tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post6977209934904651210..comments2024-02-11T19:28:27.997+11:00Comments on Personal Reflections: Helen returnsJim Belshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-13331216133320410562008-08-03T18:14:00.000+10:002008-08-03T18:14:00.000+10:00I think you're right with the quantity. When a gro...I think you're right with the quantity. When a group asked me to prepare toast the way I would normally eat it, I covered it with a layer measurable by centimetres. It did not go down at all well. People who spread it thin managed to eat some of it.<BR/><BR/>That's for the welcome. If you think that that night in Vegas is a remarkable survival, wait until I get to New Orleans!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-19261850598129187342008-08-02T22:31:00.000+10:002008-08-02T22:31:00.000+10:00Welcome back, Thomas. I am glad that you recovered...Welcome back, Thomas. I am glad that you recovered from that first night in Los Vegas!<BR/><BR/>Looking at a very funny video the girls took,part of the problem lies in the quantity people take!<BR/><BR/>Neil, I had forgotten the story re M.Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-3914332697519924302008-08-02T12:22:00.000+10:002008-08-02T12:22:00.000+10:00I may have mentioned before that M (from Shanghai)...I may have mentioned before that M (from Shanghai) quickly took to Vegemite, regarding it as a kind of solidified soy sauce...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-87094542280676078652008-08-01T19:52:00.000+10:002008-08-01T19:52:00.000+10:00I took a jar of Vegemite with me to the US and did...I took a jar of Vegemite with me to the US and did the same thing - tested it out on the locals. Few could muster even a bite as the smell deterred them enough. Not one person enjoyed the experience. It certainly is an acquired taste.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13948719686426093168noreply@blogger.com