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rofl, I don't care if it was an urban legend or not :), I needed that belly laugh something fierce! but...scope is a place to make yourself laugh too, for all the weird crazy stuff.

mackay, like the sound of your recipe but the idea of finding the sodium hydroxide and buying it, and buying spraybottles, and mixing, and worrying about it hitting the black part of the stove.....too much for me! I can see that once it was set up it would be slick! I like to get a hot fire...

kingsolver is a great writer, and it is a great book - she has some books of essays out that are really really good too. I have worked hard to try to eat both more seasonally and more locally. So, no strawberries til June, and then, watch out! But I do eat bananas, choc, coffee, use...

ummm, OFG? because pies and brownies don't induce sugar comas? I was glad to hear you finally slacked off a couple of days, last time I heard you did that, you were sicker than a skunk. sounds like this time you might have actually enjoyed yourself! its snowing here big time....

bet they would love the occasional suet cake - would worry a little as I've heard that too much extra weight on the hens can be correlated with egg bound issues. don't know if it is true...

oohhhhhh now I have that song in my head....every day is a winding road..........

oh my gosh Henrietta! that sounds like the black bottom pie my mom made when we were kids, except it had bourbon,not vodka in it. It was always my birthday cake choice..... I might try that recipe. Who would have thought? And the funny thing was everyone loved the pecan pie - I didn't...

thats so cool! I would not have been able to pass that up either, so I guess I'll have to join you in admitting my adiction.

yup -its nice to have the extra boots, warm hat and scarf, blanket, handwarmers, flashlight, etc in the car - then when you unexpectedly go off the road when you are dressed for work, you can cope. makes it soooo much better. speaking from experience... the good thing is that with lots of...

been distracted with a new sweetheart. not getting enough sleep. heading to my second thanksgiving dinner today. you can tell how tired I am because...was supposed to make pecan pie. the yucky kind with karo syrup in it ("we don't want the natural stuff!). thought, heck I'm not wasting pie...

hey OFG, that was some danged good pie. think I left my fork there, though.... way to go with staying home for the holiday. are you a xmas cookie baker?

well those two things you added - that the county has been out a lot with the water hookup and never said anything about code inspections, and that the papers this guy gave you didn't even talk about code stuff, but about stuff that doesn't apply to you, makes me think you are right, this is a...

hate to say it, but I would bet you had a legitimate building/code/zone inspector from your township, town, city or county visiting you. In my neck of the woods, the local guy is pretty much hated for enforcing the codes - because the code requirements do add time and expense to any project...

SKR8PN, can you explain a little more about the 55 gallon barrel and a handpump? I am envisioning a giant soap dispenser! what sort of handpump do you attach to it? I like this idea because it seems so much simpler than a zillion jugs of water

I have so many friends and family in this same spot - trying to figure out what to do, trying for months on end to get refi'd, getting no where. It is the height of crazy making to be told you don't make enough to qualify for a lower monthly payment when you are consistently making the higher...

hey, I'm with you Curly Kate, and Farmer Denise - love the holiday with all the acoutrements, I get a lot of enjoyment out of planning gifts, I love the extra caring of homebaked cookies and treats, love the candles and lights and even the music! Not christian, I have other goddesses, but I...

ok, power is back on, was only off for about 12 hours, but I learned some things: - a bowl of soapy water for washing your hands is deluxe - not much you can do in the dark with candlelight - want to have method of making stovetop coffee, including hand grinder for the beans - think ahead and...

2 feet is a BIG snow to me, we usually don't get that much at a crack. And heck, with global warming, we don't get what we got as a kid. thought I was just remembering from a kids perspective til going thru old pictures and seeing the snow taller than the cars, etc - power has been...

wow, that is incredibly gorgeous! love it!

snow snow snow! already got 3 inches, and there is supposed to be 8-10 before sun morning. chickens hate it, had to coax them out it is sooo pretty. definitely puts me in an xmas mood. Just came in from chores: - got the snowshoes out - emptied the rain barrel - moved the truck closer to...