Re: Under the wire congratulations...

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> On 07.01.2024 23.21, Merlyne wrote:
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>>> On 18.12.2023 20.45, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>> On 29.11.2023 15.32, 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.
> 

What if leaves residue?
Then China might be using 5G to spy on me.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.
> 

A crown fell off recently. She charged me $200 to have it reglued even 
though they're not supposed to come off. Faulty installation.

>> 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...

Between that and cancer, we're all doomed.
> 
>>>>>> 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.
> 

Murdoch Mysteries is bad Canadian crime drama set in 1905 Toronto.

>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.
> 

Let's blame them anyways.