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At 10/11/11 02:16 PM, LordJaric wrote: I was more asking of catching it before it got that far.

Growling, snarling, showing of teeth, and generally anti-social behavior. Just think Discovery Channel stuff when you see two wolves about to go at it; same kind of behavior.

At 10/11/11 02:16 PM, LordJaric wrote::

I was more asking of catching it before it got that far.

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I've owned a bunch of different dog breeds over the years.

Pretty much all of them, if they're getting ready to scrap, will raise their hackles (fur on their backs & necks & start to growl...you see that, the dog is primed to go.

At 10/13/11 06:54 PM, RydiaLockheart wrote: Yeah, this pretty much sums up where I live.

I think we can all sympathize with you on that one. ;-D

I'm just thankful I was born in Summer. I think the doctor probably wouldn't have bothered to show up if my mom was in labor during high school football season.

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Anybody got any good recipes for crock-pot cooking? I'm kind of getting tired of beef pot roast and chili. I'm open to suggestions.

At 10/13/11 11:11 PM, Proteas wrote:

:: Anybody got any good recipes for crock-pot cooking? I'm kind of getting tired of beef pot roast and chili. I'm open to suggestions.
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Internets full of them Proteas.
I tried pea soup recently (just finished the last of it yesterdsay.
As well as pit beans, hot & spicy :)
got both of them off the net.

At 10/13/11 11:11 PM, Proteas wrote:

At 10/13/11 06:54 PM, RydiaLockheart wrote: Yeah, this pretty much sums up where I live.

I think we can all sympathize with you on that one. ;-D

I'm just thankful I was born in Summer. I think the doctor probably wouldn't have bothered to show up if my mom was in labor during high school football season.

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Anybody got any good recipes for crock-pot cooking? I'm kind of getting tired of beef pot roast and chili. I'm open to suggestions.

I mostly do chili or beef stew.

Last week I made chicken noodle soup. Chicken stock, salt, pepper, celery, carrots, other spices. I did it at 4 hours in my slow cooker but 6 or 8 would do too. Just make sure to cook the noodles seperate lest they absorb all the broth leaving you with some egg noodle stew...

I got a bread maker recently and learned the hard way that wheat gluton is actually kind of important to some recipes. I just assumed it was in the flour because I could not find gluton in the grocery stores.

Also, you can load a steak full of mexican spicy goodness and slow cook it to have shredded steak for tacos/burritos.

The End is NEAR !

Only about 20 lbs of tomato's left after we bottle this batch !

Well how you all been.
Last week (on Thursday) we got hit with a bit of rain.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scoti a/story/2011/10/20/ns-rain-nova-scotia.h tml
Unknown to me, my foundation wall had cracked & my drainage/weeping tile was completely filled with sediment. so the water poured into my basement...to the tune of 2- 1/4 horsepower pumps running full out couldn't overcome the flow.

I got a contractor in & they dug a moat around my place & redid the weepig tile, & instead of having them refill the trench with soil , I went with all 1inch clear stone... was several hundred dollars more expensive.
They also repaired the crack(s) with blue skin & some silicone injection compound.
So after last nights rain & not one drop came inside , I'm hoping it was 3500.00 well spent !
Ah sometimes home ownership sucks ~:z

I would have kept the moat and installed a draw bridge... and battlements.

At 10/25/11 04:19 PM, Malachy wrote: I would have kept the moat and installed a draw bridge... and battlements.

It's expensive but it does keep the black knight at bay.

At 10/25/11 05:31 PM, stafffighter wrote: It's expensive but it does keep the black knight at bay.

And don't forget the alligators in the moat.......can't have too many alligators now, can you?

At 10/25/11 11:39 AM, morefngdbs wrote: Ah sometimes home ownership sucks ~:z

I had never heard of it referred to as a "weeping tile" before your post, but after looking it up, it doesn't sound to far removed from the french-drains we installed in the yard of our old house when I was a kid, which sucked to put in. Greatly sucked.

On the bright-side, it's fixed and taken care of. :-D

Though I must ask, what is "clear stone?" Just gravel?

and im reconnected to the internet. yay! only took me 26 days.

couldn't get DSL out here, and I couldn't get cable internet because the old woman had cable TV out here and I would have to go through HER to do it. took a bit of doing, but in the end I managed to triumph and convinced her to sign up for cable internet (as long as i pay for it).

happy days.

At 10/25/11 07:50 PM, Proteas wrote: Though I must ask, what is "clear stone?" Just gravel?

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Clear stone (I bought 1 inch) is a material that is screened so it is consistantly about 1inch in size & has been washed so all the crusher dust & other small stone particles are gone.
It allows for more efficient drainage. & as oppossed to say 1 inch gravel is just over a dollar more a ton.

At 10/26/11 08:10 AM, morefngdbs wrote: Clear stone (I bought 1 inch) is a material that is screened so it is consistantly about 1inch in size & has been washed so all the crusher dust & other small stone particles are gone.
It allows for more efficient drainage. & as opposed to say 1 inch gravel is just over a dollar more a ton.

Well damn, you don't screw around, do you? ;-D

My dad went the cheap route with our french drains, and just used the gravel that had the crusher dust and small particles. The area we lived in at the time was formerly swampland, and drainage sucked, so we put in the drains leading out and away from the house to help keep the foundation we had put in from getting damaged.

We put so much time and energy into that house just to make it liveable, and it kills me to drive by it now and see how the owners are letting it go to shit.

At 10/26/11 06:18 PM, Proteas wrote: My dad went the cheap route with our french drains, and just used the gravel that had the crusher dust and small particles. The area we lived in at the time was formerly swampland, and drainage sucked, so we put in the drains leading out and away from the house to help keep the foundation we had put in from getting damaged.

It is also very important to put landscaping cloth in the trench.
You can also get the tube with cloth covering it, but I wanted the entire trench lined with cloth & the stone holds it in place. So I bought a 10 ft wide roll of fabric, for 3 bills & lined the trench from where the pipes come out down hill from my building...about 180 feet of trenching over 2 feet wide & starts at about 2 feet deep at the shallowest point & then drops away in both direction as it turns the corners (from the front of the building) & heads toward the river.

The landscaping cloth was supplied by me & the price not included in what the contractor did.

At 10/27/11 08:28 AM, morefngdbs wrote: You can also get the tube with cloth covering it, but I wanted the entire trench lined with cloth & the stone holds it in place.

.... dad? Is that you?

Woo, Go Blue!

Also, I can't get enough of this video:

http://youtu.be/uZtCZOiZ-cg

reference:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ6zr6kCP j8&ob=av2e

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At 10/27/11 09:51 PM, Proteas wrote:

At 10/27/11 08:28 AM, morefngdbs wrote: , but I wanted the entire trench lined with cloth & the stone holds it in place.

.... dad? Is that you?

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Well yes I am a dad...just not your dad !
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What about shrooms and posting? Can I report in and tell you guys what the square root of God is?

At 11/3/11 09:39 PM, RydiaLockheart wrote: I remember one time a couple of us suggested just drinking and posting one weekend. Never happened but I think we should do that. :)

I like this idea, except I work tonight from 10 to 5 am
& Sunday night 10 til were wrapped.
Next week end I go to New Brunswick to work on a film set for Friday, Saturday SUN & Mon.

Though of course, we can't afford the place I'd love to go to. .

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Hawaii
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Hawaii
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Did I mention I once spent 2 weeks in Hawaii, it was IMO , about 12 years too short a visit !

At 10/8/11 07:22 PM, Malachy wrote: How come you never go to the Montreal Newgrounds meetups?

for i am not a friendly person.

but i'm working on it :) [emoticons count as therapy, right?]

At 10/25/11 06:27 PM, BrianEtrius wrote:

At 10/25/11 05:31 PM, stafffighter wrote: It's expensive but it does keep the black knight at bay.

And don't forget the alligators in the moat.......can't have too many alligators now, can you?

hows that for green technological efficiency; defence and tasty, tasty fritters.

...and teeth to put all around your hat, i guess.

hope everyone's' apocalypses are done cause prediction of above average snow have me tingling everywhere.

and it can't be frostbite because temps will be above average :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

At 11/4/11 03:22 PM, SolInvictus wrote:

At 10/8/11 07:22 PM, Malachy wrote: How come you never go to the Montreal Newgrounds meetups?

for i am not a friendly person.

but i'm working on it :) [emoticons count as therapy, right?]

They do. I'm sure you would get along fine with everyone there! You should go next time. Sometimes it's even scheduled during beerfest.

At 11/4/11 03:22 PM, SolInvictus wrote:

At 10/8/11 07:22 PM, Malachy wrote:

How come you never go to the Montreal Newgrounds meetups?

for i am not a friendly person.

So basically, what you're saying is, you're a Newgrounds user.

At 11/4/11 06:36 PM, Famas wrote: So basically, what you're saying is, you're a Newgrounds user.

the internet is lovely for coming up with clever persona, but i think i'm still relatively nice and/or polite online (and its not like all of us aren't). just gotta work on my motivation for more interpersonal relationships.

you start realizing your stance on such things are stupid when you walk away from cute people who seem to be interested in talking to you rather than talking to them.
and i shall kick myself forever more... or you know, until the next chance

At 11/4/11 07:46 PM, SolInvictus wrote: the internet is lovely for coming up with clever persona, but i think i'm still relatively nice and/or polite online (and its not like all of us aren't). just gotta work on my motivation for more interpersonal relationships.

I felt the same way before I went to one. It's usually almost 20 people which you would think would be unbearable if you aren't a people person but it's the perfect size for you to avoid anyone you can't get along with and still meet enough different people to form actual friendships.

So you're only willing to be pleasant to cute people? I see, hmm

scribbles down notes on stationary while making disapproving faces behind half-moon glasses.

At 11/4/11 06:36 PM, Famas wrote: So basically, what you're saying is, you're a Newgrounds user.

And a proud member of Misanthropics Anonymous.

At 11/4/11 08:24 PM, Proteas wrote:

At 11/4/11 06:36 PM, Famas wrote: So basically, what you're saying is, you're a Newgrounds user.

And a proud member of Misanthropics Anonymous.

I much prefer The Tonight Show.