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Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

New November Time Change Saturday

chef · Guru

No time change for me! :D

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

Trying to lay quietly in bed. One of the cats is crying at my bedroom door. He wants his morning food. If I get up I will have to feed the whole zoo. It's chilly and windy. I just want to hide under the blankets.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

I'm off today.

flan

Dona Worry Be Happy · Vette's SS!!

Yesterday, I was at the gas station buying coffee. A guy at the head of the line decided to pay with EXACT CHANGE. (There was me, plus a few other people waiting.)
Then, after he got rung out, he remembered he wanted cigarettes. Which he paid for with exact change. This is despite the fact he was holding an entire stack of twenty dollar bills.
I was not impressed.
Oh, and then the lady behind him wanted to use a coupon to buy some tobacco product. . . But she insisted she wanted a brand that the coupon was not for. But it was okay, because "They're both yellow!!!!! God, what difference does it make????? JUST RING UP THE F***ING COUPON!!!!!!"
The manager eventually told her to pay or shut up and leave. SHe paid, but was still pissed.

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

I hate it when I'm in line and the customer doesn't know what they smoke. They just keep pointing and saying that one, no the box with green, no not that one, the long one.....It just amazes me how many illiterate people are in this town. They honestly cannot read.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Southern_Belle wrote:
I hate it when I'm in line and the customer doesn't know what they smoke. They just keep pointing and saying that one, no the box with green, no not that one, the long one.....It just amazes me how many illiterate people are in this town. They honestly cannot read.

Yet they're driving...

flan

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

flan327 wrote:
Southern_Belle wrote:
I hate it when I'm in line and the customer doesn't know what they smoke. They just keep pointing and saying that one, no the box with green, no not that one, the long one.....It just amazes me how many illiterate people are in this town. They honestly cannot read.
Yet they're driving...
flan

And most likely uninsured.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Southern_Belle wrote:
flan327 wrote:
Southern_Belle wrote:
I hate it when I'm in line and the customer doesn't know what they smoke. They just keep pointing and saying that one, no the box with green, no not that one, the long one.....It just amazes me how many illiterate people are in this town. They honestly cannot read.
Yet they're driving...
flan
And most likely uninsured.

Yeah, I think I was hit by one of them several years ago. Luckily, there was almost no damage.

flan

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

There is snow in the forecast for tonight. disbelief

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
There is snow in the forecast for tonight.

We had sleet yesterday.

flan

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
There is snow in the forecast for tonight.

Ew!

ed11563 · Guru

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
There is snow in the forecast for tonight.

better you than me ... cry

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Dona Worry Be Happy wrote:
Yesterday, I was at the gas station buying coffee. A guy at the head of the line decided to pay with EXACT CHANGE. (There was me, plus a few other people waiting.)
Then, after he got rung out, he remembered he wanted cigarettes. Which he paid for with exact change. This is despite the fact he was holding an entire stack of twenty dollar bills.
I was not impressed.
Oh, and then the lady behind him wanted to use a coupon to buy some tobacco product. . . But she insisted she wanted a brand that the coupon was not for. But it was okay, because "They're both yellow!!!!! God, what difference does it make????? JUST RING UP THE F***ING COUPON!!!!!!"
The manager eventually told her to pay or shut up and leave. SHe paid, but was still pissed.

I think your ire was directed at the wrong person here. Why should the store ring up a coupon for the wrong item simply because a customer is stupid?

Dona Worry Be Happy · Vette's SS!!

LL, note the quotation marks.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Dona Worry Be Happy wrote:
LL, note the quotation marks.

Ahhhh. I apologize. It's too early.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

I just ordered coffee. Obviously, I need some more. Tomorrow, prices on Keurig cups go up on their site and right now they have $10 off when you buy 5 boxes.

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

OMG I almost forgot about that! Off to Keurig.com............................................

Honeys_Mom · Mod & Permanent Board Sweetheart

chef wrote:
No time change for me! :D

Bragger! furious

I realize that "normal" time begins tomorrow, but my body seems to prefer it right where it's at. I've wished since I was a teenager that they would leave it right here all year long.

BUT you can't have everything, we had a little rain last night that washed off the dust, and life is good... biggrin

Momala · Great cook-happy wife-superb fisherman

We got 1.5 inches of rain!!!!! WOOT! WOOT! And its 55 degrees today! Fall has arrived in south Texas! Happy Happy Happy!!

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

It's raining and 41 degrees right now. We got home from Florida and my outside plants looked terrible because it had not rained all week. I watered everything and it rained, lol. It is so windy, gusts up to 40 mph.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

We just received a wedding invitation for December 20th in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

just Czech · Give Me Grand's!

Lawyerlady wrote:
We just received a wedding invitation for December 20th in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

I wouldn't be going.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

just Czech wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
We just received a wedding invitation for December 20th in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
I wouldn't be going.

Yeah, we won't be going, either.

NAOW · Vette's SS

Lawyerlady wrote:
just Czech wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
We just received a wedding invitation for December 20th in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
I wouldn't be going.
Yeah, we won't be going, either.

What? You don't want to spend your Christmas vacation paying for a trip to go see someone elses wedding?

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Good afternoon!

It's cold! Not a little cold. Really cold.

C has asked to make dinner tonight. Yay!!!

Would Cabo be nice and warm in December?

We got a bit a snow around the area last night. Nothing stuck thank God.

I wanted to go leaf lookin today. But after last nights wind there really isn't much left to look at.

Squeakers · Regular

Everywhere in Mexico and the Caribbean is warm in December.

I've had a very emotional, tear filled morning. I am trying to shake off this funk and feel like a functioning person again.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Squeakers wrote:
Everywhere in Mexico and the Caribbean is warm in December.

I've had a very emotional, tear filled morning. I am trying to shake off this funk and feel like a functioning person again.

What would help, hon?

{hugs}

flan

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Squeakers wrote:
Everywhere in Mexico and the Caribbean is warm in December.

I've had a very emotional, tear filled morning. I am trying to shake off this funk and feel like a functioning person again.

See that would be a drawing factor for me. I wouldn't care about a wedding but a warm spot in the middle of the cold, yeah I'd like that.

And go see a movie or have a nice lunch. Go to a museum. Feel better. That baby will be here soon.

Renegade Time Lord · Am I A Good Man?

No time change here.

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

Morning all.

I brunched with my gal friends this morning. I am stuffed and don't think I will eat again today.

No snow here - the haters in Indiana who made fun of me for moving to Minnesota can suck it, it snowed there yesterday! (Not flan, the peeps in my old town)

I got most of my running around done yesterday, so today I can stay home and do chores around the house in my yoga pants and sweatshirt. Is it too early to open the wine? Chores always go faster with wine...

The dog is furious at the frost on the ground. Refused to pee in the grass, went on the sidewalk instead. He is going to HATE the winter.

Have a great day everyone!

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Miss Clairol and I are having a nice visit. I might go to the store later. I might see if I can get some cheap candy.

ed11563 · Guru

Momala wrote:
We got 1.5 inches of rain!!!!! WOOT! WOOT! And its 55 degrees today! Fall has arrived in south Texas! Happy Happy Happy!!

Sounds like the cactus will bloom this year.

ed11563 · Guru

I didn't check candy prices, but Walmart is trying to sell pumpkins for a penny each.

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
Miss Clairol and I are having a nice visit. I might go to the store later. I might see if I can get some cheap candy.

Was going to go earlier to get some but decided it was too chilly out.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Pumpkins make pumpkin pie.

I just got a new chair! It's a power lift chair. It reclines, goes up and down and is super soft. It's my Christmas and birthday and Christmas and Birthday and Christmas and birthday gifts for a long time.

I am so blessed and so loved.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Southern_Belle wrote:
Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
Miss Clairol and I are having a nice visit. I might go to the store later. I might see if I can get some cheap candy.
Was going to go earlier to get some but decided it was too chilly out.

I might or might not go later. I donate the candy mostly.

ed11563 · Guru

lilyofcourse wrote:
Pumpkins make pumpkin pie.

I just got a new chair! It's a power lift chair. It reclines, goes up and down and is super soft. It's my Christmas and birthday and Christmas and Birthday and Christmas and birthday gifts for a long time.

I am so blessed and so loved.

NICE !!!

ed11563 · Guru

Pumpkins make pumpkin pie.

That would be great, but I suspect that they would need some human effort.

Should I buy some pumpkins, leave them in the kitchen and see what happens?

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

ed11563 wrote:
Pumpkins make pumpkin pie.

That would be great, but I suspect that they would need some human effort.
Should I buy some pumpkins, leave them in the kitchen and see what happens?

You could...

You get the pumpkins, gut them, cut the flesh from the skin, and cook it down to a puree.

Then add all kinds of yummy good things to make a pie filling.

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

Not amused. Possible sleet and snow today.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

I feel your pain SB.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

ed11563 wrote:
Pumpkins make pumpkin pie.

That would be great, but I suspect that they would need some human effort.
Should I buy some pumpkins, leave them in the kitchen and see what happens?

A friend of mine got this very same brilliant idea one year. She bought every pumpkin left and was going to bake them all into pies and freeze them. She told me later she gave up. She said it requires so much work to actually get them into puree. She said it wasn't worth the time and effort.

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

I'd rather just buy the can.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Oh but it is. If you have ever had a pumpkin pie made from fresh pumpkin it is so worth it.

And it isn't that hard.

No harder than boiling potatoes and pureeing them.

chef · Guru

I make fresh pumpkin puree once per year. It takes 8 hours or so for the complete process - everything from breaking the pumpkin down to cooling the puree and sticking it in the freezer. I get enough pumpkin puree for at least 10 pumpkin pies and a few batches of muffins and other stuff.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Yes but that is cooking and cooling and all of it together.

just Czech · Give Me Grand's!

I use specific pie pumpkins. They are smaller than the jack-o-lantern size pumpkins.
Simply cut in half, clean, turn upside down on a cookie sheet and bake. Remove pumpkin from cooled shell. Make pie.
I have never pureed pumpkin. Best pie ever.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Those work too!

chef · Guru

lilyofcourse wrote:
Yes but that is cooking and cooling and all of it together.

Yep. It takes me about an hour to cut it up, clean it, and skin it.