I watched it, connie. Pretty interesting.
'Day' is a vestigial mode of time measurement based on solar cycles. It's not applicable. I didn't get you anything.
River ,'Out Of Gas'
Natter 62: The 62nd Natter
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.
Hil R. - Dec 04, 2008 2:34:52 pm PST #4373 of 10002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Theodosia - Dec 04, 2008 2:39:50 pm PST #4374 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I watched it with great interest, as my house happens to have been built in 1900. However, it always had electricity, central heating AND indoor plumbing. (We even have the original basement sink still in place.)
Ginger - Dec 04, 2008 3:09:56 pm PST #4375 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Thank you, Barb!
When you wear a suit coat all the time, the only thing that shows is the collar and cuffs, so they could be removed and washed and starched, while the shirt was maybe washed once a week. The celluloid collar was kind of the social equivalent of the clip-on tie. It didn't have to be washed at all, being similar to thin plastic.
My grandmothers were both fairly obsessed with regularity, in the case of one to a degree that would probably be diagnosed as obsessive-compulsive. Laxatives were a general cure-all for centuries. I once did a paper on the herbs Chanticleer's wife prescribed for him in "The Nun's Priest's Tale," and if Chanticleer were a person, he would never have left the bathroom.
Connie Neil - Dec 04, 2008 3:11:04 pm PST #4376 of 10002
brillig
However, it always had electricity, central heating AND indoor plumbing.
Wow. That poor mom in 1900 House had indoor plumbing, but she had to go downstairs every morning to start the water heating.
I need to see if the library has those DVDs. I want to watch the last episode of Texas Ranch House and watch the "ranch owner" and his wife get their comeuppance again.
Jessica - Dec 04, 2008 3:18:48 pm PST #4377 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Not to change the subject, but, um.
Um.
Huh.
[Oh lordy, I hadn't even gotten to all the pearl-clutching in the comments before I posted that. Dudes, the blog is called Slashfood. You had to guess they would go there eventually.]
Ginger - Dec 04, 2008 3:22:42 pm PST #4378 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Um indeed.
I'm thinking about the logistics of supplying that ingredient.
sarameg - Dec 04, 2008 3:27:03 pm PST #4379 of 10002
I'm not going to even bother to um: Ack! Ack!
Some things are not ingredients.
juliana - Dec 04, 2008 3:28:43 pm PST #4380 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
pearl-clutching
They're clutching their pearl necklaces, you mean?
Jessica - Dec 04, 2008 3:28:43 pm PST #4381 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Ginger, there are some tips on page 16.
Ginger - Dec 04, 2008 3:29:15 pm PST #4382 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I'm not going to take up that kind of cuisine; I just am imagining scenes like, "Here, honey. Take this cup. I'm busy cooking."
eta: Thanks, Jessica, for taking one for the team and reading that far.