I actually read all 300 and something messages! Lets see how my memory is this morning...
Glad to hear ita's mom is ok, and will be watching my mom closely in the hopes she avoids any broken bones. She does all my heavy lifting these days, we can't have her getting broken!
Yay Jess!!! Congrats!
Kitty cats are cute and lizards are kinda creepy but fascinating.
Hope msbelle feels better, and that Juliebird keeps her job.
Nothing much to report from me. A family friend gave me a bunch of adorable baby stuff yesterday, which was awesome. BF and I have been shopping for furniture for our new place ONLINE, which seriously sucks. Honestly, picking out a mattress on the internet??? :S But alas, what choice do we have? Its better than letting him pick out everything on his own. *shudders*
Oh! And grats to Gris and to Spidra too!!
I've used the fireplace clicky lighter every other time. The way this seems to work is that you turn the gas on, turn it to light, press the red button, and then stick the lighter in. It is just in a fairly awkward spot where I feel like my hand will be in the flame while I am lighting it. It also appears to be instaled upsidedown.
Buffista parents take note - Children's Place is having a massive sale right now:
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Sophia, I bet I have a similar-style furnace (we
think
1922-ish). Before I got a fire-clicker-thingie, I'd use a fork and twine a match between the tines. To light it on fire, I'd bring down a small candle, so that I could twine the match BEFORE it was on fire. And then I'd put on an oven mitt to hold the fork.
Luckily, there is a pause between relighting the pilot light and the full-on furnace firing up (there is a thermocouple that has to get up to a certain temperature, to make sure there is flame to ignite all that gas -- safety!) so there's small chance that it could come on when I've got my arm inside the damn thing, but Safety First, you know?
Congratulations Jessica!
Can anyone explain the mystery of how Moxie soda is still being sold after more than a century despite tasting like it does? I like old-fashioned sasparilla drinks and thought I'd give it a try, but I can't imagine anyone willingly choosing to drink that swill over water.
Good idea, theo. I can get matches at the gas station. They just don't have a fire clicky stick! The gas is off, so there is no hurry, I am just cold!
Buffista parents take note - Children's Place is having a massive sale right now
We hit it yesterday for Sara -- long-sleeved fall shirts marked down to $7.99 and then an additional 50% off. We scored so. much. stuff.
Can anyone explain the mystery of how Moxie soda is still being sold after more than a century despite tasting like it does?
My childhood best friend drank it with milk. ISTG.
Can anyone explain the mystery of how Moxie soda is still being sold after more than a century despite tasting like it does? I like old-fashioned sasparilla drinks and thought I'd give it a try, but I can't imagine anyone willingly choosing to drink that swill over water.
Because its pretty much the only soft drink we Mainer's can claim as our own and dammit we are not giving it up! Besides, we find it funny when you out of staters are silly enough to taste it. I haven't known anyone since my great-grandmother who willingly consumed that swill! :D
