General Discussion, Friday, January 17, 2025

Posted on January 17, 2025 by Stella

THREE more days.

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39 Responses to General Discussion, Friday, January 17, 2025

  1. Reflection's avatar Reflection says:
    January 17, 2025 at 4:39 am

    Good morning, everyone!

    I do miss Lucille, as I anticipate her lovely offerings and her wizardry in finding photos in tune with the discussions.

    Even Tex isn’t here with the coffee. (Sob.) Nor Wee with her wit and wisdom.

    Kitchen/break room is lonely this morning, so I’ll shut off the light until everyone gets here.

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  2. WeeWeed's avatar WeeWeed says:
    January 17, 2025 at 6:01 am

    Mornin’ kids!

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  3. Reflection's avatar Reflection says:
    January 17, 2025 at 6:53 am

    Hiya, Wee and Menagerie,

    I was in earlier and am glad to see others are now up and about.

    If you are planning a trip, Menagerie, you might find enough from here to hire a bus!

    Road trip. Can you imagine how much fun it would be with this group?

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  4. texan59's avatar texan59 says:
    January 17, 2025 at 7:27 am

    Good mornin’, and happy Friday! We are now under 100 hours until T-Time. Because we’re all busy and I’m lucky I’m up because I forgot to set my alarm, it’s combo time. An old favorite is back. Keep your head on a swivel and carpe’ your coffee. This is the last Friday dump ol’ Brain-Freeze gets. It could be a doozy.

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  5. texan59's avatar texan59 says:
    January 17, 2025 at 8:11 am

    Apparently, one of Elon’s test rockets blowed up! His people described it as a “rapid unscheduled disassembly” – epic!

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/galleries/article-14295763/SpaceX-mocked-labeling-midair-explosion-unscheduled-disassembly.html

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  6. texan59's avatar texan59 says:
    January 17, 2025 at 8:15 am

    Remember Jim Acosta? He still has a job at Cee-Enn-Enn, and in order to remove said “network” from the laser beam of the incoming administration, his new timeslot is going to be at midnight! The “Siberia of Television News”

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/cnn-moves-to-banish-jim-acosta-to-siberia-of-television-news/ss-AA1xmN9D#image=4

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  7. czarina33's avatar czarina33 says:
    January 17, 2025 at 9:13 am

    National Classy Day – shows a picture of Betty White, who was certainly classy

    Popeye the Sailor Man Day – now I have the song in my head…

    National Hot Buttered Rum Day – anybody ever had this? It must be good to have stood the test of time

    National Bootleggers’ Day – Czar did this with a friend from Nam when they got back to Alabama.

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  8. Stella's avatar Stella says:
    January 17, 2025 at 10:14 am

    Morning everybody! It’s sunny and a balmy 33° here in the snowy north, with a high of 35° expected. Maybe some of that will melt today. I can only hope.

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  9. czarina33's avatar czarina33 says:
    January 17, 2025 at 10:51 am

    Here’s a recipe

    Hot Buttered Rum

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    • Level: Easy
    • Total: 10 min
    • Prep: 10 min
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    2/3 cup packed dark brown sugar

    1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature

    1/4 cup honey

    1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

    1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

    1/8 teaspoon ground cloves

    Pinch salt

    3/4 cup spiced rum

    2 cups boiling water

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  10. auscitizenmom's avatar auscitizenmom says:
    January 17, 2025 at 11:46 am

    Mornin’ All. I think we are still at around 30*. It was unbelievably foggy yesterday, but the fog was high an didn’t cause trouble driving except by a river.

    Things were going really well yesterday until I caught my foot in the vacuum cord and fell on my right knee. It got worse and worse last night and I finally decided I might need to go to the ER. But, this morning I can’t find my 2025 insurance card. But, the knee seems a little better. I doubt it is broken since I can walk on it this morning a little bit. Can’t wait to be able to get all this put away and find things again.

    Well, all of you try to stay warm and have a nice day.

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  11. Reflection's avatar Reflection says:
    January 17, 2025 at 1:09 pm

    Menagerie,

    We can plan a road trip with all the sights, sounds and fun of the real thing.
    We’ll just need a few basics to begin:
    How many are going? From where do we start? Stella’s place? Where to do we want to go?

    Here’s the planner.
    https://trips.furkot.com/

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  12. Stella's avatar Stella says:
    January 17, 2025 at 5:23 pm

    I am giving in and baking bread! Started a poolish on the kitchen counter and will bake tomorrow.

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