On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:17:09 -0700, Blinky the Shark
> wrote:

>Lou Decruss wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:25:49 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed 25 Jun 2008 03:59:56p, Blinky the Shark told us...
>>>
>>>> Lou Decruss wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:07:36 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>>>>> Of course I would let you in. It's the 5 felines in residence that
>>>>>>> you'd have to get past. :-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>Oh! I love cats! I have three....
>>>>>
>>>>> I love cats too. I just got a new chinese cookbook. YUM!!
>>>>
>>>> Mmmmmm......kung pao kitty.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>If they wouldn't grow back, I'd pull all your teeth out!
>>
>> Does the fin grow back? Soup sounds like a nice idea.
>
>Sharks replenish teeth for their whole lives.

To bad Walmart employees and shoppers can't do that.

Lou

Lou Decruss wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:21:18 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> > wrote:
>
>> On Wed 25 Jun 2008 02:53:52p, Lou Decruss told us...
>
>>> Add me to the outside list. Give me the grill or turkey fryer and
>>> I'm happy. Give me a dirty-smelly stove and I'm not. I even make
>>> my beans in a slow cooker in the garage.
>>>
>>> Lou<----vacuums the garage once a week
>>>
>>
>> OMG! You must be as bad as I am, Lou. When I had a garage, I did
>> the same thing, then washed it out once a month or so.
>
> Mine's about ready for the bleach scrub. It's always a good thing
> because it makes me cull through things. I do it on Sunday so I can
> drag stuff out for Monday trash pickup.

Yikes! Is the floor painted, with those glittery sprinkles, too?

nancy

On Wed 25 Jun 2008 08:50:06p, Lou Decruss told us...

> On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:25:04 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> > wrote:
>
>>On Wed 25 Jun 2008 03:43:28p, Lou Decruss told us...
>>
>>> On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:07:36 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>>>
>>>>Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>>> Of course I would let you in. It's the 5 felines in residence that
>>>>> you'd have to get past. :-)
>>>>>
>>>>Oh! I love cats! I have three....
>>>
>>> I love cats too. I just got a new chinese cookbook. YUM!!
>>>
>>> Lou
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Lou, let me make this perfectly clear... You do not have permission to
>>cook any of my cats!
>
> OK.. Sorry. I hear the shelters are loaded with them from all the
> foreclosures going on right now. How do you fatten them suckers up?
> Last time I went they were all way to skinny!!!
>
> Lou
>

Feed them well and pamper them.

--
Wayne Boatwright
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Wednesday, 06(VI)/25(XXV)/08(MMVIII)
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Bugs come in through open Windows
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Lou Decruss wrote:

> On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:17:09 -0700, Blinky the Shark
> > wrote:
>
>>Lou Decruss wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:25:49 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Wed 25 Jun 2008 03:59:56p, Blinky the Shark told us...
>>>>
>>>>> Lou Decruss wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:07:36 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>>>>>> Of course I would let you in. It's the 5 felines in residence that
>>>>>>>> you'd have to get past. :-)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Oh! I love cats! I have three....
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I love cats too. I just got a new chinese cookbook. YUM!!
>>>>>
>>>>> Mmmmmm......kung pao kitty.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>If they wouldn't grow back, I'd pull all your teeth out!
>>>
>>> Does the fin grow back? Soup sounds like a nice idea.
>>
>>Sharks replenish teeth for their whole lives.
>
> To bad Walmart employees and shoppers can't do that.

Q: What's got 150 legs and 107 teeth?

A: The first row at the Garth Brooks concert.


--
Blinky
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Need a new feed?
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On Wed 25 Jun 2008 09:35:14p, Nancy Young told us...

> Lou Decruss wrote:
>> On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:21:18 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed 25 Jun 2008 02:53:52p, Lou Decruss told us...
>>
>>>> Add me to the outside list. Give me the grill or turkey fryer and
>>>> I'm happy. Give me a dirty-smelly stove and I'm not. I even make
>>>> my beans in a slow cooker in the garage.
>>>>
>>>> Lou<----vacuums the garage once a week
>>>>
>>>
>>> OMG! You must be as bad as I am, Lou. When I had a garage, I did
>>> the same thing, then washed it out once a month or so.
>>
>> Mine's about ready for the bleach scrub. It's always a good thing
>> because it makes me cull through things. I do it on Sunday so I can
>> drag stuff out for Monday trash pickup.
>
> Yikes! Is the floor painted, with those glittery sprinkles, too?
>
> nancy
>

The garage floor at my previous house in Queen Creek was acid stained and
epoxy sealed. No glittery sprinkles. :-)

--
Wayne Boatwright
-------------------------------------------
Wednesday, 06(VI)/25(XXV)/08(MMVIII)
-------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------
'Time spent with cats is never
wasted.' Colette
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Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Wed 25 Jun 2008 09:35:14p, Nancy Young told us...
>
>> Lou Decruss wrote:
>>> On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:21:18 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed 25 Jun 2008 02:53:52p, Lou Decruss told us...
>>>
>>>>> Add me to the outside list. Give me the grill or turkey fryer and
>>>>> I'm happy. Give me a dirty-smelly stove and I'm not. I even make
>>>>> my beans in a slow cooker in the garage.
>>>>>
>>>>> Lou<----vacuums the garage once a week
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> OMG! You must be as bad as I am, Lou. When I had a garage, I did
>>>> the same thing, then washed it out once a month or so.
>>>
>>> Mine's about ready for the bleach scrub. It's always a good thing
>>> because it makes me cull through things. I do it on Sunday so I can
>>> drag stuff out for Monday trash pickup.
>>
>> Yikes! Is the floor painted, with those glittery sprinkles, too?

> The garage floor at my previous house in Queen Creek was acid stained
> and epoxy sealed. No glittery sprinkles. :-)

Haha! Nice! I'd be happy if I could clean out the garage enough
to hose it out. It's much better than it was, but it would still take
an effort to get everything out. And if I did, I'd paint it, just so it
could be cleaned more easily.

nancy

On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:35:14 -0400, "Nancy Young" >
wrote:

>Lou Decruss wrote:
>> On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:21:18 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed 25 Jun 2008 02:53:52p, Lou Decruss told us...
>>
>>>> Add me to the outside list. Give me the grill or turkey fryer and
>>>> I'm happy. Give me a dirty-smelly stove and I'm not. I even make
>>>> my beans in a slow cooker in the garage.
>>>>
>>>> Lou<----vacuums the garage once a week
>>>>
>>>
>>> OMG! You must be as bad as I am, Lou. When I had a garage, I did
>>> the same thing, then washed it out once a month or so.
>>
>> Mine's about ready for the bleach scrub. It's always a good thing
>> because it makes me cull through things. I do it on Sunday so I can
>> drag stuff out for Monday trash pickup.
>
>Yikes! Is the floor painted, with those glittery sprinkles, too?

LOL. Just concrete. Except for an area I've got carpet down. The
shoe shelves are in that area.

Lou

On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:48:29 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>On Wed 25 Jun 2008 09:35:14p, Nancy Young told us...

>>
>> Yikes! Is the floor painted, with those glittery sprinkles, too?
>>
>> nancy
>>
>
>The garage floor at my previous house in Queen Creek was acid stained and
>epoxy sealed. No glittery sprinkles. :-)

Those rubber interlocking floor systems look pretty cool too.

Lou

On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:53:59 -0400, "Nancy Young" >
wrote:

>Wayne Boatwright wrote:

>> The garage floor at my previous house in Queen Creek was acid stained
>> and epoxy sealed. No glittery sprinkles. :-)
>
>Haha! Nice! I'd be happy if I could clean out the garage enough
>to hose it out. It's much better than it was, but it would still take
>an effort to get everything out. And if I did, I'd paint it, just so it
>could be cleaned more easily.

The best way to get it clean is to have a garage sale. Great
motivation.

Lou

On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:46:23 -0700, Blinky the Shark
> wrote:

>Lou Decruss wrote:

>>>Sharks replenish teeth for their whole lives.
>>
>> To bad Walmart employees and shoppers can't do that.
>
>Q: What's got 150 legs and 107 teeth?
>
>A: The first row at the Garth Brooks concert.

My kid had to work a Kenny Chesney concert last weekend. He said he'd
never seen so many drunks and fights in one place.

Lou

On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:45:11 GMT, "Michael \"Dog3\"" >
wrote:

>Wayne Boatwright >
6.120: in
>rec.food.cooking
>
>> On Wed 25 Jun 2008 03:43:28p, Lou Decruss told us...
>>
>>> On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:07:36 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>>>
>>>>Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>>> Of course I would let you in. It's the 5 felines in residence that
>>>>> you'd have to get past. :-)
>>>>>
>>>>Oh! I love cats! I have three....
>>>
>>> I love cats too. I just got a new chinese cookbook. YUM!!
>>>
>>> Lou
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Lou, let me make this perfectly clear... You do not have permission to
>> cook any of my cats!
>
>LOL... around here poor Lou would wind up in the wok before the felines
>did

Looks that way. But you guys know I'm just messin with ya.

Lou

Lou Decruss wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:53:59 -0400, "Nancy Young" >
> wrote:

>> Haha! Nice! I'd be happy if I could clean out the garage enough
>> to hose it out. It's much better than it was, but it would still
>> take an effort to get everything out. And if I did, I'd paint it,
>> just so it could be cleaned more easily.
>
> The best way to get it clean is to have a garage sale. Great
> motivation.

Last year I got new windows, and they needed to be able to
deliver 15 of them to my garage. *That* was motivation.
It was a disaster in there, not one of my making, I don't
even go in there. Just stuff had piled up over the years, and
garbage collectors don't just take anything. A broken water
heater, what am I supposed to do with that? Strap it to the
top of my Acura? Paint cans, there were paint cans left by
the previous owners. I moved here in 1985. Get the picture?
That I could fix, one big trip to hazardous waste. It was a big
effort.

So now it's not too bad. You can walk in. Heh. A miracle.
I want the paint. and maybe the sprinkles.

nancy

PeterLucas wrote:
> "Jean B." > wrote in
> :
>
>> PeterLucas wrote:
>>> "Jean B." > wrote in
>>> :
>>>
>>>
>>>> Luckily for you, I am actually unlikely to leave this area--esp.
>>>> since I am gearing up to move within the next year.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> You and me both.
>>>
>>> The SO is going to do a heavy haulage truck drivers course.....
>>>
>>> http://www.immersiveot.com/
>>>
>>>
>>> and get a job in a mine somewhere, while I'll be heading down to
>>> Tassie to set up house.
>>>
>>> Well...... that's the plan, anyway.
>>>
>> Are you looking forward to it?
>
>
> Very much so.
>
> The SO isn't a fan of 'change' though.
>
> She's already trying to talk herslf into it.
>
> I can understand her point of view though. A complete change of career
> in mid-life would probably scare the crap out of anyone.
>
>
>> I am. For one thing, I get to
>> winnow out my stuff (NOT my books, of course). I am kind-of
>> hoping to get a kitchen that is a tabula rasa....
>
>
> As in, no-one else has used it, or nothing in it so's you can fit it out
> yourself?
>
The latter. I want to have old and antique free-standing
cabinets, etc.

--
Jean B.

Lou Decruss wrote:

> On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:13:12 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>> tsk, tsk. BTW, I have over two shelves of Chinese cookbooks, and
>> none contain recipes for cat--or dog. So much for that theory.
>> Has anyone ever seen an English-language Chinese cookbook that
>> contains a recipe for either?
>
> No. But I've never seen a book on how to train dogs or chickens to
> fight either. Doesn't mean it doesn't happen.
> Lou
>
Oh, I wasn't denying that....

--
Jean B.

On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:38:58 -0400, "Nancy Young" >
wrote:

>Lou Decruss wrote:
>> On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:53:59 -0400, "Nancy Young" >
>> wrote:
>
>>> Haha! Nice! I'd be happy if I could clean out the garage enough
>>> to hose it out. It's much better than it was, but it would still
>>> take an effort to get everything out. And if I did, I'd paint it,
>>> just so it could be cleaned more easily.
>>
>> The best way to get it clean is to have a garage sale. Great
>> motivation.
>
>Last year I got new windows, and they needed to be able to
>deliver 15 of them to my garage. *That* was motivation.
>It was a disaster in there, not one of my making, I don't
>even go in there. Just stuff had piled up over the years, and
>garbage collectors don't just take anything. A broken water
>heater, what am I supposed to do with that? Strap it to the
>top of my Acura? Paint cans, there were paint cans left by
>the previous owners. I moved here in 1985. Get the picture?
>That I could fix, one big trip to hazardous waste. It was a big
>effort.

Sounds like a mess, but it's good you got it taken care of.

>So now it's not too bad. You can walk in. Heh. A miracle.
>I want the paint. and maybe the sprinkles.

Lots of quality shelving helps too. I've got a few shelves just for
big kitchen items. The turkey fryer, cast iron dutch oven, and stuff
for the grill and smoker are all together in one location.

Lou

Lou Decruss wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:38:58 -0400, "Nancy Young" >
> wrote:
>
>> Lou Decruss wrote:

> Sounds like a mess, but it's good you got it taken care of.

I still have a mess of glass shelving from the previous owner's
pharmacy. Looks so useful I can't part with it.

> Lots of quality shelving helps too. I've got a few shelves just for
> big kitchen items. The turkey fryer, cast iron dutch oven, and stuff
> for the grill and smoker are all together in one location.

Costco has a nice metal one for some $85. I noticed it because I
just bought one online, exactly the same only half the height for $85.
Goes together like a dream and it's solid. In case anyone is looking
for nice shelving. I thought of getting it for my utility room.

nancy

On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:19:05 -0400, "Nancy Young" >
wrote:

>Lou Decruss wrote:
>> On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:38:58 -0400, "Nancy Young" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Lou Decruss wrote:
>
>> Sounds like a mess, but it's good you got it taken care of.
>
>I still have a mess of glass shelving from the previous owner's
>pharmacy. Looks so useful I can't part with it.

Have you ever used it? How long you lived there? I've been using the
12 month rule pretty close. I just sold a bunch of copper cookware
and mixing bowls that still had price tags on them. The receipt was
from 2001. After all that time if I hadn't used them I knew i never
would. But they sure looked useful.

>> Lots of quality shelving helps too. I've got a few shelves just for
>> big kitchen items. The turkey fryer, cast iron dutch oven, and stuff
>> for the grill and smoker are all together in one location.
>
>Costco has a nice metal one for some $85. I noticed it because I
>just bought one online, exactly the same only half the height for $85.
>Goes together like a dream and it's solid. In case anyone is looking
>for nice shelving. I thought of getting it for my utility room.

Are they the S/S wire rack thingies? I got one of those from Costco
and I really like it. It has locking wheels so it's easy to move and
clean under. Costco used to have Gorilla shelves that are fabulous.
They're metal frames with wooden shelves. I got 4 sets. I think about
65 bucks each, but that was several years ago.

Lou

"Michael \"Dog3\"" > wrote in
:

> PeterLucas >
> .25: in
> rec.food.cooking
>
>> 'Arsehole' is the term we use here in Oz.
>
> You need to stop looking in the mirror.
>



Second place is the first loser, 3mutts.




--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia


Life is a walk of death. Each day we walk hand in hand with death, and
nothing can guarantee our living one more day.
Treat every breath as the last, every heart beat, every moonrise, and every
smile.
For who can say they won't be... Ride the Wind's, and where ever they take
you, make it better, that is the way of the warrior.

Lou Decruss wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:19:05 -0400, "Nancy Young" >
> wrote:

>> I still have a mess of glass shelving from the previous owner's
>> pharmacy. Looks so useful I can't part with it.
>
> Have you ever used it?

Once. The window part of my birdfeeder was chewed
through by squirrels so I thought, replace it with glass,
there's some in the garage. Until that day I didn't realize
it wasn't window glass, but nice thick shelving glass. It
takes up no room because it's against the wall behind
strapping or bracing or whatever that is between the studs.

And it made a fabulous squirrel proof window. (laugh)
Funny to watch their astonishment at this smooth clear
material.

> How long you lived there? I've been using the
> 12 month rule pretty close. I just sold a bunch of copper cookware
> and mixing bowls that still had price tags on them.

I hear you loud and clear. That's been my ongoing project
inside the house. The stuff I got rid of just in the last month,
*bags* of clothing. Speakers. Etc.

> The receipt was
> from 2001. After all that time if I hadn't used them I knew i never
> would. But they sure looked useful.

I would have bought those bowls from you, probably. And the
price of copper these days?

>> Costco has a nice metal one for some $85. I noticed it because I
>> just bought one online, exactly the same only half the height for
>> $85. Goes together like a dream and it's solid. In case anyone is
>> looking for nice shelving. I thought of getting it for my utility
>> room.
>
> Are they the S/S wire rack thingies?

Yes. Stylish and sturdy.

>I got one of those from Costco
> and I really like it. It has locking wheels so it's easy to move and
> clean under. Costco used to have Gorilla shelves that are fabulous.
> They're metal frames with wooden shelves. I got 4 sets. I think about
> 65 bucks each, but that was several years ago.

Nice. And I bet you can find your stuff. I'm sick of buying stuff
then finding out I already have it in a pile in the garage.

nancy

"Jean B." > wrote in
:


>>> hoping to get a kitchen that is a tabula rasa....
>>
>>
>> As in, no-one else has used it, or nothing in it so's you can fit it
>> out yourself?
>>
> The latter. I want to have old and antique free-standing
> cabinets, etc.
>


Well, no matter where you go....... just gut the place and you'll have a
tabula rasa kitchen :-)

My dream home is actually built *around* the kitchen. I drew the designs
for that, then thought, "Crap!! We need somewhere to sleep!" :-)



--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia


Life is a walk of death. Each day we walk hand in hand with death, and
nothing can guarantee our living one more day.
Treat every breath as the last, every heart beat, every moonrise, and every
smile.
For who can say they won't be... Ride the Wind's, and where ever they take
you, make it better, that is the way of the warrior.

On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:42:49 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:

>Lou Decruss wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:13:12 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>>> tsk, tsk. BTW, I have over two shelves of Chinese cookbooks, and
>>> none contain recipes for cat--or dog. So much for that theory.
>>> Has anyone ever seen an English-language Chinese cookbook that
>>> contains a recipe for either?
>>
>> No. But I've never seen a book on how to train dogs or chickens to
>> fight either. Doesn't mean it doesn't happen.
>> Lou
>>
>Oh, I wasn't denying that....

Last week 60 minutes spoke of the use of plumpynut to fight starvation
in Niger. When they drove into one of the towns they commented on a
few straggly dogs and the fact that there were no cats.

Lou

"Nancy Young" > wrote in
:


>
> I hear you loud and clear. That's been my ongoing project
> inside the house. The stuff I got rid of just in the last month,
> *bags* of clothing. Speakers. Etc.
>


Hmmmmm, there's two large bags of clothing sitting just outside our
bedroom door, against the wall. The first few days that they were there,
I kept walking into them.... but then I'd just move them back to where
they were before.

The SO got a 'bug up her butt' about the walk-in wadrobe. She said it
need "to be sorted", and snapped at me when I offered help her to sort
through all the stuff.
She spent most of the weekend crying as she sorted through the clothes.

Most of the stuff belonged to her older, much loved sister.... who lost
her 8 year battle with cancer 12 months ago in August. About 6 weeks
after the funeral, we went and spent time with the BIL, and she spent a
lot of time crying, and came home with a lot of her sisters clothes.

About 3 weeks ago, she decided that she had to 'move on'. Hence the
clean out.

So now..... there they sit. I just walk around them, and clean around
them. I'm not going to move them, and I'm not going to say anything
about them. They'll just sit there till she's ready to finally let go.


--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia


Life is a walk of death. Each day we walk hand in hand with death, and
nothing can guarantee our living one more day.
Treat every breath as the last, every heart beat, every moonrise, and
every smile.
For who can say they won't be... Ride the Wind's, and where ever they
take you, make it better, that is the way of the warrior.

PeterLucas wrote:
> "Jean B." > wrote in
> :
>
>
>>>> hoping to get a kitchen that is a tabula rasa....
>>>
>>> As in, no-one else has used it, or nothing in it so's you can fit it
>>> out yourself?
>>>
>> The latter. I want to have old and antique free-standing
>> cabinets, etc.
>>
>
>
> Well, no matter where you go....... just gut the place and you'll have a
> tabula rasa kitchen :-)
>
> My dream home is actually built *around* the kitchen. I drew the designs
> for that, then thought, "Crap!! We need somewhere to sleep!" :-)
>
I am not going to have the money for a gutting and reconstruction.
I am REALLY hoping to find a nice antique house that hasn't been
gutted by anyone else either. Oh, in case anyone has this
thought, I do want indoor plumbing. And heat. But I just hate
old houses that have lost all or virtually all of their character.

And I want a fireplace with Dutch/beehive ovens in it.... Big
enough to eat in, anyway.

--
Jean B.

PeterLucas wrote:
> "Nancy Young" > wrote in
> :
>
>
>> I hear you loud and clear. That's been my ongoing project
>> inside the house. The stuff I got rid of just in the last month,
>> *bags* of clothing. Speakers. Etc.
>>
>
>
> Hmmmmm, there's two large bags of clothing sitting just outside our
> bedroom door, against the wall. The first few days that they were there,
> I kept walking into them.... but then I'd just move them back to where
> they were before.
>
> The SO got a 'bug up her butt' about the walk-in wadrobe. She said it
> need "to be sorted", and snapped at me when I offered help her to sort
> through all the stuff.
> She spent most of the weekend crying as she sorted through the clothes.
>
> Most of the stuff belonged to her older, much loved sister.... who lost
> her 8 year battle with cancer 12 months ago in August. About 6 weeks
> after the funeral, we went and spent time with the BIL, and she spent a
> lot of time crying, and came home with a lot of her sisters clothes.
>
> About 3 weeks ago, she decided that she had to 'move on'. Hence the
> clean out.
>
> So now..... there they sit. I just walk around them, and clean around
> them. I'm not going to move them, and I'm not going to say anything
> about them. They'll just sit there till she's ready to finally let go.
>
>
That's sad. You are wise and caring to approach it this way.

--
Jean B.

"Michael \"Dog3\"" > wrote in
:


>>>
>>>> 'Arsehole' is the term we use here in Oz.
>>>
>>> You need to stop looking in the mirror.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Second place is the first loser, 3mutts.
>
> Cutsey little names is the fist loser.
>



Whatever you rekon, drama queen.




--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia


Life is a walk of death. Each day we walk hand in hand with death, and
nothing can guarantee our living one more day.
Treat every breath as the last, every heart beat, every moonrise, and every
smile.
For who can say they won't be... Ride the Wind's, and where ever they take
you, make it better, that is the way of the warrior.

On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:30:51 -0400, "Nancy Young" >
wrote:

>Lou Decruss wrote:
>> On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:19:05 -0400, "Nancy Young" >
>> wrote:
>
>>> I still have a mess of glass shelving from the previous owner's
>>> pharmacy. Looks so useful I can't part with it.
>>
>> Have you ever used it?
>
>Once. The window part of my birdfeeder was chewed
>through by squirrels so I thought, replace it with glass,
>there's some in the garage. Until that day I didn't realize
>it wasn't window glass, but nice thick shelving glass. It
>takes up no room because it's against the wall behind
>strapping or bracing or whatever that is between the studs.
>
>And it made a fabulous squirrel proof window. (laugh)
>Funny to watch their astonishment at this smooth clear
>material.

How did you cut it? It sounds like 1/4" plate which is usually
tempered and I didn't think it could be cut.

>> How long you lived there? I've been using the
>> 12 month rule pretty close. I just sold a bunch of copper cookware
>> and mixing bowls that still had price tags on them.
>
>I hear you loud and clear. That's been my ongoing project
>inside the house. The stuff I got rid of just in the last month,
>*bags* of clothing. Speakers. Etc.

It's amazing how much stuff we can collect. Even the condiments in
the fridge can get out of control. <---OB food. When we moved last
summer we used 3-10 yard dumpsters. We made countless trips to donate
stuff to our favorite charity resale store after we had 2 garage
sales. We still have stuff to fill up 2 homes and have a basement
filled with stuff we're digging through.

>> The receipt was
>> from 2001. After all that time if I hadn't used them I knew i never
>> would. But they sure looked useful.
>
>I would have bought those bowls from you, probably. And the
>price of copper these days?

Copper is big money. That stuff was one of the few things I sold for
more than I paid.

>>> Costco has a nice metal one for some $85. I noticed it because I
>>> just bought one online, exactly the same only half the height for
>>> $85. Goes together like a dream and it's solid. In case anyone is
>>> looking for nice shelving. I thought of getting it for my utility
>>> room.
>>
>> Are they the S/S wire rack thingies?
>
>Yes. Stylish and sturdy.

Probably the same thing then. A nice clean look.

>>I got one of those from Costco
>> and I really like it. It has locking wheels so it's easy to move and
>> clean under. Costco used to have Gorilla shelves that are fabulous.
>> They're metal frames with wooden shelves. I got 4 sets. I think about
>> 65 bucks each, but that was several years ago.
>
>Nice. And I bet you can find your stuff.

Most of the time.

>I'm sick of buying stuff then finding out I already have it in a pile in the garage.

I've done that too. We just went out and bought a spray nozzle for
the garden hose. 2 days later I found three of then in a crate. I'm
not perfectly organized, but much better than I was when we had 3
places.

Lou

"Jean B." > wrote in
:


>>
> I am not going to have the money for a gutting and reconstruction.
> I am REALLY hoping to find a nice antique house that hasn't been
> gutted by anyone else either.


Over here, they call them "Heritage Houses" ....... they're worth a
veritable fortune, but you can't update/modify anything without the
Heritage Councils approval.

Screw that!!!



>
> And I want a fireplace with Dutch/beehive ovens in it.... Big
> enough to eat in, anyway.
>


What's that old Pommy woodfired stove ........ Angus??... Agar???

Jamie Oliver uses one one his recent shows.



--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia


Life is a walk of death. Each day we walk hand in hand with death, and
nothing can guarantee our living one more day.
Treat every breath as the last, every heart beat, every moonrise, and
every smile.
For who can say they won't be... Ride the Wind's, and where ever they
take you, make it better, that is the way of the warrior.

"Jean B." > wrote in
:

>>
>> So now..... there they sit. I just walk around them, and clean around
>> them. I'm not going to move them, and I'm not going to say anything
>> about them. They'll just sit there till she's ready to finally let
>> go.
>>
>>
> That's sad. You are wise and caring to approach it this way.
>


Thanks........ it's been a long time since anyone said I was 'wise and
caring' :-)


For the '1st anniversary', I'm taking her out of town to spend 15 days
in Tasmania exploring the wilderness, the sea, the restaurants, and the
bars.


Hopefully I'll keep her busy enough to take her mind off things. I doubt
it though. But between abseiling through the pristine forest, exploring
backwater streams for rainbow trout, eating wood-fired pizza at the
Welcome Hotel, walking 400m out into the Bass Strait (at low tide!!) to
harvest *huge* oysters from an offshore rocky outcrop...... and just
generally driving around so she can see again what a beautiful place it
is........... maybe that'll dull the pain.

I know it won't...... but I'll still try :-)


--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia


Life is a walk of death. Each day we walk hand in hand with death, and
nothing can guarantee our living one more day.
Treat every breath as the last, every heart beat, every moonrise, and
every smile.
For who can say they won't be... Ride the Wind's, and where ever they
take you, make it better, that is the way of the warrior.

PeterLucas wrote:
> Over here, they call them "Heritage Houses" ....... they're worth a
> veritable fortune, but you can't update/modify anything without the
> Heritage Councils approval.
>
> Screw that!!!

I actually wouldn't mind that. Unfortunately, here that tends to
pertain more to the exterior.
>
>> And I want a fireplace with Dutch/beehive ovens in it.... Big
>> enough to eat in, anyway.
>>
>
>
> What's that old Pommy woodfired stove ........ Angus??... Agar???
>
> Jamie Oliver uses one one his recent shows.

Aga? (I don't know about Oliver, because I don't watch TV.) I
don't want one. I MIGHT get a refurbished old stove, I'm not sure
which era I would try for though. I LOVE the really old ones, but
then I think of the double-oven one we had when I was a kid.

--
Jean B.

PeterLucas wrote:
> Thanks........ it's been a long time since anyone said I was 'wise and
> caring' :-)
>
>
> For the '1st anniversary', I'm taking her out of town to spend 15 days
> in Tasmania exploring the wilderness, the sea, the restaurants, and the
> bars.
>
>
> Hopefully I'll keep her busy enough to take her mind off things. I doubt
> it though. But between abseiling through the pristine forest, exploring
> backwater streams for rainbow trout, eating wood-fired pizza at the
> Welcome Hotel, walking 400m out into the Bass Strait (at low tide!!) to
> harvest *huge* oysters from an offshore rocky outcrop...... and just
> generally driving around so she can see again what a beautiful place it
> is........... maybe that'll dull the pain.
>
> I know it won't...... but I'll still try :-)
>
>
That's lovely. Your SO is lucky to have you.

--
Jean B.

"Jean B." > wrote in
:

> PeterLucas wrote:
>> Thanks........ it's been a long time since anyone said I was 'wise
>> and caring' :-)
>>
>>
>> For the '1st anniversary', I'm taking her out of town to spend 15
>> days in Tasmania exploring the wilderness, the sea, the restaurants,
>> and the bars.
>>
>>
>> Hopefully I'll keep her busy enough to take her mind off things. I
>> doubt it though. But between abseiling through the pristine forest,
>> exploring backwater streams for rainbow trout, eating wood-fired
>> pizza at the Welcome Hotel, walking 400m out into the Bass Strait (at
>> low tide!!) to harvest *huge* oysters from an offshore rocky
>> outcrop...... and just generally driving around so she can see again
>> what a beautiful place it is........... maybe that'll dull the pain.
>>
>> I know it won't...... but I'll still try :-)
>>
>>
> That's lovely. Your SO is lucky to have you.
>



Actually...... I'm damn lucky to have her.

She's my 'handbrake', my sounding post, my 24/7 thesaurus, my medic, my
driver when I need to have a few drinks, my carer when I'm laid up, my best
food critic who *always* says "That was bloody wonderful!!".... and the
keeper of all my secrets.

16 years and going strong.

One day I'll marry that girl :-)

--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia


"Thirty seven years ago, a Quarter Master, nearly knocked me over as he
thrust an L1A1 SLR into my hands and bellowed, "Keep that Rifle in Tip Top
Order so you can Kill your Countries Enemies with it before they Kill You.
These days, I do not have to visit exotic overseas countries as my
Countries Enemies are seen wallowing around our seats of government, they
guzzle and cavort at the Public trough so deeply they make Caligula and
Nero look like Church choir boys."


Mr Ron Owen, 2000, in a letter to then Premier Olsen.

Lou Decruss wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:30:51 -0400, "Nancy Young" >
> wrote:

>> Once. The window part of my birdfeeder was chewed
>> through by squirrels so I thought, replace it with glass,
>> there's some in the garage. Until that day I didn't realize
>> it wasn't window glass, but nice thick shelving glass.

> How did you cut it? It sounds like 1/4" plate which is usually
> tempered and I didn't think it could be cut.

1/4" sounds about right, with polished, rounded edges with
a greenish appearance from an angle. I scored it with a little
glass cutting tool I somehow managed to find in my toolbox.
It wasn't as easy, of course, being thicker than usual, but it
broke where I wanted it to. Didn't shatter into all smooth
pieces, so I don't know if it's tempered or what.

> It's amazing how much stuff we can collect. Even the condiments in
> the fridge can get out of control. <---OB food.

Heh.

> When we moved last
> summer we used 3-10 yard dumpsters. We made countless trips to donate
> stuff to our favorite charity resale store after we had 2 garage
> sales. We still have stuff to fill up 2 homes and have a basement
> filled with stuff we're digging through.

I remember you going through that. Big job, and not done yet, yikes.

nancy

Lou Decruss wrote:

> On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:46:23 -0700, Blinky the Shark
> > wrote:
>
> >Lou Decruss wrote:
>
> >>>Sharks replenish teeth for their whole lives.
> >>
> >> To bad Walmart employees and shoppers can't do that.
> >
> >Q: What's got 150 legs and 107 teeth?
> >
> >A: The first row at the Garth Brooks concert.
>
> My kid had to work a Kenny Chesney concert last weekend. He said he'd
> never seen so many drunks and fights in one place.


Sounds like the upcoming *** Pride weekend here in Chicawgo, lol...

I have a chef friend who used to work for a caterer who did the food for
some of the performers at the Tweeter Center down south of Chicago. She
said the very worst of the trashiest trash usually showed up for Jimmy
Buffet concerts...


--
Best
Greg

" I find Greg Morrow lowbrow, witless, and obnoxious. For him to claim that
we are some
kind of comedy team turns my stomach."
- "cybercat" to me on rec.food.cooking

Michael "Dog3" wrote:

> PeterLucas >
> .25: in rec.food.cooking
>
> > 'Arsehole' is the term we use here in Oz.
>
> You need to stop looking in the mirror.


<chuckle>

--
Best
Greg

On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:18:11 -0700 (PDT), Sheldon >
wrote:

>On Jun 24, 9:26?pm, PeterLucas > wrote:
>> Wayne Boatwright > wrote . 186.120:
>>
>> > We're having southern fried chicken, which I will then put in a baking
>> > dish, drizzle with honey, and bake slowly for a while. ?Along with
>> > that will be blackeyed pea salad, sliced tomatoes and cucumberes, and
>> > southern style cornbread.
>>
>> How do you 'southern fry' a chook, and then bake it slowly with honey?
>
>Easy, a few hits on the crack pipe and dream.


You are a seriously sick man, Sheldon- often you post intelligent
and perceptive messages, more often you degenerate into name-calling
and blind accusations- do you hate Boatwright because he is an
admitted homosexual, or what??
I've always found Boatwright's posts to be informative, intelligent,
and without rancour. I couldn't give a shit about his sexual
orientation- I can't let your asinine comment about crack-pipes get
away unchallenged. Given the tone of your posts to this group I
seriously suspect thst YOU are the one addicted to the crack-pipe-
a classic symptom of addiction are moodswings (typified by your
posts). Do you have a job Sheldon or are you just another one of the
usenet losers who have no life, no friends and are using your usenet
addiction to stave off the day when you will finally commit suicide??

Better see a doctor, man, preferably a psychiatrist.

On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:43:39 -0400, "Nancy Young" >
wrote:

>Lou Decruss wrote:
>> On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:30:51 -0400, "Nancy Young" >
>> wrote:
>
>>> Once. The window part of my birdfeeder was chewed
>>> through by squirrels so I thought, replace it with glass,
>>> there's some in the garage. Until that day I didn't realize
>>> it wasn't window glass, but nice thick shelving glass.
>
>> How did you cut it? It sounds like 1/4" plate which is usually
>> tempered and I didn't think it could be cut.
>
>1/4" sounds about right, with polished, rounded edges with
>a greenish appearance from an angle. I scored it with a little
>glass cutting tool I somehow managed to find in my toolbox.
>It wasn't as easy, of course, being thicker than usual, but it
>broke where I wanted it to. Didn't shatter into all smooth
>pieces, so I don't know if it's tempered or what.

I was curious so I googled. You don't have tempered. It can't be cut.
>
>> It's amazing how much stuff we can collect. Even the condiments in
>> the fridge can get out of control. <---OB food.
>
>Heh.
>
>> When we moved last
>> summer we used 3-10 yard dumpsters. We made countless trips to donate
>> stuff to our favorite charity resale store after we had 2 garage
>> sales. We still have stuff to fill up 2 homes and have a basement
>> filled with stuff we're digging through.
>
>I remember you going through that. Big job, and not done yet, yikes.

It's certainly done enough for us to live, but things keep
reproducing. <g> I lost a tub that had a bamboo steamer and a deep
fryer in it. It showed up 8 or 9 months after we moved. Believe me,
we're not lazy pigs, we just have too much space for things to collect
in. We've got one bedroom with ceiling high shelving units on 3
walls. The other wall has the desk and files. Everything on the
shelves is for sale and will go on eBay in the fall. We both took 5
months off last year after we moved and didn't have to use any
savings.

Lou

On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:12:25 -0500, "Gregory Morrow"
> wrote:

>
>Lou Decruss wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:46:23 -0700, Blinky the Shark
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >Lou Decruss wrote:
>>
>> >>>Sharks replenish teeth for their whole lives.
>> >>
>> >> To bad Walmart employees and shoppers can't do that.
>> >
>> >Q: What's got 150 legs and 107 teeth?
>> >
>> >A: The first row at the Garth Brooks concert.
>>
>> My kid had to work a Kenny Chesney concert last weekend. He said he'd
>> never seen so many drunks and fights in one place.
>
>
>Sounds like the upcoming *** Pride weekend here in Chicawgo, lol...
>
>I have a chef friend who used to work for a caterer who did the food for
>some of the performers at the Tweeter Center down south of Chicago. She
>said the very worst of the trashiest trash usually showed up for Jimmy
>Buffet concerts...

I have a brother who's a biker. He and all his friends are the old
world biker mentality, and of course they all love Buffet. A few
years ago they loaded up two huge motor homes and headed up to the
race track in lake Delavan for a Buffet concert. There was a ticket
for me but I knew better. I was told there was a line to get to the
front of the different levels so the guys could pee over the railings
on the people below. The chicks just squatted wherever they were.
I'm laughing hard just thinking about it, but I'm glad I missed all
that fun.

Lou

Nancy Young wrote:

> Last year I got new windows, and they needed to be able to deliver 15 of
> them to my garage. *That* was motivation.
> It was a disaster in there, not one of my making, I don't
> even go in there. Just stuff had piled up over the years, and
> garbage collectors don't just take anything. A broken water
> heater, what am I supposed to do with that? Strap it to the
> top of my Acura? Paint cans, there were paint cans left by the previous
> owners. I moved here in 1985. Get the picture?
> That I could fix, one big trip to hazardous waste. It was a big
> effort.
>
1-800-GotJunk

http://www.1800gotjunk.com/us_en/

I love these guys. Seriously.

On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:52:12 GMT, "Michael \"Dog3\"" >
wrote:

>Lou Decruss >
: in rec.food.cooking
>
>> Looks that way. But you guys know I'm just messin with ya.
>
>Of course You want a cat?

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!

>I know a couple of Showshoe cats that are
>lookinb for a good home. Preferably in a house where someone cooks.

I actually both dogs and cats, but they won't fit in our current
lifestyle. Someday I'd like to get another German Shepherd. Just not
now. I'd want to train it from a puppy and that ain't gonna work at
the time.

Lou

On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:54:54 +0000 (UTC), PeterLucas
> wrote:

>"Jean B." > wrote in
:
>
>>>
>>> So now..... there they sit. I just walk around them, and clean around
>>> them. I'm not going to move them, and I'm not going to say anything
>>> about them. They'll just sit there till she's ready to finally let
>>> go.
>>>
>>>
>> That's sad. You are wise and caring to approach it this way.
>>
>
>
>Thanks........ it's been a long time since anyone said I was 'wise and
>caring' :-)
>
>

i wonder why that would be?

blake