Soooooo......

[JWBear]

I got so cold last night that we almost turned the heat on; and today I hit some rain on the way to work - in August....

But global climate change is a myth. Not happening. Nope...

[Ghoulish Delight]

I got so cold last night that we almost turned the heat on; and today I hit some rain on the way to work - in August....

But global climate change is a myth. Not happening. Nope...The record low temperature in Long Beach for this time of year happened in 1962.

Saying that one cool day in August is evidence of global climate change is like saying that getting two heads in a row while flipping a coin is evidence that there's a grand conspiracy by the US mint to make coins that favor landing on heads. By your logic, had this been a perfectly average summer, every single day, that would be enough to disprove global climate change.

It isn't.

[innerSpaceman]

It's anecdotal for sure, but - at least here in West L.A., having a week of June Gloom in August is not the normal pattern that existed for the first 25 years I lived here. Oh, and that June Gloom that was around in June for those 25 years? Gone.

The local climate IS changing - I'm not saying that's due to Global Climate Change - but since all sorts of local climate changes are predicted by the world's best climate scientists, why should I presume the obvious local changes are not part of that?

[Alex]

It was 3 degrees colder last year on the same date, according to Weather Underground.

It was only 3 degrees under the low for the date over the last 69 years (as far back as their almanac goes).

It's hard to see what trend in climate change last night's temperature would support (Long Beach low temperatures for August 10 since 1943):

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6207/6029761752_40ef63c280_b.jpg

[Ghoulish Delight]

Alex, where do you get your historical weather data? I can never find a good source.

[Alex]

At Weather Underground look up the location you want. Here's Long Beach:

http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=long+beach%2C+ca (http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=long+beach%2C+ca)

Scroll about halfway down and you'll fine a History & Almanac section (right under the radar image). Pick a date and play from there. Unfortunatley doesn't really have tools for comparing over time (I took ten minutes and hit the individual searches for each August 10 since '43). The history page also lists the sunrise, sunset, and moon phase for the date as well.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Okay. I've used Weather Underground before, but like you said it lacks a lot of filtering/searching/sorting options that would make things easier.

[Ghoulish Delight]

(I'm at a standstill at work today until someone else fixes an issue)

Putting aside the larger point that 25 years worth of local weather data is not a basis for conclusions about climate change, let's look at your 25 year claim. Culver city, the last 25 years, August 10 highs and lows.

1645

If there's ANY trend to be gleaned from that, it's that any cooling you may perceive seems to be a correction back towards the mean after a slight rise.

Of course, none of this proves there ISN'T climate change happening. But it certainly doesn't prove there IS.

Trying to shove local weather data in the face of climate change deniers is pointless, because they can just as easily shove opposing local weather date right back at you because local weather data is NOT the data that indicates anything either way when talking climate change.

[innerSpaceman]

Well, I'm not really talking about lower temperatures. Even during the sunny days here, the temperatures have SEEMED TO ME lower in July and August than they did during high summer of the 20th Century years. While gloomy skies do equal lower temperatures, it's the gloom that's more noticeably odd for August, not merely the lower temperatures that have characterized this entire summer here.

All anecdotal. I don't really care if this or that particular symptom is a one of man-made global warming, natural climate changes, or faulty human perception. I believe that climate change is happening because science says it is. And I put any local changes into the "maybe" category.

Whichever, I don't like anything that makes other places more crappy to live and Southern California more wonderful. Lower summer temperatures here and drought/heat waves everywhere else does just that, and we don't need 70 million more people moving here in the next 10 years over the 475 million already projected.*





* completely made-up, hyperbolic numbers.

[JWBear]

It's amazing... Someone could post something like "the Earth is larger than the Moon", and certain persons here would rush right in to tell them they are wrong - with charts and links and fancy doodles. You can stop waiving your dicks around guys; I'm not competeing with you for the title of "Smartest, Hippest, Most manly Man of LoT".

And people wonder why participation on this board is dropping...

[Moonliner]

It's amazing... Someone could post something like "the Earth is larger than the Moon", and certain persons here would rush right in to tell them they are wrong - with charts and links and fancy doodles. You can stop waiving your dicks around guys; I'm not competeing with you for the title of "Smartest, Hippest, Most manly Man of LoT".

And people wonder why participation on this board is dropping...

I take issue with your central thesis. Pretty much since day one, people have jumped in with charts links and fancy doodles in response to just about everything. It's part of it's charm.

What fun is it to just comment with the obvious "You can't judge global climate change based on observation of local weather".

Now if you will excuse me, I have to spend the next few hours generating a graph of LoT participation over time.

[€uroMeinke]

I attribute that to Facebook and other competing social networks that make message boards obsolete. Like all things LoT too will come to an end some day, but think the internet's supply of dicks and whiners to be endless.

[Ghoulish Delight]

It's amazing... Someone could post something like "the Earth is larger than the Moon", If someone posted, "The moon looked bigger in the sky today, therefore it's going to crash into the earth any day now," I'd say something about it.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Better yet, what would your response be if someone posted, 'Wow, it was 3 degrees colder than average yesterday. In AUGUST! But global warming is real. Totally happening. Yep..."?

[Alex]

Yeah, if you'd said that, it would be amazing that we did that. You didn't.

You said, I was at Disneyland today and the crowds seemed small, this is evidence that people aren't going to amusement parks any more.

Yes, we'd probably tell you you were wrong about that too, especially if a look at the number indicated that it wasn't in face an unusually light crowd at Disneyland that day.

But I'm sorry that when you post to a message board people actually converse instead of just giving you thumbs up and a "nice one!"

I have no doubt that the earth is warming and climate is changing but the fact that it was cold last night (though not unusually so) has nothing to do with it.

[ETA: This post written having missed that the last four posts existed.]

[Not Afraid]

What if I said I was also in Long Beach last night and I was so hot I slept outside of the covers and didn't wear socks? Where's the graph about my sock-wearing habits?

[Alex]

Got the data? I can graph my no covers/no socks sleeping easy enough.

Is it warmer than 55? Then I'm sleeping above the bedding (and in an unnecessary image: I don't wear clothes to sleep at any temp).

[RStar]

Ok, I have THAT image burned in my brain now! Thanks!!

Global warming doesn't mean that every place in the world will be hotter. It means that the the few degrees warmer of the whole earth's atmosphere will change our weather patterns. Some places will be drier, some wetter, some warmer, some colder, and sea levels will rise and their flow patters may change (as in the movie Day After Tommorrow, but not as dramatic and sudden). Not that this is particularly important in this part of the conversation, but I thought I'd throw it out there.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Maybe that's why Facebook is so popular. You either "like" something, or you don't.

[Prudence]

I must be acclimating. I already heave a sigh at the tourists clogging up the metro.

[Moonliner]

I must be acclimating. I already heave a sigh at the tourists clogging up the metro.

Heh, that's LOL funny but I'm guessing you don't know why just yet. But you will, oh yes you will indeed. :)

[Kevy Baby]

I must be acclimating. I already heave a sigh at the tourists clogging up the metro.Suddenly I have a Berlin song running through my head.

[Kevy Baby]

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[Alex]

Yesterday's Headline:

Dow Jones closes down 400 points from 24 hours earlier.

Equally true alternative headlines:

Dow Jones closes up 100 points from 26 hours earlier.

Dow Jones's close yesterday is a 3% return over the last calendar year.

Dow Jones's close yesterday is a 17% total return over the last two years.

Dow Jones's close yesterday is a 6% total loss over the last three years.

Dow Jones's close yesterday is a 1% total loss over the last five years.

Dow Jones's close yesterday is a 7% total return over the last ten years.

Dow Jones's close yesterday is a 96% total return over the last 15 years.

Dow Jones's close yesterday is a 260% total return over the last 20 years.

Dow Jones's close yesterday is a 1130% total return over the last 30 years.

Working in the industry I do, I am surrouned by people who all are smart enough to know they're investing for the long run and then are stupid enough to spend all their time talking about the short run.

Yes, there are relatively small groups of people for whom intra-day and even intra-picosecond changes in the market are important. But for the vast majority of us, intra-year changes in the market should hardly be worth our attention.

(This is not me saying one SHOULD be invested in the market, just that for most of us once in, there's no value in watching the stock price every day.) And that those who do have reason to care about such short term movements, they really need to remember that they're the exception not the rule.

Stop reporting as value what is actually volatility.

[katiesue]

Maddie passed her written test. So now once she has her first behind the wheel lesson on Wednesday she can drive with an adult over 25. Woo hoo!

[Betty]

We are there with Amy right now KatieSue. She's about 2 months in. The first time I drove with her I thought I was going to pass out from stress. She did great and I was so nervous!

Pay attention to your auto insurance. If you're in CA anyway, you have to add her but they can't increase your insurance until they get their real license. If you have a renewal during the time she has her permit, they will raise the rate prematurely!

It was quite the eye opener though as it's going to DOUBLE our auto insurance. Yep - told her to get a job... she doesn't have one yet but she's already complaining that the cost of gas and auto insurance is going to take up all the money from her job and she won't have any left for fun stuff.

Welcome to the real world dear. THIS is what I've been trying to tell you for years when we talked about your education and what you wanted to do with your life.

[katiesue]

We have the added insurance issue of having two households. And hers will be a lot more on mine as I have a newer car. Her Dad claims (he makes a lot of large claims that never come true) that he's going to buy her a car so then that would be where we put the insurance. But I'm not seeing that really happening.

[BarTopDancer]

My parents took out $1mil umbrella policy when I got my license... just in case.

[katiesue]

I need to look into that BTD. It looks as if we'll have to double insure her. Frack.

[Alex]

Poor Phone Interaction for the Day

Get a call on my cell. Not a number I recognize but it is within the area code so I answer.

Me: Hello?

Him: <mumble mumble mumble>

Me: I'm sorry?

Him: Something Audi of Oakland

Me: Audi of Oakland? Ok...how can I help you?

Him: <noting the confusion in my voice> Have I reached the right person?

Me: How would I know, you dialed the phone. Who are you hoping to reach?

Him: Do you own an Audi Hydramonster Jimmidybobber?

Me: No, what number were you trying?

Him: <a string of numbers that has nothing in common with my phone other than the area code>


Really, I remain amazed by the number of people who, then the phone is answered by an unexpected person, simply demand to know who has answered.

Reminds me of when I was a kid, I had a friend who whenever he called and someone other than me answered the phone would start by saying "Who's this?" My mom, after the first time she told him that's not how it worked, just hung up on him after that.

[katiesue]

One of my co-workers will occasionally mis-dial, realize it immediately and hang up. I had one guy call back, the caller ID sends you to the main line, and demand to know who had phoned him and why. I apologized and explained that it was a mis-dial but he was having none of that. He wanted names and reasons.

[Capt Jack]

I had one a-hole call me not long ago. I answer and he starts off yelling with "who the hell is this? wheres Victoria?"

my answer was "um...Canada?"

oddly enough, he didnt call back

[katiesue]

When I was a kid our number was close to Arctic Circles. My Dad got tired of explaining so he'd just take their order.

[Snowflake]

When I was a kid our number was close to Arctic Circles. My Dad got tired of explaining so he'd just take their order.

Brilliant! :snap:

[Alex]

You could place take out orders at Arctic Circle? (And I haven't been to an Arctic Circle since I was about 10, I wonder if the one on Fourth Plain and Andresen in Vancouver is still there).

[Not Afraid]

I think you need a penis to go to Harbor Freight. I broke that law today. It wasn't very fun.

[katiesue]

You could place take out orders at Arctic Circle? (And I haven't been to an Arctic Circle since I was about 10, I wonder if the one on Fourth Plain and Andresen in Vancouver is still there).

Apparently you could cause people would call. Not every day but fairly often. Ours is gone now it's a Papa Johns Pizza - I think it's been gone since the late 80's.

[cirquelover]

There is still an Arctic Circle in Salem and Newport. I have'nt been to Vancouver lately to know if it's still there.

I received a call from Escondido the other day and the lady wouldn't believe that I wasn't her relative. She kept asking why i sounded funny and what was wrong. Ummm probably because I don't know you lady! I gave up and hung up.

[Capt Jack]

I think you need a penis to go to Harbor Freight. I broke that law today. It wasn't very fun.

WHAT? :eek: HF is THE Mecca of all things tool oriented!

I love it and cant go in there and not wander every single square foot of it in detail...

[Alex]

psst...look down.

[katiesue]

VAM

[CoasterMatt]

Harbor Freight is awesome - and it's conveniently located next door to the PetSmart my wife works in :)

[Capt Jack]

psst...look down.

touche'

[Not Afraid]

Next time, I'm going with CJ.

[Kevy Baby]

It was quite the eye opener though as it's going to DOUBLE our auto insurance.Be glad she doesn't have a penis; your insurance would have probably tripled.

And speaking of penises:

I think you need a penis to go to Harbor Freight. I broke that law today. It wasn't very fun.

WHAT? :eek: HF is THE Mecca of all things tool oriented!

I love it and cant go in there and not wander every single square foot of it in detail...I have a different view of HFT; my experiences have been that most of their tools are crappy Chinese ripoffs. But then I haven't been inside one in years.

[Capt Jack]

no...youre right. a vast majority of them arent what I would consider high end "lasts a lifetime" tools. but there are some decently priced throw away tools there that will usually suffice for as long as I need them at a price that I wont feel terrible about when it breaks.

that and open end wrenches and sockets. I have long history of losing those constantly. usually anything 7/16 and 9/16. never really understood why.

[RStar]

I think you need a penis to go to Harbor Freight. I broke that law today. It wasn't very fun.

I broke my penis in the harbor on some freight once. That wasn't very fun either...

[Alex]

I'm working with a new PM on a project and every single time she announces herself on a call it is with her full name including middle initial. Like Mary S. Smith.

Trying to decide if that middle initial is real important to her and I should use it when introducing her. And I can't think of a way to ask without it sounding like "is there a reason you sound like a pretentious ass?"

[Chernabog]

^^ Just don't get in the habit of calling her Jesus H. Christ behind her back, or it might get back to her. ;)

[Alex]

I often joke that I'm a typical guy in that there are only eight colors and women are being silly when they pretend there are more. Which is of course exaggeration. I know there are more colors, I just mean that I don't see any real value in naming each possible variation in wavelength.

So it isn't that when someone says "chartreuse" I don't know what it means, it is just that in my head I replace it with "on the yellow side of green."

Anyway, I had reason to be looking at the Crayola page listing all 135 colors (http://www.crayola.com/colorcensus/history/chronology.cfm) they've ever officially had (some are different names for the same thing, there are currently 120 colors) and I realized that there were quite a few I can't even begin to guess in what area of a color wheel they'd fall:

Beaver - Some kind of brown. Possibly pink.
Bittersweet - The color of melancholia.
Blizzard Blue - I assume this is actually a blue color. But maybe just white? Like Blizzard Orange would be?
Cerise - Pink, the color of dead lambs.
Cotton Candy - Standard cotton candy colors: pink, blue, white.
Inch Worm - At least where I grew up, inch worms came in several different colors (and level of hairiness).
Jazzberry Jam - I hope "jazzberry" isn't a real thing.
Outer Space - Well, I assume this is black, but I have no idea how it might differ from the black that already exists.
Periwinkle - Periwikles are little river slugs that create a crusty coat of river gravel. We used them as bait when fishing as a kid.
Razzmatazz - I assume this is what you get when you juice a jazzberry.
Timber Wolf - The color of Kevin Garnett?

ETA: And just looking it up I learn (or, more likley, relearn) that what we called periwinkles are the larval stage of caddisflies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichoptera#Development). And that in other parts of the country periwinkles are a type snail. Still don't know what color I'd call them.

[Alex]

Oh, and if I'm wrong about what chartreuse is, don't correct me. Because I won't remember. I'm a manly man, there are only eight colors.

[Kevy Baby]

I often joke that I'm a typical guy in that there are only eight colors and women are being silly when they pretend there are more. Which is of course exaggeration. I know there are more colors, I just mean that I don't see any real value in naming each possible variation in wavelength.Of course naming colors is silly when there is an accurate, quantifiable numbering system known as the Pantone Matching System (http://www.cal-print.com/InkColorChart.htm) with the unfortunate acronym).

[JWBear]

"Is it grape, or is it aubergine?"

[Kevy Baby]

"Is it grape, or is it aubergine?"PMS 266

[katiesue]

Periwinkle is my favorite crayola color :)

[Not Afraid]

As someone who loves color (and color names) I will translate for you:


Beaver - A dusky deep brown with a hint of grey
Bittersweet - A deep, rich, dark brown.
Blizzard Blue - A pale icy blue - think of the blue ice of a glacier
Cerise - A deep, reddish pink (this is an actual color name akin in it's obscurity as Cerulean is to blue)http://tightjacket.com/images/gallery/90_Cerise.jpg
http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/indiv/i/105paintedSwatch/ceruleanblue.jpg
Cotton Candy - Cotton Candy is pink, you fool.
Inch Worm - I would guess a deep lime green with a hint of yellow
Jazzberry Jam - Even I can't figure out what this is - maybe deep reddish purple?
Outer Space - I would asume it is black with specks of metallic white mixed in
Periwinkle - No, a Periwinkle is an English flower that is a medium hued blue with a hint of purple. This is a pretty common color name.
http://www.altnature.com/Herbs2003/images/periwinkle9061md.jpg
Razzmatazz - Who knows. The color-namers were on drugs that day.
Timber Wolf - a medium grey-brown

Hope that helped.

[Kevy Baby]

And I can almost guaranteee that each person looking at these samples on their computer is seeing each color just a little differently than everyone else.

[BarTopDancer]

Periwinkle is my favorite crayola color :)

The color Macaroni and Cheese always makes me giggle and then want some Mac and Cheese.

[JWBear]

Cerise is the shade of red Jackie and her decorator used in the Red Room of the White House when she redecorated in 1961. Stunning color.

[RStar]

Cerise is the shade of red Jackie...... Stunning color.

Cerise shall now be known as Red Jackie. :D

[Morrigoon]

Wasn't cerise supposed to be the "in" color this year? I thought I read that somewhere...

[Alex]

If the garish purple (red side of purple, or purple side of red) I see above for cerise is accurate, I think I would have to assassinate the president if I were married to him/her just to never have to see such a room again.

[JWBear]

Not to worry. Nixon had the cerise ripped out and replaced with a dull boring red. (Most of Jackie's tastefull and elegant decor was re-done under Nixon for no other reason than he hated the Kennedys - That and he wanted something more "imperial".)

[Prudence]

Red Jackie! I knew they were communists!

[lashbear]

Our old local Dance Hall was decorated in a shade called "Shid Cerise"

[mousepod]

Seems I have an extra guest pass for D23 on Saturday. Anyone wanna go with me?

[JWBear]

I went to lunch at the little coffee shop by our house that we like. While I was eating, two women were seated at the table next to me. They started complaining to each other that there were "foreign" dishes on the menu.

"What the heck is TAL-ah-pee-ah, anyway?"

Then they asked the waitress that to "turn off that noise" (classic rock) and "change it to a nice Christian or country station."

I think they were in the wrong part of town.

[Alex]

Well, I'm still amazed that tilapia has suddenly in popularity here. I still think of it is as a dirty little fish advocated for aquaculture because it is hardy enough to survive in water you really don't want to be eating fish out of.

[Moonliner]

Then they asked the waitress that to "turn off that noise" (classic rock) and "change it to a nice Christian or country station."



Did she?

[JWBear]

No. She talked to the owner, but he just shook his head and walked away.

[Morrigoon]

Seems I have an extra guest pass for D23 on Saturday. Anyone wanna go with me?

Oh man, I wish I could take you up on that! Already have Bowl tix though. Guess I can't complain ;)

[CoasterMatt]

I'd like to check out D23 I guess.

[lashbear]

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Hellmans / Best Foods Real Mayonnaise. Me likee.

Actually, I have discovered that both Hellmans and Best Foods are represented on the Aussie shelves now, and so, after a quick round of taste-testing, it was unanimously decided by Stoat & Bear that Best Foods version has the best colour, and taste. There is quite a discernible difference in them.

Our Hellmans was made in ??? (Oops, I threw out the label)
Our Best Foods was made in Canada.

Sooooo....., who prefers which?

[Stan4dSteph]

Seems I have an extra guest pass for D23 on Saturday. Anyone wanna go with me?You can check your electronics at the MousePlanet booth if you are attending any that forbid cameras/cell phones etc. Have fun!

[Alex]

So.....while in everday life I'm a mild-mannered pain in the ass, I'd just like to throw it out there that at work I'm a rock star.

Was given a project a couple weeks ago for some complex new functionality. Was given crappy requirements and told to do some comp lofi designs for an executive review.

So I do it. And present it today. And during the presentation someone pipes up with "hey, we did several iterations of design, usability testing, and focus groups last year on this."

****, says I. So on the fly we start comparing the results of that with mine. Other than being lofis, my design almost exactly matches what they spent $25k coming up with last year.

Just had to say it somewhere since from here on out people will just assume I was working from last year's product.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Sorry Bear, no opinion on mayo.

I was productive today. Feels good.

[Prudence]

No mayo - Miracle Whip. The condiment all the best people prefer.

[Snowflake]

No mayo - Miracle Whip. The condiment all the best people prefer.

Ooh, I guess I'm not the best people. Miracle Whip is icky, too sweet.

I'll take Best Foods second only to homemade mayo (which is the best by far).

[Alex]

My first wife came from a Miracle Whip family and I actually came to like it, but I haven't had it since then.

Never had Hellman's and Best Foods close enough in time to have a relative opinion.

[Betty]

My old Mr. Coffee machine has been acting up - not draining right with some ground overflow the last couple of times I made coffee. Then I dropped the pepper grinder on the glass pot and broke it.

Today I made the grand investment of $16 and bought a new Mr. Coffee machine.

I looked at the single serving pod type ones briefly. Is the coffee really that much better for $120?

[Ghoulish Delight]

I looked at the single serving pod type ones briefly. Is the coffee really that much better for $120?
Better? No. Faster and convenienter enough? Possibly. Not high on my list of frivolous niceties to spend $ on, but definitely on the list somewhere.

[cirquelover]

So.....the boys are in Seattle at a Dead Mau5 show and what am I doing...sitting at LoT. Of course I'm here by myself too. It's going to be a lonely evening.

[BarTopDancer]

Mayo! Miracle Whip tastes like smelly armpits smell.

[Not Afraid]

Mayo is gross.

[katiesue]

I'm with NA Mayo is gross.

And I have a pod coffee machine. Which I love. I don't make coffee daily, usually just on weekends if that. So buying a pound of coffee it will go stale before I ever use it up. Besides you can get all different kinds and switch it up. Plus what I didn't know when I got it is you can get a reusable filter and use your own coffee or tea in it.

It even makes iced tea.

[cirquelover]

I prefer Best Foods but that's cause I'm a West coast girl. My Mom loves the Miracle Whip but I haven't had to eat it in years!

So like I said I'm bored so i went and picked blackberries across the road from Walmart. I am baking a yummy blackberry pie now!

[CoasterMatt]

I sprained my ankle this morning.

Tonight, I'm alone with the cats and my painkillers.

[lashbear]

Pie ! I'll have some. With Mayo ;)
Hell, I'm so fat, I'd put Mayonnaise on an Aspirin. (...with apologies to Joan Rivers...)

[lashbear]

Tonight, I'm alone with the cats and my painkillers.

Put some Mayo on them!! (The Painkillers, not the cats)

[Morrigoon]

Best Foods

[€uroMeinke]

Mustard no mayo

[lashbear]

That sounded Japanese. :D

[Morrigoon]

"Musuta no mayo desu ka."

[JWBear]

Tonight, I'm alone with the cats and my painkillers.

If I were the cats I'd very very afraid.

[Not Afraid]

I don't want a pod coffee maker for the house, but I'm starting to require that all houses I do overnights have one.

[Betty]

Blackberry pie?! I want some!

[CoasterMatt]

I painted the kitchen tonight... well, part of it. Next phase is coming soon.

[blueerica]

I looked at the single serving pod type ones briefly. Is the coffee really that much better for $120?

Nope.

But this model (http://www.keurig.com/brewers/special-edition-brewing-system) was worth the ~$75 or so we plunked down sometime between Christmas and Thanksgiving. (If I recall correctly, the stars aligned and we it was priced at around $90 and we had a 20% off Bed Bath and Beyond coupon).

Better? No. Faster and convenienter enough? Possibly. Not high on my list of frivolous niceties to spend $ on, but definitely on the list somewhere.

Jason can't do coffee (he likes it, but his stomach doesn't), and at the time I was tired of doing tiny presses in my press pot, considering that on the weekends I like about one cup of coffee. He does enjoy some of the other pods they offer, such as the apple cider and hot teas.

That said, I'm not sure I would have paid a cent more than what I did, and there are times (yesterday was a perfect example) where I realize that I should have just gotten a bigger press pot and an instant hot water pot thingie (I don't like to wait for my hot water). In the meanwhile, it's a nicety that gets used often enough.

[Alex]

I'm confused? You're all actually talking about coffee? This isn't a euphemism for sex or watching cute kitten videos on YouTube or something?

Because if coffee is the real subject then no, it's never worth it. Because it's coffee and that ****'s vile.

[cirquelover]

Blackberry pie?! I want some!

It turned out wonderful and I used the convection part of my oven for the first time.

If you were closer I would invite you over for a slice.

[Betty]

If you were closer, I'd take you up on it! I love blackberries. My grandparents used to live in an area that they grew wild all over. I'd go out horseback riding and come back with my fingers stained purple from snacking while I was out.

How do you like the oven?

[lashbear]

I'm confused? You're all actually talking about coffee? This isn't a euphemism for sex or watching cute kitten videos on YouTube or something?

Because if coffee is the real subject then no, it's never worth it. Because it's coffee and that ****'s vile.

My friend up in Newcastle has a partner who refers to coffee as WMD.

[katiesue]

Sitting on my patio randomly humming "I'm on the top of the World" by the Carpenters. Which I'm not but it is a lovely evening out.

[RStar]

Wow.

True Blood.

Wow.

[cirquelover]

If you were closer, I'd take you up on it! I love blackberries. My grandparents used to live in an area that they grew wild all over. I'd go out horseback riding and come back with my fingers stained purple from snacking while I was out.

How do you like the oven?

I will have to play more with the convection part of the oven. It works great for pie but not with anything greasy, the fan blows the grease around the oven! I think I'll have to try a cake or something next.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Ouch.

Sunburn.

D'oh.

[lashbear]

Not topless sunbathing, I hope?

[Betty]

Wow.

True Blood.

Wow.

:D

[alphabassettgrrl]

Topless? Oh, heavens, no. :)

Five hours at the airshow watching planes fly by the runway. And forgetting sunscreen....

Thanks for the concern, Bear. :)

[Moonliner]

On Sunday we left DC to drop Moonie Jr. off at college in Cleveland. I was really not expecting to say:

We are hurrying home tomorrow so we can check the house for any damage from the earthquake before the hurricane arrives this weekend.

[alphabassettgrrl]

On Friday I'm off to San Francisco for a tarot conference. I'm excited- I've wanted to go to this for years and this year I'm finally getting a chance!!!! Whoo-hoo!

[Snowflake]

On Friday I'm off to San Francisco for a tarot conference. I'm excited- I've wanted to go to this for years and this year I'm finally getting a chance!!!! Whoo-hoo!

Kewl! Have a great time, our weather should be fabulous!

[alphabassettgrrl]

Thank you! The lady at the hotel told me it will be chilly, so I will be prepared. For the record, in my world "chilly" is anything below about 70. :) Maybe 75.

[Moonliner]

We finally made it home. This appears to be the total extent of damage to CasaDeMoonie.

http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv243/stevesphotobook/android/2011-08-24222702.jpg
(Spoilered just for size)

[wendybeth]

I'm so sorry, Moonie. That's a terrible thing to have to come home to. Those people with the disrupted plastic lawn furniture should feel very fortunate.




(Wait a minute! I come home to that everyday! I've been thinking it was the cats, but now.......)

[Not Afraid]

Oh dear GOD, Moonie!!!!! I hope you have good insurance.

[lashbear]

On Friday I'm off to San Francisco for a tarot conference. I'm excited- I've wanted to go to this for years and this year I'm finally getting a chance!!!! Whoo-hoo!
I predict you will have fun. What a great deal ! If there's booze afterwards, while you're in your cups, don't get your swords caught in your pentacles or you'll make a rod for your own back.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Bear, you always make me laugh.

I'm wondering if I'll go out Saturday evening. Conference ends, time for dinner, cocktail party until 7:30, then I'm on my own. SF has public transit, so no worries about parking or navigating. I do need to find out the limits on the transit, like what time the trains stop running.

[Betty]

What fun! My cousin is getting married in San Fran this weekend. Wish I was going... Everyone is going. Oh well.

[Capt Jack]

We finally made it home. This appears to be the total extent of damage to CasaDeMoonie.

http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv243/stevesphotobook/android/2011-08-24222702.jpg
(Spoilered just for size)

oh! the huge manatee! are they letting you live there during the rebuild?

:rolleyes:

[Prudence]

We have an actual crack in a non-load-bearing wall. I'd take a photo, but I don't care enough.

[Morrigoon]

Maybe it's a crack in the universe. Don't get too close to you or you may never have existed ;)

But you're probably okay as long as it doesn't look like this:

http://www.flickfilosopher.com/flickfilos/art/dwdalekcrack.gif

[Not Afraid]

Hey. I actually got that reference!

[lashbear]

I didn't :(

[Morrigoon]

Lashbear click here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_arcs_in_Doctor_Who#Cracks_in_the_universe)

[JWBear]

I don't know why, but I keep dating things today "5/26/11".

[innerSpaceman]

How did Not Afraid get a Doctor Who reference? That's pop culture. This could cause a crack in the space-time continuum more dangerous than the one in the show!

[Alex]

I didn't get it, if that helps balance the universe.

[lashbear]

Ah... so it's not a crack, it's a story arc.

[Kevy Baby]

Ah... so it's not a crack, it's a story arc.Is that what the kids are calling it these days...

[Ghoulish Delight]

I'm a trend setter.

Having gone over a year tolerating the coffee provided here at work, I'm finally sick enough of it again to get back* to my french press habit. I started again on Friday. Today, the guy 2 cubicles down from me showed up with his :D


* I had to stop after returning from paternity leave. The Friday before T was born I left work without cleaning my press. 6 weeks later....I just threw it away. That's the advantage of getting the $12 one from Ikea.

[€uroMeinke]

I've gone through 2 of those Ikea French Presses - they shatter mighty easily - but easily best workplace coffee ever came out of them.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Yeah, the glass is noticeably paper-thin. I was surprised my last one survived in tact as long as it did before my impromptu mold culture experiment.

I'll be headed to Peets shortly to stock up. I grabbed a bag of Ikea's cheap coffee just because I knew I'd screw up my first few pots while I re-acquaint myself with the ritual. Better to waste the $4/lbs cheap crap than the Peets. But that stuff is gross, I the good stuff (and tea).

[Strangler Lewis]

I don't know about Ikea, but Peet's does carry replacement glass carafes, at least for the minis. I've gone through a few myself.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Just got back from a weekend of tarot seminars in San Francisco. It was amazing! Not to mention I won a deck and a book and I learned a ton. I'm exhausted, but it was fantastic.


Having gone over a year tolerating the coffee provided here at work, I'm finally sick enough of it again to get back* to my french press habit. I started again on Friday. Today, the guy 2 cubicles down from me showed up with his :D

Nice! I love my press, too.

I don't know about Ikea, but Peet's does carry replacement glass carafes, at least for the minis. I've gone through a few myself.

Oh, good to know.

[blueerica]

Mmm... must get back to coffee. Mmm... Peet's... Mmm...

In other news, as some of you probably already know, my husband is in the hospital with a failing liver (which has slowly but surely been failing over the course of 15 years). We are hoping a transplant comes through. He needs one very soon.

We're hoping for this week, as it's about as long as they will probably be able to keep him at the hospital "in waiting" before they have to turn him out onto the tough streets of SLC (by reasons of justifying to insurance, etc, that he has need to be there, but not so much need that it DQs him from being a recipient). Any positive thoughts into the universe are welcome.

I am just posting this here for when I post something super fanatical regarding my husband and his status. It is now with precedent.

And now... jsklfjasdl#@#$23jklfjskaldf jkflsjutugujdfj

Because that's how I feel right at this moment.

[Betty]

Just got back from a weekend of tarot seminars in San Francisco. It was amazing! Not to mention I won a deck and a book and I learned a ton.

What deck did you win? Do you like it?

I haven't read tarot cards in... ahem... More than a decade... ahem... or two. I've still got my deck though all wrapped up. I've taken it out a few times to look at but that's as far as I got. I like the deck okay.

My friend's Mom used to read for us with the witches tarot or tarot of the witches. I always liked that deck best. Way back then though there wasn't nearly the selection and availability there is now.

[BarTopDancer]

And now... jsklfjasdl#@#$23jklfjskaldf jkflsjutugujdfj


wetfhaworvntowieuv092875rt0[qfajpoadskj98&^&%&^89etoihjvblsdkjvmkadmvl;ain wjfalmf';lsdm,vc;sdlmv;lsvm,;slm Bob. Moo.

[scaeagles]

I want me one of these (http://news.bioscholar.com/2011/08/suitcase-sized-%E2%80%98space-nuclear-power-plant%E2%80%99-to-%E2%80%98light-up%E2%80%99-homes-on-mars.html) - a suitcase sized nuclear power plant.

[alphabassettgrrl]

What deck did you win? Do you like it?

I haven't read tarot cards in... ahem... More than a decade... ahem... or two. I've still got my deck though all wrapped up. I've taken it out a few times to look at but that's as far as I got. I like the deck okay.

My friend's Mom used to read for us with the witches tarot or tarot of the witches. I always liked that deck best. Way back then though there wasn't nearly the selection and availability there is now.

I won the Transformational Tarot and I haven't worked with it enough to know anything yet. I bought a shaman oracle deck, and I haven't worked with that at all yet either (but it's amazingly gorgeous).

This puts me up to.... 26 decks. Four of those are ripe for giving away since they don't really like me much. Ten or so are decks I use with some regularity.

The explosion of deck availability in recent years was one of the topics this weekend. It's amazing what's come out recently.

[Betty]

What is your favorite deck?

[RStar]

Mmm... must get back to coffee. Mmm... Peet's... Mmm...

In other news, as some of you probably already know, my husband is in the hospital with a failing liver (which has slowly but surely been failing over the course of 15 years). We are hoping a transplant comes through. He needs one very soon.

We're hoping for this week, as it's about as long as they will probably be able to keep him at the hospital "in waiting" before they have to turn him out onto the tough streets of SLC (by reasons of justifying to insurance, etc, that he has need to be there, but not so much need that it DQs him from being a recipient). Any positive thoughts into the universe are welcome.

I am just posting this here for when I post something super fanatical regarding my husband and his status. It is now with precedent.

And now... jsklfjasdl#@#$23jklfjskaldf jkflsjutugujdfj

Because that's how I feel right at this moment.

So sorry to hear this. I hope one comes through quickly, and everything works out! {{{{{HUGS}}}}}

[RStar]

What is your favorite deck?

The one off my patio, in a chair, with a beer.

Why?

:D

[alphabassettgrrl]

What is your favorite deck?

I only get to pick one? :)

I read with the Hallowe'en, the Whimsical, the New Vision. I'm trying to learn the Cat people and the Kalevala. Waiting for time and attention are Daughters of the Moon and MotherPeace. I would still use my Wonderland except that the good copy got chewed by one of the dogs; I bought a new copy but it doesn't feel right. I carry a Golden Tarot in the car.

Usually when I pull a set of cards for myself, I pull out the same cards from a second deck to look at the two versions together.

DaVinci, Egyptian, Rohrig, and Tarot of the Animal Lords need to find new homes. I got them because they looked interesting, but they don't seem to take to me well.

How about you? What decks do you like? :)

[Kevy Baby]

And now... jsklfjasdl#@#$23jklfjskaldf jkflsjutugujdfj

Because that's how I feel right at this moment.Well... crap!

[Kevy Baby]

This puts me up to.... 26 decks.Do you have the Housewives Tarot? If not, you must get; it is amusing (Susan has it).

[alphabassettgrrl]

Do you have the Housewives Tarot? If not, you must get; it is amusing (Susan has it).

Susan was my inspiration to order it! I don't read with it often, because it's kind of unwieldy with the box and all, but it's fantastic. Maybe I can have it out if I clear off my side table!

[cirquelover]

Mmm... must get back to coffee. Mmm... Peet's... Mmm...

In other news, as some of you probably already know, my husband is in the hospital with a failing liver (which has slowly but surely been failing over the course of 15 years). We are hoping a transplant comes through. He needs one very soon.

We're hoping for this week, as it's about as long as they will probably be able to keep him at the hospital "in waiting" before they have to turn him out onto the tough streets of SLC (by reasons of justifying to insurance, etc, that he has need to be there, but not so much need that it DQs him from being a recipient). Any positive thoughts into the universe are welcome.

I am just posting this here for when I post something super fanatical regarding my husband and his status. It is now with precedent.

And now... jsklfjasdl#@#$23jklfjskaldf jkflsjutugujdfj

Because that's how I feel right at this moment.

I hope a liver comes through for him, I'll be thinking about you two.

[3894]

blueerica, I am so sorry this is happening to your family.

[CoasterMatt]

I'm sending as many good vibes your way as I can spare, blueerica.

[innerSpaceman]

All vibes, all the time, from this corner, blueerica.

[Strangler Lewis]

BE, I hope things work out for you and your husband.

[JWBear]

My brainy thing no work today.

[flippyshark]

I'm in a very cozy coffee shop at the moment, feverishly working on Food and Wine copy. A few minutes ago, Iz Kamakawiwo'ole's well-known version of "Over the Rainbow" came on and I just spontaneously started tearing up. I've heard it many times and enjoyed it, but it never did such a number on me before. I know I'm a little stressed, but that was a total out of left field emotional whomp. Noting it in passing here, just because. Back to writing endless promotional copy before the Friday deadline.

Added a couple minutes later: Now it's Gorillaz. No particular response. Time to go home and take a nap!

[DreadPirateRoberts]

Visible flippyshark mojo for spelling Iz Kamakawiwo'ole

[Alex]

Couldn't figure out what was different about this place for a few minutes. It just looked odd.

Then I realized I had cleared cookies while troubleshooting something and it had reset to the Default style. Now I'm back to Alex style and you all aren't quite so garish anymore.

[BarTopDancer]

Now I'm back to Alex style and you all aren't quite so garish anymore.

Awww. That may be the nicest thing you've ever said. <insert imaginary smilies here>

[RStar]

I'm in a very cozy coffee shop at the moment, feverishly working on Food and Wine copy. A few minutes ago, Iz Kamakawiwo'ole's well-known version of "Over the Rainbow" came on and I just spontaneously started tearing up.

That's ok, Iz's version is my fave as well. I don't really like that song unless it is his version.

Oh, and welcome back to reality, Alex!

<insert garish smilies here>

[flippyshark]

Yeah, it's really the only version I like as well.

[blueerica]

I'm in a very cozy coffee shop at the moment, feverishly working on Food and Wine copy. A few minutes ago, Iz Kamakawiwo'ole's well-known version of "Over the Rainbow" came on and I just spontaneously started tearing up. I've heard it many times and enjoyed it, but it never did such a number on me before. I know I'm a little stressed, but that was a total out of left field emotional whomp. Noting it in passing here, just because. Back to writing endless promotional copy before the Friday deadline.

Added a couple minutes later: Now it's Gorillaz. No particular response. Time to go home and take a nap!

I know the feeling all too well, Flippy. *hugs*

[alphabassettgrrl]

Carp.

I have pinkeye. Boo.... At least the drops help. And it should clear up pretty quickly.

[lashbear]

That's ok, Iz's version is my fave as well. I don't really like that song unless it is his version.

Oh, and welcome back to reality, Alex!

<insert garish smilies here>

Yeah, it's really the only version I like as well.

My fave is This Version (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ10x13shL0#t=4m20s)

[Kevy Baby]

My fave is This Version (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ10x13shL0#t=4m20s)See, ya got this one right...

[Prudence]

In addition to good Mexican food, this area lacks donut shops. I'm used to every third storefront advertising donuts (and Chinese food!), but here I haven't seen one.

[Kevy Baby]

In addition to good Mexican food, this area lacks donut shops. I'm used to every third storefront advertising donuts (and Chinese food!), but here I haven't seen one.I love the places that serve both: donuts in the morning and Chinese for lunch and dinner. You end up getting donuts that taste like Chinese food (due to the fryers).

[CoasterMatt]

Last night I dreamt about a stain glassed window depicting the ascension of Ronald McDonald into heaven. I really wish that I had the skillset to render such a thing.

[Morrigoon]

So take existing artwork of Jesus ascending, Photoshop in Ronald, then run it through the stained glass filter :)

[Moonliner]

Last night I dreamt about a stain glassed window depicting the ascension of Ronald McDonald into heaven. I really wish that I had the skillset to render such a thing.

Wait, are you talking about the skillset to create the window or off the clown?

[Alex]

http://www.worth1000.com/entries/354026/the-ascension-of-ronald-mcdonald

[DreadPirateRoberts]

Alex, that's some good google mojo you have.

VAM

[JWBear]

It's effing HOT today!

[Not Afraid]

93 degrees.

[lashbear]

Hehehehehehehehe. USA'uns think that 33C is hot !! ROTFL.

...Call me when it's 100 degrees. :rolleyes:

[Betty]

93 degrees is not hot. It's been warmer than that every day this summer. We've had some 110+ degrees days here even. I've used the a/c minimally but it's already on now at 6am. When I got up at 5 the house was still 85 degrees. Eff that. The a/c won't work well by about 4pm as it won't be able to keep up with the temp's - but I'll be good until then.

[Moonliner]

We are on the opposite end. Rain followed by some rain and then later on a bit of rain as the remnants of tropical storm what's his name pass by. The good news is this storm is pushing the much larger Hurricane Katia back out to sea away from us, bad news is Tropical depression 14 is waiting in line to go next.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Hehehehehehehehe. USA'uns think that 33C is hot !! ROTFL.At 11PM it is.

[Alex]

No, in relative terms it isn't all that hot here at the moment. I've been here with it up to 113, so 98 is comparatively nothing.

That said, it is hot compared to what it has been just a short period ago and so there has been no acclimation. It has been a very mild summer with even 90 degrees being unusual this year so going from low 80s to 98 in a couple days is annoying.

75 degrees seems hot in April and cold in October.

[JWBear]

98 is hot for Long Beach - especially in the morning.

[Capt Jack]

90*F in my house by the time I went to bed....at midnight

no wonder I feel like sh!t today

[katiesue]

Well it might have sucked to have to replace the air conditioner, but I was pretty happy I did last night.

[Betty]

You know it's going to be a scortcher when it's 100 at 10am.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Weather Underground claims it's 90 in Camarillo right now.

No, it's not. I don't know where they have their thermometer but it's not 90 degrees.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Do you think it's higher or lower? Remember, official temperature measurements are always done in the shade (they are interested in the temperature of the atmosphere, not how hot radiation from the sun, or reflected radiation from surrounding surfaces can make their thermometer). So if you're standing in the sun it's going to feel hotter than the reported temperature.

[alphabassettgrrl]

It actually feels a lot cooler than 90. Not even sure we've broken 80.

[Ghoulish Delight]

It feels every bit of the 92 with 35% humidity here in Costa Mesa.

[CoasterMatt]

It's 103 here in North Hollywood, feels like 106.

Well, that's what wunderground.com says, but I'm not going out of the AC unless I have to.

[lashbear]

Mmmmmmm just sitting here enjoying a nice steaming hot bowl of Porridge for breakfast. MMmm mm. :p

[Prudence]

Yup, it's pouring rain again. Thankfully it's stopped every time I've had to walk outside today, but we have flash flood warnings for tonight.

[Not Afraid]

I spend the entire, very long day today outside. It was 96 or 98 or hotter than fu<k. The hotter than fu<k part ame at 2:00 when I was in Signal Hill fighting with a 90 lb GSD. But, I was drenched in sweat by 9am.

Then I bought a new car. While extremely necessary and fun to drie, it was NOT what I had planned.

[Moonliner]

Yup, it's pouring rain again. Thankfully it's stopped every time I've had to walk outside today, but we have flash flood warnings for tonight.

I'm getting a little concerned. I saw animals walking down the street in pairs this morning.

[RStar]

I'm getting a little concerned. I saw animals walking down the street in pairs this morning.

Start following them and then ask the guy with the hammer if you can get a ride.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Then I bought a new car. While extremely necessary and fun to drie, it was NOT what I had planned.

What happened to make a new car necessary? And what did you get? :) :)

[innerSpaceman]

Then I bought a new car. While extremely necessary and fun to drie, it was NOT what I had planned.
I don't suppose it's a short bus we can use for Ju Koon? :snap:

[BarTopDancer]

I don't suppose it's a short bus we can use for Ju Koon? :snap:

No, we need a handbasket for JuKoon.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Ok, you want hot, you go outside, on purpose, sizzle in a reflective plastic playground with no shade, chase a little one around with a sippy cup, realize the slides are still a burn hazard even though they're not made of metal anymore, then leave quickly with the car a/c full blast before you both die.

[Morrigoon]

And thus the popularity of indoor/mall-based baby gyms... (which, unlike parks, cost something, alas)

[Not Afraid]

We got a Mini Cooper S, black with white. Manual. FUN! (I've driven up Signal Hill 6 times today). The Volvo is dying and I need a reliable car - like one that starts every day. This is going to become Chris' commuter car next year when we were actually PLANNING on buying a car. I still have the Volvo. I'm going to put a new tire on the front but not do any of the other work that is looming then sell it. I love the Volvo, but the all-city driving I do wears on it.

[JWBear]

We got a Mini Cooper S, black with white. Manual. FUN!

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You're going to LOVE it!

[alphabassettgrrl]

We got a Mini Cooper S, black with white. Manual. FUN! (I've driven up Signal Hill 6 times today).

Awesome- congratulations on your new car! I thought I was the only crazy person who liked a standard transmission!

Definitely good to have a reliable vehicle. I remember the days of "maybe it'll work today" cars and I can't say I have much nostalgia for them.

[Alex]

I love to drive. So when Lani and I bought a new car she insisted we get a manual as she said it would make me love driving even more.

She was wrong. I don't have any problem with a manual transmission, I just don't think it is an improvement.

So it turns out I love to drive, I am indifferent to manipulating my car.

[Morrigoon]

Cute! I hear the maintenance plans on those are excellent!

[alphabassettgrrl]

We spent an extra month or two when we bought our last car just so that I could get a manual trans. I had to give in on the color, but I got the right car otherwise.

[Stan4dSteph]

We got a Mini Cooper S, black with white. Manual. FUN!I am thinking of getting a Mini, but not a manual. Hope you enjoy it!

[lindyhop]

Welcome to the MINI community. You have been assimilated.

:)

[wendybeth]

I love manual transmissions. I get really bored driving automatics- not to mention it's problematic when I try to use the clutch. I have to tuck my left leg under my right when I am driving Eric's car, as I've accidentally slammed on the brakes more times than I care to admit. Congrats, Lisa!!!!!!:)

[Kevy Baby]

Then I bought a new car. While extremely necessary and fun to drie, it was NOT what I had planned.I just love your random spontanity

[Kevy Baby]

So, I'm sure most of you heard about the power outage in San Diego and surrounding areas today. It started at about 3:40. Which was when I was just about to get off the freeway in Escondido for a press check. Which is kinda hard to do without power.

I'll be driving to Escondido again tomorrow morning. :sigh:

[alphabassettgrrl]

I love manual transmissions. I get really bored driving automatics- not to mention it's problematic when I try to use the clutch. I have to tuck my left leg under my right when I am driving Eric's car, as I've accidentally slammed on the brakes more times than I care to admit. Congrats, Lisa!!!!!!:)

I've driven enough different cars that I usually remember what I'm driving at the moment, only had once or twice when I've tried to clutch an automatic. Really confusing when that happens, though, isn't it? Took me a second to figure out what was wrong.

I get bored with an automatic, too. Much prefer my 5-speed.

[katiesue]

So, I'm sure most of you heard about the power outage in San Diego and surrounding areas today. It started at about 3:40. Which was when I was just about to get off the freeway in Escondido for a press check. Which is kinda hard to do without power.

I'll be driving to Escondido again tomorrow morning. :sigh:

You should have come over - we're just two exits south on the 15 in Rancho Bernardo.

We actually had a nice evening. I've got all sorts of camping gear so we had dinner, played cards etc. My only worry was keeping the insulin stockpile cold but we seemed to manage that fine. Now I need to try and figure out how I'd do it should the power be off longer. Do they have battery operated mini fridges?

[Kevy Baby]

Do they have battery operated mini fridges?Apparently, they do (http://www.fastfurnishings.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=DCF165).

Though it may be simpler (and cheaper) to get a regular mini fridge and a small generator. Or just a buy a 3K - 5K generator (http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=generator&x=0&y=0) which would power your regular refrigerator and other essential items

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Aren't there emergency cold packs that you snap and they get instantly cold? A stockpile of those might be more cost effective.

[katiesue]

Aren't there emergency cold packs that you snap and they get instantly cold? A stockpile of those might be more cost effective.

Great minds think alike - my aunt suggested that yesterday. Looking into those. May be the best way to go - if I used one at a time I could lengthen it out for quite a bit.

[€uroMeinke]

So. you can fit a piano into the back of a Volvo Wagon - I say this as a public service so no one has to conduct such an experiment again as there is a corollary that it is easier to put a piano into the back of a Volvo Wagon than to remove it.

[CoasterMatt]

I watched one of the best college football games tonight.

[Not Afraid]

So. you can fit a piano into the back of a Volvo Wagon - I say this as a public service so no one has to conduct such an experiment again as there is a corollary that it is easier to put a piano into the back of a Volvo Wagon than to remove it.


And, in getting it out, we had 4 people. However, there were those stairs.......

But, getting it IN the Volvo with 2 people (one being me) was quite something and surprisingly doable.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Just think, next time you'll have to do it with a Mini.

[€uroMeinke]

Just think, next time you'll have to do it with a Mini.
See, with the Mini you just skip the though process altogether about even the possibility, and just hire someone else to do it - save time, less bruising.

[JWBear]

However, it is amazing just how much you can get in a Mini if you really try.

[lindyhop]

Especially if you already bought the curtain rod and there's no other way to get it home. For the record a 78" curtain rod fits even it does have to be wedged in from the left rear corner all the way to front right corner of the car.

[Alex]

Eh, we were always amazed at the amount of furniture we were able to bring home from Ikea in a Ford Festiva and still have both of us in the car.

[Ghoulish Delight]

See, with the Mini you just skip the though process altogether about even the possibility, and just hire someone else to do it - save time, less bruising.As if Lisa needs to move a piano to get bruised.

[Morrigoon]

I'm dying to know why you were moving a piano in the first place

[Alex]

I'm going to guess: Because they wanted the piano to be somewhere other than where it was. But it is just a guess.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Eh, we were always amazed at the amount of furniture we were able to bring home from Ikea in a Ford Festiva and still have both of us in the car.

My sister-in-law was astonished that we would borrow her Festiva to get our new TV home. Especially given that we were driving a much larger car at the time (1974 Ford Gran Torino).

Those Festivas were efficient, I'll say that.

[Not Afraid]

The Mini will be put to it's first traveling test on October 7th. 2 people, 2 pugs and shyt for 4 days.

[Moonliner]

The Mini will be put to it's first traveling test on October 7th. 2 people, 2 pugs and shyt for 4 days.

If you stop every so often an walk them you won't have that problem.

[Capt Jack]

VMLMJ

thats funny right thar, I dunt care who y'are

[JWBear]

Mini road trip!

[lashbear]

Meh !! In MY day, we used to move whole houses on skateboards....

[Kevy Baby]

Meh !! In MY day, we used to move whole houses on skateboards....Ya know, I actually did that once. When I was in college, we were moving from one rental house to another right down the street. I actually moved everything that was too big to fit in my tiny car (bed, dresser, etc.) on my skateboard.

[katiesue]

Maddie's dad moved a love seat from my house to his house - across the street with one of those suitcase travel dolly things.

[lashbear]

Ya know, I actually did that once. When I was in college, we were moving from one rental house to another right down the street. I actually moved everything that was too big to fit in my tiny car (bed, dresser, etc.) on my skateboard.

That deserves VKBM :snap:

[Snowflake]

Then I bought a new car. While extremely necessary and fun to drie, it was NOT what I had planned.

Well, that car looks very cute and I am green. I want that or a Prius for the next set of wheels.

Hope the weather has cooled off, too.

[cirquelover]

Some days I love living here, today being one of them. I saw three hawks, two bald eagles, deer , bunnies and a nutrea(sp) in my drive to the next town. It also smells like blackberries every time I leave the house!

The weather has changed drastically though. Last weekend we went to the game and it was almost 100 out there, this weekend we'll be lucky to be 70 degrees!

[Morrigoon]

Some selections from the Museum of Bad Art (http://news.yahoo.com/photos/hilariously-bad-art-1315956445-slideshow/)

[Ghoulish Delight]

I'm always disappointed when the voice-to-text transcription of a voicemail is entirely accurate and intelligible. Where's the fun in that?

[Not Afraid]

Bark Bark.

[Kevy Baby]

Fark Fark

[lashbear]

Hark, Hark!

[Morrigoon]

Snark. Snark.

[lashbear]

Shark! Shark!

http://students.cis.uab.edu/mandye/jaws-universal-tour.jpg

[JWBear]

Quark, quark.

[RStar]

It's the rare flying shark!

Or a shart, I'm not sure....

[Morrigoon]

Longest tongue in California (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/09/guinness-world-records-tongue.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lanowblog+%28L.A.+Now%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher)

[Kevy Baby]

Longest tongue in California (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/09/guinness-world-records-tongue.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lanowblog+%28L.A.+Now%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher)She's very popular with lesbians

[Not Afraid]

Apparently this is the time of the year for the mentally ill to shine..

[Kevy Baby]

Yeah; things have been going pretty good for me lately

[Morrigoon]

I grew tomatoes! (I know, not a phenomenal achievement for anybody but the Plant Killah)

Now I need to some up with something really tasty to do with them before they rot on the vine...

[BarTopDancer]

Apparently this is the time of the year for the mentally ill to shine..

It's like the full moon effect is running triple time and it's not even a full moon!

[Prudence]

I have had a huge, killer headache in the same spot for most of the week. It takes at least 6 ibupofen to even budge it. I have no idea what is wrong. I've barely drunk any water this week, so it's possible that's it.