Vk3jed said to mseifert <-
On 02-13-21 21:33, mseifert wrote to Vk3jed <=-
LOL sounds like a case of CRAFT disease. "Can't Remember A F****** Thing"! :D
I'm going to have to steal that ^^^^!
I could even say I'm crafty..
Haha that's putting a positive spin on it. :D
On 02-16-21 00:56, mseifert wrote to Vk3jed <=-
I've gotten to the age that looking for the silver lining beats
counting my silver hairs. I know I'm over doing it lately, I came up
with a silver lining to the pandemic.. no leader, regardless of how
much of an a-hole they are, will ever start a nuclear war during the pandemic. So there's the silver lining.. the will be no nuke war
during the pandemic, no one wants to be know as the a-hole who did
that... LOL
I've gotten to the age that looking for the silver lining
beats counting my silver hairs. I know I'm over doing it
lately, I came up with a silver lining to the pandemic.. no
leader, regardless of how much of an a-hole they are, will
ever start a nuclear war during the pandemic. So there's
the silver lining.. the will be no nuke war during the
pandemic, no one wants to be know as the a-hole who did
that... LOL
Vk3jed said to mseifert <-
On 02-16-21 00:56, mseifert wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Hmm, they do want to start economic and political wars though. :/ I'm hoping to get to Hong Kong in late 2022. I should be well and truly vaccinated by then (mid this year most likely), but political tensions, both between China and Hong Kong, as well as Australia and China are
the biggest concerns now. Until 2020, it was pretty safe for an
Australian to visit both Hong Kong and mainland China.
I do have to say that my fitness improved significantly during 2020.
The pandemic gave me an opportunity to focus in a way most winters
don't allow.
Ogg said to mseifert <-
Hello mseifert!
Maybe not a nuke, but I heard that Norway and Sweden are having
increased concerns that Russia is edging closer with a military
force at their northern borders.
I'd love to vist China and Australia, but both require trans-Atlantic flight and oddly I can't swim and am a little wary of flying over a large body of water as I'd drown in the event of a water landing. :( Fear sucks.
I'd want to see (in Australia) the Ayers rock, and maybe meet/see a Koala Be and a Kangaroo. And I've already been warned it's ok (prett much) if the animals approach me but I'm not to initiate contact with them especially the Koala as I've been told they can be quite unfriendly if bothered. LOL.
On 02-18-21 12:05, mseifert wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Vk3jed said to mseifert <-
I'd love to vist China and Australia, but both require trans-Atlantic flights and oddly I can't swim and am a little wary of flying over a
large body of water as I'd drown in the event of a water landing. :(
Fear sucks. I'd want to see (in Australia) the Ayers rock, and maybe meet/see a Koala Bear, and a Kangaroo. And I've already been warned
it's ok (prett much) if the animals approach me but I'm not to initiate contact with them especially the Koala as I've been told they can be
quite unfriendly if bothered. LOL.
I do have to say that my fitness improved significantly during 2020.
The pandemic gave me an opportunity to focus in a way most winters
don't allow.
I'd probably go during your summer, just to avoid part of our winter.
... Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative.
I'd want to see (in Australia) the Ayers rock, and maybe meet/see a Koala Bear, and a Kangaroo.
On 02-19-21 22:27, deon wrote to mseifert <=-
If you use the phrase Koala Bear while you hear, you'll be packed up
and shipped home :)
deon said to mseifert <-
Re: Re: crafty
By: mseifert to Vk3jed on Thu Feb 18 2021 12:05 pm
I'd want to see (in Australia) the Ayers rock, and maybe meet/see a Koala
Bear, and a Kangaroo.
So when you take the challenge and make it here, the first think you
need to learn is that a Koala is *not* a bear ...
If you use the phrase Koala Bear while you hear, you'll be packed up
and shipped home :)
Kangaroos and koalas are cute but they are said to be dumb as potatoes :-)
Kangaroos might be dumb as potatoes.. but I wouldn't mess with them.. ;)
At the age of 53 I will unintentionally offend someone regardless of
what I say because of how I was raised.. I'm damn happy when I
learned you can call them "Brazil Nuts" compared to what they were
called when I was 7-12... 'cause the other name can get you beaten up
in some places in the US.
mseifert said to All <-
I don't care for China, but I would not mind paying some Australian friends of mine a visit.
Kangaroos and koalas are cute but they are said to be dumb as potatoes
:-)
In that case I'd fit right in.. lol
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Al said to mseifert <-
Re: Re: crafty
By: mseifert to All on Sat Feb 20 2021 02:40 pm
Kangaroos and koalas are cute but they are said to be dumb as potatoes :-)
Kangaroos might be dumb as potatoes.. but I wouldn't mess with them..
;)
Warpslide said to mseifert <-
`07*** Quoting mseifert from a message to deon ***`07
At the age of 53 I will unintentionally offend someone regardless of
what I say because of how I was raised.. I'm damn happy when I
learned you can call them "Brazil Nuts" compared to what they were
called when I was 7-12... 'cause the other name can get you beaten up
in some places in the US.
I know exactly what name you're referring to, and yeah that name
*really* doesn't fly in today's age. My grandpa stilled called them
that the last xmas I saw him in ~2014, he thought he was being funny & most people just pretended they didn't hear it.
If you use the phrase Koala Bear while you hear, you'll be packed up and shipped home :)
Or fed to the drop bears. ;)
I've heard that koalas can be dangerous also.
On 02-24-21 17:45, Spectre wrote to Vk3jed <=-
If you use the phrase Koala Bear while you hear, you'll be packed up and shipped home :)
Or fed to the drop bears. ;)
Especially to the Yellow Belly version, they're notorious...
Spectre said to mseifert <-
I've heard that koalas can be dangerous also.
They look cute n cuddly, but are mean n' cantankerous and 4 sets of
really sharp claws... so no, don't mess with a wild one...
On the flipside don't mess with a Kangaroo unless you want to risk a disembowling....
There's probably a good reason why people here in Canada say that not
is Australia a beautiful place but almost everything will try to kill you... lol at least here, bears and moose are the worst things we
have..
At any rate, I didn't want to find out what would happen if it caught^^^^
me and thankfully it did.
Spectre wrote to mseifert <=-
On the flipside don't mess with a Kangaroo unless you want to risk a ìdisembowling....
At any rate, I didn't want to find out what would happen if it
caught me and thankfully it did.
Didn't. Thankfully it didn't!
On 02-25-21 18:29, mseifert wrote to Spectre <=-
Spectre said to mseifert <-
I've heard that koalas can be dangerous also.
They look cute n cuddly, but are mean n' cantankerous and 4 sets of
really sharp claws... so no, don't mess with a wild one...
On the flipside don't mess with a Kangaroo unless you want to risk a disembowling....
There's probably a good reason why people here in Canada say that not
is Australia a beautiful place but almost everything will try to kill you... lol at least here, bears and moose are the worst things we
have..
... It was so cold, I almost got married.
On 02-26-21 11:45, Warpslide wrote to mseifert <=-
I don't know about that. Have you ever pissed off a Canada Goose? I found myself unexpectedly jogging one day running away from one. Not
sure what I did to anger it, maybe it had a nest or goslings nearby
that I didn't see.
At any rate, I didn't want to find out what would happen if it caught
me and thankfully it did. There is something comical though about
being chased by a goose...
On 02-26-21 06:46, poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Spectre <=-
You don't bring a Kangaroo to a gun fight.
They're tasty!
Vk3jed wrote to Warpslide <=-
Actually, in medieval times, geese were used as guards, because they
can be very aggressive, so I'm not surprised.
Warpslide wrote to mseifert <=-
found myself unexpectedly jogging one day running away from one. Not
sure what I did to anger it, maybe it had a nest or goslings nearby
that I didn't see.
On 02-27-21 10:01, Tiny wrote to Vk3jed <=-
A goose adopted my Aunt Ann when she had a farm in Alberta. If
anyone
tried to get close to her the goose would chase them away. The goose
at least backed off when Ann said "Goose! It's okay". She never
trained it or fed it nor understood why goose chose to protect her.
I don't remember how many years it lived that way but it was enough
that most of the family had an encounter with it.
poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Warpslide <=-
No, Canadian Geese are dicks.
They'd chase kids, too - looks of sheer panic on the 5 year-old's face
who thought the geese were cute.
Warpslide said to mseifert <-
*** Quoting mseifert from a message to Spectre ***
There's probably a good reason why people here in Canada say that not
is Australia a beautiful place but almost everything will try to kill you... lol at least here, bears and moose are the worst things we
have..
I don't know about that. Have you ever pissed off a Canada Goose? I found myself unexpectedly jogging one day running away from one. Not
sure what I did to anger it, maybe it had a nest or goslings nearby
that I didn't see.
Vk3jed said to mseifert <-
The cold will kill you in Canada, in the winter. ;) Sure, we have bushfires, but at least that's something I understand. :)
I think one thing that makes us Canadians crazy is the heat during the summer and the cold during the winter.. I've seen the summer hit 43 celcius with the humidity during the summer and then -43 celcius with the wind chill during that same year's winter. I wish we had somewhere tropical in Canada.
Been there, but my brother caught the business end of a goose..
I wish we had somewhere tropical in Canada.
...I wish we had somewhere tropical in
Canada.
...I wish we had somewhere tropical in
Canada.
Yeah.. it's called Florida. :D I think the longest mildest
weather is in Vancouver.
...I wish we had somewhere tropical in
Canada.
Yeah.. it's called Florida. :D I think the longest
mildest weather is in Vancouver.
Y'all want Florida, you can have it. :-P
mseifert wrote to Vk3jed <=-
I think one thing that makes us Canadians crazy is the heat during the summer and the cold during the winter..
Ogg wrote to Barmed <=-
My first trip to Florida (work related) was wonderful. It was
during Jan-Apr, every 2 weeks for about 3 trips. On my last
trip, I extended my stay with unused vacation - a total of 5
weeks.
On 02-28-21 09:30, mseifert wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Vk3jed said to mseifert <-
The cold will kill you in Canada, in the winter. ;) Sure, we have bushfires, but at least that's something I understand. :)
I think one thing that makes us Canadians crazy is the heat during the summer and the cold during the winter.. I've seen the summer hit 43 celcius with the humidity during the summer and then -43 celcius with
the wind chill during that same year's winter. I wish we had somewhere tropical in Canada.
Y'all want Florida, you can have it. :-P
My first trip to Florida (work related) was wonderful. It was
during Jan-Apr, every 2 weeks for about 3 trips. On my last
trip, I extended my stay with unused vacation - a total of 5
weeks. I only encountered one threat of hurricane weather - but
I resided well within the interior in Orlando.
I was really cool to step off the non-stop flight from Montreal
to Orlando with just a light shirt. I regret that I didn't follow-through to make arrangements to visit Nassau, or consider
taking the highway along the Keys.
But I drove to the east coast to Coco Beach, and to the west
coast to Tampa.
this:
I was a telecom manager in a former life; I managed Northern Telecom
PBXes for most of my career, even after they ceased to be a company.
Their systems kept running, and parts became dirt cheap.
I was a member of the ISLUA, their user group. Every summer, they'd
hold their user conference in the summer, in the most god-awful hottest places in the US at the time.
Vegas.
Long Beach.
Miami.
Nashville.
Phoenix.
Phoenix. In July. Where the temperature drops below 100 degrees F
around 10pm and hovers in the 90s until sunrise.
Vk3jed said to mseifert <-
On 02-28-21 09:30, mseifert wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Vk3jed said to mseifert <-
That's getting rather extreme. Our heat is very different, it sucks
all moisture out of everything. :)
On 03-04-21 19:59, mseifert wrote to Vk3jed <=-:P
Yeah the humidity can get pretty bad, I was conversing with a friend of mine from Utah in the USA, and she was saying that they had 3% humidity the one day and it was unbearable how sticky and icky it made her feel.
I didn't have the heart to tell her that we had 98% humidity that day.
Just sitting there doing nothing, I was sweating through my clothes.
I'd probably say the unfriendliest thing about Canada is it's weather.
mseifert wrote to Vk3jed <=-
I didn't have the heart to tell her that we had 98% humidity that day.
Just sitting there doing nothing, I was sweating through my clothes.
I'd probably say the unfriendliest thing about Canada is it's weather.
Vk3jed said to mseifert <-
On 03-04-21 19:59, mseifert wrote to Vk3jed <=-
I've experienced humidity in Darwin. But here, 5% humidity is quite common, with temperatures over 40C (47.5 is the highest I've
experienced, and around 46C at this location). BHiggest issues are:
1. The uxtreme UV levels - UV index gets up to 12 at this latitude.
2. 2. The vegetation here will go up in flames at the drop of a hat
here under those conditions.
Tiny said to mseifert <-
mseifert wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Yeah it's just the best isn't it? Some days I can't walk much
further
then the front porch. The damp is brutal on my legs and back.
(I have the body of a 95 year old. I'm so happy. sigh)
I'd probably say the unfriendliest thing about Canada is it's weather.
Or at least Ontario. ;)
On 03-07-21 15:47, mseifert wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Well here's hoping that the weather stays nice this year coming for you guys. You've had enough heat for a while.
mseifert wrote to Tiny <=-
I can't wait for May when spring finally will kick in.. next month I
need to plant a tone of things, peppers, tomatoes, basil, catnip,
weed..
Vk3jed wrote to mseifert <=-
What heat? It's been a rather mild (AKA "piss poor") summer this year.
:)
What heat? It's been a rather mild (AKA "piss poor") summer this year. :)
On 03-08-21 06:50, poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Vk3jed wrote to mseifert <=-
What heat? It's been a rather mild (AKA "piss poor") summer this year.
:)
Our winter has been dry, and unless we have a rainy March will be
looking at possible water rationing - 2 years after a banner winter had the reservoirs filled again.
On 03-09-21 05:32, Spectre wrote to Vk3jed <=-
What heat? It's been a rather mild (AKA "piss poor") summer this year. :)
Dennis Leary line hiding in there :) But surely you're taking the
piss, we've had our toasty days this extended spring ;) A number of mid 30s and near 40s thats enough for me. Otherwise to many cold snacks are required to maintain equilibrium.
You have to remember to blame your girlfriend Nina, and next year not bring her home with you after the dance.
You have to remember to blame your girlfriend Nina, and
next year not bring her home with you after the dance.
Haha now you can't blame me for that one. ;P (think about it ;) ).
On 03-10-21 07:49, Spectre wrote to Vk3jed <=-
You have to remember to blame your girlfriend Nina, and
next year not bring her home with you after the dance.
Haha now you can't blame me for that one. ;P (think about it ;) ).
That's precisely why I blame you, you ought to know better :)
Vk3jed said to mseifert <-
On 03-07-21 15:47, mseifert wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Well here's hoping that the weather stays nice this year coming for you guys. You've had enough heat for a while.
What heat? It's been a rather mild (AKA "piss poor") summer this year.
:)
Tiny said to mseifert <-
mseifert wrote to Tiny <=-
I can't wait for May when spring finally will kick in.. next month I
need to plant a tone of things, peppers, tomatoes, basil, catnip,
weed..
We tried last year on the balcony and failed horribly. In the woods
we don't have access to the property in time. At least last year as
we lost the first month to you know what.
my memory is foggy.. were the wildfires this year or last?
mseifert wrote to Tiny <=-
suffered, am tempted to set up grow lights since they pay the
electricity.
Just when my patio corn growing experiment seemed to be working. Yep
corn on the patio.
On 03-09-21 19:59, mseifert wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Vk3jed said to mseifert <-
On 03-07-21 15:47, mseifert wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Well here's hoping that the weather stays nice this year coming for you guys. You've had enough heat for a while.
What heat? It's been a rather mild (AKA "piss poor") summer this year.
:)
my memory is foggy.. were the wildfires this year or last?
Except that it was never going to happen. Now you, that's a different matter. :P
On 03-11-21 09:39, Spectre wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Except that it was never going to happen. Now you, that's a different matter. :P
Not a chance, the missus has a bad enough case of green-eye now...
can't be bringing strange girls home... :P
my memory is foggy.. were the wildfires this year or last?
Tiny said to mseifert <-
mseifert wrote to Tiny <=-
suffered, am tempted to set up grow lights since they pay the
electricity.
Nice. They pay our electricity too, they have installed a meter
but that's for the next tenent. They also can't stop me from
running a window A/C as we agreed to pay $20 a month extra for
it 11 years ago. (No longer allow them) They tried to get me
to take it out last year, I said "According to my lease... wait
let me get it." she turned around and walked away.
Just when my patio corn growing experiment seemed to be working. Yep
corn on the patio.
Wow. That would have been cool to see!
Vk3jed said to mseifert <-
On 03-09-21 19:59, mseifert wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Vk3jed said to mseifert <-
On 03-07-21 15:47, mseifert wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Well here's hoping that the weather stays nice this year coming for you guys. You've had enough heat for a while.
What heat? It's been a rather mild (AKA "piss poor") summer this year.
:)
my memory is foggy.. were the wildfires this year or last?
Last summer (late 2019 - early 2020, just before the pandemic took
hold).
mseifert wrote to Tiny <=-
That is always the fun part saying, nope I have paperwork... lol
cobs of corn in the next 10 years or so.. but I'm patient that way..
but imaging a corn that anyone could grow on their patio..
university's horticultural department, that they couldn't get to grow.. but I've had a green thumb since I was a little boy
On 03-11-21 16:54, mseifert wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Sorry about that but living in quarentine for over a year has melted my memory.
university's horticultural department, that they couldn't get to grow.. but I've had a green thumb since I was a little boy
We do not have a green thumb... Andrea tries so hard but just can't
seem to get anything to grow.
Warpslide wrote to Tiny <=-
I'm the same way. I have plants throughout the house and have chosen
ones that need little to no care. Just the occasional watering
whenever I happen to remember.
My Mom on the otherhand just has to look at a plant and it will thrive.
We're going to have to invite her back to do that for us... ;)
Andrea killed an aloe plant.
If we ever decide to go anywhere I'll buy a bunch of plants and
invite your mother to cat sit. LOL
Warpslide wrote to Tiny <=-
Andrea killed an aloe plant.
That takes dedication! ;)
If we ever decide to go anywhere I'll buy a bunch of plants and
invite your mother to cat sit. LOL
She just might take you up on that! LOL
my memory is foggy.. were the wildfires this year or last?
Tiny said to mseifert <-
cobs of corn in the next 10 years or so.. but I'm patient that way..
but imaging a corn that anyone could grow on their patio..
So cool. Mother nature will eventually figure out what you're doing
and help out. ;)
Adept said to mseifert <-
my memory is foggy.. were the wildfires this year or last?
I know you're asking about Australia, but having lived in California
for a couple of years, this seems like asking if "winter" was this year
or last.
mseifert wrote to Tiny <=-
I hope so, I'd hate to repeat this process for like 10 years and get nowhere.
My mom didn't have a green thumb, she could keep plants alive but had trouble with some things, she had killed somehow, a shamrock plant, but
I dug up the bulbs, soaked them for a couple of hours and replanted
them in loosly packed soil and within a week they sprouted again.
Tiny said to mseifert <-
mseifert wrote to Tiny <=-
I hope so, I'd hate to repeat this process for like 10 years and get nowhere.
I'd love to see a pic of your balcony this summer if you take one.
I wonder if that's where Andrea goes wrong is packing the soil?
mseifert wrote to Tiny <=-
I'd love to see a pic of your balcony this summer if you take one.
I know that my eye sight is growing weaker and weaker so this might be
my last year for a patio garden :(
strong enough to push the soil around, or show her my infamous cake
video where I used 2 cups of packed flour. https://neophyre.com/pix/cake.mov
Tiny said to mseifert <-
mseifert wrote to Tiny <=-
I'd love to see a pic of your balcony this summer if you take one.
I know that my eye sight is growing weaker and weaker so this might be
my last year for a patio garden :(
That sucks. One of my good friends has something like that, she has
to take eye tests every 6 months to keep her drivers license and as
it is only drives during daylight. She figures maybe a year left
before she stops driving.
strong enough to push the soil around, or show her my infamous cake
video where I used 2 cups of packed flour. https://neophyre.com/pix/cake.mov
LOL I'm the baker here but she makes chocolates. My first loaf of
bread was like your cake. Now it's pretty good (for gluten free)
LOL I'm the baker here but she makes chocolates. My first loaf of
bread was like your cake. Now it's pretty good (for gluten free)
mseifert wrote to Tiny <=-
What I don't get is they have already told me I'm too blind to drive,
and sent me papers to say so, but am not considered blind enough to be considered disabled.
That cake was like hard tack, I was able to gnaw on it for several
days.
Am looking to make diabetic chocolates using splenda, does
Andrea have any suggestions,
I'm also working on a hot chocolate with
splenda, cocoa powder, salt, milk powder... still in progress, but I
have managed to make a microwaveable carmel corn. (not diabetic
friendly) margarine, brown sugar and popcorn.
Spectre wrote to Tiny <=-
Aren't you gluten free types, gluttons for punishment when it comes to
baking? Used to work with a coeliac, she'd constantly gripe that it
wasn't the same without wheat flour. She'd also try the I think it was
2 week challenge they put out here every now and then, trying some
stuff with gluten to see how it went, I don't think she got beyond
about a week and a bit though.
Aren't you gluten free types, gluttons for punishment when it comes
to baking?
Used to work with a coeliac, she'd constantly gripe that it wasn't the same without wheat flour.
Tiny said to mseifert <-
mseifert wrote to Tiny <=-
What I don't get is they have already told me I'm too blind to drive,
and sent me papers to say so, but am not considered blind enough to be considered disabled.
That's strange for sure.
That cake was like hard tack, I was able to gnaw on it for several
days.
Laugh that's crazy.
Am looking to make diabetic chocolates using splenda, does
Andrea have any suggestions,
"Sorry I haven't tried yet - I will after placment ends and
if they are good we'll give them to Dad and you can type out
the recipe for your computer friend." (Dad is also diabetic)
I'm also working on a hot chocolate with
splenda, cocoa powder, salt, milk powder... still in progress, but I
have managed to make a microwaveable carmel corn. (not diabetic
friendly) margarine, brown sugar and popcorn.
margarine and salt. (and I like a pinch of hot pepper flakes)
mseifert wrote to Tiny <=-
Well, stupid is ... as Government does...
I'm hoping the hot chocolate turns out.. I'm a bit of a chocoholic and
am also Canadian and a huge fan of the hot chocolate that is sold in
the Tim Horton's shops here.
sometimes bad results... here's one that was really good.. dollarstore tuna salad (kind with the tiny spoon and 4 crackers.) and pretzels. At first I was unsure how it would work.. but the salty of the pretzel and the fish of the tuna goes really well if you like fish.
Mind you, the same tuna salad with gummy bears, it a kinda sweet chewy tuna that goes on too long, and tuna and strawberries is not a great flavour.
And NEVER add canned mushrooms to homemade pea soup.. that was the one time I only ate a bowlful before tossing the entire batch.. somethings just were not meant to be mixed.
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