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Arghhhh!!!! No, my favourite site has been Ddos attacked!!!

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OMG! I am having such a bad day, first, I have managed to scrape hubby new alloy wheels, (£300 worth). You might think well that’s no such a big deal? Oh No, it so is!! They are his most prized treasured possessions, he worked loads of weekends to pay for them and I am in BIG BIG trouble!!!! We could be talking divorce here!

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Well, if that’s not bad enough, I try to talk to my buddies on  forums.moneysavingexpert.com  and tell them, but could not get on, at first I thought it was just a minor server glitch, but now to my utter horror, Martin Lewis, whose site it is, has posted a message saying that the site has been attacked miliacously with a  ddos = Denial-of-service_attack. He appeared on tv last night informing people how they could claim money back on mis-sold ppi policies. I believe this is the reason the site and forums have been attacked.  I can’t that someone would do that? His forum is a lifeline for many people and there is a real feeling of community spirit on this site. To say that I am gutted, is an understatement!!  Anyone from MSE  please talk to me, having serious withdrawal symtoms :(

So, you think nothing more could go wrong after those events, oh, no, guess what my dyson hoover just blew up!!! I have had this hoover about three years and I suppose it’s done quite well to last this long. Hubby, bless him has just given me his weekend job money for a new one!! After what I did to his car too!!!

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I have tried to console myself, I have in the oven, as we speak, apple crumble for puds later, here is the recipe!  taken from bero book

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Ingredients
Crumble:
300g/10½oz plain flour, sieved pinch of salt
175g/6oz unrefined brown sugar
200g/7oz unsalted butter, cubed at room temperature
Knob of butter for greasing

Filling:
450g/1lb apples, peeled, cored and cut into 1cm/½in piece
50g/2oz unrefined brown sugar
1 tbsp plain flour
1 pinch of ground cinnamon

Method
1. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.
2. Place the flour and sugar in a large bowl and mix well. Taking a few cubes of butter at a time rub into the flour mixture. Keep rubbing until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
2. Place the fruit in a large bowl and sprinkle over the sugar, flour and cinnamon. Stir well being careful not to break up the fruit.
3. Butter a 24cm/9in ovenproof dish. Spoon the fruit mixture into the bottom, then sprinkle the crumble mixture on top.
4. Bake in the oven for 40-45 minutes until the crumble is browned and the fruit mixture bubbling.
5. Serve with thick cream or custard.

October 27, 2007 Posted by pennypincher | cakes & puddings, cookery, food, moneysavingexpert, retro collection, retro cookery | | 17 Comments