35 Responses to General Discussion, Tuesday, June 16, 2026

1. Menagerie says:

   June 16, 2026 at 7:11 am

   Morning everyone. Coffee for all!

   

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   • WeeWeed says:

     June 16, 2026 at 7:42 am

     Thanks and good morning Menage!

     

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   • Reflection says:

     June 16, 2026 at 8:44 am

     Good morning, Menagerie,

     That photo makes me smile every time I see it.

     Definitely a purpose-built invention.

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     • Menagerie says:

       June 16, 2026 at 10:06 am

       Me too! Good morning!

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       • Reflection says:

         June 16, 2026 at 12:07 pm

         Good afternoon Menagerie!

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     • Stella says:

       June 16, 2026 at 11:01 am

       Good morning, Reflection!

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       • Reflection says:

         June 16, 2026 at 12:08 pm

         Good afternoon, Stella!

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   • Stella says:

     June 16, 2026 at 11:00 am

     Morning Menage! It must take practice to pour that without spilling any.

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     • Reflection says:

       June 16, 2026 at 12:15 pm

       No doubt.

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   • auscitizenmom says:

     June 16, 2026 at 12:16 pm

     It appears that is the right one to use here.

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2. WeeWeed says:

   June 16, 2026 at 7:41 am

   Mornin’ kids!

   

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   • Stella says:

     June 16, 2026 at 11:01 am

     Mornin’ Wee!

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     • WeeWeed says:

       June 16, 2026 at 11:20 am

       Mornin’ Stella!

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   • Reflection says:

     June 16, 2026 at 12:17 pm

     Good afternoon Wee!

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3. czarina33 says:

   June 16, 2026 at 9:28 am

   National Fudge Day – Only one national day but it is a good one!

   Universal Fathers’ Week

   World Sea Turtle Day

   Day of the African Child

   Bloomsday – for anyone who read the book. Or maybe for those of us who didn’t…

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   • WeeWeed says:

     June 16, 2026 at 9:29 am

     Sea turtles! Mornin’ Czarina!

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   • Menagerie says:

     June 16, 2026 at 10:05 am

     Morning czarina!

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   • Stella says:

     June 16, 2026 at 10:59 am

     Morning czarina! Fudge – but only if it’s homemade Hershey’s fudge, like my mother made.

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     • Reflection says:

       June 16, 2026 at 12:23 pm

       I’m going to find that recipe.

       Homemade fudge is such a treat when it’s made by a skilled fudge maker.

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       • Stella says:

         June 16, 2026 at 2:56 pm

         I warn you – it seems like a simple recipe, but not simple to execute correctly. Mine is either hard as a rock, or runny. Getting the temp right isn’t easy. My mother got it right every time, and I don’t know how she did it.

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         • Menagerie says:

           June 16, 2026 at 4:13 pm

           My husband makes that recipe, never fails at it. I’ve never attempted it. There were times the kids wanted it, and he told them the weather was wrong, it wouldn’t set. Never understood that either, but he either played his cards very close when he didn’t want to make it, or he just knew.

           I met him when he was 18, and he’d already mastered it.

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         • Menagerie says:

           June 16, 2026 at 4:17 pm

           Also, he know if the temp is right with some in a bowl of water or something? I don’t remember exactly, it’s been a long time. But I do remember him using a bowl of water and doing something with it several times until it was just right.

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           • Stella says:

             June 16, 2026 at 4:27 pm

             I think the bowl of water is used to check if the fudge has reached the “soft ball” temperature stage.

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       • Stella says:

         June 16, 2026 at 4:37 pm

         https://www.food.com/recipe/hersheys-old-fashioned-rich-cocoa-fudge-4573

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   • Reflection says:

     June 16, 2026 at 12:19 pm

     Good afternoon, Czarina,

     Fudge and Fathers!

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   • auscitizenmom says:

     June 16, 2026 at 12:21 pm

     I love fudge, all kinds, chocolate, peanut butter, and whatever.

     Kudos for Universal Father’s Week. I am seeing so much support for fathers on YouTube videos.

     Pray for the African children.

     I don’t know what Bloomsday is. I have never read it.

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     • czarina33 says:

       June 16, 2026 at 1:26 pm

       Bloomsday is the annual literary celebration of James Joyce’s 1922 modernist masterpiece, Ulysses. Observed every June 16th, the date marks the exact day in 1904 when the entire novel is set, chronicling an ordinary day in the life of its protagonist, Leopold Bloom.

       The book is known to be virtually unreadable.

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       • Menagerie says:

         June 16, 2026 at 1:44 pm

         I read a small amount of a James Joyce book once and bailed on it. Long time ago.

         I am currently reading Cannery Row by Steinbeck, and really enjoying it. That man can write. We don’t have voices like that now! I don’t know how I missed it before.

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4. Stella says:

   June 16, 2026 at 11:58 am

   https://stella.com/BskiMike22802/status/2066716255621681303?s=20

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   • auscitizenmom says:

     June 16, 2026 at 12:22 pm

     My Safari said it couldn’t find it. 😦

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     • Stella says:

       June 16, 2026 at 2:59 pm

       Sorry! Here’s the correct link:

       https://x.com/BskiMike22802/status/2066716255621681303?s=20

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       • auscitizenmom says:

         June 16, 2026 at 3:47 pm

         Very interesting.

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5. auscitizenmom says:

   June 16, 2026 at 12:25 pm

   Good afternoon All. We are in the middle of June and it has warmed up a mite. Actually a pretty nice day. I was talking to a yardman who said he has been here 20 years and this is the wettest weather he has ever seen here. It is kinda smelling like it might want to rain here soon.

   Hope you enjoy your day.

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6. Stella says:

   June 16, 2026 at 2:54 pm

   I might like this more than the original:

   🇫🇷🎻🏰 INSOLITE | Ce groupe normand de musique médiévale reprend « Beat It » de Michael Jackson avec des instruments d’époque. Le résultat est bluffant : on a l’impression d’entendre un tube joué dans une taverne du XIVe siècle. 😂

   (Insta : @coursevalbardcore) pic.twitter.com/rrsBLAkdmB

   — Cerfia (@CerfiaFR) June 16, 2026

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7. Stella says:

   June 16, 2026 at 4:26 pm

   If you’ve never seen this guy on X before, he was the aide that carried the nuclear “football” for Bill Clinton. He has lots of Hillary stories.

   After I left the Air Force, I embedded myself as a journalist in Iraq in 2005 working on my book, “War Crimes.” While I was there, Senator Hillary Clinton came to “visit” the troops. The troops hated (hate) her. They called her aircraft “Broomstick One.”

   True story. 🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/OXNUi1P3Bg

   — Buzz Patterson (@BuzzPatterson) June 16, 2026

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