Zorral Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 My brother, my brother, don't ever change! In email today: Quote I’ve also starting preparing to cut things and clean things up in preparation for winter. I’ve prepared to snow blower and changed oil on the grass mower already ready for storage. .... We put out the outside and inside Halloween decorations this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teng Ai Hui Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 Ms. Teng bought some camellia-flavored simple syrup. Instead of making a cocktail, she put it in our coffee. It seems like an odd flavor combination, but it actually tasted pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A True Kaniggit Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 Why do things seem twice as small? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry of the Lawn Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 12 hours ago, A True Kaniggit said: Why do things seem twice as small? Because you grew 6ft overnight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A True Kaniggit Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 2 hours ago, Larry of the Lake said: Because you grew 6ft overnight? Wrong. There were two “Small Things” threads active at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMC Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 8 minutes ago, A True Kaniggit said: There were two “Small Things” threads active at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltaran Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 16 hours ago, A True Kaniggit said: Why do things seem twice as small? Are they actually far away? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhaenysBee Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 How is it 10C? I’m so cold. Do I put on another jumper? Do I make some tea and drink it in 10 minutes so it stays warm? Do I let one of the dogs in so we can keep each other warm like in medieval times? Or do I build a terracotta pot and tea light heater in the middle of the room? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 The Serial thread we had seems to have been locked but Adnan Syed, subject of the first season, has had his conviction vacated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 My cousin said about visiting the Prime Meridian in London "literally at the centre of the Earth". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhaenysBee Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 Didn’t we use to have a baking thread or something along the lines? I’m just dumping my baking failure here. Well… I tried to make candied ginger today because it’s an ingredient in the pie I want to make. Yes I cut the slices too thick, yes overheated the leftover syrup so it became hard candy rather than syrup, no I wasn’t patient enough to wait for it dry to properly before coating it in sugar. Seriously… It absorbed the sugar then it started to sweat it off, the thing wouldn’t dry out for its life. Then again, I threw it out after 4 hours and probably should have waited at least overnight. Stupid bloody ginger… I might go to the mall tomorrow and see if there’s a store bought version available, but honestly, I won’t be mad if there isn’t, because I always make pies entirely from scratch and that’s how I like it. Anyway, I need to sleep on this highly traumatic experience and decide if I even want candied ginger in my pie after all. I could just do a spice mix… stupid ginger. I’m upset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 Pro Tip. Cooking is sorta art, means you have a bit more freedom with the receipe and ingredients (a bit more or less doesn't spoil anything), and how you use and prepare them. Means you can be a bit sloppy with the execution and still more or less get the dish you wanted to make. Baking in contrast is more of science. You really, really should stick to the receipe rather slavishly. You rarely can fix any screw ups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted September 25, 2022 Author Share Posted September 25, 2022 9 hours ago, A Horse Named Stranger said: Pro Tip. Cooking is sorta art, means you have a bit more freedom with the receipe and ingredients (a bit more or less doesn't spoil anything), and how you use and prepare them. Means you can be a bit sloppy with the execution and still more or less get the dish you wanted to make. Baking in contrast is more of science. You really, really should stick to the receipe rather slavishly. You rarely can fix any screw ups. Yep. If a recipe says 250 gm of flour, that's how much I use, not 1 gram more or less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhaenysBee Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 1 hour ago, BigFatCoward said: Yep. If a recipe says 250 gm of flour, that's how much I use, not 1 gram more or less. Not 1 g but different proportions do screw up baking. Looking at it the wrong way screws up baking. Or fine, let’s admit it, I’m a shit baker Anyway, I’m physically incapable of admitting defeat so I bought more ginger to have another more educated go at this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongRider Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 I'm just hearing now that the Rapture was supposed to happen yesterday? Goddamn it! Where was I, missed it again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMC Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 Goddamn is Tampa freaking out about this storm. If you don't hear from me by Monday, it's not because the weather got me but rather I participated in community-based cardiac arrest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 1 hour ago, DMC said: Goddamn is Tampa freaking out about this storm. Hope you all will be ok. Doubtless too, this means the gub will be demanding billions from the feds to help him move more migrants from TX to Martha's Vineyard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade1865 Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 1 hour ago, DMC said: Goddamn is Tampa freaking out about this storm. If you don't hear from me by Monday, it's not because the weather got me but rather I participated in community-based cardiac arrest. DMC -- good luck! Ian is headed right towards you ... saw a report there might be up to 2 feet of rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMC Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 11 minutes ago, Wade1865 said: DMC -- good luck! Ian is headed right towards you ... saw a report there might be up to 2 feet of rain. Thanks for the well wishes everyone. The good news - for me at least - is it looks like the storm is gonna land further south than initially anticipated. So here in Tampa they're much less worried about storm surge today but ironically more worried about just regular flooding because the storm is slowing down which means more rainfall. The only thing I'm personally worried about is my brother and I's car, as we don't have a garage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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