Re: Under the wire congratulations...

On 07.01.2024 23.21, 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?
>>>> Well, half a ball will be as flat as the earth on one side.
>>>
>>> My brane hurts.
>>
>> You should have accepted that brane massage when I offered, possibly.
>> Or is it the cold?
>>
> 
> Your fingers were sticky.
Yes of course, from the soothing brane oil. It greatly enhances the
experience.

>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> I think that is actually the reason some places flouridate the
>>>> drinking water. Around here we use tooth paste for that.
>>>>
>>> Occasionally, I get fluoride treatments at the dentist.
>>> I'm pretty sure it's just a money grab.
>> It does have some positive benefits for the teeth as well, so I've
>> heard. And who have ever heard of a dentist who recommends treatments
>> not strictly necessary?
>>
> 
> Who wants X-rays?
I for one am quite pleased to have my teeth's picture taken every few
years. To check for invisible to the naked eye cracks or breakage. It
did help with finding the last bit of tooth from the one I had to have
replaced a few years back. And that one didn't cost me anything because
it was a bit the dentist missed the first time around.

> I love how they drop a lead sheet on me and then flee the building.
> Not harmful at all. just my imagination.
> And then they charge $500
I've never had a lead sheet put on me, though the operator do move to
the next room for the raying. Then again I don't think I pay more that
~$70 per (usable) pic.

>>>>>> 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?
>>>> Not especially, I don't think. It builds strong bones - or brittle
>>>> if one is an older person (more so women than men I've heard).
>>>>
>>> I heard it leaves plaque on heart or clogs your arteries or
>>> something. 
>> That's cholesterol mostly, I believe. Calcium builds up on your teeth
>> if you are a dry-mouth. And fluoride does nothing about that.
>>
> 
> https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/study-links-too-much-calcium-to-
> heart-disease-20100812204

If it isn't one thing it's another. Heart disease for all...

>>>>> My well water has lime and iron. Well not anymore.
>>>> Lime I would worry about a bit. I've seen in the movies what it can
>>>> do to dead bodies. A bit extra iron is probably good for you.
>>>>
>>> The use lye to dissolve bpdy parts.
>> Also quicklime solution - so I've been lead to believe.
>>
> I guess I missed that episode of Murdoch Mysteries.
I don't know what that is. If it's anything 'true crime' I also don't
want to know. I will not support this infestation.

>>>>>>>>>>> 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.
>>>> I can use the buns for other things than burgers. I only had the
>>>> patties because I happened to buy a non-standard measure of
>>>> mincemeat so I had some left over - enough for two burger patties as
>>>> it happened. 
>>>>
>>> Mincemeat? that's mostly raisins I believe.
>> Minced meat, then - what a silly, silly language.
>>
> 
> It's not the language that's silly rather to culture that decided to 
> call chopped up dried fruit mincemeat.
I bet the vegetarians are to blame. And PETA.

-- 
BeH

" We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to
formulate insight is a play on words." - Niels Bohr