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Stay Safe, and Klatsch On! :) Miss you guys...
Ooops, it was stay CALM!
Welcome back Darlin!
How you been? We've missed you!
I've been good, mom not so much, but she's hanging in there. Insanely busy at work though. I guess the job security aspect should be appreciated though. Was in FL last week with its hideous humidity, and now off to Austin next week with its equally hot and hoomid weather. Fun fun. With any luck there might be a secret Klatsch meeting, wink wink, nod nod.
So, the company has been cutting a lot of jobs, eliminated the annual picnic, and has been pretty stingy on the Christmas party in years late. Concerns over growing costs.
Then I read in the next article about how they posted a $3 billion dollar profit in 2012, the best in 13 years.
I wonder who the winner is in all of this.
God, I love Jalapeno Poppers
That's random-but I can't disagree.
Good FRIDAY Morning Kidz......Hope you all are staying Kool. Just saw where P&G has issued another Dog and Cat food recall-–Iams and Eukanuba. Third recall in less than a year for Salmonella,again. You can get all the brands listed at http://www.usatoday.com. Take care of your Best Buds,Please.
Go Science Diet Lite! Expensive, but good stuff!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY M.....Love 'Ya Babe. Have a Great Day.
KLATCH HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT: Trying to solve a food mystery that became the discussion of choice during a "moral building ice cream social" at work. Where did the use of Wet Nuts (or Wet Walnuts) originate as an ice cream topping? Now that you're done laughing and I've opened the flood gates for my kind of humor, please do add to the mix. Growing up in the Midwest I had never heard of them until I moved to the East Coast and then married someone from NYC. Soooo, give me your best thoughts as I can't find anything on the ever-knowing Google.
AleeD's going to have a ball (so to speak) with this one...
Trust me, I had a ball with it before the meeting even occurred when this went out in a company email: "...A sundae bar will follow with chocolate and vanilla ice cream, chocolate and caramel syrup, sprinkles, chocolate chips, wet nuts, and whipped cream. Let me know if there other ice cream flavors or toppings you must have."
Anyone serving ice cream without Magic Shell should be summarily shot. No questions asked.
But in most corps today, you do not want to make off-color jokes, lest ye get sent to re-education camp, as a boss of mine learned some years back.
Hmmm, magic shell on wet nuts. sounds way more effective than baby powder.
Depends on how hard you let the shell get.
Sounds like a case of either sloppy seconds or just-showered freshness. However, putting wet nuts on my ice cream doesn't top my list of toppers. I've seen jars of the stuff in the grocery store and it doesn't look very appetizing.
Of course, wet b@lls on my ice cream would become very tiny and in need of copious warming.
Oh man oh man, wet nuts on Ben and Jerry's Schweddy Balls ice cream would be perfect.
No Grundel Berries?
dingleberries in my parts. Had to look that one up to know what you were talking about. Fershizzle
Now you should pass the SAT's with ease.
Wet nuts is an unspoken humid summery induced condition in the southern latitudes of our great country. I surmise wet nuts is a Yankee confection because I cannot imagine a Southern Bell asking for heap of wet nuts on her ice cream.
Trust me... you don't want to get tea-bagged by wet nuts.
(AleeD) Wet nuts are made with maple syrup?! They'll never pass these lips.
There was a painfully brief history on Wiki. Turns out if you ask for wet nuts in England, you'll get fresh/green walnuts. Iiiiinteresting.
For those who enjoy them, here's how to make your own nuts wet – barring the obvious hose or nearby swimming pool.
http://www.mysteryloverskitchen.com/2013/05/Wet-Walnuts-Maple-Ice-Cream-Yogurt-Topping-Cleo-Coyle.html
Ha ha ha ha. Probiotics and Preboitics (very silly) = flatulence. Very healthy to let your gut breath. There is a yoga class specializing in just that....down dog over, open up as big as you can and breath! Ha ha ha ha ha. Opps, that was only a barking spider.
I am only just not tuning into this discussion and I can't stop laughing.
I found this place last night, wile visiting a church in south Denver. Interesting concept in these difficult times. What especially struck me was the discretion that staff used with customers. I wish there were more places like this.
http://tnl.org/events/cafe180
An outstanding idea.
I LOVE THAT! Will look into that more! Thank you so much for sharing that.
Good morning fellow Flamenons, how is everyone doing today?
Craving cupcakes now.
All the cakes are gray.
Correction:
All the leaves are brown
And the sky is grey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhZULM69DIw
And chicken bones are deadly.
Morning folks. Speaking of immaturity in the threads, when does school start 'round your neck of the woods? Our county starts back on Monday. No more 45pmh thru the 'hoods for the next 9 months.
Hmmm ... 9 months in school, 9 month gestation. Coincidence?
Around here not until the Wednesday after Labor Day.
Ok folks, I am out for a few. Lunch, and an appointment with MFL, though not in that order.
MLF? is that short for milf?
Gotta clear that smoke outta your eyes, Weeds. MFL = My Fave (woman from the island of) Les-bos.
That's what I saw at first.
"My Favorite Lesbian", his barber.
DOH so many new things to learn. And MFM = My Favorite Martian. FML
My barber is lesbian too. She is ex marine and one of the few I know who can cut a high and tight, just right.
I am the beaver commander.
Without looking it up, what's a h0m0polymer?
I would guess that it is a type of polymer that is comprised of only one type of base unit of makeup.
Ding Ding! single monomer
Gay molecules? (not that there is anything wrong with that)
While Turth™ was correct, PBT & Sir Bid paralleled the fun we were having in engineering.
Go figure – engineering folk with senses of humor. ^_^
True story, but when I was in college, I took a lot of Political Science classes. One day, I saw a flyer for the PolySci club, and was initially excited until I saw the meeting was a bunch of Chinese students talking about chemicals and plastics. Go figure.
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The young'un...Some from when he was just weeks old...
Could only get to one, but is this your cat that kills squirels?
It is...Had him since he was a kitten. He adopted me from the Boulder Valley Animal Shelter. Great little guy.
And I messed on copying the URLs...try these:
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Most days my phone is smarter than I am...by a WIDE margin.
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Yup, got to them that time. Love a killa cat. My dog used to be that way but now she is so old she could give a rip.
Hey Bullwinkle, get over here and help me with this feral pos'ie
Cats rule.
Of course. It just make sense that you guys would like pu ....
Man: "Hey, babe...would you like a little "cream" to go with your coffee?" *wink *wink
Woman: "Honey, you know I prefer my coffee the way I like my men: black."
Hi everyone. Note to Kat and SLT, I'd love to post a pic of the Furries but how to do it here?
Have a good day!
Use this site: http://tinypic.com/index.php
Just got home from Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy!
Got to sit down, take a rest on the porch.
Tummy cramp sets in, pretty soon I'm runnin’,
Poo, poo, poo, poopin’ out my back door.
There's a bathroom on the right...
He's cold. She laughs.
Woman: "Is that a biscotti in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?"
Both: Ha ha ha ha ha ha!
Good morning all, and Happy Monday. I hope that all had a safe weekend and here's hoping for a happy and productive week ahead.
Like! Agree!