| Author |
Message |
|---|
|
|
OMG! In that way snow isn't much fun then...
Don't go the Sierra's Nevada mountains in the Winter then, Mammoth and Mammoth Lakes can get at least double that sometimes, sometimes more, lately I do not know much about the snow, only to expect the worst and be prepared...
1969 Record snowfall.../|\
____________
BSG Anthem
My Facebook page
 |
|
|
 Julie Volunteer tester
Send message
Joined: 28 Oct 09
Posts: 8412
Credit: 1,398,844
RAC: 4,699
|
|
Situations like that are unimaginable over here...
____________
 |
|
|
|
|
Situations like that are unimaginable over here...
Yes, I guess they would be, be thankful that the isthmus of Panama exists or the Gulf stream current would probably not keep Europe or the Northern part of North America warm, both areas would return to Ice age conditions fairly quick...
____________
BSG Anthem
My Facebook page
|
|
|
uliVolunteer tester
Send message
Joined: 6 Feb 00
Posts: 8028
Credit: 3,749,688
RAC: 3,664
|
one or two kitchen tools........
No fair Angela, I was a single father for 12 years, and
there are few kitchen tools I don’t know about.
Good day for a needle day.
That apple peeler looks new. I did not know that they still made those.
I know this is not snow related, but we seem to have a diverging thread here and I have decided to take the road less traveled.
Night before last I took on Uli's challenge to see if I could stump Eric with some mystifying kitchen equipment. Always up for a good game, Eric allowed me three entries. Now Eric routinely sees groceries go into the kitchen and he routinely sees food come out of it. I had always presumed that Ol' Pookers did not pay much attention to what actually went on between those two steps. A little test of three potentially mystifying kitchen objects proved me wrong, wrong, wrong!!!
Just for the record, I immediately ruled out presentation of a few objects that might have stumped other people. A cherry pitter, for example, would have been a good entry, but Eric loves homemade cherry pie and one of my cousins has a sour cherry tree in her yard. To hasten the arrival of pie in the spring, Eric has actually used this device himself a few times!
A bench scraper I also ruled out. I've been on a bread making kick (foccacia!!!) lately, so I figured he might have some sort of associative memory triggers from having seen this tool recently on the counter or in the sink.
This was my first entry:
It is a Krinkle Cutter for making fancy cut vegetables or krinkle cut fries. I have only used it once or twice and I was disappointed that Eric guessed its use so quickly.
My second entry nearly stumped him:
I showed him a melon v-cutter, but one that did not have a melon baller on the end. Without the melon baller, the tool looks like something Norman Bates would use, and it took Ol' Pookers quite some time before he guessed its function... but guess it he did.
My third entry was an apple corer:
He guessed it right away, even though I typically just use a paring knife to process apples. I only use the corer for baked apples, which I rarely make because Eric hates them.
And so Uli-belle, the answer is "no". Eric cannot be stumped!
GF totally of off topic or maybe not. I have got most of those tools and then some. Does Eric know what a riser is? I can post a pick, because I am sure I mispelled it.
____________
Pluto will always be a planet to me.
Cash Donation Specialist
 |
|
|
CarlosVolunteer tester
Send message
Joined: 9 Jun 99
Posts: 9705
Credit: 24,510,100
RAC: 3,762
|
one or two kitchen tools........
No fair Angela, I was a single father for 12 years, and
there are few kitchen tools I don’t know about.
Good day for a needle day.
That apple peeler looks new. I did not know that they still made those.
I know this is not snow related, but we seem to have a diverging thread here and I have decided to take the road less traveled.
Night before last I took on Uli's challenge to see if I could stump Eric with some mystifying kitchen equipment. Always up for a good game, Eric allowed me three entries. Now Eric routinely sees groceries go into the kitchen and he routinely sees food come out of it. I had always presumed that Ol' Pookers did not pay much attention to what actually went on between those two steps. A little test of three potentially mystifying kitchen objects proved me wrong, wrong, wrong!!!
Just for the record, I immediately ruled out presentation of a few objects that might have stumped other people. A cherry pitter, for example, would have been a good entry, but Eric loves homemade cherry pie and one of my cousins has a sour cherry tree in her yard. To hasten the arrival of pie in the spring, Eric has actually used this device himself a few times!
A bench scraper I also ruled out. I've been on a bread making kick (foccacia!!!) lately, so I figured he might have some sort of associative memory triggers from having seen this tool recently on the counter or in the sink.
This was my first entry:
It is a Krinkle Cutter for making fancy cut vegetables or krinkle cut fries. I have only used it once or twice and I was disappointed that Eric guessed its use so quickly.
My second entry nearly stumped him:
I showed him a melon v-cutter, but one that did not have a melon baller on the end. Without the melon baller, the tool looks like something Norman Bates would use, and it took Ol' Pookers quite some time before he guessed its function... but guess it he did.
My third entry was an apple corer:
He guessed it right away, even though I typically just use a paring knife to process apples. I only use the corer for baked apples, which I rarely make because Eric hates them.
And so Uli-belle, the answer is "no". Eric cannot be stumped!
GF totally of off topic or maybe not. I have got most of those tools and then some. Does Eric know what a riser is? I can post a pick, because I am sure I mispelled it.
Try this one.
Maybe we need a new thread?
Ok new thread set up. |
|
|
|
|
GF totally of off topic or maybe not. I have got most of those tools and then some. Does Eric know what a riser is? I can post a pick, because I am sure I mispelled it.
Eric totally knows what a potato ricer is!!! When he was looking for a post doc position he interviewed at Los Alamos. He wanted to bring me back a souvenir of the area and he thought a nice, tasteful piece of turquoise jewelry would be appropriate. After wandering in and out of a few shops in the nearest town, Eric came to the conclusion that there is no such thing as a "nice tasteful piece of turquoise jewelry". So he wandered into a cooking store and bought me a potato ricer. I use it quite often. It has served me well over the years. |
|
|
|
|
|
That's why I stay off I=50 and I- 80 in the winter, Just that. |
|
|
JulieVolunteer tester
Send message
Joined: 28 Oct 09
Posts: 8412
Credit: 1,398,844
RAC: 4,699
|
|
Wintertime in Belgium:
____________
|
|
|
|
|
|
A couple of "winter in the UK" pictures -
But, not an atypical UK winter I must say.
____________
It's good to be back amongst friends and colleagues
 |
|
|
|
|
|
Looks like someone was late for work on the train. Very late. |
|
|
JulieVolunteer tester
Send message
Joined: 28 Oct 09
Posts: 8412
Credit: 1,398,844
RAC: 4,699
|
But, not an atypical UK winter I must say.
I'd say. Normally you guys don't get that much snow either, no?
____________
|
|
|
|
|
|
True, Julie, but we are long over due another one now ...
____________
It's good to be back amongst friends and colleagues
|
|
|
|
|
|
Good thing that all that rain in Scotland isn't snow right now. |
|
|
|
|
GF totally of off topic or maybe not. I have got most of those tools and then some. Does Eric know what a riser is? I can post a pick, because I am sure I mispelled it.
Eric totally knows what a potato ricer is!!! When he was looking for a post doc position he interviewed at Los Alamos. He wanted to bring me back a souvenir of the area and he thought a nice, tasteful piece of turquoise jewelry would be appropriate. After wandering in and out of a few shops in the nearest town, Eric came to the conclusion that there is no such thing as a "nice tasteful piece of turquoise jewelry". So he wandered into a cooking store and bought me a potato ricer. I use it quite often. It has served me well over the years.
The nearest town that registers would probably be Santa Fe. There certainly is such a thing a s nice tasteful peice of turquoise jewelry. There is also some horribly gaudy stuff. It really depends on who the artist is that designed the piece. The best (in my opinion) is delicate silver with inlay stones showing a traditional design. The best place to buy if you are in Santa Fe is in front of the palace of the Governers. At that spot, you are dealing directly with the artist or his family.
____________
BOINC WIKI |
|
|
JulieVolunteer tester
Send message
Joined: 28 Oct 09
Posts: 8412
Credit: 1,398,844
RAC: 4,699
|
Good thing that all that rain in Scotland isn't snow right now.
I'd rather have snow than rain!
____________
|
|
|
|
|
Good thing that all that rain in Scotland isn't snow right now.
I'd rather have snow than rain!
You don't have to shovel rain.
____________
 |
|
|
|
|
Good thing that all that rain in Scotland isn't snow right now.
I'd rather have snow than rain!
You don't have to shovel rain.
Exactly, out here it mostly evaporates not long after it hits the ground, if it reaches the ground at all, then one has virga...
____________
BSG Anthem
My Facebook page
|
|
|
JulieVolunteer tester
Send message
Joined: 28 Oct 09
Posts: 8412
Credit: 1,398,844
RAC: 4,699
|
Good thing that all that rain in Scotland isn't snow right now.
I'd rather have snow than rain!
You don't have to shovel rain.
Rain always depresses me...Snow makes me happy. (except if I have to drive in it...)
____________
|
|
|
|
|
|
More like Greenland, snow that doesn't melt, becomes ice, ice then gets more snow, that becomes more ice, soon enough the beginnings of a glacier or an ice sheet...
Sounds like you have 2 seasons there, Winter and the 4th of July. |
|
|
|
|
|
Two things in the winter I never left home without years ago, 2 bags of chicken grit (80 lbs each) in the trunk for weight and the grit helps getting you out of a hole and a blanket. No cell phones then folks. |
|
|
