krista4
Footballguy
Aha! That must have been it.I thought SamLB was just taking the opportunity to make the "N---, please" joke again. Made me chuckle, anyway.
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YSR
Footballguy
x2I thought SamLB was just taking the opportunity to make the "N---, please" joke again. Made me chuckle, anyway.
Samuel L Bronkowitz
Footballguy
krista4
Footballguy
Yes, it's a lake in a volcanic crater, which I think is slightly different than a caldera but same idea.I don't think the mariachi band comes with the place.krista>that place looked lovely, except for the mariachis. It also appears to be perched on the edge of an ancient caldera. I would probably want to know just how dormant it is.
kevzilla
Footballguy
Oh, you know what I meant. It's not Yellowstone or Toba or anything./HamYes, it's a lake in a volcanic crater, which I think is slightly different than a caldera but same idea.I don't think the mariachi band comes with the place.krista>that place looked lovely, except for the mariachis. It also appears to be perched on the edge of an ancient caldera. I would probably want to know just how dormant it is.
kevzilla
Footballguy
Amen, brother. A doctor ordered me to take some today. Well, a dentist, but that will do.He did not order me to drop some Knob Creek on that later...but I will.
coupons?
jplvr
Footballguy
Nah. Actually, considering what I just spent on shipping, I went the exact opposite direction as last year (not cheap).I think I'm going to be in Baton Rouge again for the game. Will you be still making it to games or have priorities changed a bit too much in the household lately?
heckmanm
Footballguy
Oh, it's OK when they say it to each other...Someone mean has hacked into SLB's account.The lady that owns the house keeps calling it Nica, as do some of the people on the TripAdvisor forums. Apparently those in the know use Nica.Nica? Please.You could have typed out NicaraguaCheapest yet safest country in Central America. Also an incredible number of volcanoes, beautiful beaches, huge number of lakes, etc. When I say "cheap", I mean we are staying here for $200/night.Running with scissors said:Tell us more. I'm thinking either there or a Caribbean island for the beginning of Jan.Just booked a week in Nicaragua in January.
Which Caribbean islands are you looking at? They'll be a lot more expensive and IMO most are boring, but I like more active vacations, which is why I'm into the hiking, volcanoes, etc. in Nica.
McJose
Footballguy
pantsMisfitBlondes said:Fictitious Things MB Wore to an Interview...You wore your pearls?MisfitBlondes said:I had an interview today that went really well. A comment was made about how well I present myself and how clearly I enunciate...I guess this is what happens when the jewelry comes out for a couple of hours.
Samuel L Bronkowitz
Footballguy
This Outsourced show isn't half bad.
It could be the beer
It could be the beer
shut it down
Footballguy
On blackberries, text messages are grouped together by who you've sent them to, obviously. The other day, my wife forwarded me an article from the paper to my phone. Forgetting that that text wasn't actually from her, I'm pretty sure I just asked the San Francisco Chronicle if it wanted to fool around tonight.
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General Malaise
Footballguy
Thank you so much for the grits. It's been years since I've had 'em. I'm going to make them Saturday for breakfast with bacon and eggs and an #### load of cheese.I also just got back on Lipitor, so it's like, okay to eat like this. 
Also, thanks for the stamp.
General Malaise
Footballguy
On blackberries, text messages are grouped together by who you've sent them to, obviously. The other day, my wife forwarded me an article from the paper to my phone. Forgetting that that text wasn't actually from her, I'm pretty sure I just asked the San Francisco Chronicle if it wanted to fool around tonight.
I've screwed up on Twitter replies and accidentally sent to Peter King before.
jplvr
Footballguy
Did you realize what the stamp was for? I know postage has gone up, but apparently I still owed you $0.42 from last year. I was going to drop loose change in the package to total the amount, but TRE suggested the unused stamp and I thought that was better.For those who didn't receive my type, not hand written letter, I have a cousin who was probably THE nicest man ever to live. His name was Ralph McEwen. He's one of those people who never met a person who didn't consider him to be a friend. I've known this guy since birth, along with his sons and daughters who were as close to me as some people consider 1st cousins. I'm not sure the exact designation, but they're probably 3rd, 4th, or even higher numbered cousins when you break it all down. They've always run a small, country, Co-Op type of store for as long as I've ever known in a small town about an hour or so outside of Birmingham. I've always remembered my mother mentioning Ralph and his son, Frank, doing things "down at the mill," but I never really put 2 and 2 together. Ralphs daughter even wrote a cookbook called "Glorious Grits," which she promoted on the Early show, which I knew about.General Malaise said:jplvr said:
I also just got back on Lipitor, so it's like, okay to eat like this.
Also, thanks for the stamp.
A few years ago, I lived in a single level, 2 bedroom garden home. I went skiing one weekend with a friend and upon returning, another friend picked me up at the airport. We walked into my house to find my mother busily cleaning. This wasn't a normal occurence and I felt pretty bad considering we were only stopping by to pick-up golf clubs to head to the course, mind you, we were doing so on a work day my mother had already excused me from because my flight was delayed by a day. When I explained this to my mother, she then explained it was ok because she was only there to sterilize my house before some cousins came to visit for a week as she had promised them my house to stay in because the older lady I was most closely related to was bed ridden and I was the first person my mother thought of to house an invalid because it was a single level home. That was a weird turn of events and I kid you not, the true nature of her gesture was revealed to me as I walked out the door. Even my dog looked at me like, "Dude, even I didn't know."
To tie this all together, that woman died not too long ago and her family, more closely related to Ralph's family to mine, died not too long ago. Ralph died last year as well. All her family was in town to bury her ashes where she grew up. During the week they were here, where I actually met some German family members I had no clue of, Ralph's son Frank bought a box full of bags of grits, nicely packaged for everyone to take samples. I asked, "Who makes these?" and my mom looked at me like I was a fool. It turns out, Ralph and Frank weren't just "down at the mill" shooting the breeze. They were actually producing a product for sale at the store I had been at many, many times before.
You can find their products here althought they have more for sale as I found they have nice, more fresh than you can find in the store, red beans as well:
www.mcewenandsons.com
You can also buy the "Glorious Grits" cookbook there. Here's the feature on the Early Show:
Anyway, I was interested to figure this all out recently and almost ashamed I didn't know it previously.
I also bought some blue corn grits they make, but figured it would be a little too strange to send on the first attempt. I bought some for myself which I'll be making Saturday or Sunday morning for breakfast. Yes, they are blue in color. I knew zilla makes some shrimp & grits from prior discussions, but wasn't sure if GM would have actually eaten them on his time spent in the south, knowing pretty well that his boys have never even heard of such a thing.
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Tremendous Upside
Footballguy
SPAM!
Tremendous Upside
Footballguy
What do grits taste like? This NYC boy has never had them
jplvr
Footballguy
Have you had polenta? Grits are the same thing, just more coarsely ground.
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Tecumseh
Footballguy
Throw in parmesan and fresh chopped garlic, with a little salt and pepper. 'Tis the bomb.General Malaise said:jplvr said:
I also just got back on Lipitor, so it's like, okay to eat like this.
Also, thanks for the stamp.
jplvr
Footballguy
I've been using gouda and cheddar in the polenta I've been cooking the past couple of nights since visiting their store. The recipe on the bag suggested fresh, minced garlic which I've beeen adding as well.Grits are almost like a coarse, "gritty" mashed potato. Grits are ground corn which are boiled, and are best served with salt, pepper, butter, and IMO cheese. If I had a last meal and it was forced on me to choose 2 eggs, over easy, 3 strips of bacon, and a cheddar cheese grits, I wouldn't die unhappy. Mixing the runny egg yolks with the grits is a must. I'm already craving Saturday morning breakfast.Throw in parmesan and fresh chopped garlic, with a little salt and pepper. 'Tis the bomb.General Malaise said:jplvr said:Thank you so much for the grits. It's been years since I've had 'em. I'm going to make them Saturday for breakfast with bacon and eggs and an #### load of cheese.
I also just got back on Lipitor, so it's like, okay to eat like this.
Also, thanks for the stamp.
The Duchess
Footballguy
I challenge you to find something GM won't eat. Well maybe Shuke.Did you realize what the stamp was for? I know postage has gone up, but apparently I still owed you $0.42 from last year. I was going to drop loose change in the package to total the amount, but TRE suggested the unused stamp and I thought that was better.For those who didn't receive my type, not hand written letter, I have a cousin who was probably THE nicest man ever to live. His name was Ralph McEwen. He's one of those people who never met a person who didn't consider him to be a friend. I've known this guy since birth, along with his sons and daughters who were as close to me as some people consider 1st cousins. I'm not sure the exact designation, but they're probably 3rd, 4th, or even higher numbered cousins when you break it all down. They've always run a small, country, Co-Op type of store for as long as I've ever known in a small town about an hour or so outside of Birmingham. I've always remembered my mother mentioning Ralph and his son, Frank, doing things "down at the mill," but I never really put 2 and 2 together. Ralphs daughter even wrote a cookbook called "Glorious Grits," which she promoted on the Early show, which I knew about.General Malaise said:jplvr said:Thank you so much for the grits. It's been years since I've had 'em. I'm going to make them Saturday for breakfast with bacon and eggs and an #### load of cheese.
I also just got back on Lipitor, so it's like, okay to eat like this.
Also, thanks for the stamp.
A few years ago, I lived in a single level, 2 bedroom garden home. I went skiing one weekend with a friend and upon returning, another friend picked me up at the airport. We walked into my house to find my mother busily cleaning. This wasn't a normal occurence and I felt pretty bad considering we were only stopping by to pick-up golf clubs to head to the course, mind you, we were doing so on a work day my mother had already excused me from because my flight was delayed by a day. When I explained this to my mother, she then explained it was ok because she was only there to sterilize my house before some cousins came to visit for a week as she had promised them my house to stay in because the older lady I was most closely related to was bed ridden and I was the first person my mother thought of to house an invalid because it was a single level home. That was a weird turn of events and I kid you not, the true nature of her gesture was revealed to me as I walked out the door. Even my dog looked at me like, "Dude, even I didn't know."
To tie this all together, that woman died not too long ago and her family, more closely related to Ralph's family to mine, died not too long ago. Ralph died last year as well. All her family was in town to bury her ashes where she grew up. During the week they were here, where I actually met some German family members I had no clue of, Ralph's son Frank bought a box full of bags of grits, nicely packaged for everyone to take samples. I asked, "Who makes these?" and my mom looked at me like I was a fool. It turns out, Ralph and Frank weren't just "down at the mill" shooting the breeze. They were actually producing a product for sale at the store I had been at many, many times before.
You can find their products here althought they have more for sale as I found they have nice, more fresh than you can find in the store, red beans as well:
www.mcewenandsons.com
You can also buy the "Glorious Grits" cookbook there. Here's the feature on the Early Show:
Anyway, thanks for the story. I didn't even know what grits were. I had cod tongues last night for supper and you've probably never had those so I guess it's all where you're from.
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
Can anyone here with more smarts than an oyster - unlike yours truly - tell me why my laptop won't recognize a dsl modem? The instructions that came with the modem had 3 steps, and 2 of those were to plug the modem into the data outlet and to plug the modem into the computer. The 3rd was "enjoy your high-speed internet!!!".
Wonderful, except #3 didn't happen. The modem powers up and everything is lit. But my computer doesn't seem to know the little bugger is there. Straining my unbelievable tech-knowledge almost to the max, I thought maybe that there was an "IP address conflict" (I heard that phrase once somewhere and I'd been waiting for months to use it). But one of my coworkers told me he thought our company-supplied laptops are set up with "floating IP addresses" ( I'm saving this one for a special moment) and that is supposed to eliminate IP conflicts. That was the end of his ability to help. I tried some on-line research - can you tell yet that I'm trying everything to avoid 17 hours on the phone with tech support? - and came up with something called DHCP that the modem uses to give the computer an IP address. I have no idea how to check the DHCP.
GM, or someone else who's a tech guru, can you guide me through the minefield?
Wonderful, except #3 didn't happen. The modem powers up and everything is lit. But my computer doesn't seem to know the little bugger is there. Straining my unbelievable tech-knowledge almost to the max, I thought maybe that there was an "IP address conflict" (I heard that phrase once somewhere and I'd been waiting for months to use it). But one of my coworkers told me he thought our company-supplied laptops are set up with "floating IP addresses" ( I'm saving this one for a special moment) and that is supposed to eliminate IP conflicts. That was the end of his ability to help. I tried some on-line research - can you tell yet that I'm trying everything to avoid 17 hours on the phone with tech support? - and came up with something called DHCP that the modem uses to give the computer an IP address. I have no idea how to check the DHCP.
GM, or someone else who's a tech guru, can you guide me through the minefield?
The Duchess
Footballguy
Did you try restarting the laptop with the modem left plugged in? I've had a couple of plug and play devices not work until I rebooted with them plugged in.
JaxBill
Footballguy
I always think of them as the corn version of Cream of Wheat. I like them with eggs over easy and mix the runny yolk with them.But to be honest, I never got all of the hoopla over grits either positive or negative.
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
Yep. That was the extent of my "troubleshooting" abilities
UOFI_316
Footballguy
We are going to find out in 3 pages that this is actually your wife's store, and you were just trying to help her out by mentioning it to your ifriends but didn't want to come out and say it that way, right?
If anyone reading this ever makes it to Tipsy's place in NOLA, they have the best shrimp n grits in the cityI've been using gouda and cheddar in the polenta I've been cooking the past couple of nights since visiting their store. The recipe on the bag suggested fresh, minced garlic which I've beeen adding as well.Grits are almost like a coarse, "gritty" mashed potato. Grits are ground corn which are boiled, and are best served with salt, pepper, butter, and IMO cheese. If I had a last meal and it was forced on me to choose 2 eggs, over easy, 3 strips of bacon, and a cheddar cheese grits, I wouldn't die unhappy. Mixing the runny egg yolks with the grits is a must. I'm already craving Saturday morning breakfast.Throw in parmesan and fresh chopped garlic, with a little salt and pepper. 'Tis the bomb.General Malaise said:jplvr said:
I also just got back on Lipitor, so it's like, okay to eat like this.
Also, thanks for the stamp.
I'll defintiely be at that game, and Mrs. TF likely will as well.....it's the only game she wants to make this year.
The Duchess
Footballguy
Mine too.Yep. That was the extent of my "troubleshooting" abilities
Gadzooks
Footballguy
I had this conversation with my son's pre-school teacher yesterday:
teacher: So, your son tells me you guys had fun the other night
Me: Yeah, we always have fun.
Teacher: his exact words we were: "we was laughing and Daddy's pants fell down and I throw'd up on him" [oddly enough, that is a true story]
Me: oh that, I was worried he told you about the midgets and the goats (with a nervous giggle)
Teacher: Is that supposed to be funny? Your ex-wife didn't think it was funny when I told her the story.
Me: (speechless and feeling sick)
Teacher: haha, just kidding, now that was funny.
Me: Uh, yeah, hilarious.
teacher: So, your son tells me you guys had fun the other night
Me:
Yeah, we always have fun.Teacher: his exact words we were: "we was laughing and Daddy's pants fell down and I throw'd up on him" [oddly enough, that is a true story]
Me:
oh that, I was worried he told you about the midgets and the goats (with a nervous giggle)Teacher: Is that supposed to be funny? Your ex-wife didn't think it was funny when I told her the story.
Me: (speechless and feeling sick)
Teacher: haha, just kidding, now that was funny.
Me:
Uh, yeah, hilarious.
Kendall
I heart waffles
That teacher sounds like a weird person.I had this conversation with my son's pre-school teacher yesterday:
teacher: So, your son tells me you guys had fun the other night
Me:Yeah, we always have fun.
Teacher: his exact words we were: "we was laughing and Daddy's pants fell down and I throw'd up on him" [oddly enough, that is a true story]
Me:
Teacher: Is that supposed to be funny? Your ex-wife didn't think it was funny when I told her the story.
Me: (speechless and feeling sick)
Teacher: haha, just kidding, now that was funny.
Me:
The Duchess
Footballguy
Compared to the pantsless guy with the vomit on him, yeah sure.That teacher sounds like a weird person.I had this conversation with my son's pre-school teacher yesterday:
teacher: So, your son tells me you guys had fun the other night
Me:
Teacher: his exact words we were: "we was laughing and Daddy's pants fell down and I throw'd up on him" [oddly enough, that is a true story]
Me:
Teacher: Is that supposed to be funny? Your ex-wife didn't think it was funny when I told her the story.
Me: (speechless and feeling sick)
Teacher: haha, just kidding, now that was funny.
Me:
Kendall
I heart waffles
Yeah, I guess the pantless vomit story might be more interesting and probably should have been what I asked about, only I'm numb to that scenario now.Compared to the pantsless guy with the vomit on him, yeah sure.That teacher sounds like a weird person.I had this conversation with my son's pre-school teacher yesterday:
teacher: So, your son tells me you guys had fun the other night
Me:
Teacher: his exact words we were: "we was laughing and Daddy's pants fell down and I throw'd up on him" [oddly enough, that is a true story]
Me:
Teacher: Is that supposed to be funny? Your ex-wife didn't think it was funny when I told her the story.
Me: (speechless and feeling sick)
Teacher: haha, just kidding, now that was funny.
Me:
jplvr
Footballguy
I certainly hope not.
The Duchess
Footballguy
Is it pantless or pantsless? I paused on both.
Okay, I know I'm a d-lister, on my best days, but I don't recognize this screen name at all.....is this a poker playing newfie perchance?
Kendall
I heart waffles
Well... except for myself.
JaxBill
Footballguy
I'm seriously conflicted about Sunday. Lifelong Eagles fan (born and raised in Philly, lived in Jacksonville since '98). I'm also a Jags season-ticket holder.
Having reservations about wearing Eagles gear and rooting for Vick while I sit in my normal seats on Sunday when the Eagles play at Everbank (nee Alltel) stadium.
To complete the picture, my 14 year-old son will be with me wearing his MJD jersey.
Having reservations about wearing Eagles gear and rooting for Vick while I sit in my normal seats on Sunday when the Eagles play at Everbank (nee Alltel) stadium.
To complete the picture, my 14 year-old son will be with me wearing his MJD jersey.
Running with scissors
Stark Raving Sane
Running with scissors
Stark Raving Sane
It's only pantsless if you have a sibilant S.
It's excellent. As is the rest of the menu. http://danteskitchen.com/If anyone reading this ever makes it to Tipsy's place in NOLA, they have the best shrimp n grits in the cityI've been using gouda and cheddar in the polenta I've been cooking the past couple of nights since visiting their store. The recipe on the bag suggested fresh, minced garlic which I've beeen adding as well.Grits are almost like a coarse, "gritty" mashed potato. Grits are ground corn which are boiled, and are best served with salt, pepper, butter, and IMO cheese. If I had a last meal and it was forced on me to choose 2 eggs, over easy, 3 strips of bacon, and a cheddar cheese grits, I wouldn't die unhappy. Mixing the runny egg yolks with the grits is a must. I'm already craving Saturday morning breakfast.Throw in parmesan and fresh chopped garlic, with a little salt and pepper. 'Tis the bomb.General Malaise said:jplvr said:
I also just got back on Lipitor, so it's like, okay to eat like this.
Also, thanks for the stamp.
And for grits, they are the easiest thing in the world to cook and tons of places screw them up badly winding up with dull, flavorless cream of wheat taste with a little corn flavor.
The key is to use real stone ground grits and avoid at all cost anything that says "quick". Grits are not quick.
The second thing is to use little (if any) water when you cook. Cook them in milk. Or better yet, milk and cream. This isn't diet food.
I use whole milk with a little cream and you basically just stand next to the pot and stir for 30 minutes. They're awesome. But they're slow.
J
The Duchess
Footballguy
There's a little jelly like part in the middle that some people cut off. Then it just tastes like a meatier kind of fish. The jelly part is what I imagine oysters feel like. I too will try anything.
The Duchess
Footballguy
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