Re: Under the wire congratulations...

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> 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.
> 
How?

>>>>>>>> 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).

They put toxic floride in our city water I guess to prevent cavities or 
something.

> Otherwise we don't really have a lot of surface water so it's mostly
> ground water from wells. Hence the calcium content.
> 

Isn't calcium bad for your heart?
My well water has lime and iron. Well not anymore.

>>>>>> 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.
> 
> 
You need to be better organized, sounds like.