The things that 'grind your gears' thread...

[SexBomb]

@L.B
Recirculated exhaust systems on turbocharged vehicles, typically European.
I liken the sound to a pregnant fart!
Aftermarket intake and exhaust modifications exasperate the issue.

 

[Bob dog]

@L.B
Recirculated exhaust systems on turbocharged vehicles, typically European.
I liken the sound to a pregnant fart!
Aftermarket intake and exhaust modifications exasperate the issue.

Put an RB26 head on a RB30 and you get jet howl but the turbo single cam head was Australia only and that turbo whistle was sweet.
Emmision laws these days are save the koala.
Saab and Volvo are an acquired taste.
The conservative mainstream

 

[N4TE]

My iPhone. Try and call someone in an emergency and you can’t get through. Accidentally call an ex ex girlfriend that you did t even know you still had her number if you have a raindrop of water on your screen. Connected in a millisecond. I haven’t seen her in 15 years let alone knew how still had her number and I think she has two kids or something and lives in America now. Why would you call that number…

 

[Alan79]

My iPhone. Try and call someone in an emergency and you can’t get through. Accidentally call an ex ex girlfriend that you did t even know you still had her number if you have a raindrop of water on your screen. Connected in a millisecond. I haven’t seen her in 15 years let alone knew how still had her number and I think she has two kids or something and lives in America now. Why would you call that number…

Grrr. Fucking pocket dials. Try having a name starting with A. I think us poor Folkes in the start of people's phone books get an inordinate amount of pocket dials. One of my nephews pocket dials me at 2-3am every time he goes out drinking.

Ring ring *answer phone, hears loud music* Me "hello, hello, FUCK IT"
"Loud music plays down phone"
*Hang up and call nephew back*
ME "Hello nephew, please get your phone out of the phone book, it's pocket dialling"
Nephew shouting "Unnnclllle, what, what, what. Can't hear you unc. I'll call you back when. I'm not out drinking" *hangs up, puts phone back in pocket, pocket calls me three more times.*

 

[Wahesh]

Grrr. Fucking pocket dials. Try having a name starting with A. I think us poor Folkes in the start of people's phone books get an inordinate amount of pocket dials. One of my nephews pocket dials me at 2-3am every time he goes out drinking.

Ring ring *answer phone, hears loud music* Me "hello, hello, FUCK IT"
"Loud music plays down phone"
*Hang up and call nephew back*
ME "Hello nephew, please get your phone out of the phone book, it's pocket dialling"
Nephew shouting "Unnnclllle, what, what, what. Can't hear you unc. I'll call you back when. I'm not out drinking" *hangs up, puts phone back in pocket, pocket calls me three more times.*

2am? Dude turn your phone off lol or on DND.

 

[N4TE]

Grrr. Fucking pocket dials. Try having a name starting with A. I think us poor Folkes in the start of people's phone books get an inordinate amount of pocket dials. One of my nephews pocket dials me at 2-3am every time he goes out drinking.

Ring ring *answer phone, hears loud music* Me "hello, hello, FUCK IT"
"Loud music plays down phone"
*Hang up and call nephew back*
ME "Hello nephew, please get your phone out of the phone book, it's pocket dialling"
Nephew shouting "Unnnclllle, what, what, what. Can't hear you unc. I'll call you back when. I'm not out drinking" *hangs up, puts phone back in pocket, pocket calls me three more times.*

Ha ha my one was. Hello? Yes hello? Umm I think I have accidentally called the wrong number sorry. Ahh is this Chris??? Um yeah I totally called the wrong number. Sorry I yeah anyway I’ll let you go. Sorry about that. Number now deleted. I didn't even know I still had it. Wouldn’t have called it in 15 years. Awkward level not even 10 just WTF

 

[L.B]

For all my Lebanese people,
When I have to wait until January for Mlokhiyeh to be in season before I can get mum to make it for me because the frozen one is shithouse! Why can’t we get it season round, the cravings are heavy AF and because of that my mum accused me of being pregnant (which I’m definitely not FYI!) Just because I have cravings doesn’t mean I’m with child, I just want Mlokhiyeh FFS!

And before anyone asks why I don’t make it, it’s the only Lebanese dish I cannot master and I will not spend anymore time or waste anymore mlokhiyeh leaves trying

 

[Alan79]

For all my Lebanese people,
When I have to wait until January for Mlokhiyeh to be in season before I can get mum to make it for me because the frozen one is shithouse! Why can’t we get it season round, the cravings are heavy AF and because of that my mum accused me of being pregnant (which I’m definitely not FYI!) Just because I have cravings doesn’t mean I’m with child, I just want Mlokhiyeh FFS!

And before anyone asks why I don’t make it, it’s the only Lebanese dish I cannot master and I will not spend anymore time or waste anymore mlokhiyeh leaves trying

I feel your pain. Not about Mlokhiyeh. Never heard of it before today. But I love potato bake. It's available year round and all but I can't for the life of me make it. Not from a packet mix, not from online recipes. I don't know why. I guess everybody has a culinary Achilles heel that is one of their favourites. Potato bake is mine.

 

[The New Legacy]

For all my Lebanese people,
When I have to wait until January for Mlokhiyeh to be in season before I can get mum to make it for me because the frozen one is shithouse! Why can’t we get it season round, the cravings are heavy AF and because of that my mum accused me of being pregnant (which I’m definitely not FYI!) Just because I have cravings doesn’t mean I’m with child, I just want Mlokhiyeh FFS!

And before anyone asks why I don’t make it, it’s the only Lebanese dish I cannot master and I will not spend anymore time or waste anymore mlokhiyeh leaves trying

I bought seeds in the hope of growing my own but what grew wasn’t even enough to pick 20
Leaves, I love the dish so much and it sucks that’s it’s so seasonal.

The leaves can be frozen once prepared so it’s a means to having it further into the year, the issue is there isn’t always good levels of stock and quality.

 

[Bob dog]

Face Book not allowing Australians to sell Holdens on their site because Holden dont build cars anymore.
Doesn't mean they were never built and don't exist you flips.

 

[L.B]

I bought seeds in the hope of growing my own but what grew wasn’t even enough to pick 20
Leaves, I love the dish so much and it sucks that’s it’s so seasonal.

The leaves can be frozen once prepared so it’s a means to having it further into the year, the issue is there isn’t always good levels of stock and quality.

That’s the thing! And it’s one of those dishes that you can have in winter or summer and it won’t matter it’s just that amazing

 

[L.B]

I feel your pain. Not about Mlokhiyeh. Never heard of it before today. But I love potato bake. It's available year round and all but I can't for the life of me make it. Not from a packet mix, not from online recipes. I don't know why. I guess everybody has a culinary Achilles heel that is one of their favourites. Potato bake is mine.

Mlokhiyeh is kind of like a type of spinach but it’s made into a stew with chicken broth, a fuck load of lemon and served with rice, fried Lebanese bread that’s cracked ontop and an onion vinaigrette. It doesn’t sound like much but trust me, when the body wants nourishment this is the dish that I usually crave.
And Potato bake is the BOMB but no one in my household likes it

 

[The New Legacy]

That’s the thing! And it’s one of those dishes that you can have in winter or summer and it won’t matter it’s just that amazing

Yep, it’s a amazing dish, the zoum with the rez it’s my favourite part.. YUM!

I don’t like it with the onion and vinegar though.

it’s Egyptian spinach and doesn’t work with any other varieties, I think Harkola sells it frozen the leaves that is.

 

[L.B]

Yep, it’s a amazing dish, the zoum with the rez it’s my favourite part.. YUM!

I don’t like it with the onion and vinegar though.

it’s Egyptian spinach and doesn’t work with any other varieties, I think Harkola sells it frozen the leaves that is.

Have you tried the Egyptian version!? It’s all liquid until the mlokhiyeh disappears

 

[The New Legacy]

Have you tried the Egyptian version!? It’s all liquid until the mlokhiyeh disappears

prefer what I’m used too

 

[SARGE]

Yuck! It's consistency is like runny snot lol

 

[Bob dog]

Because the cops got another 20G so do the nurses, the Sydney Trains, the Fire brigade and any other state fooker on 40 an hour.
Isnt the country broke after covid cost us a few billion yet the Unions cant wait to suck the state dry?

 

[L.B]

Yuck! It's consistency is like runny snot lol

That’s not how it’s supposed to be! Who the fuck has been making it wrong in your family coz they’re about to cop a belting

 

[SARGE]

Lol nobody. I've just seen it on cooking shows.

Same reason why I hate okra. I hate anything slimy.

 

[Wahesh]

For all my Lebanese people,
When I have to wait until January for Mlokhiyeh to be in season before I can get mum to make it for me because the frozen one is shithouse! Why can’t we get it season round, the cravings are heavy AF and because of that my mum accused me of being pregnant (which I’m definitely not FYI!) Just because I have cravings doesn’t mean I’m with child, I just want Mlokhiyeh FFS!

And before anyone asks why I don’t make it, it’s the only Lebanese dish I cannot master and I will not spend anymore time or waste anymore mlokhiyeh leaves trying

Whenever I crave something that's not available, I just have something else.

Mlokhiyeh is a funny one though. When I was working in a fruit shop over 20 years ago a Lebanese man approached my boss (who was Italian) asking for mlokhiyeh (it was around January/February), my boss looked towards me and I had a blank expression, I had no idea what it was. I told him to write it down on a piece of paper. Eventually we found a supplier and bought some for the shop, but there wasn't much.

When I got home that night I asked my dad if he'd ever heard of it, and it was something he used to have in Lebanon. Not something that's very popular here though.