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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


SailAweigh - Jan 02, 2005 8:59:50 am PST #2191 of 10002
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

What do people use for lockpicks these days?

The bobby pin still exists. It was a staple in my grocery cart when my daughter lived with me because she could lose a packs worth in a week. And that's like, 50?

ETA: Or I should say, it's still in heavier use than you realize.


P.M. Marc - Jan 02, 2005 9:01:32 am PST #2192 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Huh. What affects the gluten content?

The wheat used.


SailAweigh - Jan 02, 2005 9:04:04 am PST #2193 of 10002
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

The wheat used.

So, it's not just the difference between say wheat, rye, barley, it's that there are different types of wheat out there. I guess I didn't think that through. It only makes sense as there's different types of rice and many other grains, so why not wheat?


amych - Jan 02, 2005 9:49:39 am PST #2194 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

So, it's not just the difference between say wheat, rye, barley, it's that there are different types of wheat out there

Zackly. Specifically, winter and spring wheats are typically used for high-gluten flours (including bread flour and high-gluten flour, which is even higher in gluten and used for bagels) and summer wheat is used for soft flour. They're different varieties of wheat, and not just different growing seasons. All-purpose flour can be any blend of the two.


SailAweigh - Jan 02, 2005 9:57:02 am PST #2195 of 10002
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Wow. More to flour than I ever realized. I knew there were different growing seasons, I didn't realize that it might mean different varieties at the same time. You guys are the best reference material, I think I may delete my bookmark for Google.


sarameg - Jan 02, 2005 10:08:07 am PST #2196 of 10002

While fighting valiantly to go to sleep last night, I caught an old CSI. The first one with Lady Heather. And who should be the wife of the guilty party but Kirsten from the OC. I swear, that show can take the six degrees in tv down to 2.

I need to clean. I need to do laundry. I need to grocery shop.

I have a sneaking suspicion I will do none of the above.


Betsy HP - Jan 02, 2005 10:21:46 am PST #2197 of 10002
If I only had a brain...

Cake flour is in boxes, not bags, which makes it harder to find. Look for a box about the size of a medium-sized box of Bisquick, brand name Softasilk.


Lee - Jan 02, 2005 10:36:30 am PST #2198 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

I actually do have bobby pins, as well. Maybe I will use them for the next set of documents.


Lee - Jan 02, 2005 10:44:29 am PST #2199 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

The board is quiet today. I hope people are out having interesting days.


Consuela - Jan 02, 2005 10:46:31 am PST #2200 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

I am not. I am working, with periodic stops to come in here and read LJ. A long holiday weekend? Not the time to post a lot of fic, I gotta say.