Good morning, Nyet! Yes, something hot and tasty this ayem as I’m heading out to one of the most fascinating places…beautiful India
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dhanyavaad
I almost never see a Norman Rockwell painting that I didn’t wish I lived in. Except maybe those doctor and dentist ones! As a child I had no idea what a normal, happy family looked like, and since I saw lots of Norman Rockwell paintings I somehow decided his world was it.
If it were a few de-grees colder here we’d have snow. For the last two days if it weren’t arainin’ the air was full of dusty moisture just awishin’ hat the air temp would hit ‘freeze’.
31 or so predicted for tonite, time to wheel the tropicals into the garage.
Cold and windy all day and night yesterday. Today wind forecast is supposed to be intense, so very dry. We had a handful of small fires plus flareups yesterday. Lets see what today brings.
Playing in the background as I type, one of my favs, Manitas de Plata. I’ve liked him since the early 60s when I found him when I lived in Germany. He was 93 when he died and played right to the end.
Real Spanish guitar music is an acquired taste but this guy’s finger work is amazing on its own.
Ahhhhh…decided to replace my aging 10″ and 12″ skillets, their time had come. I did some research and replaced the 12″ pan with a Cuisinart non-stick with a cover and, with some trepidation, the two 10″ with Member’s Mark non-stick.
Well I’m happy, both are heavy enough to stun a hog and both easily passed the ‘baked on cheese’ test, I’m sure they’ll all outlast me.
We’ll get a good test on Thanksgiving but I’m sure they’re going to work. Happiness is a new fry pan.
I have 3 Cuisinart pans – a 9″ non-stick egg pan, a 3 quart sauce pan, and a 10″ non-stick saute pan. I like them all. Next is the 12″ covered saute pan.
I have some older bigger pans, and some 6″ or 8″ pans, but the one that I use the most is a little 3″ or 4″ pan that I can cook one egg in and it doesn’t run all over the place. Problem is, I don’t think I could stun a hog with it.
I have a 6″ iron skillet that’d come close if ya caught him direct on the nose with a full wind-up. ‘Course if your aim is off just a tad, you’ll really piss him off.
They don’t seem to make any of them last like the old stuff. My last ones lasted over 25 years and since then it seems I’m lucky to get 3 years out of them. I actually still have one pot from the set that lasted over 25 years that is still usable, it though has only always been used as a pasta pot.
I’ve just bought a new kitchen aid set I found at an outlet store for about half price.
I just cook when Czarina’s here. She out in Bean Town for the weeks and I just can’t work up the steam. Tonite I had leftover Popeyes, a slice of day old Hawaiian pizza and, for an aperitif I had crackers and homemade tartar sauce, Boisson du jour was Michelob.
Ain’t gonna find that Andrew Zimmern pushin’ that on Food Channel.
I finally gave in and bought a new 12″ saute pan with glass lid in September. Scanpan (never heard of it). About croaked at the price–$280, on sale for $220. Fortunately DH wasn’t shopping with me. I let him use it a couple of times before I told him how much it cost. By then he liked it so much he didn’t mind. Now I need to replace the 10″ skillet. What to do, what to do? Same brand will probably be $200.
I tried restaurant-grade but found it’s mostly just durable, designed to do for 12 hours a day what I do for 2 – at max. I want heavy and non-stick as I use a lot of things that tend to get sticky at heat.
Czarina just sits back and eats, she’s a survival cook while I and two of my sons are frustrated eaterie owners. Both of them are one-offs and putting any two of us in the kitchen at the same time becomes a show of its own – the replay of our jointly conspiring on a gumbo is still a family story.
Check the covered 12″ I referenced in my post – it’s on Amazon. If you don’t want to fund Bezos then just look at the description and the
@#$%^&* Chromebook.
…look at the guestions and ratings. It has a lifetime guarantee – admittedly after a certain age that’s not as big of a deal – and you can pop it into the oven for finishing, almost like in a salamander. Don’t cost anywhere near as much as the one you got. My 10’ers are Members Mark ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0024NOY3U/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 ). Might take two or three god swings with them on a hog but they should take a good size deer down with one goog ‘un.
Well that’s certainly more reasonably priced! I ordered one, even though it doesn’t have a lid. I was gonna say that handle doesn’t look oven-safe, but how clever! It comes off! Dang, those yankees think of everything (my momma would say). Thanks, czar.
Here’s the thing, if you need a 10″ lid most all 10″ (or 12″ for that hatter) pans have lids that interface. I have an old 10″ lid from a long gone granite ware porcelain pot that fits all of my 10″ pots and pans. If the onlookers complain about my ustensiles de cuisine I remind them there’s a BK and a McDonalds just 16 miles south.
And here’s the complete bonus. Once you begin that relationship with God, you know. It is never one sided, and your life is so filled with him, you know.
Amen…the Spirit, Who resides within and reveals God the Father, also speaks through the written Word which makes known Christ; the angels encourage our faith; and all the saints example devotion to Christ.
The Legacy Pink diamond was sold at auction yesterday with a 50 million dollar winning bid. Harry Winston purchased the beauty and immediately renamed it the Winston Legacy Pink Diamond.
The gem will, for the most part,disappear into a safe and pictures will be the only record that it exists. Average individuals will probably never get the chance to ever view the stone again. Such a shame.
Mornin’ sand….Same thing happened to my favorite Van Gogh painting in 1987. Southebys auctioned off “Irises” to a Japanese collector and it has disappeared into his ‘eyes-only’ personal vault.
I do understand both sides of the issue, but that doesn’t mean I have to like it. :0)
Stella, I agree with your assessment of Minnesota in the Quick Hits. I spent some time up in northern Minnesota many years ago, in Warroad, on the Lake of the Woods. Such a beautiful place.
Southerners are known for our hospitality and friendliness. I say that the Minnesota folks may surpass us. It’s a shame what has happened to that state.
The people I met there, and dealt with in my work, and later in Wisconsin, were some of the hardest working people I’ve dealt with. They all seemed to enjoy their work, take pride in it, and not a hint of resentment or disinterest ever crept in.
I’m not sure I’d even want to visit there now.
I used to love to read books by a Minnesota author, William Kent Krueger. As his books became best sellers, he inserted his liberal beliefs in more and more. The final straw was when the hero, once a sheriff and later a PI, always in the books involved in dangerous situations, resolved never to carry a gun again. So, in one of the subsequent books he is throwing rocks at the bad guy. Would they guy have been less dead from a rock? would it have been more justified?
The author has a fantastic ability to put you in a scene, to make the landscape almost a character in the book. I haven’t bothered to buy the latest book, not out of political ire, just there is only so much ridiculous posturing you can stand.
I fall into the trap of thinking about the rough and tough people who settled such places, and wondering how in the world their descendants have lost their roots. But then, if you examine the history of each of our states, most of them were settled by some salty individuals.
Thanks for the reminder, Menagerie. I like Stella’s Quick Hits page, but it often slips my mind to go there. Aging sucks. I’ve got a mind like a steel…sieve. Fortunately, I’m still a few steps ahead of 89-year-old Tundra Dad (who’s coming to visit next month!)
Judicial Watch Legal Team Back in South Florida Monitoring Election Recount
November 13, 2018
Nearly a decade after conducting a thorough Florida recount in a heated presidential contest, Judicial Watch is back in Broward and Palm Beach counties monitoring the midterm election fiasco. A legal and investigative team is closely watching the machine recount, which could be followed by a manual recount that could drag the spectacle out into the weekend. Florida law requires a machine recount when the vote margin in a race is less than 0.5 % and that occurred in three key statewide racesβfor U.S. Senate, governor and agriculture secretary. If results from the machine recount show a 0.25% margin or less, a hand recount will ensue for undervotes and overvotes. An undervote occurs when no candidate is marked in a race. An overvote marks more than one candidate on the same ballot in the same race.
I am far from set up, but here I am once again at Stella’s Place via my laptop computer! Just learning about Windows 10. Any hints? Do you suggest regressing the interface to Windows 7? If that is possible.
Congrats! I don’t think you can go back to Windows 7. I loved it and hated to give it up when I got a new laptop that came with 10. Microsoft stops supporting any operating system more than 2 numbers back from the current iteration. 10 is significantly different from 7 and I still like 7 much better, but have adapted to 10 ok and I don’t remember it being that difficult. Helps to do their little tutorial. So glad you are back up and running!
I have to admit to being a technology curmudgeon. I stay with what I know for as long as possible. No cutting edge stuff for me. DH on the other hand has to have the newest everything. It might be his only fault (lol) so I’m ok with it.
Our Heavenly Father, Your children come to you tonight to ask for healing and peace throughout our country so that we may return to being One Nation Under God. Guide us to be leaders in Your Kingdom, spreading Your Love and Salvation to all. Forgive us our sins and deliver us from evil.
Lord, we ask for a blanket of protection over all our troops and law enforcement who serve to defend and protect us. Bless our representatives with the strength and wisdom they need to achieve the path You have chosen for us.
Please place Your Guardian Angels of Protection around Donald Trump and Mike Pence and their families as they seek to lead America back to You.
Grant us patience, Lord, as the evil ones try to anger us and cause us to fall.
Spread blessings over Israel and Netanyahu.
We humbly ask that You please comfort those who are grieving and in pain.
Thank you Father, for Your Love and the gift of Life.
https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/kavanaugh-v.-ford
“After watching her husband rip into pro-death senators who used Dr. Christine Blasey Ford in attempts to derail the appointment of her husband to the U.S. Supreme Court, Ashley is asking all people of faith to unite in praying Psalm 40, which reads:”
“BE PLEASED, O LORD, TO DELIVER ME, LOOK DOWN, O LORD TO HELP ME. LET THEM BE CONFOUNDED AND ASHAMED TOGETHER, THAT SEEK AFTER MY SOUL TO TAKE IT AWAY. LET THEM BE TURNED BACKWARD AND BE ASHAMED THAT DESIRE EVILS TO ME.”
That is a beautiful image, stella. Thank you for posting it!
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By MaryfromMarin on November 14, 2018 at 12:09 am
Morning Mary!
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By sandandsea2015 on November 14, 2018 at 7:24 am
I love this lake. I want my house right on the edge of it. And loons.
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By The Tundra PA on November 14, 2018 at 3:22 pm
…and may it be a day just the way you want it!
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By Lucille on November 14, 2018 at 12:12 am
Morning Lucille! Thank you sweet friend! Have a beautiful day!
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By sandandsea2015 on November 14, 2018 at 7:25 am
Sand…
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By Lucille on November 14, 2018 at 11:30 am
Awwww! Love it! π
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By sandandsea2015 on November 14, 2018 at 11:58 am
Mornin’ stella! (Smiter of those that ought to be smote) π πΈ (Long Island Iced Tea)
(Jack Daniels – Single Barrel )
(Tom Collins)
(Black & Tan)
(Boilermaker)
(Wild Turkey Rare Breed)
(Irish Car Bomb)
(Godfather)
(Mortlach)
(Roy Rogers)
(Classic Daiquiri)
(Gin & Tonic)
(Blackberry wine)
(Backdraft)
(Flaming Dr. Pepper)
(Stinger)
(Rusty Nail)
(Jack Daniels)
(Whiskey Smash)
(B52)
(Rum & Coke)
(Night Train Express)
(Albanian Raki Moskat)
(Hot Buttered Rum)
(Mudslide)
(RumChata)
(Stolichnaya elit, no ice)
(Smoking Bishop)
(Red Russian)
(Yuengling)
(Baileys Irish Cream on the rocks)
(Bromptonβs Cocktail – No cherry, no umbrella, no plastic monkey)
(Benjamin Franklin’s clarified milk punch)
Mornin’ WeeWeed! (Master Mixologist Extrodinare) π πΈ (Old Fashioned)
Mornin’ Menagerie! π
Mornin’ Ad rem! (Queen Felis catus) π± πΈ (Flaming Lamborghini)
Mornin’ Sharon! π πΈ πΈ (earthquake)
Mornin’ ytz4mee! π πΈ (cosmopolitan)
Mornin’ waltzingmtilda! π πΈ (white wine and perrier)
Mornin’ partyzantski! π
Mornin’ texan59! π
Mornin’ ZurichMike! π πΈ (fuzzy navel)
Mornin’ Col.(R) Ken! (hand salute) π
Mornin’ czarina33! (aka czarina) π πΈ (Lynchburg Lemonade)
Mornin’ czarowniczy! π
Mornin’ letjusticeprevail2014! π
Mornin’ Patriot1783-ctdar! (aka “ctdar”) π πΈ (grasshopper)
Mornin’ tessa50! π πΈ (flaming volcano)
Mornin’ waltzingmtilda! π πΈ (sidecar)
Mornin’ varsityward! π
Mornin’ MaryfromMarin! π
Mornin’ Wooly Covfefe! (aka “Wooly Phlox” aka “taqiyyologist”) π
Mornin’ Howie! (aka “doodahdaze”) π
Mornin’ TwoLaine! π
Mornin’ Sha! π πΈ (Lemon Drop)
Mornin’ BigMamaTEA! π πΈ (Harvey Wallbanger)
Mornin’ cetera5! (aka “Cetera”) π
Mornin’ The Tundra PA! π πΈ (Gentleman Jack Whiskey Sling)
Mornin’ lovely! π
Mornin’ michellc! π πΈ (Salty dog)
Mornin’ auscitizenmom! π πΈ (Kiss on the Lips)
Mornin’ Margaret-Ann! π πΈ (White Russian)
Mornin’ Auntie Lib! π πΈ (Tom and Jerry)
Mornin’ holly100! π πΈ (Jack & Coke)
Mornin’ Pam! π (Not even water)
Mornin’ Ms.Tee! π πΈ (Mojito)
Mornin’ koolkosherkitchen! π πΈ πΈ (Cuba Libre)
Mornin’ ImpeachEmAll π
Mornin’ Monroe! π
Mornin’ Les! π
Mornin’ shiloh1973! π
Mornin’ TexasRanger! π
Mornin’ Ziiggii! π
Mornin’ oldiadguy! π
Mornin’ smiley! (“stuck in spambucket”) π πΈ (Spanish coffee)
Mornin’ derk! (βStellarsβ) π πΈ (Kamikaze)
Mornin’ Jacqueline Taylor Robson π πΈ (Shirley Temple)
Mornin’ facebkwallflower! π
Mornin’ Ms. Cindy! (aka “Ms Cynlynn” aka “ms cynlynn”) π πΈ (1970 ducru beaucaillou)
Mornin’ sandandsea2015! π πΈ (1961 ChΓ’teau Montrose)
Mornin’ amwick! π πΈ (Blue motorcycle)
Mornin’ hocuspocus13! π πΈ (1970 Chateau Latour)
Mornin’ Sloth1963! π πΈ (1971 Moulin Touchais)
Mornin’ MTeresa! (Ex-lurker) π
Mornin’ rheavolans! (aka “Rhea Salacia Volans”) π
Mornin’ joshua! π
Mornin’ John Denney! π
Mornin’ litenmaus! π
Mornin’ kinthenorthwest! π πΈ (A Lonely Island Lost in the Middle of a Foggy Sea)
Mornin’ TwoLaine! π
Mornin’ patternpuzzler! π πΈ (Old Lady)
Mornin’ SenatssekretΓ€r FREISTAAT DANZIG! π
Mornin’ G-d&Country! π πΈ (Blind Russian)
Mornin’ Gary! π
Mornin’ valeriecurren! π πΈ (Flaming Sambuca)
Mornin’ Lucille! π πΈ (Peach Schnapps)
Mornin’ Lburg! π πΈ (Lburg lemonade)
Mornin’ davidhuntpe! π
Mornin’ skipper1961! π
Mornin’ mightyconservative! π
Mornin’ NC Nana! π πΈ (Beautiful)
Mornin’ whiners and complainers! π (No drink for you!)
Mornin’ to people posting that I missed. π³
Mornin’ to all you lurkers! π
Also just in case someday; mornin’ to Elvis Chupacabra, F.D.R. in Hell and sundance!
Breakfast!
NEW and IMPROVED breakfast with extra bacon for ZurichMike!
Blueberry Scones
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By nyetneetot on November 14, 2018 at 4:21 am
Morning Nyet! Thank you. The scones look incredible!
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By sandandsea2015 on November 14, 2018 at 7:25 am
Good evening Sand π !
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By lovely on November 14, 2018 at 8:17 pm
Evening lovely!
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By sandandsea2015 on November 14, 2018 at 9:11 pm
BREAKFAST!!! Mornin’ Nyet, everyone. π
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By auscitizenmom on November 14, 2018 at 7:39 am
Morning auscitizenmom!
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By sandandsea2015 on November 14, 2018 at 9:13 am
Good evening Aus π !
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By lovely on November 14, 2018 at 8:18 pm
You had me at bacon! Th scones are calling me too!
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By The Alchemist on November 14, 2018 at 9:26 am
Here’s a new name… Welcome, friend!
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By The Tundra PA on November 14, 2018 at 3:24 pm
Thanks for the welcome! I appreciate the welcome!
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By The Alchemist on November 14, 2018 at 4:08 pm
Good evening Alchemist and welcome π !
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By lovely on November 14, 2018 at 8:19 pm
Good morning, Nyet! Yes, something hot and tasty this ayem as I’m heading out to one of the most fascinating places…beautiful India
ΰ€§ΰ€¨ΰ₯ΰ€―ΰ€΅ΰ€Ύΰ€¦
dhanyavaad
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By Lucille on November 14, 2018 at 11:40 am
Good evening Nyet π !
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By lovely on November 14, 2018 at 8:16 pm
Stella……………just ONE more day. π
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By auscitizenmom on November 14, 2018 at 7:59 am
May show up today! Fingers crossed.
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By stella on November 14, 2018 at 8:49 am
π
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By auscitizenmom on November 14, 2018 at 9:00 am
Wow! Yet another wildfire popping up in S. Cal just as they’re getting a grip on the Camp fire. How coincidental.
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By czarowniczy on November 14, 2018 at 9:12 am
Indeed. Apparently there’s not enough Fed money headed their way, yet….
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By WeeWeed on November 14, 2018 at 9:31 am
I know…just sooooo coincidental that we have so many fires breaking out under perfect conditions at the most emotional time of the year.
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By czarowniczy on November 14, 2018 at 9:41 am
Morning everyone π
Here is a fun painting by Norman Rockwell
And a photo that goes well with it
Lovely pictures, and a great breakfast – have to run.
Have a great day everyone! π
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By TOG&C on November 14, 2018 at 9:18 am
Thx for the beagle! Kiddo says cute.
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By Gil on November 14, 2018 at 10:56 am
Adorable! Morning G & C! Hope your eye doc visit went well.
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By sandandsea2015 on November 14, 2018 at 11:50 am
Thanks, I can wean off steroids, but eye still a little red, so overall good, just have to make sure wear mask when doing yard work.
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By TOG&C on November 15, 2018 at 8:56 am
Thatβs great, G & C!
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By sandandsea2015 on November 15, 2018 at 10:44 am
I almost never see a Norman Rockwell painting that I didn’t wish I lived in. Except maybe those doctor and dentist ones! As a child I had no idea what a normal, happy family looked like, and since I saw lots of Norman Rockwell paintings I somehow decided his world was it.
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By Menagerie on November 14, 2018 at 1:08 pm
Well, my friend you know my story, so I have made sure there are Norman Rockwell or similar paintings for Thanksgiving and Christmas π
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By TOG&C on November 15, 2018 at 8:58 am
Hi Everyone! I am new to wordpress and just starting out, but it is great to see there seems to be a real sense of community here!
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By The Alchemist on November 14, 2018 at 9:21 am
Welcome! We have a great little group here. Enjoy some breakfast, and settle in. π
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By TOG&C on November 14, 2018 at 9:24 am
Thank you for the warm welcome! I saw bacon somewhere in the comments π
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By The Alchemist on November 14, 2018 at 9:25 am
There’s always bacon, and welcome! π
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By WeeWeed on November 14, 2018 at 9:32 am
Thank you!
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By The Alchemist on November 14, 2018 at 9:33 am
Welcome. If you want some bacon, just check and make sure ZurichMike is not around.
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By auscitizenmom on November 14, 2018 at 9:45 am
haha! I have made a blueberry scone bacon sandwich and it is already gone!
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By The Alchemist on November 14, 2018 at 9:53 am
LOL Hm. Sounds interesting.
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By auscitizenmom on November 14, 2018 at 9:56 am
Bacon…it’s what’s for breakfast, lunch, and dinner! We love bacon around here (sausage and biscuits ain’t bad either). Glad you found us!
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By The Tundra PA on November 14, 2018 at 3:28 pm
There is nothing better than homemade biscuits with LOTS of butter. Why am I hungry all of the sudden?
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By The Alchemist on November 14, 2018 at 4:10 pm
You’re gonna love it here. Stella and Menagerie are both AWESOME cooks and bakers. Lots of yummy food talk flies around in these pages.
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By The Tundra PA on November 14, 2018 at 4:21 pm
Bacon everyday! Unless Zurich Mike shows up, that is. Welcome to Stella’s.
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By Menagerie on November 14, 2018 at 9:40 am
Welcome! πππ»ππ»ππ»
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By sandandsea2015 on November 14, 2018 at 11:51 am
Thanks for the welcome! It is nice to experience a sense of community here on wordpress!
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By The Alchemist on November 14, 2018 at 11:52 am
This is a great place to be. Many folks youβll see here have been on Stellaβs Place for a long time. Itβs become a second family. π
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By sandandsea2015 on November 14, 2018 at 11:58 am
I am grateful to have found it and for her community building prowess!
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By The Alchemist on November 14, 2018 at 12:02 pm
Welcome! Hope you enjoyed your breakfast!
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By tessa50 on November 14, 2018 at 4:36 pm
Thank you! I did for certain. I hope you are having a great day!
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By The Alchemist on November 14, 2018 at 6:58 pm
Thanks for joining us Alchemists, Nyet is a 5 Michelin star breakfast maker.
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By lovely on November 14, 2018 at 8:23 pm
This beauty came out of my kiln a few days ago:
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By The Alchemist on November 14, 2018 at 9:24 am
Very nice!
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By WeeWeed on November 14, 2018 at 9:38 am
Thank you!
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By The Alchemist on November 14, 2018 at 9:42 am
Very nice alchemist…..Is the piece in the background yours as well?
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By litenmaus on November 14, 2018 at 11:11 am
Thank you for your kind words! It is indeed!
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By The Alchemist on November 14, 2018 at 11:43 am
The two pieces together are ‘bellisimo’. Thx for sharing. :0)
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By litenmaus on November 14, 2018 at 11:55 am
Thank you for the kind and encouraging words. It was a happy accident orchestrated by my friend who is a photographer!
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By The Alchemist on November 14, 2018 at 12:01 pm
I really like your work. Your vases are spectacular in shape and especially color, and I enjoyed your stories with the ones I read about.
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By Menagerie on November 14, 2018 at 1:35 pm
Thank you so much! I really appreciate your kind words!
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By The Alchemist on November 14, 2018 at 2:59 pm
Beautiful!
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By sandandsea2015 on November 14, 2018 at 11:51 am
Thank you!
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By The Alchemist on November 14, 2018 at 11:52 am
Its rather dr. Seuss. I think my kiddo would like it!
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By Gil on November 14, 2018 at 3:22 pm
I can see that! I might have to make another similar piece and embrace that π
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By The Alchemist on November 14, 2018 at 4:08 pm
Awesome.
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By lovely on November 14, 2018 at 8:24 pm
Mornin’ kids!
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By WeeWeed on November 14, 2018 at 9:37 am
Mornin’ WeeWeed! My new computer is ‘out for delivery’!
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By stella on November 14, 2018 at 9:39 am
YAY!!!!!! Mornin’ Stella!
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By WeeWeed on November 14, 2018 at 9:40 am
Yay!
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By Menagerie on November 14, 2018 at 9:41 am
Thatβs great! Morning Stella!
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By sandandsea2015 on November 14, 2018 at 11:52 am
Hope it’s TODAY!
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By The Tundra PA on November 14, 2018 at 3:35 pm
Wait…that looks like Barry in a hoodie!
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By czarowniczy on November 14, 2018 at 9:59 am
Nah….merely a coinky-dink…. Mornin’ Z’s! (and it ain’t snowin’..yet..)
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By WeeWeed on November 14, 2018 at 10:02 am
If it were a few de-grees colder here we’d have snow. For the last two days if it weren’t arainin’ the air was full of dusty moisture just awishin’ hat the air temp would hit ‘freeze’.
31 or so predicted for tonite, time to wheel the tropicals into the garage.
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By czarowniczy on November 14, 2018 at 10:06 am
It ain’t snowin’ here either. Course it rarely does at 74*. π
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By auscitizenmom on November 14, 2018 at 10:06 am
Mornin’ Mom!
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By WeeWeed on November 14, 2018 at 10:30 am
Ain’t snowin’ here either. And the 6″ we got last Saturday night is almost completely gone. We’re back to fall.
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By The Tundra PA on November 14, 2018 at 3:37 pm
π
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By WeeWeed on November 14, 2018 at 6:28 pm
Interesting that Branco and Ramirez are thinking alike….
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By WeeWeed on November 14, 2018 at 10:32 am
Yeah, amazing how the Left whines so much about mistreatment of the American indians yet completely ignores their centuries-proven ag techniques.
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By czarowniczy on November 14, 2018 at 10:43 am
Cold and windy all day and night yesterday. Today wind forecast is supposed to be intense, so very dry. We had a handful of small fires plus flareups yesterday. Lets see what today brings.
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By Gil on November 14, 2018 at 10:58 am
Mornin’ Gil! Y’all stay safe and ready to bug out….
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By WeeWeed on November 14, 2018 at 11:03 am
Afternoon Weewee’d!
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By Gil on November 14, 2018 at 3:23 pm
Morning Gil. Sounds like we need to pray hard for rain in Cali.
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By sandandsea2015 on November 14, 2018 at 11:54 am
Afternoon!
Supposedly next week but it always peters out. It would be nice.
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By Gil on November 14, 2018 at 3:24 pm
Morning WeeWeed!
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By sandandsea2015 on November 14, 2018 at 11:52 am
Mornin’ S&S!
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By WeeWeed on November 14, 2018 at 12:39 pm
Morning Wee π !
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By lovely on November 14, 2018 at 8:26 pm
Evenin’ Lovely!
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By WeeWeed on November 14, 2018 at 8:27 pm
Playing in the background as I type, one of my favs, Manitas de Plata. I’ve liked him since the early 60s when I found him when I lived in Germany. He was 93 when he died and played right to the end.
Real Spanish guitar music is an acquired taste but this guy’s finger work is amazing on its own.
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By czarowniczy on November 14, 2018 at 10:04 am
I love Spanish guitar.
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By stella on November 14, 2018 at 10:29 am
Good summertime ‘drinking with friends’ music.
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By czarowniczy on November 14, 2018 at 10:44 am
I have this album (on vinyl!):
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By stella on November 14, 2018 at 8:49 pm
Here we go, another one.
Sierra Fire in Rialto, san Bernardino county.
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By Gil on November 14, 2018 at 11:03 am
I keep thinking of Adolf’s line…Is Paris burning?!
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By Lucille on November 14, 2018 at 11:36 am
Ahhhhh…decided to replace my aging 10″ and 12″ skillets, their time had come. I did some research and replaced the 12″ pan with a Cuisinart non-stick with a cover and, with some trepidation, the two 10″ with Member’s Mark non-stick.
Well I’m happy, both are heavy enough to stun a hog and both easily passed the ‘baked on cheese’ test, I’m sure they’ll all outlast me.
We’ll get a good test on Thanksgiving but I’m sure they’re going to work. Happiness is a new fry pan.
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By czarowniczy on November 14, 2018 at 11:05 am
I have 3 Cuisinart pans – a 9″ non-stick egg pan, a 3 quart sauce pan, and a 10″ non-stick saute pan. I like them all. Next is the 12″ covered saute pan.
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By stella on November 14, 2018 at 11:11 am
I have some older bigger pans, and some 6″ or 8″ pans, but the one that I use the most is a little 3″ or 4″ pan that I can cook one egg in and it doesn’t run all over the place. Problem is, I don’t think I could stun a hog with it.
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By auscitizenmom on November 14, 2018 at 11:26 am
I have a 6″ iron skillet that’d come close if ya caught him direct on the nose with a full wind-up. ‘Course if your aim is off just a tad, you’ll really piss him off.
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By The Tundra PA on November 14, 2018 at 3:51 pm
That’s one reason ya needs one dem Cuisinearts. Never can tell when ya might need it – works on smaller moose too.
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By czarowniczy on November 14, 2018 at 11:24 pm
With them smaller ones ya gotta swing realllllly hard.
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By czarowniczy on November 14, 2018 at 11:22 pm
I hung onto my old pans out of misplaced loyalty but when water started sticking to the non-stick surface surface I knew it was time.
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By czarowniczy on November 14, 2018 at 12:01 pm
Yeah. It’s a pain to get off when that happens.
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By The Tundra PA on November 14, 2018 at 3:51 pm
They don’t seem to make any of them last like the old stuff. My last ones lasted over 25 years and since then it seems I’m lucky to get 3 years out of them. I actually still have one pot from the set that lasted over 25 years that is still usable, it though has only always been used as a pasta pot.
I’ve just bought a new kitchen aid set I found at an outlet store for about half price.
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By michellc on November 14, 2018 at 6:42 pm
We still use a saucepan & larger pot from Revere Ware I bought in 1971.
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By czarina33 on November 17, 2018 at 10:04 pm
I just cook when Czarina’s here. She out in Bean Town for the weeks and I just can’t work up the steam. Tonite I had leftover Popeyes, a slice of day old Hawaiian pizza and, for an aperitif I had crackers and homemade tartar sauce, Boisson du jour was Michelob.
Ain’t gonna find that Andrew Zimmern pushin’ that on Food Channel.
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By czarowniczy on November 14, 2018 at 11:48 pm
I finally gave in and bought a new 12″ saute pan with glass lid in September. Scanpan (never heard of it). About croaked at the price–$280, on sale for $220. Fortunately DH wasn’t shopping with me. I let him use it a couple of times before I told him how much it cost. By then he liked it so much he didn’t mind. Now I need to replace the 10″ skillet. What to do, what to do? Same brand will probably be $200.
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By The Tundra PA on November 14, 2018 at 3:56 pm
“What to do, what to do?” Get it, but don’t take DH shopping with you. heehee
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By tessa50 on November 14, 2018 at 4:47 pm
I like the way you think, ma’am!
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By The Tundra PA on November 14, 2018 at 4:59 pm
I tried restaurant-grade but found it’s mostly just durable, designed to do for 12 hours a day what I do for 2 – at max. I want heavy and non-stick as I use a lot of things that tend to get sticky at heat.
Czarina just sits back and eats, she’s a survival cook while I and two of my sons are frustrated eaterie owners. Both of them are one-offs and putting any two of us in the kitchen at the same time becomes a show of its own – the replay of our jointly conspiring on a gumbo is still a family story.
Check the covered 12″ I referenced in my post – it’s on Amazon. If you don’t want to fund Bezos then just look at the description and the
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By czarowniczy on November 14, 2018 at 11:21 pm
@#$%^&* Chromebook.
…look at the guestions and ratings. It has a lifetime guarantee – admittedly after a certain age that’s not as big of a deal – and you can pop it into the oven for finishing, almost like in a salamander. Don’t cost anywhere near as much as the one you got. My 10’ers are Members Mark ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0024NOY3U/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 ). Might take two or three god swings with them on a hog but they should take a good size deer down with one goog ‘un.
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By czarowniczy on November 14, 2018 at 11:30 pm
Well that’s certainly more reasonably priced! I ordered one, even though it doesn’t have a lid. I was gonna say that handle doesn’t look oven-safe, but how clever! It comes off! Dang, those yankees think of everything (my momma would say). Thanks, czar.
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By The Tundra PA on November 15, 2018 at 3:14 pm
It ain’t the tools, it’s the craftsperson.
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By czarowniczy on November 15, 2018 at 6:15 pm
Here’s the thing, if you need a 10″ lid most all 10″ (or 12″ for that hatter) pans have lids that interface. I have an old 10″ lid from a long gone granite ware porcelain pot that fits all of my 10″ pots and pans. If the onlookers complain about my ustensiles de cuisine I remind them there’s a BK and a McDonalds just 16 miles south.
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By czarowniczy on November 15, 2018 at 6:22 pm
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By Lucille on November 14, 2018 at 11:34 am
And here’s the complete bonus. Once you begin that relationship with God, you know. It is never one sided, and your life is so filled with him, you know.
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By Menagerie on November 14, 2018 at 1:13 pm
Amen…the Spirit, Who resides within and reveals God the Father, also speaks through the written Word which makes known Christ; the angels encourage our faith; and all the saints example devotion to Christ.
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By Lucille on November 14, 2018 at 2:06 pm
The Legacy Pink diamond was sold at auction yesterday with a 50 million dollar winning bid. Harry Winston purchased the beauty and immediately renamed it the Winston Legacy Pink Diamond.
The gem will, for the most part,disappear into a safe and pictures will be the only record that it exists. Average individuals will probably never get the chance to ever view the stone again. Such a shame.
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By litenmaus on November 14, 2018 at 11:48 am
Morning litenmaus. That is a shame.
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By sandandsea2015 on November 14, 2018 at 11:55 am
Mornin’ sand….Same thing happened to my favorite Van Gogh painting in 1987. Southebys auctioned off “Irises” to a Japanese collector and it has disappeared into his ‘eyes-only’ personal vault.
I do understand both sides of the issue, but that doesn’t mean I have to like it. :0)
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By litenmaus on November 14, 2018 at 12:06 pm
Right. Itβs not the same just seeing something in an art book.
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By sandandsea2015 on November 14, 2018 at 12:41 pm
I recently watched a program (PBS?) about the number of fake Van Gogh paintings, one of them is a Sunflower in Japan.
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By stella on November 14, 2018 at 12:43 pm
Mmmm, litenmaus, don’t you have a bank safe….
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By Lucille on November 14, 2018 at 2:08 pm
LOL…why yes Lucille, yes I do, but the couch only yielded $1.75, so I kinda fell short on this one…..:0)
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By litenmaus on November 14, 2018 at 4:20 pm
Well, if you go to an auction, you can start at a dollar and work up. π
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By auscitizenmom on November 14, 2018 at 5:15 pm
I’ve been waiting for 30 years for Southebys to offer a $1.00 bidding catalogue aus…hasn’t happened yet, but hope springs eternal. :0)
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By litenmaus on November 14, 2018 at 5:42 pm
LOL!
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By Lucille on November 14, 2018 at 7:12 pm
Stella, I agree with your assessment of Minnesota in the Quick Hits. I spent some time up in northern Minnesota many years ago, in Warroad, on the Lake of the Woods. Such a beautiful place.
Southerners are known for our hospitality and friendliness. I say that the Minnesota folks may surpass us. It’s a shame what has happened to that state.
The people I met there, and dealt with in my work, and later in Wisconsin, were some of the hardest working people I’ve dealt with. They all seemed to enjoy their work, take pride in it, and not a hint of resentment or disinterest ever crept in.
I’m not sure I’d even want to visit there now.
I used to love to read books by a Minnesota author, William Kent Krueger. As his books became best sellers, he inserted his liberal beliefs in more and more. The final straw was when the hero, once a sheriff and later a PI, always in the books involved in dangerous situations, resolved never to carry a gun again. So, in one of the subsequent books he is throwing rocks at the bad guy. Would they guy have been less dead from a rock? would it have been more justified?
The author has a fantastic ability to put you in a scene, to make the landscape almost a character in the book. I haven’t bothered to buy the latest book, not out of political ire, just there is only so much ridiculous posturing you can stand.
I fall into the trap of thinking about the rough and tough people who settled such places, and wondering how in the world their descendants have lost their roots. But then, if you examine the history of each of our states, most of them were settled by some salty individuals.
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By Menagerie on November 14, 2018 at 1:27 pm
Thanks for the reminder, Menagerie. I like Stella’s Quick Hits page, but it often slips my mind to go there. Aging sucks. I’ve got a mind like a steel…sieve. Fortunately, I’m still a few steps ahead of 89-year-old Tundra Dad (who’s coming to visit next month!)
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By The Tundra PA on November 14, 2018 at 4:07 pm
Judicial Watch Legal Team Back in South Florida Monitoring Election Recount
November 13, 2018
Nearly a decade after conducting a thorough Florida recount in a heated presidential contest, Judicial Watch is back in Broward and Palm Beach counties monitoring the midterm election fiasco. A legal and investigative team is closely watching the machine recount, which could be followed by a manual recount that could drag the spectacle out into the weekend. Florida law requires a machine recount when the vote margin in a race is less than 0.5 % and that occurred in three key statewide racesβfor U.S. Senate, governor and agriculture secretary. If results from the machine recount show a 0.25% margin or less, a hand recount will ensue for undervotes and overvotes. An undervote occurs when no candidate is marked in a race. An overvote marks more than one candidate on the same ballot in the same race.
https://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2018/11/judicial-watch-legal-team-back-in-south-florida-monitoring-election-recount/
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By Lucille on November 14, 2018 at 1:45 pm
New computer is here. Updating. Pray for hassle-free setup!
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By stella on November 14, 2018 at 2:03 pm
Yes, indeed, a prayer for absolute hassle-free installation and subsequent trouble-free existence…just expressed to God.
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By Lucille on November 14, 2018 at 2:11 pm
Yay!
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By Gil on November 14, 2018 at 3:25 pm
Woo hoo!
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By lovely on November 14, 2018 at 8:32 pm
747 Global Supertanker ‘Camp’ fire Day 6 UPDATE McClellan Load and Return
Juan Browne
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By Lucille on November 14, 2018 at 2:24 pm
I am far from set up, but here I am once again at Stella’s Place via my laptop computer! Just learning about Windows 10. Any hints? Do you suggest regressing the interface to Windows 7? If that is possible.
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By stella on November 14, 2018 at 2:28 pm
I haven’t had to deal with 10 yet. Putting it off as long as my current laptop works.
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By Menagerie on November 14, 2018 at 3:40 pm
Don’t rush. I finally got my file restore utility to work, and that is running. Antivirus is installed.
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By stella on November 14, 2018 at 4:18 pm
Congrats! I don’t think you can go back to Windows 7. I loved it and hated to give it up when I got a new laptop that came with 10. Microsoft stops supporting any operating system more than 2 numbers back from the current iteration. 10 is significantly different from 7 and I still like 7 much better, but have adapted to 10 ok and I don’t remember it being that difficult. Helps to do their little tutorial. So glad you are back up and running!
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By The Tundra PA on November 14, 2018 at 4:15 pm
I have to admit to being a technology curmudgeon. I stay with what I know for as long as possible. No cutting edge stuff for me. DH on the other hand has to have the newest everything. It might be his only fault (lol) so I’m ok with it.
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By The Tundra PA on November 14, 2018 at 4:17 pm
I believe it was Windows 7 that I had a problem with.
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By auscitizenmom on November 14, 2018 at 5:07 pm
Mr. Cpl michael avenatti has been arrested for felony domestic violence on his soon to be ex wife in ca.
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By Gil on November 14, 2018 at 6:01 pm
Have a…
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By Lucille on November 14, 2018 at 7:20 pm
Good evening, Lucille!
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By sandandsea2015 on November 14, 2018 at 7:38 pm
lilbirdee12βs prayer:
Our Heavenly Father, Your children come to you tonight to ask for healing and peace throughout our country so that we may return to being One Nation Under God. Guide us to be leaders in Your Kingdom, spreading Your Love and Salvation to all. Forgive us our sins and deliver us from evil.
Lord, we ask for a blanket of protection over all our troops and law enforcement who serve to defend and protect us. Bless our representatives with the strength and wisdom they need to achieve the path You have chosen for us.
Please place Your Guardian Angels of Protection around Donald Trump and Mike Pence and their families as they seek to lead America back to You.
Grant us patience, Lord, as the evil ones try to anger us and cause us to fall.
Spread blessings over Israel and Netanyahu.
We humbly ask that You please comfort those who are grieving and in pain.
Thank you Father, for Your Love and the gift of Life.
In Jesus name, we pray. Amen.
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By auscitizenmom on November 14, 2018 at 9:00 pm
Amen
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By auscitizenmom on November 14, 2018 at 9:04 pm
Amen.
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By sandandsea2015 on November 14, 2018 at 9:08 pm
Prayer for Justice Kavanaugh:
https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/kavanaugh-v.-ford
“After watching her husband rip into pro-death senators who used Dr. Christine Blasey Ford in attempts to derail the appointment of her husband to the U.S. Supreme Court, Ashley is asking all people of faith to unite in praying Psalm 40, which reads:”
“BE PLEASED, O LORD, TO DELIVER ME, LOOK DOWN, O LORD TO HELP ME. LET THEM BE CONFOUNDED AND ASHAMED TOGETHER, THAT SEEK AFTER MY SOUL TO TAKE IT AWAY. LET THEM BE TURNED BACKWARD AND BE ASHAMED THAT DESIRE EVILS TO ME.”
In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen
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By auscitizenmom on November 14, 2018 at 9:00 pm
Amen
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By auscitizenmom on November 14, 2018 at 9:05 pm
Amen.
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By sandandsea2015 on November 14, 2018 at 9:08 pm