Hurricane Advice

[Ursuline Chick]

BIG possum!!!

Oh yes, and nasty!

 

[jeria]

I'm told we also have coyote and a cougar....I've been hearing the cougar thing for years now. I still don't believe it.

They kept telling us we didn't have cougars/mountain lions here in Missouri. We used to follow them when riding horses down by a creek on the property we lived on back inn the early 80"s. The conservation dept. finally admitted we do have them when farmers started shooting them attacking their cattle. Somehow many dead big cats convinced them.

 

[adrikeen]

They kept telling us we didn't have cougars/mountain lions here in Missouri. We used to follow them when riding horses down by a creek on the property we lived on back inn the early 80"s. The conservation dept. finally admitted we do have them when farmers started shooting them attacking their cattle. Somehow many dead big cats convinced them.

 

[Ursuline Chick]

I LOVE Kringle -- Scandinavian family. One of these days I'll learn how to make it. My great gramma worked in a Danish bakery in Wisc. she taught me to make bread but not kringle (SOB)

Kringle is actually a very close cousin to king cake, if you can make one you should be able to make the other.

 

[RUNuts]

Doing better than me, which isn't hard. I'm named Nova after my dad's car.

Did he ever say why? Or isn't that something you want to share?

Totally unrelated, did you see the Monty Python skit where people were named after places where they were conceived? I think Park Bench was talking to Public Toilet.

Each region of the country has specialties that have held on. Czech kolaches around Texas - think pigs in blanket. Boudin in Louisiana. Beignets really are New Orleans specific. People in Texas think it is strange you can get hot Boudin in Gas Stations.

Of course, I'd never seen anyone eat chili with cornbread until I got here. Or rice. We always ate it with Fritos or crackers.

Ok, half the yard work is done. I think I'm mowing on Tuesday. Maybe it'll rain.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Looks like we need to be doing a lot more than just thinking. TS Maria is expected to do some pretty rapid intensification, and follow a track similar to Irma's during the next few days. If it does what all of the models seem to indicate that it will do, it will run right over Puerto Rico on Thursday as a Cat 3 or 4 hurricane. How hideously ironic that this storm is named Maria.

why is that ironic?

Have you tried the coffee ones?
I picked some up the other day on clearance and they weren't too bad.

coffee ones??

Try the coffee together with the caramel ones...

caramel too??

you folks have me contemplating stealing some of DW's M&Ms

dont do it!!!

STOP...do not try it.
She will whack you over the head.
Go buy your own.
Trust me.

NEVER touch a woman's chocolate!

IF we knew her real name I would post here:
https://help.stormcarib.com/index.php?78

could you just say "looking for my lost ugly duckling???

I tried, hubby put his foot down. Of course I've also tried to get an Alpaca. (no llama...don't want to get bit or spit at)

they spit too!! just ask my DD

How many do you have?
Spill it....but please don't tell me you have 500.

I once saw a hoarding type show where this real life crazy cat lady had hundreds of them inside her house...hundreds.

i have 2, but most people would think i only have one, and they dont leave the basement often (and are locked there at night)

I also mailed her a sourdough start. She has been baking different sourdough bread recipes too. Her DH and step son have been getting to eat all that wonderful baked goods lately.

and of course spending a lot of time in the kitchen....

yummy!! i love sourdough! wish i had time!!

We can start a 40 only club!

40's club sounds awesome. But how bout 40+ to include our 50-60 club friends? Do we have 70+???
I think at this point the age thing doesn't matter....everything expands, sags, wrinkles....falls off???

i cant be in the club?

We have so many indian names here that your tongue could wrap around also
skikomish, Seattle, Mossyrock...

try in NH winnepesaukee, asquam, chocorua, winnesquam, pemigewasset, etc

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_..._American_origin_in_New_England#New_Hampshire

I suggest a non crazy cat ladies house.

And someone that cooks.

Those are my only two requirements.
I'll let you know if I think of any more.

MINE!! and i have a barn! i can cook, bake, have a river, mountains and a lake (within 5 miles)!

Yep...@Rjohns39 and @ronott1 and @RUNuts are all hired for kitchen duty.
(Did I leave out any other R men?)

ralphie lol

Can we add a river..or shoot even a stream through his mountain? I am a fan of water. Preferably crystal blue beach water.

i have all of it!!!

No coffee for you or Kiki in New orleans, we make it really strong.

and black?? i like my coffee strong and black

Are you our resident midget?

..

I'm 4'11 so yeah probably. I think you're supposed to call us "little people" Kiki lol!

phew! 2 peeps shorter than me! i thought it was going to be me!

I don't mind cooking. Just don't tell me HOW to cook. Remember, whoever complains, cooks the next meal. Step one, liberally marinate the cook...

So, I wake up, and there are pages and pages of night-time activity. In summary, we're all going to Tennessee to camp out at rjohns place, make pizza and drink beer? Is this what's happening?

sounds like a plan to me!

tents are good

some tents are great

Make sure we have adequate ventilation. I don't want frost bite on my comb. We'll keep warm with body heat & fluff up. LOL

And the matress is optional.

Ok...catching up after an evening out....I'm 5'2 so where do I fall in this grouping?

thats 3 shorter than me!

I think you are one of the normal ones.

normalcy is over rated!

40 plus...
How about you have to be at least 40 to get in...that sounds better huh?

:/ again i cant join, what if you are mature enough to be 40?

You might want to consider building a FORT - A bear could knock the top off a coop.

or rip the side off a barn, been there dealt with that

I'm only 33,so I guess it looks like I'll be the one sitting outside the club pouting while everyone else is inside having fun

Good news is, at 5' 7 I'm taller than most of you

i'm shorter and younger

We will let you slide on the age part...but only because you are not a midget.

what about me???

I was just talking with somebody here at work from Caguas. He's waiting for the airports to open up again so he can get down there and get his dad. He's worried because his father has a generator, but that lights you up to the criminals, who could come in and steal from the house, let alone take the generator and the gas. His dad is a diabetic, so he needs the power for his insulin. The guy I was talking to is really worried about how bad its going to get down there.

not to post bad news....

insulin can go without refrigeration for up to 30 days

I was going to say off topic but y'all know lol! Is anyone else dressing up for Halloween? I haven't in years but I'm doing it this year, guess I just feel like it. ..anyways I just bargain shopped the heck out of a costume 14 bucks to be a witch hat and all! Got a ten dollar coupon I'm absolutely elated. Rare that the kid and the miser in me are happy at the exact same time.

awesome!! i dress up every year!!

I'm a HAPPY Camper!

do you have a tent

Fresh Pumpkin worms chicken? No wonder we have never had a worm problem. LOL

NO. pumpkin does NOT worm chickens.

Morning call is the hundreds of years old coffee and beignets (New Orleans donuts) shop that rjohns39 was talking about, around 50 pages back

i like the other idea better

And one with a horse tail, one with animal ears and one in a bicycle, unitard, stretchy outfit thing that crawls up your skinny butt and pulls down on the really big ones. <once seen, can't be unseen. ugh!>

Maybe a troll doll wearing pants.

And a Queen of Hearts for @room onthebroom .

We could have fun with this.

And a normal one for me. I'm normal.

That's why I was curious about the transport options. Way easier for people to jump on a boat and move out for a while than on a plane.

Just a bit of trivia.... I was looking up about that It movie. The actor playing the clown is a fellow called Bill Skarsgard and he is the son of a famous Swedish actor called Stellan Skarsgard. He's got a whole heap of sons, most are in the movie business, all gorgeous. Anyway, on his IMDb page, Bill Skarsgard was saying that he's the "short one" among his brothers. He's 6'3"

is bill alexanders brother??

YES Agreed. So sad seeing the photo and videos of the islands and the people. Yesterday they were saying PR was running out of fresh water and food. Their inland reservoir is nearly empty. Hoping that supplies for all do not take too long. I know items are being shipped in, such a massive undertaking.

cruise ships are bringing supplies too

He's standing by if anyone wants recipes

his recipe is not a recipe, this saddens me

You just get their regular ones, they should be glazed. I believe that's all they used to be but in past years they've gotten fancy with toppings/fillings, etc. Probably to rival Dunkin Doughnts. We didn't have Krispy Kreame in DE until a few years ago. I grew up with Mr. Doughnut (still remember the doughnuts on a stick) and then Dunkin.

there are no KKs up here? what will i use?

@DwayneNLiz We all are really NOT cray cray here.

you just said cray cray, i think you might be

The Cajun Airforce is involved in attempting to bring supplies to PR, heard this on local news. (NOLA)

great news!

I just drove to my donut shop and got a cream filled chocolate thing. It was good then kid couldn't finish his sprinkled thing so I had to.
I feel sick.

you drove??

I could walk out my back gate..cross the main street and be at the shop in less then 2 minutes.

So yeah..it's pretty much next door.
I won't be going back for a while though....so the recipe is going to have to wait.

and yet you drove

Baking is an art. Just like other arts, practice makes perfect. The good news is that you get to eat your mistakes. Bad news is that bad bakers are fat. Good bakers are fatter. Skinny bakers should be viewed with suspicion (unless they have chickens). And pastry chefs run the gambit.

Now I want a king cake. Only 5 months to wait. It's bad form to bake one out of season.

whats a king cake?

I'm surprised they still make king cakes, being such a choking hazard. Man I'd love to have some beignets right now. Down by the river...

i have always wanted to try a beignet

And sticky fingers either way. Finger licking good. I'd suck my teeth for an hour after those beignets. (There is another French word that I bet a lot of people are pronouncing wrong. If you are not saying "been-yeah", you are doing it wrong.)

i say it bean-yay

did I misspell it? They have some NICE pictures on google!
[benˈyā]

I've been told that I have an accent. But not by anybody around here.

what accent?

Doing better than me, which isn't hard. I'm named Nova after my dad's car.

my husband tossed out the idea of Camaro for our daughter ummm, no.

 

[Flashpoint]

why is that ironic?

coffee ones??
caramel too??
dont do it!!!
NEVER touch a woman's chocolate!
could you just say "looking for my lost ugly duckling???
they spit too!! just ask my DD
i have 2, but most people would think i only have one, and they dont leave the basement often (and are locked there at night)

yummy!! i love sourdough! wish i had time!!

i cant be in the club?
try in NH winnepesaukee, asquam, chocorua, winnesquam, pemigewasset, etc

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_..._American_origin_in_New_England#New_Hampshire

MINE!! and i have a barn! i can cook, bake, have a river, mountains and a lake (within 5 miles)!
ralphie lol
i have all of it!!!
and black?? i like my coffee strong and black
..
phew! 2 peeps shorter than me! i thought it was going to be me!


sounds like a plan to me!

some tents are great

thats 3 shorter than me!

normalcy is over rated!
:/ again i cant join, what if you are mature enough to be 40?
or rip the side off a barn, been there dealt with that

i'm shorter and younger
what about me???

insulin can go without refrigeration for up to 30 days

awesome!! i dress up every year!!

do you have a tent


NO. pumpkin does NOT worm chickens.
i like the other idea better



is bill alexanders brother??

cruise ships are bringing supplies too

his recipe is not a recipe, this saddens me

there are no KKs up here? what will i use?

you just said cray cray, i think you might be

great news!

you drove??

and yet you drove

whats a king cake?

i have always wanted to try a beignet

i say it bean-yay

what accent?

my husband tossed out the idea of Camaro for our daughter ummm, no.

 

[rjohns39]

X2

 

[DwayneNLiz]

thats all ya got?

 

[Flashpoint]

thats all ya got?

I'm a midget. I don't require very much.