What are you doing today?

Huntn said:
Safari, and I held the ipad on it’s end, narrow sides on top and bottom to take the shot and it appeared oriented correctly on my ipad in my photo library. Your saying I needed to take the picture with my iPad oriented in the landscape direction, I think?
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I don't know what the hell I'm saying :D

Let me see how it works on ours :)
 
A crate of wine (a crate of mixed wines) was delivered last week, a gift from my brother, while I have already mentioned the box of Belgian beers that arrived this afternoon.
 
Since it's going to be raining all day tomorrow, and will probably snow the day after, I've decided to smoke my 5 pounds of rib roast for Christmas dinner today. That's my contribution to the great remote foodening my family's having this year.

I've also been volunteered to run said foodening to the whole extended family. Everyone's dropping their contributions off on the porch at mom and dad's house, where it'll be divvied up into plates with an appropriate amount of leftovers, and delivered by me to all their houses.

I expect tips for this.
 
While beer and wine have been delivered (well, yes, priorities) and bread and cheese have been bought, I am still awaiting delivery of a fish order..........as that will comprise my Yuletide dinner. Assuming it arrives, that is.

Now, there is the puzzling and slightly troubling matter of the three missed phone calls while I was in the shower....having just returned from the farmers' market.
 
DT said:
I don't know what the hell I'm saying :D

Let me see how it works on ours :)
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I’ve noticed that sometimes when I take a snap with the iPad on it’s end, or maybe it was the iPhone on it’s side, that the photo does appear on it’s side in my library and for those cases I edit the photo with the settings in my photo library to rotate it before posting it.

And now I’m totally confused because I just selected the photo in question again, in my iOS photo library, no editing and posted it and it’s now appearing oriented properly In this forum post. 😁

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Gorgeous day here. I’m going to see the new occupational therapist and try to get my lymphedema under control. The one I’ve had for years hasn’t gone back to work since her office closed for the pandemic, which was really disappointing.
 
Scepticalscribe said:
While beer and wine have been delivered (well, yes, priorities) and bread and cheese have been bought, I am still awaiting delivery of a fish order..........as that will comprise my Yuletide dinner. Assuming it arrives, that is.

Now, there is the puzzling and slightly troubling matter of the three missed phone calls while I was in the shower....having just returned from the farmers' market.
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First things first: call the fish monger!
 
The fish I had hoped (nay, expected) to have delivered today never arrived; cue cock-up, and (polite) emails.

They wondered whether I could collect the fish at the farmers' market tomorrow; no, not with Covid, rotten weather, and the fact that I had done my market shopping today, (fruit, vegetables, cheese, bread) and don't expect to be in the city until close to the New Year, if then, conditions permitting.

So, my fish will be delivered tomorrow afternoon.

A good friend from Spain phoned for a chat - Christmas Eve, New Years's Eve, and January 6 are the big days for celebration in the Spanish seasonal calendar.

Meanwhile, dinner is on my mind......

Vegetarian tom yum soup, with Japanese ramen noodles.
 
Renzatic said:
What exactly is a fish monger? Obviously, it's someone who mongs fish, but...what's monging?
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You know that one part of a fish? You take your lips and you ... well, it would be easier to show you ...
 
lizkat said:
First things first: call the fish monger!
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Ah, I hadn't spotted this post earlier.

There was a message on their email which informed me that they do not answer their phone (and, it seems, neither do I) so that the best way of contacting them, or reaching them, (and yes, they are French, also) is by email.

Six emails later, we have agreed that my fish will be delivered to my door (it is not a small order, or rather, it is not an inexpensive order) tomorrow afternoon, after everyone has collected their (pre-ordered) fish in the market from the fish-monger's stall.

lizkat said:
Old English mangere, from mangian ‘to traffic’, of Germanic origin, based on Latin mango ‘dealer’.
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Excellent.

And, then, there is also my friend, the cheesemonger, ......
 
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I’m stuck at home on isolation with day 7 of COVID-19 for me — knock on wood, I’m through the worst of it by now. Thankfully, I’ve only had mild symptoms (no fever, even) and have been able to get quite a bit of work done on personal projects.

Had I not been notified of an exposure, I may well have brushed this off as something else. I’m glad I didn’t.
 
jonblatho said:
I’m stuck at home on isolation with day 7 of COVID-19 for me — knock on wood, I’m through the worst of it by now. Thankfully, I’ve only had mild symptoms (no fever, even) and have been able to get quite a bit of work done on personal projects.

Had I not been notified of an exposure, I may well have brushed this off as something else. I’m glad I didn’t.
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Wow.

The best of luck with your recovery.

Here, washing up done, and dinner - my homemade tom yum soup with ramen noodles - was very tasty.
 
I called the fish monger once. He didn’t answer. Maybe that wasn’t his name. Next time I’ll just call the fish fish.
 
Alli said:
I called the fish monger once. He didn’t answer. Maybe that wasn’t his name. Next time I’ll just call the fish fish.
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Hah, yeah it should be just one word, right? Fishmonger. I used to shop at Citarella's in NYC for wonderful fish, in the 70s on Broadway. Worth the extra fare to leave the train at 72nd after work, shop that market and take a bus the rest of the way uptown. Any fresher and the fish they'd got that morning at the Fulton Fish market would leap off the ice into your hand.
 
another night bike rode for a few more groceries. we hit this one more material chain store 2 or three of the stores on our rides. one time in the last couple of weeks I got a package of fantastic bacon. a cherry wood smoked dry rub bacon. but I went to all three stores and I cant find and and I don't see a empty place on the shelf. I am not positive I got it there but I haven to went to any oddball places. I wanted it fro Christmas after UPS lost my order of country sausage and country bacon. though that stuff is great it is intensely smoked and salty. https://fatherscountryhams.com
 
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