ChasUFarley

Happy B-day!

Ron -- I've bought from the Boy Scouts before, but I don't think it was by the case... Is there an option for a smaller package? The popcorn rocks - we get the popping corn - not the pre-made stuff. My boys can eat their weight in air-popped popcorn - with butter and Spike, of course! :)

HA~ My b-day is TWO days before Halloween - I always had brown and orange cakes growing up - (I remember one year bursting into tears - I was probably about 6 or 7 years old - because I was going thru a Barbie phase and wanted a PINK frosted cake!) I always felt like Halloween was for me - nothing beats dressing up for a day to pretend you're something or someone you're not - love it. I keep wishing that we'd get invited to a party - maybe some time - I'd love to dress up and go out but for now, I'll settle with getting my kids excited about it and going out with them!

Amazing - I hope someone who sees that replaces that poor family's minivan - what a story!

Chef -- Do you want the thing in your post - like when you see pictures or youtube videos in someone's post? Or do you just wish to have a hyperlink that someone can click on and go to the site to view it on their own? :)

Why would anyone want to put Windows on a Mac, especially when it seems like Windows copies the Mac platform look to begin with? I don't get it.... (And don't snipe - I'm not asking to be a smart a$$ - k?)

My parents managed a home for the elderly in Maine and we lived there for 13 years. By today's standards it would be considered "assisted living" - the patients could feed and dress themselves, some still drove their car, some were rather independent, etc. There were between 20-30 residents - a wing for the men and a separate wing for the women. There was a staff kitchen there that looked like something out of the 1930's - deep sinks, a huge Agar (??) stove with eight pilots, three ovens, and grill. There was a huge stainless steel island in the middle - where the food was set for serving the patients. The staff would eat after the patients were served. We'd wolf our food down because we knew that as soon as the first patient was finished eating, they would be looking for seconds or would want their noon meds or whathaveyou. The table WAS from the 1940's or 1950's - it was red, with chrome or stainless steel legs and sides, with a big leaf, and chrome and plastic chairs. But the good times were AFTER the meal - the kitchen would be thick with cigarette smoke (it was the 70's - everyone smoked) and people would be telling stories about their kids or something that happened a long time ago. The next week's menu would be in the planning, by my father, who did much of the cooking (he had been a chef at the Princess Anne in Burmuda, worked at UNH, and some other large kitchens.) Everyone would be drinking coffee, munching on cookies or sometimes cake or a whoopie pie (my personal favorites) - but it was always a good time - the staff was always so much fun to listen to - it's one of those memories that's burned in your mind, and although you may come across it only once every five years or so, it's still good.

John -- Thank you for the update - I had been wondering about Dana and pray she's doing better. You're both in my thoughts and prayers - such a lovely couple! Congrats on the promo - and please keep us posted. Hugs to you both, -Krista

It was something like - Roseanna Roseanna Danna, wasn't it?

Jane Russell... who liked those figure-8 bras that lifts and separates.... (Dang, she had a bod.... she could make a preacher kick out a stained glass window....)

Today I was on the road a lot, and spent most of my driving time listening to NPR. A segment was done on "Secret Kitchens". They had asked the listening audience to call in to tell them about "Secret Kitchens" in their area - places to get good food and fellowship - and perhaps where something was going on - like a certain tradition - that they didn't want to see become lost. Here's some examples of what callers talked about: Hippie Kitchens - sometimes at certain concerts (i.e. Grateful Dead or Phish) there would be people cooking cheep food that you could buy and enjoy after the concert, like grilled cheese sandwich, or a veggie burrito. They weren't commercial foods or vendors - basically a tail-gate sounding way to break bread. (And probably a way to satisfy the screaming munchies after a smoke!) Someone called in about a college campus that has a (and forgive me for not capturing the proper terms for this) kitchen that serves food that both the Jewish and Muslim students can eat - these two groups share the same dininghall area, which makes it very unique. Another caller talked about some of the southern Catholic Church barbeques that took place. They talked about how the men did all of the cooking, stayed up all night to do it, and some of the traditions that took place around it. There was certainly a feeling of bonding - not just over the food, but over the recipies, techniques, and almost a reverance for the tradition - that surpassed anything else. I went on the NPR website about this interesting series: When the Hidden Kitchens project began, the Kitchen Sisters opened up an NPR Hotline and asked listeners, "What food traditions are disappearing from your life?" "Who glues your community together through food?" Hundreds of listeners called to share their stories, tips, and rituals. In addition to the stories and characters from the radio series, Hidden Kitchens interweaves new material from the enormous archive of interviews, photographs, and recipes gathered for the series. Stories such as "The Saga of the Chili Queens of San Antonio" and "NASCAR Kitchens" bring to life hidden kitchens across the country. From underground kitchens at nuclear test sites to a secret civil rights kitchen, Hidden Kitchens is a wonderful chronicle of American life and how family and community traditions are passed along through food. Has anyone else been following this NPR series? Do you know of any Hidden Kitchens? By the way - even if you have not heard this series - I'd LOVE for you to share some tradition or whatnot from the kitchen that you have in your life or with your family or friends! Finally, have you been to one of those southern Catholic Church barbeques I mentioned? What's that like? (Man, that sounded interesting - never saw anything like that when I was down south...)

Here's a simpleton's opinion: Why do you like it so much? (Be specific, please.) 1. It's not much of a learning curve from Explorer. Options for how you want to tweak it are found under the TOOLS drop down menu, and you can change your text viewing size by going under the VIEW drop down menu. If you don't have the time or the patience for learning a new program, then you will love Firefox. 2. The pop-up blocker can't be beat. You can accept pop-ups from certain sites or ban all of them - it's up to you. 3. You can view all of your bookmarked sites in tabs - like you have tabs in an Excel workbook of all the worksheets within the workbook - similar concept. Great if you're monitoring chat and reading posts in GSC, for example. You don't have to open a different window for each and clutter up your tool bar. 4. The HELP section is written in ENGLISH - seriously - it's not criptic or full of MicroSoft-ese - it's easy to understand - great for someone who is very literal, like me. And, how big a pain is it to switch? (Keep in mind that we're not all computer geniuses!) 1. HECK NO! See my response under #1, above. 2. If you don't like it - Explorer will be there for you - it's up to you.

Last year Andreas went as... himself... a 7 month old baby... And Kristopher went as the Red Power Ranger.... Fast forward to this year.... Andreas is going as Thomas the Tank Engine And Kristopher wants to go as the Red Power Ranger (if we can find last year's mask - LOL!)

Okay, I had to do some geeking around about these E Bow things... had no idea what y'all were talking about.... Course, Hubby knew - "Yeah, they're from the 70's...." So, some time on Google lead me to this: http://www.ebow.com/ebow/flash/home/home.htm Then I find that REM, U2, Pear Jam, Queen, Frank Zappa, and many others have used this... Who'd da thunk... (If you go on the website I linked, above, you can hear some samples.) Cool. Very cool! By the way - quick follow-up - About that Ibanez Bass wiring diagram --- FOUND IT! I'd been looking for over a year and the dude on Ibanez Collectors were rather useless at the time... but Socks - your links were the trick! Many thanks!!!! Socks -- My x-rated trick with taters is to cut them up in large pieces, coat 'em well with olive oil, fresh crushed garlic cloves, tomato paste, and Greek seasoning, then I roast them in the oven with a leg of lamb or pork - YUM! It can't be beat! (You'd swear this Welsh gal was Greek once you taste my Greek cooking - I do alright!) *************** Back to guitar effects -- Have y'all seen that WAG ring that's being used for effects - must be something like the e Bow... ??? It's in all the guitar mags now --- (great bathroom reading....) *************** And... to whoever posted that pic of Jimmy Page.... THANK YOU! (But my... it's getting warm in here....)

waysider - Does this look about like what your friend has: Here's some links to it: http://guitargeek.com/gearview/819/ http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews.../Spacetone/10/1

I love that pic too - and I also now have it for my wall paper on my monitor - THANK YOU!

Yuppers. You're on.

I've found some more info about roasting your own -- You can do it in a hot air popcorn popper (certain ones), and even in the old fashioned hand-crank, stove-top style popcorn popper - whodathunk... I'll post more about it when I can - it's late now - but there's some neat info out there...

Good luck getting Medicare to pay for your new "skilled" care facility! LOL!

Oh, man - for a moment I thought it was for real - like beer chicken, where you grill the chicken with the beer can in the chicken's southernmost region....

Thanks, Raf - think I'll make up for the cheesey one I did earlier... (small hint - the words at the bottom of the pic have nothing to do with the title - focus on the object not the words.)

I second Hope's post - and idios is still used in modern Greek (Hubby is ESL - his first language is Greek). Yes, it's VPW saying you are an idiot if you P.I. Of course, then you're being told to follow a man* - so, how smart is THAT? (man as is MOG - don't twist this that I'm being sexist or something, k?) By the way - Did a word-by-word word study on that verse once - Basically, it says something like this: "You, by no way, means or form, are capable by one iota of your own self, able to fully comprehend that which God has given you in written form." You get the jest of it, I'm sure - I can dig out the old, dog-eared, extensively written in Bible, if I have to...

Ah, Norm-isms - love 'em... My favorite: Carla or someone: "Hey ya' Norm, what's shakin'?" Norm: "All four cheeks and a couple of chins."

Okay, I did a little scooting around on the net for fun to see what I could find about this - there's some cool info, I'll share that soon, but this was rather.... er.... interesting.... I thought this was a joke (from http://www.animalcoffee.com/natural-luwak/) : Natural Luwak Coffee is kopi luwak as it is collected, with no additional processing. The beans are hand collected from where they lay on the jungle floor, bagged, and then sent to Animalcoffee where they are eventually turned into the world’s most exclusive gourmet beverage. The individual beans are naturally glued together in the stomach of the Luwak, there is no artificial adhesive involved, yet Luwak Coffee collected in this fashion appears remarkably clean and is completely odour free. Depending on where the Luwak Coffee/ kopi luwak is collected, there may be a predominance of either Arabica or Robusta grown which ensures the Luwak Coffee is of a particular type. Alternatively both Arabica and Robusta may be grown within close proximity of each other, as is the practice in some areas of west Sumatra, in which case both kinds of coffee cherry are eaten by the Luwak and the resulting Luwak Coffee/ kopi luwak is a blend of coffee created naturally in the stomach of the Luwak. OMG! Is this for real? :blink:

Good for you! That's great news - nothing trivial about it! If it's a big deal to you, it's a very big deal to us! You GO, Bay-bee!