Wow, he eats a whole onion at dinner every day? That seems like a lot of onion to eat! I wonder how he cooks his onion.
A big onion in the UK is most likely not the same as a big onion in the US.
I’ve had the same supper for 10 years
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Re: I’ve had the same supper for 10 years
#132Re: I’ve had the same supper for 10 years
#133Does it strike anyone else as oddly ironic that he is so sad that people don't go to the effort to hear the cuckoos, and yet he basically doesn't want to experience... well, pretty much everything. It's great he's happy with the life he has chosen. But I personally find people who are even slightly like that (i.e. closed off to new experiences) depressing to be around. My parents are kind of like that, and have been…
I read that differently from you.
I think he's sad because they _do_ go to the effort of hearing the cuckoos, but they're rushing. They're not fully present, and so they don't get the full experience.
He, by contrast, is very present in the things he does. That he doesn't choose to do many things is a different topic.
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#134Seventy one sheep? And he makes a living? Something missing here.
He's 70 years old. Nothing said his sheep were the only source of income he ever had over his entire life.
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#135> even on Christmas Day: two pieces of fish, one big onion, an egg, baked beans and a few biscuits at the end
> I've had several strokes
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#136This is not that hard to do and can happen naturally without overthinking it. I used to do a variation of this when I was single. I used to eat the eat the same breakfast (blended milkshakes with fruits/green veggies) and the same dinner (salmon/slice of bread with tomato and walnuts).
The key was
a) Eat to live instead of living to eat
b) Being too lazy to commit more than 5-10 minutes for food preparation.
c) Being single where I could own my decisions and "weirdness".
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#137A britishism I've never come across—does anybody know what "sandwiches with paste" are?
https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/shop/food-cupboard/jam...
Good find! Some of these products though…
Princes Beef Paste 75G, description: "Beef Paste with Minced Chicken". Price: £0.50 (≈ $0.70)
Good for him that he enjoys his four(!) "sandwiches with paste" for lunch, but this doesn't sound particularly appetizing.
Re: I’ve had the same supper for 10 years
#138Does it strike anyone else as oddly ironic that he is so sad that people don't go to the effort to hear the cuckoos, and yet he basically doesn't want to experience... well, pretty much everything. It's great he's happy with the life he has chosen. But I personally find people who are even slightly like that (i.e. closed off to new experiences) depressing to be around. My parents are kind of like that, and have been…
I think you slightly misread the article. His sadness was for those people who wanted to hear the cuckoos (for example, birdwatchers) but could not because they were in a hurry, or did not have the patience or the time to listen.
Re: I’ve had the same supper for 10 years
#139Does it strike anyone else as oddly ironic that he is so sad that people don't go to the effort to hear the cuckoos, and yet he basically doesn't want to experience... well, pretty much everything. It's great he's happy with the life he has chosen. But I personally find people who are even slightly like that (i.e. closed off to new experiences) depressing to be around. My parents are kind of like that, and have been…
I think that most rich-country urbanites and suburbanites are spoiled for choice in things to experiences. It wasn't that long ago that most people hadn't traveled much further than the next town over, let alone another state or country. Logistics has gotten to the point where its practical to have most everything everywhere that lots of people are.
Life before plenty was hard and boring by our standards. You can still see this in poorer, remote areas -- my experience is mainly with the American midwest and random foreign travel. There simply isn't much to do (or eat, or see), unless you're close to a big city.
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#140Earlier quoted context omitted.
https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/shop/food-cupboard/jam...
Good find! Some of these products though… Princes Beef Paste 75G, description: "Beef Paste with Minced Chicken". Price: £0.50 (≈ $0.70) Good for him that he enjoys his four(!) "sandwiches with paste" for lunch, but this doesn't sound particularly appetizing.
No, I wouldn't touch them with a bargepole. But I do remember my grandparents eating such things in the early 1960s. And British cuisine (?) has a long (centuries) history of potted meats and shrimps, which I guess these are trying to emulate. A bit like the French and pate.