Re: Under the wire congratulations...

On 08.11.2023 14.11, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:
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>> 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.
I said what I said. And I still don't know what a bozo ball is...

>>>>> 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?
No. I live on a very big block of chalk with some dirt on top.

>>> 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?
I meant braided or heart shaped or shaped like dinosaurs or folded into
attractive morsels of goodness, but whatever raises your dough...

>>>>> 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?
I wouldn't put it past them. They are a wild bunch.

>>>>> 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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BeH

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