Anything RANDOM Goes Here!!

Okie · Post by **Okie** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 10:59 am

AussiePam;459664 wrote: Okie !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So nice to see you. I think I prefer real turkey any day. Did once try tofurkey with Frannie, I think... Hoping to celebrate Thanksgiving here this year, in solidarity with my American family.. grin... bit complicated this year as Mik and Romy will both be in Paris then. Lucky ducks. Their first trip. It's Mik's birthday and Romy is treating him. Wish I could be there with them Just finished supper here, fresh pasta and chicken liver and sage sauce. To die for... ahhhhh....

((((((((Pam)))))))))). HOpe you do get to make a Thanksgiving dinner. You making your own pasta now i take it? I saw people come in and buy fresh pasta at the Olive Garden many times. I made peanut butter cookies last night or two nights ago and I really did cook them a bit too long but everyone seemed to like them.

So then you dont recommend tofurkey. I may wait a while to test that one. Maybe forever. I saw an episode of Everybody Loves Raymond and the mom made tofurkey. No one could eat it.

Okie · Post by **Okie** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 11:09 am

chonsigirl;459768 wrote: :-1 I don't get a day off of work AC, every day is a work day......................and 3 nights too this week.

But at least on Saturday I can work from home.

Who do you work for that wont let you off? They are terrible. I remember my dad worked seven days a week. Years ago. And he kept a cow that had to be milked and had a huge garden to take care of too. But I am not him and I need my weekends.

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 11:11 am

zinkyusa;460183 wrote: cold? what's that? like 60 degrees down that way?:p
Okay Zink you keep thinking I live in Texas. NO!! I live in Kansas with Dorothy and ToTo.

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 11:14 am

Pinky;460222 wrote: Do you know my relatives too? Oh no wait, they were in Oz until Dorothy squashed 'em. :wah:
Yeah we take care of witches but good here.:wah:

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 11:16 am

In fact here in Kansas we are still in Black and White. We hope to get technicolor next year so we can watch the sunset like everyone else.

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 12:02 pm

Uncle Kram;459384 wrote: It's Il Vittoriano which isn't far from the Colosseum. I took a photo of it and my brother messed about with it on Photoshop. I'll try to find it
Found it

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AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 12:47 pm

Okie;460208 wrote: ((((((((Pam)))))))))). HOpe you do get to make a Thanksgiving dinner. You making your own pasta now i take it? I saw people come in and buy fresh pasta at the Olive Garden many times. I made peanut butter cookies last night or two nights ago and I really did cook them a bit too long but everyone seemed to like them.

So then you dont recommend tofurkey. I may wait a while to test that one. Maybe forever. I saw an episode of Everybody Loves Raymond and the mom made tofurkey. No one could eat it.

I just can't see the point of tofurkey, Okie. It's like nutmeat lamb chops and vegiefish. It's perfectly respectable to be a vegetarian - and these days there's lots of variety available to vegetarians. Why pretend it's meat - with meat flavour, meat shape????

You want turkey - eat turkey. You want tofu - go for it !!!

Got a pasta maker for New Year. It's quick and easy to use. So far I've only made spaghetti and fettuccini - but you can do other stuff too. Tastes way different from anything I can buy, even fresh. YUMMO. The chicken liver and sage sauce turned out wonderful.

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 12:52 pm

YZGI - Where in Kansas are you?

This is me the day after Halloween, somewhere in the Flint Hills. A wild witchy dance in snow flurries... egged on by a certain Oklahoman.

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guppy · Post by **guppy** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 12:53 pm

yep, i am afraid i wont be able to resist the turkey......:p

i am not going to give up fish either.

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 12:59 pm

Hi Guppy!!

Turkey - YES !!!!!!!!!!!

This year will I make punkin pie, or pecan pie??? Or both???????? Decisions, decisions!!!

Gonna be a bit weird here this time. Two of my kids will be in Paris for Thanksgiving. Maybe I'll hafta fix tarte tatin - upside down caramelised apple tart - as well !!

guppy · Post by **guppy** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 1:02 pm

here , it is turkey and dressing. gravy. sweet potatoe casserole, green bean casserole, rolls, cranberry jelly, and pecan and pumpkin pie.

i am sorry your kids wont be there aussie.

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 1:14 pm

Main course the same here, Guppy.

And me too - though I am really happy they will be seeing Paris. Their first time. They both live in London where my son makes films and my daughter has her own MTV channel - Total Music Factory and Nikolodeon. It's Mik's birthday and Romy is taking him to France to celebrate. GREAT PRESSIE !!!

Do you know Paris? Paris, France, I mean - I know there's one in Texas too. Grin. The kids are staying in the Montparnasse area on the Left Bank, not that far from the Eiffel Tower. They will only have a few days but want to walk along the Seine, see Notre Dame, mooch round the Boul Mich, see all the sidewallk cafes etc, shop and go to Montmartre to do an Amelie nostalgia trip. Did you ever see that film? It's where Audrey Tatou made her big screen debut, before doing stuff like the Da Vinci Code. In Montmartre - I hope Mik also gets to the Salvador Dali museum. It's incredible - and he (Mik) has a thing about melting clocks and Alice in Wonderland ladies with flowers growing out of their hair.

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 1:15 pm

I went to a place called The Christmas Tree Store today. A new chain of stores. Will be open year round. Seemed rather inexpensive, for the things I looked at. I would go back again.

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 1:16 pm

AussiePam;460313 wrote: YZGI - Where in Kansas are you?

This is me the day after Halloween, somewhere in the Flint Hills. A wild witchy dance in snow flurries... egged on by a certain Oklahoman.
My shop is in Wichita but I live in a smaller town outside Wichita.

Okie · Post by **Okie** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 2:53 pm

AussiePam;460313 wrote: YZGI - Where in Kansas are you?

This is me the day after Halloween, somewhere in the Flint Hills. A wild witchy dance in snow flurries... egged on by a certain Oklahoman.

That was a cold blustery day wasnt it. Who would have thought of a tiny town there having a underwear show with jello shots.

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 2:55 pm

It was indeed, Okie. A bit like here now. Snowed again last night. Go figger.

I like Wichita, ZYGI !!! Last time I was there, it was kinda flooded. Grin.

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 3:04 pm

AussiePam;460445 wrote: It was indeed, Okie. A bit like here now. Snowed again last night. Go figger.

I like Wichita, ZYGI !!! Last time I was there, it was kinda flooded. Grin.
Do you know someone here?

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 3:05 pm

Yeah. Okie !!! Who's not that far away from Wichita.

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 3:07 pm

AussiePam;460469 wrote: Yeah. Okie !!! Who's not that far away from Wichita.
Cool , I grew up in Oklahoma. Where abouts is okie located?

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 4:47 pm

I've just got back from seeing Muse in concert. It's going to be a long, long time before I go to a show THAT good again :guitarist

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 4:57 pm

Clancy;460596 wrote: Hello , Unc, ....did you meet a burd?

.

Nah - I took a couple with me and it cramped my style

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 5:09 pm

Pinky;460615 wrote: I told you to leave those frozen chickens at home:rolleyes:

Well I'd heard that the band needed some drumsticks

guppy · Post by **guppy** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 5:17 pm

on the learning channel they are talking about this boy from india that has a iq of 147. he is twelve years old. already done surgery. claims he is going to cure cancer and aids........woooooooooo. His iq is highter than einstein's was.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 6:59 pm

Oh, it is late for you, Arnold!

guppy · Post by **guppy** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 7:07 pm

okay, it is storming here. thundering and lightning. lights just went out. night all.

fishy is going to light some candles........

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 5:41 am

I realised this morning just how much my Mom is cocooned from reality. She showed me a picture of Dusty Springfield and I told her that she had been a Lesbian. She asked "Is that a woman who acts like a man?"

Then she said " They don't have men going with men do they?"

I said that there were lot's of Gay men, and cited Liberace, Rock Hudson (a jaw-dropping moment), and Elton John as examples.

Then she asked how I'd found out :-2

Okie · Post by **Okie** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 7:39 am

Hamster;461265 wrote: Night night!!! I'm off for the school run again *sigh*...

L8r gator

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 8:42 am

It is starting to rain, the big storms are coming tonight........................

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 8:54 am

My official random thought of the day is that I have had no random thoughts yet today.

Okie · Post by **Okie** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 9:02 am

Marie5656;461388 wrote: My official random thought of the day is that I have had no random thoughts yet today.

I have one random thought. Why do they announce that one of the side effects of taking sleeping pills is that it may make you drowsy. Isnt that what they are supposed to do?

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 9:04 am

Okie;461397 wrote: I have one random thought. Why do they announce that one of the side effects of taking sleeping pills is that it may make you drowsy. Isnt that what they are supposed to do?

Yes, I find that hysterical..that a "side" effect is when the med does what it is designed to do!!

Okie · Post by **Okie** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 9:24 am

Marie5656;461401 wrote: Yes, I find that hysterical..that a "side" effect is when the med does what it is designed to do!!

I am just about to go to the school and have Thanksgiving lunch with them. Turkey and gravy and mashed potatoes and other stuff. Not sure when they will let out for Thanksgiving holiday.

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 9:30 am

Okie;461407 wrote: I am just about to go to the school and have Thanksgiving lunch with them. Turkey and gravy and mashed potatoes and other stuff. Not sure when they will let out for Thanksgiving holiday.
Why dont they put "may cause drowsiness on turkey labels"?

Okie · Post by **Okie** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 10:00 am

YZGI;461412 wrote: Why dont they put "may cause drowsiness on turkey labels"?

Yep. I once panned a movie camera across the picnic grounds after a huge meal for family reunion and I caught three generations sleeping just after the big meal.

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 11:12 am

Going to a Turkey-free Thanksgiving dinner. Daughter in law is cooking a complete German meal.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 1:47 pm

Oh, it is the biggest storm I have seen in a long while, under tornado watch until 6:30 pm. I am waiting for #2 daughter to come home.......................

Okie · Post by **Okie** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 2:30 pm

chonsigirl;461622 wrote: Oh, it is the biggest storm I have seen in a long while, under tornado watch until 6:30 pm. I am waiting for #2 daughter to come home.......................

I hate tornado watches. But not as bad as it once was. We have much better radar now and they can pinpoint the track and the time. So you can just drive away and go get a cuppa coffee and come home after (maybe) and see if you still have a home.