The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[Gabe1]

@Gabe1 , I tried your cup of ammonia suggestion for the towels today. The bottle said to add it to hot water, so I did the towels in a hot water wash (it has a cold rinse cycle though). I always wash in cold, so I had to remember to turn on the hot water faucet to the machine. They did come out soft and fluffy, just like you said!

So once in a while, I'll use your method to de-cootify the towels, but most of the lime it's easier for me to just dump in some detergent (and a dryer sheet into the dryer). But it was an interesting experiment!

Yay! Glad they got re-fluffed for you.

I have 2 loads of beach towels to re-fluf waiting. DD has been training so many lifeguards and swim instructors. Sunscreen loves to be slurped up into those towels along with e coli and MRSA. Hot water and bleach just puts an end to the cycle. With my kids being competition swimmers those towels went on pool decks that were hot and humid, locker rooms that were cleaned but hardly disinfected and stuffed in and out of swim bags, it is still habit to wash all the undies and towels in hot water and ammonia.

 

[Gabe1]

So I did something idiotic today. I bought a package of spare ribs, and a bottle of barbecue sauce, and I figured I'd be able to put them on the barbecue grill (I have charcoal) and cook them for dinner. A little while ago, I thought I should look up on the internet about how long to cook them, as I've never cooked spare ribs before. Well . . . I've never seen so much confusing cooking information about anything before. Some recipes say to boil them at first; others say not to. Some tell you to slow cook them for 6 hours (too late to do that for dinner tonight), some say to cook them in the oven for a while before, and then grill them. Some say just to cook and/or broil them in the oven.

Hence, I need to figure out something tomorrow from all these convoluted directions, when I have more time. I just told hubby we're having grilled cheese sandwiches, and tomato soup for dinner. He said, "What??!! I thought you told me that we were going to have delicious, barbecued spare ribs??!! " (He was right; I did say that . . .). "Um . . . slight change in plans . . . "

I'm a boil and oven or boil and BBQ rib preparer.

Honestly, ribs are so expensive in stores and such a long messy process we generally go out to one of several places that have excellent ribs.

 

[Gabe1]

Does it have a diving board? I like diving boards!

Have you noticed most pools at hotels/resorts have removed diving board along with water parks as have a good chunk of waterparks. Risk managers just don't want the liability. Most have opted to replace with a slide instead. When they bulldoze the aqua center my kids worked at they put the diving board back in much to their displeasure. Most of SAVES lifeguards did were from the fools who think they can plunge into 12 feet of water, reacclimate themselves to the surface and swim to the ladder without being good swimmers or knowing how to swim at all. Parents add to the double dumb by allowing their kids to do it thinking they can paddle to the ladder.

 

[Gabe1]

I was so tired yesterday I fell asleep during the BlackHawks game of course with laptop open, glasses on. I see a full glass of wine just sitting there. Must have dozed pretty darn fast last evening.

 

[Gabe1]

You must have gotten our rain. It is sunshine today! Although the morning was super foggy, I went for a walk and could barely see too far ahead of me. I'm hoping the hammock will dry out fast, Kapono (my dog) is hoping for that too!

I have my coffee, laptop and have so far refused to abandon my bed this rainy Sunday morning. Rain should stop soon, they are lighter pop up showers now.

 

[MinnieM123]

Have you noticed most pools at hotels/resorts have removed diving board along with water parks as have a good chunk of waterparks. Risk managers just don't want the liability. Most have opted to replace with a slide instead. When they bulldoze the aqua center my kids worked at they put the diving board back in much to their displeasure. Most of SAVES lifeguards did were from the fools who think they can plunge into 12 feet of water, reacclimate themselves to the surface and swim to the ladder without being good swimmers or knowing how to swim at all. Parents add to the double dumb by allowing their kids to do it thinking they can paddle to the ladder.

Yah, the liability thing ruined diving boards (and even slides in many pools) for those of us who like to play on those things. When I was a kid, even the dinkiest motel you'd go to in the summer always had at least a low diving board and usually a slide, too. (That's why I asked her if there was a diving board at her pool, as I was hoping there were still a few places in this country that had them.)

 

[MinnieM123]

I'm a boil and oven or boil and BBQ rib preparer.

Honestly, ribs are so expensive in stores and such a long messy process we generally go out to one of several places that have excellent ribs.

Yes, unless you've been fiddling around with spare rib barbecues and had someone actually teach you how to do them correctly, it's probably easier to just go out to a restaurant and have them.

After church this morning, I was out riding my bike for a while, and it dawned on me (while bike riding ) that maybe there might be some easy, crockpot recipes. So I came home and looked it up on Google and voila! There was one tailor-made for me. Put the ribs in a (large) crockpot. Throw in some barbecue sauce and cook on low for 6 hours (I only had one small rack of ribs, so 6 hours is plenty). I even put some cut onions on the bottom of the crock pot, so that the ribs wouldn't stick; that's pretty advanced for me . . .

 

[Figgy1]

Yes, unless you've been fiddling around with spare rib barbecues and had someone actually teach you how to do them correctly, it's probably easier to just go out to a restaurant and have them.

After church this morning, I was out riding my bike for a while, and it dawned on me (while bike riding ) that maybe there might be some easy, crockpot recipes. So I came home and looked it up on Google and voila! There was one tailor-made for me. Put the ribs in a (large) crockpot. Throw in some barbecue sauce and cook on low for 6 hours (I only had one small rack of ribs, so 6 hours is plenty). I even put some cut onions on the bottom of the crock pot, so that the ribs wouldn't stick; that's pretty advanced for me . . .

My way is still easier, send the dh outside to the smoker and stay out of the house so I can get some things done!

 

[Cesar R M]

Two things out of many that bother me.

1) Ads. I heard that Amazon is putting ads on their shipping boxes now. Everywhere you go is ads. Maybe it's just me but I think the majority of ads are a waste of time. Seeing a hot model is not going to make me buy new clothes just as seeing a product placement in a movie doesn't affect me.

2) Apple. Apparently, if they sneeze, the world goes crazy. Sure I have Apple products but you don't need all overpriced Apple products. They tweak an operating system and it makes front page news. My ipod is from 2005. I really don't see the need to get a new one year after year.

Rant over. I guess the American consumerism economy would suffer if everyone thought like that.

Unfortunately, there are people who are weak and succumb to ads easily.
why do you think Infomercials still exist?
There are people who are weak and fall for the "CALL NOW!". and believe that they NEED something as useless as those things they sell in the infomercials.

I've seen that personally with some friends.. who cant stop buying based on these ads.
A lot of people (you included) can resist the these.. but not everyone.

And also agree about Apple.

 

[Cesar R M]

I just peeked out the back window. Won't be leaving via car for a while. Garage apron has a lake around it down there. Still raining.

time to bring out the canoe?

 

[MinnieM123]

Yay! Glad they got re-fluffed for you.

I have 2 loads of beach towels to re-fluf waiting. DD has been training so many lifeguards and swim instructors. Sunscreen loves to be slurped up into those towels along with e coli and MRSA. Hot water and bleach just puts an end to the cycle. With my kids being competition swimmers those towels went on pool decks that were hot and humid, locker rooms that were cleaned but hardly disinfected and stuffed in and out of swim bags, it is still habit to wash all the undies and towels in hot water and ammonia.

O.k. So I followed the logic (about the pool decks, locker rooms, etc.). I figured that was mostly what was behind your ammonia suggestion. But now I'm confuse (again . . . ) about something you wrote above.

You indicated that hot water and bleach puts an end to the cycle. But I thought you only used hot water and ammonia, with some detergent, right? I mean ammonia and bleach are dangerous together, so do you use bleach (alone, with no ammonia) sometimes with your detergent, and other times, use ammonia (alone, without bleach) with your detergent?

Getting rid of cooties is getting even more complicated!

 

[Figgy1]

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

My way is still easier, send the dh outside to the smoker and stay out of the house so I can get some things done!

That is what I do!

 

[MinnieM123]

Two things out of many that bother me.

1) Ads. I heard that Amazon is putting ads on their shipping boxes now. Everywhere you go is ads. Maybe it's just me but I think the majority of ads are a waste of time. Seeing a hot model is not going to make me buy new clothes just as seeing a product placement in a movie doesn't affect me.

2) Apple. Apparently, if they sneeze, the world goes crazy. Sure I have Apple products but you don't need all overpriced Apple products. They tweak an operating system and it makes front page news. My ipod is from 2005. I really don't see the need to get a new one year after year.

Rant over. I guess the American consumerism economy would suffer if everyone thought like that.

Ads drive me crazy, too. But Madison Avenue knows they work, at least to a point . . .

The big thing in marketing is synergy. I find it very distracting when I want to just view a store's web site, and all these stupid ads pop up from "other" retailers, service companies, etc. on the top, bottom or sides of the web page I'm viewing. The ads have nothing at all to do with (for example, if I'm looking at dresses online), and may include ads for kitchen appliances, cars, vacations or even dating sites. All of it turns me off, and I refuse to ever click on those.

I don't mind ads on this WDW Magic forum, however, as it helps to support the forum and the great work of Steve and his moderators. That's different. So I just wanted to make the distinction between ads that I find acceptable (those on here) and those that are just nuisances on retailer's (and other) web sites.

 

[MinnieM123]

My way is still easier, send the dh outside to the smoker and stay out of the house so I can get some things done!

You have a good gig going there!

We don't have a smoker, and hubby is out at the baseball game this afternoon, so crockpot cooking it is!

 

[MinnieM123]

Georgia floods. Critters take the opportunity to exit the Zoo.

Wow. Cool pix! I wonder if the animals minded the weather?

 

[FutureCEO]

I saw this comment on a website and laughed, oh how I laughed.

"but if getting a UK visa were easy, I don’t think there would be many Americans left."

 

[MinnieM123]

@JenniferS , have you and your family done much outdoor cooking yet this season? You mentioned that your hubby can cook on the grill, so I was wondering if you ate dinner at home more (versus going out to restaurants) during the warmer months of the year.

This is not important for me to know. It's just that I'll use any excuse to talk about food!

 

[FutureCEO]

Speaking of animals

 

[MinnieM123]

I saw this comment on a website and laughed, oh how I laughed.

"but if getting a UK visa were easy, I don’t think there would be many Americans left."

Busted! I think YOU sent in that anonymous comment to the web site!