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10-31-2013, 04:44 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 812
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DW and I are putting up board and batten siding on the guesthouse, have 3 sides completed. We have one gabled end left to do and rain today so may have to find another project.
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11-01-2013, 05:13 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 812
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We finished the siding on the guesthouse, only have the trim and soffits left to do on th gabled end. Here's a picture of the house and the jack posts and walk boards that we borrowed from a local builder.
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11-01-2013, 08:10 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Lawn chair in Texas
Posts: 14,183
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NW-Bound
...kicking it up a few notches, to borrow from Emeril's parlance.
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Or "Bam". Of course, when I ate in one of his restaurants, and saw the prices, I said "damn!"...
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Have Funds, Will Retire
...not doing anything of true substance...
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11-01-2013, 08:14 AM
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Administrator
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Chicagoland
Posts: 40,514
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We have one of those Timex self-setting clocks. Big red numbers so we can see the time in the morning with sleepy eyes and without glasses. This morning I woke up, it said 5:00 AM. bit early, so I tried, but couldn't go back to sleep. Got up, went to make coffee, and was totally baffled by the clock in the kitchen. Took a while to realize why the little hand wasn't on the 5 .. because it ws after 6. Our self-setting clock jumped the gun this weekend and reset two days early.
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11-02-2013, 07:33 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 348
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moved the RV from Carrabelle Fl to Jacksonville Fl... life is grand...
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I am FIRE'd... :)
contract on the house, bought an RV and now traveling across America
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11-02-2013, 12:49 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Eastern WV Panhandle
Posts: 25,290
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DW and I made a gigunda pot of chili to take to DW's grandniece's 8th birthday party tomorrow. Lots of people, tiny house, will be fun.
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When I was a kid I wanted to be older. This is not what I expected.
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11-02-2013, 04:34 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: On a hill in the Pine Barrens
Posts: 9,670
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Got up and took a cab to the French Quarter. Took the green car to Voodoo Experience. A few more acts to go, and then Nine Inch Nails. Nice quiet family vacation...
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11-02-2013, 07:58 PM
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Administrator
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 22,923
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Raked and bagged leaves. My back and hamstrings are sore.
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Living an analog life in the Digital Age.
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11-03-2013, 04:51 AM
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Administrator
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Chicagoland
Posts: 40,514
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Reset the clocks. Except the one that is automatic time- setting. That reset the day before yesterday.
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11-03-2013, 08:50 AM
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#12810
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 35,712
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lisa99
It's delicious as an appetizer. Spread about 4 ounces of pepper jelly over a brick of cream cheese and serve with triscuits or wheat thins....yum!
Or you can do like a strange friend of ours does and make a peanut butter and pepper jelly sandwich. Sounds awful, tastes wonderful!
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A belated thank you, but I'm the type who remembers whose advice I followed. I did make chili jelly last Xmas, served it over wheat thins spread with cream cheese. The platter was premade, ready as a fingerfood appetizer. It was a great hit.
I did the jelly with the following twist. First, I boiled the dried red chili flakes and seeds to get all the "hotness" into the juice. Then, I picked out all the seeds, and only left the red flakes. It's for the appearance, but I just did not care to see the seeds in the final product.
Then, when I mixed in pectin, sugar, and vinegar to make the jelly, I also put in julienned bell peppers. The peppers were roasted, and skinned of course.
I made two batches. One with red bell peppers for hot, one with yellow bell peppers for mild. I alerted my guests about the significance of the pepper colors, so as not to ambush people with a delicate tongue.
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11-03-2013, 01:50 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Sarasota, FL & Vermont
Posts: 36,201
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I had an old Roomba Pro from sometime in the early 2000s that had been sitting in a corner for many years since the battery would not keep a charge and the tread broke. I got ambitious last week and ordered a tread repair kit ($9) and a new battery ($25) and fixed the tread, cleaned it up and put it to work today and it is working great.
Our current home is almost all solid floors (just one 5x8 area rug in the living area) so it works better here than in our old house which had a lot of wall to wall carpeting.
I actually forgot how fun it is to watch it work.
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Patience is the art of concealing your impatience.
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Retired Jan 2012 at age 56
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11-04-2013, 06:40 AM
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#12812
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 281
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Drove home from an RV rally in apple picking country, cleaned up and attended a Shakespeare play at 'our' university with our Lifelong Learning Shakespeare class followed by a one hour Q&A with the director and actors. Everyone went over to the campus dining hall for dinner afterward where the conversation was fast and fun, and the food surprisingly good.
Great day!
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11-04-2013, 10:14 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: New Orleans
Posts: 47,468
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Just the usual today, getting together with F. We'll head to the gym and then a restaurant for lunch.
I just found out that I don't have to pay one single cent for the CAT-scan of my brain after my fall! What a relief, since I only started Medicare this year and really did not know what to expect. Medicare paid $117.81, BCBS paid $105.33, and my share is $0.00. I'd say the loser in these negotiations was the imaging center, and the winner was me.
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Happily retired since 2009, at age 61. Best years of my life by far!
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11-04-2013, 05:12 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Portland
Posts: 4,946
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Got the stitches out from surgery on my face last week. (Too much sun, no sunblock as a kid. 50 years later...) It currently feels like I got my face tightened on one side. (That's MISTER Sardonicus to you...)
We went to Fenton's Ice Creamery to celebrate. Ice cream makes everything better.
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11-04-2013, 09:29 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 12,890
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I spent the day preparing our home for the change in seasons. I realized some hefty gains on a couple of healthcare stocks. I made some delicious steaks and green beans for dinner, washed down with a glass of red wine. Then we had a piece of mochaccino chocolate for dessert. Life is good.
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11-05-2013, 06:03 PM
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#12816
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 281
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Taught my first class at our Lifelong Learning program - Social Media 101. I was nervous, but my old marketing persona kicked in and it went great. Spent the afternoon beefing up on Pinterest, the next class I teach, trimmed a few bushes in the front yard, and now I'm off to do speed training with my running club.
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11-06-2013, 06:02 AM
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#12817
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Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Eastern WV Panhandle
Posts: 25,290
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Changed the oil on the pickup truck and the motorcycle yesterday, today will do the larger lawn mower.
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11-06-2013, 09:10 AM
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#12818
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 11,401
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I paid off the mortgage on my first investment property. One down, two to go! This will significantly improve my cash flow. Mortgage burning party this weekend!
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11-07-2013, 05:21 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Eastern WV Panhandle
Posts: 25,290
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Had some keratosis "frozen off" at the dermatologist's today. He didn't seem the slightest bit concerned about it so I guess that's good. I had a touch of squamous cell carcinoma ~25 years ago (nothing further since) so now I sprint to the doc's if I see anything even slightly like it.
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11-09-2013, 01:00 PM
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#12820
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Gone but not forgotten
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 6,924
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Donated blood, unit #189.
Got flu shot.
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