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- Thu Apr 13, 2017 4:03 pm
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: What do you have around your house from the old BB?
- Replies: 43
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Re: What do you have around your house from the old BB?
This is fun! Aside from wonderful memerges, I have several really cool Christmas ornaments, my favourite mug which was a Kindle gift from Heather (excaliber/Hez), two gorgeous pieces if art feom Om, and the most awesome UDBB cookbook. But most of all, highly prized and especially treasured are the p...
- Wed May 25, 2016 1:30 pm
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- Topic: "What's for dinner?"
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Re: "What's for dinner?"
Last night I was going to make dinner for a friend who recently had surgery. I had just started when she texted me and asked to postpone (long story..) so - we had a delicious supper! :D I made salmon with gremolata breadcrumbs on top, asparagus roasted with some garlicky olive oil and a really nice...
- Wed May 18, 2016 5:36 pm
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- Topic: I'M BAAaaAACK
- Replies: 44
- Views: 22878
Re: I'M BAAaaAACK
Welcome back indeed! I remember you and your story and am so glad to hear you're horse shopping. I hope to see lots more of you.
- Tue Jan 19, 2016 6:32 pm
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- Topic: Radio in the Barn
- Replies: 21
- Views: 15745
Re: Radio in the Barn
Fergusnc, Swing! I can just see that! I would love to ride to that! (Maybe THERE is my hidden Freestyle) Not to hijack the thread, but a few years back when we were doing lots of freestyles, my trainer was looking for music for her FEI ride (can't remember what level...). She had a big moving Hanov...
- Mon Jan 18, 2016 5:46 pm
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- Topic: Sharing a Pic of My Girls
- Replies: 19
- Views: 14850
Re: Sharing a Pic of My Girls
awww....lovely.
- Mon Jan 18, 2016 5:45 pm
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- Topic: dating. <sigh>
- Replies: 50
- Views: 27277
Re: dating. <sigh>
Racetrackreject wrote: Men are odd creatures.
I thought that was a fairly reasonable summation.
I have nothing useful to offer (obviously!) except empathy. Hope it works out.
- Fri Jan 15, 2016 4:17 pm
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- Topic: "What's for dinner?"
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Re: "What's for dinner?"
Korean food! Yummy... Japchae - stir fried vegetables and beef with korean glass noodles and a tasty sauce korean barbecue pork ribs have been marinating since last night served with rice, kimchee (of course) and a few side dishes like seasoned spinach, korean cucumber salad, seasoned bean sprouts.....
- Mon Dec 28, 2015 3:00 pm
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- Topic: 2015 DDBB Kringle: All done!
- Replies: 63
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Re: 2015 DDBB Kringle: All shipped, waiting for stragglers to arrive
I received my package, an absolutely marvellous knitted knee blanket that I adore. I canuks magnetic calendar that made me chuckle , a vanilla candle, which is my favorite scent, and I love them all. I enjoyed opening all the little packages. Thank you Don Giovanni. I'm glad the package arrived..so...
- Fri Dec 25, 2015 4:15 am
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- Topic: thank you tuddy!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2505
thank you tuddy!
I received a package the other day from my secret Santa tuddy! I love the ornament - I've tried to upload a picture but can't resize it properly. I'm too tired to think straight, but it really is a cool horse ornament. I have several - a bit of a collection - and I really like this one. thank you. T...
- Tue Nov 24, 2015 2:41 am
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- Topic: Trump??!!?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 43036
Re: Trump??!!?
One comment before I quit and leave the political forum. I'm not entirely sure why calling someone in a potential position of power who espouses things that are violent, racist, misogynistic, impractical, impossible and totally out of the realm of reality (a wall across the border, funded by mexico?...
- Mon Nov 23, 2015 8:07 pm
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- Topic: Reconvening the Court of Grammatical Peeves
- Replies: 101
- Views: 57350
Re: Reconvening the Court of Grammatical Peeves
capstone wrote:The first menu item on this web site almost killed me when I stumbled onto it.
It seems so random!! Why the apostrophe on some words and not others??
I saw a sign in front of a furniture store the other day advertising Tables, Chairs and Sofa's. WTH?
- Mon Nov 23, 2015 8:03 pm
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- Topic: "What's for dinner?"
- Replies: 808
- Views: 615294
Re: "What's for dinner?"
OMG - bascar quoted one of my recipes! Faint...
PS - Galbi really is delicious. I need to find a way to adapt it to the uncut short ribs because the sliced kind can be hard to find here.
PS - Galbi really is delicious. I need to find a way to adapt it to the uncut short ribs because the sliced kind can be hard to find here.
- Mon Nov 23, 2015 7:58 pm
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- Topic: Trump??!!?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 43036
Re: Trump??!!?
Dear Musical Comedy (love your screen name BTW) Please don’t ever put words in my mouth or deign to assume that you know why I’m happy/sad/frustrated/irritated… If you think Trump is logical, you are most definitely entitled to your opinion. If you think his expressed ideas, if implemented, won’t le...
- Mon Nov 23, 2015 2:13 pm
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- Topic: Trump??!!?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 43036
Re: Trump??!!?
this is fascinating! Thanks to everyone who has answered. I'm really happy to see the back and forth positive discussion. I should have used my memory - I remember both Nader and Perot running, but I guess at that point wasn't paying much attention to parties. Tabby - that description of our elector...
- Fri Nov 20, 2015 8:44 pm
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- Topic: Trump??!!?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 43036
Re: Trump??!!?
Your politics, as a rule, are much more interesting to follow than ours. This time around though, it's almost surreal. Here's my ignorance talking though..... are there only ever two choices (i.e. Rep and Dem) on a ballot? do you have minor parties, like our Green party, for instance, that we just d...
- Fri Nov 20, 2015 6:52 pm
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- Topic: Trump??!!?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 43036
Re: Trump??!!?
He's never going to win the nomination. First, he is WAY TOO DIVISIVE. Second, he is not what most modern day Republicrats like. He's leading the polls because the media continues to cover him and that is who people think of when asked. I sure hope you're right. This guy is a whack job. In your opi...
- Fri Nov 20, 2015 5:21 pm
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- Topic: Trump??!!?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 43036
Trump??!!?
I just read an article about Trump wanting to create a database of Muslims if (god forbid) he's elected. http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/donald-trump-u-s-presidential-race-muslim-database-1.3327709 This man is absolutely terrifying; he's a bigot, a boor, a misogynist hateful, hate filled man, and yet h...
- Fri Nov 20, 2015 3:12 am
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- Topic: The other side of Clanter's post
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5357
Re: The other side of Clanter's post
Clanter!!! That's one if the most adorable thing ever!!!!!
- Thu Nov 19, 2015 5:35 pm
- Forum: The Menagerie
- Topic: I just can't get enough...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5416
Re: I just can't get enough...
you can get lost in those eyes Chisamba
He's such a sweetie.
(I had put my coat on the table and put him on top in an effort to get a better picture. I think maybe his eyes were saying "Are you sure I'm not going to get in trouble for being up here
He's such a sweetie.
(I had put my coat on the table and put him on top in an effort to get a better picture. I think maybe his eyes were saying "Are you sure I'm not going to get in trouble for being up here
- Thu Nov 19, 2015 5:33 pm
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- Topic: The other side of Clanter's post
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5357
The other side of Clanter's post
Clanter's post about the dog motivating his daughter's class to do well made me think of this article I saw today. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/05/johns-hopkins-masters-degree-dog_n_3875440.html I think it's fantastic that Johns Hopkins did this!! (and I love the little cap and gown)
- Thu Nov 19, 2015 5:30 pm
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- Topic: this is what happens when you challenge your intercity class for all to score 100% on a test
- Replies: 14
- Views: 12931
- Wed Nov 18, 2015 7:56 pm
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- Topic: What is your feeling on refugees?
- Replies: 63
- Views: 38635
Re: What is your feeling on refugees?
Its such a horrible and complex situation. I hope our new PM holds to his promise, but I think the arbitrary year end deadline is too soon. There's no reason that I can think of that the process can't be started and even have some refugees settled by then, but the sheer logistics of finding/triage-i...
- Wed Nov 18, 2015 7:37 pm
- Forum: The Menagerie
- Topic: I just can't get enough...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5416
I just can't get enough...
... of this face
Yet another blessing I've received thanks to help from this board (and it's previous iteration)
Yet another blessing I've received thanks to help from this board (and it's previous iteration)
- Wed Nov 18, 2015 2:59 pm
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- Topic: Still two more months til vacation and THIS!
- Replies: 15
- Views: 12824
Re: Still two more months til vacation and THIS!
Went to Nevis for my honeymoon. We landed in St. Maarten and then got on a terrifyingly rickety little plane with a flat tire for the short flight to Nevis. We were in the first row and could look into the cockpit area- there were switches and knobs that were wired and taped down so they couldn't b...
- Wed Nov 18, 2015 2:43 pm
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- Topic: Why am I not losing weight?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 19262
Re: Why am I not losing weight?
I used myfitnesspal.com when I was trying to lose weight for a show. It was easy, I lost 30 pounds, kept it off for over a year (until John's stroke and then my weight was the least of my worries). I also had my glass of scotch with my dad most nights while we cooked dinner and a glass of wine with ...
- Tue Nov 17, 2015 3:16 pm
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- Topic: Terror in Paris
- Replies: 51
- Views: 32530
Re: Terror in Paris
All these young men in the middle east...disenfranchised, hopeless for a future. Pick up a gun and relieve the tension. Join ISIS and have a purpose. From a slightly different perspective but leading, I think, to the same idea...I read Malala Yousafzai's book and before I even got to the part where...
- Sat Nov 14, 2015 2:03 am
- Forum: The Menagerie
- Topic: Your Dogs Stories........
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9692
Re: Your Dogs Stories........
These are such wonderful stories. Love love love!
- Tue Nov 10, 2015 8:45 pm
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- Topic: "What's for dinner?"
- Replies: 808
- Views: 615294
Re: "What's for dinner?"
I made Don Giovanni's Pad Thai last night. It was very good; I love the flavor of that sauce. I had to substitute sunflower seed sprouts for the bean sprouts. The grocery store no longer stocks bean sprouts because of all the recalls :o . That was fine; the sunflower sprouts were pretty tasty! Toni...
- Mon Nov 09, 2015 3:16 pm
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- Topic: The new Canadian Cabinet
- Replies: 15
- Views: 14102
Re: The new Canadian Cabinet
I'm on my phone and don't know how to link but check cbc - scientists are officially unmuzzled! here are a couple of links: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/krist-miller-scientist-dfo-muzzled-1.3308549 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/scientists-ministers-get-green-light-to-s...
- Tue Nov 03, 2015 8:02 pm
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- Topic: "What's for dinner?"
- Replies: 808
- Views: 615294
Re: "What's for dinner?"
thanks Rockabilly Sounds good and definitely comfort food-ish.
- Mon Nov 02, 2015 2:45 pm
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- Topic: A few jingles for my dear old dad, please...
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Re: A few jingles for my dear old dad, please...
jingles for your dad, and a bunch for you too.
- Mon Nov 02, 2015 2:43 pm
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- Topic: "What's for dinner?"
- Replies: 808
- Views: 615294
Re: "What's for dinner?"
Please tell me what in heaven's name possessed me to read this at 9:30 in the morning???? I'm starving now! Everything sounds so good. as for lasagne, the only one I make anymore is Three Cheese Lasagne with Italian Sausage from the UDBB cookbook. Excellent! Rockabilly - what are pinto beans (I mean...
- Fri Oct 30, 2015 5:44 pm
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- Topic: "What's for dinner?"
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Re: "What's for dinner?"
I'm sure it's not authentic, but boy was it tasty!! Here you go: One Pan Pad Thai Serves 4 Ingredients: • 8 oz rice noodles • 2 tbsp. Sesame Oil • 2 eggs • 1 diced chicken breast • ¼ diced shallots • ¾ cup Pad Thai Sauce – see below • 1 cup bean sprouts • ½ cup crushed peanuts • ¼ cup green onions •...
- Fri Oct 30, 2015 1:20 pm
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- Topic: "What's for dinner?"
- Replies: 808
- Views: 615294
Re: "What's for dinner?"
It was really cold, windy and rainy here yesterday so comfort food was the order of the day. Parent teacher meetings after work, so no time to make a "serious" meal. I had seen a recipe online for 1 pot Pad Thai and made that - very yummy, even though I didn't have the bean sprouts that wo...
- Mon Oct 26, 2015 1:12 pm
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- Topic: An update
- Replies: 12
- Views: 11766
Re: An update
I'm glad things seem to be going so well for you. Thank you for the update.
- Mon Oct 26, 2015 1:11 pm
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- Topic: Smoking a chicken?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 13168
Re: Smoking a chicken?
Snork wrote:I initially read the title of this thread as "smoking children" which gave me a bit of a startle.
...and I opened it wondering if it would run along the lines of blow drying a chicken..
Think it's time for more coffee.
- Fri Oct 23, 2015 3:57 pm
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- Topic: Should I have been embarrassed?
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- Views: 11656
Re: Should I have been embarrassed?
chisamba - hahahahahahaha! your poor sister
- Fri Oct 23, 2015 1:58 pm
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- Topic: Should I have been embarrassed?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 11656
Re: Should I have been embarrassed?
oh - and boots No way ....
Their reaction, their problem (and monkeys and circus )
Their reaction, their problem (and monkeys and circus )
- Fri Oct 23, 2015 1:57 pm
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- Topic: Should I have been embarrassed?
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Re: Should I have been embarrassed?
Yesterday I had a really hot bowl of soup at lunch, trying to get this cold to break up a bit. It had the usual effect of making me pretty warm! I was standing at the printer waiting for a job and fanning myself with a folder when one of the managers walked by, said "Oooh! Hot flash?" and ...
- Fri Oct 23, 2015 1:52 pm
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- Topic: You have to laugh at dementia.
- Replies: 23
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Re: You have to laugh at dementia.
You have to find the humour or you'd suffocate yourself with the grim realities of life. My MIL lived eight hours away from us. Her daughter, Jane, was the only one of her (adult) children who lived in the same city, so the brunt of everything fell on her shoulders. Towards the end when MIL was real...
- Fri Oct 23, 2015 1:47 pm
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- Topic: Are there any Cyber Aunts here?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 16865
Re: Are there any Cyber Aunts here?
I love you guys
- Thu Oct 22, 2015 7:02 pm
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- Topic: Are there any Cyber Aunts here?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 16865
Re: Are there any Cyber Aunts here?
He is such an awesome kid (and yes, I'm ridiculously proud of him). He is doing so well and is happy at high school which is an enormous turnaround from the last two years.
He's really growing fast - as a reference, I'm 5'7" and a bit...
He's really growing fast - as a reference, I'm 5'7" and a bit...
- Thu Oct 22, 2015 6:06 pm
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- Topic: Oven disaster. My husband says "ask the horse ladies..."
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Re: Oven disaster. My husband says "ask the horse ladies..."
PS - I'm just envious that you have a dedicated dessert oven.
- Thu Oct 22, 2015 6:06 pm
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- Topic: Oven disaster. My husband says "ask the horse ladies..."
- Replies: 15
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Re: Oven disaster. My husband says "ask the horse ladies..."
FWIW, the "recipe" that Canyon printed is now my go-to cleaner. It works on just about everything. I used it to clean the grout in my bathroom after having tried just about everything else on the planet. I've used it in the oven, but not with a gooey spill. I wonder if that plus a shot of ...
- Thu Oct 22, 2015 1:11 pm
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- Topic: Are there any Cyber Aunts here?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 16865
Are there any Cyber Aunts here?
Somewhere on the other side of the world, a young woman is facing a very difficult day as I celebrate the best day of my life. Fourteen years ago today, my wonderful, beautiful, talented, caring, sensitive, thoughtful son was born in Seoul, South Korea. He couldn't be anymore my son if I had carried...
- Wed Oct 21, 2015 2:49 pm
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- Topic: Breakfast with Mama: The Final Chapter
- Replies: 44
- Views: 25438
Re: Breakfast with Mama: The Final Chapter
Beautiful story, beautifully written, and with the best possible ending. Thanks for sharing.
- Wed Oct 21, 2015 2:40 pm
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- Topic: Home? and what was your first post?
- Replies: 45
- Views: 26713
Re: Home? and what was your first post?
UDBB was home because of the extreme kindness of people who only had a virtual presence; because of the wisdom, experience and kindness of so many members; because when I decorate my Christmas tree I have ornaments from Maine, Africa, Ireland, Arizona; because I had Sparkleby stay with me when she ...
- Wed Oct 21, 2015 2:59 am
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- Topic: For Tabby (and others) Canadian Elections
- Replies: 56
- Views: 38284
Re: For Tabby (and others) Canadian Elections
Hmmm....my reply went pfffftt. I should have said that True-DOUGH is correct and that most anglophones say TRUE-dough. On a side note, my friends dad was a member if parliament when Trudeau père was Prime Minister and was given a beautiful photo of Margaret holding her newborn son Justin. He posted ...
- Tue Oct 20, 2015 1:02 pm
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- Topic: Riding a horse in Paris
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8456
Re: Riding a horse in Paris
wow. I'm jealous!! Paris is the most beautiful city i've ever visited. I always thought John and I would get there together, but that's off the agenda. Actually, travelling is pretty much off the agenda. Sigh.
Is it okay if I live vicariously through your trip?
Is it okay if I live vicariously through your trip?
- Tue Oct 20, 2015 1:00 pm
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- Topic: Family get togethers, 2 hours late? A whine...
- Replies: 51
- Views: 31095
Re: Family get togethers, 2 hours late? A whine...
that is unbelievably rude and disrespectful. I would go utterly batty if I had spent that much time, money and effort and had everything practically dessicated by the time they arrived. arrggghhh. Big kudos to your husband and DS (who sounds like mine - so sensitive) for saving the day. ....wait.......