She just... she just did the math.

Kaylee ,'Objects In Space'


Natter 69: Practically names itself.  

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.


Strix - Nov 11, 2011 2:20:23 pm PST #6103 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

If this were B'racy, we would have opened a discussion thread on this by now.

Snerk! Never change, my friends, never change...

My mom and sisters get my magazine subscriptions as part of bday/Xmas presents. Mom got me a two-fer deal a year ago, and added a script for Better Homes & Gardens, and I thought :Old lady mag, what a waste of paper, UGH."

Well. I am an old lady, apparently, because I LOVE BH&G now. I really, really like it; the format is so much more modern than what I remember, and they have a great website.

She got a two-fer for Woman's Day, too, for me, and that IS kind of a waste of paper. It isn't my cup of tea.


bon bon - Nov 11, 2011 2:57:17 pm PST #6104 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

I think that sounds like a great gift. Cooking mags are the useful kind of thing that I wouldn't buy for myself. My parents did the same for me with a sub to Consumer Reports.


sarameg - Nov 11, 2011 3:14:44 pm PST #6105 of 30001

Sox, hope my dad's answer helped some. Feel free to ask him more, he likes these sort of thought exercises. And since he's retired....

I have a BH&G cookbook. Mainly use it as a reference for baking. I'm pretty incapable of not tweaking a recipe, and pretty much only use it as a jumping off point for temps, times and proportions. But then, I don't really bake or cook much.


Jesse - Nov 11, 2011 3:18:05 pm PST #6106 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I always covet my mom's Everyday Food -- it's got great ideas for fast/easy stuff.


SailAweigh - Nov 11, 2011 3:24:25 pm PST #6107 of 30001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

I've got a more recent (by recent I mean late '70s) Fannie Farmer that I got when I was married. My mom gave my ex the Joy of Cooking and I actually like that one better, but since it was a present to him I didn't take it when I left. I should pick one up, because I've always felt it did a better job at explaining the mechanics of how to do certain techniques and for beginning cooks or when it's a new skill it comes in very handy. One of the reasons I like CI, too, but all I've got from them are a couple of paperbacks for crockpots and comfort food.


sarameg - Nov 11, 2011 3:26:19 pm PST #6108 of 30001

fast/easy stuff

Which is why I eat salad 90% of the time. Mmm, fresh spinach. But then, no one could accuse me of requiring a lot of variety in my diet.

Another good swim tonight.


Burrell - Nov 11, 2011 3:26:54 pm PST #6109 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

I love Mark Bittman's book as well. It's my usual consult, although the man does not understand cookies. For cookies I look elsewhere.

We are exhausted and prone to buying Harry Potter movies to make it better.

You should! DH just found a bunch of deals on individual HP DVDs, like 5 or 6 bucks each. Soon we'll own up to HP7.1


hippocampus - Nov 11, 2011 3:32:53 pm PST #6110 of 30001
not your mom's socks.

Thanks JenP! Steroids are helping. Hopefully we'll all get a full nights sleep.

Sox, hope my dad's answer helped some. Feel free to ask him more, he likes these sort of thought exercises. And since he's retired....

Thank you. It did help. I could keep him occupied with dumb questions for a while...

You should! DH just found a bunch of deals on individual HP DVDs, like 5 or 6 bucks each. Soon we'll own up to HP7.1

We're taking it slow, but hopefully we'll do the same. She needs to read the book before we can watch the movie.


Burrell - Nov 11, 2011 3:39:34 pm PST #6111 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Yeah, we've been reading the books first too, then watching the movies. That way the kids can decide which scenes they want to skip. They haven't watched HP5 yet even though we finished that book a while ago. I think they are worried about how scary the scary parts will be, and I have no desire to push them. So really the purchase today of HP5, HP6, and HP7.1 were for me, not the kids.


DavidS - Nov 11, 2011 3:55:40 pm PST #6112 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Yeah, we've been reading the books first too, then watching the movies. That way the kids can decide which scenes they want to skip. They haven't watched HP5 yet even though we finished that book a while ago. I think they are worried about how scary the scary parts will be,

You're much nicer than me. I took Emmett to see Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in theaters when he was what...6? He hid behind the chairs when the basilisk came out.

However, he didn't wind up having nightmares or suffering psychological trauma because of it. And we went back to see the movie in theaters several more times. I think by the third time he stopped hiding. So clearly I went with a desensitizing program.