Thread Hijacking

[cranefly]

So ... for a whole day they were sweatersocks.

Cool...

[Greg]

I blaze new sartorial paths every day.

[Drunk Monk]

better that happened to your socks than your thong.

[Greg]

Why do you think I wear underwear?

[Drunk Monk]

Well I...


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...I got nothing.

[cranefly]

Oct. 23, 2006:
Greg says:
So, I'm wearing my gloves while operating the sawzall. It's a reciprocating saw with an eight inch blade. Brand new. Fresh out of the package sort of blade. I only realized after I pulled the trigger that I was actually holding the blade rather than the guard. I tell you there is nothing funnnier than watching Greg hop around screaming.

This sticks in my mind; it's a timeless warning to all to always be attentive and cautious.  Think twice -- naye, three times! -- before hitting any button, trigger or switch.

Nonetheless, even in the most mindful, eventually one forgets, has a lapse...

So today I'm making lemon meringue pie.  You know, trying to regain some of the 15 pounds I lost in the jungle.  I've tried making lemon meringue pie maybe six times in my life, and not once have I gotten the meringue to work.

But I've been studying.  I know all the mistakes I've made.  This time I avoid even a speck of yoke, it's all eggwhite.  And I beat it on high until peaks appear, and then I slowly add sugar, continuing to beat.  After about 5 minutes I've got an impressive half bowl of stiff meringue and I shut the mixer off.

Tilting the blade up, I admire the superglob of meringue on it, all ready to put on the lemon pie inches away.  It's time to remove the blade.

So I reach for the release button only instead I turn the mixer on full blast.

Meringue all over my shirt, pants, cupboard doors (an impressive ricochet), floor, and counter.

I go to bed shaking, in a cold sweat, as my meringue gently weeps.

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

CF makes thread hijacking appear effortless. Bravo, sir!

[Drunk Monk]

Lemon merengue is my fav. Haven’t had it since going pre-diabetic. I miss it. 

My mom made the best lemon merengue pie but she hasn’t made one in well over a decade. Too much work.

[cranefly]

My mom made the best lemon merengue pie but she hasn’t made one in well over a decade. Too much work.

Yeah, a whole lot of work.  Only makes sense if you mass produce three or four and freeze them.  But that doesn't seem possible.

As things stand, after this ordeal, I can't see doing it again.

But dang, lemon meringue pie is delicious!

P.S. DM, is your diet strict, or could you indulge a slice?

[Drunk Monk]

Nah, I shouldn’t. No more than a bite. I’ve been slack lately and need to tighten that up.

[cranefly]

The Little Shank That Could
Just sayin...




Something LCF pointed out to me.  Rather hypnotic...

[cranefly]

https://player.vimeo.com/video/24550780

[cranefly]

Won't clutter up your job hunt thread, DM, so here it be:

LCF and I remember you buying the Indonesian puppets, and likely the Lord Guan statue (Was that where the heavy Guandao was a tourist attraction?).  But oddly, we're not remembering the genesis of the jian with stealth dao in scabbard gift.  Should we be embarrassed?  Even a seppuku offense?

[Drunk Monk]

Maybe it was more Carol, Martha & Chet. It was acquired at the Hongqiao antiques market. We were all fascinated by it (remember Chet bought a lot of pieces) and then some one collected to covertly purchase it for me. It was presented to me at the Beijing hard rock and I was a bit embarrassed because even though i wasn’t getting paid for my work, I did get a free trip.

[cranefly]

Yeah.  That's coming back to me some.  Not certain who guided that whole operation.  But it was definitely a group sentiment.