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- Fri Mar 11, 2016 3:20 pm
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- Topic: I have changed my name
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Re: I have changed my name
Thank you, thank you, thank you my friendship boots arrived last night and I am wearing them this morning. No idea how to post a photo but I did take one on my phone :) My internet connection is so crappy at the ranch I don't suppose I can even email a photo, but never mind Again, thank you! I am tr...
- Thu Mar 03, 2016 12:03 pm
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- Topic: I have changed my name
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Re: I have changed my name
Thank you all so much. I will be wearing friendship boots every day soon! I promise to figure out how to post a photo from this phone
- Wed Mar 02, 2016 11:38 pm
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- Topic: I have changed my name
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Re: I have changed my name
Ok. There is one thing that I would dearly love replaced sooner rather than later and that's my Dublin boots. Size 7.5. They got saturated with smoky water and presumably asbestos and I wear them almost every day
I would be touched beyond belief if the ddbb replaces those
Xxxxxxx
I would be touched beyond belief if the ddbb replaces those
Xxxxxxx
- Tue Mar 01, 2016 10:17 pm
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- Topic: I have changed my name
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Re: I have changed my name
no please, I am desperately uncomfortable with being helped. I am deeply touched by everyone's generosity, truly, even if it does extend to offers of microwaves and crockpots!
excitingly, the central part of the house turns out to have asbestos, meaning we are now an EPA superfund site <sigh>
excitingly, the central part of the house turns out to have asbestos, meaning we are now an EPA superfund site <sigh>
- Sun Feb 28, 2016 9:41 pm
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- Topic: I have changed my name
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Re: I have changed my name
No, really. Thank you all for your kindness but I have insurance. Please buy your ponies some carrots and feed them in my name!
- Sun Feb 28, 2016 1:26 pm
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- Topic: I have changed my name
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Re: I have changed my name
Thank you all so much. I am fortunate to be living in the guest cabin on the property so am not homeless. The rest of it is just stuff, no pets or people were hurt. And yes the huge bright spot is that the sodding oven will need to be replaced. Hurrah! Ultimately this is the culmination of the past ...
- Sat Feb 27, 2016 11:50 pm
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- Topic: I have changed my name
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I have changed my name
to Typhoid Mary.
My house burned down last week.
<sigh>
I know, I know. Another chance for me to display my quite remarkable fortitude, but honestly, this character building crap needs to stop.
My house burned down last week.
<sigh>
I know, I know. Another chance for me to display my quite remarkable fortitude, but honestly, this character building crap needs to stop.
- Thu Feb 18, 2016 2:21 pm
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- Topic: "What's for dinner?"
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Re: "What's for dinner?"
A lived-in face - bit like a an old sleeping bag. As long as he doesn't smell like an old sleeping bag. ... ;) Seriously, is this a good or a bad thing for you, bascar? I don't think I've ever heard this description. :) It's not really good or bad now I think about it - it just *is*. Whilst I can't...
- Wed Feb 17, 2016 12:55 pm
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- Topic: Cat medication question
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Re: Cat medication question
Vet compounding pharmacies can make most meds in a liquid which is easier to give. Get the med in a high enough strength so that the dose is a tiny amount ie 1/4 ml. However the BEST alternatives are transdermal gels! Not all meds are effective in this format, but if the one you need is GO FOR IT. ...
- Tue Feb 16, 2016 2:03 pm
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- Topic: Justice Scalia is dead
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Re: Justice Scalia is dead
Figgy wrote:
Obama is president, its his right, I reckon he should appoint and the republicans can just suck it up
It isn't his right. It's his Constitutional Obligation. And let us not forget that Scalia was an adamant Constitutionalist.
- Tue Feb 16, 2016 1:51 pm
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- Topic: Cat medication question
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Cat medication question
Please share your favorite way to shove a pill down your cat's throat. For. The. Rest. Of. Time.
- Sat Feb 13, 2016 10:40 pm
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- Topic: "What's for dinner?"
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Re: "What's for dinner?"
So, what to cook for Valentine's day dinner? I'm thinking lamb cutlets, maybe? Something pretty for dessert? Pink lamb sounds perfect. Chocolate brownies dusted with icing sugar in a heart shape? I had dinner in Durango last night. Excellent calamari followed by rare seared tuna on a butter lemon s...
- Wed Feb 10, 2016 2:43 pm
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- Topic: Remember the Jane Austen thread from the UDBB?
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Re: Remember the Jane Austen thread from the UDBB?
Like many things, an acquired taste I suppose. I love Austen, hate Dickens, love Dostoyevsky, hate Tolstoy, love John D McDonald, hate Elmore Leonard.
- Wed Feb 10, 2016 2:38 pm
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- Topic: "What's for dinner?"
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Re: "What's for dinner?"
I have dinner guests tonight - so Sparkleby's Bombay Chicken and a side of salmon that I'm also going to slather with Bombay spice before baking. Alongside will be the roast potato and kale salad we all love. Then for dessert I have made a cold champagne sabayon (I did not use the amount of sugar th...
- Thu Jan 28, 2016 2:29 pm
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- Topic: "What's for dinner?"
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Re: "What's for dinner?"
Trying to empty the fridge before heading out to California, so last night was oven roasted potato wedges dusted with aged gouda shavings, dipped in yoghurt/dill/cucumber/garlic while I watched Midsomer Murders. Tonight looks like 2 slices of bacon, 3/4 cup of cream and some pink grapefruit....
- Thu Jan 28, 2016 2:23 pm
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- Topic: Favorite sore throat remedies
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Re: Favorite sore throat remedies
Squeeze the juice of a lemon into a mug. Add 3 cloves, 3 slices of ginger root, a small piece of cinnamon, and a teaspoon of local raw honey. Add boiling water and leave to steep for 10 minutes. Sip away.
- Thu Jan 28, 2016 2:21 pm
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- Topic: My new guy - Topper
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Re: My new guy - Topper
Big smile says it all
- Sat Jan 23, 2016 10:59 pm
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- Topic: Barstow peeps?
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Barstow peeps?
Anyone from around Barstow? Looking for overnighting recommendations in the area
- Fri Jan 22, 2016 4:42 pm
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- Topic: dating. <sigh>
- Replies: 50
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Re: dating. <sigh>
I love it when our discussions go off the Silly Train tracks! :lol: :lol: Sorry Bascar, hope you're ok with it. totally fine with it! I love knowing that I'm not riding the crazy train all alone :lol: On the upside I've just started "talking" with two new guys. One has a guestranch in the...
- Fri Jan 22, 2016 1:59 pm
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- Topic: Not sure I want to get up from yet another knock down.
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Re: Not sure I want to get up from yet another knock down.
Damn. I'm so sorry Shirrine. There aren't any platitudes that are going to make things any better. All I can offer is another - This, too, will pass.
- Thu Jan 21, 2016 2:28 pm
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- Topic: Meat carving etiquette
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Re: Meat carving etiquette
Before cooking and into thirds. No one will feel either greedy or hungry if they have two and then the option is also there for "oh this is so delicious, I simply can't resist"
- Wed Jan 20, 2016 3:17 pm
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- Topic: Radio in the Barn
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Re: Radio in the Barn
I lied about the pigeons. Two flew out yesterday. Time to excavate the air rifle from under the couch.
- Wed Jan 20, 2016 3:16 pm
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- Topic: Jingles for UDBBer Fluffy --RIP
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Re: Jingles for UDBBer Fluffy --RIP
Condolences to her family and friends.
- Mon Jan 18, 2016 10:52 pm
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- Topic: dating. <sigh>
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Re: dating. <sigh>
Jebus, KathyK - that's awful.
- Mon Jan 18, 2016 6:38 pm
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- Topic: dating. <sigh>
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Re: dating. <sigh>
pawsplus wrote:Maybe he's dead.
I checked the obits....
because that's exactly the sort of thing that happens to me.
- Mon Jan 18, 2016 5:54 pm
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- Topic: Radio in the Barn
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Re: Radio in the Barn
On the upside, it keeps the pigeons away.
- Mon Jan 18, 2016 5:53 pm
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- Topic: dating. <sigh>
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Re: dating. <sigh>
Thanks guys. I'm doing the whole "it's not me, it's him" thing, but it's taking a while to kick in.
- Mon Jan 18, 2016 3:28 pm
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- Topic: We are expecting in June! **Baby Photos!**
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Re: We are expecting in June!
Congratulations!
- Mon Jan 18, 2016 3:28 pm
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- Topic: It was a good Christmas
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Re: It was a good Christmas
great picture!
- Mon Jan 18, 2016 3:26 pm
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- Topic: dating. <sigh>
- Replies: 50
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dating. <sigh>
After saying farewell to Mr OMG do-you-knnow-how-to-cook-risotto, I met a guy for lunch. We didn't do much exchange of info beforehand, but what we did promised well. The lunch was great - we talked non-stop for 1 1/2 hours - and we had so much in common it was kinda scary - but in a good way. We ha...
- Sat Jan 16, 2016 5:20 pm
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- Topic: "What's for dinner?"
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Re: "What's for dinner?"
Don Giovanni wrote:
bascar....seriously? marmite? to eat? on purpose? I'm stunne...
Oh, I'm a marmite baby. All those dear little B vitamins oozing through the butter. Yum yum.
- Fri Jan 15, 2016 2:16 am
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- Topic: RIP Alan Rickman
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Re: RIP Alan Rickman
The Sheriff of Nottingham to end all Sheriffs is how I shall always remember him.
Vale, Mr Rickman!
Vale, Mr Rickman!
- Tue Jan 12, 2016 2:32 pm
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- Topic: "What's for dinner?"
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Re: "What's for dinner?"
Simply pasta with a tomato, basil and black olive sauce. But breakfast? Oh my, how did I live this long without frying cheese and marmite sandwiches in butter?
- Wed Jan 06, 2016 7:50 pm
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- Topic: Broke My Leg on Hay Rack UPDATE @ end Riding!
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Re: Broke My Leg on Hay Rack
Oh crap. I hope you heal quickly!
- Wed Jan 06, 2016 2:39 pm
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- Topic: The circle of life.
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Re: The circle of life.
I'm sorry for your troubles.
- Mon Jan 04, 2016 1:44 pm
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- Topic: From whence springs the ability to fix things?
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Re: From whence springs the ability to fix things?
I think it's a combination of many things, but primarily you have to have some sort of inborn common sense - the nature bit. Then the nurture comes in by having parents who either actively support your independence or thrust you into independence by omission, reinforced by schooling. Having horses d...
- Fri Jan 01, 2016 11:34 pm
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- Topic: "What's for dinner?"
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Re: "What's for dinner?"
Pork Green Chili 2 lbs pork, diced 3 medium onions, diced 6 cloves garlic, chopped 2 tbsp whole cumin seeds 1 large container of roasted chopped green Hatch chillies (I like Bueno - available in the frozen section of your supermarket) - 28oz 3 cups chicken stock (I use water and bullion) Working in ...
- Fri Jan 01, 2016 2:47 pm
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- Topic: "What's for dinner?"
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Re: "What's for dinner?"
Pork Green Chile.
Not quite why I thought it was a good idea to buy a pork roast that could feed 8 given there's only one of me. So, roast pork, pork green chile, stir fried pork and peppers, and I'm losing motivation here.....
Not quite why I thought it was a good idea to buy a pork roast that could feed 8 given there's only one of me. So, roast pork, pork green chile, stir fried pork and peppers, and I'm losing motivation here.....
- Fri Jan 01, 2016 2:45 pm
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- Topic: Jingles appreciated or ending up the new year with new equine issue
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Re: Jingles appreciated or ending up the new year with new equine issue
Jingling for you!
- Fri Jan 01, 2016 2:44 pm
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- Topic: Well, you thought THEY were dumb...
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Re: Well, you thought THEY were dumb...
Nice.
That's going to be a gift that keeps giving well into spring.
That's going to be a gift that keeps giving well into spring.
- Fri Jan 01, 2016 2:40 pm
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- Topic: Freeway
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Re: Freeway
Damn.
Condolences, Q, and thanks for being a stand-up gal for Freeway.
Condolences, Q, and thanks for being a stand-up gal for Freeway.
- Fri Dec 25, 2015 2:31 pm
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- Topic: Best cookbook for.... (suggestions needed!)
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Re: Best cookbook for.... (suggestions needed!)
awa almost certainly knows best but I'll throw in Salt Sugar Smoke by Diana Henry
- Tue Dec 22, 2015 2:34 pm
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- Topic: Perfect bread
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Re: Perfect bread
Hell in a hand basket is the phrase that comes to mind
- Tue Dec 22, 2015 2:33 pm
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- Topic: Geographic Location PLEEEEASE!
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Re: Geographic Location PLEEEEASE!
Done, as you asked so nicely and it's the Solstice
- Tue Dec 22, 2015 2:32 pm
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- Topic: "What's for dinner?"
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Re: "What's for dinner?"
Oh, v.pretty!
- Mon Dec 21, 2015 3:50 am
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- Topic: So I have a court date tomorrow...
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Re: So I have a court date tomorrow...
My thoughts are with you
- Mon Dec 21, 2015 12:19 am
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- Topic: "What's for dinner?"
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Re: "What's for dinner?"
Any ideas for creative use of mac and cheese leftovers? arancini and that's all I have to say about that. and perfect timing with the ingredients because I decided to try this terrine : http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/dec/13/nigel-slater-pre-prepared-seasonal-dishes That's a very inter...
- Fri Dec 18, 2015 3:54 pm
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- Topic: Merry Christmas Photo
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Re: Merry Christmas Photo
You're staging Tosca at your house?
- Fri Dec 18, 2015 3:53 pm
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- Topic: Easy bread pudding recipes?
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Re: Easy bread pudding recipes?
This brings back memories! And not good ones... we're talking PTSD type memories.... My nan made bread pudding and her secret ingredient was lard. I can see the vaguely grayish slabs dotted with dead flies (currants) as I type.
- Tue Dec 15, 2015 5:24 pm
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- Topic: ooo look what I found!
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Re: ooo look what I found!
The choice of neon pink or foil grey is remarkably limited!