Small Talk

Lets try that again in a different thread.

 

Interesting, Nathan.

My three grandsons are fluent in French. I’m trying to brush up on mine so as to be able to converse with them better than I can now.

I find the gender thing a pain as I did when I first learned French. Maybe my world view will change again as I practice mon français !

Or is it ma français. Je ne sait pas!

 

Love it , Nathan

I had to throw out my 45 year old rolling pin that I got for a shower gift in 1972. It doesn’t work anymore.

My husband is worried!

 

*chuckles… I have the mental model of a once was roller, now an Asian, Turkish, or French styled rod in mind; the diameter of the pin equal to that of the handles?

Moreover, you received a rolling pin for a bridal shower gift? If my girlfriend & I were to marry, & if someone were to bestow her a rolling pin as a bridal gift, she would take it first to the neurocranium of the benefactor, & then to a fire. Never mind dough.

Everything aside, congratulations on 45 years of marriage!

… & tell your husband, as wonderful as he would have to be, that it's about time he learnt how to shape & flatten dough himself!

 

Thanks, Nathan. Those 45 years have flown by.

Back in the day it was common that young couples were getting married right out of their parents homes. We had nothing to start up a home. So it was common that shower gifts were practical necessities like kitchen stuff and sheets, towels, etc.. I still have the 2 Pyrex pie plates that came with the rolling pin.

My awesome husband knows how to roll the dough. I think his concern came from my pitching out an object that had sentimental value just because it was old and not working properly. Something about him being next!..

 

*laughs… the two of you are adorable.

 

Where is Cheryl?

 

In 1970 one of my shower gifts was a handheld electric mixer. 48 years later still mashing potatoes!!

 

Thank you, Nathan. We’ve been called a lot of things over the years; adorable is not among them!

 

I had to look Laphroaig up, Autumn. I think that using the bottle would be awesome for rolling pastry because you could fill it with ice water. Brilliant.

Now I just need to find someone to drink the scotch so I can get the empty bottle!

 

That is truly amazing. If it was produced in the 21st century it would probably last for a few years only. Don’t get rid of it!

 

Ewwww! When I was suffering with areally bad sinus infection ( nothing new) a friend thought the best thing for it was a hot buttered rum. Ick. I humoured her and tried to drink it. It was revolting. I’m not a fan of hard stuff. I’m not a fan of fruitcake. Ergo, a combination of the two sounds like more ick!

I did try some scotch neat when we were in Scotland. It seemed like one of those when in Rome times . I knocked it back expecting to shudder, it it was actually quite smooth.
I still don’t care for hard stuff. The occasional barley sandwich is my tipple.

Your story about those who will eat booze laden fruitcake so they can pretend they aren’t drinking reminded me of granny hillbilly and her rheumatiz medicine! Hypocrites of the world unite. Sigh.

 

If I were religious, I would reach for comfort food & consume a lot of alcohol too.

On a side, I've been wanting to conduct a dangerous, 4 -5 year long experiment, wherein all Homo sapiens are denied alcohol/drugs when socialising. I then want to track the changes that a) occur to social networks based on sober interaction hours, as juxtaposed to alcohol/substance influenced interaction hours, b) monitor the character traits or personality types that receive either a significant decrease or increase in social demand, & c) scale personality types by the degree in which each type alter their social habits.

 

Don't tell anyone, but if I drink more than 1 - 2 glasses of red or white wine, I laugh at everything & become cockeyed.

 

That was a DM, right?