Rate My Takeaway

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A little while back I posted items from a site known as Rate My Plate. That site has people sending pics of the diners they have created and asking for comments. Usually the pics are of dinner fails and the comments are quite amusing. 

There is now a spinoff from that site known as Rate My Takeaway and it can be found at: 

https://www.facebook.com/RateMyTakeaway/

Here are some of the pics and comments: 

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Jerk Chicken & Rice by Matthew M 

Don’t tell me that is supposed to be coleslaw. 

Thought you were meant to take a before picture, not an after picture.

Did you get this at the pet shop as this isn’t fit for human consumption 

I’m against eating placenta. 

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Today’s Takeaway by Gemma S 

That cheeky bit of salad on the side isn't going to help you now, Gemma. 

Is that 3 cups of garlic mayo?? 

If this group taught me one thin takeaway/street food in UK fcking sucks. 

Fanta looks nice.. 

Jez was that boxed up by shovel? 

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Sosig McMuffin for Brekki by Simon H 

The muffin looks like my grandad’s crusty foot 

Gotta leave this page, it makes me actually feel dumber in life 

Ah hardened arteries with extra cholesterol for brekkie 

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Takeaway Birthday Cake by Maria A 

Good enough for a White House dinner... 

Someone dare me to have this as my wedding cake , I’ll do it. 

Enjoy because you’ll not see your 23rd after eating that 

This is defs my kind of cake 

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Munch Box by Billy G 

I'll be honest, that's one of the best looking takeaway burgers I've ever seen. They are usually shite 

Did that cost a whole weeks benefits? 

The roasted red trainers look delicious 😋 

2 free appendix's with every order........ 

Afghanistan called... they want their oil back!! 

Does this come with a Diet Coke 

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Chinese for Tea by Zoe J 

Think they need to calm down on the peas 

I lived in China... this is not Chinese food. This is mankey British food cooked by someone with an identity crisis. 

Did you have to wipe Vaseline on your lens? 

I was worried as I'd lost the contents of my colostomy bag. Thanks for finding it for me 

This meal just brought shame on an entire country, well done 

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Salt & Pepper Box by Johnny L 

Does it come with a free defribillator? 

Why is your tub of fish bait in there too 

Where’s that from? I’ll move there 

Your cremation will blow the chimney off the roof. 

I’d stuff that in my face no problem 

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Beetroot Risotto by Betty P 

It's like a clown threw up... 

Can we have this in black and white? 

Needs more crime scene tape. 

Wouldn’t eat that if I survived an apocalypse 

Looks like the Pink Panther has shat himself! 

I have that same coral setup in my fishtank. 

Looks like that foam they use for house insulation 

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Pizza Time by John W 

Is the sun the chosen cooking method for that pizza? 

John, are you wearing the dress? 

Did you draw that pepperoni on? 

Fantastic Drawing - did your kid colour that in ? 

It looks like a cushion 

Way too uniform for this page....move it along people nothing to see here!! 

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Pizza just arrived for Lunch by Tim V 

'Put it through the letter box mate I'm in the bath' 

Was it delivered by cannon? 

Did the pizza shop used Boeing 737 Max 8 for the delivery ? 

I once dropped one on the pavement when I was pissed...still ate it with the bits of stone in and still looked better than that. 

Did the delivery driver throw it against your front door before he handed it to you? 

Did it arrive by trebuchet?

Thought for the Day

5 x 5: 5 Pics and comments about 5 artists

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LIISA HIETANEN: 

Finnish artist Liisa Hietanen crochets and knits imitations of her friends and neighbours in a series which she has called Villagers. Amazingly accurate, she likes to get to know her subject before recreating them. Here are 5 examples: 

 

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DAKU 156: 

Daku is the pseudonym of an Indian street artist who frequently uses light, shadows and refl;ections in his works, as well as word messages. 

One example that is straight street art: in 2014 before India’s elections, Daku painted a large hand with an inked middle finger with the words “Mat Do”, which can be interpreted as vote or alternatively don’t vote. 

Recently Daku installed a text-based shadow work in Goa by having letters suspended on fishnet above pedestrians casting shadows on the street. The messages are about time passing, the work being called Theory of Time. 

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A BULL AND A FEARLESS GIRL: 

You know that statue known as Charging Bull, which is sometimes referred to as the Wall Street Bull, well. it started as guerrilla art that was installed unofficially by sculptor Arturo Di Modica. It became so popular that it has been allowed to remain permanently. 

The bronze sculpture is an iconic symbol of Wall Street that has become a tourist attraction in its own right. It is said that for good luck, one must rub the bull’s nose, horns and cods, the latter having become shiny and gleaming as a result: 

Charging Bull has often been a subject of criticism from an anti-capitalist perspective. The Occupy Wall Street protests used the bull as a symbolic figure to protest against corporate greed, and it has been likened to the golden calf worshiped by the Israelites during their Exodus from Egypt. 

On March 7, 2017, the night before International Women's Day, another bronze sculpture, Fearless Girl, was placed directly in front of Charging Bull.  

The statue was designed by Kristen Visbal and commissioned by State Street Global Advisers (SSGA) as part of a marketing campaign for their gender-diverse index fund. The plaque below the statue states: "Know the power of women in leadership. SHE makes a difference," with "SHE" being both a descriptive pronoun and the fund's NASDAQ ticker symbol. Fearless Girl was placed facing the bull, and seems to be staring it down. The city granted a permit allowing Fearless Girl to stay on the site for at least 11 months. 

Creator of Charging Bull, Di Modica, was not happy. He asked that the statue of the girl be removed, arguing that the piece exploits his work for commercial purposes and that it altered the perception of the bull from "a symbol of prosperity and for strength" into a villain, doing so for SSGA's commercial gain. Some valid comments.

After Fearless Girl had been in place for thirteen months, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that both Charging Bull and Fearless Girl would be moved to a location facing the New York Stock Exchange. 

Fearless Girl has drawn criticism as being corporate advertising, corporate feminism, as trivialising the pro-rights movement for women and in using a child for the message. Nonethess the statue has been as popular as Charging Bull. 

A report states that sculptor Visbal is making 1,000 miniature replicas about 56 cm/22 inches in height. It will cost $6,500 to own one. 

On February 14, 2019, State Street Global Advisors filed a lawsuit against Kristen Visbal, claiming that she has made and sold replicas of the statue in violation of her contract with the company. The suit claims the artist made at least three unauthorized Fearless Girl reproductions that could damage the company's global campaign in support of female leadership and gender diversity. 

Funnily enough, on October 6, 2017, State Street, the company that funded Fearless Girl, paid $5 million to settle a lawsuit from its female and minority employees who alleged the company violated equal pay rights. 

One final note: 

A replica of Fearless Girl was unveiled by Kristen Visbal at Federation Square in Melbourne before Women's Day on March 8, 2019. It is planned to stand there for four years, 

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PEETA: 

Peeta, also known as Manuel Di Rita, is a graffiti artist currently based in Venice, Italy. His works frequently display an interaction between letters, words, shapes, space, three dimensional volume and altered perceptions of reality, as the following mural examples show: 

 

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OLGA KAMENETSKAYA: 

Ukrainian artist Olga Kamenetskaya trns unrealistic painted faces on dolls and turns them into realistic images, creating something better and amazing in each case. See what you think . . .

Quote for the Day

"Chinese sons think their moms fart Chanel No. 5."

- Awkwafina as Peik Lin Goh, Crazy Rich Asians film

Sydney Suburbs continued: canada Bay, Canley Heights, Canley Vale

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CANADA BAY: 

Location:

Canada Bay is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, 11 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of City of Canada Bay. Canada Bay is also a bay on Parramatta River between Concord and Five Dock. The suburb of Canada Bay sits on the southern shore and is bordered by the suburbs of Burwood and Croydon. The City of Canada Bay takes its name from the bay but its administrative centre is located in the suburb of Drummoyne. 

Name origin: 

In 1837-38, rebellions against the British colonial power took place in Lower Canada (now southern Quebec) and the neighbouring colony of Upper Canada (now southern Ontario). After the rebellions, John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, Governor General and Lord High Commissioner to British North America recommended that Britain grant responsible self-government to the Union of Upper and Lower Canada. As a result, the Province of Canada was created from the former provinces of Lower Canada and Upper Canada. 

Following the Lower Canada Rebellion, two Irish and 58 French Canadian rebels were deported to Australia. At the request of the local Catholic bishop, they were brought to Sydney. Imprisoned at Longbottom Stockade (which was located at what is now Concord Oval), the convicts broke stone for the construction of Parramatta Road and collected oyster shells for making lime. In 1842, the French Canadians were allowed to work outside the prison. Between 1843 and 1844, all received pardons and, except for two people who died and one (Joseph Marceau) who settled in Dapto all returned to Canada. 

Many parts of Canada Bay are a reminder of this history: Exile Bay, France Bay, Durham Street, Marceau Drive, Polding Street and Gipps Street. Bayview Park has a plaque that honours the exiles and marks the point of disembarkation. 

The City of Canada Bay was formed in December 2000, by the merger of Concord and Drummoyne councils. 

Gallery: 

Funnily enough, the City of Canada Bay (left) and Canada (right)look remarkably similar on maps. 

The City of Canada bay 

The foundation of trenches from Longbottom Stockade being uncovered during construction of a new grandstand at Concord Oval, 1984 

Wymston, at Chiswick, built by Dr George Fortescue, amongst the first surgeons appointed to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Built in the early 1880s, it was demolished in about 1922. 

Canada Bay 

Cabarita Pool, 1923 

The original Palace Hotel, opened in 1886 at the end of Tennyson Road, where the River Quays Marina now stands. The hotel was demolished in the mid-1920s and a new hotel, still named the Palace, was built further up Tennyson Road, nearly opposite the entrance to the gasworks. The gasworks entrance was also the Mortlake tram terminus. 

Mortlake Gas Works 

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CANLEY HEIGHTS: 

Location: 

Canley Heights is a suburb of Sydneylocated 31 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Fairfield and is part of the South-western Sydney region. 

Name origin: 

Canley Heights takes its name from its nearby sister-suburb, Canley Vale. When Sir Henry Parkes settled there in the mid-19th century, he named his home Canley Grange, after his birthplace Canley Moat House in Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England. 

About: 

Canley Heights mostly consists of low-density residential and commercial developments. Its commercial area is centred on Canley Vale Road, the main street in the suburb, which features convenient stores, dollar stores, and as well as a variety of ethnic restaurants (generally Chinese, Vietnamese and Thai), which usually open up until late in the weekends and would offer a 'nightlife' for the residents and visitors alike. 

According to the 2016 census of Population, there were 10,974 residents in Canley Heights. 40.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Vietnam 28.7%, Cambodia 7.1%, Iraq 2.7%, New Zealand 2.1% and China 1.7%. 20.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 39.3%, Cantonese 6.7%, Khmer 6.3%, Mandarin 3.1% and Min Nan 2.9%. The most common responses for religion in Canley Heights were Buddhism 38.4%, Catholic 19.3% and No Religion 18.1% 

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CANLEY VALE: 

Location: 

Canley Vale is a suburb of Sydney located 30 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Fairfield and is part of the South-western Sydney region. 

Name and history: 

Aboriginal people from the Cabrogal tribe, a sub-group of the Gandangara tribe, have lived in the Fairfield area for over 30 000 years. Canley Vale was once a woodland area and was originally part of the Male Orphan School Estate. 

In the 1800s, Sir Henry Parkes (1815–96) settled in the district in a mansion which he built near the railway line between Fairfield and Cabramatta. He named it Canley Grange after his birthplace in Warwickshire, England. He named the railway station Canley Moat House and had his own private landing beside the line. 

"Vale" means valley or dale. Cabramatta and Canley Vale were regarded as a single community and from the 1920s it was known as Cabravale. In 1899, the municipality of Cabramatta and Canley Vale, which had been established in 1892, was redivided, and the two separate wards were gazetted on 8 January 1900. In 1948, they became part of the Fairfield local government area. 

Gallery: 

Sir Henry Parkes 

Sir Henry Parkes (1815 – 1896) was a colonial Australian politician and longest non-consecutive Premier of the Colony of New South Wales, the present-day state of New South Wales in the Commonwealth of Australia. He has been referred to as the "Father of Federation" due to his early promotion for the federation of the six colonies of Australia, as an early critic of British convict transportation and as a proponent for the expansion of the Australian continental rail network. 

Parkes delivered his famous Tenterfield Oration in 1889 which led to his instigation of a conference in 1890 and a Constitutional Convention in 1891, the first of a series of meetings that led to the federation of Australia. He died in 1896, five years before this process was completed. He was described during his lifetime by The Times as "the most commanding figure in Australian politics". Alfred Deakin described Sir Henry Parkes as having flaws but nonetheless being "a large-brained self-educated Titan whose natural field was found in Parliament".