A Multipurpose Thread

[little_bopeep]

I had several things I wanted to discuss today, so in the interest of time and space (but not the continuum) I decided to make a multipurpose thread. Feel free to use it to vent, ask a question, or otherwise say something that doesn't already have a thread devoted to it. I'll begin:

1) Is anyone keeping up with the Death Pool?

2) Does anyone know how many days of rain we got in North Texas in the past couple of months? If it was 40 days and 40 nights, I think I may faint.

3) Since January 1st, I've single-handedly killed 41 threads! Toppeth that! :D

[cookieee]

3) Since January 1st, I've single-handedly killed 41 threads! Toppeth that! :D

I probably can. Hope I don't do it to this one:D

[Robyn1007]

Susan, you crack me up!

I was just wondering about the death pool the other day and wondering if we knew who was winning.

Well, at least your threads get responses, lately I've had a couple get very few. :o Eh, oh well.

I'll trade you some much needed rain for some 100 degree days with no a/c. I just got back from a 45 minute bike ride and it will take me an hour to cool down for sure.

[Gumbeaux]

2) Does anyone know how many days of rain we got in North Texas in the past couple of months? If it was 40 days and 40 nights, I think I may faint.

I dunno but all that runoff water in North Texas is coming down the Red River causing it to rise near flood stage. This floating burger restaurant near where I live is closed because it is inaccessible by land.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/bayoutitan/Second%20Album/RiverFlood.jpg

[little_bopeep]

I'll trade you some much needed rain for some 100 degree days with no a/c. I just got back from a 45 minute bike ride and it will take me an hour to cool down for sure.

That reminds me of the other thing I was going to say: After lo, those many days of rain and people b!tching about the weather, the sun shone brightly yesterday. So brightly that it was a hundred and freakin' four degrees! So. What shall we b!tch about today? :D :D

[little_bopeep]

I had to say something. Now it's storming again.

[Robyn1007]

I had to say something. Now it's storming again.

SNORT! That's what you get. It's sunny and hot here again. 97 days until ski season starts...

[Terri_A]

Well, let's see...

1- I don't think anyone is keeping up with the death pool and I do NOT want to volunteer. (That was me practicing saying NO for a change!)

2- I know that in Houston it rained 26 days in the month of June and pretty much everyday since July 1st. Also, Friday night it took me 45 minutes to go 3 miles because of the flooding and having to reroute so many times.

3- I can't top your thread kills...but perhaps I'll start a new trend by killing this one!

[Chefzhat]

Nah, I'll save you Terri. :)

I have no idea how much rain Texas has had, but feel free to send some up here.

I miss Escher. I hear he was around while I was MIA though. No idea about the death pool, but I know I'm not winning. Rosie O'Donnell needs to croak for me to get to the top of the list. Although they way she's going I expect to hear about a major meltdown/heart attack any day now.

Debie

[AzAnne]

1) Is anyone keeping up with the Death Pool?

2) Does anyone know how many days of rain we got in North Texas in the past couple of months? If it was 40 days and 40 nights, I think I may faint.

3) Since January 1st, I've single-handedly killed 41 threads! Toppeth that! :D


1. I am sorta keeping track of my own list, last time I checked I still had 22 among the living.

2. I knew Tx has been getting tons of rain, but 40 days and nights :eek:. I start checking to see if large quanties of lumber and animals werer missing :p
Phx has only gotten a total of 15 days the entire year. The last measureable amount was 4/22. :(

3. I thought I was the leader in thread killing ;) Guess I've got some posting to do :D

[Beth]

1) Not a death pool watcher.

2) I'm pretty sure we've had 40 days with rain since the middle of May. Actually, it started the last week or so -- just about the time the kids were having field days and outdoor activities for the end of school. After we went through so much to try to get some shade tents, of course.

However, we've had a few days without rain here -- sprinkled in so that there haven't been 40 continuous days. And some have been only days or only nights, so I don't think we're anywhere close to 40 days AND 40 nights.

Feel any better? I will as long as the Gulf is quiet while the land is so boggy. Even a tropical depression could cause major flooding right now. We'd already had a lot of rain when Allison hit. I don't want to see that again.

3) I know I kill my share, but I try not to count. At least a dozen ways to look at that anyway.

We had rain in the wee hours this morning, but it is clearer now than it has been for a while. We dcidn't break the trend today, but we're getting the heat too.

[Romandub]

Just chiming in on the "how much rain have we had?" topic. The Austin paper ran an article this week, that although it may seem as though we are having the great flood, in fact, in Austin it only rained 14 or 16 (I can't remember which is the right number) days in June. Could have fooled me! It finally stopped raining yesterday and today it is in the high 90s! I guess our options in Austin this summer are wet or hot!!! I am not complaining though. At least we have AC. I talked to a friend in Idaho who said they were in the high 90s without AC!:eek:

[Robyn1007]

JI am not complaining though. At least we have AC. I talked to a friend in Idaho who said they were in the high 90s without AC!:eek:

Ummm, that would be me. It was 96 when I went grocery shopping yesterday afternoon and I don't have a/c.

Beth, it'll stop raining for ya now cause Mom left for China again this morning. ;)

[suebear37]

I just looked at the death pool thread & it looks like stefania had volunteered to be in charge.

I also checked my list & it appears that every single person on my list is still alive & kicking!! That should count for something...

[sneezles]

1) Is anyone keeping up with the Death Pool?

I have no idea but I have seen someone mention a winner from time to time.

2) Does anyone know how many days of rain we got in North Texas in the past couple of months? If it was 40 days and 40 nights, I think I may faint.

Get out the smelling salts...last count was 44 days!

3) Since January 1st, I've single-handedly killed 41 threads! Toppeth that!

I haven't checked but I know I have a fair share...


Why do some people actually fill in the Reason for Edit line?

[Robyn1007]

Why do some people actually fill in the Reason for Edit line?

I think they think they have to but it cracks me up as well. I used to think I had to...

[cookieee]

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[b]Why do some people actually fill in the Reason for Edit line?

Well the reason I do sometimes is if I have posted a recipe and then go back and edit to correct something I spelled wrong, I like to let people that might have copied the original know that the recipe is correct, it's just my lousy spelling that was wrong.:D

[testkitchen45]

[b]Why do some people actually fill in the Reason for Edit line?

I'm sad about my kitty today so am grateful for the grins on this thread. :) And for the sunshine today, although the humidity and mosquitoes are terrible. I always thought that editing line had to be filled in, too.

[Jazzmatazz49]

Gumbeaux, I don't know that floating burger restaurant, what is it and where is it?

I kill a lot more threads on the Weight Watchers board than I do here.

I had forgotten about the death pool, but nobody good has died lately.:D

[Jezebelly]

Well, somebody please go say something in the droopy eyelid thread. I don't mind killing threads, but I don't want my last statement to be apply butt cream to your eyes.

[misskitty100]

I have a misc. question....does stress cause some people to gain weight around their middles (like a spare tire)?

I have been wanting to ask that for a long time....I feel so much better now!!;)

[Gumbeaux]

Gumbeaux, I don't know that floating burger restaurant, what is it and where is it?

This (http://www.ci.shreveport.la.us/dept/spar/boating/boating.asp?facility_id=52) will tell you a little about it. It is located at the Stoner Ave. exit on Clyde Fant Parkway.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/bayoutitan/Second%20Album/Stoner2.jpg

[AZgal]

SNORT! That's what you get. It's sunny and hot here again.

And here in Arizona! We haven't had rain in our part of the state for over 2 months. Monsoons are expected soon.

[AZgal]

I had several things I wanted to discuss today, so in the interest of time and space (but not the continuum) I decided to make a multipurpose thread. Feel free to use it to vent, ask a question, or otherwise say something that doesn't already have a thread devoted to it. I'll begin:

1) Is anyone keeping up with the Death Pool?


3) Since January 1st, I've single-handedly killed 41 threads! Toppeth that! :D

LOL at myself!:D :D I thought the Death Pool was how many threads you had "killed" by making the last entry!!:D

And who goes back to count how many threads you've made the last entry??

[cumulus]

2) Does anyone know how many days of rain we got in North Texas in the past couple of months? If it was 40 days and 40 nights, I think I may faint.



I can answer that one! (Or at least, how much has fallen). Click HERE (http://www.crh.noaa.gov/crnews/display_story.php?wfo=mkx&storyid=9146&source=0).

I like thread killers :p

[Beth]

We had a little more drizzsle this afternoon, but the thunder made it sound like other folks might have gotten a fair bit more. Funny thing it that whether we "officially" have rain recorded or not depends on whether it falls in one spot. I know that the days we didn't get rain, there were other parts of the area that did get a lot of rain.

[little_bopeep]

I had forgotten about the death pool, but nobody good has died lately.:D

OK, that almost made me spit Ben & Jerry's Coffee Heathbar Crunch all over my monitor. :p

[little_bopeep]

And who goes back to count how many threads you've made the last entry??

Well, I was irked about a couple of them and that made me curious enough to go check. And I've really outdone myself--I killed 3 in 2 days! I ROCK!! :cool: :cool: :cool:

[Jezebelly]

I have a misc. question....does stress cause some people to gain weight around their middles (like a spare tire)?

I have been wanting to ask that for a long time....I feel so much better now!!;)

Yes, stress releases cortisol and cortisol causes weight gain around the midsection.

LOL.

Relacore stops the release of cortisol.

And some other crap that the commercial says. God it's a good thing I watch too much tv.

[KristiB]

Maybe my post will kill this thread...

Ever start a thread and havenobody respond?

I have.:o

[Canice]

Maybe my post will kill this thread...

Ever start a thread and havenobody respond?

I have.:o


Eeeee-yup! Usually "great recipe" finds, lol. I certainly don't take it personally, but yes - definitely has happened.


Why do some people actually fill in the Reason for Edit line?

LOL!
I have to agree that perhaps folks think it's required, that the edit won't "take" otherwise. It does rather suggest a "you'd darned well better have a good reason" tone. I think a series of check boxes would make it more helpful:

Reason for edit:

"Typo"
"Poor grammar"
"Missing word"
"Forgot to include recipe"
"Left out ingredient/step"
"And another thing!"
"Cooled my jets"
"I'm embarassed" and/or
"Feel like an idiot"


(And after all that, I sometimes write "ETA" even though I know it won't show as an "edit". I do that because I've seen posts change before my eyes. I might ask, "where's the "orange" in that "orange" chocolate frosting?" If the OP catches it and changes the recipe, I end up looking like a bufoon, because the "orange" is there in the "original" post. If you follow.)

[Peweh]

I'll answer #2 - the probability of rain is directly related to how much Stuff I have put out in front of my shop For Sale!! This weekend was a 'sidewalk sale' weekend and sure enough Crackle Crackle Boom Boom... sudden downpour!!

[do-lolly]

Maybe my post will kill this thread...

Ever start a thread and havenobody respond?

I have.:o

Just do what I did, put on a sad face and pout. Then you get sympathy replies. LOL

I'm going to have to go look up the Death Pool thing. I don't know about it.

We went for months without rain, but the surest (is that even a word??) way to bring rain is to start going on vacation.:D

Bopeep, maybe there's another way to look at it. You haven't killed threads, you've won and gotten the last word. Once Bopeep speaks, there is no other reply that can top her. Just trying to make you feel better:D

[little_bopeep]

Bopeep, maybe there's another way to look at it. You haven't killed threads, you've won and gotten the last word. Once Bopeep speaks, there is no other reply that can top her. Just trying to make you feel better:D

Finally! Someone recognized the truth!! Thanks...I needed that!

[Robyn1007]

I'll answer #2 - the probability of rain is directly related to how much Stuff I have put out in front of my shop For Sale!! This weekend was a 'sidewalk sale' weekend and sure enough Crackle Crackle Boom Boom... sudden downpour!!

I so wish your shop was nearby! I love some of the pieces you have online and want them! Alas, shipping the antique furniture would cost more than the piece I'm sure. :(

KristiB, I've done that with a number of threads. The only time I'm really hurt is when I'm asking for help, otherwise I figure it's other people loss if they're not interested in my post topic. By the way, thanks for replying to my Lionman thread, I'm sorry you don't get it but I'm seriously considering buying the DVDs of his website it was so good.

[luv2cook]

Maybe my post will kill this thread...

Ever start a thread and havenobody respond?

I have.:o

yup. I think that's probably happened to anyone who posts a lot...

anyone know how to get a shy kitten to blossom??? My mom's kitten is here for a month and he just won't come to me and he does the same thing to my mother who's had him longer.

Treats don't work. RIght now he and Andy are sleeping together on the window ledge and my dogs are outside whining.

I hope that's not the way he's going to be -- purring and sweet (when you catch him) and shy and liking cats more than humans...sigh...

[misskitty100]

yup. I think that's probably happened to anyone who posts a lot...

anyone know how to get a shy kitten to blossom??? My mom's kitten is here for a month and he just won't come to me and he does the same thing to my mother who's had him longer.

Treats don't work. RIght now he and Andy are sleeping together on the window ledge and my dogs are outside whining.

I hope that's not the way he's going to be -- purring and sweet (when you catch him) and shy and liking cats more than humans...sigh...

I know you said treats won't work but have you tried cat nip? Maybe sprinkle a little bit on your lap or where ever you want the cat to socialize???

[luv2cook]

I know you said treats won't work but have you tried cat nip? Maybe sprinkle a little bit on your lap or where ever you want the cat to socialize???

i can try but my experience has been young kittens like this one dont' respond to nip until they're older

[misskitty100]

i can try but my experience has been young kittens like this one dont' respond to nip until they're older

Good luck!! Have you tried tuna fish?

[little_bopeep]

anyone know how to get a shy kitten to blossom??? My mom's kitten is here for a month and he just won't come to me and he does the same thing to my mother who's had him longer.


I find that an open magazine on my lap or an important email (or CLBB post) that I really do need to see the screen and keyboard for are instant cat magnets.

[generic]

anyone know how to get a shy kitten to blossom??? My mom's kitten is here for a month and he just won't come to me and he does the same thing to my mother who's had him longer.
Just become a cat hater and you'll have no problem whatsoever! Cats know who doesn't want them around, and they jump in those laps just to irritate. :D

[Gumbeaux]

Gumbeaux, I don't know that floating burger restaurant, what is it and where is it?

Jazz', the floating restaurant is back in business after being closed for a month due to flood waters.

I went there for some drinks this a.m. and had a good time. The first picture is the restaurant as it looks from land. The second picture is the indoor dining area. The third picture is the outdoor dining area. The last picture is the view from the outside dining area.

The inside is air conditioned and the outside has a huge fan.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/bayoutitan/Second%20Album/Barge5.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/bayoutitan/Second%20Album/Barge4.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/bayoutitan/Second%20Album/Barge2.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/bayoutitan/Second%20Album/Barge3.jpg

[KristiB]

I find that an open magazine on my lap or an important email (or CLBB post) that I really do need to see the screen and keyboard for are instant cat magnets.

Oh yeah...

My cat can be sound asleep in the bedroom and I can be in the bedroom but the second I open a book or magazine she teleports to my lap.

[misskitty100]

Jazz', the floating restaurant is back in business after being closed for a month due to flood waters.

I went there for some drinks this a.m. and had a good time. The first picture is the restaurant as it looks from land. The second picture is the indoor dining area. The third picture is the outdoor dining area. The last picture is the view from the outside dining area.

The inside is air conditioned and the outside has a huge fan.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/bayoutitan/Second%20Album/Barge5.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/bayoutitan/Second%20Album/Barge4.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/bayoutitan/Second%20Album/Barge2.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/bayoutitan/Second%20Album/Barge3.jpg

What are in those chest freezers?

[Gumbeaux]

What are in those chest freezers?

I dunno. :confused: Maybe Jimmy Hoffa? :rolleyes:

Now I gotta go back and see.

[HejazSunKat]

Why do some people actually fill in the Reason for Edit line?

WHAT Reason For Edit line? Clearly I am not the most observant person in the world. :rolleyes: Never noticed.

[misskitty100]

I dunno. :confused: Maybe Jimmy Hoffa? :rolleyes:

Now I gotta go back and see.

Just wondering if they are filled with frozen, ready to go versions of whatever their specialty is....no need to make a special trip for me.:o

[Chefzhat]

WHAT Reason For Edit line? Clearly I am not the most observant person in the world. :rolleyes: Never noticed.

I'm finding that the edit line has added a whole new dimension of fun for me here. :D

[Jazzmatazz49]

Just wondering if they are filled with frozen, ready to go versions of whatever their specialty is....no need to make a special trip for me.:o

I'll save Gumbeaux the trouble and go see for you. I have seen this thing and didn't know what it was! The water is still pretty high in the Red River, but not as bad as it was for a while.

[tennisashoe]

Just posting to save KristiB. I kill way more threads than she does.

[kwormann]

I'll change the topic and vent about my life:

Tomorrow at 10 am I will be divorced after finding out 4 months ago "we arent happy".

Three weeks ago I was hit by a car, which totaled my paid for car, gave me a concussion and burnt my right arm.

I need good news.

[Gumbeaux]

I need good news.

You are loved by us and I will keep you in my prayers.

[Chefzhat]

Awww, Kim. I'm sorry. What a lot of stress and general cruddiness that has come your way.

(((((((((((((((((((((hugs)))))))))))))))))))))))

[LakeMartinGal]

You are loved by us and I will keep you in my prayers.
I agree! This is a lot to put up with, but know that you have friends here!:)

[littlelion1961]

I need good news.


I second what Kay and Gumbeaux said. I am sooo sorry that for you a dream has died. But, I know that out of these ashes a wonderful life will be created for you. ~Paula