Re: Under the wire congratulations...

BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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> On 08.11.2023 14.11, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>> On 25.10.2023 16.26, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>> On 18.10.2023 13.55, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>> On 04.10.2023 16.13, Merlyne wrote:
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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...
> 
It's like half a stability 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.
>>> 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.
> 

The city here dredges water from the rivers but then it goes through a
filtration plant before it is piped into to people's houses. 


>>>> 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...

I usually make dinner rolls. Round.

> 
>>>>>> 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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