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