General Discussion, Monday, April 4, 2016

Posted on April 4, 2016 by Stella

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  1. nyetneetot's avatar nyetneetot says:
    April 4, 2016 at 12:09 am

    You’re lucky. I must be going to the wrong beach…..

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  2. MaryfromMarin's avatar MaryfromMarin says:
    April 4, 2016 at 12:21 am

    I like the abalone shell, stella. I have a couple of small ones, and a box of wave-worn pieces. The rainbow shimmer is always beautiful, and glassy-smooth.

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  3. MaryfromMarin's avatar MaryfromMarin says:
    April 4, 2016 at 12:23 am

    I’d like to see how liberals spin THIS:

    Belgian Imams Refuse to Pray for Souls of Non-Muslim Victims of Brussels Attacks

    https://themuslimissue.wordpress.com/2016/04/03/belgian-imams-refuse-to-pray-for-souls-of-non-muslim-victims-of-brussels-attacks/

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    • czarowniczy's avatar czarowniczy says:
      April 4, 2016 at 1:13 am

      Ummmmmm…so what? I’m not all that sure I’d really get much comfort from an Imam beseeching the moon goddess for mercy upon my Moslem murdered soul.

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  4. Col.(R) Ken's avatar Col.(R) Ken says:
    April 4, 2016 at 12:54 am

    Morning everyone! Great sports day! Went too the Home Opener, Pirates v Cards, then the Pens v Flyers game. Dinner at my favorite restaurant in the burg, “The Carlton”. I may have to skip Nye’s breakfast………. Now a little power nap……

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  5. ImpeachEmAll's avatar ImpeachEmAll says:
    April 4, 2016 at 1:26 am

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  6. auscitizenmom's avatar auscitizenmom says:
    April 4, 2016 at 7:23 am

    What happened? Where did everybody go? To bed?

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  7. WeeWeed's avatar WeeWeed says:
    April 4, 2016 at 7:27 am

    Mornin’ y’all!

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    • Col.(R) Ken's avatar Col.(R) Ken says:
      April 4, 2016 at 7:50 am

      Morning Ms.WeeWeed! Great poster!!!!!!!!!

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    • lovely's avatar lovely says:
      April 4, 2016 at 8:06 am

      Good morning WeeWeed 🎈 🚬 😎

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    • nyetneetot's avatar nyetneetot says:
      April 4, 2016 at 8:17 am

      Heh heh heh heh. Mornin’ WeeWeed! I miss smoken’ at times.

      Speaking of smoking, I get alerts for any credit card transactions since almost everyone I know that travels for business has had their numbers swiped at one time or another. Anyway, I noticed somebody that doesn’t smoke anymore either, after speaking with me on the phone during a daily, 4 hour long walk, stopped by a tobacco store two blocks from home and purchased an item for the same cost as a pack of the highest priced brand cigarettes.

      I’m thinking for the safety of everyone on the West Coast, I should just act like I never saw it and it never happened.

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    • michellc's avatar michellc says:
      April 4, 2016 at 8:50 am

      Mornin’ Wee!

      You couldn’t do that around here Wee, all the parks have went tobacco free and have signs telling you can be fined $200 for the use of tobacco on park grounds.

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      • nyetneetot's avatar nyetneetot says:
        April 4, 2016 at 9:06 am

        There was a guy years ago, just after the ban on domestic flights, that had the money for the fine and decided to chain smoke the whole flight.
        If someone tried that now, they’d land the plane and jail the person.

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        • Stella's avatar stella says:
          April 4, 2016 at 9:22 am

          Remember when they had smoking sections on planes? That was a joke (I still smoked then).

          On a flight to Florida, a flight attendant threatened to have some poor woman arrested for smoking in the wrong section (one row in front of the sign).

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          • nyetneetot's avatar nyetneetot says:
            April 4, 2016 at 9:26 am

            I recall specifically asking to be in smoking. People would come from other parts of the plane for a cigarette and head back to their seats.

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            • Stella's avatar stella says:
              April 4, 2016 at 9:31 am

              I always did too (asked for smoking section seat). On that flight our row was originally in the smoking section, and the attendant moved the sign (our tickets specified “smoking”).

              That entire flight was strange; that was the same trip where the gate attendant haughtily notified a passenger (a frequent flyer) that it was their right to oversell flights. I thought the guy would choke him (he was that angry).

              I also had a flight attendant take and hide my coat once on a trip to Minneapolis. It was a jumbo jet. She left right away on landing, and it took the other F.A.’s fifteen minutes to find my coat.

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              • Col.(R) Ken's avatar Col.(R) Ken says:
                April 4, 2016 at 10:11 am

                Had a IP (instructor pilot) who chain smoked. Had to keep the vent opened, no problem at 170 knots, the air vented the cockpit, made him clean the canopy…….

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            • Wooly Covfefe's avatar Wooly Phlox says:
              April 4, 2016 at 7:38 pm

              I was on a broke-down Amtrack train once, for about an hour and a half.

              Halfway from CT to Boston, in the very front row of the Smoking Allowed car. The passengers in the car in front of us, all East-coast business travellers, were all extremely irate and angry the whole time we were stopped. We could see and hear, because the doors between cars were open. And not even irate about us smokers in the car just behind them — but just in general — because they had places to be, and they’re super-important, and it must be the lady train attendents’ fault that Amtrack had to go get another engine to pull us, so they were abusive to the staff.

              Us People, on the other hand, just dealt with it by shooting the breeze with our fellow passengers, and with the wonderful staff, like we would do if we were just waiting for the bus — some of whom didn’t even smoke at all, but just realized we were the calmer, kinder, gentler people, and chose intentionally to sit in Our car.

              It was illustrative.

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          • auscitizenmom's avatar auscitizenmom says:
            April 4, 2016 at 10:09 am

            Smoking sections on a plane was a TOTAL joke. I figure it would work if there was a contraption like the “cone of silence” that would come down and cover the smoker and suck the smoke out of the plane.

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      • WeeWeed's avatar WeeWeed says:
        April 4, 2016 at 9:33 am

        Mornin’ Michelle! Meh – I care not. Hospitals and their parking lots are “smoke free,” too but I have yet to be busted.

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        • nyetneetot's avatar nyetneetot says:
          April 4, 2016 at 9:36 am

          …. operating rooms, oxygen tents, grain silos….

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        • michellc's avatar michellc says:
          April 4, 2016 at 9:47 am

          I cannot believe how they ban tobacco from outdoor areas.

          They were having a farmers day at a local park around here and this lady was smoking just on the edge of the park grounds, right under the sign. I was laughing when I saw it and I walked over and told her I thought it was hilarious.
          She told me that 8 years ago she donated the tables and benches to this park and now these commies tell her she can’t smoke. She said she was daring them to come fine her because she was going to tell them her feet was on park grounds, her cig and smoke was on the street.

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          • lovely's avatar lovely says:
            April 4, 2016 at 10:07 am

            The local college here tells students that their campus is smoke free and that means that they cannot smoke in their own cars. I’d like to see them try and stop a Wisconsinite from smoking in their car.

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          • Stella's avatar stella says:
            April 4, 2016 at 10:43 am

            As a former smoker, I appreciate banning smoking in areas where non-smokers are a captive audience. I was glad when they banned smoking in the office (pre-OSHA). That doesn’t include the great outdoors, or a personal vehicle!

            As usual, the government busy bodies take things too far.

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            • michellc's avatar michellc says:
              April 4, 2016 at 4:18 pm

              I think if they want to ban smoking and/or dipping in public buildings that is fine. I think hospitals banning smoking in the hospital or around doors is fine. I also think private businesses or employers banning it on their property is fine.

              What I don’t find fine is the government telling private businesses or employers that they must ban it. If they want to ban it in public parks, which smokers and tobacco users help pay for then they should at least designate a smoking/dipping/chewing area.

              Our “conservative” leaders though are just as big of nannies as “liberals.” Don’t even get me started on their most strict child seat law in the country. It’s one thing to make laws that kids must be in car seats and buckled up but to narrow it down to type of seat, what age, what direction they’re facing, etc. is going too far imho.

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              • Stella's avatar stella says:
                April 4, 2016 at 4:42 pm

                I was happy when my employer banned smoking in the office. Before doing anything, they asked employees for input. At first, they allowed smoking in private offices with doors, and there was an indoor smoking area for years after smoking was banned in most of the office. By the time I left, the building was completely smoke free (that was due to OSHA).

                I shared an office with a guy who smoked (I had quit). When I first quit, I was still getting plenty of “input” due to his smoke, and even after it was banned, he would smoke when I wasn’t there (he started work an hour before I did). No, I didn’t like it (I hid his ashtray one day when he wasn’t there).

                The company paid for voluntary smoking cessation classes and they were very lenient about allowing employees to take a smoking break pretty much whenever they liked, depending on what their supervisors allowed.

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                • michellc's avatar michellc says:
                  April 4, 2016 at 6:53 pm

                  I’ve always been considerate of others who didn’t smoke, even before it was banned in all stores, etc. So I’ve never had a problem until they started telling you that you couldn’t smoke outside or inside your car.

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                  • Wooly Covfefe's avatar Wooly Phlox says:
                    April 4, 2016 at 8:15 pm

                    Me too. If I’m walking down the sidewalk, and someone is approaching me with a baby carriage, I lift my foot, and put the cigarette out, and put it back in the pack.

                    Then again, when runners (dopamine addicts) are approaching, all dressed in their brand-name runner regalia, I keep it lit, in my mouth, while pulling another one out of the pack and reaching for my lighter.

                    Babies aren’t fair game, though.

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                  • michellc's avatar michellc says:
                    April 4, 2016 at 8:56 pm

                    I ran to town this evening and two dummies were on the road, one running the other speed walking. This road is barely wide enough for two cars and spots you have to pull to the side so two cars can pass each other. Plus it’s curvy and hilly, why they would think this is a good road to exercise on is beyond me.
                    Then whomever puts the cross country bike rides together seems to think this is a good road for them as well. Thankfully that only happens once a year, but I dread it every year, they’re so stupid and think they own the entire road. My DH threatens to run them over every year. He usually starts yelling at them telling them that they have to follow the same rules as vehicles because they’ll ride 5 or 6 across the road where you can’t go around them. I’m pretty sure if we were driving on the wrong side of the road we’d get a ticket.

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                  • michellc's avatar michellc says:
                    April 4, 2016 at 9:38 pm

                    BTW, he wouldn’t really run them over on purpose, but someday they are going to get ran over because someone is going to be headed out boating or fishing as this road takes you to the lake and are going to come upon them around a curve and hit them not knowing about the dumb bike riders. They’re not even smart enough around the curves to not ride in the opposite lane.

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              • tessa50's avatar tessa50 says:
                April 4, 2016 at 7:02 pm

                Those car seats now come with expiration dates. Can be in perfect shape but if that date has passed you can’t use. At least that is the law here.

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                • michellc's avatar michellc says:
                  April 4, 2016 at 8:41 pm

                  Yep they all have expiration dates and if you’re stopped and they look at it then you can be fined.
                  I’m okay with even that, but they went a lot farther with this new law, up to 2 years old must be in a rear facing seat, 2 to 4 must be in a 5 point harness car seat, 4 to 8 in a booster seat or 4’9″, so even if you have a kid 12 years old that is short they must be in a booster seat. Under 13 years old has to be in backseat even if you have a vehicle without airbags or a vehicle that the passenger side airbag can be turned off.

                  For kids between one and two the only car seat that you can buy that you can place rear facing is a convertible car seat and they are expensive and they still are a pain in the rear to get them in the car rear facing.
                  We went through 3 different ones before we found one that would actually go into the seat right when put in the rear facing position.
                  Thankfully we were able to return them, but we ended up having to buy a $300 car seat and it still doesn’t sit perfect or lock well.
                  In one of our vehicles it won’t work at all rear facing.

                  I see people with older kids complaining all the time about the booster seats, because a lot of 8 year old kids are larger and don’t fit well.

                  My grandson hates facing to the rear, he’s taller so his legs are all bent up because the back of the seat is there and he can’t see anyone.

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        • Wooly Covfefe's avatar Wooly Phlox says:
          April 4, 2016 at 8:00 pm

          I worked in the kitchen of a hospital outside of Boston, years ago.

          There were two wings, one Surgical and one Medical. In the Medical wing, there was an empty floor, what used to be the maternity ward, and was then being gutted entirely and turned into a pediatrics ward, in a construction project which took about two years. You could still stop the elevator there, and get off and look around if you wanted to, and we late-teenagers did. For various late-teenager kitchen-worker reasons, none of which were good.

          There were still ashtrays bolted to the walls, in this former maternity ward, with the big button that opened the flaps which emptied the butts into the lower butt receptacle.

          Permanent ashtrays in the maternity ward. I still shake my head.

          My Nana had a hand-held ashtray that she used when shopping at the grocery store.

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          • WeeWeed's avatar WeeWeed says:
            April 4, 2016 at 8:04 pm

            Oh yeah. I smoked in my hospital room after the birth of my child – normal back then, only forbidden in “oxygen” rooms. They said, after a 36 hr. labor on my part, “what do you want??” I said ” a Coke and a smoke.” 😀

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            • Stella's avatar stella says:
              April 4, 2016 at 8:10 pm

              The first thing I got after childbirth was a big coke with ice. It was so good!

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            • michellc's avatar michellc says:
              April 4, 2016 at 9:49 pm

              Do you remember when janitors at school would sweep the halls with a cigarette hanging out of their mouth and the waiting room at the hospital looked like a bar room from all the smoke?
              I even had a doctor that would come into the exam room with a lit cigar. He kept an ashtray in all of his rooms to sit it in while he examined you. I remember several years ago reading his obituary in the paper, he lived to be 104. When you went into his office, he not only had his cigar but a glass of whiskey that he sipped on all day.

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  8. nyetneetot's avatar nyetneetot says:
    April 4, 2016 at 8:00 am

    Mornin’ stella! (Smiter of those that ought to be smote) 😎 🍸 (Long Island Iced Tea)
    Mornin’ WeeWeed! (Master Mixologist Extrodinare) 😎 🍸 (Old Fashioned)
    Mornin’ Menagerie! 😎 |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| (Jack Daniels)
    Mornin’ Ad rem! (Queen Felis catus) 🐱 🍸 (Flaming Lamborghini)
    Mornin’ Sharon! 😎 🍸 (earthquake)
    Mornin’ ytz4mee! 😎 🍸 (cosmopolitan)
    Mornin’ partyzantski! 🙂 |_|
    Mornin’ texan59! 🙂 |_|
    Mornin’ ZurichMike! 🙂 🍸 (fuzzy navel)
    Mornin’ Col.(R) Ken! (hand salute) 🙂 |_|
    Mornin’ czarowniczy! 🙂 |_| ( and Czarina 🙂 🍸 )
    Mornin’ letjusticeprevail2014! 🙂 |_|
    Mornin’ ctdar! 🙂 🍸 (grasshopper)
    Mornin’ tessa50! 🙂 🍸 (flaming volcano)
    Mornin’ waltzingmtilda! 🙂 🍸 (sidecar)
    Mornin’ varsityward! 🙂 |_|
    Mornin’ MaryfromMarin! 😀 |_| (Mortlach)
    Mornin’ Wooly Phlox! (aka “taqiyyologist”) 🙂 |_| (Roy Rogers)
    Mornin’ Howie! 🙂 |_|
    Mornin’ TwoLaine! 🙂 |_|
    Mornin’ Sha! 🙂 🍸 (Lemon Drop)
    Mornin’ BigMamaTEA! 🙂 🍸 (Harvey Wallbanger)
    Mornin’ cetera5! (aka “Cetera”) 🙂 |_| (Classic Daiquiri)
    Mornin’ The Tundra PA! 🙂 🍸 (bailey irish cream on the rocks)
    Mornin’ lovely! 🙂 🍸 (Tom and Jerry)
    Mornin’ michellc! 🙂 🍸 (Salty dog)
    Mornin’ auscitizenmom! 🙂 🍸 (Kiss on the Lips)
    Mornin’ Margaret-Ann! 🙂 🍸 (White Russian)
    Mornin’ Auntie Lib! 🙂 🍸
    Mornin’ holly100! 🙂 🍸
    Mornin’ ImpeachEmAll 🙂 |_|
    Mornin’ Monroe! 🙂 |_|
    Mornin’ Les! 🙂 |_|
    Mornin’ shiloh1973! 🙂 |_|
    Mornin’ TexasRanger! 🙂 |_|
    Mornin’ Ziiggii! 🙂 |_| (B52)
    Mornin’ oldiadguy! 🙂 |_|
    Mornin’ smiley! (“stuck in spambucket”) 🙂 🍸 (Spanish coffee)
    Mornin’ derk! (“Stellars”) 🙂 🍸 (Mudslide)
    Mornin’ Jacqueline Taylor Robson 🙂 🍸 (Shirley Temple)
    Mornin’ facebkwallflower! 🙂 |_|
    Mornin’ Ms. Cindy! (aka “Ms Cynlynn” aka “ms cynlynn”) 🙂 🍸
    Mornin’ sandandsea2015! 🙂 🍸
    Mornin’ whiners and complainers! ⭐ 😛 (No drink for you!)
    Mornin’ to people posting that I missed. 😳
    Mornin’ to all you lurkers! 😕

    Also just in case someday; mornin’ to Elvis Chupacabra and F.D.R. in Hell! :mrgreen:

    Breakfast!

    NEW and IMPROVED breakfast with extra bacon for ZurichMike!

    Pastries for coffee!

    ⭐ = Unprintable phallic symbol

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    • lovely's avatar lovely says:
      April 4, 2016 at 8:06 am

      Good morning Nyet 🙂

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    • Menagerie's avatar Menagerie says:
      April 4, 2016 at 8:28 am

      Here’s coffee to go with your excellent breakfast. Thanks nyet.

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    • michellc's avatar michellc says:
      April 4, 2016 at 8:52 am

      Mornin’!

      Thanks for the biscuits and gravy.

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    • Col.(R) Ken's avatar Col.(R) Ken says:
      April 4, 2016 at 10:13 am

      Thank you Nye, still full from yesterday, maybe a BACON Sammitch to go!

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    • czarowniczy's avatar czarowniczy says:
      April 4, 2016 at 6:28 pm

      SOS! Now THAT’S a breakfast for champions! OK, SOB, picky picky picky.

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      • Wooly Covfefe's avatar Wooly Phlox says:
        April 4, 2016 at 11:00 pm

        You should see what our new line cooks did with our B&G recipe today.

        It used to involve 10 steps, 3 hours, and many pans, pots, and double boilers…
        …now it has half of each.

        Brown the 5 lbs of sausage in a roasting pan in the oven. Throw five cups of flour on it and mix, not draining the grease. Add the milk, a bit of butter, and the various peppers, and wait.

        It’s the best B&G we’ve ever made. And it costs less, and takes half the time.

        Who needs pre-made roux, or white sauce mix?

        Roux: just freakin’ flour and grease. I was a test subject this morning, and it’s the best sausage gravy I’ve ever had. And our new cooks just nailed it, and cut the cost in half.

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        • czarowniczy's avatar czarowniczy says:
          April 4, 2016 at 11:10 pm

          I learned to make roux from some chefs whose names you’d recognize but back before they became recognizable. I really didn’t know about roux or even browning your vegetables in the roux, now I treat roux as the soul of my stews and soups now, it’s a stone pain and mess to make but it’s worth it. Never thought to brown the sausage and use the meat and grease as the roux base, gonna get me some good, locally made fatty sausage and try that, might even try a blobd roux and toss sone sour cream in at the end. See what I mean about Louisiana, we’re always talking about what we ate and what we’re gonna eat next. Now on to those biscuits…hmmmmm…drop, baking powder, ciabata…

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          • Wooly Covfefe's avatar Wooly Phlox says:
            April 4, 2016 at 11:38 pm

            With the method I witnessed this morning, they used a roasting pan that fits over all four burners on a four burner gas stove. Until today, it was a stainless bowl and hot water for the white sauce base, two pots for a double boiler, and a hotel pan for the sausage.

            They did it all with one pan. And no more pre-made roux. Just throw the flour on the sausage after breaking it up, and mix.

            I work with geniuses. Finally.

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            • Stella's avatar stella says:
              April 4, 2016 at 11:46 pm

              That’s the way that I make gravy. Mix the flour with the fat, then add the liquid. Makes sense to do the sausage in the oven too.

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            • czarowniczy's avatar czarowniczy says:
              April 5, 2016 at 1:22 am

              When we built I had a 54″ Viking with five burners put in. The center burner is a six inch wok burner that sounds like a 747. There’s a range-wide commercial hood over the stove that feeds out through the wall and come roux time the cast iron pot’s on that wok burner and smoke’s flying out that vent. Volunteer fire department’s got a chart that helps them distinguish between brush fires, burning tires and roux.
              Redeye, sawmill, brown, all gravy should be considered a national treasure. My cardiologist, for sone strange reason, completely agrees with me.

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  9. nyetneetot's avatar nyetneetot says:
    April 4, 2016 at 11:07 am

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  10. Stella's avatar stella says:
    April 4, 2016 at 5:36 pm

    Has anyone read this yet?

    Ted Cruz Cheating Scandal Explodes! Presidential Hopeful Named In Murdered D.C. Madam’s Black Book, Investigators Charge

    http://radaronline.com/celebrity-news/cheating-ted-cruz-sex-scandal-dc-madam-died/

    Embattled White House candidate Ted Cruz‘s cheating scandal is set to explode wide-open, with fresh — and blockbuster — allegations that the married conservative senator was named in the black book of a notorious Washington D.C. madam who mysteriously died, RadarOnline.com has learned.

    Montgomery Blair Sibley, a former lawyer for madam Deborah Palfrey, has filed a dramatic appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court for permission to publish her unconventional “black book,” which consists of some 15,000 pages of phone records and calls to clients, as well as their calls requesting the $300-an-hour services from her gaggle of beautiful hookers!

    Sibley told The National ENQUIRER that “time is of the essence” to release the list because one or more of the phone numbers would provide bombshell information that is “relevant to voters before they cast their ballot.”

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  12. auscitizenmom's avatar auscitizenmom says:
    April 4, 2016 at 10:08 pm

    Okay. I’m a little pissed here. I am watching Dancing With the Stars (please hold the remarks 😐 ). They have Marla Maples on, or as they like to introduce her, “the former Mrs. Donald Trump”. And, they are doing a segment tonight on the dancer’s most special time in their life. Of course it is when little-miss-homewrecker gave birth to Donald Trump’s baby, “the year I gave birth to my beautiful daughter, Tiffany Trump. Then they showed a picture of her with Trump back then. Now they are going on about how she became a single mother and raised her on her own. {spit}

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    • Wooly Covfefe's avatar Wooly Phlox says:
      April 4, 2016 at 10:15 pm

      I’m not happy that you’re pissed.

      I am, on the other hand, happy that we, who haven’t watched it in 15 years, have stalwarts and people with strong stomachs like you to watch and report for us what is pushed by TV. Your reports are a reinforcement for us who decided years ago that TV is faeces.

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      • auscitizenmom's avatar auscitizenmom says:
        April 4, 2016 at 10:22 pm

        I love to watch dancing, although, they are so into sexy moves that I can’t tell a waltz from a mambo half the time on the show. But, I have been especially interested to see how they used Marla Maples, and they ARE USING Marla Maples. I have a feeling they will fix it so she stays on a long time.

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      • tessa50's avatar tessa50 says:
        April 5, 2016 at 5:27 am

        I like TV. I don’t watch much but do have favorite shows. I watch NCIS, still missing riva, and Blue Bloods. I like football also. Reality shows don’t interest me, but I like the oldies too.

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        • auscitizenmom's avatar auscitizenmom says:
          April 5, 2016 at 9:52 am

          Same here. There are a few shows that I really like such as “Dancing with the Stars”, which is unfortunately turning into “Half-naked Women Wallowing on Partially Clothed Men (who like to think they are starts)”. And, I like the PBS channel which shows a lot of BBC shows. I have Netflix and stream some of the old ones, too.

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          • Stella's avatar stella says:
            April 5, 2016 at 9:59 am

            I watch PBS a lot since I dropped cable. I don’t watch Netflix much, although I have a subscription. I’ll take another look, but I’m thinking of dropping it. I do have Amazon Prime and watch there quite a lot.

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            • auscitizenmom's avatar auscitizenmom says:
              April 5, 2016 at 11:42 am

              I have Amazon Prime, and I keep checking back with them to see if there is anything I can stream that I like. I would like it better if I had everything on one device. Having it on several is a pain for me. One thing is football. I only watch Navy, but some games are on cable channels and some are streamed.

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              • Stella's avatar stella says:
                April 5, 2016 at 12:46 pm

                Did you ever watch Miss Fisher Mysteries on Netflix?

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                • auscitizenmom's avatar auscitizenmom says:
                  April 5, 2016 at 4:28 pm

                  No. I usually pass on murder mysteries, not my thing. But, my friend kept after me about Poirot and I fell in love with him. So I will have to check her out. 🙂

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                • tessa50's avatar tessa50 says:
                  April 5, 2016 at 8:25 pm

                  I love the Miss Marple Mysteries, now I will check see does netflix still have Miss Fisher.

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                  • Stella's avatar stella says:
                    April 5, 2016 at 9:51 pm

                    Miss Marple is available now on Acorn TV, which is an addition to Amazon Prime – $4.99/month. You can get a seven day free trial.

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                  • auscitizenmom's avatar auscitizenmom says:
                    April 6, 2016 at 9:38 am

                    I found the Miss Fisher series on Netflix and watched the first one last night. I love the period costumes and it sure is racy, but I still have a little trouble with the fact that it is a murder mystery. They show clues and I have no idea what they were even after the show is over. But, I am going to watch a few more because sometimes they grow on you. 🙂

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                  • Stella's avatar stella says:
                    April 6, 2016 at 9:47 am

                    It is different – and the lead character is a “free spirit”. Fortunately, no nudity or explicit content going forward. I like the relationship that develops between Miss Fisher and the police lieutenant (?).

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                  • auscitizenmom's avatar auscitizenmom says:
                    April 6, 2016 at 10:02 am

                    (I have to admit I wasn’t complaining about the steamroom scene. 😉 )

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                  • tessa50's avatar tessa50 says:
                    April 19, 2016 at 7:30 pm

                    I did watch the first Miss Fisher episode and liked it, TY for telling us about it.

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                  • auscitizenmom's avatar auscitizenmom says:
                    April 19, 2016 at 7:42 pm

                    Well, as for me, I want to complain. I started watching Miss Fisher……………and, now, each day, I can’t wait until it is time to watch another episode. I am so hooked on it. O_o

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                  • tessa50's avatar tessa50 says:
                    April 19, 2016 at 7:49 pm

                    LOL. It is good. I simply haven’t had the time yet to watch another full one, am on number 2, the train episode.

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                  • auscitizenmom's avatar auscitizenmom says:
                    April 19, 2016 at 8:05 pm

                    The thing I notice is with each episode, you find out a little more about her, her past, and why she is who and what she is and how compassionate she is.

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                  • tessa50's avatar tessa50 says:
                    April 19, 2016 at 8:10 pm

                    I should be able to finish episode 2 tonight. I am also curious to see how she interacts with her secretary? Maybe she is a maid, not sure.

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                  • auscitizenmom's avatar auscitizenmom says:
                    April 19, 2016 at 8:17 pm

                    I think Dot is called her “companion.” And, you watch her mature and grow, too. 🙂

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                  • tessa50's avatar tessa50 says:
                    April 19, 2016 at 8:19 pm

                    TY Aus. Knew she was something and couldn’t put my finger on it. lol

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                  • Stella's avatar stella says:
                    April 19, 2016 at 8:20 pm

                    The maid becomes her assistant.

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        • Menagerie's avatar Menagerie says:
          April 6, 2016 at 9:52 am

          As much as I love NCIS, it’s never been the same without Ziva. She was an awesome character.

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          • tessa50's avatar tessa50 says:
            April 19, 2016 at 7:28 pm

            Yes, I called her riva, but meant ziva. I don’t watch it much anymore. She was just so good on that show. It changed everything when she left. I just haven’t been able to bond, so to speak, with the new woman.

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        • Menagerie's avatar Menagerie says:
          April 6, 2016 at 9:57 am

          Also, for those with Netflix, I just can’t recommend Longmire enough. Netflix rescued it when A&E cancelled it, in spite of it being their top drama show, because even though it had a lot of viewers, they proclaimed us too old, not in their target demographic.

          My husband and I read the books, and we agreed the other night, it’s the only television show or movie we have ever watched (it’s a show, but I am throwing in movies for comparison here) that is actually better than the books, and the books are awesome. I don’t believe I have ever watched a better series.

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          • auscitizenmom's avatar auscitizenmom says:
            April 6, 2016 at 11:08 am

            I was totally into Longmire for the first few seasons. I love westerns, and the guy playing Longmire, and the Indians. I’m not really into murder mysteries, and after they had killed off more people than populated that county it seemed, I started losing interest. I probably will go back to it eventually, though, now that it is on Netflix.

            Another really good show is Heartland, about a young girl who is a kind of horse whisperer and she and her family are trying to keep their ranch in Canada running. That is one of the best shows made, very family friendly and wholesome as well as interesting. My heartthrob in the show is the crotchety old grandfather. What a guy! A real man with a big heart.

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  13. Wooly Covfefe's avatar Wooly Phlox says:
    April 4, 2016 at 10:44 pm

    And now, for something completely different:

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