Green Eyed Monster Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 8 hours ago, kristof65 said: I'm pretty sure I complain about that very thing here at least weekly with my car wash customers... Better you should bend our already bent and disposed to commiserate ears than to try to "splain" to people who won't understand and will probably take offense. GEM Seasonable Greetings 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiddenone32 Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 *pokes his head in the door and waves* I once again fell into the trap of obsessively spending all my time buried in one subject and forgetting about everything else. On the plus side I did con some people into letting me run a shadowrun campaign that starts tomorrow. I hope everyone is well. 11 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Eyed Monster Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 6 hours ago, kristof65 said: My wardrobe went mostly black and blues during my navy days so I would only have two loads of laundry to do - whites and all others. Just got off the phone with a guy who bought a car wash. The Autocashier for the automatic car wash isn't working, and it may never work again, because it's an obsolete model with very few parts available. Looked back through the site history, and the last time anyone talked to the site it was me - shortly after the previous owner purchased the site from the original owner nearly 3 years ago. The previous owner got upset with us because we told him the original owner hadn't done any updates since 2002, and to get his stuff working, he'd have to do a few thousand dollars worth of upgrades. Looks like he didn't do anything, and passed his problem onto the next guy. Hope the new guy either did his Due Diligence and based his price on that or he Low-balled on his offer to cover all the improvements and upgrades. GEM Seasonable Greetings 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unruly Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 3 hours ago, TheAuldGrump said: And we seem to put zero thought into where reactors are built. For the love of mud, they were surprised that there were earthquakes in Japan?! All things considered, Fukushima could have been a lot worse. The fact that it did as well as it did after being hit with one of the strongest earthquakes on record and the largest tsunami on record for that area(twice the size of the next highest there) is a testament to how sturdily the place was built. It still melted down, and there were steps that the company could have taken to mitigate it somewhat, but considering that it was the same reactor design as Three Mile Island it still held up surprisingly well to all that damage. It's just that even if the backup generators were on the roof and power the coolant pumps they weren't going to do much when the coolant pipes were sheared off in multiple places by the earthquake, before the tsunami hit. But honestly, I want them to build nuclear reactors here in WV. We're geologically stable, we don't have tornadoes, we don't have hurricanes, and we've got some really nice rivers for coolant water. I'd live next to a Gen IV/IV+ plant. Heck, I'd live right next door and work at it. Because I have enough of an understanding of them that I don't fear them. I couldn't go into all the fine details of their operation and design, because I don't have that level of education, but I've talked with enough people over the years to have about as good a grasp of it as any layman can. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaganMegan Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, TheAuldGrump said: I gained Boyfriend Points from Megan for remembering a conversation we had before we even knew each other's names, then promptly lost them for what I remembered.... 'And putting a finger upside of his nose, Blocking one nostril, the other he blows!' She was talking about a panhandler dressed as Santa that was haunting downtown Portland - and was horrible enough that he was on YouTube (and, yes, doing the above). She actually did the whole of A Visit From St. Nicholas in that fashion, but that was the line (and image) that stuck in my mind. The Auld Grump - 'cause Santa making a snot rocket is something you remember, no matter how hard you try to forget. Children were mentally scarred for life from seeing him. He conveniently leaves out that he was the token sober person in a pile of drunk off our butts nerds! He had ONE drink, and nursed it for THREE HOURS. And was a perfect gentleman the whole time. It took me a while to forgive him. And worse, he didn't have a license, so couldn't be our designated driver! 3 hours ago, TheAuldGrump said: To be fair - some of the gothiest Goths that I have met have been extremely silly people - in a good way. There is one Christmas song that I learned when I was not much older than Brigid - and that we won't be teaching her. It gave me nightmares that I still remember.... Mistletoe Bough.... The Auld Grump - I learned a lot of grisly (and one greezly) songs as a tyke - but that was the only one that gave me nightmares. That song is HORRIBLE. WHY would a mom sing that to her kid?! WHY?! I'M going to have nightmares! 1 hour ago, Pezler the Polychromatic said: But it taught you not to hide in old chests, didn't it? Okay, maybe that, but I WANT to play hide and seek with our daughter, not scar her for life! Edited December 20, 2018 by PaganMegan 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crowley Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 9 hours ago, WhiteWulfe said: Speaking of supper... Mine will be my first attempt at chili.... Whole place sure smelt delicious this morning though! (yup, using slow Cooker, and also doing my "usual" 16-18 hours of cooking, with the first six to eight on high, then rest on low) 16-18 hours... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Eyed Monster Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 12 minutes ago, Crowley said: 16-18 hours... It's called "Slaving over a Hot Crock Pot.". GEM Seasonable Greetings 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sumbloke Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 12 hours ago, TheAuldGrump said: Or is a Goth. *EDIT* Or, in Megan's case, a Goth that is going to art school... but sans the clove cigarettes. One of the first conversations I had with Megan - when she first started at Border's - was about Goth Christmas music.... (You know, two of the verses for We Three Kings are really Gothy...) The Auld Grump I agree the Myrrh verse is gothy, but which other verse do you mean? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingo Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Whew. Been on my feet all day baking cookies and making fondant for dipping chocolates. And cooking dinner too. I feel so domestic, 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaganMegan Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 7 minutes ago, Pingo said: Whew. Been on my feet all day baking cookies and making fondant for dipping chocolates. And cooking dinner too. I feel so domestic, I fails at fondant. I fails so BAD. DROOP! 12 minutes ago, sumbloke said: I agree the Myrrh verse is gothy, but which other verse do you mean? Glorious now, behold him arise. King and god and sacrifice. But I liked Batzz in the Belfry's Oh Holy Night better. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w44R6gY7aBQ&ytbChannel=null 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingo Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 16 minutes ago, PaganMegan said: I fails at fondant. I fails so BAD. DROOP! It’s not real fondant, it’s fake fondant. The one time I tried to make real fondant it was a sticky mess that turned into a crunchy crystalline mess. FAKE FONDANT Soften 4 ounces of butter and cream it with a 14 ounce can of sweetened condensed milk and 4 cups of confectioners sugar. Add a pinch of salt and a teaspoon of vanilla, or my family’s favorite, a few drops of peppermint oil and some green food coloring. Then add between 3 1/2 and 4 more cups of confectioners sugar to make a stiff paste. (IMPORTANT! This recipe takes more than an entire two pound bag of confectioners sugar!) Roll the paste out, between sheets of waxed paper if you like, and cut into pieces for dipping. I like to make the mint ones round. Allow to air dry for at least a few hours, turning over. Maybe drying on a cookie cooling rack would be smarter, I dunno. Later that day, or next morning (my plan), temper chocolate and dip. Caramel variant: Use Dulce de Leche instead of sweetened condensed milk, use a touch more salt and a touch less confectioners sugar. I prefer to cut this flavor into rectangles and sometimes pinch pecan halves into them before dipping in chocolate. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erifnogard Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Been busy for a few months. I hope you all are doing well and that the approaching holidays are great for you all! 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weird-O Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 All this talk about Goths...anyone else got the urge to sack Rome? 2 1 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuldGrump Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 (edited) Started the kids game late because of party. Up late last night because of painting. And handed off Christmas presents to Sam's parents and for the kids to open on Christmas day. I am bushed! And combined my pirates game with the Krampus game, as the would be pirates were in prison, awaiting their fates, they had a strange shared dream, as Santa Pirate came to them, to free some children from the dreaded Krampus. The horror on the kids faces when they realized that their characters were also kids... (A simple -2 to, well everything and spellcasters needing to make Concentration rolls to cast spells.) Half XP - dying just means waking up in prison, and no 'present'. (Not that it mattered - no one 'died'.) Those that make it through, and if they rescue the 'naughty' kids, each character will find one item in their cage - instead of rolling to hide something, and it can be as large as a two handed weapon, or even some low level armor (nothing better than studded leather). Made it about half way through - and the Krampus was appropriately scary - with a child about to be skinned when the pirates arrived. Also... painting up the treasure chest mimic tomorrow... always good for a laugh, when dealing with pirates. *Yawn!* Gods above and below, I'm tired! And Megan is already asleep. She was nodding at... why does this Frostgrave female have a bearded head? She complains about my bearded female dwarfs, and she does this? Oy! Bedtime! I will ask her in the morning - I'm sure she has a plan. The Auld Grump Edited December 20, 2018 by TheAuldGrump 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteWulfe Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 2 hours ago, Crowley said: 16-18 hours... It's what tends to happen when you start it up the night before :P ....That and you want tender meat? Doesn't matter what kind of stew meat you put into stew. Doesn't work quite as well for chili though, since beans put in get reaaaaally soft. Was pretty tasty though! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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