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[John G.]

Congrats, BK, on the viewer numbers. That's great that they've gotten so high.

[John G.]

Six!

[Ben]

Great dog photo, Jane.

Thanks for the link to the Kander interview, Ben. Funny, but somehow he seems to be coming more into his own after Ebb's death. Either that or he was just comfortable letting Fred do most of the talking before.

He does seem to be much more available and willing to discuss but based on a comment in the interview about not being, I don't remember if this was the exact word but it's the essence, ambitious enough I think he probably didn't mind Ebb doing all the talking.

[George]

My sister in law is in surgery right now.  It was a planned knee surgery.  I think she's getting a new knee, but I don't remember the details.  My parents were going to drive to Sioux Falls to be there with her and my brother.  I was very worried this morning because they had snow and ice up there. Luckily, after they started out, they turned back and went home.   My niece was going to make the trip (about 1 1/2 hours). It took her over 20 minutes to go just a couple miles and she had the baby with her, so she turned back too.   I feel better knowing they are safe

~~~Vibes for Cillaliz's Sister-in-Law!!~~~

[George]

In a bit I am going to do my last shopping for Christmas.  My sister Molly and her husband finally got to move into the house that my brother Dane owns....but of course there are NO appliances.....the former tenants took everything.....even though everything was there when they moved in.  Said tenant told my brother that they bought ALL NEW appliances in the five years that they lived there, and so they took them.

Said tenants have disappeared......owing a $350 sewer bill and electric and gas bills as well.....  My brother had to pay the sewer assessment, but the utility companies will have to find the tenants.  Good luck.

SO ANYWAY......my sister and I are going shopping today to get stove/refrigerator/washer and dryer for Molly.....  This will use up the rest of my savings from 2012....but that's all right....it's the end of the year anyway....and I wasn't saving it for anything in particular anyway.

Um if they bought all new appliances then what did they do with the old ones?  That is ridiculous. Your brother should go after them too....

Exactly!  There were appliances in the apartment when the people arrived...there should appliances when they leave!

[Ginny]

Just sent Richard to the little grocery down the street, because I'm baking cinnamon pecan coffee cakes and was willing to take a chance on the baking powder that expired a year ago but not on the baking soda that expired in 2007   

He said he thought he'd splurge and buy both...

[Jane]

From my personal experience, the soda would have been fine.  I never remember to check the dates.

[Jane]

In a bit I am going to do my last shopping for Christmas.  My sister Molly and her husband finally got to move into the house that my brother Dane owns....but of course there are NO appliances.....the former tenants took everything.....even though everything was there when they moved in.  Said tenant told my brother that they bought ALL NEW appliances in the five years that they lived there, and so they took them.

Said tenants have disappeared......owing a $350 sewer bill and electric and gas bills as well.....  My brother had to pay the sewer assessment, but the utility companies will have to find the tenants.  Good luck.

SO ANYWAY......my sister and I are going shopping today to get stove/refrigerator/washer and dryer for Molly.....  This will use up the rest of my savings from 2012....but that's all right....it's the end of the year anyway....and I wasn't saving it for anything in particular anyway.

Um if they bought all new appliances then what did they do with the old ones?  That is ridiculous. Your brother should go after them too....

Exactly!  There were appliances in the apartment when the people arrived...there should appliances when they leave!

Since the tenants disappeared I'm guessing not much can be done to retrieve the lost appliances or money. 

[Jrand74]

This is true DR JANE.  They were renting to buy.....but the husband passed away in July and they were having some difficulties....

I ended up spending only $1600 for all of the appliances I wanted.....the washer and dryer were "scratch and dent" and are really nice high end machines - and they will be delivered on Thursday...and set up for us.

My sister thinks she is just getting a washer and dryer and does not know she is also getting a refrigerator and range....so it will be fun to watch her when they are delivered!

[Jrand74]

Just sent Richard to the little grocery down the street, because I'm baking cinnamon pecan coffee cakes and was willing to take a chance on the baking powder that expired a year ago but not on the baking soda that expired in 2007  

He said he thought he'd splurge and buy both...

I think this is a good plan.

[ChasSmith]

Just sent Richard to the little grocery down the street, because I'm baking cinnamon pecan coffee cakes and was willing to take a chance on the baking powder that expired a year ago but not on the baking soda that expired in 2007   

He said he thought he'd splurge and buy both...

Oh, you should only see some of the stuff I recently went through and tossed out...

[Jane]

This is true DR JANE.  They were renting to buy.....but the husband passed away in July and they were having some difficulties....

I ended up spending only $1600 for all of the appliances I wanted.....the washer and dryer were "scratch and dent" and are really nice high end machines - and they will be delivered on Thursday...and set up for us.

My sister thinks she is just getting a washer and dryer and does not know she is also getting a refrigerator and range....so it will be fun to watch her when they are delivered!

Thinking they would buy the house explains the appliances.  It is obviously a sad situation all around.

Good job on the appliances & the extra surprise gift from you. You are a very generous brother.

[Jane]

Just sent Richard to the little grocery down the street, because I'm baking cinnamon pecan coffee cakes and was willing to take a chance on the baking powder that expired a year ago but not on the baking soda that expired in 2007   

He said he thought he'd splurge and buy both...

Oh, you should only see some of the stuff I recently went through and tossed out...

I am going to toss my baking soda right now.

[ChasSmith]

Some of the spices, I was trying really hard to recall which place I lived in when I purchased them...

[ChasSmith]

And I've lived in this house for 18 years...

[Jane]

I've been dealing with calls between my insurance company  the doctor's office for the pre-approval on the injection I should have taken last month.  It has been denied    

[Jane]

And I've lived in this house for 18 years...

That doesn't mean anything.  I've moved expired spices from one house to the next.

[ChasSmith]

And I've lived in this house for 18 years...

That doesn't mean anything.  I've moved expired spices from one house to the next.

Okay, but one of the places I was thinking back to was 1985...

[John G.]

And I've lived in this house for 18 years...

That doesn't mean anything.  I've moved expired spices from one house to the next.

I have spices that are probably older than I am that I took from my mother's cabinet. Taste them. If they have flavor, they aren't expired.

[ChasSmith]

I just checked this, and it still smells like, uh, nutmeg:

A jar of whole nutmeg (there are only four left in it), captured in 1972 from a friend-of-a-friend's apartment, kept only for silly sentimental reasons.  (The plan is still to someday present them with it just for fun.)

[bk]

Back from a Cobb Salad.  Then had to do a minor correction on one of the packages, and then it looks like that one will be approved.  And then we just need the other two and all will be well.

[bk]

According to a poster on this DGA Yahoo newsgroup I somehow belong to, they got a very interesting screener yesterday via Fed Ex - no one else had, so I'm hoping it will show up today.

[Ginny]

And I've lived in this house for 18 years...

That doesn't mean anything.  I've moved expired spices from one house to the next.

I have spices that are probably older than I am that I took from my mother's cabinet. Taste them. If they have flavor, they aren't expired.

I think I have some of those, too.

When Richard and I combined households when we got married, there were 4 cans of chili powder between us.

[ChasSmith]

We should all have gotten together and made something yummilicious with our >20-year-old foodstuffs!

[ChasSmith]

Alas, my wonderful day of relaxing and ketchuping is nearing its end.  Time to start getting ready for another busy evening.  I wanted to answer the TOD, so will try to do that tonight when I'm back.

[John G.]

We should all have gotten together and made something yummilicious with our >20-year-old foodstuffs!

Ginny should leave the expired baking powder and baking soda behind, however.

[Jane]

And I've lived in this house for 18 years...

That doesn't mean anything.  I've moved expired spices from one house to the next.

Okay, but one of the places I was thinking back to was 1985...

[Jane]

We should all have gotten together and made something yummilicious with our >20-year-old foodstuffs!

When Craig lived here he cleaned out & trashed a lot of my expired foods.

[Jrand74]

Expired foods......sad.....

[Ginny]

We should all have gotten together and made something yummilicious with our >20-year-old foodstuffs!

Ginny should leave the expired baking powder and baking soda behind, however.

There is every possibility that the baking soda was from my mother-in-law's kitchen, which we emptied when she died in 2007...