Re: Under the wire congratulations...

On 25.10.2023 16.26, Merlyne wrote:
> 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.
Okay, then. I've never heard of an anti-fatigue mat before. Or a bosu
ball. You sure have some mighty strange stuff over there in foreignland.

>>> 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.
And I probably will too. I just haven't gotten around to it yet.
A(nother) cheap one, they never seem to last very long no matter how
often I decalcify.

> I have a French press for emergencies.
OOOhh. Fancy. I have two, actually. I garish red plastic. I use one
sometimes when I have whole bean coffee and grind it myself.

>>>>> 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.
And that's the best bit anyway - making bread in funny shapes.

>>> Anyways do what you want, it's your back.
>> Yeah - my achy breaky back.
> 
> I feel a song coming on.
The retirement centre a capella choir?

>>> 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.
> 

-- 
BeH

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