The Saturday Morning Coffee Break & Prayer Revival

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OK, it's not exactly coffee but some of the Morons like some good old fashioned hot chocolate with marshmallows. Pour in some Peppermint Schnaps and a good time can be had by all.

Before the Prayer revival, just remember our simple rules:

1) Enjoy your bloviating and opining in this open thread.
2) Be kind to one another.
3) Remember if you run with sharp objects the ER docs on the weekend aren't happy to be there.
4) Have an enjoyable weekend.

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AoSHQ Weekly Prayer List
Please submit any prayer requests to me, “Annie’s Stew” at apaslo atsign hotmail dot com. Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks unless we receive an update.
Prayer Requests:
2/13 – Teresa in Fort Worth would appreciate continued prayers for her daughter’s healing after hip replacement surgery.
1/28 - Tonypete asks for prayers for his daughter. She continues to make very poor life choices and now finds herself living in a hovel with bottom of the barrel roommates (like herself) and two actual pigs. The place is filthy and should be condemned. She has been blessed with all she needs to live a happy, fruitful life and yet rejects it all.
2/13 Update – Continued prayers for Tonypete’s daughter are requested. Tonypete and his wife took a road trip and visited their daughter for a few days. She has adopted as family a wildly dysfunctional girlfriend and her parents which only adds to the already crushing burdens of her own. Tonypete fears she will be lost forever if she doesn’t begin to use the skills and values they tried to teach her.
2/4 – Stephan requests prayers that our God-awful nation will get back on the right track.
2/4 – Sal requests prayers for her younger brother who was diagnosed with ALS. He was holding steady and enrolled in a research program, but is losing ground more rapidly now. Prayers for him and his family would be most appreciated.
2/6 – FenelonSpoke asked for prayers for her church’s beloved and elderly organist, Jessie, who fell at a church luncheon and has a pelvic fracture. Thanks so much.
2/11 Update – Jessie also broke her elbow, so she will miss playing at church.
2/7 – Annie’s Stew requests prayers for her step-grandson, age 17, who is experiencing life similar to Grannysaurus Rex’ grandson: anxiety, depression, thoughts of suicide. Prayers for strengthened faith in God and purpose in life are appreciated.
2/9 – Jane D’Oh’s husband is still undergoing therapy as an outpatient. A couple of days ago they found out that he is paralyzed from the knee down on his left leg, so they have a neurologist appointment next Friday to try and determine the cause. In the meantime, Jane and family remain utterly grateful for all the prayers. After her husband was released from the hospital, they were told that he had been the most critically ill patient in the place and that it was a miracle he survived. The prayers helped tremendously.
2/9 – Russkiltlover asked for prayers for a co-worker who had a massive heart attack at work, and is on life-support. The co-worker was 28. He was a super sweet guy, great construction manager, and fun to work with.
2/14 – Kam Fong as Chin Ho asked for prayers for his co-worker and wife, as their 15-year-old son was killed in an accidental shooting.
2/18 – Jewells45 gave an update on her cancer. The CT scan showed no new growth, so that was fantastic news. There are ups and downs, be she is feeling better.
2/18 – Intruderdriver asked for prayers for Steve, a retired Marine aviator and airline pilot, who was hospitalized with a cancer that had metastasized into his bones, brain, and lungs.
2/20 – Iron Mike Golf asked for prayers as he underwent a shoulder replacement.
2/21 – Palerider at AoS requested prayers for her co-worker, William. He has battled brain cancer before. It came back this fall, and he did a round of intense treatment at Mayo. He is now having vision issues making it difficult for him to do his work on the computer. She requests prayers that the vision issues resolve quickly and his cancer is put back into remission.
2/21 P has for prayers, as his family has been having an interesting time lately. His dear wife was in the hospital over Christmas and New Year’s. She has lost her hearing and may need implants. She can walk now with a walker, which is a huge improvement over the last month. Additionally, their youngest son had ACL surgery in late Dec.
2/24 – Legally Sufficient asked for the Horde’s prayers as she undergoes total knee replacement surgery on 2/27. She asks for strength and continued faith. She also asked for prayers for her husband, and asks that God would provide him with strength and patience as he helps nurse her through this.
2/24 – SnailRacer asked for prayers for the family and friends of WDS - Westminster Dog Show -Diane who passed away last week.
2/25 – J asked for prayers for a new trap-shooting club that is starting. He asks that it is successful for all the adults and children involved and doesn’t get attention outside of their pro-hunting community (if you know what I mean).
2/25 – Dr_No sends an update and thanks for the prayers for healing for his daughter Megan. We had prayed for her when she was going through chemotherapy for colon cancer 2 years ago. She just tested again, and is still cancer-free! He prays for blessings and healing for those still dealing with illness and loss.
2/25 – Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd sends prayers of thanks for his daughter’s turnaround. She had become alienated from her parents and from God, and now has come back more toward faith and is more kind and concerned toward them. This has also helped his wife’s faith, too, which has been struggling due to these troubles with their daughter.
3/1 – Inogame asked for prayers. He had come to the Horde after his wife miscarried 2 years ago, and appreciated our prayers and kindness. They were blessed with a little girl later that year. Now they are in the same situation. They have lost another baby and need prayers against the sorrow and depression.
For submission guidelines and other relevant info, please contact Annie's Stew, who is managing the prayer list. You can contact her at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. If you see a prayer request posted in a thread comment, feel free to copy and paste it and e-mail it to Annie's Stew. She tries to keep up with the requests in the threads, but she's not here all of the time, so she may not see it unless you e-mail it to her. Please note: Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks or so unless we receive an update.

Romans 8:26-27
26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. 27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian (ONT Cob Emeritus) at 09:00 AM

Comments

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1 Need coffee ☕️

Posted by: Skip at March 04, 2023 09:00 AM (xhxe8)

2 Prayers up for those that have asked for them;
Prayers up for those that know they need them but have not asked for them; and
Prayers up for those that need them but don’t know it yet!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This October in Corsicana- again! ~ at March 04, 2023 09:00 AM (hOUT3)

3 Darn it Skip, and here the day was going so well...

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This October in Corsicana- again! ~ at March 04, 2023 09:01 AM (hOUT3)

4 hiya

Posted by: JT at March 04, 2023 09:02 AM (T4tVD)

5 why are there tiny little hamburgers in that picture

Posted by: DB - Spanning the globe at March 04, 2023 09:03 AM (geLO8)

6 Prayers for all, and thanks to God for those who have received His healing!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 04, 2023 09:05 AM (OX9vb)

7 5 why are there tiny little hamburgers in that picture
Posted by: DB - Spanning the globe at March 04, 2023 09:03 AM (geLO

Test products for a certain fast food joint...

McAroons.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 04, 2023 09:05 AM (9UlRk)

8 We must have behaved fairly well. We got hot chocolate with marshmallows and little cookies.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 04, 2023 09:06 AM (FUVRY)

9 McAroons.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 04, 2023 09:05 AM (9UlRk)

LOL

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 04, 2023 09:06 AM (OX9vb)

10 Prayers up for all who need them.
I needed them not so long ago, and mine were answered, thankfully!

Posted by: gourmand du jour, gimpy edition at March 04, 2023 09:06 AM (jTmQV)

11 There are coffee beans in the picture, maybe some in the hot chocolate. In the Army I used my hot chocolate packet with coffee because hot water wasn't around. Kept you going for a while.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at March 04, 2023 09:07 AM (WAsJj)

12 willowed:

Got my first "paycheck" from this "job" thingy. If this keeps up I might even be economically viable again.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 04, 2023 09:07 AM (4I/2K)

13 Good morning again dear morons and thanks mh

A prayer for complete and immediate healing

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 04, 2023 09:07 AM (EZebt)

14 Good morning, Morons and 'Ettes. We got hit with the snowstorm/thunderstorm/icestorm last night. A branch came down and is blocking the shed door. Will deal with it after the melting is done.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at March 04, 2023 09:07 AM (/+bwe)

15 Macaroons are awesome.

Posted by: pawn at March 04, 2023 09:08 AM (wsHtO)

16 https://dailytimewaster.blogspot.com/2023/03/
coffee-overload.html

Not possible

Posted by: Skip at March 04, 2023 09:08 AM (xhxe8)

17 8 We must have behaved fairly well. We got hot chocolate with marshmallows and little cookies.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 04, 2023 09:06 AM (FUVRY)

Well no one has shat upon this thread by bringing forth an old topic from a thread or two ago.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at March 04, 2023 09:08 AM (aA3+G)

18 Inogame, special prayers up for you and your family.

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This October in Corsicana- again! ~ at March 04, 2023 09:08 AM (hOUT3)

19 Posted by: NaughtyPine at March 04, 2023 09:07 AM (/+bwe)

Glad your shed roof wasn't harpooned.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at March 04, 2023 09:09 AM (aA3+G)

20 Getting branches down from tree by house was a main reason, trunk needs to come down asap

Posted by: Skip at March 04, 2023 09:09 AM (xhxe8)

21 8 We must have behaved fairly well. We got hot chocolate with marshmallows and little cookies.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 04, 2023 09:06 AM (FUVRY)

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It may look inviting but the blue glaze on those cups leaches dangerous levels of lead into the chocolate.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 04, 2023 09:11 AM (Qzn2/)

22 Tonight should be okay for fighting

Posted by: DB - Spanning the globe at March 04, 2023 09:12 AM (geLO8)

23 Glad your shed roof wasn't harpooned.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at March 04, 2023 09:09 AM

I put a metal roof on it. My house's roof is getting replaced with traditional shingles. Priorities.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at March 04, 2023 09:12 AM (/+bwe)

24 Prayers up for all who need them.
I needed them not so long ago, and mine were answered, thankfully!
Posted by: gourmand du jour, gimpy edition at March 04, 2023 09:06 AM (jTmQV)

Same here! The Bells Palsy symptoms from October have almost entirely disappeared and I'm now working in my accounting profession again. Glory be!

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 04, 2023 09:14 AM (4I/2K)

25 Same here! The Bells Palsy symptoms from October have almost entirely disappeared and I'm now working in my accounting profession again. Glory be!
Posted by: Count de Monet
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How's the new job going, Count?

Posted by: screaming in digital at March 04, 2023 09:14 AM (aBJcM)

26 the news sites just won't give up on this convicted murderer story- now they insist on showing me his prison haircut

Posted by: DB - Spanning the globe at March 04, 2023 09:15 AM (geLO8)

27 Join NATO!!! We'll do for you what we did for ukraine!

Posted by: sponge brain shit pants at March 04, 2023 09:15 AM (89Sog)

28 Was awakened by a power failure this morning. All sorts of things making beeping noises around here when that happens.

My first thought was, 'No coffee!'. I can always improvise, given enough time, but first thing in the morning, hardly awake? No.

I need to do something about that. Probably should find a small 12V percolator.

Happily, after a couple of resets, Mrs. Duke got the electrons flowing again.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 04, 2023 09:16 AM (LPLin)

29 the news sites just won't give up on this convicted murderer story- now they insist on showing me his prison haircut
Posted by: DB - Spanning the globe at March 04, 2023 09:15 AM (geLO

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He's white and "privileged" so count on coverage lasting another few weeks.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 04, 2023 09:16 AM (Qzn2/)

30 Macaroons !

Posted by: runner at March 04, 2023 09:17 AM (V13WU)

31 Saw a piece on F+F this AM about reparations in the state of California. It appears that certain locales are going through with it. Should be interesting to look at the results one year post payment to see how many of the recipients are better off or even alive.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 04, 2023 09:17 AM (lReCd)

32 Schnapps in hot chocolate makes my teeth itch. i'll stick with Grand Marinier in black coffee.

Posted by: Mark Reardon at March 04, 2023 09:17 AM (Cf3Be)

33 G'morning, all!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 04, 2023 09:18 AM (uLr+K)

34 How's the new job going, Count?
Posted by: screaming in digital at March 04, 2023 09:14 AM (aBJcM)

The CPA firm's clients are coming in with their tax return data hot & heavy. Soon I will need a wheelbarrow to cart them home to prepare them. It's 3 weeks+ turnaround time now. The partners like my work and are treating me quite nicely so it's all good!

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 04, 2023 09:18 AM (4I/2K)

35 Test products for a certain fast food joint...

McAroons.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 04, 2023 09:05 AM

*golf clap*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 04, 2023 09:18 AM (Wnv9h)

36 >He's white and "privileged" so count on coverage lasting another few weeks.

Posted by: Cicero

he ain't privileged no mo
soon he will be initiated into the "Friends Of Pete" club

Posted by: DB - Spanning the globe at March 04, 2023 09:18 AM (geLO8)

37 By the way good morning Horde and thank you Mis Hum

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 04, 2023 09:18 AM (lReCd)

38 I'm now working in my *accounting profession* again. Glory be!
Posted by: *Count de Monet*
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I am really slow on the uptake, sometimes.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 04, 2023 09:19 AM (LPLin)

39 And remember that sometimes when you think God is saying "no", it's really "not yet."

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at March 04, 2023 09:19 AM (TXFi7)

40 Great new meme; You can't spell incompetent without Pete.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 04, 2023 09:19 AM (lReCd)

41 Prayers for all the needs and concerns of my fellow Morons. God is good, God is just, God is merciful. We are his beloved in spite of who we are

Posted by: Sock Monkey * hillbilly with a tude at March 04, 2023 09:20 AM (DbIL9)

42 My Brother in Law died from his vaxx induced lung destruction one year ago today. My wife and his wife are still mourning.

Fucking Fauci.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 04, 2023 09:20 AM (yQpMk)

43 > Should be interesting to look at the results one year post payment to see how many of the recipients are better off or even alive.

Posted by: Smell the Glove

I'm waiting for the part when the reparations fund demands a bailout from the feral gummint, so we can all share the guilt together

Posted by: DB - Spanning the globe at March 04, 2023 09:20 AM (geLO8)

44 On the plus side, S.C. tax e-filed on this Monday.

Bank just notified us of expected return deposit next Tuesday.

Not bad.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 04, 2023 09:21 AM (uLr+K)

45 Just in time, winds picking up but should get scaffolding down quickly

Posted by: Skip at March 04, 2023 09:21 AM (xhxe8)

46 Sweet City Woman by The Stampeders. Macaroons!

Posted by: Eromero at March 04, 2023 09:21 AM (0G42s)

47 How's the new job going, Count?
Posted by: screaming in digital at March 04, 2023 09:14 AM (aBJcM)

The CPA firm's clients are coming in with their tax return data hot & heavy. Soon I will need a wheelbarrow to cart them home to prepare them. It's 3 weeks+ turnaround time now. The partners like my work and are treating me quite nicely so it's all good!
Posted by: Count de Monet

Nice !

Posted by: JT at March 04, 2023 09:21 AM (T4tVD)

48 Prayers for all and many thanks for the continued prayers for me. I appreciate it more than you will ever know.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at March 04, 2023 09:22 AM (wagHN)

49 Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at March 04, 2023 09:08 AM (aA3+G)

Nothing in mailbox.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 04, 2023 09:22 AM (Angsy)

50 I am really slow on the uptake, sometimes.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 04, 2023 09:19 AM (LPLin)

That's okay. My sense of humor is decidedly very tongue-in-cheek. And I really didn't mention accounting much at all the first decade or so commenting on here.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 04, 2023 09:22 AM (4I/2K)

51 My Brother in Law died from his vaxx induced lung destruction one year ago today. My wife and his wife are still mourning.

Fucking Fauci.
Posted by: G'rump928(c)

prayers up !

Posted by: JT at March 04, 2023 09:22 AM (T4tVD)

52 Mike Hammer, I have learned to pre-grind some beans when there are storms or ice. I can light the stove with a match and get hot water for a pour-over, but that one experience trying to "grind" beans with a hammer was less than optimal.

*I should just get a hand grinder

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 04, 2023 09:22 AM (OX9vb)

53 Are they gonna have to pay taxes on that reparations money? In CA that will be what, 40% of it. They should be real happy about that.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at March 04, 2023 09:22 AM (WAsJj)

54 The partners like my work and are treating me quite nicely so it's all good!
Posted by: Count de Monet
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Excellent!

Posted by: screaming in digital at March 04, 2023 09:22 AM (aBJcM)

55 Honest, gainful employment is a blessing.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at March 04, 2023 09:23 AM (TXFi7)

56 38 I'm now working in my *accounting profession* again. Glory be!
Posted by: *Count de Monet*
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I am really slow on the uptake, sometimes.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 04, 2023 09:19 AM (LPLin)

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I got the "count the money" thing but until now I did not realize it related to his profession. Bravo, CdM!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 04, 2023 09:23 AM (Qzn2/)

57 >Honest, gainful employment is a blessing.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse

Finally retiring is pretty cool too
turns out I'm quite lazy

Posted by: DB - Spanning the globe at March 04, 2023 09:25 AM (geLO8)

58 If the murderer referenced is the one executed in Florida, then they only talk about because they're so desperate to attack DeSantis. But so far he's looking bulletproof, and this stupid line of attack won't change that.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 04, 2023 09:25 AM (q3gwH)

59 I should do taxes today, but it's sunny and 70. After covfefe and breakfast, I'm going to go Outside and go for a run*.

*i.e. waddle

Posted by: screaming in digital at March 04, 2023 09:25 AM (aBJcM)

60 My first thought was, 'No coffee!'. I can always improvise, given enough time, but first thing in the morning, hardly awake? No.

I need to do something about that. Probably should find a small 12V percolator

Posted by: Mike Hammer

If you have a gas stove, you can get a cheap camping percolator for the stovetop. I always had to remember to grind some beans when there was a threat because all I keep are whole beans. I recently got a generator and panel so now I don't have to.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 04, 2023 09:26 AM (BXaBJ)

61
Mean looking sky to the south of my location, probably over Philly.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 04, 2023 09:27 AM (enJYY)

62 I can't see how reparations payments survive court challenge. And the people promoting reparations know this. It's a ruse to keep the Black vote on the D plantation

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 04, 2023 09:27 AM (nfsng)

63 Apparently Nikki Haley's speech at CPAC bombed. I didn't watch it, but no one was impressed.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 04, 2023 09:28 AM (q3gwH)

64 >they're so desperate to attack DeSantis. But so far he's looking bulletproof,

Read a story this week that a FL state senator, an R btw, has introduced a bill that would require anyone blogging about DeSantis or any other senior state officer would have to be LICENSED by the state or face fines and penalties

Posted by: DB - Spanning the globe at March 04, 2023 09:28 AM (geLO8)

65 This place and you bunch pulled me through some very trying times since the beginning of this century. Kept me sane and holding on tightly for better days. Which have arrived.

Horde prayers are powerful and work, even if you don't ask for them but especially if you do. God is great! Thank you!

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 04, 2023 09:28 AM (4I/2K)

66 The back story to the Kellyanne / George split is that George is a partner at the uber NYC law firm Wachtell Lipton, where he makes more than $6mm per year, and which feeds his schlubby short man ego, and the folks at Wachtell are nearly all crazy lefties who hate Trump with the passion that only rich spoiled Manhattanites can bring.

He had to choose between taking a public anti-Trump stance or leaving the firm. And he was also jealous that Kellyanne had eclipsed him professionally.

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 04, 2023 09:32 AM (nfsng)

67 That proposed Florida bill is idiotic, I don't think DeSantis has anything to do with it. I think the senator who proposed it is a big flake, it's ridiculously unconstitutional.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 04, 2023 09:32 AM (q3gwH)

68 On one hand I am somewhat subdued. One of my new baby goats died last night . That was a blessing because I would have had to put her down today. She was the second one to die. One of my girls lost both of her kids. On the other hand, I have 5 cute and healthy new babies .
They are farm animals and I am pragmatic but it's heartbreaking when you realize there is nothing you can do to help such a small and helpless little animal. Sitting on the porch this morning I could hear my girl bleating wondering where her babies were.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * hillbilly with a tude at March 04, 2023 09:32 AM (DbIL9)

69 Apparently Nikki Haley's speech at CPAC bombed. I didn't watch it, but no one was impressed.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 04, 2023 09:28 AM (q3gwH)

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CPAC is still a thing?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 04, 2023 09:32 AM (Qzn2/)

70 the news sites just won't give up on this convicted murderer story- now they insist on showing me his prison haircut
Posted by: DB - Spanning the globe at March 04, 2023 09:15 AM (geLO

They will be showing his prison wallet next.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 04, 2023 09:33 AM (tkR6S)

71 67. I hope you're right.

Posted by: CN at March 04, 2023 09:33 AM (Zzbjj)

72 Here's the story in the Orlando Sentinel

https://tinyurl.com/2mp7fa6a

might be Monday Morning Report-worthy

Posted by: DB - Spanning the globe at March 04, 2023 09:34 AM (geLO8)

73 ...some of the Morons like some good old fashioned hot chocolate with marshmallows. Pour in some Peppermint Schnaps and a good time can be had by all.

Funnily enough, I just made some cherry liquor, and found a splash of it is great in hot chocolate. Super sweet, and super concentrated cherry flavor...it's a match made in heaven. I had a bottle of it I brought back from Kosovo, and it was great...a little research shows it's very common in the Balkans and Eastern Europe, and very easy to make as well.

Written version: https://tinyurl.com/25x54jke (1:1 cherry to sugar ratio was way too sweet for me...2:1 was much more reasonable, and closer to other recipes I found)

Video: https://youtu.be/gyb7Y7EOT7U

Posted by: Grimmy at March 04, 2023 09:34 AM (JCZqz)

74 Good morning from the Adirondacks where we've just received a neat foot of climate change. More to come through the day, another 2-4 inches.

Mot really bad to move right now, the temp is expected to be in the low 40's so that'll change.

Posted by: irongrampa at March 04, 2023 09:35 AM (KATBx)

75 > it's ridiculously unconstitutional.

Posted by: Tom Servo

oh absolutely- but, politicians are assholes, so...

Posted by: DB - Spanning the globe at March 04, 2023 09:35 AM (geLO8)

76 Anyway, good morning!
Doggo and I just finished up a cheese omelet to start the morning. Rained like mad last night, so I slept very well. We've had almost no snow this winter here in central NJ, and it's been great.

Posted by: CN at March 04, 2023 09:35 AM (Zzbjj)

77 61
Mean looking sky to the south of my location, probably over Philly.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 04, 2023 09:27 AM (enJYY)

We here on the Eastern side of the Seirra Mountains are sopposed to be in for another blanketing of snow this evening. I have no idea where I'm going to put it. Probably should just hibernate for a couple of weeks and wait for the melt. This much snow is somewhat rare ina high desert. Tahoe is beyond belief right now. The snow pack up there could last into next winter from the looks of it. Over 500 inches of the fluffy white stuff at Sugarbowl ski resort.

Posted by: Reforger at March 04, 2023 09:36 AM (028Kh)

78 Finally retiring is pretty cool too
turns out I'm quite lazy
Posted by: DB - Spanning the globe at March 04, 2023 09:25 AM (geLO

*fistbump*

I have been amusing myself gambling in our volatile stock market. I have had an Ameritrade trading account for years and so I moved a fraction of my savings to it after discovering market index ETFs, in particular SQQQ to short sell the NASDQ, and TQQQ if you are thinking it will go up. My strategy of trying to limit my losses as opposed to maximizing my gains has been working so far. I am up 15% in the last three weeks, so now I am largely "playing with house money".

It really is gambling as I know nothing about the underlying equities, I am just observing the trends and trying to ride the wave.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 04, 2023 09:36 AM (yQpMk)

79 oh absolutely- but, politicians are assholes, so...
Posted by: DB - Spanning the globe at March 04, 2023 09:35 AM (geLO

There is a lot of unconstitutional stuff happening, and usually abetted by DC. We all recently discovered that our FBI was paying people to censor, and yet the FBI remains in business, looking for another excuse to do more of the same.

Posted by: CN at March 04, 2023 09:37 AM (Zzbjj)

80 Stop putting eggplant in my coffee?

Posted by: BignJames at March 04, 2023 09:39 AM (AwYPR)

81 If you have a gas stove....
Posted by: Thomas Paine
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Those things are poisonous!

Heh. Wish I did, but 'lectric, which I despise. Haven't been able to find a gas cooktop that will fit in the existing counter cutout.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 04, 2023 09:39 AM (m0EjK)

82 I watched the Netflix special on Bernard L. Madoff. 4 episodes. What a piece of crap that guy was. He never made 1 trade, it was all Ponzi, 100%. And yet, he was head of NASDAQ for a while, and he wanted to be head of the SEC. The ruination he caused is incalculable.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, gimpy edition at March 04, 2023 09:39 AM (jTmQV)

83 "morning all...

As always, prayers extended for those on the list, and those unspoken.

Sleezy weather in WNY, but nothing to complain about.

Off to the gym, see y'all later...

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at March 04, 2023 09:39 AM (CCSxw)

84 Macaroons !
Posted by: runner at March 04, 2023 09:17 AM (V13WU)
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Macarons!

I know that both spellings are correct for the cookie in the pic, but for some reason I always think of macaroons to be coconut macaroons which are a different cookie.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 04, 2023 09:40 AM (NpAcC)

85 Grump @ 78-
Be sure it's nt tulip bulbs.

Posted by: Eromero at March 04, 2023 09:40 AM (0G42s)

86 >*fistbump*

I have been amusing myself gambling in our volatile stock market. ...
Posted by: G'rump928(c)

you are braver than me! My project this year is to spruce up the house and sell it, then get the hell out of CO
it promises to be quite a task

Posted by: DB - Spanning the globe at March 04, 2023 09:40 AM (geLO8)

87 Congrats CDM. Persevere, the partnership game is not for the faint of heart.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * hillbilly with a tude at March 04, 2023 09:40 AM (DbIL9)

88 Posted by: gourmand du jour, gimpy edition at March 04, 2023 09:39 AM (jTmQV)

Now we have friend of SBF and Caroline Ellison at the helm of the SEC. The more things change the more they stay the same.

Posted by: CN at March 04, 2023 09:41 AM (Zzbjj)

89 Prayers to all on the prayer list and to any Horde members that aren't on the list, but are in need.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 04, 2023 09:43 AM (NpAcC)

90 Sun is up. Coffee poured. Looks like it will be a nice day here, and I have a car show to go to.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 04, 2023 09:43 AM (tkR6S)

91 Those are macarons, not macaroons.

Macaroon - dense cookie made from shredded coconut, condensed milk, egg whites

Macaron - light French cookie sandwich made from almond flour, egg whites, sugar

Macron - lightweight French globalist

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at March 04, 2023 09:43 AM (fUnHJ)

92 The snow pack up there could last into next winter

The new ice age has begun.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at March 04, 2023 09:43 AM (kUajG)

93 Getting wind gusts, always fun

Posted by: Skip at March 04, 2023 09:44 AM (xhxe8)

94 Grump @ 78-
Be sure it's nt tulip bulbs.
Posted by: Eromero at March 04, 2023 09:40 AM (0G42s)

Yeah, that's the worry. Mostly I don't even hold a position overnight out of fear, but I had a long position in the NASDQ most of this past week and was down significantly and was starting to get worried but the bump up yesterday let me get out completely with a modest profit. I am much more comfortable selling into a bump than depending upon one.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 04, 2023 09:44 AM (yQpMk)

95 The new ice age has begun.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at March 04, 2023 09:43 AM (kUajG

Hurry, hurry, let's let Bill Gates block the sun!!!!11

Posted by: CN at March 04, 2023 09:44 AM (Zzbjj)

96 The ruination he caused is incalculable.
Posted by: gourmand du jour, gimpy edition at March 04, 2023 09:39 AM (jTmQV)

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Hold my petri dish.

Posted by: Anthony Fauci at March 04, 2023 09:45 AM (Qzn2/)

97 Getting a good gas stove is worth cutting up and reconfiguring the cabinets. I did it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 04, 2023 09:45 AM (q3gwH)

98 Retirement presents some real mental adjustments.
Every case is different. In my case, while I had been planning for it my whole working life (you should too) it came on me like a total surprise with the C19 event, which was concurrent with my turning retirement age. Raised with the typical Protestant work ethic, I was uneasy being idle.
Now? No problem. LOL!

Posted by: gourmand du jour, gimpy edition at March 04, 2023 09:46 AM (jTmQV)

99 I think that the markets going up is wishful thinking and manipulation as I don't see anything happening that should improve the fundamentals at this time.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 04, 2023 09:46 AM (yQpMk)

100 100

Posted by: m at March 04, 2023 09:46 AM (4VwiF)

101 Macaroons are right out. Shredded coconut makes me gag. The texture of wood shavings combined with a rancid taste.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 04, 2023 09:46 AM (tkR6S)

102 Hurry, hurry, let's let Bill Gates block the sun!!!!11
Posted by: CN at March 04, 2023 09:44 AM (Zzbjj)

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How about this, Bill. We let you block out the sun, and if it turns out badly, we get to disembowel you and set your intestines on fire as you watch.

Deal?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 04, 2023 09:47 AM (Qzn2/)

103 Retirement presents some real mental adjustments.
Every case is different. In my case, while I had been planning for it my whole working life (you should too) it came on me like a total surprise with the C19 event, which was concurrent with my turning retirement age. Raised with the typical Protestant work ethic, I was uneasy being idle.
Now? No problem. LOL!
Posted by: gourmand du jour, gimpy edition at March 04, 2023 09:46 AM (jTmQV)

I am fulfilling my lifetime ambition of being a bum.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 04, 2023 09:47 AM (yQpMk)

104 101. I used to like almond macaroons. They do NOT need to be coconut.

Posted by: CN at March 04, 2023 09:47 AM (Zzbjj)

105 Back. Brought the wife to her eye DR, post cataract Surgery, got some pita bread and coumous Lebe and babaganous. And Coffee. I am good

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 04, 2023 09:48 AM (Irn0L)

106 Macaroons > Walloons

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 04, 2023 09:49 AM (Qzn2/)

107 Congrats CDM. Persevere, the partnership game is not for the faint of heart.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * hillbilly with a tude at March 04, 2023 09:40 AM (DbIL9)

Thanks. It's a father-son-grandson partnership, though the father is now helping St. Peter keep the books straight. They have many 2nd generation clients and a few 3rd generation clients as well to go with the OG septuagenarian and octogenarian clients. I'm working as a contractor and the prospects for year-long meaningful billable hours are very good.

They are simply very nice people to work for and the clients are wonderful.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 04, 2023 09:49 AM (4I/2K)

108 Raised with the typical Protestant work ethic, I was uneasy being idle.
Now? No problem. LOL!

Posted by: gourmand du jour, gimpy edition at March 04, 2023 09:46 AM (jTmQV)

Took me about a week.

Posted by: BignJames at March 04, 2023 09:49 AM (AwYPR)

109 Wish I did, but 'lectric, which I despise. Haven't been able to find a gas cooktop that will fit in the existing counter cutout.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

When I had a beastly electric stove and a hurricane took out the power, I pulled out my charcoal grill and made coffee on it. There are some things one must have to live, and coffee is near the top of the list.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 04, 2023 09:50 AM (wHo49)

110 Morning again, all,

Last week I asked what could be done to de-crystallize a container of honey. "Soak it in warm water" was the consensus, and I did, and it worked!

On the other hand, the plastic "bear" container is now . . . sticky. I've tried washing it twice, and nothing improves. Something about the plastic itself has changed thanks to the mild heat and water, I guess. Sure, I could decant it into a glass jar, but then I'd have to spoon the stuff out, which I hate. The plastic squeeze jar is very convenient to dispense the stuff.

Next time I buy honey, I'll examine it *before* I bring it home!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 04, 2023 09:50 AM (omVj0)

111 Macaroons are right out. Shredded coconut makes me gag. The texture of wood shavings combined with a rancid taste.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

So, its ixnay on atthay, huh ?

Posted by: JT at March 04, 2023 09:50 AM (T4tVD)

112 Just for the sake of argument, I think markets have nothing to do with "fundamentals " anymore. They're just a measure of how much free money the Fed is pumping into the system, because that is where it goes. And they may say they're cutting back to fight inflation, but then Biden writes another $400 million check to Ukraine with nothing but newly created money, and all that inflation fighting talk goes out the window.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 04, 2023 09:51 AM (q3gwH)

113 @27

>>Join NATO!!! We'll do for you what we did for ukraine!

As NATO is currently constructed and operated, NATO is the Tiki Lounge, the US Government is the Mob, running US taxpayer money through it, running up it's credit through the front door and well connected Pols, WEF, MIC, Party of Davos types dipping their beaks at the back door.

NATO is a f**king scam that ran out of a reason to exist November 9th 1989.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 04, 2023 09:52 AM (up/3i)

114 Getting a good gas stove is worth cutting up and reconfiguring the cabinets. I did it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 04, 2023 09:45 AM (q3gwH)

A good Coleman camp stove should be on every "prepper's" list. Quotes used, because we should all be preppers to some degree. Propane if it's all you can find, but the old-style pressure stove fueled by white gas (aka naptha) is the best. Fuel in a sealed can will last nearly forever, and not being pressurized, cannot leak and create an explosive atmosphere in your storage area. And those puppies burn real hot, and can do serious cooking.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 04, 2023 09:52 AM (tkR6S)

115 God bless and keep all of those on the list. May His healing and peace be upon you, body and soul.

(Same goes for all of you other Morons, too.)

Posted by: Stu-22 at March 04, 2023 09:52 AM (J8sNU)

116 How about this, Bill. We let you block out the sun, and if it turns out badly, we get to disembowel you and set your intestines on fire as you watch.

Deal?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 04, 2023 09:47 AM (Qzn2/)

Gates has been getting away with too much. Money talks, especially to politicians who desire great wealth

Posted by: CN at March 04, 2023 09:53 AM (Zzbjj)

117 It's wise to have backup heating cooking.
Electric, gas and charcoal so should be good some days in a emergency.

Posted by: Skip at March 04, 2023 09:53 AM (xhxe8)

118 un is up. Coffee poured. Looks like it will be a nice day here, and I have a car show to go to.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 04, 2023

***
American cars, foreign, or both? A bunch of years ago I went to one where I spotted a '66 Ford Galaxie coupe in dark blue. It was for sale, a reasonable price for then. I couldn't afford it and had to pass. But it would have been a nice car to commute in.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 04, 2023 09:53 AM (omVj0)

119 Retirement presents some real mental adjustments.
Every case is different. In my case, while I had been planning for it my whole working life (you should too) it came on me like a total surprise with the C19 event, which was concurrent with my turning retirement age. Raised with the typical Protestant work ethic, I was uneasy being idle.
Now? No problem. LOL!
Posted by: gourmand du jour, gimpy edition at March 04, 2023 09:46 AM (jTmQV)

I am fulfilling my lifetime ambition of being a bum.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 04, 2023 09:47 AM (yQpMk)

My dream is of doing nothing. G'rump928(c), I did nothing. I did absolutely nothing, and it was everything that I thought it could be.

Posted by: Peter Gibbons at March 04, 2023 09:54 AM (4I/2K)

120
When I had a beastly electric stove and a hurricane took out the power, I pulled out my charcoal grill and made coffee on it. There are some things one must have to live, and coffee is near the top of the list.
Posted by: Thomas Paine
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Well, I have both single burner and two-burner Coleman stoves which I have used during extended power outages. But, that's a bit different than confronting a lack of coffee access immediately at the moment when you wake up.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 04, 2023 09:54 AM (Pnbfv)

121 Nato is the Tiki Lounge, US Gov is the mob - so is Zelensky the house prosty?

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 04, 2023 09:54 AM (q3gwH)

122 92 The snow pack up there could last into next winter

The new ice age has begun.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at March 04, 2023 09:43 AM (kUajG)

Maybe. At this point it looks plausable. The promised "snowball earth" of the 70's.
There were areas up around 8000 feet that used to have snow year round back in the 80's. We used to hike up and go sledding in the summer when we were kids. Now those areas are all a barren slope in the summer. This year though it'll be covered into August easily.

Posted by: Reforger at March 04, 2023 09:54 AM (028Kh)

123 Next time I buy honey, I'll examine it *before* I bring it home!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 04, 2023 09:50 AM (omVj0)

Rumor has it there are establishments where one can do that.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 04, 2023 09:55 AM (tkR6S)

124 I am fulfilling my lifetime ambition of being a bum.
Posted by: G'rump
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Mine is to be regarded as an affable idler.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 04, 2023 09:55 AM (Pnbfv)

125 121 Nato is the Tiki Lounge, US Gov is the mob - so is Zelensky the house prosty?
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 04, 2023 09:54 AM (q3gwH)

And the house prosty seems to be calling the shots.

Posted by: CN at March 04, 2023 09:55 AM (Zzbjj)

126 OK time to drive to the grocer and pick up my order. Just in time, because I am out of cookies. This is intolerable.

Posted by: DB - Spanning the globe at March 04, 2023 09:55 AM (geLO8)

127 I'm finishing up the pot of coffee I made when I got up. The car is cleaned; so am I, and shaved. We have fairly cool temps today and tomorrow (prob. the last until December).

Miss Linda wants to go to World Market this am. Which means I can pick up Mackie's dark chocolate and WM's brand of blue corn chips!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 04, 2023 09:55 AM (omVj0)

128 >And the house prosty seems to be calling the shots.

Posted by: CN

the king puts it where the queen wants it

Posted by: DB - Spanning the globe at March 04, 2023 09:56 AM (geLO8)

129 Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at March 04, 2023 09:43 AM (fUnHJ)
******
There are restaurants and bakeries that have little signs that say Macarons/Macaroons next to the sandwich cookies and even the Food network did this.

That's why people get confused. I once told a restaurant that their sign was wrong and they still didn't correct it.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 04, 2023 09:56 AM (NpAcC)

130 Miss Linda wants to go to World Market this am. Which means I can pick up Mackie's dark chocolate and WM's brand of blue corn chips!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 04, 2023 09:55 AM (omVj0)

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Don't forget to stock up on durable and attractive rattan furniture!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 04, 2023 09:57 AM (Qzn2/)

131 American cars, foreign, or both? A bunch of years ago I went to one where I spotted a '66 Ford Galaxie coupe in dark blue. It was for sale, a reasonable price for then. I couldn't afford it and had to pass. But it would have been a nice car to commute in.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 04, 2023 09:53 AM (omVj0)

Studebakers, mostly. maybe some Brand X, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 04, 2023 09:57 AM (tkR6S)

132 126 OK time to drive to the grocer and pick up my order. Just in time, because I am out of cookies. This is intolerable.
Posted by: DB - Spanning the globe at March 04, 2023 09:55 AM (geLO

I go tomorrow morning. This shopping online stuff has been good to me, and I'm not yet prepared to stand in line again.

Posted by: CN at March 04, 2023 09:57 AM (Zzbjj)

133 Now beginning our third year of living the retired life in the new house.

Seeing as I apparently have the magic garage, that every community child brings their bikes and such to for repair, as well as a firm belief that God gave us the gifts of skills, and the time to use them for others, we stay pretty busy when we are home.

Which will hopefully be in about three more weeks, at the end of treatments here.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 04, 2023 09:57 AM (uLr+K)

134 Next time I buy honey, I'll examine it *before* I bring it home!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 04, 2023 09:50 AM (omVj0)

Rumor has it there are establishments where one can do that.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 04, 2023

***
"Psst! Hey, you! Interested in something sweet? I can hook you up, man."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 04, 2023 09:57 AM (omVj0)

135 Mine is to be regarded as an affable idler.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 04, 2023 09:55 AM (Pnbfv)

Man of leisure.

Posted by: BignJames at March 04, 2023 09:57 AM (AwYPR)

136 I've heard that the head of the mob is a senile old man who's easy to push around.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 04, 2023 09:58 AM (q3gwH)

137 @121

>>Nato is the Tiki Lounge, US Gov is the mob - so is Zelensky the house prosty?

Zelensky is a side piece, a convenient vessel for the WEF/Party of Davos/Uniparty to nut in and get their rocks off.

He is like Janice Rossi in apartment 2B: A Whore.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 04, 2023 09:58 AM (up/3i)

138 Always check your honey.

Posted by: Just sayin' at March 04, 2023 09:58 AM (DhOHl)

139 Was thinking yesterday, retirement is over praised
I would sit around every day like I do on weekends

Posted by: Skip at March 04, 2023 09:58 AM (xhxe8)

140 Retirement is when you finally find your calling in life and let it go to voicemail.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 04, 2023 09:59 AM (9UlRk)

141 Retirement is when you finally find your calling in life and let it go to voicemail.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 04, 2023 09:59 AM (9UlRk)

Yessss.

Posted by: Ed McMahon at March 04, 2023 09:59 AM (yQpMk)

142 There are restaurants and bakeries that have little signs that say Macarons/Macaroons next to the sandwich cookies and even the Food network did this.

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The confusion increases when one enters the realm of octoroons and quadroons.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 04, 2023 09:59 AM (Qzn2/)

143 A good Coleman camp stove should be on every "prepper's" list. Quotes used, because we should all be preppers to some degree.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

I think one can still purchase the dual fuel Coleman stoves. I got one and also their dual fuel lantern, ostensibly for camping, but I have used both in a pinch. They will run on white gas or gasoline. Very handy.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 04, 2023 09:59 AM (c/lJM)

144 He is like Janice Rossi in apartment 2B: A Whore.
>>>

Janice?? O. M. G. she turns up everywhere!

Posted by: Chandler Bing at March 04, 2023 09:59 AM (4I/2K)

145 Miss Linda wants to go to World Market this am. Which means I can pick up Mackie's dark chocolate and WM's brand of blue corn chips!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 04, 2023

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Don't forget to stock up on durable and attractive rattan furniture!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 04, 2023

***
Rattan would be right out. I have cats, and the rattan wouljd shortly look like shredded wheat.

On the other hand, my dinette table and chairs, purchased there in '06, are of real wood and have stood up to my use and the playing of my cats for a long time now.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 04, 2023 10:00 AM (omVj0)

146 They are simply very nice people to work for and the clients are wonderful.
Posted by: Count de Monet

Sounds like a blessing . Prayes for a long and successful tenure with them

Posted by: Sock Monkey * hillbilly with a tude at March 04, 2023 10:00 AM (DbIL9)

147 For good health, bee sure to eat your honey daily!

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 04, 2023 10:01 AM (4I/2K)

148 the king puts it where the queen wants it
Posted by: DB - Spanning the globe at March 04, 2023 09:56 AM (geLO

I want that fake Churchill out of power, but I want him to spill his kompromat first. The very idea of DC pretending to Churchill love makes me ill. Wasn't it 0bama who loudly removed the statue of the evil Churchill from the Oval Office? And the cries from the donks, well there really were none. Now they use his name to keep Zelensky quiet.

Posted by: CN at March 04, 2023 10:01 AM (Zzbjj)

149 My late husband got into day trading using Ameritrade after he retired. I got lots of lectures about puts and calls and how great it was. The bottom line is that no matter how smart you are, the market is controlled by computer algorithms and there is no way to outsmart the immediate responses they are able to make. I've found over a lifetime of investing that slow and steady wins the race.
Just a warning to be careful. It is a lot like gambling and can become an addiction.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 04, 2023 10:01 AM (Y+l9t)

150 Crystallized honey? Get clover it.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 04, 2023 10:03 AM (DhOHl)

151 No, retirement is when you have time to do those things you didn't have time for. I have a lot of stuff I could do on this house if I wasn't working. And I have no desire to work for this new company. Just waiting for all the loose ends to be wrapped up.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 04, 2023 10:03 AM (6lj/r)

152 Posted by: Count de Monet at March 04, 2023 09:07 AM (4I/2K)

Congrats!

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at March 04, 2023 10:03 AM (fUnHJ)

153 There are dainty little cookie tongs in that photo.

Posted by: m at March 04, 2023 10:04 AM (4VwiF)

154 There are restaurants and bakeries that have little signs that say Macarons/Macaroons next to the sandwich cookies and even the Food network did this.

That's why people get confused. I once told a restaurant that their sign was wrong and they still didn't correct it.
Posted by: redridinghood at March 04, 2023 09:56 AM (NpAcC)

*Yeah, don't eat at that restaurant again, you know what I'm sayin' ?

Posted by: runner at March 04, 2023 10:05 AM (V13WU)

155
"As NATO is currently constructed and operated, NATO is the Tiki Lounge, the US Government is the Mob, running US taxpayer money through it, running up it's credit through the front door and well connected Pols, WEF, MIC, Party of Davos types dipping their beaks at the back door."

I thought this particular scam was to get the more recent NATO signatories to donate their former Soviet equipment to Ukraine, then take foreign aid from the US to replace their stockpiles with Western made arms.

Which might make sense if the Russians were a functional modern military and/or you have $300 billion burning a hole in your pocket.

And for the record, the tiki bar scam was revealed the night Tommy gives the, "Do I amuse you?" speech. Tommy and Henry were supposed to make things so bad for the owner he has no choice but to go to Paulie. That's why Tommy ran up the huge tab. It was all preplanned. That's why Tommy said to Henry, "Your supposed to be doing this stuff, too, y'know."

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at March 04, 2023 10:05 AM (cupoy)

156 Sounds like a blessing . Prayes for a long and successful tenure with them
Posted by: Sock Monkey * hillbilly with a tude at March 04, 2023 10:00 AM (DbIL9)
>>>
Congrats!
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at March 04, 2023 10:03 AM (fUnHJ)

Thanks!

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 04, 2023 10:05 AM (4I/2K)

157 112 Just for the sake of argument, I think markets have nothing to do with "fundamentals " anymore. They're just a measure of how much free money the Fed is pumping into the system, because that is where it goes. And they may say they're cutting back to fight inflation, but then Biden writes another $400 million check to Ukraine with nothing but newly created money, and all that inflation fighting talk goes out the window.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 04, 2023 09:51 AM (q3gwH)

Agree strongly. But I'd go further. The global economy is slowing massively and that is due to USDs being scarce on the ground despite the massive creation. For the reasons you state.

Thus, "inflation" is not being caused by economic growth. But instead by de facto scarcity of USDs.

Posted by: Thesokorus at March 04, 2023 10:06 AM (1ais2)

158 Condolences to the upthread poster who lost a couple baby goats. Breeding animals is not for the faint hearted, there is a lot of joy paid for by real heartbreak. Those of us who have done it can empathize.

Posted by: Jen the original at March 04, 2023 10:06 AM (2gIWv)

159 I pulled out the last of my 401k money. I didn't do badly with the three index funds, but should have put a bit more back into energy stocks.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 04, 2023 10:06 AM (6lj/r)

160 Mine is to be regarded as an affable idler.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 04, 2023 09:55 AM (Pnbfv)

Man of leisure.
Posted by: BignJames
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I recollect that David Niven's passport listed his occupation as 'Gentleman'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 04, 2023 10:06 AM (0v4YR)

161 There are dainty little cookie tongs in that photo.
Posted by: m at March 04, 2023 10:04 AM (4VwiF)

tongs, tongues, tons, tonnes...

Posted by: runner at March 04, 2023 10:07 AM (V13WU)

162 Ten inches of wet crusty snow here in Michigan with 209000 of us with power out again. Fun.

Posted by: Jen the original at March 04, 2023 10:07 AM (2gIWv)

163 Crystallized honey? Get clover it.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

Let's not drone on about this.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 04, 2023 10:08 AM (XGZoL)

164 tongs, tongues, tons, tonnes...
Posted by: runner
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Tuns

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 04, 2023 10:09 AM (0v4YR)

165 My first car was a Ford galaxy that my father bought for me when I first got my license. My father loved cars. Anyways, first time in a parking garage, I scratched it leaving. I lied and told my father someone did it in the garage. While it was being fixed, he got me an old beat up clunker to drive. When the car was returned from the shop, he told me if anything else happened to the car, it would permanently be the old clunker. That was when I realized he knew what had happened and was teaching me a lesson.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 04, 2023 10:09 AM (Y+l9t)

166 I recollect that David Niven's passport listed his occupation as 'Gentleman'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 04, 2023 10:06 AM (0v4YR)

Is that a polite British way of saying "independent means"?

Posted by: CN at March 04, 2023 10:09 AM (Zzbjj)

167 Crystallized honey? Get clover it.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

Let's not drone on about this.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
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No need for her to get a bee in her bonnet.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 04, 2023 10:09 AM (+apjR)

168 It is a lot like gambling and can become an addiction.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 04, 2023 10:01 AM (Y+l9t)

In my case it IS gambling. I make no bones about it. I don't try to research or anything. I watch the market and when I see a daily trend forming, I jump on until it turns, then bail out with, hopefully, modest gains.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 04, 2023 10:10 AM (yQpMk)

169 Thanks Jen.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * hillbilly with a tude at March 04, 2023 10:10 AM (DbIL9)

170 >>>@110 Greetings ... Have you ever tried powdered honey? ... I use it for my tea in winter (when the liquid honey tends to seize up quicker) ... The brand I use is Arizona Farms -- which I can buy at a local Hmart -- but there are more brands available.

Posted by: Kathy at March 04, 2023 10:10 AM (JklXp)

171 Is that a polite British way of saying "independent means"?
Posted by: CN
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It would seem.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 04, 2023 10:10 AM (+apjR)

172 New puppy + ping pong ball = hilarity

Posted by: Sock Monkey * hillbilly with a tude at March 04, 2023 10:10 AM (DbIL9)

173 For the first few months after retiring I got into so much that I seriously considered going back to work to get some rest. Then sanity took over.

But for those who have recently retired, be aware that old age isn't what kills us, it's the "honey-do" list.

Posted by: irongrampa at March 04, 2023 10:10 AM (KATBx)

174
But for those who have recently retired, be aware that old age isn't what kills us, it's the "honey-do" list.
Posted by: irongrampa
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I can't figure out how I ever found time to work.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 04, 2023 10:12 AM (+apjR)

175 F-1 qualifying is starting from Bahrain

Posted by: Skip at March 04, 2023 10:12 AM (xhxe8)

176 Mike Hammer @ 164-
'I don't know about the other guys, but I just use my tongs.'
- just the punchline

Posted by: Eromero at March 04, 2023 10:13 AM (0G42s)

177 One of the tragically comic things coming out of the UK is again related to stupid young urbanites and climate change. The children have decided that farming is the number one driver of climate change and must be stopped. How can anyone be so fucking ignorant, I thought. Then I remembered NYC in 1980 when I was in a grocery store and heard the matrons disparaging a gathering of farmers in DC, "who needs these farmers, I can get all the food I want at Gristede's"

Posted by: CN at March 04, 2023 10:14 AM (Zzbjj)

178 F-1 qualifying is starting from Bahrain
Posted by: Skip
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Will there be electrics? Because, otherwise, who could possibly care? I mean, those gasoline things are icky.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 04, 2023 10:15 AM (21vDQ)

179 177 NYC in 1980 when I was in a grocery store and heard the matrons disparaging a gathering of farmers in DC, "who needs these farmers, I can get all the food I want at Gristede's"
Posted by: CN at March 04, 2023 10:14 AM (Zzbjj)

!!!

Posted by: m at March 04, 2023 10:15 AM (4VwiF)

180 179. Yep. I suppose they imagined that the beef and prodice in their carts were manufactured in a factory in Canarsie

Posted by: CN at March 04, 2023 10:17 AM (Zzbjj)

181 @74 got 5-6 Inches of wet crunchy global warming here in mid Hudson. Expected to be high 40s tomorrow, should make for great fog. Reservoirs are going to be very low come July

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 04, 2023 10:17 AM (8iuXY)

182 Sharon, words of wisdom.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at March 04, 2023 10:18 AM (C1B4U)

183 But for those who have recently retired, be aware that old age isn't what kills us, it's the "honey-do" list.
Posted by: irongrampa

Mrs. Sock makes suggestions. After 40 plus years she is intimately familiar with my ADD and the squirrel panel . Occasionally she insists and like a good husband should, I endeavor to please her

Posted by: Sock Monkey * hillbilly with a tude at March 04, 2023 10:18 AM (DbIL9)

184 68 On one hand I am somewhat subdued. One of my new baby goats died last night . That was a blessing because I would have had to put her down today. She was the second one to die. One of my girls lost both of her kids. On the other hand, I have 5 cute and healthy new babies .
They are farm animals and I am pragmatic but it's heartbreaking when you realize there is nothing you can do to help such a small and helpless little animal. Sitting on the porch this morning I could hear my girl bleating wondering where her babies were.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * hillbilly with a tude at March 04, 2023 09:32 AM (DbIL9)

There was a really great video recently, maybe on a pet thread, of a mom dog whose babies had been taken to a pound and she was disconsolate and the pound workers brought the babies back.

Posted by: m at March 04, 2023 10:19 AM (4VwiF)

185 After he retired, my former corporate boss who was a nice all-around guy and active in his church's leadership, found himself swamped by handyman service calls from the church ladies and widows.

He had to let his wife screen them and schedule so that he had time to be "retired" with her and get the wife's Honey-Do list attended to as well.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 04, 2023 10:19 AM (4I/2K)

186 Don't even get me started on poltroons from Cameroon.

/Muldoon

Posted by: Muldoon at March 04, 2023 10:20 AM (ykeLU)

187 ... to say nothing of the muldoons.

Posted by: m at March 04, 2023 10:24 AM (4VwiF)

188 I live a life of idleness and dissipation.

My dear old dad said "You can't just retire from something. You have to retire to something."

In his case, it was dancing and chasing little old ladies.

In my case. it's golf, bowling, gardening, and volunteer website maintenance for a small charity. And if friends want me to help them, I never say "no."

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at March 04, 2023 10:24 AM (TXFi7)

189 CN @ 177-
The farm strike was a big deal. We had over 100 tractors just in our group going to the capitol (Columbia S.C.). Friendly law enforcement, friendly citizens, no good come of it. Big speeches, applause, music, pretty girls in overalls.

Posted by: Eromero at March 04, 2023 10:25 AM (0G42s)

190 But for those who have recently retired, be aware that old age isn't what kills us, it's the "honey-do" list. Posted by: irongrampa

*********

RETIREMENT - WIFE'S VERSION

Congrats! Thirty years! Bump a fist!
Retirement!! You'll soon get the gist
But let me share a warning
First thing Monday morning
She'll hand you your Honey-Do list!

RETIREMENT - HUSBAND'S VERSION

Retirement sounds awfully delicious
A lifestyle that fulfills all your wishes
My buddy says it pleases
'Cause it makes him more like Jesus
Every day all he does is loafs and fishes!

Posted by: Muldoon at March 04, 2023 10:25 AM (ykeLU)

191 Don't even get me started on poltroons from Cameroon.

/Muldoon
Posted by: Muldoon at March 04, 2023 10:20 AM (ykeLU)

Such a boon! I may swoon.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 04, 2023 10:26 AM (tkR6S)

192 Retirement can be really hard on old couples, especially when the man used to be a big-shot and wifey doesn't want to be micro-managed.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at March 04, 2023 10:27 AM (TXFi7)

193 Prayers for all of those who've requested through the Prayer Revival list & for ALL - such as Piper - in need of prayers.

Also for Annie's Stew who provides us this opportunity & for those who respond. Thank you. I, too, have asked for help through prayers & had them answered.

Posted by: Lola at March 04, 2023 10:28 AM (GshMh)

194 Don't even get me started on poltroons from Cameroon.

/Muldoon
Posted by: Muldoon at March 04, 2023 10:20 AM (ykeLU)

Such a boon! I may swoon.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

No calls before noon !

Posted by: JT at March 04, 2023 10:29 AM (T4tVD)

195 We have seen many even wild animals find a human to save trapped babies, it's touching to me animals are much smarter than taken for granted

Posted by: Skip at March 04, 2023 10:30 AM (xhxe8)

196 189 CN @ 177-
The farm strike was a big deal. We had over 100 tractors just in our group going to the capitol (Columbia S.C.). Friendly law enforcement, friendly citizens, no good come of it. Big speeches, applause, music, pretty girls in overalls.
Posted by: Eromero at March 04, 2023 10:25 AM (0G42s)

Yep, but the city people are too divorced from agriculture to understand where their sustenance comes from. I wonder if those Oxbridge educated assholes in London believe they can grow their daily bread in their little flats, maybe in a window box?

Posted by: CN at March 04, 2023 10:32 AM (Zzbjj)

197 Chatterbox Mouse @ 192-
When I retired I told Mrs.E she didn't need to call me Chief anymore. She said 'ok, jackass.'

Posted by: Eromero at March 04, 2023 10:32 AM (0G42s)

198 I sm really thinking I got out of a winter without touching a snow shovel. Can't remember that ever happening

Posted by: Skip at March 04, 2023 10:32 AM (xhxe8)

199 ... to say nothing of the muldoons.
Posted by: m at March 04, 2023

***
Dancing at the quadroon ballroom

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 04, 2023 10:32 AM (omVj0)

200 200

Posted by: m at March 04, 2023 10:33 AM (4VwiF)

201 Ms. gourmand and I have a pretty regular schedule and we find that it helps with retirement. Certain activities at certain times, every day.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, gimpy edition at March 04, 2023 10:33 AM (jTmQV)

202
Such a boon! I may swoon.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
*
No calls before noon !
Posted by: JT at March 04, 2023

***
I'm busy cleaning my Colt's Dragoon

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 04, 2023 10:34 AM (omVj0)

203 Moon, June, tune, swoon, Muldoon, barroon.

Posted by: Eromero at March 04, 2023 10:36 AM (0G42s)

204 Mrs. Sock's reaction to Muldoon's retirement versions: cute and accurate followed by a list of what she thinks I should accomplish today .

Posted by: Sock Monkey * hillbilly with a tude at March 04, 2023 10:37 AM (DbIL9)

205 For me the word 'macaroon' always conjures up an image of a swashbuckling seafaring brigand with a cutlass in hand, wearing thigh-high leather boots, a puffy shirt and billowing pantaloons.

Or maybe that's a snickerdoodle. I get them mixed up.

Wait, no, the snickerdoodle has an eyepatch...

Posted by: Muldoon at March 04, 2023 10:37 AM (ykeLU)

206 Prayers up for Pat and Drew. WDS's hubs and son.

Posted by: Infidel at March 04, 2023 10:37 AM (tITEI)

207 I sm really thinking I got out of a winter without touching a snow shovel. Can't remember that ever happening
Posted by: Skip

Trigglypuff hasn't sung yet !

Posted by: JT at March 04, 2023 10:38 AM (T4tVD)

208 The word for pirate is picaroon

Posted by: CN at March 04, 2023 10:38 AM (Zzbjj)

209 Prayers up for all on the prayer list and the rest as well.

Tonypete - I'm sorry for the trouble you describe - your story hit home.

Posted by: 496 at March 04, 2023 10:39 AM (6B+1X)

210 113 NATO is a f**king scam that ran out of a reason to exist November 9th 1989.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 04, 2023 09:52 AM

I attended a NATO course to prepare staff officers for NATO assignments and deployment, focusing on NATO organization, mission, etc. A good 33% of the course was all about NATO's evolving mission, and how it is still relevant. Cyber attacks, refugee/immigration crisis, natural disasters...and expanding the response range of these capabilities to a more global area!

Posted by: Military Moron at March 04, 2023 10:39 AM (JCZqz)

211 *Dancing at the quadroon ballroom*

In Saskatoon!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 04, 2023 10:39 AM (DhOHl)

212 In other news, Kellyanne is finally divorcing Chaz Bono

Posted by: CN at March 04, 2023 10:40 AM (Zzbjj)

213 CN @208-
'My buccan-ears are under my buccan-hat.'
-just the punchline

Posted by: Eromero at March 04, 2023 10:41 AM (0G42s)

214 Kelly Anne was probably waiting for the kids to get old enough.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 04, 2023 10:42 AM (GP8Dv)

215 In other news, Kellyanne is finally divorcing Chaz Bono
Posted by: CN at March 04, 2023 10:40 AM (Zzbjj)

I feel bad for the kids. They are gonna be fucked up for sure

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 04, 2023 10:42 AM (Irn0L)

216 I've heard this one said regarding a husband's retirement:

A woman needs her husband hanging around the house like she needs a grand piano in the kitchen.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 04, 2023 10:42 AM (DhOHl)

217 Thank you to everyone offering thoughts and prayers. Also thank you to whomever submitted my request to be posted. I believe it was prayer that blessed us last time and really helped me personally with how I felt. With your help and Gods will we will get through this time as well.

Posted by: Inogame, Non Alius Regit at March 04, 2023 10:43 AM (D/9Qo)

218 New puppy is getting introduced to her charges. Mama goats are a bit leery . My buck Loki (aka Stinky Pete) decided to establish his dominance. My 13 week old puppy stood her ground, barked once and Loki backed off and then ran off . I think this girl is going to work out just fine

Posted by: Sock Monkey * hillbilly with a tude at March 04, 2023 10:44 AM (DbIL9)

219
...as well as a firm belief that God gave us the gifts of skills, and the time to use them for others...

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 04, 2023 09:57 AM

I contributed my time and skills to the Catholic school my wife taught at by writing software for front office and library. Also kicked in some computers and printers. The Principal, a Sister, was always appreciative and would buy me nice thoughtful little things. But the last gift she gave me was some sort of needlepoint which said something to the effect that 'God gives you skills and if you don't use them he'll take them back'. I thought it an odd gift but it's actually kind of true. I was a musical savant at a young age and could play the piano before I could reach the seat myself. But I let that skill lapse and it's now gone.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 04, 2023 10:45 AM (enJYY)

220
I feel bad for the kids. They are gonna be fucked up for sure
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 04, 2023 10:42 AM (Irn0L)

You mean more fucked up? The older girl seemed like a mess already.

Naturally, Trump chimed in

Posted by: CN at March 04, 2023 10:45 AM (Zzbjj)

221 220
I feel bad for the kids. They are gonna be fucked up for sure
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 04, 2023 10:42 AM (Irn0L)

You mean more fucked up? The older girl seemed like a mess already.

Naturally, Trump chimed in
Posted by: CN at March 04, 2023 10:45 AM (Zzbjj)

What were the chances.

Posted by: m at March 04, 2023 10:47 AM (4VwiF)

222 Decided to take the lioness by the tail and try "intermittent fasting." I had to push thru some hungry moments, but all in all after 5 days I'm pleased with the results . I now eat from either 8am-4pm or 9-5ish pm. It's a routine I think, for the most part, I can actually live with. I lost 7.5 lbs and I still have today and tomorrow to make it a full week. I would like to lose at least 5 a week. I lost 30 in '21 but hit plateau. It's nice now to start losing the rest of the over-weightiness(if that's even a word). I guess I should have waited for the gainzzzzz thread but, well, I'm happy. Plus I have to go to Home Depot.
Hope you all have a wonderful day. It's gorgeous outside.

Posted by: just a smilin' at March 04, 2023 10:49 AM (hGlnS)

223 Sitting on the porch this morning I could hear my girl bleating wondering where her babies were.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * hillbilly with a tude at March 04, 2023 09:32 AM (DbIL9)

the sound of animals mourning their loved ones really does tug at the heartstrings.

When we used to live on a property that bordered a pond, my cousin's sons would come over and fish.
One day I saw their vehicle in the driveway so I knew they were down at the pond. About 20 minutes later, I saw them hurriedly getting back into the car and departing.

Not even an hour later came the cries of a goose, it was a terrible sound, I could tell she was in pain so I hurried down to the pond. She and her mate had built a nest right on the bank of the pond, I guess they thought it was sufficiently hidden.

Well, it wasn't. The boys had killed Daddy goose by throwing rocks at him, I guess the kill shot hit him right between the eyes. And Mama Goose was mourning her man.

Posted by: kallisto at March 04, 2023 10:49 AM (dCxaZ)

224 Wow. This speech by @JamesOKeefeIII and his Pfizer whistleblower, Debbie, was amazing.

WE have to stop living in fear. Be brave, expose the truth and know that God will always be protecting you in that journey to doing so. May God continue to bless you all for standing up for truth, Justice and fairness for all.

James O'Keefe at CPAC Video (10:00): https://bit.ly/3Ym8Zgd

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at March 04, 2023 10:51 AM (Do5/p)

225 Posted by: Muldoon at March 04, 2023 10:25 AM (ykeLU)

===
I'm retiring next month and will be busier than ever just not getting paid anymore. *sad trombone*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 04, 2023 10:51 AM (EZebt)

226 Prayers for those that request them and for those that need them.
God's will be done.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 04, 2023 10:52 AM (h1mO4)

227 In other news, Kellyanne is finally divorcing Chaz Bono

what -

lol

Posted by: kallisto at March 04, 2023 10:52 AM (dCxaZ)

228 Daughter, 4 grandkids and 3 of my daughter's cousins kids are coming out shortly for one last sledding lalapolooza. Time for grandpa to go do a quick maintenance check on the sleds

Posted by: Sock Monkey * hillbilly with a tude at March 04, 2023 10:53 AM (DbIL9)

229 I'm taking over for Mrs. F. so maybe she will get a job and stop baking all day.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 04, 2023 10:53 AM (EZebt)

230 >Is that a polite British way of saying "independent means"?

Posted by: CN

that would me 'man of leisure'

Posted by: DB - Spanning the globe at March 04, 2023 10:53 AM (geLO8)

231 be, dammit

Posted by: DB - Spanning the globe at March 04, 2023 10:53 AM (geLO8)

232 My 13 week old puppy stood her ground, barked once and Loki backed off and then ran off . I think this girl is going to work out just fine

*******

'Oo's a good dog, eh?

Posted by: Muldoon at March 04, 2023 10:54 AM (ykeLU)

233 223 The boys had killed Daddy goose by throwing rocks at him, I guess the kill shot hit him right between the eyes.
Posted by: kallisto at March 04, 2023 10:49 AM (dCxaZ)

Like "Opie the Birdman."

Posted by: m at March 04, 2023 10:54 AM (4VwiF)

234 >Time for grandpa to go do a quick maintenance check on the sleds

Posted by: Sock Monkey * hillbilly with a tude

get the hot chocolate ready

Posted by: DB - Spanning the globe at March 04, 2023 10:54 AM (geLO8)

235 be, dammit

********

Best advice ever.

Posted by: Muldoon at March 04, 2023 10:54 AM (ykeLU)

236 Balloon, Macaroon, bassoon... all fade into insignificance.

Posted by: Gilligan at March 04, 2023 10:55 AM (Khgxe)

237 be, dammit

*******

or not.

Posted by: Hamlet at March 04, 2023 10:55 AM (ykeLU)

238 alright I am back from the grocer

Re-supplied now, and rolling like a juggernaut

Posted by: DB - Spanning the globe at March 04, 2023 10:55 AM (geLO8)

239 did you cover vinagaroon and poltroon

Posted by: DB - Spanning the globe at March 04, 2023 10:56 AM (geLO8)

240 /off indecisive Danish prince sock

Posted by: Muldoon at March 04, 2023 11:00 AM (ykeLU)

241 damn I killed it

Posted by: DB - Spanning the globe at March 04, 2023 11:00 AM (geLO8)

242 'Though the boys cast stones at the frog in jest, the frog dies, not in jest but in earnest.'
- Plato

Posted by: Eromero at March 04, 2023 11:01 AM (0G42s)

243 I invented a thing, peanut butter on a warm cheese danish.

Posted by: Eromero at March 04, 2023 11:06 AM (0G42s)

244 Thanks for your consistent excellence Mishum

Posted by: Sock Monkey * hillbilly with a tude at March 04, 2023 11:08 AM (DbIL9)

245 So, if anyone's here and planning grocery shopping, there are a LOT of unannounced produce deals at Hmart today locally. And they now have the cheapest full price eggs at $2.99/dozen, no matter if they are large or jumbo (so yes, I bought jumbo for the boy eaters and have told them to leave my large eggs for me and my cooking).

99 cent strawberries are back...99 cents/lb broccoli is back...99 cent bags of celery sticks and petite romaine (these look great but were last week's specials and are now priced lower to get rid of them), etc...

Posted by: Nova Local at March 04, 2023 11:08 AM (exHjb)

246 I invented a thing, peanut butter on a warm cheese danish.
Posted by: Eromero at March 04, 2023 11:06 AM (0G42s)

---------

Technically. I believe George Washington Carver still gets credit for that.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 04, 2023 11:08 AM (Qzn2/)

247 Thanks for your consistent excellence Mishum
Posted by: Sock Monkey * hillbilly with a tude

Seconded !

Posted by: JT at March 04, 2023 11:10 AM (T4tVD)

248 Kellyanne is Catholic. So as St. Paul wrote, if you just cannot abide together, separate.

I doubt that she will remarry.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at March 04, 2023 11:13 AM (TXFi7)

249 George Washington Carver have a mocrowave? I think not.

Posted by: Eromero at March 04, 2023 11:14 AM (0G42s)

250 But then, some Catholics are not really.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at March 04, 2023 11:14 AM (TXFi7)

251 Quiet this morning.

Posted by: Infidel at March 04, 2023 11:15 AM (tITEI)

252 George Washington Carver have a mocrowave? I think not.
Posted by: Eromero

He was working on one.....

Posted by: JT at March 04, 2023 11:16 AM (T4tVD)

253 Good morning everyone.
I’m surprised to see my name on the prayer request list - especially since I never submitted it.

Posted by: SnailRacer at March 04, 2023 11:17 AM (FbYHT)

254 Thanks for your consistent excellence Mishum
Posted by: Sock Monkey * hillbilly with a tude

Seconded !
Posted by: JT

*******

All in favor?

Aye!

Posted by: Muldoon at March 04, 2023 11:17 AM (ykeLU)

255 Quiet this morning.
Posted by: Infidel

Too quiet.

The injuns are up to something.....

Posted by: JT at March 04, 2023 11:17 AM (T4tVD)

256 Thanks for your consistent excellence Mishum
Posted by: Sock Monkey * hillbilly with a tude

Seconded !
Posted by: JT

*******

All in favor?

Aye!
Posted by: Muldoon

Eye !

Posted by: JT at March 04, 2023 11:18 AM (T4tVD)

257 Posted by: Nova Local at March 04, 2023 11:08 AM (exHjb)

those are some great deals, we know you'll put them to good use!

Posted by: kallisto at March 04, 2023 11:18 AM (dCxaZ)

258 George Washington Carver have a mocrowave?

********

Perhaps not, but he may have had a Jeri curl.

Posted by: Muldoon at March 04, 2023 11:19 AM (ykeLU)

259 there's a new thread up

Posted by: kallisto at March 04, 2023 11:19 AM (dCxaZ)

260 Don't even get me started on poltroons from Cameroon.

/Muldoon
Posted by: Muldoon at March 04, 2023 10:20 AM (ykeLU)

I found no macaroons is Cameroon. Macarons, maybe.

Posted by: Javems at March 04, 2023 11:20 AM (AmoqO)

261 George Washington Carver have a mocrowave? I think not.
Posted by: Eromero
-----

I think you meant 'macrowave'.

;-)

Posted by: Gilligan at March 04, 2023 11:20 AM (xFD/0)

262 243 I invented a thing, peanut butter on a warm cheese danish.

Posted by: Eromero at March 04, 2023 11:06 AM (0G42s)

My first wife used to make a grilled peanut-butter, mayonnaise and onion sandwich. Not as bad as it sounds.

Posted by: Javems at March 04, 2023 11:23 AM (AmoqO)

263 257 Posted by: Nova Local at March 04, 2023 11:08 AM (exHjb)

those are some great deals, we know you'll put them to good use!
Posted by: kallisto at March 04, 2023 11:18 AM (dCxaZ)

Thanks - having some of the veg now in a salad while my kid cooks up a little all beef kielbasa to go with - she really wanted to make something today, so that was easiest...but I'll have something better for tomorrow's food thread!

Posted by: Nova Local at March 04, 2023 11:32 AM (exHjb)

264 DEI - Division, Exclusion, Inequity.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 04, 2023 11:35 AM (k/0GN)

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