A whisk is what Nilly is describing which is different than a beater. A whisk’s wires are flexible and a beater’s are rigid. And beaters aren’t ball shaped.

even how to gently fold (is that how you say this in English as well?) flour and the like and not just mix them.

Yes, “fold” is what we use in that context. (Also, Nilly, your grasp of English never ceases to amaze me! Shir, too. And really anyone else for whom it’s not a first language. English is just ridiculous!)

seperate the yolk from the - um, is there another word for the "white" part of the egg?

Nope - the white/liquidy bit around the yolk is just called the "white."

Kids old enough to make breakfast is THE BEST.

I missed the butt-warmer discussion but would like to add a plug for heated STEERING WHEELs as maaaaaybe even better on cold winter mornings?

And really anyone else for whom it’s not a first language. English is just ridiculous!

Different words for different instruments and actions make sense to me. Phrasal verbs remain my nemesis in English. Generally I think that English grammar is much easier than Hebrew/Arabic grammar. Sure, we have three tenses only and no "progressive"/"perfect" forms, but I have no idea how anyone is expected to learn this as a second language: [link]

Honestly as someone who has a decent grasp of another language but absolutely far far less so than Nilly or Shir, it amazes me as well! It frustrates me that I would never be able to express myself in a second language as well as I can in English—sure I can absolutely make myself understood but getting the nuance of what people are saying? Never.

I am, like, weirdly impressed that Nilly's kids already know how to fold something in to something else.

Congratulations to Ethan! Wow!

Yes, very cool about Ethan's award. I know I'm gonna forget stuff here, but let me try to catch up. The extra Zooms are Town Halls with the PAC I work for(you all in Israel are not the only ones who deserve better, but we knew that.) They started as an outgrowth of both the pandemic and healthcare activism, taking a once-a-month healthcare meeting to weekly, on Sundays. Four(!) years in, we've had candidates and foreign policy people...all sorts of stuff. I think, initially, when asking me to all these extra things in addition to the phones, someone expected a real activist rather than somebody who wrote about TV all the time, but they got me. I'm getting more informed, now, of course, but I can still feel the gap.(Even when I'm not also trying to work out a plot problem in a story or something while listening. Which, sadly, is still the closest I get to Faith and "Because it's wrong," but it does sometimes work.) Yeah, very impressed with Shir and Nilly's English. Sometimes when i feel like my Spanish is slipping, I practice with the TV, but I haven't used it with a live person for a while(Maybe on twitter, because that's where I could be a showboat.)ETA: It makes sense that they could import syrup, especially given that it's kind of a treat, but I guess I wondered if you had come up with something using Idk, dates or figs or something of that sort, I suppose.)

Way to go, Ethan!

Popping in to say hello! And ask whether the card assignments gone out yet? I don’t see it and checked in spam and promotions, too. It’s fine if not, just wanted to make sure I didn’t miss it.

smonster, no, not yet! It's my plan to get them out tonight -- Matt had a glitch in the program he made to spit out the assignments, but he got it to me yesterday. I neglected to update my update!