Reasons to be Cheerful

[Sneakeater]

For the first time ever!

[Sneakeater]

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.

[small h]

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.

[MitchW]

Poultry shears (good ones) are your friend.

[small h]

Yeah, I don't know why he didn't use shears. It's something my sister is very likely to have.

[Sneakeater]

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. 

[Sneakeater]

Especially when you use poultry sheers. 

[small h]

4 minutes ago, Sneakeater said:

Quail is a lot easier. 

Well, it was Thanksgiving. Turkey is kinda the point. (Not for me, but still.)

[StephanieL]

South Africa won their 4th Rugby World Cup!  All 3 knockout matches were won by 1 point--quite exciting.

[Wilfrid]

Only match I saw was England losing narrowly. Well done Springboks.

[StephanieL]

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.

[Sneakeater]

I get half price off LIRR fares as a senior!

REASON NOT TO BE CHEERFUL:  They didn't even card me.

[splinky]

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

[Sneakeater]

But but but I'd have had to LIE.

[Sneakeater]

At age 67, I've finally realized what I've been doing wrong up to now in tying bow ties.

[StephanieL]

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!

[Wilfrid]

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. 😅

[Wilfrid]

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. 

[Wilfrid]

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/

[backyardchef]

On 10/16/2023 at 3:06 PM, StephanieL said:

And me.  Cats are enough.

say it loud, say it proud

[Sneakeater]

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.

[small h]

So now the tens of thousands of dollars can just be charged to your credit cards!

[MitchW]

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!!

[MitchW]

52 minutes ago, Sneakeater said:

got this stack of envelopes from an imaging service

East River Medical Imaging?

[MitchW]

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.