Re: Under the wire congratulations...

BeH <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:

> 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. 
You mean helpful.
> 
>>>> 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.

Do you have a well?

> 
>> 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.
> 
Penises?

>>>> 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?
> 
Do they do covers of Billy Ray Cyrus songs?

>>>> 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.
>> 
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