Sooooo.....

[Brigitte]

It's Friday afternoon, doesn't anyone get off early on Fridays anymore? I'd like to be one of them. There's no school today, so there's a lot of noise at my house today.

[Alex]

Jealous much?

Just think, you could with a little legal paperwork be the most perfect of human beings:

A left-handed Craig who sometimes gets to wear sandals (with socks) to work.

You'd be the envy of the world.

[Betty]

Well - I'm off at 2:20 or so- but that's the way it is everyday since I come in about 5:50.

Still - it's Friday! Woo-hoo!

[Brigitte]

I get the first kids at about 7:40 right now and I close at 6.

[RStar]

Craig is a horrible name.

I'll just call you Jim then......

:D

While they sound the same they aren't spelled the similar, like replacing the G with the C by accident. Is this person not close to you, and actually thinks that's your name? Or was it a brain fart?

You could call them "Brait" (for Brain Fart). ;)

And that picture of your feet is kinda scary. Like if you kicked a few inches forward you'd die of electricution!

[katiesue]

We usually get off a little early on Fridays but you never know till the last minute.

[Ghoulish Delight]

She knows my name.

[Not Afraid]

Hey, Craig is not a bad name. He's even got a List.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Craig, like Gregg, is a cheap knockoff of a name. Like "Rolexx" or "Bucksstar".

[Chernabog]

Or like how I spell my name with three Ts and a silent Q.

Tjtoteq! Why anyone cannot pronounce it correctly is beyond me.

[Strangler Lewis]

We usually get off a little early on Fridays but you never know till the last minute.

Friday mornings at your workplace sound like fun.

[Morrigoon]

VSLM!

[Gemini Cricket]

Craig Delight
Nope.
I don't like it one bit.

[Prudence]

What a fabulous day. Slept in, had a long shower (love the on-demand water heater), romped about in the sheets getting all sweaty again, watched some cheesy television, had leftovers from yesterday's lunch, had leftovers from two days' ago cake, watched some less cheesy television, had my lap warmed by a kitty, and not worn a bra ALL DAY!

Some RDOs are better than others.

[RStar]

We usually get off a little early on Fridays but you never know till the last minute.

Thanks for sharing your sex life online! ;)

[RStar]

She knows my name.

I'll write up the death certificate.

[bewitched]

Thanks for sharing your sex life online! ;)

Ooooooh. Now I get it.

[katiesue]

Hehe -ooops. Sadlly the biggest thrill of the year is the annual gyno visit. Ah well.

[Kevy Baby]

...and not worn a bra ALL DAY!Me too!

[alphabassettgrrl]

My day involved cancelling a mountain bike ride at what turns out to be the last minute (because I worked until midnight last night and couldn't do it then) and taking my dog to the vet because she refused to put weight on one of her feet. On the bright side, they cleaned her ears and cut her nails (nail cutting on a basset hound is a bit difficult and I always seem to get it too close if I try). We're hoping it's just a strain or arthritis and that she'll feel better by Monday. The vet's probably going to need to take x-rays.

But my honey's home, and I feel better, and I have bike-racing on TiVo. :) The Tour Down Under is on this week. It's exciting. They're racing up and over hills in 100' F weather. Crazy. But I'm happy they are giving us a half-hour every day, instead of trying to fit the whole week-long race into an hour summary at the end.

[CoasterMatt]

Well, this might be my last post until next week, so have fun everybody :D

[Ghoulish Delight]

I have discovered a brilliant secret that has allowed me to vastly improve my skill at playing drums on Rock Band.
Pracitce!
I know! Genius, right?!

[mousepod]

I have discovered a brilliant secret that has allowed me to vastly improve my skill at playing drums on Rock Band.
Pracitce!
I know! Genius, right?!

I hear it works on spelling, too. :D

[Ghoulish Delight]

What?


Oh, I see your misunderstanding. No no. I mean pracite, a rare mineral found only in homes with rabbits as pets. It's formed when drifts of shed rabbit fur comes in contact with shavings from chewed baseboards. Coating my drumsticks with it has done wonders.


Haha, you thought I meant practice. Yeah, like that would help.

[CoasterMatt]

Delayed a little bit... hope this goes ok.

[lashbear]

(New background, for Lashbear)
Hehehehehe That's better !! Thanks. :cheers:

[RStar]

If anyone wants to grow veggies indoors, these are the best things I have found! I have three now, one with tomatos growing, one with herbs (Basil mostly, to go with the tomatos), and one I just planted today for seedlings to transplant in the outside garden.

Aerogarden (http://www.aerogardenstore.com/promotion/index.php?promoName=catalog&pageName=compare_gardens)

You can get them (although limited in models) at Bed, Bath, & Beyond and Kohls.

[RStar]

AHHHH!!!!!

I was planting Habanero seeds into above said garden a little while ago, and I just rubbed my eye and now it's burning!!! :eek:

I would have never thought that dry seeds would carry enough capsicum to worry about. Yikes!!!

[cirquelover]

I hope your eyesight has come back by now. I always wondered if those indoor gardens work. I would love to grow my own herbs.

[LashStoat]

Just as well you weren't getting off like Katiesue...

[lashbear]

AHHHH!!!!!

I was planting Habanero seeds into above said garden a little while ago, and I just rubbed my eye and now it's burning!!! :eek:

I would have never thought that dry seeds would carry enough capsicum to worry about. Yikes!!!
You're catching GD disease - it's capsaicin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsaicin):D

....and you remember the bit on the cooking shows where they say to reduce the heat of the chilli you're making you can remove the seeds.... well it appears it's the white pith around the seeds that's the worst part.

The funny part is birds can't feel the burning from capsaicin. That's why the eat the chilli fruits and poop the seeds all over, thus making more chillis !!

[LashStoat]

I was planting Habanero seeds into above said garden a little while ago, and I just rubbed my eye and now it's burning!!! :eek:

I would have never thought that dry seeds would carry enough capsicum to worry about. Yikes!!!

Just as well you weren't getting off like Katiesue... :evil:

[Not Afraid]

Maybe Chris will tell his habanero story.

[RStar]

You're catching GD disease - it's [I]capsaicin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsaicin):D
Your right, Capsicum is the plant genus. Well, I had capsaicin in my eye, genius! And you want me to type the right scientific term? I could hardly see the keyboard. Sheesh! ;) :D
Maybe Chris will tell his habanero story.

If you mean the one about that short guy in Mexico, I've already heard it.

:D

[lashbear]

Well, I had capsaicin in my eye, genus!
don't you mean genius? :p

...and Lisa, the LashPair would LOVE to hear the Habenero story... :evil:

[€uroMeinke]

If you mean the one about that short guy in Mexico, I've already heard it.

:D

It's really about other things one shouldn't touch after handling the habenero and the consequences thereof

[LashStoat]

When my youngest daughter was still in nappies and wanted to do finger painting while I programmed, she decided to choose all of the pretty red things in the pantry. That would be Tabasco Sauce, Cayenne Pepper, Hot Paprika and some Chilli Powder.

She then mixed all of the pretty red things on the top a industrial-sized mayonaise bucket lid. After painting a pretty picture of a three-eyed something or other on the lid, she touched her crotch, and all hell broke loose.

When she came screaming out of the kitchen to the desk where I was programming, I looked at her hands and nearly died for fear she had cut herself..until the acrid paste almost ripped my eyeballs out of their sockets.

As I recall, it's the only bath she ever fought to have...

[swanie]

If anyone wants Girl Scout cookies from a non-California bakery....let me know. We actually sell the real Samoas here!

Girl Scout Cookie List (http://www.girlscoutsaz.org/site/c.kkI1KgMZIxF/b.894993/k.330B/Cookie_Sale.htm)

Pre-orders are due tomorrow morning, but I can sell out of our cookie booth inventory once the cookies come in on 2/14/09.

swanie

[Deebs]

That would be Tabasco Sauce, Cayenne Pepper, Hot Paprika and some Chilli Powder.
After painting a pretty picture of a three-eyed something or other on the lid, she touched her crotch, and all hell broke loose.

Poor baby! That's horrible and it reminds me of a story I heard (read) many years ago in Angela Bowie's bio. (I will, evidently, read most anything). It involved some sort of group sex encounter and heavy drinking. I might be mistaken, but I think Mick Jagger was in there, too. The then Mrs. Bowie somehow ended up with someone pouring 80+ proof alcohol on or near her lady bizness. Yeeeeow.

[DreadPirateRoberts]

It's really about other things one shouldn't touch after handling the habenero and the consequences thereof

The same goes for poison ivy. Don't ask.

[RStar]

Ya'll are painfull.......

:D

[Moonliner]

Ya'll are painfull.......

:D

Like a habanero brand condom.

[Betty]

On next weeks episode of Things That Don't Belong Near Your Crotch... ;)

[Ghoulish Delight]

With special guests, Paris Hilton and Linsday Lohan!

[Deebs]

On next weeks episode of Things That Don't Belong Near Your Crotch... ;)

Absorbine Jr.
(http://www.absorbinejr.com/)
I won't even try to say that I read about it or it happened to a friend. I'll own it. No juicy story though. Sore muscles after ballet and I was very young. Found the stuff in the medicine cabinet. I didn't know real pain until I tried to relieve it.

[Alex]

Toothpaste as a masturbatory aid (no personal experience, a member recounting said learning experience is a legend on another message board).

[Disneyphile]

Toothpaste as a masturbatory aid (no personal experience, a member recounting said learning experience is a legend on another message board).Talk about literally polishing one's knob! :eek:

[Betty]

Minty fresh or cinnamon?

[Alex]

Talk about literally polishing one's knob! :eek:

Apparently a nice shiny polish is not what you end up with.

[Kevy Baby]

This lovely incident just happened to me (not related to the lovely stories above).

Went to take a drink of coffee just now. After taking a swig, I realized it was Friday's coffee.

http://home.mindspring.com/%7Ekevin_elder/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/puke.gif

[Morrigoon]

Apparently a nice shiny polish is not what you end up with.
Apparently most polishes look opaque before use

[Ghoulish Delight]

Boxes are sliding off the top shelf of our bedroom closet. I think it's time for a rebuild (yet another half-ass remnant of the previous owners "handy work" that needs replacing).

[Snowflake]

This lovely incident just happened to me (not related to the lovely stories above).

Went to take a drink of coffee just now. After taking a swig, I realized it was Friday's coffee.

http://home.mindspring.com/%7Ekevin_elder/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/puke.gif

Oh, yuck!

[Alex]

It's ok, coffee grows therapeutic molds.

[Capt Jack]

pffft. not since friday.

when you see lilly pads growing on it, then its old. otherwise its...aged
:D

[RStar]

This lovely incident just happened to me (not related to the lovely stories above).

Went to take a drink of coffee just now. After taking a swig, I realized it was Friday's coffee.

http://home.mindspring.com/%7Ekevin_elder/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/puke.gif

Been there, done that......:rolleyes:

At least I can say I've left the toothpaste in my mouth.......

Wait, that doesn't sound right. :rolleyes:

[Ghoulish Delight]

Geez, one could practically wallpaper our building with the number of girl scout cookie order forms that are laying around.

[cirquelover]

I guess they're trying to tell you, you need some cookies GD!

[~MS~]

You would think that it would be an easy task to get GS cookies...yet I still find myself ordering from far far away LOL

[lashbear]

Can someone order some for the LashPair so we can see what all the whoopee about Girl Scout Cookies is.

...I bet they don't beat Tim Tams....

[Ghoulish Delight]

...I bet they don't beat Tim Tams....
Talking to Aussie's is like talking to Telletubbies, isn't it?

[wendybeth]

Talking to Aussie's is like talking to Telletubbies, isn't it?

Ty for the quote fodder.:D

[swanie]

Can someone order some for the LashPair so we can see what all the whoopee about Girl Scout Cookies is.

...I bet they don't beat Tim Tams....

Ummmm. Girl Scout Leader here. :D

Let me know what you'd like and I can bring some to MouseAdventure.

Girl Scout Cookies (http://www.girlscoutsaz.org/site/c.kkI1KgMZIxF/b.894993/k.330B/Cookie_Sale.htm)

You have to try Thin Mints at the very least. They are our signature cookie. Samoas also have a cult following.

swanie

[~MS~]

Can someone order some for the LashPair so we can see what all the whoopee about Girl Scout Cookies is.

...I bet they don't beat Tim Tams....

it would be almost impossible to beat Tim Tams!

[Capt Jack]

Ummmm. Girl Scout Leader here. :D

Samoas also have a cult following.

swanie

I resent that. we are NOT a cult!
it says so in the hand outs

so neener

;)

[BarTopDancer]

I have to buy real Samoas for a girl scout here.

[blueerica]

So, hmmm... Is it can be orders samoas tiemz now?

[swanie]

PM me with any orders and I can fill them when the cookies come in on the 14th.

:D

[blueerica]

*sigh*

I am hungry.

Where is J?

[JWBear]

Thes conversation is making me want to devour a whole box of Thin Mints.

[bewitched]

I have 250 boxes of cookies in my car right now. I deliberately left them out there so I wouldn't make my self sick from devouring a box of thin mints.

[BarTopDancer]

I am going to get shot if I go raid the thin mints in my friends freezer....

[~MS~]

We're down to our last box, we ration them ....one box a month, I order a case usually...this season we're cutting back...one 'tube' a month, we have to cut back on the sugars :( ...I's having a sad!

[RStar]

I tried to order some GS cookies, but since they changed the names (to protect the innocent) I can't figure out if my Tagalongs are Peanut Butter Cookies or Peanut Butter Sandwiches. And there was no cookie name that resembled Samoas on the order (I thought they were a coconut somethingorother last year). :(

[RStar]

I have 250 boxes of cookies in my car right now. I deliberately left them out there so I wouldn't make my self sick from devouring a box of thin mints.

I have been known to consume an entire box of Tagalongs in one sitting more than once! What is that, 220,000 calories and 600 grams of fat? ;)

[bewitched]

I tried to order some GS cookies, but since they changed the names (to protect the innocent) I can't figure out if my Tagalongs are Peanut Butter Cookies or Peanut Butter Sandwiches. And there was no cookie name that resembled Samoas on the order (I thought they were a coconut somethingorother last year). :(

Tagalongs are the patties (covered in chocolate). The PB sandwich cookies are also known as Do Si Does. Somoas are now called Caramel deLites.


(I don't have my sheet but I am pretty sure our troop has extra Somoas (Caramel deLites). We may also have a couple boxes of Tagalongs but I'm not so sure about that. If you'd like me to check I'd be happy to.)

[BarTopDancer]

I tried to order some GS cookies, but since they changed the names (to protect the innocent) I can't figure out if my Tagalongs are Peanut Butter Cookies or Peanut Butter Sandwiches. And there was no cookie name that resembled Samoas on the order (I thought they were a coconut somethingorother last year). :(

Here (http://www.abcsmartcookies.com/cookies.asp)ya go.

I don't care what people say, they are not the same.

[bewitched]

Here (http://www.abcsmartcookies.com/cookies.asp)ya go.

I don't care what people say, they are not the same.

There are 2 bakeries that supply GS cookies, ABC and Little Brownie Bakers. I understand (though do not personally know) that there is a difference in taste of some varieties depending upon which bakery supplies the cookies...I can't remember which company supplies our cookies in Kansas City.

[BarTopDancer]

There are 2 bakeries that supply GS cookies, ABC and Little Brownie Bakers. I understand (though do not personally know) that there is a difference in taste of some varieties depending upon which bakery supplies the cookies...I can't remember which company supplies our cookies in Kansas City.

Samoas are wayyyyyyyyy better than Carmel Delights.

I think the Thin Mints are different too.

[Morrigoon]

Can someone order some for the LashPair so we can see what all the whoopee about Girl Scout Cookies is.

...I bet they don't beat Tim Tams....

Thin mints have almost as big a following in the United States as the greenback dollar.

[Capt Jack]

in order to prevent myself from scarfing down all I can get ahold of, the last couple of years Ive sent them overseas in Operation Thin Mint (http://www.girlscoutssdi.org/site/productsales/otm.php).

figure better to send them to guys who will work them off vs me who..well, would just store them up as it were.

[swanie]

We sell from the Little Brownie Bakery here in Arizona. They still make the traditional varieties. Orange County switched to ABC Bakery in 2008, hence the different names now (ie. Carmel Delights vs. Samoas). They are slightly different recipes, so they will taste different.

[Stan4dSteph]

Can someone order some for the LashPair so we can see what all the whoopee about Girl Scout Cookies is.

...I bet they don't beat Tim Tams....OMG are you bringing Tim Tams with you? Because if you do I will love you forever, especially if they're the dark chocolate ones... :D

[~MS~]

Don't forget, the boys are in Suisun before they land in Anaheim, I make no promises about cajoling, bribery and/or groveling or begging involving tim tams! :D

[Gemini Cricket]

Oh for heaven's sake, is it GS cookie time again? Jeepers H. Crackers. Where are my shortbread cookies you little green monsters?

[Disneyphile]

Oh... after looking up Tim Tams......

Um.... Lashies? How many can you pack in a suitcase? ;)

[Alex]

I used to eat tons of Girl Scout cookies until one day I realized that they really aren't that good, they're just really sweet. Since then I've hardly been tempted (except for the peanut butter cream ones). Former favorite, the thin mint, hold no power over me more.

[alphabassettgrrl]

So I got told I'm rude tonight.

[JWBear]

You can order them here in the US (http://about-australia-shop.com/advanced_search_result.php?search_in_description=1&inc_subcat=1&categories_id=&pfrom=&pto=&x=9&y=8&keywords=tim+tam&gclid=CIm2v6P4rZgCFRwwawod6T4gVA) (ships from San Antonio).

[Not Afraid]

So, if I can't get Samoas here anymore, I'd better order some from someone who CAN get them - because I have to have some.

[Morrigoon]

I'd like a box of Samoas

[Kevy Baby]

We're down to our last box, we ration them ....one box a month, I order a case usually...this season we're cutting back...one 'tube' a month, we have to cut back on the sugars :( ...I's having a sad!I'm trying to cut down to one sleeve per sitting.

[JWBear]

Just Google "Samoa cookie recipe". You get dozens of hits. (I didn't look at any of them. So I don't know if they are like the real thing.)

[lashbear]

Mmmmmmm, I'd better bring a third suitcase full of Tim Tams, so I can bring it back packed with GS Cookies, MRE Bacon, Maplene, Butter Essence, Butter Buds & Crystal Light To Go single serve sachets.

[Betty]

So I got told I'm rude tonight.

Well - are you? :D

[swanie]

So, if I can't get Samoas here anymore, I'd better order some from someone who CAN get them - because I have to have some.

I even deliver ;)

I'd like a box of Samoas

Just one? :evil:

I'll be out in L.A./Orange County 3 times between 2/24 (my Dad's surgery date) and MouseAdventure, so I can bring them out with me. I'll even be out the weekend of 2/7, but the cookies don't come in until 2/14.

swanie

[Capt Jack]

Mmmmmmm, I'd better bring a third suitcase full of Tim Tams, so I can bring it back packed with GS Cookies, MRE Bacon, Maplene, Butter Essence, Butter Buds & Crystal Light To Go single serve sachets.

dont forget the vegemite. I missed out last time (no, Ive still never tried it)

[Snowflake]

dont forget the vegemite. I missed out last time (no, Ive still never tried it)

You're a brave man, Capt!

[Kevy Baby]

You're a brave man, Capt!I was thinking 'foolish'

[Snowflake]

hey, those wanting some Tim Tams, you can order them. I did a quick google here (http://www.google.com/products?q=tim%20tams&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wf) or ebay here (http://desc.shop.ebay.com/items/?_nkw=tim+tam+and+arnott&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=1&_fromfsb=&_trksid=m270.l1313&_odkw=tim+tams&_osacat=0). of course, I know it's not the same as receiving a packet from our favorite Aussie Bears, but might save them on the fees for overweight luggage!

[Snowflake]

I was thinking 'foolish'

Foolish Mortal, right?

[JWBear]

hey, those wanting some Tim Tams, you can order them. I did a quick google here (http://www.google.com/products?q=tim%20tams&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wf) or ebay here (http://desc.shop.ebay.com/items/?_nkw=tim+tam+and+arnott&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=1&_fromfsb=&_trksid=m270.l1313&_odkw=tim+tams&_osacat=0). of course, I know it's not the same as receiving a packet from our favorite Aussie Bears, but might save them on the fees for overweight luggage!

Hmmm.... I think I heard something like that somewhere before (http://www.loungeoftomorrow.com/LoT/showpost.php?p=265732&postcount=1089).... Hmmmm..... ;)

[Capt Jack]

You're a brave man, Capt!

I was thinking 'foolish'

its amazing how often the two of those go together

[Snowflake]

Hmmm.... I think I heard something like that somewhere before (http://www.loungeoftomorrow.com/LoT/showpost.php?p=265732&postcount=1089).... Hmmmm..... ;)

Serves me right for not reading all the way back! :blush:

[RStar]

There are 2 bakeries that supply GS cookies, ABC and Little Brownie Bakers. I understand (though do not personally know) that there is a difference in taste of some varieties depending upon which bakery supplies the cookies...I can't remember which company supplies our cookies in Kansas City.

Little Brownie Bakers are is the one I'm familiar with. My wife was a GS leader and worked for them as well for about 12 years, but left the whole thing about 7 years ago. I know they made a change to the recipe to Samoas once saying they were softer and easier to eat. My jaws would get soooo tired after eating 2 or 3 of the old ones.

So you're saying they still make them under the old names and new names? And the recipes seem different between them? I wasn't aware of that....

[LashStoat]

dont forget the vegemite. I missed out last time (no, Ive still never tried it)

Dude - that's awful - we'll make a point of skipping you again to remove any possible doubt.

;)

[LashStoat]

hey, those wanting some Tim Tams, you can order them. I did a quick google here (http://www.google.com/products?q=tim%20tams&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wf) or ebay here (http://desc.shop.ebay.com/items/?_nkw=tim+tam+and+arnott&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=1&_fromfsb=&_trksid=m270.l1313&_odkw=tim+tams&_osacat=0). of course, I know it's not the same as receiving a packet from our favorite Aussie Bears, but might save them on the fees for overweight luggage!

Note to one's self: No packet of Tim-Tams for Snowflake for raining on our parade.

;)

[BarTopDancer]

Little Brownie Bakers are is the one I'm familiar with. My wife was a GS leader and worked for them as well for about 12 years, but left the whole thing about 7 years ago. I know they made a change to the recipe to Samoas once saying they were softer and easier to eat. My jaws would get soooo tired after eating 2 or 3 of the old ones.

So you're saying they still make them under the old names and new names? And the recipes seem different between them? I wasn't aware of that....

Here (http://www.abcsmartcookies.com/cookies.asp)ya go.

The link is a photo list to the proper names of the cookies you can buy in OC.

[Moonliner]

Mmmmmmm, I'd better bring a third suitcase full of Tim Tams, so I can bring it back packed with GS Cookies, MRE Bacon, Maplene, Butter Essence, Butter Buds & Crystal Light To Go single serve sachets.

In regards to space planning, has anyone introduced you to Mrs. See's (http://www.sees.com/)wonderful confectioneries?

[Betty]

Dear Work,

You gave me the day off yesterday but called me no less then 15 times (15!) from about 8:15 am to 3:30 pm. You gave me the day off, along with most of our staff, to help save a little money for the month. I'm a team player. But I'd like some team player dollars to go with working on my day off.

But I guess that at this point I'll just be happy to still be employed.

Please don't take advantage of me.

-Me

[LashStoat]

Dear Work,

You gave me the day off yesterday but called me no less then 15 times (15!) from about 8:15 am to 3:30 pm. You gave me the day off, along with most of our staff, to help save a little money for the month. I'm a team player. But I'd like some team player dollars to go with working on my day off.

But I guess that at this point I'll just be happy to still be employed.

Please don't take advantage of me.

-Me

Dear Betty,

You are obviously a dedicated employee. Please consider:

-CallerID
-VoiceMail
-Email once in a while.


All of these things are asynchronous, so you don't have to break pace to deal with them. And always remember, life can go on (if not a little cluncky) without you.

Love and hugs,

The Stoat XXX.

[Drince88]

Note to one's self: No packet of Tim-Tams for Snowflake for raining on our parade.

;)

But she was looking out for your wallet!

And Betty, if there's another day off 'to save money' next week - listen to the Stoatmeister!

[Not Afraid]

I was reading John Updike's obit and had no idea he wrote Witches of Eastwick.

I guess Updike won't be having another cherry. :(

[Disneyphile]

I'm cleaning my office, and came up with a solution to the now-ginormous stacks of industry magazines. I'm going to go through each one, tear out the stuff I'm interested in and then recycle the rest. I'll put the removed articles in a binder, and eventually scan them so I have them for good without taking up any space at all.

From that point, I'll do the same as they arrive in the mail. Goodbye clutter! :D

[Betty]

Right on. We did some work on the garage over the weekend. Unpacked the very last of the boxes from when we moved what - 6 years ago now?

One box was trash. Must have gotten mixed in somehow but we moved and stored a box of nothing but trash that should have gone to the dump.

On the brighter side, I took a whole car load to the goodwill. Lot's of books and little kids toys and clothes.

I realize I could have had a great garage sale - but it's been sitting in there so long I just couldn't wait until we got around to having one.

I must tell you - once I started on the path to getting rid of stuff, it felt great. The more I got rid of, the more I wanted to get rid of more.

[Disneyphile]

I must tell you - once I started on the path to getting rid of stuff, it felt great. The more I got rid of, the more I wanted to get rid of more.Next month's project is the garage. I'm actually looking forward to hauling crap off. It really is liberating! :snap:

[alphabassettgrrl]

Well - are you? :D

I guess potentially, though I'd say "brusque" more than rude. I apologized. Didn't mean to upset her. I think it was a "her". On the interwebz it's hard to tell sometimes.

[Mousey Girl]

I was reading John Updike's obit and had no idea he wrote Witches of Eastwick.

I guess Updike won't be having another cherry. :(

That was the only thing of his I enjoyed reading. That man mastered the art of the neverending sentence & paragraph.

[Ghoulish Delight]

We've got 2 projects we're about to undertake. Replacing our absurdly noisy bathroom fan. Not to jinx it, but that should be straight forward. Buy a new one, make sure the duct sizes match, some screws some wires, voila.

Next up will be a complete rebuild of our bedroom closet. Right now we have one 9+ ft long rod and shelf. Like everything else the previous owners did, it's half-assed. The shelf supports they were NOT made to handle the weight of all of our clothes + stroage boxes across a 9ft span. The need to replace it became urgent when we tried to put a box back up this weekend and it slid right off of the sagging shelf.

So we're going to rip it out. In its place will be multiple heights of hanging rods, a couple shelves, and space for some sort of shelving or cubbies or something tbd. And we'll be adding lighting.

We'll also be getting rid of the absurd doors on there. 8ft. x 4ft. x 2in thick solid wood sliding monsters. Hanging from a track that barely supports their weight. They're a bitch to slide and a bigger bitch to re-set onto the track when they fall off due to the track being bent from their weight. They also prevent us from decent access to the middle area of the closet.

If we simply take them off and make them go away, it'll be an improvement. Eventually I'd like to get a set of 3 light weight doors on there, but that will be phase 2.

If it goes well, we'll move on to the closet in the guest room. Gotta get some use out of the circular saw I just bought for the project :D

[Andrew]

We've got 2 projects we're about to undertake. Replacing our absurdly noisy bathroom fan. Not to jinx it, but that should be straight forward. Buy a new one, make sure the duct sizes match, some screws some wires, voila.
If it helps, we were able to replace just the actual fan unit instead of having to pull and replace the entire fixture. No problem with ducts because the duct attaches to the fan enclosure, which we didn't touch.

Check next to the full fan fixtures for smaller boxes with just the fan units. Less expensive, too. Something like this (http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&productId=100507589&N=10000003+90021+500492), though not exactly.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Check next to the full fan fixtures for smaller boxes with just the fan units. Less expensive, too. Something like this (http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&productId=100507589&N=10000003+90021+500492), though not exactly.
I did see those briefly. But we want the super-quiet one, and I don't think they sell just the fan units for that one.

[Kevy Baby]

I guess potentially, though I'd say "brusque" more than rude. I apologized. Didn't mean to upset her. I think it was a "her". On the interwebz it's hard to tell sometimes. Hmm... I wonder if the gender mis-identity had anything to do with her perception?

We've got 2 projects we're about to undertake. Replacing our absurdly noisy bathroom fan. Not to jinx it, but that should be straight forward. Buy a new one, make sure the duct sizes match, some screws some wires, voila.I would agree with Andrew about replacing just the fax. Much easier (usually the fan just plugs in with an Edison plug: no wiring needed) and cheaper. Although in our case, the fart fan in our bathroom was an odd size that took some serious digging my part.

Gotta get some use out of the circular saw I just bought for the project :DIf you do things right, you could easily end up with several new tools :D

[Disneyphile]

I just won another trade show raffle!

Check Out My Prize! (http://store.shure.com/store/shure/en_US/DisplayProductDetailsPage/productID.105432000)

WOOHOO!!!

[Andrew]

I just won another trade show raffle!

Check Out My Prize! (http://store.shure.com/store/shure/en_US/DisplayProductDetailsPage/productID.105432000)
Wow, nice.

[RStar]

I just won another trade show raffle!

Check Out My Prize! (http://store.shure.com/store/shure/en_US/DisplayProductDetailsPage/productID.105432000)

WOOHOO!!!

Cool!

I won an iPod from one once...

:snap:

[BarTopDancer]

I just won another trade show raffle!

Check Out My Prize! (http://store.shure.com/store/shure/en_US/DisplayProductDetailsPage/productID.105432000)

WOOHOO!!!

Awesome!!!!!!!

I have these (http://www.amazon.com/Shure-E2c-Sound-Isolating-Earphones/dp/B0000CE1UO).

[Ghoulish Delight]

If you do things right, you could easily end up with several new tools :D
Unfortunately condo living does not lend itself well to tool accumulation.

Although a router doesn't take much space...

[Not Afraid]

If we simply take them off and make them go away, it'll be an improvement. Eventually I'd like to get a set of 3 light weight doors on there, but that will be phase 2.

If it goes well, we'll move on to the closet in the guest room. Gotta get some use out of the circular saw I just bought for the project :D

Meanwhile, the easy solution to hiding a closet without doors is to hang a curtain in place of a door. Super easy to do and very inexpensive.

[Kevy Baby]

I have these (http://www.amazon.com/Shure-E2c-Sound-Isolating-Earphones/dp/B0000CE1UO).I BOUGHT these (http://www.sennheiserusa.com/newsite/productdetail.asp?transid=004974) after hearing them at CES - I'm fed up with ear buds.

Ain't won nuthin from the show yet (at least that I know of).

Although a router doesn't take much space...In my opinion, there really is only one router to get: Porter Cable 690 (http://www.deltaportercable.com/Products/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=11094). Also, stay away from variable speed routers - they are more susceptible to problems.

If you have a hankering to try out the PC 690, let me know and I will be happy to loan you mine.

[Morrigoon]

We've got 2 projects we're about to undertake. Replacing our absurdly noisy bathroom fan. Not to jinx it, but that should be straight forward. Buy a new one, make sure the duct sizes match, some screws some wires, voila.

Next up will be a complete rebuild of our bedroom closet. Right now we have one 9+ ft long rod and shelf. Like everything else the previous owners did, it's half-assed. The shelf supports they were NOT made to handle the weight of all of our clothes + stroage boxes across a 9ft span. The need to replace it became urgent when we tried to put a box back up this weekend and it slid right off of the sagging shelf.

So we're going to rip it out. In its place will be multiple heights of hanging rods, a couple shelves, and space for some sort of shelving or cubbies or something tbd. And we'll be adding lighting.

We'll also be getting rid of the absurd doors on there. 8ft. x 4ft. x 2in thick solid wood sliding monsters. Hanging from a track that barely supports their weight. They're a bitch to slide and a bigger bitch to re-set onto the track when they fall off due to the track being bent from their weight. They also prevent us from decent access to the middle area of the closet.

If we simply take them off and make them go away, it'll be an improvement. Eventually I'd like to get a set of 3 light weight doors on there, but that will be phase 2.

If it goes well, we'll move on to the closet in the guest room. Gotta get some use out of the circular saw I just bought for the project :D

Cubbies/shelves in a closet are da bomb, go for it!

An alternative to leaving the closet gaping open is to get spring loaded curtain rods and hang a lovely curtain(s) across it. When we bought our place, there was no door on the 2nd bedroom closet. I hung a sheer across the doorway. Even when the sheer's open it looks better than just no door at all.

[Kevy Baby]

How about a waterfall curtain with a projection of a talking pirate on it (with synced audio) for a closet cover?

[lashbear]

In regards to space planning, has anyone introduced you to Mrs. See's (http://www.sees.com/)wonderful confectioneries?
Great, now I need to get ANOTHER suitcase...

How about a waterfall curtain with a projection of a talking pirate on it (with synced audio) for a closet cover?
for 100% Closet Coverage, I suggest any of Tom Cruises wives.

[wendybeth]

We have See's stores up here, as well as Bruttles (http://www.bruttles.com), which is located in the Davenport hotel- we plan on doing a lunch there, so you'll be able to hit this great candy shop.

[~MS~]

We have See's stores up here, as well as Bruttles (http://www.bruttles.com), which is located in the Davenport hotel- we plan on doing a lunch there, so you'll be able to hit this great candy shop.

Oh good, you guys take them to See's, I'll take them to the mother ship of the bean! We'll spend the next several years sending care packages down under :D

[Disneyphile]

Hmmm. Now we want to make a trip to Sees tonight to use our gift certificate.

You people are bad influences. :p

[Betty]

Nuts and Chews! Nuts and Chews!

[Deebs]

Hmmm. Now we want to make a trip to Sees tonight to use our gift certificate.

You people are bad influences. :p

Who gave you the decadent gift of a Sees gift certificate? They might be as much to blame as the LoT in bad influence terms.



Nah. Probly not.

[Disneyphile]

Not sure, actually. We found it stashed in a side pocket of my car. It might have been an extra from a Costco 2-pack from one Christmas...

[Deebs]

Not sure, actually. We found it stashed in a side pocket of my car. It might have been an extra from a Costco 2-pack from one Christmas...

Why don't I ever find anything like that in my car? All I find are empty water bottles and old receipts.

[Kevy Baby]

Nuts and Chews! Nuts and Chews!Hey: we're talking candy here. Leave your prurient interests out of it.

:D

[BarTopDancer]

Mmmm. Sees candy.

[Kevy Baby]

I just won another trade show raffle!

Check Out My Prize! (http://store.shure.com/store/shure/en_US/DisplayProductDetailsPage/productID.105432000)

WOOHOO!!!I just checked my email and it seems I won as well!

[CoasterMatt]

These people really know how to drink - martinis all over - Goodnight :cheers:

[Disneyphile]

I just checked my email and it seems I won as well!Niiiiiice! :snap:

[Ghoulish Delight]

Bleh, I'd rather have an open closet than curtains.

[Kevy Baby]

You didn't like my idea?

[Ghoulish Delight]

Get this.

CP pulled the fan and motor out of the housing this evening to double check measurements. She noticed 2 things. First, that the housing itself isn't going to come down without a fight, so fan-replacement-only may be our only option.

Second, she had trouble locating exactly where the duct opening was in order to measure it. When I got home I helped take a closer look...the opening to the duct was covered by a foam-rubber disc! WTF?! We pulled that off and the fan seemed instantly quieter and like it was pulling more air.

Still too loud for our tastes, but geebus, we've been living for 2 years with a fan that had no outlet. Laaaaaame.

[Kevy Baby]

Whut the?!?

[Betty]

Maybe it used to be a filter that's been up there so long it somehow solidified?

[bewitched]

for 100% Closet Coverage, I suggest any of Tom Cruises wives.

LOL! I just now got this. :rolleyes:


Do you ever have a great response to a post, push the reply button, start to type and...nothing? Poof. Your great response has faded away. It reminds me of the Seinfeld "Jerk Store" episode.

[Prudence]

bah.

[lashbear]

We have See's stores up here, as well as Bruttles (http://www.bruttles.com), which is located in the Davenport hotel- we plan on doing a lunch there, so you'll be able to hit this great candy shop.
OOOoooooo.... do they have Sugar Free? :rolleyes:

....maybe one piece of regular a week ;)

Oh good, you guys take them to See's, I'll take them to the mother ship of the bean! We'll spend the next several years sending care packages down under :D
Hehehehehehe It's like Willy Wonka owns the whole USA :D

[lashbear]

We have See's stores up here, as well as Bruttles (http://www.bruttles.com), which is located in the Davenport hotel- we plan on doing a lunch there, so you'll be able to hit this great candy shop.
OooooooOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooo ..... Huckleberry Bark !!!!!!!

*WOOF*

[wolfy999]

Huckleberry Bark.....where?

[wendybeth]

At the candy store I mentioned above, Bruttles.


http://www.bruttles.com/products/bark_huckleberry.jpg

[Kevy Baby]

Do you ever have a great response to a post, push the reply button, start to type and...nothing? Poof. Your great response has faded away.Nope: never get that

[bewitched]

Nope: never get that

Well the jerk store called and they're all out of you.

[bewitched]

Girl Scout Cookies, "Whitney, Whiiiiiitney...eat us Whitney...MMMMM...cookies...."


Luckily:
1. Cookies are safely in my car.
2. I have no shoes on.
3. There is snow on the ground.



Evil fvcking Girl Scout cookies.

[cirquelover]

I can't sleep.........I really wish I could sleep though.

[mousepod]

What flavor GS Cookies goes with French Vanilla Slim-Fast?

[RStar]

What flavor GS Cookies goes with French Vanilla Slim-Fast?

All of them?

[Kevy Baby]

The no longer have m favorite GS Cookies. I don't remember what they were called, but the were a white cookie with chocolate stripes on top.

[Prudence]

I am having the most difficult time remember what day it is and when I'm supposed to be travelling where.

But! The Rat's mom is in town next week, and I have Friday off, and I'm supposed to actually be home that day, so that means yay fun trip to the park!

[Not Afraid]

I was going to be looking forward to nearly 5 hours off work this afternoon. Instead of plunging into my To Do list, I will be icing various body parts. I tripped over a dog gate, went flying into mud and concrete. I sure hope I did it gracefully enough for the lady construction worker who witnessed it.

[Moonliner]

I was going to be looking forward to nearly 5 hours off work this afternoon. Instead of plunging into my To Do list, I will be icing various body parts. I tripped over a dog gate, went flying into mud and concrete. I sure hope I did it gracefully enough for the lady construction worker who witnessed it.

Sounds like a great opening for a Vivid movie.

[Disneyphile]

I was going to be looking forward to nearly 5 hours off work this afternoon. Instead of plunging into my To Do list, I will be icing various body parts. I tripped over a dog gate, went flying into mud and concrete. I sure hope I did it gracefully enough for the lady construction worker who witnessed it.Ouch! I hope your bruises mend quickly. :(

Sounds like a great opening for a Vivid movie.Oh, behave! :p

[blueerica]

1.) I don't like how the LoT works on my blackberry.

2.) I hope you're not too banged up, NA!!! Owie!!

3.) I'm bored. Where are the doctors?!? Let's get the road on the show!!! (I am with J and we're starting all his transplant stuff. Huzzah!!)

[Ghoulish Delight]

http://cdn-www.cracked.com/articleimages/dan/1-29-09/VerneTheCoconut.jpg

[JWBear]

I was going to be looking forward to nearly 5 hours off work this afternoon. Instead of plunging into my To Do list, I will be icing various body parts. I tripped over a dog gate, went flying into mud and concrete. I sure hope I did it gracefully enough for the lady construction worker who witnessed it.

You're ok, I hope!

Sounds like a great opening for a Vivid movie.

Just before reading this, I was thinking "Female construction worker... Mud... Hmmm... sounds like a lesbian fantasy..."

[Capt Jack]

bow-chikka-wow-wow!

:snap: :snap:

[blueerica]

Okay I like this better on my iPod... They has free wireless intrawebs.

[Snowflake]

Ouch!

Maybe a soak in your not so recently remodeled bathtub might be an option?

[Kevy Baby]

I LOVE the Escher-Sketch!

[Gemini Cricket]

We got into her car away we started rollin'
I said, 'How much you pay for this?'
She said, 'Nothing, man, it's stolen.'

[JWBear]

It's 4:45, and I have done everything I need to do before I go home. Somethings wrong.....

[Capt Jack]

your clock maybe?

[JWBear]

No.

[bewitched]

The no longer have m favorite GS Cookies. I don't remember what they were called, but the were a white cookie with chocolate stripes on top.


I can't remember what those were called. Try "Thanks-a-lot". They are shortbread (which is the same "white" cookie as the one you liked) with a thin chocolate layer on the bottom. One of my favorites.

[katiesue]

Cleaning half the house and I still can't find my new camera. Flipity flip!

[Morrigoon]

Thanks-a-lots are nom.

[BarTopDancer]

Thanks-A-Lot are now called All Abouts

[bewitched]

Thanks-A-Lot are now called All Abouts

Actually, they are 2 different cookies. All Abouts aren't offered this year and were made by little Brownie Bakery. ABC Bakery has Thanks-a-lot which are very similar to the now defunct Animal Treasures.

Yes, I know waaaay too much about GS cookies.

[BarTopDancer]

I ordered 2 boxes of All Abouts from my friend.

[bewitched]

I ordered 2 boxes of All Abouts from my friend.

Hmmm. Little Brownie Bakery must be offering them to some councils. They aren't on the GS cookie site as an offered cookie this year. I know they were offered last year (but not here, we get ABC offerings). In any case, Thanks-a-Lot are offered through councils selling from ABC this year.

[alphabassettgrrl]

NA- I hope you feel better soon. Your comment about the lady construction worker kind of made me giggle. :)

[CoasterMatt]

I get to go home tomorrow!! WOOHOO!!!!

:cheers:

[lashbear]

NA- I hope you feel better soon. Your comment about the lady construction worker kind of made me giggle. :)
I was wondering if the lady construction worker Wolf-Whistled at NA ? :evil:

[lashbear]

I get to go home tomorrow!! WOOHOO!!!!

:cheers:
where are you now ?!!

[BarTopDancer]

Actually, they are 2 different cookies. All Abouts aren't offered this year and were made by little Brownie Bakery. ABC Bakery has Thanks-a-lot which are very similar to the now defunct Animal Treasures.

Yes, I know waaaay too much about GS cookies.

I ordered 2 boxes of All Abouts from my friend.

Hmmm. Little Brownie Bakery must be offering them to some councils. They aren't on the GS cookie site as an offered cookie this year. I know they were offered last year (but not here, we get ABC offerings). In any case, Thanks-a-Lot are offered through councils selling from ABC this year.

According to the info on the GSCOC website Thanks-A-Lot and All Abouts are the same cookies.

In 2008, the Council welcomed a new cookie baker, ABC Baker, a subsidiary of Westin Foods, which produces many of America’s favorite breads and snacks. All your favorite Girl Scout cookies are still available. Thin Mints are still called Thin Mints, but other cookie varieties will have different names: Caramel DeLites (formerly Samoas), Peanut Butter Patties (formerly Tagalongs), Peanut Butter Sandwich (formerly Do-si-dos), Shortbread (formerly Trefoils), and Thanks-A-Lot (formerly All Abouts). New to the line up was the very popular and tangy Lemonades, and Daisy Go Rounds, which come in convenient 100-calorie packs. All these delicious varieties are still just $4 a box.

[alphabassettgrrl]

I was wondering if the lady construction worker Wolf-Whistled at NA ? :evil:

Hey- and she was so distracted and that's why she fell over the gate!

[bewitched]

According to the info on the GSCOC website Thanks-A-Lot and All Abouts are the same cookies.

Here (http://www.girlscoutcookies.org/meet_cookies.asp) is the GS.org info on cookies offered nationwide. It appears as though the OC council recently switched from Little Brownie to ABC. Perhaps they were making an association between the two as they are very similar cookies. Each bakery is required to offer Thin Mints, Do-Si-Does and Shortbread. The other offerings come from a list but are at the discretion of the 2 bakeries (which is also why some cookies are called by 2 different names-- depends on the bakery). Unlike Somoas and Caramel D'Lites (which are ostensibly the same), these 2 cookies may be similar but they are not the same. Prior to Thanks-a-Lot, ABC offered Animal Treasures not All Abouts.

eta: There is a possibility that All Abouts were offered prior to 2005 by ABC which is when O became involved in GS. (But I believe they have always been an exclusive offering of LBB and were offered up until last year.)

[Kevy Baby]

It's 4:45, and I have done everything I need to do before I go home. Somethings wrong.....I have never experienced that. I never even feel like I finished everything when I leave at ANY hour.

I can't remember what those were called. Try "Thanks-a-lot". They are shortbread (which is the same "white" cookie as the one you liked) with a thin chocolate layer on the bottom. One of my favorites.THAT'S THEM!!!! And they still have them

Phew!

[bewitched]

THAT'S THEM!!!! And they still have them

Phew!

Phew, indeed!

I tried to get O to go out the car and get me a box tonight. She refused. I swear, I've got the cookie itch.

[lashbear]

I swear, I've got the cookie itch.
:eek: stop putting them there, and they won't itch.....

[Kevy Baby]

Phew, indeed!

I tried to get O to go out the car and get me a box tonight. She refused. I swear, I've got the cookie itch.

I'm so glad they come in convenient single-serving trays

[Ghoulish Delight]

I have never experienced that. I never even feel like I finished everything when I leave at ANY hour.

THAT'S THEM!!!! And they still have them

Phew!
Not quite. I remember the ones you're talking about and they specifically had stripes of chocolate, on the top if I recall correctly. Thanks-a-lots have a full chocolate layer on the bottom.

I tolerate Thanks-A-Lots because they are delicious and the generic messages of thanks printed on them are innocuous enough. I DETESTED All-A-Abouts because the "It's All About ___________" messages on them were beyond lame.

[bewitched]

I'm so glad they come in convenient single-serving trays

I'm just glad they don't come 2 trays per box.

I still haven't gone out to the car. I'm going to punish myself by eating some cheese.

[Kevy Baby]

Just finished and filed the taxes. Yeah!

[Morrigoon]

All this talk of GS cookies is making me hungry. I could just about eat one of those "single serving" packages Kevy was talking about. Is it terribly gauche to eat last year's (remaining) cookies in anticipation of the new batch?

Oh, and someone IS holding a box of ThinMints for the Lashes, right?

[~MS~]

I've got the Thin Mints for the boys covered...

[Betty]

We had our cookie fix about 2 months ago. My husband's employer is the distributor for the area. His job was to meet and coordinate everything to make sure everyone gets their cookies to distribute.

At the end of their primary meeting, he was gifted several boxes of cookies. And by boxes I mean one large box that contains one of each type of cookie. One large box went home with us and the rest to his office.

Cookies!

[Kevy Baby]

Is it terribly gauche to eat last year's (remaining) cookies in anticipation of the new batch?You still have cookies from last year?!? We're lucky if they last a month around here.

[Morrigoon]

Well, one has to ration if one doesn't want to spend the majority of the year pining for them. That, and we never buy just one box ;) Or two :D

[Snowflake]

You guys are killing me with all this GS cookie talk.

I've successfully navigated around the girls in green these last two years and not purchased a single box. After all the years supporting many girl scouts in my offices where I've worked and the gang in front of Target, enough with the cookies for me. I have no self control when I have them, I'm a thin mint monster, so must not buy them or be in line with temptation.

[Morrigoon]

Resistance is futile, you will be assimilated.

All your thin mint are belong to us. You have no chance to survive. Make your time.

I bought you a thin mint, but I eated it.

(Insert witty phrase here)

[~MS~]

See that's me, I honestly thought I was going to 'escape' the addicition this year...my hookup quit being a leader and I haven't really talked to her in months so I wasn't going looking for a replacement....then an IM window popped up and I was sucked right back into the borg.

[Alex]

Forced to put into words this morning my refusal to support anything Boy Scout related I've decided that even though the Girl Scouts generally avoid those problems, just to avoid charges of sexism I will treat them as collateral damage in my personal boycott.

Unless, while standing in front of Safeway begging me for money they are willing to verbally castigate the Boy Scouts.

[BarTopDancer]

Forced to put into words this morning my refusal to support anything Boy Scout related I've decided that even though the Girl Scouts generally avoid those problems, just to avoid charges of sexism I will treat them as collateral damage in my personal boycott.

Unless, while standing in front of Safeway begging me for money they are willing to verbally castigate the Boy Scouts.

If you find some young Brownies they may still think boys have cooties.

[Alex]

Brownies are hardly ever selling stuff at Safeway, and when they are they are too scared to talk to men who look like me (especially after the first one approaches me and I ask them how they feel about their mothers pimping out their cuteness in what is surely to be the first in a long slide down to the stripper pole of them using their looks to garner cash rewards).

Nothing feels so good as beginning the emotional ruination of a seven year old.

[BarTopDancer]

Then you're screwed.

[Alex]

I don't see how. I come out never buying things I don't really want outside of a grocery store because I can't resist the swarm of suburban peer pressure.

I'd say I'm the big winner. And the Boy Scouts (as an organization) are assholes (individually I'm sure some are very nice people). Win-win.

[Betty]

I say "not today".... it's not like I'm saying no forever. Just no for today. (okay - it really is forever but I don't feel bad about telling them no then.)

[BarTopDancer]

I'm a sucker for the girl scouts. Everyone else gets told I have no cash. And I don't carry checks. I don't have to worry until they start taking plastic.

[cirquelover]

I have successfully avoided the GS for the last couple years. The cookies just got to expensive and I swear the packages are smaller too!

I miss the old thin mints that actually had a little blob of mint cream in them.

I think I'd be worried about eating the peanut butter sandwich ones, what with all the peanut butter scares right now.

[Prudence]

So the Thin Mints did used to be different? Because I could swear that I used to like them, but when I tried them again a few years ago I thought they were awful. I just don't like them at all. Dry and fake chocolate-y tasting they are.

Samoas on the other hand..... Fortunately I don't usually do the grocery shopping, nor am I located anywhere near a LoT reseller.

[Alex]

I've decided that a little salmonella isn't sufficient threat to keep me from peanut butter anything.

If the CDC held a press conference and held up a spoonful of peanut butter saying "this here is a sample of the tainted stuff" I'd be tempted to eat it if offered.

[Chernabog]

Samoas on the other hand..... Fortunately I don't usually do the grocery shopping, nor am I located anywhere near a LoT reseller.

I could live off of Samoas and chocolate milk. nom nom nom

[Drince88]

Is it terribly gauche to eat last year's (remaining) cookies in anticipation of the new batch?
Absolutely not. It's what you should do. You have to cycle out the old to make way for the new.

[Betty]

FYI - the cookies and/or the packages are getting smaller. There was a news story this morning saying that some packages held fewer cookies then last year and others had the same number but the cookies were smaller in size.

They did that so they woudln't have to raise prices.

[Alex]

Fancy chocolate sure is expensive and I don't even particularly care for the stuff.

Oh well, better than spending another hour at BevMo pretending that I care about wine and trying to pick one as a decent hostess gift.

[swanie]

Actually, they are 2 different cookies. All Abouts aren't offered this year and were made by little Brownie Bakery. ABC Bakery has Thanks-a-lot which are very similar to the now defunct Animal Treasures.

Yes, I know waaaay too much about GS cookies.

Here (http://www.girlscoutcookies.org/meet_cookies.asp) is the GS.org info on cookies offered nationwide. It appears as though the OC council recently switched from Little Brownie to ABC. Perhaps they were making an association between the two as they are very similar cookies. Each bakery is required to offer Thin Mints, Do-Si-Does and Shortbread. The other offerings come from a list but are at the discretion of the 2 bakeries (which is also why some cookies are called by 2 different names-- depends on the bakery). Unlike Somoas and Caramel D'Lites (which are ostensibly the same), these 2 cookies may be similar but they are not the same. Prior to Thanks-a-Lot, ABC offered Animal Treasures not All Abouts.

eta: There is a possibility that All Abouts were offered prior to 2005 by ABC which is when O became involved in GS. (But I believe they have always been an exclusive offering of LBB and were offered up until last year.)


Depending on where BTD bought her cookies last year, she could have very well purchased All Abouts. Orange County did switch to ABC in 2008 as I previously posted, but if she purchased anywhere in LA County or San Diego County...she would have bought Little Brownies products. I can't blame any Scout in the OC Council for telling her that she's buying All Abouts, since that is what anyone who used to sell from Little Brownies would identify them as...especially after the design change that Little Brownies made last year. In 2008, they changed the shape to a round cookie with the words "courage" "confidence" "character" "fun", etc. embossed on them much like the current "Thanks-A-Lot" design. We loved the change since the old oval cookie required an odd-shaped box which made cookie distribution and packing a tad more difficult.

As far as GSUSA is concerned, the "Thanks-A-Lot" cookie is considered an "All About" since nationally they try not to make any differentiation between the bakers. (Just as ABC billed the "Thanks-A-Lot" the new "Animal Treasure" cookie when it switched in 2006). The recipe may be slightly different than the All Abouts, but as far as selling...they are simply considered a name change just as the Trefoils/Shortbread and Samoas/Carmel deLites are billed as the same cookies.

Personally, I think they should call everything by a uniformed name, but I've been told it is a licensing issue with the 2 bakers (as well as the slightly different recipe).

swanie

[alphabassettgrrl]

I don't remember the last time I had GS cookies. And I join Alex in boycotting the Boy Scouts.

[lashbear]

Is it just me, or does anyone else think they (mostly) have silly names - well the "Little Brownie Bakers" names at least?

Thin Mints - OK, this works. The following should be re-named for uniformity and clarity:

Do-Si-Dos / Gauchos = Peanut Butter Sandwich (Says what it is)
Tagalongs = Peanut Butter Chocolate Patties (Says what it is)
Samoas = Caramel Coconut deLites (Says what it is)
Thanks-A-Lot / All Abouts = Shortbread Fudge cookie (says what it is)

GOD !!!! I Hate people who name products so you don't know what they are !!!!!!!!!!!!

...I'm off to eat a Tim-Tam.

[alphabassettgrrl]

I'm with you Lash.

[Morrigoon]

So the Thin Mints did used to be different? Because I could swear that I used to like them, but when I tried them again a few years ago I thought they were awful. I just don't like them at all. Dry and fake chocolate-y tasting they are.

Samoas on the other hand..... Fortunately I don't usually do the grocery shopping, nor am I located anywhere near a LoT reseller.

I seem to recall at one point in my childhood the underlying cookie in thin mints was in the shape of the GS logo. That was positively ages ago now. (Are the shortbread cookies still shaped like that?)

[lashbear]

I seem to recall at one point in my childhood the underlying cookie in thin mints was in the shape of the GS logo. That was positively ages ago now. (Are the shortbread cookies still shaped like that?)
I believe the Trefoils are.
...or are they round with the trefoil design stamped in?

[Betty]

I like Andes Candies. (sp?)

[€uroMeinke]

So, last night the cats turned on my webcam and took photographs of my keyboard. Perhaps they a creating a manual...

[bewitched]

Forced to put into words this morning my refusal to support anything Boy Scout related I've decided that even though the Girl Scouts generally avoid those problems, just to avoid charges of sexism I will treat them as collateral damage in my personal boycott.

Unless, while standing in front of Safeway begging me for money they are willing to verbally castigate the Boy Scouts.

O will verbally castigate them for their stance on gays and the fact that you are not allowed to leave out the word "God" in their oath/pledge. Totally not kidding.

:wiping tears: I'm so proud of my little social warrior.



Brownies are hardly ever selling stuff at Safeway, and when they are they are too scared to talk to men who look like me (especially after the first one approaches me and I ask them how they feel about their mothers pimping out their cuteness in what is surely to be the first in a long slide down to the stripper pole of them using their looks to garner cash rewards).

Nothing feels so good as beginning the emotional ruination of a seven year old.

O''s a Brownie. She'd turn to me and very loudly say, "Mommy, that man was a butt."

You'd so end up buying her cookies.


BTW, the peanut butter in all GS ookies was NOT affected by the pb recall.

[blueerica]

Sooooo..... my chances for ending up in Chi-Town this May are looking rather slim. So very sad. :(

[bewitched]

...I'm off to eat a Tim-Tam.

And soon you shall be indulging in GS cookies.

[lashbear]

Girl Scout: "Wanna buy some Girl Scout Cookies"
Wednesday Addams: "Are they made from real Girl Scouts?"

[Tom]

So, last night the cats turned on my webcam and took photographs of my keyboard. Perhaps they a creating a manual...

Your cats are more talented than my cats.

[CoasterMatt]

The trip is over, except for the unpacking.

Overall, very good learning experience, excellent networking, and a LOT of good drinks.

[Kevy Baby]

I'm a sucker for the girl scouts. Everyone else gets told I have no cash. And I don't carry checks. I don't have to worry until they start taking plastic.Why are people afraid to just say "no thank you?"

[Alex]

Which, despite my facetiousness above, is all I ever say.

[BarTopDancer]

Why are people afraid to just say "no thank you?"

Because when I say "no thank you" they usually take it as an invitation to ask again and try different tactits. It's just easier to tell them I don't have any cash on me.

[Kevy Baby]

...tactits.That typo conjures disturbing visuals.

Does one wear a granola bra for tactits?

[RStar]

Which, despite my facetiousness...
I'm sorry to hear that your foot hurts.

Oh, sorry that's fasciitis......

[Drince88]

I've figured out my Mardi Gras costume! I'm so happy about it finally jelling in my brain, and to actually have 54 of the 60 required components.

The city charter says the mayors office is allowed 60 take home cars (cars that employees can take home and drive back/forth to work). They have something like 5x that many, and they're SUPPOSED to respond to the Inspector General's report about it by today (not sure if they're actually going to make that deadline).

Unless they respond in some stupid way (ALWAYS a possibility around here!), I'm making a sandwhich board out of foam core, but it will be shaped like a baseball diamond home plate and edged in black duck tape (yes, a k not a t) - and have 60 matchbox/hotwheel cars attached to it. My 'verbal' catch phrase will be "This is what 60 looks like, Mr. Mayor" and hopefully I'll be able to get in his line of sight when he rides in the Zulu parade - before I head to the Quarter with some friends.

We've never done the Quarter before on Mardi Gras day, and we're not planning on staying late or hanging out on Bourbon street, but it should still be fun.

I need to go to one more Walmart to find those last 6 cars!

[swanie]

Well, talk about irony of ironies...

At our Girl Scout International Festival today, the Australian booth had TIM TAMS! Oh my are they good. Pepperidge Farms is producing them for Target for a limited time (now through March).

Tim Tams (http://www.ilovetimtamcookies.com/index.html)

I was told they are only $3.79 a package and they carry the Chocolate Creme and the Carmel cookies. I'm dragging Mr. Swanie over to buy some after dinner.

:D

[wolfy999]

Those look yummy....hummm, trip to Target in near future coming up!

[~MS~]

Oh My! It just so happens that the local Target is directly across from the center where Miss B goes to day program, I'll be planning a stop on Monday morning!

[cirquelover]

Those do look delicious. I think I may have to pick up a box or two.

[lashbear]

No bread in the house, sooooo, I made Scones for breakfast.

Yummy!


Oh and: Tim Tams... All you base are belong to us now !! Bwah hah hah hah !!!! We'll get you addicted and then....

[lashbear]

Tim Tams (http://www.ilovetimtamcookies.com/index.html)

I was told they are only $3.79 a package and they carry the Chocolate Creme and the Carmel cookies. I'm dragging Mr. Swanie over to buy some after dinner.

:D
BTW: The chocolate creme is the original biscuit as we know and love it, the Caramel is one of the many derivations, but it not the original experience. Just so's you know. :D

[Alex]

Ever notice how highly processed foodstuffs are horribly unhealthy and gross...unless it is a highly processed foodstuff from another country?

I bet I would love Bubba Gump's if it had been founded in Kazakhstan.

[swanie]

BTW: The chocolate creme is the original biscuit as we know and love it, the Caramel is one of the many derivations, but it not the original experience. Just so's you know. :D

So, my first was the Carmel. They had both at the booth, but the Leader recommended the Carmel if I were to try just one. BTW - I'm putting aside a Thin Mint and a Samoa for you, but did you want to try any other Girl Scout cookies?

We have broken into both of the Tim Tams and they get a big thumbs up from all of the Swanies. My only gripe is that there are only 9 in the Carmel package and 11 in the Creme package (actually it is probably a GOOD thing).

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff17/swan0805/TimTams.jpg

There's even a coupon on the Tim Tam site I posted for a $1.00 off.

It is going to suck big time if they do discontinue them come March.

[katiesue]

You suck! I've been to two Targets in my jammies and no Tim Tam's. Darn it. One had a shelf tag but they were cleaned out. Second one not even a shelf tag. Now I'll spend half the day tomorrow going to Targets.

[alphabassettgrrl]

CM- welcome home! Hope to hear all about your trip!