Red-Ringed Tupperware Party with (ineffective) Tin Foil Hats

[Woolburr]

I am all for taking little trips...especially those that give you fresh things to shoot. Never know when you might run across more cows in monkey suits!:lol:
Besides...it gives you a chance to recharge your batteries....and that my friend, is always a good thing.:D

[Lightstream]

I am all for taking little trips...especially those that give you fresh things to shoot. Never know when you might run across more cows in monkey suits!:lol:
Besides...it gives you a chance to recharge your batteries....and that my friend, is always a good thing.:D


Cool :D I think I just needed a push in the right direction. If I see any more cows this time I WILL pull over, and I am taking the 1-4 so their black and white markings will be resolved, CA-free and color-separation-free :D

Last cow I shot had CA at 100%, green on the left and reddish-purple on the right. Let's see what a chunk of 77mm flourite can do!

I plotted everything on GPS.. total driving distance will be nearly 500mi across the weekend. So if I don't show up on POTN, do worry, for the cow might just be after me.... :mrgreen:

[Woolburr]

500 miles is a nice jaunt....should be plenty of fresh scenery and you will probably get the chance to see several of Wu's closest friends. The only cow I do at 100% these days is the stuff going on the grill....I hardly ever worry about CA on my steak. I wonder what fluorite tastes like? rofl

[Lightstream]

I was actually trying to make out whether the cow's suit was really a suit, or whether it was natural, as we debated.. 100% was called for, for analyzing subject detail rather than CA, which was noticed incidentally :D

And lemme guess....you're a salt and pepper and horseradish guy, right? (the purists say steak should only be eaten with S&P)

On my way back I plan to pick up something unusual:
http://www.heineken.com/usa/cc/usa/draftkeg/index.asp

It'll make a great conversation piece and photographic subject. (AFTER I finish the contents) Wu would love it.

[Woolburr]

I like my steak with just the basics....salt, pepper and a touch of garlic...grilled to perfection....nice crust on the outside...rare on the inside...Moooooooooooooooooooooooooo....:D

Happy is nice cold beer!

[Lightstream]

mmmmm garlic. A properly grilled steak is awesome.

Beer is good, am having some now (night in my sector). More of the Kilkenny stuff. Them Irish sure know how to make it.

[Woolburr]

Can't beat a nice thick steak...grilled to perfection...melts in your mouth..yum

I'm afraid our tastes in beer varies a wee bit...the Irish make good potatoes....their beer leaves a lot to be desired. Jever Pilsner from Germany or Labatt's Blue from Canada....are a bit more to my liking.

[Lightstream]

Can't beat a nice thick steak...grilled to perfection...melts in your mouth..yum

I'm afraid our tastes in beer varies a wee bit...the Irish make good potatoes....their beer leaves a lot to be desired. Jever Pilsner from Germany or Labatt's Blue from Canada....are a bit more to my liking.

Ahh..... I am still a barbarian drinking the entry level stuff, forgive me ;)

The specialty beers I miss the most are made by a little micro in the Far East. One occasionally wonders how 'micro' they are when you sit next to the 5000 liter tanks, but then again, having visited an industrial scale brewery with vats that make water towers look like water bottles, I guess they are micro in comparison.

As far as I know you can't find the beer anywhere, you have to actually go down and buy it. Right now 'go down' involves a 747-400 or 777 Longreach. Not exactly a day's drive.

I never really liked stout, but this place came up with an oatmeal stout to die for. Hints of chocolate and coffee, rich and black, and their signature taste common to all their beers......WOW. Now that is beer. You have to drink it to believe it.

UGH......just thinking of it makes my current beer taste like crap....that's how good it is...

Worse, I knew I should have picked up the Heineken keg when I first saw it, now I REALLY feel like I want one, and it's late at night and I can't get it!

[Woolburr]

One of the micro-breweries here specializes in Oatmeal Porter. An occasional glass or two is very tasty...don't think I could do a steady diet of it though.

[wu_wei0]

One of the micro-breweries here specializes in Oatmeal Porter. An occasional glass or two is very tasty...don't think I could do a steady diet of it though.
breakfast beer.
Guinness was always considered (among my crew )to be the beer that was ameal in itself.
I tried posting thse last night but the lappy crashed (as is happening more and more lately) Have to use ones that are already online right now. the portable HD is inaccessible.

Woo,l you could have posted and it would have been just fine. No need to think you'd have to run the rest of your life. I'm still waiting for those brick deliveries, anyway ;)

The portable HD is inaccessible so you have to make do with these. the one in question and a couple poor but more recent ones- have better of the contemporary but it gives everyone fodder for posts regardless:lol:
have at it, yoda:D:

Wind blown and big glasses -approx 1979-ish
http://static.flickr.com/73/168640049_39d6c50cf3.jpg


and now many years later:
1 yr ago- straight, no glasses
http://static.flickr.com/49/127719470_f093e791c3_m.jpg

July -curly, short, no glasses
http://static.flickr.com/96/205431261_cb630b3317_m.jpg

[saravrose]

http://pix.lightrefineries.org/img/crackup.gif


Anyway, I am thinking of taking a road trip for a couple of days this weekend, take some photos, drive a scenic route.. etc.

Dya think that's a good idea? Part of me is tempted to just hide at home and sleep, but that also strikes me as tremendously unproductive.

going somewhere is always a good idea... where did you have in mind?.

[saravrose]

I like my steak with just the basics....salt, pepper and a touch of garlic...grilled to perfection....nice crust on the outside...rare on the inside...Moooooooooooooooooooooooooo....:D

Happy is nice cold beer!

mmmmm garlic. A properly grilled steak is awesome.

Beer is good, am having some now (night in my sector). More of the Kilkenny stuff. Them Irish sure know how to make it.

:lol: :lol: .. sorry guys. Restaurant story.. My exec. Chef was in the kitchen last night when he got a well done $48 kobe tenderloin.. the server really had to talk him out of sending out a hamburger patty... it was way too funny listening to this snobby chef talk about how these dumb americans are ruining his food... and he was going to go cook at McDonalds if that's what folks want their food to taste like.. Serious temper tantrum.. way too much fun!!

sari

[saravrose]

breakfast beer.
Guinness was always considered (among my crew )to be the beer that was ameal in itself.
I tried posting thse last night but the lappy crashed (as is happening more and more lately) Have to use ones that are already online right now. the portable HD is inaccessible.

Woo,l you could have posted and it would have been just fine. No need to think you'd have to run the rest of your life. I'm still waiting for those brick deliveries, anyway ;)

The portable HD is inaccessible so you have to make do with these. the one in question and a couple poor but more recent ones- have better of the contemporary but it gives everyone fodder for posts regardless:lol:
have at it, yoda:D:

Wind blown and big glasses -approx 1979-ish
http://static.flickr.com/73/168640049_39d6c50cf3.jpg


and now many years later:
1 yr ago- straight, no glasses
http://static.flickr.com/49/127719470_f093e791c3_m.jpg

July -curly, short, no glasses
http://static.flickr.com/96/205431261_cb630b3317_m.jpg

my goodness what kind of camera is that?.. do you still have it?..

[Digital_Duck]

RIGHT!

Sari...order up 4 70-200 f4 IS's and put them on Lightstream's tab. (It's his turn to buy anyway...) oops make it 5!

gee! Cheap dates! :p

[saravrose]

gee! Cheap dates! :p

haha.. so some girls want flowers and jewelry.. and some girls want nice, nice glass....

sari

[Digital_Duck]

WOAH! Check this out:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Canon-28-105-f3-5-USM-Lens-Eos-350d-400d-30d-5d-1d-300d_W0QQitemZ160053505980QQihZ006QQcategoryZ4687Q QrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Canon 28-105 f/3.5-4.5 SOFT FOCUS!!
That's not repairable?

I thought lenses should be serviced periodically ...

[Permagrin]

Happy Thanksgiving ALL!

Enjoy your day. ;)
Lisa

[Belmondo]

Happy Thanksgiving ALL!

Enjoy your day. ;)
Lisa

Thanks, Lisa.

The turkey is stuffed and in the oven

[liza]

I like my steak with just the basics....salt, pepper and a touch of garlic...grilled to perfection....nice crust on the outside...rare on the inside...Moooooooooooooooooooooooooo....:D

Happy is nice cold beer!

Mmmmm! I need a steak like that! So few people know how to prepare them correctly. I'll forego the beer, though, in favor of a Crown and Coke.

haha.. so some girls want flowers and jewelry.. and some girls want nice, nice glass....

sari

I like the flowers, especially roses, but the only glass I want is Canon, preferably the white variety. :)

Happy Thanksgiving ALL!

Enjoy your day. ;)
Lisa

Happy Thanksgiving to y'all, too! Have a nice, relaxing day.

[Woolburr]

:lol: :lol: .. sorry guys. Restaurant story.. My exec. Chef was in the kitchen last night when he got a well done $48 Kobe tenderloin.. the server really had to talk him out of sending out a hamburger patty... it was way too funny listening to this snobby chef talk about how these dumb Americans are ruining his food... and he was going to go cook at McDonald's if that's what folks want their food to taste like.. Serious temper tantrum.. way too much fun!!

sari

He should have just taken off one of his shoes and plated it. What a waste of a perfectly good steak....tell your chef he can cook my steaks any time!

[Belmondo]

Whereas I agree it's a waste of good beef, it's not his place to tell people how they should eat their steaks. For 45 year I've been defending my wife's right to eat her steaks well done, and it's tiresome being hassled by culinary snobs. FWIW, I eat mine rare/medium rare, but also know that some people get physically ill at the thoughts of eating meat with eve a hint of pink in it.

[Woolburr]

Whereas I agree it's a waste of good beef, it's not his place to tell people how they should eat their steaks. For 45 year I've been defending my wife's right to eat her steaks well done, and it's tiresome being hassled by culinary snobs. FWIW, I eat mine rare/medium rare, but also know that some people get physically ill at the thoughts of eating meat with eve a hint of pink in it.

I think that is how you are supposed to recognize him as a chef....throwing fits and complaining about people's tastes in food. You are right Tom....some people have a physical aversion to rare meat....my ex didn't like to sit with me when I had steak or prime rib....said it spoiled her meal.

[Woolburr]

gee! Cheap dates! :p

Ah...the new toy....where is the duck shot?

[Permagrin]

I hate rare meat (don't mind if someone else eats it though) but I hate it...

All the Thanksgiving "fixin's" are cooking, the house is clean and football is on...family will be here soon. Can it get better than this? ;)

[Woolburr]

Can it get better than this? ;)

Only if we were having a POTN Turkey Day party....complete with lampshades and CF card party favors.:D

[Permagrin]

Only if we were having a POTN Turkey Day party....complete with lampshades and CF card party favors.:D

True...and I'm sure Wu would agree heartily :lol:
(maybe then I'd get my lampshade back too)

What are you doing today Wool?

[Woolburr]

I have a Turkey Day party at 5....it's a neighborhood tradition....I have my green beans and cranberries ready to go. Plus I get to bring the wine....hehehe

Your lampshade is history...

[wu_wei0]

there is no lampshade.
but for a really good steak a la wool style, and several good beers I might buy you a new one.

[puddlepirate44]

It would be good to have all you guys over for real just so that we could clear all this up... :)

[PetKal]

:evil: :evil:
MwauahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaBwuahahahahahahah ahahahahahahaha
:evil: :evil: BuahahahahahahahahahahahahMuahaahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahah

[Digital_Duck]

Ah...the new toy....where is the duck shot?
:lol: haven't figured out how to shoot while I duck - most shots in the woods are duck shots - shoot at something moving and duck behind another bush to get another shot!

[Belmondo]

:evil: :evil:
MwauahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaBwuahahahahahahah ahahahahahahaha
:evil: :evil: BuahahahahahahahahahahahahMuahaahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahah


Heartless.


Cruel.

[PetKal]

Heartless.


Cruel.
Yes it is.:evil: Do you really want me to go thru the photos again of all the little pets which I have lost to that cat in the past year?:cry:

[Woolburr]

Mooooooooooooooooooo....steak in training!
http://www.pbase.com/woolburr/image/68935989.jpg

[Digital_Duck]

moooooooooooooooooo or milk maw!

[Belmondo]

You sure that's not just a cow with an inflatable spare?

[Woolburr]

You sure that's not just a cow with an inflatable spare?

I can't get one over on anyone these days.;)

[Digital_Duck]

{{{SNIFF}}} {{{SNIFF}}} mmm that turkey is smell good!

[Woolburr]

It's turkey time...enjoy!
http://www.pbase.com/woolburr/image/70662405.jpg
The sun is even shining...what a day...:lol:

[PetKal]

Puttycat time over here......:evil:

[Digital_Duck]

gee - spend ALL DAY to make 15 minutes of pleasure .....

and this picture will never be the same again!

what did your table look like?

[Lightstream]

breakfast beer.
Guinness was always considered (among my crew )to be the beer that was ameal in itself.
I tried posting thse last night but the lappy crashed (as is happening more and more lately) Have to use ones that are already online right now. the portable HD is inaccessible.

Woo,l you could have posted and it would have been just fine. No need to think you'd have to run the rest of your life. I'm still waiting for those brick deliveries, anyway ;)

The portable HD is inaccessible so you have to make do with these. the one in question and a couple poor but more recent ones- have better of the contemporary but it gives everyone fodder for posts regardless:lol:
have at it, yoda:D:

Wind blown and big glasses -approx 1979-ish
http://static.flickr.com/73/168640049_39d6c50cf3.jpg


and now many years later:
1 yr ago- straight, no glasses
http://static.flickr.com/49/127719470_f093e791c3_m.jpg

July -curly, short, no glasses
http://static.flickr.com/96/205431261_cb630b3317_m.jpg

I'm surprised... you look good! Must be those eyes. Was that a mirror shot? And what's the camera?

Your AWB is off in the first shot too, you need to shoot RAW and fix it in post!! http://pix.lightrefineries.org/img/crackup.gif

Hope you get your laptop fixed up soon. No fun being without a computer.



:lol: .. sorry guys. Restaurant story.. My exec. Chef was in the kitchen last night when he got a well done $48 kobe tenderloin.. the server really had to talk him out of sending out a hamburger patty... it was way too funny listening to this snobby chef talk about how these dumb americans are ruining his food... and he was going to go cook at McDonalds if that's what folks want their food to taste like.. Serious temper tantrum.. way too much fun!!
sari

Hahhahahaha! Some excitement at work I see.. (you've earned it)

[Lightstream]

gee! Cheap dates!

Gee, cheap camera! Silver Rebel too! :D :lol: (just messin' with ya ;) I like the 350D a lot)

My Big Whites say hi too!

http://pix.lightrefineries.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=1303&g2_serialNumber=4


Only if we were having a POTN Turkey Day party....complete with lampshades and CF card party favors.

The computer reseller that the office buys from (and usually sends me down to talk to) had a 4GB card taped to the back of their point of sale terminal, in the days when those things were $299. I looked him right in the eye and said "That's a dummy card, right?" And... it was :D

If not, I'd have taken off running :D

You sure that's not just a cow with an inflatable spare?

http://pix.lightrefineries.org/img/crackup.gif brilliant!


Happy TurkeyDay to all!

[PetKal]

breakfast beer.
Wind blown and big glasses -approx 1979-ish
http://static.flickr.com/73/168640049_39d6c50cf3.jpg


and now many years later:
1 yr ago- straight, no glasses
http://static.flickr.com/49/127719470_f093e791c3_m.jpg

July -curly, short, no glasses
http://static.flickr.com/96/205431261_cb630b3317_m.jpg

I am also surprised, you look good.;)

[Lightstream]

All right folks.... cya when I cya...

[Woolburr]

Yoda...you off on your safari?

[wu_wei0]

Well I guess it is good to surprise people in a positive way. :)
Yes it is a mirror shot. The camera is a Canon FTb. No, I don't have it any more. It disappeared when my ex headed to California. Used to have a huge film camera collection- all well used and loved by me- TLRs, some 35mm of various brands, a couple MF setups. Some disappeared with him, some the kids took, some I sold for grad school. I only have my first rollei left.

Hope everyone had a good day too. we are getting ready to pull supper from the oven. Everything smells heavenly and the beer is cold and tasty.

[Woolburr]

Enjoy that dinner....I am in that turkey induced haze.

BTW...I didn't post my copy of the picture...because the white balance is fixed.
http://www.pbase.com/image/70668077.jpg

[Permagrin]

I'm beat.

Company is gone, dinner is cleaned up...it's just me, jammies and my bfk...

oi

[saravrose]

I'm beat.

Company is gone, dinner is cleaned up...it's just me, jammies and my bfk...

oi

i'm beat.. seven hours standing behind a bar.. my god i'm sick of hot toddies..

[Permagrin]

i'm beat.. seven hours standing behind a bar.. my god i'm sick of hot toddies..

What a bummer that you had to work.
What's a hot toddie?

[Woolburr]

Sari....are you done or still working?

[saravrose]

What a bummer that you had to work.
What's a hot toddie?

it's a hot rum drink.. a nutmeg, buttery kind of creamy concoction.. you either like it or you don't..

sari

[Woolburr]

Here is one toddy recipe...
1 1/2 ounces Whiskey
1 ounce Honey
1/3 ounce Lemon Juice
3 ounces Water (Hot)
some call it a cure-all

[puddlepirate44]

Here is one toddy recipe...
1 1/2 ounces Whiskey
1 ounce Honey
1/3 ounce Lemon Juice
3 ounces Water (Hot)
some call it a cure-all

Some call it an alcoholic sugar shock. Ewww.

[Permagrin]

Here is one toddy recipe...
1 1/2 ounces Whiskey
1 ounce Honey
1/3 ounce Lemon Juice
3 ounces Water (Hot)
some call it a cure-all

Wow...rum or whiskey...

seems like it's anything 40% alcohol...that's hot and sweet...

Wool, I'm a total heathen...I found that I like cognac if I mix it (I found a recipe that calls for Irish Cream...I like it much better diluted...)

[liza]

I'm back, and I'm stuffed. My mother really outdid herself this year. We had chicken and noodles, mashed potatoes, candied yams, oyster dressing, corn, lettuce and cauliflower salad, beef roast, pies, etc, etc, etc. She loves to cook and always has a great meal.

I got the scanner up and running but am having trouble with the damn thing. I'm going to try again here in a little while and see if I can't post some pics of me from a different era. ( No, not the Paleozoic one.) :)

[Woolburr]

Never had one with rum before...that sounds almost like a hot buttered rum...

[saravrose]

Here is one toddy recipe...
1 1/2 ounces Whiskey
1 ounce Honey
1/3 ounce Lemon Juice
3 ounces Water (Hot)
some call it a cure-all

a little different than what i'm serving... I do have a whiskey drink that is pretty good..

1 1/2 ounces bushmills
nutmeg
brown sugar
hot water
half and half
whipcream...

[liza]

Here is one toddy recipe...
1 1/2 ounces Whiskey
1 ounce Honey
1/3 ounce Lemon Juice
3 ounces Water (Hot)
some call it a cure-all

What does it cure? Sobriety? :lol:

[Permagrin]

( No, not the Paleozoic one.) :)

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Your dinner sounded wonderful...

We had a huge one here...didn't even have room for dessert so it's sitting in the fridge. Maybe tomorrow :)

[saravrose]

Sari....are you done or still working?

still working.. twelve to twelve or around there... getting bored... ever have a chocoloate covered raspberry?..

[Woolburr]

Gee Permie....just when I was thinking there was hope for you....hehehe

[Woolburr]

What does it cure? Sobriety? :lol:

Sobriety and the common cold....at least according to dear old dad....and of course his recipe for this clearly specifies Old Grandad

[liza]

still working.. twelve to twelve or around there... getting bored... ever have a chocoloate covered raspberry?..

Never had one of those, but it sounds heavenly.

[saravrose]

Some call it an alcoholic sugar shock. Ewww.

hehe.. nope. that would be the panama coffee..

1 1/2 ounces creme de cacoa
3/4 ounce creme de banana
coffee
whipcream...

or my personal favorite

hot chocolate
1 1/2 ounces chambord
whip cream.. clean flavors and yummy..

[Permagrin]

Gee Permie....just when I was thinking there was hope for you....hehehe

OH no...there's never hope for me...(at least that's what my brother always tells me)...

[liza]

Sobriety and the common cold....at least according to dear old dad....and of course his recipe for this clearly specifies Old Grandad

My granny used to have a bottle of that up in the cabinet for "medicinal purposes."

[puddlepirate44]

Sobriety and the common cold....at least according to dear old dad....and of course his recipe for this clearly specifies Old Grandad

Odd, now that I think of it, most of my Dad's remedies required alcohol as well. That, and a big bowl of muy caliente chili con carne.

[Permagrin]

hehe.. nope. that would be the panama coffee..

1 1/2 ounces creme de cacoa
3/4 ounce creme de banana
coffee
whipcream...

or my personal favorite

hot chocolate
1 1/2 ounces chambord
whip cream.. clean flavors and yummy..

OH SICK, that Panama coffee sounds horrible!

[Woolburr]

still working.. twelve to twelve or around there... getting bored... ever have a chocoloate covered raspberry?..

Chambord and creme de cacao?

[Belmondo]

I cooked dinner today---turkey and all the normal things. By all accounts it was pretty tasty, but since I don't care much for turkey, I just had some corn and a little white meat. Tomorrow starts the part I like...turkey sandwiches.

[liza]

Grandma always kept whiskey because she had a baby die of whooping cough (pertussis). The doctor said he could have saved the child if he only had some whiskey, but it was during Prohibition and there was none readily available.

[puddlepirate44]

I cooked dinner today---turkey and all the normal things. By all accounts it was pretty tasty, but since I don't care much for turkey, I just had some corn and a little white meat. Tomorrow starts the part I like...turkey sandwiches.

Oh yeah, that's my favorite part as well. That and making twice baked potatoes with the leftovers... I'm too full to think on that now... :oops:

[liza]

I cooked dinner today---turkey and all the normal things. By all accounts it was pretty tasty, but since I don't care much for turkey, I just had some corn and a little white meat. Tomorrow starts the part I like...turkey sandwiches.

Oooooh, I love turkey sandwiches! I need to lay off, though. I've gained back a good part of the weight I just lost. Dammit. :(

[saravrose]

OH SICK, that Panama coffee sounds horrible!

I sell it to really young women and grandma types.. but, it does get an eye roll.. allthough not quite as bad as somebody wanting white zinfadel.. or ice in their cabernet..

Chambord and creme de cacao?

no.. hot chocolate and chambord... try it sometime.. not too bad.. my way is half coffee half hot chocolate.. cuts the sweet a bit..

sari

[Permagrin]

I cooked dinner today---turkey and all the normal things. By all accounts it was pretty tasty, but since I don't care much for turkey, I just had some corn and a little white meat. Tomorrow starts the part I like...turkey sandwiches.

Wow, cinnamon rolls AND a whole turkey dinner...did you have any sons to train up, Tom?

I can't complain because Puddle did a lot of the cleanup and helped me prep dinner...but that's SO rare in this day and age....

[saravrose]

I haven't had any turkey yet... (not feeling sorry for myself I swear)... oh well, sunday I go home and see family and have belated thanksgiving.. besides, my aunts a better cook than these fancy chefs..

sari

[Permagrin]

Oh yeah, that's my favorite part as well. That and making twice baked potatoes with the leftovers... I'm too full to think on that now... :oops:

He makes the best twice baked potatoes...mushrooms, broccoli, cheese, turkey...yummy. It's MY favorite part of the holiday leftovers...

[liza]

I can't complain because Puddle did a lot of the cleanup and helped me prep dinner...but that's SO rare in this day and age....

Exceedingly rare. If I ever marry again, that will be a prerequisite.

[puddlepirate44]

Exceedingly rare. If I ever marry again, that will be a prerequisite.

There's a correspondence course available.

[puddlepirate44]

I can't complain because Puddle did a lot of the cleanup and helped me prep dinner...but that's SO rare in this day and age....

Actually, I did slip into a coma during most of the clean-up. Too much of the good stuff.

[Permagrin]

I haven't had any turkey yet... (not feeling sorry for myself I swear)... oh well, sunday I go home and see family and have belated thanksgiving.. besides, my aunts a better cook than these fancy chefs..

sari

It's hard being away from home on the holidays. My son called twice today...just lonesome I guess...

[Belmondo]

Wow, cinnamon rolls AND a whole turkey dinner...did you have any sons to train up, Tom?


Everything I do in the kitchen is just a form of self-defense. That's the one room in the house where my wife has no business going. People would die.

Since it's just the two of us, if we want homoe-cooked meals, that leave moi. I don't do a lot of it---mostly breakfast and an occasional dinner. Neither one of us is undernourished, so I must be doing something right.

[Woolburr]

Hell...I'll cook for anyone....they just get to do the dishes.

[Permagrin]

Hell...I'll cook for anyone....they just get to do the dishes.

That is a GREAT deal!

[saravrose]

He makes the best twice baked potatoes...mushrooms, broccoli, cheese, turkey...yummy. It's MY favorite part of the holiday leftovers...

I like turkey sandwiches watching movies with everybody.. having a little person on your lap, listening to my uncles laugh.. the fire going... nice times thanksgiving. almost more enjoyable than christmas....

sari

[puddlepirate44]

The most embarrassing thing about my cooking is the way everyone makes the cats taste test the food before they eat. :rolleyes:

[Permagrin]

Everything I do in the kitchen is just a form of self-defense. That's the one room in the house where my wife has no business going. People would die.

Since it's just the two of us, if we want homoe-cooked meals, that leave moi. I don't do a lot of it---mostly breakfast and an occasional dinner. Neither one of us is undernourished, so I must be doing something right.

:lol: :lol:

[saravrose]

Hell...I'll cook for anyone....they just get to do the dishes.

sold!! I am a fabulous dishwasher.. truly, it's my contribution to the whole woman/kitchen thing.. since I can't cook I scrub... :cool: :cool:

[Woolburr]

I'm fairly competent in the kitchen. I lived in a duplex with an Italian family...they owned a restaurant. Used to eat there all the time as a kid....as an adult...the mother of the clan shared many of her recipes with me...none of her kids had any interest in cooking.

I make the world's greatest linguine and white clam sauce.

[Permagrin]

I like turkey sandwiches watching movies with everybody.. having a little person on your lap, listening to my uncles laugh.. the fire going... nice times thanksgiving. almost more enjoyable than christmas....

sari

I like Christmas better but it's usually a bigger affair in our family. More people here, the smell of baking all month long...people coming by, gingerbread & hot cider...the smell of pine trees...the cats tearing everything apart as fast as I get it set up...holiday music...I love Christmas.
I thought I was fanatical because I always set everything up Dec. 1st but my new neighbor has her whole family out putting up Christmas lights TODAY! Now that's fanatical :lol:

[Permagrin]

I'm fairly competent in the kitchen. I lived in a duplex with an Italian family...they owned a restaurant. Used to eat there all the time as a kid....as an adult...the mother of the clan shared many of her recipes with me...none of her kids had any interest in cooking.

I make the worlds greatest linguine and white clam sauce.

ooooh, yum. I love clam sauce (red sauce upsets my stomach so that's about the only way I eat pasta).

[saravrose]

I like Christmas better but it's usually a bigger affair in our family. More people here, the smell of baking all month long...people coming by, gingerbread & hot cider...the smell of pine trees...the cats tearing everything apart as fast as I get it set up...holiday music...I love Christmas.
I thought I was fanatical because I always set everything up Dec. 1st but my new neighbor has her whole family out putting up Christmas lights TODAY! Now that's fanatical :lol:

christmas as a kid wasn't a lot of fun for me.. the whole divorced parents thing... as an adult it's a bit better especially minus my mother.. but, I suppose I never got lost in the Santa, christmas lights wonder of it all... I like to think i'll be a bit more into it once I have the kids... right now, it just seems to cost a lot, take up a lot of time and is really disappointing at the end of the day...

sari

[liza]

Everything I do in the kitchen is just a form of self-defense. That's the one room in the house where my wife has no business going. People would die.

OMG! I just burst out laughing and scared the hell out of the cats! :lol:
And I'm just like your wife. I HATE cooking.

Hell...I'll cook for anyone....they just get to do the dishes.

You've got a deal. I'll wash dishes 'til the cows come home as long as I don't have to cook. :)

The most embarrassing thing about my cooking is the way everyone makes the cats taste test the food before they eat. :rolleyes:

My cats know better than to eat my cooking.

sold!! I am a fabulous dishwasher.. truly, it's my contribution to the whole woman/kitchen thing.. since I can't cook I scrub... :cool: :cool:

Amen, sister!

[saravrose]

I'm fairly competent in the kitchen. I lived in a duplex with an Italian family...they owned a restaurant. Used to eat there all the time as a kid....as an adult...the mother of the clan shared many of her recipes with me...none of her kids had any interest in cooking.

I make the world's greatest linguine and white clam sauce.

linguine alla von golle.. I used to work in an Italian joint.. really really good stuff I love italian food...

[Woolburr]

Well...when we have the great Mid-America POTN roundup....I'll make a giant batch of the linguine.

[puddlepirate44]

christmas as a kid wasn't a lot of fun for me.. the whole divorced parents thing... as an adult it's a bit better especially minus my mother.. but, I suppose I never got lost in the Santa, christmas lights wonder of it all... I like to think i'll be a bit more into it once I have the kids... right now, it just seems to cost a lot, take up a lot of time and is really disappointing at the end of the day...

sari

You know, I used to think that way, too. Then we had kids, and it was special... for awhile. When they got older, I started to miss the simple enjoyment of just family hanging about, talking, remembering, relaxing as a family for the holiday.

[Woolburr]

Christmas is too commercial for me. I would love to have my family put as much effort into doing some good for the less fortunate than they do trying to out do each other with their fancy presents. There isn't a one of us that is in need. But they get all bent out of shape if I go work at a shelter for a few hours. Very frustrating.

[Permagrin]

Christmas is too commercial for me. I would love to have my family put as much effort into doing some good for the less fortunate than they do trying to out do each other with their fancy presents. There isn't a one of us that is in need. But they get all bent out of shape if I go work at a shelter for a few hours. Very frustrating.

Well up until a couple of years ago, we were pretty poor, so no one expects fancy presents & spendy gifts...the best part is being together...and I love that. I think it's really cool that you work at the shelter. "that's what Christmas is all about Charlie Brown". ;)

[liza]

We used to have huge family celebrations with my mother's family. Grandma had nine children so all the kids, grandkids, and great-grandkids showed up. For several years the gathering was so large, we had to rent a meeting hall. Eventually, people started doing their own thing, and when Grandma died back in '86, the gatherings got smaller and smaller. Now we don't even have one since all my aunts and uncles except one have passed on. It's kind of sad, really.

[Permagrin]

We used to have huge family celebrations with my mother's family. Grandma had nine children so all the kids, grandkids, and great-grandkids showed up. For several years the gathering was so large, we had to rent a meeting hall. Eventually, people started doing their own thing, and when Grandma died back in '86, the gatherings got smaller and smaller. Now we don't even have one since all my aunts and uncles except one have passed on. It's kind of sad, really.

That is sad. When my grandmother passed away, no one got together for two years. Then I decided that I'd start having things at my house and suddenly we have family "get togethers" again. I wonder how it'll be when my kids marry/then grandchildren...(I don't have a large house)...but somehow we'll just pack em all in!

[Woolburr]

Well up until a couple of years ago, we were pretty poor, so no one expects fancy presents & spendy gifts...the best part is being together...and I love that. I think it's really cool that you work at the shelter. "that's what Christmas is all about Charlie Brown". ;)

Indeed that is what it is all about...a smile from somebody that didn't have much to smile about is the greatest gift to me.:D

[Belmondo]

We used to have huge family celebrations with my mother's family. Grandma had nine children so all the kids, grandkids, and great-grandkids showed up. For several years the gathering was so large, we had to rent a meeting hall. Eventually, people started doing their own thing, and when Grandma died back in '86, the gatherings got smaller and smaller. Now we don't even have one since all my aunts and uncles except one have passed on. It's kind of sad, really.

Shortly after my wife and I were married, we moved back to Pennsylvania near her family. Holidays were very big then, especially Thanksgiving and Christmas. We usually spent them at her aunt's or grandmother's homes, and there were dozens of people in attendance. Now, we live on the opposite coast, and most of the relatives are no longer with us. In fact just about the only survivors are the two of us, and my mother-in-law's recipes. These holidays are bittersweet, especially for my wife.

[wu_wei0]

Well...when we have the great Mid-America POTN roundup....I'll make a giant batch of the linguine.kansas is a nice midpoint for a Mid-America POTN Roundup. I'll supply the cows. ;) and I'm not only a looker, but can cook too. ROFLMBO

Fixed the white balance, huh? cool. Too bad I didn't send you a high res scan.:)
Ate too much. no room for pie. :(

Frustrating about the family, Wool. Mine are big on doing that kind of thing as family. we didn't do the shelter or any dinners this year, but we spent part of yesterday when they got here shopping and preparing for a family that one of my students was trying to provide for. It was a good time.

[saravrose]

My grandfather died two days before thanksgiving when I was fifteen.. and no matter what thanksgiving dinner at my aunts always reminds me of those last really bad days in the hospital with him.. that time just kind of blended together for me...

[Woolburr]

kansas is a nice midpoint for a Mid-America POTN Roundup. I'll supply the cows. ;) and I'm not only a looker, but can cook too. ROFLMBO

Fixed the white balance, huh? cool. Too bad I didn't send you a high res scan.:)
Ate too much. no room for pie. :(

Hey....I did what I could with what you sent me....hehehe....I actually liked the result.;)

[wu_wei0]

Hey....I did what I could with what you sent me....hehehe....I actually liked the result.;)

I like the result, too. You did that well, with a low res, just think what you could do with the real thing.
I guess I'll let you play with my white balance any time. ;):lol:

[puddlepirate44]

That is sad. When my grandmother passed away, no one got together for two years. Then I decided that I'd start having things at my house and suddenly we have family "get togethers" again. I wonder how it'll be when my kids marry/then grandchildren...(I don't have a large house)...but somehow we'll just pack em all in!

Yeah, we'll feed 'em in shifts. Each person has fifteen minutes at the table, then we'll rotate 'em out. :)

[saravrose]

Yeah, we'll feed 'em in shifts. Each person has fifteen minutes at the table, then we'll rotate 'em out. :)

LOL.. my aunts' parties are legendary.. she doesn't even try to sit people.. it's buffet style and find a chair, sofa or patch of carpet the kids eat on a sheet in the middle of the kitchen floor, fond memories of my cousins and I eating on the kitchen floor.. she generally averages about fifty people for Christmas eve.. which is great because I always see the people I want and the ones I don't like are very, very easy to avoid..

sari

[Woolburr]

I like the result, too. You did that well, with a low res, just think what you could do with the real thing.
I guess I'll let you play with my white balance any time. ;):lol:

Oh my....:D

[puddlepirate44]

LOL.. my aunts' parties are legendary.. she doesn't even try to sit people.. it's buffet style and find a chair, sofa or patch of carpet the kids eat on a sheet in the middle of the kitchen floor, fond memories of my cousins and I eating on the kitchen floor.. she generally averages about fifty people for Christmas eve.. which is great because I always see the people I want and the ones I don't like are very, very easy to avoid..

sari

My MIL does the same thing. She has a huge to-do every year for the family. It got to the point that I would only know about 5% of the folks that attended. Awkward.... :o

[liza]

My sons and I just go to my mother's house now. It's just the four of us, since my remaining aunt has Alzheimers and doesn't participate in our family gatherings.

[puddlepirate44]

My sons and I just go to my mother's house now. It's just the four of us, since my remaining aunt has Alzheimers and doesn't participate in our family gatherings.

Ooo, that's gotta be hard.

[liza]

Ooo, that's gotta be hard.

It is sometimes. At least I don't have to stress out about buying gifts for a long list of people.

[puddlepirate44]

It is sometimes. At least I don't have to stress out about buying gifts for a long list of people.

Oh, hey, I gave up on giving gifts a long time ago. I now insist that the holidays are all about me. It's easier that way. :D

[Woolburr]

It is better to receive than to give! Bah humbug.:evil:

[puddlepirate44]

It is better to receive than to give! Bah humbug.:evil:

:lol: :lol: :lol:

[Woolburr]

This place sure goes in spurts....six people post at once...then nobody posts for hours. All that turkey really messes people up.

[Permagrin]

This place sure goes in spurts....six people post at once...then nobody posts for hours. All that turkey really messes people up.

heck Wool...that's how family get-together's go...you visit with some people for a while and then on to others...we're just treating each other like family...:lol:

[Woolburr]

heck Wool...that's how family get-together's go...you visit with some people for a while and then on to others...we're just treating each other like family...:lol:

Yup....just like the little red-headed step child.:cry:

[Permagrin]

Yup....just like the little red-headed step child.:cry:

Not hardly!
(although there are a lot of red-heads in our fam) but this is the "favored son" thread!

[wu_wei0]

Yup....just like the little red-headed step child.:cry:
We're here Wool. did you have a good day?
Hey Permie- how are you. have you come up with ideas for the "fix-it project"

[Woolburr]

ROFL....I had a positively great day....

[wu_wei0]

ROFL....I had a positively great day....
me too. I'm wiped. I'm feeling a bit off colour. lol not as nice as my pic

[Permagrin]

We're here Wool. did you have a good day?
Hey Permie- how are you. have you come up with ideas for the "fix-it project"

ROFL....I had a positively great day....

He's just trying to draw the feminine sympathy to cap off the day...;)

[Permagrin]

me too. I'm wiped. Feeling a bit off colour. lol

I am too. I've got horrible leg-aches...I think the weather must be changing again...auuugh...

but it was a very nice day...

[Woolburr]

He's just trying to draw the feminine sympathy to cap off the day...;)

Au contraire ....I would rather have a houseful of laughter to cap my day.

[Permagrin]

Au contraire ....I would rather have a houseful of laughter to cap my day.

That is a most excellent way to end the day...(but cute feminine sympathy isn't bad either)

[Woolburr]

I guess I just need to find some cute feminines?
http://www.pbase.com/woolburr/image/68067915.jpg

[wu_wei0]

very nice "blow flower." good for making wishes.

[Permagrin]

I guess I just need to find some cute feminines?


It couldn't hoit!

[Woolburr]

I think my turkey is catching up to me...gobble gobble.

[Permagrin]

I think my turkey is catching up to me...gobble gobble.

as long as it's not carrying a hatchet, you'll probably be okay...

[puddlepirate44]

as long as it's not carrying a hatchet, you'll probably be okay...

Oooo, crazy! Militant Zombie Turkeys Bent on Revenge!

[saravrose]

uh oh.. I come home and were on to militant turkeys?.... what happened....

[puddlepirate44]

uh oh.. I come home and were on to militant turkeys?.... what happened....

It's Woooooool's fault.

[saravrose]

It's Woooooool's fault.

sure... blame it on the teddy bear..:p

[Permagrin]

uh oh.. I come home and were on to militant turkeys?.... what happened....

that would be militant ZOMBIE turkeys....

MUCH different than just the Rambo kind...(those you just keep signing to movie sequals and they'll leave you alone)...the zombie ones are a force to be reckoned with...

[Woolburr]

These are old-aged militant ninja zombie turkeys. Too tough to cook...

[Permagrin]

sure... blame it on the teddy bear..:p

wool's a teddy bear? I never knew...thought he was some retired fellow in NC...this really explains his obsession with cows though...

[puddlepirate44]

These are old-aged militant ninja zombie turkeys. Too tough to cook...

And darned hard to find. They keep throwing those sharp star thingys as you try wrassle down to the ground. At least the undead turkeys just kinda lurch about.

[wu_wei0]

These are old-aged militant ninja zombie turkeys. Too tough to cook...
ok, who spilled the beans on my plot to take over the world? My kids and I have been planning ninja zombies for years and years! the militant turkey part is a new twist though.:)

[liza]

I guess I'll let you play with my white balance any time.

You know, I'm so tempted to make a smart ass, off color remark to this. :lol:

It is better to receive than to give! Bah humbug.

I like the way you think!


I guess I just need to find some cute feminines?


Better get out there and circulate! No doubt you'll find someone in no time. :)

[Permagrin]

ok, who spilled the beans on my plot to take over the world? My kids and I have been planning ninja zombies for years and years! the turkey part is a new twist though.:)

I think the turkeys come from everyone having a "bit too much" of our beverages today...(of course the ninja zombies are a product of totally normal thought processes...)

[Woolburr]

wool's a teddy bear? I never knew...thought he was some retired fellow in NC...this really explains his obsession with cows though...

More than one person has accused me of being a bear....I showed you a link the other night....guess you haven't seen the license plate on my car.
http://www.pbase.com/image/56364071/medium.jpg

[wu_wei0]

You know, I'm so tempted to make a smart ass, off color remark to this. :lol:


Wool can handle off color. He'll simply adjust it for you. It was nice. ;)

[puddlepirate44]

I think the turkeys come from everyone having a "bit too much" of our beverages today...(of course the ninja zombies are a product of totally normal thought processes...)

Oooo, wait: Militant Zombie Turkeys vs. Samurai Rabbit Wizards.

Yup. It's time for bed. I'm short circuiting here.

[liza]

Oh, almost forgot something. I just took my younger son to my mother's house to spend the night because I have a CT scan at 6:30 tomorrow morning. On the way back home, I saw what was probably the largest buck deer I've ever seen in my entire life. He had a huge rack, too. I wasn't able to count all the points before he bounded off into the woods.

[liza]

Wool can handle off color. He'll simply adjust it for you. It was nice. ;)

:lol: :lol: :lol: