Re: Under the wire congratulations...

BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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> On 18.10.2023 13.55, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>> On 04.10.2023 16.13, Merlyne wrote:
>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>>>> On 26.09.2023 14.11, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>>>>>> Merlyne:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> #Happy birthday to youuuu
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Aw....
>>>>>> You remembered :)
>>>>> Well, of course. It's why I'm here.
>>>>
>>>> If not here, you can always send me an email.
>>>>
>>>>>> And woke up in the middle of the night to post.
>>>>>> That's so sweet!
>>>>> yeah - funny story. I did two batches of bread and then I had to
>>>>> go lie down for a bit because the back was twisty-knotty. And then
>>>>> I slept for like 6 hours.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Maybe you need an anti-fatigue mat for your kitchen.
>>> What on earth is an anti-fatigue mat? And will it clash with the 
>>> linoleum? 
>>>
>> It's a mat that is padded so it is kinder to your back and legs if
>> you have to stand for long periods of time.
> Sounds like something that will make me even more unsteady on my feet
> than I already am. Squishy floor...

No one is more wobby than me.
It's a mat, it's not like standing on a bosu ball.

> 
>> They come in a variety of colours.
>> Black goes with everything.
> It would have matched my coffee maker but I got rid of that (because
> of it not being able to make coffee).

I usually get another one when mine breaks.
I have a French press for emergencies.

> 
>>>> And a bread machine to make the dough.
>>> The day I knead a bread machine is the day I stop baking...
>>>
>> D'oh!
>> No, no, you don't knead the machine. The machine kneads the dough.
> But will it form the dough into delicious and appealing bread and
> buns. 

You can have it bake a loaf.
Anything that is shaped, you have to do yourself.

> 
>> Anyways do what you want, it's your back.
> Yeah - my achy breaky back.

I feel a song coming on.

> 
>> The machine saves you from standing for a long time and it makes
>> perfect dough every time.
> Well so do I, he said with pride.
> 

I'm not contesting that.