ah, too bad...I got marooned on Ocracoke once (nothing like the Dorian situation), it didn't take much...gotta wonder how long the OBs can stay semi intact...Quote:
Originally Posted by Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
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ah, too bad...I got marooned on Ocracoke once (nothing like the Dorian situation), it didn't take much...gotta wonder how long the OBs can stay semi intact...Quote:
Originally Posted by Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
Er ist kaputt?
(Er being my tablet.)
try kicking itQuote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
How bad is it? I imagine a lot of those little houses around town are gone? Is the Springer Point Trail open?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
Springer Point is open! Was our first stop. We picked up some trash (masks :-/ ) and took a little walk. Signs indicate that the preserve is actually expanding next year.Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
Some houses are gone. Several are in the process of being lifted - fascinating to see. The woman we rent from says it cost her $96k to lift her house.
Awesome! Not about having to pick up someone's discarded mask - that @#$%^!es me off to no end.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
BUT, I love standing on the beach at Springer's Point, imagining Blackbeard's ship anchored nearby, the pirates coming ashore there to restock their fresh water supplies. How cool is that?!?
"wo-o-o feeeeelings"Quote:
Originally Posted by weezie
There was an episode of The Gong Show where every contestant sang that song.
https://archive.org/details/TheGongShowFeelings
Today’s moment of self-awareness: I would have been a pretty bad stevedore.
Good thing your parents didn't name you that.(I'm assuming).Quote:
Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
"Stevedore" is a phenomenal word.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
I wish I had a dog that howled to what was on the TV.Quote:
Originally Posted by DukieInKansas
That episode would certainly have started the howling!Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
what a job. Years ago I watched some stevedores try to find a friend's belongings, shipped to Montreal from Russia, under multiple tons of Egyptian cotton. Ugly.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
Easy to see why containerized shipping has largely taken over the world...
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Originally Posted by OldPhiKap
Not me! In fact I firmly believe I would have made an excellent Commander of the Stevedores. Mirrored sunglasses and a whistle and a bullhorn and I would have killed it.
You commanding any group would win the award. You were born to command. All hail, Queen Weezie!Quote:
Originally Posted by weezie
I still need you to come crack a whip over me so I clean out my basement.
:D:D:D oh pshaw. I'll admit, I'm my own biggest fan. But I sure wish I could come help with your basement. You'd hate me in about an hour but I'd have a blast.Quote:
Originally Posted by DukieInKansas
New tablet ordered. The last one was a faithful friend for 4 1/2 years.
iOS or Android?Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Android. Phone is iOS, I like to keep a foot in each camp.Quote:
Originally Posted by -jk
Spent thirty minutes in the dark helping a stranger get a sting ray off their line and back into deep water.
It was a good day
I work with both but certainly prefer ios.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
-jk
Y’all have been warned:
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reminds me of the time our heroic dog Trevor was on the beach at the OBs and scarfled down an entire jellyfish (he's a labrador, they do these things)...fortunately it came right out about 20 seconds later. Hazards of the ocean!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
Hey, snow on the ground this morning, it begins!
Wow.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
Can't say I'm jealous of that!
75 and sunny here at the beach. Rented some kayaks.
I started off years ago building my own PCs. But then I found cars and well I haven't progressed beyond that.Quote:
Originally Posted by -jk
I routinely ignore that warning.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
You can get pasteurized eggs these days...Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
-jk
Haven't gotten sick, yet . . . Haven't we had this conversation a couple of times already?Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Yes, and yet we continue to eat raw batter! (Me especially) I'll have to ponder the pasteurized egg thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
Not going to stop now - I figure it has helped build up my immunities. Plus, who knows what fun germs I have eaten - for a while growing up, we washed our vegetables in clorox and were supposed to boil our water for 30 minutes* before drinking it.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
* Our house tested worse than others on the compound - they just had to boil water for 20 minutes. I'm still sad that we didn't bring one of the huge tea kettles back with us.
I understand it's rainy and crappy back in Asheville, but here on Ocracoke it is nearly 80. Great weather for kayaking and beach walking.
Doesn't sound like there is any reason to go back?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
What’s left of Zeta inbound. Going to be wet tomorrow.
it will bring snow to our state's southern counties thanks to feckless, cold Canadian air coming in at the same time...Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime...?ocid=msedgdhp
Any press is good press?
You aren't wrong. Except for my rental truck.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
First snow of the season?Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
Maybe he is expecting a thriving jailhouse business?Quote:
Originally Posted by BlueTeuf
Today, I am going to try and calm down. Even if only for today.
Two song titles come to mind this morning:
“Rainy Night in Georgia”
“The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia” (no one got hung)
And based on recommendations from this thread, I bought strawberry pop tarts yesterday for the first time ever. No electricity for the toaster this morning. 2020. 😡
It rainy here, too. Nothing but gray skies all day in PA.Quote:
Originally Posted by TruBlu
Not weather-related, but try Fast Train to Georgia by Billy Joe Shaver, who died yesterday.Quote:
Originally Posted by TruBlu
That caused me to actually look at the lyrics for Midnight Train to Georgia. L.A. = Lower Alabama?
Grocery store again?Quote:
Originally Posted by weezie
And they'll keep for months!Quote:
Originally Posted by TruBlu
We have had several dustings, including one yesterday, when my idiot neighbor actually mowed his lawn...impressive OCD chap, him.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Zeta though will bring the first measurable snow south of us, that's just how it is.
Wow, even I've given up on lawn mowing at this time of year. And normally we are still in the high 70s at this point.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
I come to Ocracoke, and Asheville gets a tropical storm.
Very on brand, 2020.
Is this the socialism-hating, horse-in-the-pool,drinks-all-day neighbor?Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
No, but they're both profoundly OCD. Lawnmowing over the snow guy (who also rakes all his pine needles among about 250 pine trees) is different from OCD paved driveway guy (paved driveways are rare around here) who periodically removes a few leaves from his driveway NOT with a broom, but rather by riding his riding lawnmower up and down the driveway until the leaves scatter. That guy does happen to be socialism hating guy...when the Covid began back in March and I mentioned to him that I guess some things are going to get shut down (quite amiably) he hollered that "the only things we need to shut down are the media and the stock market." I guess his 401k had taken a beating.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Third neighbor is horse in the pool guy, typically has a travel mug of Crown Royal on his way home from work, he's too toasted to do much of anything, though he does love his multi purpose tractor.
I don’t want to tell you your business but you should be pitching reality TV scripts...Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
What? Reality TV is scripted???Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
I just voted. I did not take a sticker.
You are so not helping me get over my pledge not to donate to the general scholarship fund at Duke anymore.Quote:
Originally Posted by BlueTeuf
My wife and I are perpetually entertained...we've lived in our house for over 30 years, as have the two OCD neighbors...we have small running bets on stuff...one of them mows the lawn three days a week, washes his cars three days/week...Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Substitute “year” for “week”, and you could be talking about me. I have to do my part to even out the average due to guys like your neighbor. It has nothing to do with me being lazy.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
I am of the same ilk...I do not believe I've washed either of our cars (both silver, the non washer's color choice) in about two years...sometimes I pour a bucket of water over the rear window so I can see out of it, maybe once a year nip into a car wash.Quote:
Originally Posted by TruBlu
Is there a reason to wash your car other than it’s dirty? Does it prolong useful life or anything?Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
I can’t remember the last time I washed a car.
No good reason I can think of. OCD neighbor(s) need all things spotless and precise...here's another symptom, this one from neighbor #2, he who rakes pine needles. Yesterday morning he was laying out his reflective markers on his driveway for Plow Man to use this winter (not a bad idea), and while most folks just plunk in a marker every so often down the driveway, he was literally measuring out precisely equal distances between markers (with a tape measure) all the way down the 100+ yard driveway. Took him about 20 minutes to do what could have been done in two minutes.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
p.s. my Volvo is almost 15 years old, going unwashed hasn't bothered it one bit. Savvy tip: sometimes I leave it out during big steady rains...
I live under a canopy of tulip poplars. They drip whenever they have leaves out. I wash my cars when the windows get too gross. I have a lightweight pressure washer; it does a bang up job.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
-jk
I have washed my current car more times in the just over 2 years I've owned it more than my prior vehicle in the entire 9 years I owned it. A new car wash went in that I pass at least twice a week. I can run it through the car wash and use the vacuum as many times as I want for a monthly fee.Quote:
Originally Posted by -jk
It seems that every time I do a thorough cleaning of my car, some idiot decides to drive their car into my car, even if it’s parked. I decided to stop jinxing my cars.
I also only purchase silver or tan cars. As my son says, you can’t tell if it’s dirty if it’s the color of dirt.
I've owned blue, green, red, white, silver, gray and black cars. Never a brown or yellow car.
Blue, blue again, white, gray, black, beige, black again.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
I'm a nutcase about having a clean car. Comes from growing up in Detroit. I recently had to break in a new detailer and it was nerve wracking until he realized he was dealing with a kook.
Yes, I live an extremely neurotic life.
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Originally Posted by budwom
You guys are making me feel so much better about my car-washing habits.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
blue and silver, black (NEVER again), and charcoal gray
It's snowing.
Fake newsQuote:
Originally Posted by Bostondevil
It's windy
I concentrate my car care habits on what I deem important, e.g. appropriate oil changes, keeping all the mechanical stuff up to snuff, having good tires, etc. Seems to work fine.Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
OCD neighbor #1 visited some neighbors a couple years ago, a dog jumped onto the side of his car, left a minor scratch, and he nearly killed several people barreling down the road to buff out the scratch. Impressive.
Too many errands this morning.
Perhaps I'm one of the few who lives where they salt the roads?
Around here, there's a reason car washes offer a monthly payment price for unlimited washes.
TOH Season 6 - yes, I went backwards. And found myself uttering the phrase, "There is no way that meets code." as they toured the next house to be worked on.
I prefer to brine.Quote:
Originally Posted by BlueTeuf
Oh, roads, yeah, I was thinking other things. Yeah, I don't think they have a salt pile here to use on the roads. Nor the equipment to spread the stuff out.
I would run prior cars through after the snow melted but I'm washing the new car much more often.Quote:
Originally Posted by BlueTeuf
Breaking in the new tablet.
Digging the name Whistlebinkies.
dump run accomplished! and bought Cheetos for election day
It is much bigger than the old one and the screen resolution is nicer. Maybe it will help me keep down my typos.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Corned beef and cabbage, hold the cabbage. Is that allowed?
Cleaning the garage and winterizing the outside bathroom.
lawnmower gas goes into the car for the winter...new (ethanol free, in your face, Iowa) generator gas shall now be procured, the cycle of (home) life.
Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
A good strategy in life is to marry someone who really enjoys DIY household chores, cleaning and projects. The problem for my wife and I is that neither of us did.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
I'm not sure I'd use the word "enjoy." I can be impressively lazy, but having lived in the same house for 30+ years, I know what needs to be done, and I do them, especially those things that need to be accomplished before snow sets in.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
I am one part work, two parts congratulating myself on what I've done.
Tricking and treating, or nah?
We’re socially distancing handing out candy (via bowl).
Nah, I didn't even buy candy this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
We’re delivering candy via a tube. Sorta like mainlining.
-jk
This kind of tube?Quote:
Originally Posted by -jk
Attachment 11775
How big of a generator?Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
Despite an explanation the before, the baby ignored daylight savings time.
5600 watts. Our area is prone to big wind and snow storms, we've lost power for five full days on several occasions...did not have the money 15 years ago to get the automatic, whole house generator (would've been $9k or so including buying a propane tank) so we had the house properly wired by an electrician and bought a Sears generator, all for just over $2k...doesn't do the whole house, but it does get the furnace working, fridge, lots of lights, more than enough to get by for days...easily rolls out of our walkout basement...Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
yesterday was the third anniversary (Halloween, 2017) of The Big Wind Storm when we lost about 150 trees, several on the house, 35 or so across the driveway (all 70 foot white pines), president of the power company had a photo op at the end of our driveway...not a fun day...
As such I always make sure I have a five gallon can of non ethanol gasoline, just in case...
Get used to being ignored! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
-jk
I was out driving in Hill Country this morning:
Attachment 11778
Still on Ocracoke. Morning kayak, winds got strong. Long dog walk. Long bike ride, started to rain.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Time to make chili and watch football.
They play football on Sunday?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
dog does not recognize Standard Time vis a vis dinner time.
YouTube didn't listen, either. Online service premiered an hour earlier than we wanted.
It sounds like we are all being ignored.
Some of the quotes I've seen for whole house generators have been sizable. As far as Texas utilities go, our uptime has been pretty good and big storms while always possible haven't had much of an impact power wise. Part of that is being in a relatively new part of town where much of the grid is underground.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
you may not be subject to our biggest fear factor, which is having the power go out for days AND the temps dip down to below zero...that would be ugly, pipes would freeze, damage would be considerable...hence the cheaper generator option which allows us to heat the house, take hot showers, keep our fridge going..Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Snowing nicely now, expecting 7-11 inches by tomorrow morning, nice 25 mph winds now, too...by the end of the week it is expected to be sunny and around 60 degrees for five days in a row...that's how it is around here...
Yes, summer is the season where it feels like we would be most at risk here.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
I imagine you'd be big time hot and uncomfortable, but it shouldn't be life threatening, right? (says the man who just installed heat pump a/c into his home)...Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Wow. Big snow for this early? Remnants of Zeta, right?Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
I don't think so, Zeta brought us a bit a few days ago..not especially unusual to have an early storm, as unwelcome as it may be...Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
The cover cut does save me a couple hours a month.
what is this "cover cut" of which you speak?Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
just shoveled eight inches of snow, it will be sunny and 60 in two days...
How much you end up getting?Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
Eight inches. Lovely, just shoveled. Meanwhile, this deserves at least some attention:https://www.thedailybeast.com/moscow...ith-a-crossbowQuote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
Hah hah. Did not expect a Moscow sausage king link in your response. At all. Another sausage king, sure. But not the Moscow sausage king.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
Had he listed the top ten ways in which he might ultimately die, I doubt that being killed by a crossbow in his hot tub would have made the list...Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
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Originally Posted by budwom
New tablet and it autocorrected covid...
And now we have Hurricane Eta...
And not just any hurricane - it's forecast to be a Cat 5 at landfall.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
And its remains forecast to move back over the Caribbean where it could regroup.
So 2020.
-jk
I think they need to re-look at the naming process, Eta is just plain second rate.Quote:
Originally Posted by -jk
Sometimes, you just have to.
I'm just watching roadrunner/coyote cartoons at this point.
I had planned to either watch a movie or read a book. I did neither. Looks like you may have run out of cartoons later in the evening.Quote:
Originally Posted by wilson
I was at work until 10pm. Horrible way to avoid the election result coverage. When I did get home, I picked a Hallmark Christmas movie.
Last night I finished one book that is due back at the library next week. The prolonging of the results will allow me to finish a second one also due next week.
Quote:
Originally Posted by DukieInKansas
I wish I had the discipline.Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
Eta headed toward south Florida...
I'll restrain myselfQuote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
There's no holding back the wind...Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
on my important mission to get ethanol free gas for the generator and lawnmower (in your face, Iowa), I saw my first giant (15 ft) inflatable Frosty the Snow Guy, Santa and Rudolph, so we're ready.
65 and sunny, several days after eight inches of snow.
Still snow on the ground?Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
wee bit, it will be gone soon...Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
It has gotten kinda quiet around here. Is there something going on?Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
70 degrees and sunny all week in Denver. I'm torn. I love this weather but want to ski.
I'm bumming - Niece's fiance asked for his ring back. I know she is hurting - but better 7 months out than 1 week out or 6 months after. I hurt for her,
I'm so sorry. Painful. Feeling empathetic.Quote:
Originally Posted by DukieInKansas
Sorry to hear this. Agreed better now than later, but that doesn't ease the pain.Quote:
Originally Posted by DukieInKansas
Sorry, DinK. But you have the right perspective.Quote:
Originally Posted by DukieInKansas
{{{{{vibes}}}}} for your niece and family.
THAT freaking guy. He's going to wonder what hit him when the powers of weezie kick in. Far better off without himQuote:
Originally Posted by DukieInKansas
You watch, Mr. Wonderful is on his way and he will adore her. As it should be!
Sorry about niece, but also, better now than later, so in agreement.
I have been moderately unable to function this week.
I have chosen not to function much this week. It gives me a false feeling of control.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostondevil
I always knew that guy was a jerkwad...as stated earlier, better to acknowledge that now than later...Quote:
Originally Posted by weezie
Talk about mixed messaging...
Attachment 11804
more mixed messaging: it's sunny and 65 now and my wife's car is in getting new snow tires
Do you run them year round? Or alternate based on season?Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
Thanks for all the thoughts for my niece. He's a good guy and we all like him but if it wasn't to be, better to know now.
Generally (since her car is the flagship of the fleet) we run summer tires in the warm weather, snows in winter...this year, because of the Covid (almost no driving) and the age of the snow tires (seven years) we just wore them down during the summer, away they go.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
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Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Just can't do it. While the year 1984 was a pretty good one for me, we've learned so much and construction methods have changed. This may mean skipping the entire Steve Thomas era('89-'03).
are you a professional builder? Man, the stuff I see that people do when building houses (we don't have building codes here for residences)...one neighbor built a house with no roof eaves, the roof just came down and ended flush with the outside walls...last year they almost had to tear the place down, there was so much mold and rot...Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
That was the back of my house before we put the second floor on. Well, without the mold and just a tiny bit of rot. I was diligent keeping that gutter clean, even going out during storms, standing on chair, and pulling a handful of leaves when it started overflowing.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
Now we have proper eaves all around. And no silly, cosmetic valleys in the roof, either, despite our builder's best efforts to add gables. Just two planes intersecting in a single ridge. Way too much tree stuff falling down to encourage it to collect!
-jk
Just a interested DIY'er. Houses are a bit like cars in that there is a lot more technology going in to them these days than the average practitioner can fully understand. I'm interested in knowing what works and doesn't and will provide the most value. I'm thinking my next home may be a "custom" build.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
So, that is my problem. Previous owners did homemade "gutter guards" of the worst kind for the tons of pine straw and leaves I get. Especially the pine straw. Leaf Guard just offers a flat surface for the debris to collect. Then you still have to sweep it off the guards, which defeats the purpose, especially on a two-story house. I am looking for a recommendation for a gutter guard where EVERYTHING rolls off while the water slips into the gutter. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!Quote:
Originally Posted by -jk
When you find it, let me know! Regular leaves seem easy to manage. It’s the rest of the junk that causes so much trouble.Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
-jk
I chose to get rid of gutters for the most part, just put down lots of crushed stone where the water comes down so it doesn't splash on the house...have lots of snow and a standing seam metal roof complicates the issues.
Yeah, jk, a curse on gables, glad I have none, the simpler the better up there unless you live in California or something..
My dishwasher - ordered in August - is finally in an running! Hooray! And it's quiet.
Too quiet.
Well, not really too quiet - it's just pleasantly quiet, especially compared to the former dishwasher. And he only grumbled a little more then the appliance that died in August. ;)
-jk
Quote:
Originally Posted by -jk
Woohoo!!! How often did you run the old dishwasher?
BC (before covid) we ran it every day or two. Once we were home all day every day, it ran every day, and occasionally twice a day if we were doing a lot of cooking.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
-jk
Correction: LEAF FILTER is useless where I live. LEAF GUARD might actually work, but I fear the cost.Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
Is leaf filter the mesh stuff? We have that on our farm house. It does fairly well, but there are no trees over the farm house. The folks using the hard ones have to get the gutters cleaned out every year or two, which is a pain as you have to lift them up to get the gunk out.Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
My house has a major canopy - you can't see my house from google satellite view. And they're mostly tulip poplars, which drop a variety of stuff from april through november. My ladder leans against my house most of the year. I climb up regularly with my battery leaf blower to clear the gutters.
-jk
Yes, Leaf Filter is the mesh. I tried to warn my brother before he got them, but he did not listen, and everything just piles on top and he has to clean them off. I have TONS of pinestraw. Then leaves. Not so much gunk as far as I know, except for pollen in the spring, and then it's a yellow nightmare.Quote:
Originally Posted by -jk
Given I'm a single person household and run mine much less frequently, I'm hoping I get nearly my lifetime use from the one in my house.Quote:
Originally Posted by -jk
my dishwasher (GE) has been good, but the drain hose began to leak (30+ years old) and it took the lads at the appliance shop five times to fix it...Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
normal high temp for us these days is around 50...yet it has been, and is going to be, sunny and 70 for the next several days...which prompted me to look up the traditional term "Indian Summer" to see if it is seen as offensive these days.
Most sources are equivocal on this...has been used for a long time in a non pejorative fashion, but I'm wondering what the new, safer term might be...in any event, it's glorious, we just don't tend to see this in November.
A nice fall?Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
yeah, that's what we're going with...it's like a nice Fall in NC at this point, which is really bizarre..(Fall is my favorite season in NC by far, love the OBs in late Sept, then thru early Nov...Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
We've appeared to have lost Mtn Devil to the OBs this time of year.
Fall in DC has been my favorite for a long time. The last few years its only been a couple weeks, though. This fall has been a delight!Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
-jk
I always found the OBs to be way way too hot in the summer, and crowded of course. Fall treks, however, are just wonderful, and the house rental prices fall precipitously...
How much losing is a fan expected to take? Is it like gambling, you have to ride it out until the hot streak?
If you're talking about Duke football, we're old hands at losing. A few bright spots over the years but all in all pretty stinky.
I have to suffer through the SEC doormat, Vanderbilt. Makes for some long and tough Saturdays.Quote:
Originally Posted by weezie
Self-censoring mode on now.
I posted this in the Prez thread but it probably belongs here.
In "What the 2020!?!" news, I felt the earthquake that hit Massachusetts this morning. BINGO!
I told everybody we had a white Halloween - yes? It snowed the day before but remained cold enough that it didn't all melt by the time the trick-or-treaters came out. Still so happy that kids around here were able to take in candy. Social distancing was practiced by all!
No candy passing out here. We rarely got more than a dozen kids in good years.
I gave out 40 goodies bags! (Did I post that already?) Left them in a tin at the end of my front walkway. Kept looking out so I did get to see a few kids in their awesome costumes.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
I really enjoy the combination of Peanut Butter and Honey. Not so much Peanut Butter and Chocolate. But Chocolate and Mint may be one of the few combinations of foods I actively dislike.
Mint chocolate chip is my favorite ice cream.
Random video:
https://youtu.be/DwRHwKZSu-w
I remember making these as a kid:Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/11...-butter-balls/
Oh yeah, all day, my friend. I’d pop those suckers in my mouth ALL day.Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Something is seriously wrong with you.Quote:
Originally Posted by bundabergdevil
important question: the green ice cream variety, or white?Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Hah. I get that a lot over this. It’s weird because I have virtually no other picky food issues, just this one.Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
I would normally say white, b/c green just means they added coloring. BUT Talenti's Mediterranean Mint gelato is IN-SANE! Tastes like fresh crushed mint leaves.Quote:
Originally Posted by budwom
yeah, that's the thing, some of the green ones are really really good...don't be afraid to dribble a wee bit of hot fudge sauce onto it, either...Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
Agreed, generally prefer the white versions but I've never turned down the green.Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
Oh, see, I would try that. One of the issues I have is that the mint in most chocolate mint tastes like mouthwash to me. But I do like fresh mint.Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
I hate chocolate ice cream, but I'll eat chocolate chip and mint chocolate chip.
I use blue mouthwash...
Me too but I don’t put it my milkshakes!Quote:
Originally Posted by YmoBeThere
Coconut chocolate chip ice cream for me. I've only found it at Penn State so have settled for a scoop of Talenti's coconut with a scoop of their chocolate.
This Talenti's discussion sounds good, never had it. I assume it is also fat-free and low calorie?
It is very good. The only flavor I have not liked was their Cookie Dough. Just not the right texture. They have a dairy-free sorbetto (which I do not need, total happenstance that I bought it) flavored Cold Brew Coffee that is a creamy dream! I highly recommend Talenti, plus their containers are very useful for storing stuff.Quote:
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And no, full of calories and fat, just like great ice cream should be!
Just like Ben and Jerry's, it comes in the handy single serving size. ;)
The only thing mint is good for is Juleps.
Walnuts or pecans?
Mmmkay, peanuts it is!
Today's Pop-Tart flavor: frosted cherry
My personal favorite!Quote:
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38 degrees at dawn, ultra sunny and 70 now, this is the best weather ever.
Phooey...discovered evidence of termites in the barn wall. :(
New car!
Well, new to me.
Yuck, not fun. How old is the barn?Quote:
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