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I enjoy cooking things that take hours and hours, but I was pretty limited in that - weekends only, since I didn't want to leave a stove on when no one was home. My five-hour beef stew has become a vanishingly rare sight at our dinner table.

Steve's office is having a chili cook-off, and I offered to help him put together a suitable entry. I told him that there was one particular kitchen toy that I did not already have and would need for the making of this awesome chili: a crock pot.

Behold.

Crock pots are great !
I love mine.

Why is it in Spanish?

I loves me some beef stew or chili with my crock pot.

At 1/29/10 09:26 PM, Der-Lowe wrote: Why is it in Spanish?

because them hispanics are jumping our borders stealing our jerbs

a lot of packaging has spanish on them in the US

At 1/29/10 10:19 PM, SevenSeize wrote: I'm gonna make chili tomorrow, it's cold as heck down here.

About the same up here. I had to turn off the local evening news early tonight because all they were doing was coverage of this winter storm we're having.... we're supposed to get something like 10 inches of snow in my area by noon tomorrow, and people are flipping out about it, making me a nervous wreck because I've never driven in snow weather this severe.

All you people in here I mail to, I'm gonna get valentines/mardi gras packages and cards out tomorrow.

Can I just send you a box full of mardi-gra beads my sister brought back last year and you send me a topless pic?

At 1/29/10 09:26 PM, Der-Lowe wrote: Why is it in Spanish?

you think that's confusing, you should see my computer manual.

You have trilingual to read it.

At 1/29/10 09:38 PM, Malachy wrote: I loves me some beef stew or chili with my crock pot.

At 1/29/10 09:26 PM, Der-Lowe wrote: Why is it in Spanish?

because them hispanics are jumping our borders stealing our jerbs

a lot of packaging has spanish on them in the US

But English too, right?

At 1/29/10 10:19 PM, SevenSeize wrote:

At 1/29/10 09:26 PM, Der-Lowe wrote: Why is it in Spanish?

because them hispanics are jumping our borders stealing our jerbs

a lot of packaging has spanish on them in the US

I'm gonna make chili tomorrow, it's cold as heck down here.

All you people in here I mail to, I'm gonna get valentines/mardi gras packages and cards out tomorrow.

Late =(
But in all honesty, I haven't got around getting you a card either. Holidays=laziness. I think I'll go on Monday, since I have to go downtown to change my course of studies.

or "major"

Oh! I saw a jumping spider! We were at the Spanish meadow (a place with a pool, seats and grills that the Spanish Hospital has) and there was this spider on my sandals. Then it jumped on the back of a kid, so I told him "You've got a spider in your back, jump in the pool" so he jumped and his friends were like "You have a mosquito/spider/bug here" and slapped him.

At 1/29/10 10:34 PM, BrianEtrius wrote: you think that's confusing, you should see my computer manual.

You have trilingual to read it.

Well,.... I am.
*Puts shades on*.

At 1/29/10 10:38 PM, Der-Lowe wrote: Well,.... I am.
*Puts shades on*.

IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY

There's no pun.

At 1/29/10 10:31 PM, SevenSeize wrote: It's crazy. I've been down here for like 15 years I guess, and never seen anything like this.

I've been here my whole life... the last time we had anything THIS bad was back in 1993. Our power was out for several days, my dad had to get out on his farming tractor with the big 6 foot box scrapper to clear our road so people could drive because the county couldn't get out here to do it, and we had a SHIT TON of oak branches just split/crack in the middle of the night and fill our back yard narrowly missing the house.

Fun memories I don't care to repeat.

I just bought a ton of beads. I'm sending you some.

But I want nudie pics.... :-(

EXCEL MINDFUCKKKKKKKKKKKK
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C5<I5;3500000-L6-350000*C5;IF(C5=I5;(350 0000-L6-500000*C5)/2;0));IF(C5<F5;350000 0-L6-350000*C5;IF(C5=F5;(3500000-L6-3500 00*C5)/2;0)))))<0;0;IF(IF(C6=C4;0;IF(F4=
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C5;IF(C5=I5;(3500000-L6-350000*C5)/2;0))
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(3500000-L6-350000*C5)/2;0))))))

yeah, I made that, and it makes sense to me.

The English is on the other side of the box, Der-Lowe.

At 1/29/10 11:21 PM, Der-Lowe wrote: =IF(IF(IF(C6=C4;0;IF(F4=F6;IF(C5<I5;3500 000-L6-350000*C5;IF(C5=I5;(3500000-L6-35 0000*C5)/2;0));IF(C5<F5;3500000-L6-35000 0*C5;IF(C5=F5;(3500000-L6-350000*C5)/2;0 ))))+C6>C4;C4-C6;IF(C6=C4;0;IF(F4=F6;IF(

Gesundheit.

At 1/29/10 10:31 PM, SevenSeize wrote: We've had snow several times this winter, we're supposed to have some tonight with no accumulation.

It's crazy. I've been down here for like 15 years I guess, and never seen anything like this.

;;;
THis global warming sure works in mysterious ways, *don't it !?

I just bought a ton of beads. I'm sending you some.

;;;
When I was lucky enough to get down to Mardi gras, I ended up leaving wit over 15 lbs of beads...& I didn't buy any, these were just the ones that 'stuch' from all the parades & strolls on bourbon street...about 10 times as much bounced off of me (literally) !
Sometimes the people on the floats throw the whole damn bag full of beads at you, instead of opening them & throwing the individual items.

*don't it - deliberate improper language used.

At 1/30/10 10:29 AM, morefngdbs wrote:

At 1/29/10 10:31 PM, SevenSeize wrote: We've had snow several times this winter, we're supposed to have some tonight with no accumulation.

It's crazy. I've been down here for like 15 years I guess, and never seen anything like this.

;;;
THis global warming sure works in mysterious ways, *don't it !?

I love the absolute bullshit that TV/government/etc. feeds us about global warming because it is absolutely fake and no one wants to figure that out.

hmmmm....according to a g-bot e-mail I received the person/persons attemptin gto log into my account is happening again !
If only they would release the IP address's used, my brother seems to think he may be able to do some kind of tracking ...
I wonder how you get this type of info ladies & Gents ????

Well, I braved the snow in my little Honda this morning to get my pre-employment drug screening. Getting back was a little bit of a struggle, mostly because so many people had spun out. In an hour or so I'm headed south to Richmond, where they have at least eight inches already. I'm taking the truck, so Steve will have to survive with my hatchback for the duration of the weekend, but we're in walking distance to a bunch of stuff here so he should be fine even if it gets bad.

It's not the snow that intimidates me on days like this - it's the other drivers. People assume that because they have a 4WD vehicle they can just drive like they normally do.

When I get back, I will probably have some horror stories to tell, as well as some schweet ink.

At 1/30/10 11:40 AM, SkunkyFluffy wrote: Well, I braved the snow in my little Honda this morning to get my pre-employment drug screening.

;;;
??say what ??
what kind of a job are you doing where they have a right to drug screen you ?
'eh zeus cripes ! the US is becoming more of a dictatorship & less of a Democratic society every day !
Up here, most jobs can't screen you.
Those that can, usually get it because of dangerous conditions or jobs where trust is important...like police, , military installation access or members of the services, jails ...people who have access to drugs etc.

When we last had to get tested for working off shore, filming on an oil platform, all people had to be tested before we could get on their chopper. I started taking my morphine medication (even though i hate the damn stuff) just to fuck with the test results...worked great, even got me into the interview with Oil company , Production & Union officials, about my 'test results & drug problem'
When I handed them my "legal" perscription of morphine, it was all I could do not to laugh in their faces .
I'm allergic to most pain killers, which is why i perfer something else for pain...than morphine, but pot it isn't a drug recognised for my kind of 'pain'... I wonder when they classified pain as being different types ????

When I get back, I will probably have some horror stories to tell, as well as some schweet ink.

Hopefully you get home safe, our snow storm yesterday, went on for abotu 24 hours, but it was mostly a serious wind storm, with 4 to 6 inches of snow... damn cold out though !

When do we get a look at your new Tattoo ???

At 1/30/10 04:42 PM, morefngdbs wrote: ??say what ??
what kind of a job are you doing where they have a right to drug screen you ?

It goes on a State-by-State basis, but most states are what we call "at will employers". Which simply means that there is no "right-to-work" or anything, they can hire you and fire you for any or no reason whatsoever aside from discriminatory (yes, it's a bit hipocritical, I know) reasons such as gender or race. And they can thus require drug screening for employees as they can simply call it non-manditory and just not hire those who won't take the test. Nearly all jobs that require the operation of heavy machinery will require drug screening prior to hiring, and will either do random screens thereafter or simply have them happen after an accident.

OSHA is muy powerful... and more than a little over-the-top.

At 1/30/10 02:29 AM, Ravariel wrote:

At 1/29/10 11:21 PM, Der-Lowe wrote: =IF(IF(IF(C6=C4;0;IF(F4=F6;IF(C5<I5;3500 000-L6-350000*C5;IF(C5=I5;(3500000-L6-35 0000*C5)/2;0));IF(C5<F5;3500000-L6-35000 0*C5;IF(C5=F5;(3500000-L6-350000*C5)/2;0 ))))+C6>C4;C4-C6;IF(C6=C4;0;IF(F4=F6;IF(

Gesundheit.

Danke schön.
I think I'll separate that over several cells, because debugging has become hell.

At 1/30/10 12:33 AM, SkunkyFluffy wrote: The English is on the other side of the box, Der-Lowe.

Ah, that explains it. We get things in portuguese and Spanish. And sometimes in um Arabic? because suddenly we export to Arab countries. I hear that Saudis drink mate now.

At 1/30/10 11:40 AM, SkunkyFluffy wrote: Well, I braved the snow in my little Honda

Your Honda's not little. A suzuki fun is small. My English teacher got the new version, but it was a gift, apparently. It's automatic!!! But she couldn't even drive, so she had to do the course and test and everything, at the same time that I did.

this morning to get my pre-employment drug screening. Getting back was a little bit of a struggle, mostly because so many people had spun out. In an hour or so I'm headed south to Richmond, where they have at least eight inches already. I'm taking the truck, so Steve will have to survive with my hatchback for the duration of the weekend, but we're in walking distance to a bunch of stuff here so he should be fine even if it gets bad.

It's not the snow that intimidates me on days like this - it's the other drivers. People assume that because they have a 4WD vehicle they can just drive like they normally do.

I remember watching a show about some guys going with their 4WDs out on the beach or sth, and the snob driving his jeep grand Cherokee got stuck, and had to be pulled out by the less elegant yet more powerful old Jeep.

When I get back, I will probably have some horror stories to tell, as well as some schweet ink.

Yay

4WD doesn't mean shit anymore. The SUVs and all wheel cars you see today are just as useless on a trail or in the snow as any other car on the road.

Best bet, SNOW TIRES for the love of kittens, people, SNOW FUCKING TIRES. The "all weather" crap that came from the dealership are useless! Fucking useless! ugh. Plus, buying a set of snow tires you spend what? $15 twice a year to have them swap the tires on your rims? And your tires will last twice as long because you won't be using them for 4 or 5 months out of the year. If you buy rims too, it makes swapping super easy and makes buying any new sets easier too, just walk in with the old tires on the rims, have them swap it and you're good to go for a few years.

If you think you'll be able to change them by whatever date your state/province says you need to have them off, go for the studs. For a few extra bucks per tire, you'll be able to get out of the iciest of parking lots in the winter.

At 1/30/10 08:10 PM, SevenSeize wrote:

At 1/30/10 11:00 AM, Saxturbation wrote:

I love the absolute bullshit that TV/government/etc. feeds us about global warming because it is absolutely fake and no one wants to figure that out.

George Bush caused 9/11. oh wait. no politics in the lounge.

sorry all.

the nuclear winter that cancelled out global warming was caused by GW dismantling truther networks. truth isn't politics, is it?

I love winter. Sorry to the rest of you, but what can I say? There's just something about chilly weather that makes me all giddy inside....not like that warm weather garbage. I'm miserable in anything above 75, but I'm part Serb, so maybe it's just because the fur makes everything feel 20 degrees hotter.

I also yell at kids to stop playing on my lawn.......I don't think there's a connection though.

At 1/30/10 10:29 AM, morefngdbs wrote: Sometimes the people on the floats throw the whole damn bag full of beads at you, instead of opening them & throwing the individual items.

.....Seems a little vindictive.....
Oh well, another meaning for "no pain, no gain" I suppose.

At 1/30/10 09:10 PM, SolInvictus wrote:

At 1/30/10 08:10 PM, SevenSeize wrote:

At 1/30/10 11:00 AM, Saxturbation wrote:

I love the absolute bullshit that TV/government/etc. feeds us about global warming because it is absolutely fake and no one wants to figure that out.

George Bush caused 9/11. oh wait. no politics in the lounge.

sorry all.

the nuclear winter that cancelled out global warming was caused by GW dismantling truther networks. truth isn't politics, is it?

As long as we can prevent him from a 3rd term, we'll be OK. But he may try to steal an election again and prevent some DAmoKracee from hapnin!

....I think I stretched that one a little too far......

At 1/30/10 04:54 PM, Ravariel wrote: Nearly all jobs that require the operation of heavy machinery will require drug screening prior to hiring, and will either do random screens thereafter or simply have them happen after an accident.

I can attest to that, last year after I sliced my thumb open they had me drug tested to make sure I wasn't on something when it happened... which I thought was interesting because they waited until two or three days after the fact to drug test me. Of course all I had to do was a mouth swab for mine, depends on the company I suppose.

What really got me was that they wrapped up my thumb as best they could, sent me to my doctor a few miles away, and somewhere along the line there was a mis-communication about the drug test. Apparently the mouth-swab test is supposed to be given on the work-site premises, but the doctor made me submit to a urine test before they'd treat me.

So I'm standing there in the little bathroom they've got for drug tests... cup in one hand... equipment in the other.... and I feel something really warm on my hand. I look down and my temporary wrap had shifted, causing my cut to open up and bleed all over the place. That nurse barely got her sample to work with, and one patient was REALLY worried seeing me walk out with my hand covered in blood after walking down the hall perfectly fine. ;-D

Also; as Lewis Black once said, "Weatherman is the only job you can have where you can be wrong 100% of the time and not get fired for it." Well... there's probably a lot of weather people in Nashville right not surprised as FUCK to be right for a change. We had 6 inches of snow overnight, and getting to work this morning was a BITCH.