And since Yiddish is part Hebrew, part English and mostly German, that makes perfect sense.
Anyhow, sorry, but no one uses "alter" in Hebrew to say "old man".
Jayne (Husband): Oh, I think you might wanna reconsider that last part. See, I married me a powerful ugly creature. Mal (Wife): How can you say that? How can you shame me in front of new people? Jayne (Husband): If I could make you purtier, I would. Mal (Wife): You are not the man I met a year ago.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Shir - Dec 07, 2009 12:58:05 pm PST #2573 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Hil R. - Dec 07, 2009 1:01:33 pm PST #2574 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Oh! I looked at wikipedia, and now I get it -- there's an old superstition that, if you're naming a baby after someone who died young, like say you're naming a son after your uncle Isaac who died when he was a young man, you name the baby Alter Isaac, meaning "the old Isaac," because maybe if he's always called "the old Isaac," the Angel of Death will think this means he's supposed to live until he's old and not take him until then. Wikipedia says it was something similar for that character -- two older siblings who died as small children. But the female version would be Alte.
erin_obscure - Dec 07, 2009 1:03:56 pm PST #2575 of 30000
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
culinaryistas: can i substitite a humbolt squash in place of butternut in a reciple?
Polter-Cow - Dec 07, 2009 1:06:17 pm PST #2576 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I will ask an easier question: can I use a cake pan to cook fish? I don't know what sort of pans to buy.
Hil R. - Dec 07, 2009 1:07:26 pm PST #2577 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I don't know what humbolt squash is, and google isn't giving me anything, but generally, you can substitute one winter squash for another without too much trouble as long as they're about the same size, but the cooking times might be different.
Burrell - Dec 07, 2009 1:14:33 pm PST #2578 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
She's the prettier sister.
I would not say that. If memory serves, you are just as lovely as she is.
omnis_audis - Dec 07, 2009 1:23:53 pm PST #2579 of 30000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
She's the prettier sisterI dunno about that. I think the "pretty" gene got evenly distributed in your family.
Shir, this might sound like a silly question. Do women and men serve in the same units in the Israeli services? I ask since all the pics had your sister with various other women, but nary a male to be seen.
ION- I'm at work. Last day until we move into new building. Weee. Alas, I have not much to do, until we get information from others, that they aren't providing, because they are still packing for the move. Mmm fun! I think I will leave early. Plus, it's cold here, and I wanna sit in my warm apartment and veg out.
Barb - Dec 07, 2009 1:30:23 pm PST #2580 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Erin, poking my head in quick to say I'm @BarbFerrer on Twitter.
beth b - Dec 07, 2009 3:00:02 pm PST #2581 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I think I have had 4 different emails in that last week that have made me just sort of give a mental stutter. They feel like over reactions/involvements etc. Nothing horrible just ... I don't know. I've ignored 3 out of 4 due to brain freeze.
And it is possible my turkey breast is upside down in the oven.
Steph L. - Dec 07, 2009 3:46:22 pm PST #2582 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
can I use a cake pan to cook fish?
What kind of fish?
Honestly, my lazy method of cooking fish is to take a 9- to 10-inch length of aluminum foil, double it over and then sort of flip the sides up a little to make it pan-like. A very small pan. And then put the fish on there and cook it. But it has the potential for a lot of mess.
I've usually cooked fish in a glass pan, though I don't know where I got that idea.