Bzzzzt! Wrong! I've had Mondo Gelato and it's not even on the same tier as Ciao Bella
Ciao Bella's texture is off. It's weird on my tongue.
Oh, at first it was confusing. Just the idea of computers was like — whoa! I'm eleven hundred years old! I had trouble adjusting to the idea of Lutherans.
Anya ,'Get It Done'
Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.
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.
P.M. Marc - Jul 25, 2005 10:27:08 pm PDT #2844 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
Topic!Cindy - Jul 26, 2005 12:46:24 am PDT #2845 of 10002
What is even happening?
Happy Birthday Kat!!!
The thing with the cabins, though, and I'm guessing many of the places in Maine and even on the shore, is that they're not locations where many people would want to live year round. Many of them (for the Wisconsin/Ontario/etc. ones, anyway) don't have services year round like snow removal. So cost-wise, it's a lot more plausible for people without bags of money than it would be in more temperate climes.This is how it works for us. My mum's place in Maine doesn't even have winter water. The water pipes to the house are right at street level, so there would be freezing issues. In October, the town shuts off the water to the whole street (and many of the streets in the town are like that--not year round housing), and the cottage owners have their house pipes drained of water, and put in anti-freeze, and then just leave. It doesn't have central heat either, but it does have some electric heaters built into the wall, and a fireplace. The electric heat is ridiculously expensive, so even once the place is opened up in mid-April, we wait a bit to go up.
When they bought the cottage '92, they remortgaged their home, and bought it out right. For the first few summers, they rented to family and friends for a few weeks per summer, to help out with the property taxes and water bill.
It is expensive, though. That's one of the reasons my mother is selling her Massachusetts house, and getting a condo. It will be easier to keep the house in Maine, if she does. And since she spends a substantial amount of time there in the summer, it is silly to keep the house in Mass. because really? She's there for falling leaves and snowy weather, which is too much work for her, now. A condo will be better. Ugh. I have to keep saying that to myself. She passes papers on that sale in a week, but I cry every time I think about it. I'm so going to miss my house.
Volans - Jul 26, 2005 1:29:04 am PDT #2846 of 10002
move out and draw fire
Happy Birthday Kat!!!!
Yahoo! tells me that fan-fic searches are v.popular, with Harry Potter leading. I'm sure they don't link to the good stuff.
But...NASCAR fanfic? Who knew? Cass, is this what you do when you can't sleep?
Topic!Cindy - Jul 26, 2005 1:30:25 am PDT #2847 of 10002
What is even happening?
Raq, I didn't want to natter any more than I already had in BBaBB, but I wondered about this post you made:
Not that I'm opposed to user-selectable stylesheets, but why are people opposed to Verdana? Every webdesign class I've had recommends using it, as it's whiskered.What's whiskered?
Volans - Jul 26, 2005 2:18:38 am PDT #2848 of 10002
move out and draw fire
Hey Cindy...I was actually debating putting that in BBaBB++ or here, but I figured it somewhat had to do with the direction of the board.
Anyway, "whiskered" means the font has been designed for or optimized for viewing on a monitor. It's kind of like anti-aliasing. You know how some fonts get all jaggy at different sizes? So Verdana is supposed to be a lot easier to read on screen than Times New Roman, for example.
Topic!Cindy - Jul 26, 2005 2:23:52 am PDT #2849 of 10002
What is even happening?
Hey Cindy...I was actually debating putting that in BBaBB++ or here, but I figured it somewhat had to do with the direction of the board.
Oh, to be clear, I was only calling what I wanted to ask "Natter"--I just knew mine was a nosy question.
Anyway, "whiskered" means the font has been designed for or optimized for viewing on a monitor. It's kind of like anti-aliasing. You know how some fonts get all jaggy at different sizes? So Verdana is supposed to be a lot easier to read on screen than Times New Roman, for example.Ah, okay. I like Verdana, myself. I think it is clean looking.
Volans - Jul 26, 2005 2:26:19 am PDT #2850 of 10002
move out and draw fire
I like it too, WAY better than TNR. Which is why I was wondering why DX and others (Plei?) dislike it so intensely.
The baby is on his back holding his toes and burbling. It's textbook baby, and totally adorable.
DXMachina - Jul 26, 2005 2:47:02 am PDT #2851 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
There are also other fonts designed for easy readability on screen (Trebuchet MS, for example) that I prefer the look of. Plus, most of the time we're presenting the font at sizes where the whiskering really doesn't matter all that much anyway.
Anne W. - Jul 26, 2005 3:00:32 am PDT #2852 of 10002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Chiming in with the organic fruit and farmer's market love. I bought a quart of blackberries at my local FM. Those suckers are about 1 1/2 inch long and are as sweet as candy.
There's also a vendor there that has organically raised free range chicken and pork. That's next on the list to try.
Sue - Jul 26, 2005 3:02:05 am PDT #2853 of 10002
hip deep in pie
Happy Birthday Kat!