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fooferdoggie said:
And of course a pipe sprang a leak under our manufactured house. such fun getting under there with the wet insulation to fix it. lucky my back does not hurt much now.
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Does your house sit on a foundation? A PVC pipe, and do you live in a cold climate? Apologies if I should know the last.
 
Met my friend at the spa today. Fabulous setup. We were the only ones in the area getting pedis. So just the two of us and the two women working on our feet/legs. It was divine. And it was so nice just sitting somewhere other than the living room, and talking to someone else, even if we were all masked up and couldn’t see each other’s faces. It was the perfect wind down to the semester for both of us.
 
Huntn said:
We have a silver set from my Aunt. It’s basically never used. The trend in the US is that crystal, china, and silverware as in real silver, was on the way out as a choice with young adults as far back as the 1990s. They don’t seem to want big furniture either. :unsure:
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Yeah, we're about really functional living, doodads, knick knacks, whatnot, that's not used regularly, we don't own, or cleaned out, heck, even the stuff that would've wound up in my hands from the folks house I gave away, sold, etc., just no interest.
 
Huntn said:
We have a silver set from my Aunt. It’s basically never used. The trend in the US is that crystal, china, and silverware as in real silver, was on the way out as a choice with young adults as far back as the 1990s. They don’t seem to want big furniture either. :unsure:
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Well, I use the crystal (my own, but also antique, Waterford, Lismore pattern) daily; my water and wine (and orange juice) are always served in crystal, the kind that gives a lovely pealing sound if you ping, or click, a finger at it); if you have the good stuff, such lovely stuff, why not use it every day and enjoy the sheer pleasure of using it, rather than reserving it for special occasions, sitting rigid with terror that it may, or will, break.

Likewise, silver. Use it, and enjoy it.

Besides, I like beautiful things, love beauty, elegance, craftsmanship, art, but - above all - I like to handle, or use, beautifully crafted things.
Apple fanboy said:
Catching up with an old friend whilst keeping an eye on the football. He's not exactly happy he can't see all his family at Christmas. With 6 kids all living at home, that sounds like more than enough people in one house for me!
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Just spent an hour catching up with my friends in Bristol; they had remembered about my mum, and wrote yesterday and today; so, we chatted at length this evening.
 
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I dine at a table, laid, or dressed, with a proper table cloth (French, cotton), place mats (leather, American), coasters, (leather, British, or American, depending on mood), large napkins (cotton, French), and with crockery (Italian), and cutlery (Japanese, or English, or German, modern or antique, depending on the dish and my mood), and glassware (Waterford crystal, antique).

Thus, every meal, even when dining "toute seule", - which is my norm in these Covid times - is treated as an occasion.
 
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Scepticalscribe said:
Some years ago, when flush with funds, I treated myself to a beautiful antique canteen of fish knives and fish forks, solid silver with ivory handles; as much of my Christmas dining will take the form of fish, it seemed a good idea to clean the silver - a job I have always enjoyed, even as a child, my mother used to encourage me to clean and polish the silver - in advance of Yuletide dining and repasts.

For, as mother used to say, Christmas Day is not the day to start thinking of cleaning the silver.....
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Yuletide. I think I've learned about 50 new words from you and @lizkat thus far.
 
Gutwrench said:
I just made a millionaire BLT and left the plate on the arm of the couch as I fetched the iPad. I returned to find it being devoured by two 🐶 🐶. 😂

Apparently it was good.
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And was there the remotest trace of guilt on those greedy (but doubtless, satisfied) canine features?

PearsonX said:
Yuletide. I think I've learned about 50 new words from you and @lizkat thus far.
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Thank you.

I do love the English language.
 
fooferdoggie said:
I do have barrets esophagus and I knew I had a hiatal hernia they found that when I was 11. it is fairly large but I agree with the surgeon that it was not causing my heartburn. I thin kits a lot of problems I had way too many antibiotics hen I was in my 20's and it screwed up my gut bacteria real bad. because of it I need up with all of the food intolerances. so I am stuck with protein only with veggies a few times week to be healthy. cabs tear me up so much in the long run I don't even get energy from them. but docs are pretty lost with me. Since all of the usual treatments did not work they gave up. I have not found anything new I can add to my diet only one food worked and that was unsweetened almond milk. I have not found any meds I can take or even electrolyte to help with cramps. I can handle a basic multivitamin and some fibre but my diet is super limited. also I had two of the looks down my esophagus that was not a big deal they just knock you out.
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Yup, my concern was Barrett's. I don't know much about the rest.
 
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Scepticalscribe said:
I dine at a table, laid, or dressed, with a proper table cloth (French, cotton), place mats (leather, American), large napkins (cotton, French), and with crockery (Italian), and cutlery (Japanese, or English, or German, modern or antique, depending on the dish and my mood), and glassware (Waterford crystal, antique).

Thus, every meal, even when dining "toute seule", - which is my norm in these Covid times - is treated as an occasion.
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Most of the time when I'm dining alone I am really not all that interested in the process: just heat up something, eat it, satisfy the natural needs, do the rinsing-up and then get back to what really interests me....
 
PearsonX said:
Yup, my concern was Barrett's. I don't know nothing about the rest.
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barrettes does not really cause any symptoms. the rest is a cluster fuck and no one has a clue about. but going through all of this taught me the difference between heartburn and esophagus pain they are two different things. I used to have heartburn 20 times a day or al the time now I may not have it at all for days or just here and there. its a huge difference.
 
well got the stuff I needed to fix the leak got to love these shark bite fittings. I just pulled the tubing up through the hole found the bad spot and cut it out with some pruning shears and pushed on the new fitting and it was done. I was home so early we went on a bike ride it was 55 and sprinkling so we wore light rain stuff. well of course about half way there it started pouring and the wind was about 20mph or so gusts and it hurt to get hit by the rain. the light rain gear was not up to that and we were soaked. I guess should have put on my usual gear but thought I would get too hot. silly me.
 
Hahaha, why does this make you sad ... ?


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Clix Pix said:
Most of the time when I'm dining alone I am really not all that interested in the process: just heat up something, eat it, satisfy the natural needs, do the rinsing-up and then get back to what really interests me....
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Treating meals with respect, savouring repasts, learning to treat it as something to be relished, or as occasions - the joy of a serious repast, or shared dining (and shared meals, dining out, fine dining, is one of the things I miss most under current Covid conditions) rather than food serving as functional fuel, is something that I really only learned to appreciate, relish, savour, enjoy on a lengthy visit to stay with a wonderful French family in Paris, France, as a teenager, where I had an epiphany concerning how to live life.

And, in fairness, my family - to a considerable extent - for, my mother had always insisted that the family dine together and talk together over meals - TV was not permitted when we dined, a rule I follow rigidly myself, with the added amendment that mobile phones (cell phones) are also prohibited at the dinner table - went along with my idea that meals should be enjoyed, - not bolted - the food appreciated and savoured (especially if the cook went to any real trouble when preparing the meal) not wolfed.

At least, at week-ends, we took time to slowly eat meals - my mother loved the ideal of continental dining, the reality, a little less; week-days were different, some of the time, as people did have things to do, - movies, plays, talks, classes, concerts, pubs - but, still, manners and consideration were expected at the table, and that is where much by way of family conversations took place.
 
fooferdoggie said:
well got the stuff I needed to fix the leak got to love these shark bite fittings. I just pulled the tubing up through the hole found the bad spot and cut it out with some pruning shears and pushed on the new fitting and it was done.
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I saw those last time I was in the hardware store for some plumbing supplies, I stood there having a DIY-er Geek moment over them, very slick.
 
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