My god, is the defense finally stepping up?
Good call on the blitz.
Plus bonus points for use of the word 'mosey'.
Oz ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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.
DavidS - Jan 14, 2012 12:59:39 pm PST #16249 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Dana - Jan 14, 2012 1:00:33 pm PST #16250 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
One of the Saints beat writers said on Twitter that they'd blitzed everyone on that last play, including the Saints waterboy.
Ginger - Jan 14, 2012 1:00:53 pm PST #16251 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I just learnt what a tontine is.
Unsurprisingly, The Tontine by Thomas Costain is about a tontine. It was one of the books that everyone in the had in the '50s, along with The Keys of the Kingdom by A. J. Cronin, The Robe by Lloyd Douglas Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor and The Foxes of Harrow by Frank Yerby. I eventually read all of my parents' books during periods of desperation when I ran out of something to read.
I just put some pumpkin bread in the oven. I then noticed that the addition of 1 1/2 cups of water was in the directions but not the list of ingredients. This should be interesting.
-t - Jan 14, 2012 1:02:51 pm PST #16252 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 kind of psyched for Alcatraz. I hope it doesn't suck.
Did you not add the water, Ginger?
msbelle - Jan 14, 2012 1:05:50 pm PST #16253 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
goodwill stores and estate sales are good places to find crock pots.
DavidS - Jan 14, 2012 1:06:24 pm PST #16254 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
That was a helluva pick.
Dana - Jan 14, 2012 1:08:17 pm PST #16255 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Brees isn't getting away with some of the stuff he's been able to get away with so far.
I am kind of pretending not to watch. At least, not staring at the screen directly.
Ginger - Jan 14, 2012 1:08:46 pm PST #16256 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I did not add the water. Trying to dump the batter back in the bowl and add water after it had been cooking for about 10 minutes seemed like it might also lead to failure. It was a fairly wet batter anyway.
Typo Boy - Jan 14, 2012 1:11:43 pm PST #16257 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Mystery writers used to love Tontines - because not only a great setup for murder, but if the murders was clever, it took a lot of deaths before you could narrow down your suspect list.
Not really good for itas idea but: I heard about (but am not sure) some modern life insurance pools are a sort of backdoor reverse tontine. Most people with life insurance cash them in before death, often at a hefty penalty. Well in some pools (and BillyTea I hope will correct me if I got this wrong) not all of that penalty is profit for the insurer. Some of it goes back into the fund and adds to the return for those who stay in. So you "win" by not cashing out while alive, but staying in until you die. Or at least the person collecting wins that way. I always wondered when hearing this, "are there really life policies with variable payouts like that?". Again BillyTea probably knows whether I misunderstood something or whether there are actual policies like this.
-t - Jan 14, 2012 1:12:32 pm PST #16258 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
If it seemed wet maybe it will be okay.