Sick Bay Cafe

San Gimignano

A little smile.

Cats are hard to train.

Helpful dog.

Not-so-helpful dog.

Roadhouse remake: Farmhouse.

Knight Rider theme for eight cellos.

Airwolf theme for eight cellos.

Raising four orphaned baby owls that took shelter in your air vents.

Paintball Sentry Gun:

Training a Golden Retriever.. 😂 pic.twitter.com/bvrH3LbmWd
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) April 20, 2026

I don't understand how he did this:

That’s not a cat.. 😅 pic.twitter.com/JdZpMi5ZDB
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) April 20, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:30 PM

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1 Thank you, Ace. Hope you feel better soon.

Posted by: EveR at April 20, 2026 07:33 PM (vHMmj)

2 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at April 20, 2026 07:34 PM (Ia/+0)

3
Bath for The Big Dummy today prior to leaving for shows in Tulsa. He's a good boy. A very dumb boy, but a good boy.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 20, 2026 07:35 PM (tgvbd)

4 That is a lovely vista.

*runs off to the internets to see what the climate is like there

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 20, 2026 07:36 PM (zYpTz)

5 Hadrian, how is the show season going so far?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 20, 2026 07:37 PM (DIbRX)

6 Three time Trump voter. Get help, the rest of you.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at April 20, 2026 07:37 PM (YlWIZ)

7 Ooooh, that scene is pretty! I feel bad I didn't see more of Europe when it was still stereotypically Europe. I bet it was something.

I'm not showing that Xbox controlled paintball turret to my kids, I think they'd actually try to build one!

Posted by: LizLem at April 20, 2026 07:37 PM (gWBY1)

8 thx Ace, hope you get a good night's sleep!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 20, 2026 07:39 PM (VyBeY)

9 My dog rediscovered a toy he'd lost, and you'd think he'd been reunited with an old friend! Unfortunately it still has its squeaker in it. It's going to be a noisy evening.

Posted by: LizLem at April 20, 2026 07:39 PM (gWBY1)

10 San Gimignano is pronounced "San Jimmy Nyano"

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, Freelance Stochastic Language Coach at April 20, 2026 07:41 PM (PiwSw)

11

Ace,

Thank you for the beautiful photo.

I would love to roam around in that gorgeous spot.

Posted by: four seasons at April 20, 2026 07:41 PM (3ek7K)

12
Hadrian, how is the show season going so far?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 20, 2026 07:37 PM (DIbRX)

________

He had a three-week tour in March that wasn't as successful as we hoped. He and Her Majesty will be away for almost the whole month of May: Lawrence, KS, Omaha for the National, Kalamazoo, then Oklahoma City.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 20, 2026 07:42 PM (tgvbd)

13 Hopefully, the Café smells as nice at the end of the week as it does now!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 20, 2026 07:42 PM (0sNs1)

14 The towers of San Gimignano are a UNESCO world heritage site. There are 14 left out of the 72 that were built.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 20, 2026 07:43 PM (DIbRX)

15
Last night, Reid Wiseman, commander of Artemis II, posted this video showing the Erf setting behind the Moon as they whipped around the far side. He shot that with an iPhone, and I'm sure Apple will get the PR opportunity of a lifetime from this:

https://is.gd/vUs3T0

He posted the uncut clip, and at the beginning you'll see the iPhone camera adjusting to get everything in focus. You'll note a bunch of little globules appearing there.

That is dust and stuff floating inside the capsule. The other stuff includes well, little flecks of dead skin, little cough droplets -- say it don't spray it -- and the other stuff people and equipment shed all the time. In zero-g, that stuff just floats around until it finally gets removed by the filters in the air circulation system.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 20, 2026 07:45 PM (w6EFb)

16 The top photo looks like a number of Van Gogh paintings. His was of the French countryside though.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 20, 2026 07:45 PM (0cOSz)

17 First day noticed its my bed timexand its still light outside

Posted by: Skip at April 20, 2026 07:46 PM (Ia/+0)

18 If I got to relive my life (with my memories intact (such as they are)) I would learn to play the cello about 50 years ago.

wow. dayum.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 20, 2026 07:47 PM (VyBeY)

19 Tuscany has recovered from WWII. It is so scenic in the farm areas.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 20, 2026 07:51 PM (u82oZ)

20 Seeing and Yo-Yo MA and Itzak Perlman playing together would be a lifetime memory.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 20, 2026 07:52 PM (DIbRX)

21 The towers of San Gimignano are a UNESCO world heritage site. There are 14 left out of the 72 that were built.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 20, 2026 07:43 PM (DIbRX)

What accounted for all the rest? Earthquakes, wars, or brick thieves?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 20, 2026 07:53 PM (utfVc)

22 The not helpful dog video was cute.

Ralphy was really excited and for some reason tried to jump both steps in the garage. It did not go well. He's not hurt. For 100+ dog years, he somehow keeps going. I'll be here for Dude.

Snowflake too. She loves him. It's really cute.

Time for a Japanese horror movie. Good night all. Feel better ace.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 20, 2026 07:53 PM (Sco7b)

23 He had a three-week tour in March that wasn't as successful as we hoped. He and Her Majesty will be away for almost the whole month of May: Lawrence, KS, Omaha for the National, Kalamazoo, then Oklahoma City.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 20, 2026 07:42 PM (tgvbd)

So...
You're saying I can get rid of Mrs D for nearly a whole month if I get a dog???

Posted by: Diogenes at April 20, 2026 07:53 PM (2WIwB)

24 AOP, age mostly.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 20, 2026 07:54 PM (DIbRX)

25

Diogenes,

She and the dog can go to Okra Texas and scope out the real estate.

Posted by: four seasons at April 20, 2026 07:55 PM (3ek7K)

26 If I got to relive my life (with my memories intact (such as they are)) I would learn to play the cello about 50 years ago.

wow. dayum.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 20, 2026 07:47 PM (VyBeY)

Reminded me of a great Rick and Morty episode. The Night Family.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 20, 2026 07:57 PM (0cOSz)

27
You're saying I can get rid of Mrs D for nearly a whole month if I get a dog???

Posted by: Diogenes at April 20, 2026 07:53 PM (2WIwB)

_____________

Robert Benchley had an amusing story about a man who had the house to himself when his wife and kids preceded him on vacation. In short, it's not as you think.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 20, 2026 07:57 PM (tgvbd)

28 Diogenes,

She and the dog can go to Okra Texas and scope out the real estate.

Posted by: four seasons at April 20, 2026 07:55 PM (3ek7K)

Ya know, that's not a bad idea! I can set her up with a nice complete "She Shed" there and never have to visit!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at April 20, 2026 07:58 PM (2WIwB)

29
lol

Posted by: four seasons at April 20, 2026 07:58 PM (3ek7K)

30 I hope you're doing better, Ace.

I drove out to the local burger and ice cream place, Bogey's. It's a little one-room place that looks like it ought to be a bar; you have to stand in line to place your order. But the bacon cheeseburger was just the right size, they left out the onions as I requested, and even the small ice cream cup was pretty good-sized, all for less then $10. I had trouble believing their online prices -- $3.49 for a basic burger??? -- but that's for real. They don't have a real wait staff, which helps keep prices down.

Too windy outside to enjoy a pipe, so I think I'll just flake out here.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 07:59 PM (+2QQb)

31 The towers are being protected by " The Scorpioni" in the final scenes in " Tea with Mussolini"

Posted by: Ben Had at April 20, 2026 07:59 PM (DIbRX)

32 Would gladly door dash a 2 inch filet and a bottle of Cab to ace.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 20, 2026 08:00 PM (DIbRX)

33 First day noticed its my bed timexand its still light outside
Posted by: Skip at April 20, 2026

***
On my last two jobs, I went in early to get a parking place -- and rose early to work out before that -- so I'd go to bed between 8:15 and 8:30. In July and August, that meant it was daylight still.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 08:01 PM (+2QQb)

34 I would put that paint ball turret on the car roof

Posted by: Skip at April 20, 2026 08:02 PM (Ia/+0)

35 I have to use for daylight savings time.
Have a great evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at April 20, 2026 08:03 PM (Ia/+0)

36 AOP, age mostly.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 20, 2026 07:54 PM (DIbRX)

You know whose tower has not yet succumbed to age?

Posted by: The Paolo at April 20, 2026 08:04 PM (utfVc)

37 He had a three-week tour in March that wasn't as successful as we hoped. He and Her Majesty will be away for almost the whole month of May: Lawrence, KS, Omaha for the National, Kalamazoo, then Oklahoma City.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 20, 2026 07:42 PM (tgvbd)

So...
You're saying I can get rid of Mrs D for nearly a whole month if I get a dog???
Posted by: Diogenes at April 20, 2026 07:53 PM (2WIwB)

I'll get a few and have a nice vacation.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 20, 2026 08:05 PM (wOO3z)

38
The Hubble telescope is coming up on its 36th anniversary on April 24th, and they released this image today:

https://is.gd/tsvoqe

Note that smaller little nebula to the left, next to the bright star? What does that look like?

That is a region were baby stars are made.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 20, 2026 08:06 PM (w6EFb)

39 Once met Yehudi Menuhin backstage at the Kennedy Center. His hands were soft as a baby's - which shocked me. Figured they'd be very strong and tough.

Gf's friend's parents had sponsored Seiji Ozawa's immigration years before. So we often got to go backstage after and meet the musicians. And Ozawa, once. Think it's a fairly common name, never thought to see if he was related to the famous WWII carrier admiral (probably their best).

Posted by: rhomboid at April 20, 2026 08:07 PM (U/Byj)

40 Ace, I hope you didn't get what Lil Pooky got, because it is making him craaaaanky! I'm pushing fluids and rest on him, but that tiny whimper makes my heart ache.

Posted by: pookysgirl needs to Clorox her USB ports at April 20, 2026 08:08 PM (Wt5PA)

41 rhomboid, I would look forward to your "Travels with rhomboid" short story collection.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 20, 2026 08:09 PM (DIbRX)

42 Star Track is on. It's the one with that Greek homo.

Posted by: Al Sharpton at April 20, 2026 08:09 PM (vFG9F)

43 Star Track is on. It's the one with that Greek homo.
Posted by: Al Sharpton at April 20, 2026 08:09 PM (vFG9F)

Oh My!!!

Posted by: Sulu at April 20, 2026 08:12 PM (2WIwB)

44 My wish list has an evening with rhomboid, Diogenes, JackStraw and whig at the TXMOME and to be able to just listen.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 20, 2026 08:14 PM (DIbRX)

45 The Hubble telescope is coming up on its 36th anniversary on April 24th, and they released this image today:

https://is.gd/tsvoqe

Those photos are awesome!

Posted by: Diogenes at April 20, 2026 08:15 PM (2WIwB)

46 Made it home! Now to eat something, walk the doge and hopefully remember to take the trash out to the curb. How is everyone?

Posted by: Piper at April 20, 2026 08:16 PM (pZEOD)

47 Pookysgirl, how are you doing? Any baby news yet?

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 20, 2026 08:16 PM (nz1sK)

48 Dogs, after being petted and fed: "This is great, this is the best life. I must go to each human and thank them, personally."

Cats, after being petted and fed: "This is lousy and I hate it. The next person who touches me gets bitten and swatted. I think I'll find the most expensive item in the house and destroy it; it's a pleasure only a few will know."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 20, 2026 08:16 PM (CHHv1)

49 My wish list has an evening with rhomboid, Diogenes, JackStraw and whig at the TXMOME and to be able to just listen.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 20, 2026 08:14 PM (DIbRX)

Hmmm...
I don't know about the others, but I can't carry a tune in a bucket.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 20, 2026 08:17 PM (2WIwB)

50 This is not blowoff cafe stuff, but it is really positive:

PITTSBURGH, April 16, 2026 – U. S. Steel today announced plans to restart the Gary Tin Mill at the company’s Gary Works facility, positioning the company to increase domestic tin mill production and provide customers with American made supply.

The planned restart requires sustained customer interest in securing long term domestic tin mill supply
and U. S. Steel’s belief that demand can be met by increased U.S. production when market conditions allow for fair competition. The restart is intended to provide customers greater access to reliable, American made tin mill products—mined, melted, and made in America—as part of a more balanced domestic supply mix.

It looks like 225 jobs directly created per US Steel's webpage

Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2026 08:17 PM (rbvCR)

51 Diogenes, the experiences you guys have among you I find fascinating.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 20, 2026 08:19 PM (DIbRX)

52 Went to buy some things to make a cake for a congratulatory purpose. You know, because I’m a man’s, man like that.

I’m reading the Pillsbury icing can- sugar, corn syrup, palm oil, vegetable oil, other garbage. Contains bioengineered food ingredients.

What the actual f.

Somebody needs to punch the Pillsbury dough Boy where his dick used to be.

Who eats this crap? No wonder people get cancer.

Can anybody tell me a simple icing recipe?

Posted by: Marcus T at April 20, 2026 08:24 PM (oSFYW)

53 42 Star Track is on. It's the one with that Greek homo.
Posted by: Al Sharpton at April 20, 2026 08:09 PM (vFG9F)

A weird thing: the two people I know who say Star Track, also say pellow (for pillow). Life is mysterious.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 20, 2026 08:24 PM (zYpTz)

54 MarcusT, depends on the cake.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 20, 2026 08:25 PM (DIbRX)

55 Ben Had.

I was figuring traditional chocolate cake and a chocolate icing.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 20, 2026 08:27 PM (oSFYW)

56 Exactly one F5 tornado has hit Pennsylvania. It came courtesy of Newton Falls, Ohio. May 31, 1985. About 30-40 tornado's hit NE Ohio, NW PA, Western NY, and Ontario. Lucky me got to see one of them in Mercer County. Thankfully, it was heading up into the sky because I was WAY TOO CLOSE to it. Close enough to see up through it. Crazy day. Weird thing was, though very close to it, no wind. It was calm. The tornado was probably at the end of its run when I saw it.

Posted by: Male Feminist at April 20, 2026 08:28 PM (sAmhv)

57 off sock

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 20, 2026 08:29 PM (sAmhv)

58
Can anybody tell me a simple icing recipe?
Posted by: Marcus T at April 20, 2026

Are you piping it or just frosting it? A vanilla butter cream is pretty easy - it’s butter, powdered sugar, cream, vanilla extract and a little salt. Is that what you were thinking?

Posted by: Piper at April 20, 2026 08:29 PM (OoFl2)

59 I mean, I didn’t want to poison the guy, or turn him into a mutant. It was suppose to be a job well done and all that jazz. The crap they put in food is unreal.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 20, 2026 08:30 PM (oSFYW)

60 Marcus

Basic buttercream frosting:
1 16 oz package powdered sugar
6 tbsp softened butter
3-4 tbsp milk
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1/8 tsp salt

Put about half of the sugar, all the milk and butter and vanilla and salt in a bowl. Blend with mixer starting on low. Slowly add the remaining sugar. Mix until smooth and the consistency you want. Add more milk a teaspoon or 2 at a time to get it the right consistency.

Super simple.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 20, 2026 08:30 PM (nz1sK)

61 MarcusT, look up chocolate butter cream frosting.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 20, 2026 08:30 PM (DIbRX)

62
52 Went to buy some things to make a cake for a congratulatory purpose. You know, because I’m a man’s, man like that.

I’m reading the Pillsbury icing can- sugar, corn syrup, palm oil, vegetable oil, other garbage. Contains bioengineered food ingredients.

What the actual f.

Somebody needs to punch the Pillsbury dough Boy where his dick used to be.

Who eats this crap? No wonder people get cancer.

Can anybody tell me a simple icing recipe?

---------

We agree! Pillsbury icing is healthy and delicious! Thank you!

Posted by: Pillsbury Corp at April 20, 2026 08:30 PM (ZCxQ+)

63 Cats, after being petted and fed: "This is lousy and I hate it. The next person who touches me gets bitten and swatted. I think I'll find the most expensive item in the house and destroy it; it's a pleasure only a few will know."
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 20, 2026

***
I don't think cats hate it, not all of them. They simply *expect* the food and water, and look forward to the entertainment we humans provide -- either using toys to play with them, or the screaming and jumping up and down that we do when the cats destroy something. (True, the late Chekov did not seem happy when I went ballistic after he destroyed a lamp. But Marie-Antoinette took a positive joy in knocking things, including expensive watches, off tables.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 08:30 PM (+2QQb)

64
Can anybody tell me a simple icing recipe?

Posted by: Marcus T at April 20, 2026 08:24 PM (oSFYW)

___________

There are all kinds of icing recipes. Milk, confectioner's sugar, butter, vanilla.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 20, 2026 08:30 PM (tgvbd)

65 >> Posted by: Piper at April 20, 2026 08:29 PM (OoFl2)

Just frosting it ma’am. Nothing fancy.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 20, 2026 08:31 PM (oSFYW)

66 Can anybody tell me a simple icing recipe?
Posted by: Marcus T at April 20, 2026 08:24 PM (oSFYW)

One stick of regular salted butter. A 1-lb bag or box of powdered sugar. A splash of vanilla extract. A couple of tablespoons of milk. Whip it all together with a mixer.

That's how my mama always made it.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 20, 2026 08:31 PM (zYpTz)

67 Who eats this crap? No wonder people get cancer.

Posted by: Marcus T

"Shelf-stable" is a harsh mistress

Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 20, 2026 08:31 PM (a+4eV)

68 Ok. So super simple that a moron like me can do it. I even have a mixer.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 20, 2026 08:31 PM (oSFYW)

69 Star Track is on. It's the one with that Greek homo.
Posted by: Al Sharpton at April 20, 2026 08:09 PM (vFG9F)

A weird thing: the two people I know who say Star Track, also say pellow (for pillow). Life is mysterious.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 20, 2026

***
A lot of the kids I grew up with said "zink" for "sink."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 08:31 PM (+2QQb)

70 If you have any almond extract you can use that in place of the vanilla or with it, about 1/2 tsp - 1 tsp. Adds a richness to the frosting. I used to make and decorate cakes as a business out of my home many, many years ago. Made some good money.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 20, 2026 08:32 PM (nz1sK)

71
A lot of the kids I grew up with said "zink" for "sink."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 08:31 PM (+2QQb)

__________

"Crick" instead of "creek".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 20, 2026 08:32 PM (tgvbd)

72 Yes, even you can do it Marcus. Ain't rocket surgery. lol

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 20, 2026 08:33 PM (nz1sK)

73 Last chocolate cake I made was done with a chocolate almond whipped cream. Super simple.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 20, 2026 08:33 PM (DIbRX)

74 68 Ok. So super simple that a moron like me can do it. I even have a mixer.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 20, 2026 08:31 PM (oSFYW)

Just make sure the butter is softened--room temp, not refrigerated. Otherwise, you'll have to whip it for freakin'ever to get the butter chunks blended in.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 20, 2026 08:35 PM (zYpTz)

75 Iran says No Deal !!!!!!!!

I say From Whiteman AFB with LOVE !!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Donny T. at April 20, 2026 08:35 PM (q0FlQ)

76 Tecumseh Tea, the almond extract is a nice touch.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 20, 2026 08:35 PM (DIbRX)

77
Now I want cake.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 20, 2026 08:35 PM (tgvbd)

78 Ok thanks. I’ve got a good start here. Thank you.

>> Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 20, 2026 08:31 PM (zYpTz)

Gonna add some unsweetened cocoa powder to this as is looks like the consistent advise in this thread for the base. Like Ben Had also suggested I looked it up and the cocoa powder seems to be the popular chocolate ingredient. Now I have to go find that and return the Hershey bars. Ok maybe I’ll just keep those.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 20, 2026 08:36 PM (oSFYW)

79
Easy Chocolate frosting

⅔ cup cocoa powder

½ cup salted butter, melted

3 cups confectioners' sugar

5 tablespoons milk, plus more if needed

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Whisk cocoa powder and warm melted butter together in a large bowl; let sit for 2 minutes. Beat in confectioners sugar, 5 tablespoons milk, and vanilla extract with an electric mixer until well blended, smooth, and creamy, about 2 minutes, adding 1 or 2 tablespoons more milk as needed until reaches desired consistency.

Posted by: Piper at April 20, 2026 08:36 PM (OoFl2)

80 Now I also want cake, Hadrian.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 20, 2026 08:36 PM (zYpTz)

81 Ben Had, the woman who taught me cake decorating showed me that. She was a wonderful, kind woman who would help anybody get started in the business.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 20, 2026 08:37 PM (nz1sK)

82 >> Yes, even you can do it Marcus. Ain't rocket surgery. lol
Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 20, 2026 08:33 PM (nz1sK)

You have greater confidence in my baking skills than me. I can make awesome Italian food. Baking not so much.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 20, 2026 08:37 PM (oSFYW)

83 Food Thread.

Posted by: davidt at April 20, 2026 08:37 PM (Q+gd/)

84 >> Posted by: Piper at April 20, 2026 08:36 PM (OoFl2)

Perfect. Thank you.

And everyone who answered, expect me at some point for dessert.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 20, 2026 08:38 PM (oSFYW)

85 Food Thread.
Posted by: davidt at April 20, 2026

***
Huh? It's not still Sunday, is it??

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 08:38 PM (+2QQb)

86 That recipe won’t be stiff enough to pipe, but it’s the easiest one I know. If you want to get fancy, Italian buttercream is my favorite.

Posted by: Piper at April 20, 2026 08:39 PM (OoFl2)

87 MarcusT, you made the cake. The frosting is the easy part.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 20, 2026 08:39 PM (DIbRX)

88 Diogenes, the experiences you guys have among you I find fascinating.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 20, 2026 08:19 PM (DIbRX)

I agree. The others would be fascinating. But for me, I'm just glad they didn't have cell phones with cameras back then. The MoMe might be dangerous though...do jealous husbands show up?

Posted by: Diogenes at April 20, 2026 08:39 PM (2WIwB)

89 Can anybody tell me a simple icing recipe?
Posted by: Marcus T at April 20, 2026

penuche frosting is pretty simple, it is milk, powdered sugar and brown sugar. I used to make it with dry milk

Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2026 08:40 PM (rbvCR)

90 I'm rooting for you, Marcus!
It really isn't hard at all. Let us know how it turns out.
Even if it is a bit too thin or too thick, it's hard to beat eating something made of butter and sugar. Real butter and real sugar. And perfection is over-rated.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 20, 2026 08:40 PM (nz1sK)

91 >> Just make sure the butter is softened--room temp, not refrigerated. Otherwise, you'll have to whip it for freakin'ever to get the butter chunks blended in.

I bought this big chuck of butter that’s sitting on the counter. I think there’s enough butter here to feed a battalion.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 20, 2026 08:40 PM (oSFYW)

92 Can anybody tell me a simple icing recipe?
Posted by: Marcus T at April 20, 2026 08:24 PM (oSFYW)

Betty Crocker, Duncan Hines, or Pillsbury.

On Sale and with a coupon!

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 20, 2026 08:40 PM (wVcYX)

93 A lot of the kids I grew up with said "zink" for "sink."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 08:31 PM (+2QQb)

__________

"Crick" instead of "creek".
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 20, 2026 08:32 PM (tgvbd)

My husband says "arn" for "iron," 'fixin'" for "getting ready to." I think his mom said "wersh" for "wash."

Posted by: LASue at April 20, 2026 08:41 PM (8UU5N)

94 Betty Crocker, Duncan Hines, or Pillsbury.

On Sale and with a coupon!
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 20, 2026

***
Betty and Duncan are still around?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 08:41 PM (+2QQb)

95 Kindltot, I had never heard of penuche frosting, so I looked it up.
If I made that it would never get on the cake! I'd eat it right out of the bowl.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 20, 2026 08:43 PM (nz1sK)

96 Ben Had. I’m kinda impressed the cake came out so good. Pure beginners luck. I sent a runner for cocoa powder. Some will see how this goes.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 20, 2026 08:43 PM (oSFYW)

97 I not only want cake I want a tiramisu cake.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 20, 2026 08:44 PM (DIbRX)

98
If I made that it would never get on the cake! I'd eat it right out of the bowl.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 20, 2026 08:43 PM (nz1sK)

__________

Percentage of chocolate chip cookie dough that makes it into the oven: 8

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 20, 2026 08:44 PM (tgvbd)

99 BTW whoever sells that vanilla extract is a thief. $$

Posted by: Marcus T at April 20, 2026 08:45 PM (oSFYW)

100 MarcusT, it is going to be grand. How's your malfatti recipe?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 20, 2026 08:45 PM (DIbRX)

101 I am in a long battle with my blood glucose so I limit what sugar I eat anymore, but I used to love making muffins with penuche frosting.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2026 08:45 PM (rbvCR)

102 I adapt pretty well to regional pronunciations. In Wyoming it was Crick. Colorado it was creek.

Also, when I was in the Army, I said y'all a lot, despite having never lived in the South. But a lot my buddies did.

Posted by: Regional Flexibility at April 20, 2026 08:45 PM (0aYVJ)

103 Ben Had. There is an Italian bakery in Brooklyn NYC that makes probably the best tiramisu cake I’ve ever had.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 20, 2026 08:46 PM (oSFYW)

104 Betty and Duncan are still around?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 08:41 PM (+2QQb)

At my neighborhood Kroger, yes. It's probably stock from 2004 or somesuch.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 20, 2026 08:47 PM (wVcYX)

105 Percentage of chocolate chip cookie dough that makes it into the oven: 8
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 20, 2026

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I'm so old I remember when each slice of Pillsbury chocolate chip cookie dough was to be quartered, and each quarter yielded (as they said then) a decent-sized cookie.

When did food companies stop putting "Yield: 20" on the package, and start using "Makes 20" or whatever?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 08:47 PM (+2QQb)

106 So today was MrTea's first day at the new job. His boss, who was supposed to meet him at the guard shack was off today, so there was no one to meet him. And once someone came to take him into the plant, no one knew what to do with him. He got 2 different tours of the plant. He ate his lunch. He met some people whose names he doesn't remember, lol. He found some machine manuals and read them. When 4 pm came he got ready to come home and then somebody came and got him to come look at a machine that was down, so he "worked" an hour over, lol.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 20, 2026 08:48 PM (nz1sK)

107 I also tended to punctuate my sentences with "an' shit."

Posted by: Regional Flexibility at April 20, 2026 08:48 PM (0aYVJ)

108 >>>A lot of the kids I grew up with said "zink" for "sink."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 08:31 PM (+2QQb)
*****
I always thought that was a Ball'mer thing hon. That and "youz guyz" among many others. I miss Ball'mer...sadly long gone.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at April 20, 2026 08:48 PM (BALvA)

109 >> MarcusT, it is going to be grand. How's your malfatti recipe?

One of my grandmothers grew up in Torino on a large farm. She made the best malfatti on the planet. Me, not so much. It’s an art.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 20, 2026 08:48 PM (oSFYW)

110 Out here in the Pacific NW, it's pronounced Oregun, not Oregone.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 20, 2026 08:50 PM (2WIwB)

111 A lot of the kids I grew up with said "zink" for "sink."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026
*****
I always thought that was a Ball'mer thing hon. That and "youz guyz" among many others. I miss Ball'mer...sadly long gone.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at April 20, 2026

***
Lower Nint' Ward in Noo Awlins, hawt. The classic "Yat" dialect, from "Where y'at?", meaning "How are you," not "Where are you physically located." Sadly the classic Yat talk (or "tawk") has faded: The old people have died or moved away, ebonics has taken over, and those who came into town after Katrina don't know about the old dialect.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 08:52 PM (+2QQb)

112
Flyers, 2 - Pens, 0. End 2nd.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 20, 2026 08:52 PM (tgvbd)

113 MarcusT, it took me 5 years to get my Nina's saffron/chicken liver risotto right.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 20, 2026 08:53 PM (DIbRX)

114 Guy at JBLM tells me he’s going to “Oregun” for the weekend. I’m like, where the heck is that?

Posted by: Marcus T at April 20, 2026 08:53 PM (oSFYW)

115 Out here in the Pacific NW, it's pronounced Oregun, not Oregone.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 20, 2026 08:50 PM (2WIwB)

That one grates on me. it's not hard, folks.

Posted by: Listen to the Folks What Live There at April 20, 2026 08:54 PM (0aYVJ)

116 Evenin’, All!

Posted by: Bulg at April 20, 2026 08:55 PM (77rzZ)

117 Took me a while to learn Puyallup, though.

Posted by: Listen to the Folks What Live There at April 20, 2026 08:55 PM (0aYVJ)

118 Pookysgirl, how are you doing? Any baby news yet?

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 20, 2026 08:16 PM (nz1sK)

Ridiculously high HcG today, retesting on Wednesday, and ultrasound in #twoweeks. This embryo had the best score after Lil Pooky on the list, and my numbers are better than the miscarriage a few months ago.

Posted by: pookysgirl, cautiously optimistic at April 20, 2026 08:55 PM (Wt5PA)

119 Out here in the Pacific NW, it's pronounced Oregun, not Oregone.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 20, 2026

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My mother was western Canadian, prairies I mean, and I talk more like Michael J. Fox or Bill Shatner than I do a "southerner." I've never said "Or-e-gone."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 08:55 PM (+2QQb)

120 I've found that a simple French apple cake is incredibly good, and most importantly has a very high "how good is it/how easy is it to make" quotient. Suppose I should chime in on Sunday's thread with the recipe.

I continue to strive and struggle to improve my pie crust for all kinds of pies, savory and fruit, and quiches. The crust generally is fine, but I really want to replicate commercial flakiness.

But I haven't done much with cakes, which is why the French apple cake is so handy. Have my mother's Sunbeam mixer - works fine. Should probably sell it as a collectible on eBay and finally say yes to good friend's wife who has long offered to give me their Kitchenaid, which she just doesn't use. But it's sort of cool to use something I clearly remember from when my sister and I would be begging to "clean" the bowls and blender attachments after mom made sugar cookies.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 20, 2026 08:55 PM (U/Byj)

121 >>>A lot of the kids I grew up with said "zink" for "sink."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 08:31 PM (+2QQb)
*****
I always thought that was a Ball'mer thing hon. That and "youz guyz" among many others. I miss Ball'mer...sadly long gone.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at April 20, 2026 08:48 PM (BALvA)

Got to eat at Haussner's once as a yute. Dad celebrated a promotion by taking the family there. The artwork on display was memorable.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 20, 2026 08:57 PM (wVcYX)

122 Wolfus doesn't LSU and another university down there have Cajun language programs, to help preserve it? I think at least one NYC college has a Yiddish program, same idea.

Two of the most worthy educational efforts in a country where education has been substantially hijacked and hollowed out.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 20, 2026 08:58 PM (U/Byj)

123 How about “or-AY-gun?” Like “oregano,” without the final “o?”

Posted by: Bulg at April 20, 2026 08:58 PM (77rzZ)

124
The sole - sole! - redeeming feature of Trenton, NJ is the Italian Peoples Bakery in the Mob part of town. The breads and cakes (*chef's kiss*)! Cars would triple park outside.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 20, 2026 08:58 PM (tgvbd)

125 Out here in the Pacific NW, it's pronounced Oregun, not Oregone.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 20, 2026 08:50 PM (2WIwB)

Try arguing with someone from Illinois about how to pronounce Willamette.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2026 08:58 PM (rbvCR)

126 Still trying to teach my wife to say Boise with a soft S.

She still says "supposivley"

Ah, I love her anyway. She's a caution.

Posted by: A Lost cause, I know at April 20, 2026 08:58 PM (0aYVJ)

127 99 BTW whoever sells that vanilla extract is a thief. $$
Posted by: Marcus T

Saw a Youtube bodycam vid of a young woman pulled over for DUI, very drunk. She had 23 empty bottles of vanilla extract in the front of her car. So, be careful.

Posted by: McCormick's Best at April 20, 2026 08:58 PM (oftw2)

128 Got to eat at Haussner's once as a yute. Dad celebrated a promotion by taking the family there. The artwork on display was memorable.
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 20, 2026

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The Baltimore Anne Tyler grew up in, and wrote about in her early career, must have been super nice.

But then I imagine what Denver or Santa Fe might have been like in 1960, and I sigh even more.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 08:59 PM (+2QQb)

129 Looks like another broad left Trump's cabinet.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at April 20, 2026 09:00 PM (qwx/I)

130 You can charge 40% more for anything if you put the prefix- Tuscan in front. Florentine works almost as well.

Posted by: Daughter of A Wealthy Florentine Pogen at April 20, 2026 09:00 PM (oftw2)

131 52 Went to buy some things to make a cake for a congratulatory purpose. You know, because I’m a man’s, man like that.

I’m reading the Pillsbury icing can- sugar, corn syrup, palm oil, vegetable oil, other garbage. Contains bioengineered food ingredients.

Can anybody tell me a simple icing recipe?

Posted by: Marcus T at April 20, 2026 08:24 PM (oSFYW)

I remember my mother making cake icing, I think it was just powdered sugar, butter and vanilla. Maybe a little milk. I'm not sure, mostly I was just waiting to lick the bowl.

Posted by: a.moron at April 20, 2026 09:00 PM (X5Jzz)

132 Ben Had. I can cook a lot of the regular stuff for Sunday dinner. Also a lot of the peasant/farm dishes. Those all took years to get right. I can also make things like broccoli rabe, etc. and a few other local dishes from Piemonte, Puglia and Sicily.

Baking is another thing.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 20, 2026 09:01 PM (oSFYW)

133 Back in the 90s there was a "Cafe Hon" in B'more, great little diner-style restaurant. Used to go there with the stunning and very very crazy gf of that time. With whom I have my all-time best first date story.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 20, 2026 09:01 PM (U/Byj)

134 Took me a while to learn Puyallup, though.
Posted by: Listen to the Folks What Live There at April 20, 2026 08:55 PM (0aYVJ)

now do Tenino.

Fun fact, there is a small unincorporated town on the Willamette that is called Buena Vista, after the battle of Buena Vista, and is pronounced "boona vista"

It was the site of a pottery factory that, among other things, supplied all the ceramic water pipe for the city of Portland when they put in their first water system.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2026 09:01 PM (rbvCR)

135 Wolfus doesn't LSU and another university down there have Cajun language programs, to help preserve it? I think at least one NYC college has a Yiddish program, same idea.

Two of the most worthy educational efforts in a country where education has been substantially hijacked and hollowed out.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 20, 2026

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There is, or used to be a few years ago, a program called CODOFIL -- Council on the Development of French in Louisiana. I don't know if it was sponsored by LSU or by the Feds or the state. That I think is what you're talking about, an attempt to preserve Cajun French, which no longer has many speakers and is quite a bit different from Parisian French.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 09:02 PM (+2QQb)

136 Yeah, that Italian valley looks pretty nice. One place I would NEVER want to visit, though, is Bracken Cave in San Antonio. Millions of disease-ridden bats befoul that place. Stay away.

Posted by: Penguin Liberation Front, Eastern Branch at April 20, 2026 09:03 PM (oftw2)

137
Saw a Youtube bodycam vid of a young woman pulled over for DUI, very drunk. She had 23 empty bottles of vanilla extract in the front of her car. So, be careful.
Posted by: McCormick's Best

Wouldn't it be cheaper to buy actual booze?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 20, 2026 09:03 PM (Cqx++)

138 Fun fact, there is a small unincorporated town on the Willamette that is called Buena Vista, after the battle of Buena Vista, and is pronounced "boona vista"

It was the site of a pottery factory that, among other things, supplied all the ceramic water pipe for the city of Portland when they put in their first water system.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2026 09:01 PM (rbvCR)

locals in Buena Vista CO pronounce it Byoona Vista.

Posted by: A Lost cause, I know at April 20, 2026 09:04 PM (0aYVJ)

139 >> Those photos are awesome!

Andrew McCarthy posted one of his own shots of the broader nebula where Hubble took that from:

https://is.gd/71LUiA

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 20, 2026 09:04 PM (w6EFb)

140 87 MarcusT, you made the cake. The frosting is the easy part.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 20, 2026 08:39 PM (DIbRX)

. . . and you probably shouldn't look at the ingredient list on the cake mix box.

Posted by: a.moron at April 20, 2026 09:04 PM (X5Jzz)

141 FUN FACT: San Gimignano is one of the word's most prolific growers of corduroy.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 20, 2026 09:05 PM (nWPIJ)

142 BTW whoever sells that vanilla extract is a thief. $$
Posted by: Marcus T

Saw a Youtube bodycam vid of a young woman pulled over for DUI, very drunk. She had 23 empty bottles of vanilla extract in the front of her car. So, be careful.
Posted by: McCormick's Best at April 20, 2026

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When I first took up the pipe again, I needed something to clean and sweeten the bowls and interior parts after a smoke. The Pipe Sweetener products are $$, and vanilla extract is worse, considering how small the bottles are.

I buy the tiny $1 bottles, the old airline-size ones, of vodka at the grocery, and pour the liquid into an old pipe sweetener bottle. Done.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 09:05 PM (+2QQb)

143 I remember my mother making cake icing, I think it was just powdered sugar, butter and vanilla. Maybe a little milk. I'm not sure, mostly I was just waiting to lick the bowl.
Posted by: a.moron at April 20, 2026 09:00 PM (X5Jzz)

I'm a pumpkin pie addict. During Thanksgiving, my mom would always make an extra pumpkin pie for me. One year, I drank the pie filling before she could pour it into the pie shell and bake it. Best Thanksgiving ever.

Posted by: Beartooth at April 20, 2026 09:06 PM (tYGL3)

144 Yep Wolfus the program is about preserving Cajun. Thought LSU and one other school had programs in it. Haven't bothered to look it up. But hope the dialect survives, it's classic. Ditto Yiddish. One sad byproduct of the homogenization induced by incredible wealth (overall), transportation/travel, geographic mobility, and electronic communication and entertainment is the death of dialects and accents.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 20, 2026 09:07 PM (U/Byj)

145 rhomboid, are you using lard? Leaf lard is the very best.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 20, 2026 09:07 PM (DIbRX)

146 Wouldn't it be cheaper to buy actual booze?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 20, 2026 09:03 PM (Cqx++)

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But then your breath smells like booze instead of sugar cookies,

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 20, 2026 09:08 PM (nWPIJ)

147

I am not a good baker.

When the kids were growing up they said the smoke alarm is going off. Mom's baking again, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at April 20, 2026 09:08 PM (3ek7K)

148 That is good news, Pookysgirl. Praying for you.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 20, 2026 09:09 PM (nz1sK)

149 locals in Buena Vista CO pronounce it Byoona Vista.

Posted by: A Lost cause, I know at April 20, 2026 09:04 PM (0aYVJ)

We pronounce the Iowa county like the Mexicans did, Bween-a Veesta. A lot of counties in Iowa were named after the Mexican-American War locations, and there were a decent amount of veterans of the war that settled here.

Posted by: pookysgirl learned Iowa history in fifth grade at April 20, 2026 09:09 PM (Wt5PA)

150 Still trying to teach my wife to say Boise with a soft S.

She still says "supposivley"

Ah, I love her anyway. She's a caution.
Posted by: A Lost cause, I know at April 20, 2026

***
When I first knew Miss Linda (long ago when Friends was a new show), she was not long out of upstate New York and still had the faintest "nk" sound at the end of her "-ing" words: "walking(k)." The Dutch influence up there, I suppose. She's pretty much lost it now.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 09:09 PM (+2QQb)

151 “supossitorially”

It’s when you’re talking out your ass.

Posted by: Bulg at April 20, 2026 09:10 PM (77rzZ)

152 15
Last night, Reid Wiseman, commander of Artemis II, posted this video showing the Erf setting behind the Moon as they whipped around the far side. He shot that with an iPhone, and I'm sure Apple will get the PR opportunity of a lifetime from this:

https://is.gd/vUs3T0

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 20, 2026 07:45 PM (w6EFb)

The beginning of the video looks staged, with planetary props in a studio and water droplets for stars.

Then the autofocus kicks in and it looks real and amazing and its a great promotion for the iPhone.

Posted by: Joemarine at April 20, 2026 09:10 PM (y171U)

153 Hope you feel better soon, Ace.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 20, 2026 09:10 PM (WONhk)

154 >>>Got to eat at Haussner's once as a yute. Dad celebrated a promotion by taking the family there. The artwork on display was memorable.
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 20, 2026 08:57 PM (wVcYX)
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True. Haussners was a landmark. The art was amazing and the food and waitresses were classic. So much lost; thanks for bringing that up. I'm starting to get the sadz and there isn't a decent crabcake within 200 miles.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at April 20, 2026 09:11 PM (BALvA)

155 The hamster. The horrors, the horrors!

youtu.be/GhbdmFnMXoE

Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2026 09:11 PM (rbvCR)

156 I'm watching "Piranha" (197

.

Another childhood fear, along with army ants, quicksand, lampreys, and blasting caps.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 20, 2026 09:11 PM (kpS4V)

157 Wouldn't it be cheaper to buy actual booze?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

18-21 year olds can buy extract, but not booze, legally.

Posted by: Lost My ID In A Flood at April 20, 2026 09:11 PM (oftw2)

158 I found this week that the town of Nevada, Missouri, is not pronounced like the Western state. It's "Ne-vay-da." I was also told that the town is older than the state.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 09:12 PM (+2QQb)

159 When I first took up the pipe again, I needed something to clean and sweeten the bowls and interior parts after a smoke. The Pipe Sweetener products are $$, and vanilla extract is worse, considering how small the bottles are.

I buy the tiny $1 bottles, the old airline-size ones, of vodka at the grocery, and pour the liquid into an old pipe sweetener bottle. Done.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 09:05 PM (+2QQb)

You can buy one-liter bottles of vanilla extract in Mexico for few dollars at the liquor vendors.

Posted by: The Paolo at April 20, 2026 09:13 PM (utfVc)

160 I've been to San Gimiano. I would happily move to Tuscany. Such a beautiful place.

Posted by: AnchorPoint at April 20, 2026 09:13 PM (XY7MO)

161 You can buy one-liter bottles of vanilla extract in Mexico for few dollars at the liquor vendors.
Posted by: The Paolo at April 20, 2026

***
Alas, this chance must slip by me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 09:14 PM (+2QQb)

162 When I first knew Miss Linda (long ago when Friends was a new show), she was not long out of upstate New York and still had the faintest "nk" sound at the end of her "-ing" words: "walking(k)." The Dutch influence up there, I suppose. She's pretty much lost it now.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 09:09 PM (+2QQb)

The fetching Mrs Beartooth Okie accent comes and goes. She can go years without it slipping out and then she'll wake some morning and it's back for a long spell. It then just disappear. It does come out sometimes when she is very tired.

Posted by: Beartooth at April 20, 2026 09:14 PM (tYGL3)

163 I've found that a simple French apple cake is incredibly good, and most importantly has a very high "how good is it/how easy is it to make" quotient. Suppose I should chime in on Sunday's thread with the recipe.
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Posted by: rhomboid
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Please do, I'd love to try it. I'm always in search of good apple dessert recipes. They are my guy's favorite.

Posted by: screaming in digital at April 20, 2026 09:14 PM (MSrAy)

164 “You always have stupid ideas”, says the guy I sent for cocoa powder and almond extract (to add with the vanilla extract- thank you tecumseh tea). Who is now eating all the damn icing which is delicious and thanks to all came out perfect. I’m gonna ice this cake and maybe just keep it. It’s that darn good.

Thanks to all of you.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 20, 2026 09:14 PM (oSFYW)

165 156 As a kid, I used to wonder what would happen if a troop of army ants tried to cross a river full of pirhanhas. Carnage on both sides!

Posted by: Bulg at April 20, 2026 09:15 PM (77rzZ)

166 You can buy vanilla beans and cheap vodka to make your own extract.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 20, 2026 09:15 PM (DIbRX)

167 I would like to visit the valley of San Giacomo.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 20, 2026 09:15 PM (wVcYX)

168 Paintball Sentry Gun:

_ Does Weasel know about this?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 20, 2026 09:16 PM (FJMtP)

169 As a kid, I used to wonder what would happen if a troop of army ants tried to cross a river full of pirhanhas. Carnage on both sides!
Posted by: Bulg at April 20, 2026

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I expect the army ants would have the advantage of numbers. They could throw away millions of their soldiers and still achieve the far bank.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 09:17 PM (+2QQb)

170 Jimmy Dore
@jimmy_dore
According to retired CIA analyst Larry Johnson: During an emergency meeting On Saturday Trump tried to “use the nuclear codes” on Iran and he was stopped by General Dan Caine.
According to Johnson “there is seriously something wrong with Trump”:
====
Literally the stupidest thing I have heard about this war.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
++++

I bet right before that he tried to force his way into the big chair behind the Desk Resolute.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 20, 2026 09:17 PM (/lPRQ)

171 If Italy is so wonderful, why did millions of Italians wind up in NY?

Posted by: Mr. Bacciagalupe at April 20, 2026 09:18 PM (oftw2)

172 My daughter made an espresso buttercream frosting for a chocolate cake she made. It is beyond heavenly!

Posted by: AnchorPoint at April 20, 2026 09:18 PM (XY7MO)

173 I would like to visit the valley of San Giacomo.
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 20, 2026

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If you mean Miss Laura, then I'm all for that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 09:18 PM (+2QQb)

174 I'm watching 'Tag' - 2015 - Japan

No idea what the hell's going on. But pretty Japanese schoolgirls, school buses ripped in half horizontally, pretty Japanese teachers with automatic weapons and rocket launchers taking out the girls, some talk about infinite universes and we can change our destiny and I'm only 40 minutes in. Great effects.

Okay, the cat is outside.

Oh, pretty japanese schoolgirl lesbianism....apparently I'm fine with that.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 20, 2026 09:18 PM (Sco7b)

175 Saw a Youtube bodycam vid of a young woman pulled over for DUI, very drunk. She had 23 empty bottles of vanilla extract in the front of her car. So, be careful.

Posted by: McCormick's Best at April 20, 2026

Donut Operator said she was "in the pocket dimension." I got mad because they took forever in getting an ambulance there, and when it did, they tried to give her a modified field sobriety test and she couldn't even focus on the pen. Dude, just get her BAC when she gets to the hospital, if she makes it that long.

Posted by: pookysgirl learned things about vanilla extract that day at April 20, 2026 09:18 PM (Wt5PA)

176 >> with planetary props in a studio and water droplets for stars.

Some of those little specks are indeed likely little water droplets. Floating around in zero-g, tiny little water droplets as well as dust, dead skin, and all the other stuff people shed just floats around.

Natural convection doesn't happen much at all in zero-g. Heck, without forced air circulation, just breathing, a little bubble of CO2 you exhale would build up around your face.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 20, 2026 09:19 PM (w6EFb)

177 The Valley of San Giacomo has Grand Tetons on either side.

Posted by: Bulg at April 20, 2026 09:19 PM (77rzZ)

178 I am not a good baker.

When the kids were growing up they said the smoke alarm is going off. Mom's baking again, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at April 20, 2026 09:08 PM (3ek7K)

When my mother died my father found himself in a bit of a bind. Mom was the baker from hell, and my father has the sweet tooth from hell, and now his source of endless chocolate cakes, and brownies, and other goodies were gone. In desperation he learned how to bake. He makes his chocolate cakes from scratch, no box mix, and they are amazing, moist right down the pan. Now he bakes all kinds of things. Damn if he didn't master that shit. Mrs B is the baker from hell, and he is right on her heels. If my father can do it, I think just about anybody could do it. The only thing my father knew about ovens is how to install them.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 20, 2026 09:19 PM (snZF9)

179 I loved all the icing help btw.
That was great.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 20, 2026 09:19 PM (Sco7b)

180
If Italy is so wonderful, why did millions of Italians wind up in NY?

Posted by: Mr. Bacciagalupe at April 20, 2026 09:18 PM (oftw2)

__________

Italy is a beautiful country run by idiots for time immemorial.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 20, 2026 09:20 PM (tgvbd)

181 If Italy is so wonderful, why did millions of Italians wind up in NY?

Posted by: Mr. Bacciagalupe at April 20, 2026 09:18 PM (oftw2)

Same reason some of my relatives did, that jerkoff Mussolini.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 20, 2026 09:21 PM (snZF9)

182 The Valley of San Giacomo has Grand Tetons on either side.

Posted by: Bulg at April 20, 2026 09:19 PM (77rzZ)

And they are epic.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 20, 2026 09:22 PM (snZF9)

183 Please do, I'd love to try it. I'm always in search of good apple dessert recipes. They are my guy's favorite.
Posted by: screaming in digital at April 20, 2026 09:14 PM (MSrAy)

I make apple crisp, it is chopped up apples with a topping of a cup of rolled oats, a half cup of brown sugar, 1/4 cup of flour, and 1/2 cup of butter, mixed together until it is crumbs. The topping goes on top of the apples, and bake at 350F for 40-45 minutes.
it is best with Gravensteins

I also make an apple conserve with shredded apples, it is the same recipe as peach jam. it is good on lots of things.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2026 09:22 PM (rbvCR)

184 I found this week that the town of Nevada, Missouri, is not pronounced like the Western state. It's "Ne-vay-da." I was also told that the town is older than the state.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

New Prague, MN?

Rhymes with plague, not with frog.

And it was settled by Czech people.

Posted by: mikeski at April 20, 2026 09:23 PM (VHUov)

185 The Valley of San Giacomo has Grand Tetons on either side.

Posted by: Bulg at April 20, 2026 09:19 PM (77rzZ)

And they are epic.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 20, 2026 09:22 PM

Yes. Yes, they are.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 20, 2026 09:24 PM (Wnv9h)

186 Natural convection doesn't happen much at all in zero-g. Heck, without forced air circulation, just breathing, a little bubble of CO2 you exhale would build up around your face.
Posted by: publius

AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!

Posted by: a Covid Karen at April 20, 2026 09:25 PM (VHUov)

187 Kindltot which apple variety would you use for a spiced apple/jalapeño chutney

Posted by: Ben Had at April 20, 2026 09:25 PM (DIbRX)

188 158 I found this week that the town of Nevada, Missouri, is not pronounced like the Western state. It's "Ne-vay-da." I was also told that the town is older than the state.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 09:12 PM (+2QQb)

Same for Nevada, Iowa.

Posted by: a.moron at April 20, 2026 09:26 PM (X5Jzz)

189 Sorry to hear it's sick call time. I have that exact same view of San Gimignano in a photo taken from the farm to table restaurant where Mrs. R and I visited in October 2019. I couldn't pronounce Gimignano so I just called it San Chimichanga. Needless to say the locals were not amused...

Posted by: Rodent at April 20, 2026 09:26 PM (E1TDt)

190 A message from the Kremlin to all good Russians.

https://tinyurl.com/mphy2yz6

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 20, 2026 09:26 PM (FJMtP)

191 Jimmy Dore
@jimmy_dore
According to retired CIA analyst Larry Johnson: During an emergency meeting On Saturday Trump tried to “use the nuclear codes” on Iran and he was stopped by General Dan Caine.
According to Johnson “there is seriously something wrong with Trump”

You can always rely on the honesty and integrity of retired CIA analysts. LOL!! These f'ing people.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 20, 2026 09:30 PM (sAmhv)

192 Why Whitmire voted for that sanctuary city ordinance. The Democrats are trying to dump him, they call him a MAGA mayor. Overall Whitmire is a really good mayor, he prosecuted former city employees for corruption, he himself was held up at gun point in his garage, so he supports people being able to defend themselves.

This was his attempt to keep the rest of the Democrats from dumping him. Not excusing his vote, just explaining why he did it.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at April 20, 2026 09:31 PM (Da7Vv)

193 I make apple crisp, it is chopped up apples with a topping of a cup of rolled oats, a half cup of brown sugar, 1/4 cup of flour, and 1/2 cup of butter, mixed together until it is crumbs. The topping goes on top of the apples, and bake at 350F for 40-45 minutes.
it is best with Gravensteins

Posted by: Kindltot
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This sounds tasty and easy enough for me! Thanks!

Posted by: screaming in digital at April 20, 2026 09:31 PM (MSrAy)

194 Also I have to report that Kansas, at least at this time of year, is very comfortable to be outdoors in. Or maybe it's an unusually cool spell. Highs about 80, lows around 55, and the humidity is low enough throughout the day that my hands, instead of feeling dipped in glue as they do in Da Swamp, are dry all the time.

When I got back from two hours of house viewing this morning, though, I was *thirsty.* I'd forgotten how even moderate low humidity can dry you out. When I went out to wash the car about 3:30, I brought a cup of ice water with me!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 09:32 PM (+2QQb)

195 Kindltot which apple variety would you use for a spiced apple/jalapeño chutney
Posted by: Ben Had at April 20, 2026 09:25 PM (DIbRX)

I use the gravenstein since it is sweeter and more acid than my red delicious.
I use them for my chutney, though I use either cayenne or a Korean pepper for my heat.
I have some other apples becoming mature enough to produce so I might try them, they are more cooking apples.

I also make pear chutney from Bartletts

Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2026 09:37 PM (rbvCR)

196 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 09:32 PM (+2QQb)

Kansas has a State income tax of about 5% . Their property tax is just over 1% but they only tax on 11% of the appraised value. They have a sales tax of 6.5%.

Things to consider.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 20, 2026 09:39 PM (0cOSz)

197 Goodnight, All. Sleep well.

My first official day of work tomorrow.

Income! Yoo hoo!

Posted by: Bulg at April 20, 2026 09:39 PM (77rzZ)

198 When I got back from two hours of house viewing this morning, though, I was *thirsty.* I'd forgotten how even moderate low humidity can dry you out. When I went out to wash the car about 3:30, I brought a cup of ice water with me!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 09:32 PM (+2QQb)

If you decide to move there, I suppose you could get fitted for a still-suit like the natives.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2026 09:43 PM (rbvCR)

199 Here kitty, kitty.

In Rostov-on-Don, Russia, a safety net collapsed during a circus performance, and a tiger jumped into the stands, causing panic among spectators.

There are no reports of casualties

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 20, 2026 09:44 PM (FJMtP)

200 120 But it's sort of cool to use something I clearly remember from when my sister and I would be begging to "clean" the bowls and blender attachments after mom made sugar cookies.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 20, 2026 08:55 PM (U/Byj)

I remember "cleaning" the bowls and blender attachments as a kid, hehe

Posted by: Joemarine at April 20, 2026 09:44 PM (y171U)

201 Kansas has a State income tax of about 5% . Their property tax is just over 1% but they only tax on 11% of the appraised value. They have a sales tax of 6.5%.

Things to consider.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 20, 2026

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All better than NY, CA, or LA. But that property tax is horrific to someone who's been looking at properties in Indiana and Kentucky for the last year.

On the other good hand, KS does not tax Social Security.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 09:46 PM (+2QQb)

202 Don't be suffocating the baby.

Posted by: wth at April 20, 2026 09:47 PM (BT3km)

203 Bulg, may your first day go well and may this employment bring you satisfaction as well as income.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 20, 2026 09:49 PM (nz1sK)

204 Ben Had,
When you say tiramisu cake, is that different from tiramisu? Because I make a killer tiramisu. A cake version might be interesting.

Posted by: Wenda at April 20, 2026 09:49 PM (JwoD2)

205 When I got back from two hours of house viewing this morning, though, I was *thirsty.* I'd forgotten how even moderate low humidity can dry you out. When I went out to wash the car about 3:30, I brought a cup of ice water with me!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026
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If you decide to move there, I suppose you could get fitted for a still-suit like the natives.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2026

***
Their stillsuits seem to be the same T-shirts and shorts I see in Lousy-ana, the "Bart Simpson" look. At the Bogey's burger and ice cream place, despite the good A/C inside and the moderate temps of about 80 outside, the college or high school kids in line ahead of me all looked just like that. So did a lot of the grownups.

In contrast, yours truly wore an untucked collared shirt over a T-shirt, jeans, and boots. Must have looked like formal wear compared to the rest of the patrons.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 09:50 PM (+2QQb)

206 French authorities have arrested a 19-year-old Afghan migrant accused of a series of brutal sexual assaults on goats and sheep at a farm near Marseille, France.

The investigation began after the owners of the farm discovered several of their animals in severe distress

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 20, 2026 09:51 PM (FJMtP)

207 NOOD!

Premature ONTulation.

Posted by: mikeski at April 20, 2026 09:51 PM (VHUov)

208 Afghan teen arrested for raping goats in France.

https://tinyurl.com/56zvwbjy

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 20, 2026 09:56 PM (FJMtP)

209 Were they Berbers, Barbers or Moors?

Islam on the high seas...

https://tinyurl.com/bwbjudhb

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 20, 2026 09:59 PM (FJMtP)

210 Afghan teen arrested for raping goats in France.
https://tinyurl.com/56zvwbjy

Posted by: Braenyard

He did not have the decency to give them a reach around.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 20, 2026 09:59 PM (/lPRQ)

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