Anyone ever had a telephone survey taker ask for their home address and first name before?
Mal: How come you didn't turn on me, Jayne? Jayne: Money wasn't good enough. Mal: What happens when it is? Jayne: Well... that'll be an interesting day.
'Serenity'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Zenkitty - Dec 08, 2011 12:17:39 pm PST #10541 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
§ ita § - Dec 08, 2011 12:19:05 pm PST #10542 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
In my experience Canadian tea bags can definitely make a decent second cup but American ones cannot.
Oh, I wasn't even thinking about tea bags. Just loose leaves.
Those articles about the "model" irritate me. Not that she doesn't deserve sympathy for the horrible accident, just that she's not a model so much as a fashion blogger and wardrobe person who's done some modelling. But apparently we won't care if they don't lead with beauty.
DavidS - Dec 08, 2011 12:21:00 pm PST #10543 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
But apparently we won't care if they don't lead with beauty.
It's our fault. Mangled Model definitely garners more hits than Traumatized Wardrobe Person. I'm sorry, Sophia, but it's true!
Sheryl - Dec 08, 2011 1:25:39 pm PST #10544 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Why am I so tired? I just don't know...
meara - Dec 08, 2011 1:45:44 pm PST #10545 of 30001
Real tea people don't brew in Fahrenheit.
See, that was my problem with the tea I got from Teavana. Well, not Fahrenheit. But that they claimed I need to make this particular tea at like, 190F. Which...I'm not going to keep temperature monitoring my hot water until it gets there but not to a boil (nor will I get it boiling and then wait for it to cool to 190!). Seemed silly.
Anyone ever had a telephone survey taker ask for their home address and first name before?
Hope you refused to give it...I had someone call once from the billing department at the hospital, say she was, and then start asking me security questions. I was like "Um, no. I don't know who the eff you are, you could be anyone! I'm not answering your stupid security questions if YOU called ME!"
-t - Dec 08, 2011 2:11:17 pm PST #10546 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm making a cup of tea now, and I did make sure the water temp was 194F before pouring it over the tea bag. Not because I can taste the difference, but because I have a new laser thermometer and take the temperature of everything I can.
Liese S. - Dec 08, 2011 2:17:39 pm PST #10547 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Ha, that's awesome. I am glad you are using your Laser!Thatisathermometer! I always have boiling issues because I live at such great altitude. Things will never get to the boiling temp unless I bust out the pressure canner. Which being about half my weight, I am not dragging out for the morning cuppa. I kick up the woodstove, I pick up the humidifier kettle, I call it done.
-t - Dec 08, 2011 2:26:11 pm PST #10548 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
My shiny new hammer is making me see a lot of nails, yes.
Oh, you live up where the alternate directions for freeze-dried food apply! I never considered how that would affect tea.
I think you can superheated water in a microwave. Not that I'm recommending that.
Polter-Cow - Dec 08, 2011 2:34:04 pm PST #10549 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Laser thermometer, magnet soup, you are truly living in the future.
Connie Neil - Dec 08, 2011 2:37:16 pm PST #10550 of 30001
brillig
alternate directions for freeze-dried food apply
When I lived in Pennsylvania, I always looked at the high-altitude instructions on things and went, "Good lord, who's cooking this stuff, astronauts?" Well, it's me and my neighbors who are cooking this stuff.
Still, it's nice to go back to low altitudes and wallow in all that spare air there is to breathe.