there is a stockist in Birkenhead, fifteenish mins away.

Nah, I'm not a vegan, I am though a fussy eater always have been. I never ate any meat apart from sausages until I was twenty five when I had my first beefburger. I've never eaten fish, chicken, only breast and that was only because my wife got me to give it a try, in fact I've never eaten anything I don't like, ever. I was a nightmare for my mum, I'd starve myself before I'd eat anything I did not like the look/ smell of. I'd eat fruit except peaches and plums, veg, only carrots, When I was a kid my Sunday dinner was roast potatoes and carrots with gravy, so long as it wasn't made with meat juice. I'll eat sprouts (these days) so long as they are cooked properly. Most of my protein comes from baked beans and soya/quorn based products. The Thai curry is a recent thing, I spent a few days with a friend and his wife who I haven't seen since about 2000. They suggested going for a meal, Thai, I'd never had one before so I thought "shit what am I going to eat" Turns out my mate had gone vegetarian otherwise the meal suggestion may have been a Steakhouse. So I was relieved when I saw the Tofu based meals on the menu, so I chose the Yellow Curry, I was really surprised how delicious it was. Anyway, after mentioning the meal to my brother he bought me a Thai recipes book for xmas. So the other day I chose what I was going to make and bought all the ingredients except for Galangal which I couldn't find (as it is from the ginger family I just used that as a sub). Making the paste was the most time consuming part of the process. Have to say it turned out quite nice with full approval from Mr's JTM. So that's it bit of a ramble, but there ya go..

Home made Tofu Thai yellow curry with Jasmine rice, a few jockeys whips and a poppadum.

Agreed, it's a really nice version. In fact the whole thing is rather good. I liked it so much I bought two copies and the vinyl. I only recently got my turntable upgraded/repaired so the vinyl had been sitting there for over two years unplayed, that has been well remedied now.

Anyway, talking of PG, I've been listening to this (on Vinyl) a lot lately. It has many really good cover versions on it, some I'm liking more than the originals. https://www.discogs.com/Various-Physical-Graffiti-Redrawn/release/6830620 and this. This too.

Definitely not (imo), keep 'em coming.

Name 'em, I can think of maybe one, "Dirty Work". Really it's all about personal taste, as the bias here is heavily weighted towards Zeppelin it's pretty obvious PG is winning the "argument" here. Anyway to throw in my two pennies I think PG just edges it as a double LP, though I could make a single album from the two where they would be a neck and neck photo finish.

Right, just because it's fifty years why should that be different. Fans are dying, the market is getting smaller, interest is waining. Yes there are new younger fans though I doubt their numbers are that great. Personally I could not care less about Live releases, I have all the boots I ever wanted, a ton more that are just clutter, I'm nearly 62 and past caring.

Just checked out a couple of downtown Rochester web cams (Park Ave), man that snow looks heavy...

I often used to close my eyes listening to music, only opening them to flip album sides. These days if my eyes are closed when the music is on it's accompanied by a snore, so my wife tells me.

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Bloody freezin' here, chills ya t' the bone I tell ya. edit, It's now snowing, big flakes too really hope it doesn't last..

You are right, it wasn't considered a turd, I fact I really liked it, bought all the CD singles to get the trax not on the album. But I recently put it on and decided it wasn't that good, it just sounded wrong. Ya never know one day I may change my mind again.

Why, what would be the point. If you polish a turd it's still a turd, imho.