The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[Goofyernmost]

Regarding your inquiry to @Goofyernmost , I don't know anything about generators. But, out of curiosity, I did just look at the Home Depot web site; and it appears as though the (ones for homes) at a decent size, start around $1,000, and go up in price from there. (They did has some smaller, cheaper ones, but I don't think those were really for multiple appliances at home.)

To follow up, you are correct and one has to balance out the cost against a few hours of inconvenience. They had water, no well. They had food and grilling ability. Battery operated camping lights and candles and a million pieces of electronics that were suddenly silenced, which to me was a good thing for a short while. She texted a picture of her son using one of those hand crank chargers trying to bring life to his I phone. Good for absolute emergency's but otherwise quite funny and useless. They had a tight freezer and for the first time in quite a few months it was fairly cool around here so it would have taken about three+ days before anything started to thaw if they kept the door closed. So very few people have those things, but, I guess when you need them, you need them. I've never had one and only once did I think it would have been nice and that was during the 1990 something ice storm in the northeast. Fortunately, back then I only lost power for one day. Some went three or more weeks.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

Thank you. What a sweet Pup.

My DD and I got our Pup fix when we went to ScareCrow Fest. They actually said Pups welcome! We asked many a person if we could pet their pup. I came across a Dudley Retriever and had heard of them but never met one.

Some kennel associations accept them into pure bred status, some do not and believe they are flawed genetically lab retrievers. I can understand the argument but this pup was beyond sweet and well behaved.

Me I look forward to ThanksGiving weekend and watching the New Gilmore Girls episodes. Hope they did the show justice, usually revivals don't.

Such a cute dog! Puppies are so cute, until they pee on the rug. But then it get cleaned up and they are cute again. I love to watch puppies run!

I am looking forward to the Gilmore Girls too, that will be something to give Thanks for!

 

[Goofyernmost]

What the heck is it about that generation of mothers, that tried to force feed us sweet potatoes?!

It helped if, like me, and my kids they had a Father that didn't like Sweet Potatoes and so Mom tried once and we never saw them again. I'm starting to develop a small liking for them now though. They always look so good when I see them in restaurants that I will occasionally give them a try. I no longer hate them, but, they are a long way from my first choice.

 

[donaldtoo]

BAD DONALDTOO!! BAD BAD!!!

 

[donaldtoo]

I like that sauerkraut with fried kielbasa.

Same here. We do that one from time to time...sooo tasty...!

 

[donaldtoo]

Nope, nope, nope. You see all those funny-looking doodad keys, to the left of the numbers? If they'd just get rid of those, you'd have nice big spaces for the numbers. It would be so much easier to use. Maybe you could write to the company that made the phone calculator, and suggest this upgrade.

Pretty sure this has probably already been addressed, but, if you rotate the phone 90 degrees to the top, you get this screen...

 

[donaldtoo]

That's mighty neighborly of you. Just promise me you won't serve me okra!!

Whaaaaa...?! No okra?!?!?!
I especially love fried okra...!!!
But, I also love okra gumbo, pickled okra, etc....!

 

[donaldtoo]

If you turn it so it's in portrait mode, the numbers are nice and big

Yep, figured this had probably already been addressed, but, wasn't sure.

 

[Gabe1]

Pretty sure this has probably already been addressed, but, if you rotate the phone 90 degrees to the top, you get this screen...

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And that is the version I use!

I can remember the cost of calculators way back in the day when I was in school.
That was a slap in my Mom's back to school budget.

 

[Gabe1]

Well it is going to be a Netflix night.

DickVanDyke it is.

 

[Gabe1]

Such a cute dog! Puppies are so cute, until they pee on the rug. But then it get cleaned up and they are cute again. I love to watch puppies run!

I am looking forward to the Gilmore Girls too, that will be something to give Thanks for!

Yes I am looking to see how they deal with a Widow Emily. Should be a nice thing over that long weekend though I'd take yours first.

Yeah, after all these years I've learned to take puppy pee in stride. Always have a bottle of vinegar water around.
My boy golden retriever when playing with the kids-like a kid himself forgot to ask to go out right after he was trained to ask. Jethro Bodine was my first BOY pup and boys are different. In his uh oh moment he could make a mad dash to back door all the while dribbling a spot every inch for 40-50 feet. Yep, that was fun.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

Well it is going to be a Netflix night.

DickVanDyke it is.

Good choice. I'm watching the debate. I don't know why, but it is like a car wreck I can't look away. I'm going to force myself to change the channel soon...the remote is on the other side of the room and so far I've been too lazy but I'm getting motivated....my water glass is empty.

Yes I am looking to see how they deal with a Widow Emily. Should be a nice thing over that long weekend though I'd take yours first.

Yeah, after all these years I've learned to take puppy pee in stride. Always have a bottle of vinegar water around.
My boy golden retriever when playing with the kids-like a kid himself forgot to ask to go out right after he was trained to ask. Jethro Bodine was my first BOY pup and boys are different. In his uh oh moment he could make a mad dash to back door all the while dribbling a spot every inch for 40-50 feet. Yep, that was fun.

The Emily situation should be interesting, but I'm more intrigued about what happens to Rory and the whole Luke situation. I'll catch up after the cruise.

 

[Gabe1]

Lefse is a Norwegian thing and in Northern Wisconsin (and Minnesota) there are a lot of people of Norwegian heritage. I don't know if it is as prevalent in Southern Wisconsin. Lefse by itself is okay. Most people eat it rolled up with butter and either a sprinkle of white or brown sugar. My mom liked it warm with butter and brown sugar. I like to eat it with meatballs (or roast beef) and gravy and maybe some mashed potatoes because the lefse made from potatoes isn't enough carbs!

The Kringla in Norway at Epcot sells lefse and I think they serve it with butter and white sugar. Lefse is very labor intensive if made correctly. The potatoes need to be peeled, cooked, then riced. Then the dough needs to be made very thin and cooked on a flat type of griddle that makes one at a time (about 12 inches in diameter) and then cooled. Our church makes over a 1000 pieces of lefse each year and orders seem to get larger each year. I usually send my Dad a couple packs in his Christmas gift box. I would offer to send you a pack but then I'd need to know your address and you might not be comfortable with that. But if you want let me know by the first week in December the second weekend is the sale.

Oh my goodness that sounds so good, especially with gravy roast beef and mashed potatoes. Slurp. So do you fill it like a Taco or a Burrito? Or...?

I'll be shooting you a PM. Thank you.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

Hubby, a friend of ours, and I went to the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum today and it was a gorgeous day. The weather was in the low 60's and sunny. The trees weren't as colorful as I would have hoped but there was some and the fall decor was neat. They have scarecrows decorated by members and staff, some were cute and some a little scary. I'll let you decide on which were cute and scary. So here are a few pictures from our day. There were some "Disney" touches too.







There was a cute pumpkin house, I would have loved this as a kid. It would have made a great playhouse.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

Oh my goodness that sounds so good, especially with gravy roast beef and mashed potatoes. Slurp. So do you fill it like a Taco or a Burrito? Or...?

I'll be shooting you a PM. Thank you.

Yep, I fill it like a a burrito. There is a restaurant in our area that is called the Norske Nook and I got the idea from them, they call them lefse wraps. Now that I'm thinking about it I am making a crock pot roast this week and I have one package of lefse in the freezer, perhaps there will be lefse wraps for dinner this week.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

Just a couple more....
I thought this was some interesting art, it was photographs of flowers at the Arboretum and then painted over with beeswax. I thought it looked cool


The prairie


I had a couple more to put up but they won't upload. Perhaps I will try again.

 

[Gabe1]

Yep, I fill it like a a burrito. There is a restaurant in our area that is called the Norske Nook and I got the idea from them, they call them lefse wraps. Now that I'm thinking about it I am making a crock pot roast this week and I have one package of lefse in the freezer, perhaps there will be lefse wraps for dinner this week.

I'll be right over. Then I can turn right and go visit my friends in Warsaw.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

I meant to share these photos yesterday they were from a walk my dog and j took this weekend.

A cornfield, there was a cat mousing but I don't think I got him in the picture and luckily Kapono didn't see the cat!



We also saw quite a few horses out, we usually only see one. My dog enjoyed watching them.


After our walk we had homemade beer cheese soup and fresh pretzel bread. We picked up the bread at the farmers market earlier in the day. The soup had bacon and wild rice in it.

 

[Gabe1]

Last Electrical Parade happening now. Kinda sad if you like parades.

Live Stream

 

[Gabe1]

This picture is awesome.

And Walt got his hair up whenever he'd see a coyote, deer or elk. I think with 2 of them it was because of the size and the coyote moved too quickly for his liking.