Sneakeater Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 For the first time ever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 I now have to redefine the way I conceive of myself from someone who does not spatchcock to someone who spatchcoks whenever he needs to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
small h Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 I have a video of my brother-in-law (a pretty buff guy) trying valiantly to spatchcock the Thanksgiving turkey a few years ago. He went through a number of tools. I think the sledgehammer was the final, successful one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchW Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 Poultry shears (good ones) are your friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
small h Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 Yeah, I don't know why he didn't use shears. It's something my sister is very likely to have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 4 hours ago, small h said: I have a video of my brother-in-law (a pretty buff guy) trying valiantly to spatchcock the Thanksgiving turkey a few years ago. He went through a number of tools. I think the sledgehammer was the final, successful one. Quail is a lot easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 Especially when you use poultry sheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
small h Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 4 minutes ago, Sneakeater said: Quail is a lot easier. Well, it was Thanksgiving. Turkey is kinda the point. (Not for me, but still.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephanieL Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 South Africa won their 4th Rugby World Cup! All 3 knockout matches were won by 1 point--quite exciting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted October 29, 2023 Author Share Posted October 29, 2023 Only match I saw was England losing narrowly. Well done Springboks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephanieL Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 Thanks to our local Buy Nothing group, we now have an Instant Pot (Cuisinart version) and two Sabatier paring knives. N has successfully made beans and rice in the pot and loves it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 I get half price off LIRR fares as a senior! REASON NOT TO BE CHEERFUL: They didn't even card me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splinky Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Sneakeater said: I get half price off LIRR fares as a senior! REASON NOT TO BE CHEERFUL: They didn't even card me. they don't card anyone. you could have had this for a decade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 But but but I'd have had to LIE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 At age 67, I've finally realized what I've been doing wrong up to now in tying bow ties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephanieL Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 On 11/9/2023 at 7:00 PM, StephanieL said: Thanks to our local Buy Nothing group, we now have an Instant Pot (Cuisinart version) and two Sabatier paring knives. N has successfully made beans and rice in the pot and loves it. Got some homemade Diwali sweets too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted November 17, 2023 Author Share Posted November 17, 2023 3 hours ago, Sneakeater said: I get half price off LIRR fares as a senior! REASON NOT TO BE CHEERFUL: They didn't even card me. Oh today, two adjacent museum-type spaces. In the first, the ticket seller tells me “a senior” and gives me a discount. Okay, I am not arguing. In the second, she says, “You don’t look 65, right?” I tell her muchas gracias and happily pay full price and would send her flowers. 😅 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted November 30, 2023 Author Share Posted November 30, 2023 Good thing I find about otherwise evil social media: quick connections you can make with good people. I went to a panel discussion on a niche literary topic tonight, mainly because a critic I admire hugely was there. A couple of hours later we are messaging about something discussed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted December 7, 2023 Author Share Posted December 7, 2023 Very careful not to post this in a misleading thread. The truly great and admirable Dick Van Dyke was flickering through various tributes to Norman Lear today. I knew he was still thriving but looking him up I find that we’re celebrating his 98th on 12/21. https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/dick-van-dyke-birthday-special-cbs-1235792308/amp/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backyardchef Posted December 8, 2023 Share Posted December 8, 2023 On 10/16/2023 at 3:06 PM, StephanieL said: And me. Cats are enough. say it loud, say it proud 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted December 8, 2023 Share Posted December 8, 2023 I got this stack of envelopes from an imaging service that did some work on me in connection with a surgery a few years ago. I was terrified that, owing to some insurance mishap, they had decided that I now owe them tens of thousands of dollars. But no: it was only a major data breach they were telling me about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
small h Posted December 8, 2023 Share Posted December 8, 2023 So now the tens of thousands of dollars can just be charged to your credit cards! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchW Posted December 8, 2023 Share Posted December 8, 2023 47 minutes ago, Sneakeater said: But no: it was only a major data breach they were telling me about. I got a breach letter the other day too!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchW Posted December 8, 2023 Share Posted December 8, 2023 52 minutes ago, Sneakeater said: got this stack of envelopes from an imaging service East River Medical Imaging? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchW Posted December 8, 2023 Share Posted December 8, 2023 And believe me, I still think I'm going to get bills for hundreds of thousands of dollars for back surgery I had! Where the doctor and his team told me that they take whatever they get from insurance, and that's it. And when I asked if they could put that in writing, they kinda laughed...and said no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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