Scarlet Pimpernel

4 hours ago, CAPE said:

Is this actual news? Practically anything you can name is probably offensive to someone. 

I have always found Barney and the Teletubbies to be very disturbing. That shit should be banned.

33 minutes ago, fourseasons said:

Not sure what's going on with Dr. Seuss but Hasbro got into a PR pickle by saying the Mr. Potato Head brand is going to be renamed as Potato Head and after public outcry had to clarify that Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head will still have those names but it is the brand name that is going to change from Mr. Potato Head to Potato Head.  As for The Muppet Show, if you watch it on Disney+ you'll see a disclaimer that it contains content that may be offensive, in particular relating to racial and cultural stereotypes.

You can live a happy and contented life without knowing what they are.

Yeah, I checked out some of this and turns out to be a whole lotta pointless outrage by some people over a whole lotta nothing, as I expected.  Yeesh!

As for the Barney and Teletubbies...agree!  Though let's be honest, it is nice when we get "Barney'd" ("purpled") with snow!!

2 hours ago, North Balti Zen said:

Should I be concerned the globe is pulsing?

I don't know man...the globe pulsed, Atlas shrugged...what the hell next?? 

3 hours ago, blueberryfaygo said:

6-12 for our entire subforum!

 

Short Pump fringed!!

1 minute ago, toolsheds said:

Shin splints were the bane of my existence 10th - 12th grade.   All three seasons...Soccer Basketball and Track were helped out by a ton of Motrin. 

Better living through chemistry!! 

1 minute ago, wxtrix said:

the smell!  from the first rise to the bake. I'm going to try to make some tomorrow to combat the cold, rainy day.

Oh, absolutely!!  Love the smell of bread coming out of the oven.  That's the perfect thing to do for a cold, rainy day for sure!!

1 minute ago, vastateofmind said:

Great advice embedded here, which I didn't follow in my 20s and 30s. I lifted weights a lot more back then, logged a lot more jogging/running miles...and in every case, never stretched out, before or after workouts. HUGE mistake, especially with regard to running. Blew out my right knee (torn meniscus) at 40, got it scoped, not much cartilage left in there now. Now my left knee occasionally has that rotten/wobbly feel to it. Regardless of your age, folks...if you work out in any fashion, please stretch out before and after, and don't leave out warmups/cooldowns. It makes a difference to the long-term health of your muscles/joints.

Definitely agree with this.  I ran track a looooong time ago in high school and we always had a warmup/cool down during practices.  I did sprints, 100m, 200m 400m relay.  I still ended up suffering a pulled hip-pointer muscle one time (it went out on me while running the 100m dash during a meet!) that killed the rest of that season for me.  Really sucked, especially since I was scheduled for 2 other events that day and I had to be scratched from those.  It was all I could do to hobble/walk for awhile, even had to use crutches to some extent.  Strangely, it didn't bother me again in my final 2 years after that, thank goodness.  But shin splints...that was a never-ending battle!  They had a shin splint board in the locker room that you were meant to stand on for some length of time (the board was elevated at about a 45 degree angle), to strengthen it.  And at home I'd have to occasionally lift a weight tied to my foot with my ankle (used one of those old cast irons, weight like 8 pounds!).  That helped a lot.

3 hours ago, Mrs.J said:

Ehhh

Pulled my shoulder muscle yesterday after trying to cinch a girth on the side with no elastic. Note to self check to see if said girth has elastic on both sides before you cinch. 

Oh, sorry to hear that!  Hope you'll be OK...that really sucks.  I've occasionally had to deal with lower back pain, so know how much a pulled muscle can just be debilitating until it loosens back up.

1 hour ago, jonjon said:

Working on my sourdough skill for the future bakery.  Any sourdough experts in here?

52 minutes ago, wxtrix said:

 

beautiful!  i have greatly stepped up my bread-,making, but I don't work with sourdough.

I've been trying to replicate my grandmother's chalka, a Polish brioche.

 

Oh my, those both look so damned good!  Thanks for sharing that.  There's almost nothing like warm, fresh bread.

Just now, Baltimorewx said:

I dont know if id compare it to an energy drink...more like a milkshake with alcohol! 

Well, I was trying in vain to make it sound "healthy!"  But a milkshake with alcohol works too!!! LOL!!

2 minutes ago, Baltimorewx said:

I still drink this stuff and I still managed to lose 30 lbs over the last 6 months lol....I just changed my eating habits a ton so I could still drink beers like this. Calorie replacement

It's just another type of energy drink, really...that happens to have an alcohol content!!

1 hour ago, mappy said:

yup. its been a rather shitty winter in that regard. 

So true.  A sh*tty winter in many ways, and a very tense year in general certainly didn't help things I'm sure!

1 hour ago, nj2va said:

and ravensrule is the voice of reason in the banter thread.  WTF is happening here?! 

I mean, right??  Dogs and cats, living together...mass hysteria!!

13 hours ago, Mrs.J said:

Ok that spaghetti hot dog jello ring needs to be BANNED!! 
 

And who made that meme?? That is hilarious! 

That jello spaghettio thing definitely needs to be banned!!  And that other drink with the beans and broth...ugh! 

As for the meme, I just looked up various Star Wars meme generators!

10 minutes ago, toolsheds said:

Back to another favorite....Spaghettio Hotdog Jello Molds!!!!

 

Hell, I think even @nw baltimore wx and @Scraff would have a hard time finding a beer that would compliment that "dish"!!

3 minutes ago, toolsheds said:

Back to another favorite....Spaghettio Hotdog Jello Molds!!!!

 

Oh no...you did NOT just go there!  I blame @H2O for starting that last year!!

Paging @Mrs.J, you are badly needed!

2 minutes ago, yoda said:

I heard that the two main words used back then were meh and next

Weren't those the two major political parties of the day? 

Just now, yoda said:

I heard that the two main words used back then were meh and next

The more things change...

13 minutes ago, toolsheds said:

I thought the models back then went out to at least 10 sun cycles. 

We didn't use models at that time.  We only looked at the baro in what was then the equivalent of southeast Canada to determine the forecasts.  Wait...I don't think barometers existed yet.  Damn, there goes that theory!

15 minutes ago, H2O said:

Did it snow back then?  Do you think Oooog the Neanderthal man got mad at Orrrrg if he didn't cave draw about day 6 snow when the sun got high enough in the sky?

I don't know about that, but I'd be willing to bet Ji canceled winter by that point!  Was it possible to get NAM'd back then?

28 minutes ago, psuhoffman said:

It’s going to be warm. Hot. Mild. Spring is here. It’s over. But it might snow. Or not. And be chilly. But warm. Bugs. Muggy. Humidity. Ahhhh 

Is that a CWG forecast?  All you need is the boom/bust potential and you're good to go!

So I guess the indications are that sometime from mid-May into June we can expect a HECS???

(Historical East-coast Cicada Swarm, that is!  Or will it be more like a BECS??) 

Just now, Mrs.J said:

 

Oh I don't know. You must not have seen the photo of my deranged cat from last night. He looks like this on a daily basis. Makes you think your last hours are up. Then again you must be right as I look for this look on a daily basis from him.  

Haha!  Yeah I think I missed that photo...definitely a "crazy" look there!

Actually it's kind of scary.  Your cat looks almost exactly like my brother and sister-in-law's cat (Zippy) from years ago!  Zippy was almost overly friendly, she was all over you for attention.  We used to joke when I'd visit that it would be like a spa weekend for Zippy, with an extra set of hands to pet her!  LOL!

2 minutes ago, Stormfly said:

Yeah and well see where that got him!

It took a...MIRACLE (for him to survive)!! 

1 hour ago, Mrs.J said:

 

Now back to the food posting and maybe occasional photos of my crazy ass cat. 

Definitely up for some good food posts!  We need @WxWatcher007's bat signal.

And crazy ass cats...though to the cats, we're probably the ones who are crazy!

Politics, politics, politics, politics...Mel Brooks style!