Re: Under the wire congratulations...

On 22.11.2023 14.33, Merlyne wrote:
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>> On 08.11.2023 14.11, Merlyne wrote:
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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:
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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.
So not really a ball at all... Figures.

>>>>>>> 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 Copenhagen they use (or used to at least) water from the lakes - which
are actually remnants of the fortifications. Filtered and possibly
treated with chlorine (for the brane washing obviously). Otherwise we
don't really have a lot of surface water so it's mostly ground water
from wells. Hence the calcium content.

>>>>> 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.
Today I made some burger buns. I had to in order to properly serve the
pre-shaped burger patties I had in the freezer. Now I have burger buns
but no more burger patties. Oh well.


-- 
BeH

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