Archive through November 13, 2002
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Archive through November 13, 2002
Max | Thursday, November 07, 2002 - 02:29 pm     Another way to go is to create your own album on Club Photo and then you can order prints and other stuff from them. You can get all kinds of stuff like mugs, t-shirts, even cookies with the pictures on them if you want.  |
Juju2bigdog | Thursday, November 07, 2002 - 03:10 pm     Come to think of it, I have been putting my digital photos I want to save on Yahoo, and there is a feature on there to "order a print." Never tried it though. |
Zachsmom | Friday, November 08, 2002 - 05:31 pm     I have a dumb question..where is everyone..no one has posted in GD since 3:18!!! I went into chat and no one is there!! WAAA!!!! Did ya'll take a trip and not invite me???!!! |
Draheid | Friday, November 08, 2002 - 05:33 pm     I may not be everyone, but I'm the official board 'nutter butter'. Will I do? (btw: I'm in chat too! ) |
Zachsmom | Friday, November 08, 2002 - 05:37 pm     YEA!!! |
Lumbele | Friday, November 08, 2002 - 06:12 pm     If you are all in chat, how come mine is the only name in there? |
Hillbilly | Friday, November 08, 2002 - 06:24 pm     I think the chatroom split. |
Draheid | Friday, November 08, 2002 - 06:24 pm     Lumbele: In mIRC, type this: /server webmaster.webchat.org |
Whit4you | Friday, November 08, 2002 - 06:54 pm     Lumb - are you using mirc? If so go to /server webmaster.webchat.org then - type /j #tvclubchat |
Whoami | Friday, November 08, 2002 - 07:29 pm     My newest DQ is really an extension of a previous DQ. It has to do with my shower head saga. Well, I tried the CLR. Soaked it 10 min, no results. Soaked it again for 10 min, no results. Got desparate and soaked it overnight, and nothing. I turned on the showerhead so hard, the pipe started twisting inside the wall (whereas the pipe was pointing down, it was now about 15 degrees pointing off to the right). So, I twisted it back to pointing down. I figure there is a joint somewhere behind the wall (as I believe Draheid said). When I took my next shower, I discovered a leak (a few drops on the floor on the level below my bathroom). I may have just not twisted the pipe all the way back to pointing down. But, now is that joint weakened (or worse, damaged), and now do I have to hire a plumber to tear into my wall? As for the shower head, the old one is still on. I haven't had the time to go to Home Depot to find the Liquid Wrench. If that doesn't work, I guess I get my stronger sister over to do the job for me. *sigh* What a freaking pain, just to replace a shower head. |
Draheid | Friday, November 08, 2002 - 07:40 pm     Whoami: Most likely, there is a 90 degree elbow just inside the wall where the pipe comes out. You could probably very easily go ahead and unscrew the whole pipe, clean the threads, apply some teflon tape to the end and screw it back in to seal it up again. Oh, and while you have it off, put the thing in a vice and remove the head! LOL. Should not be a big deal, and shouldn't require a plumber, IMO! HOWEVER!!! While I'm confident that this is what *I* would do, if you are not comfortable with it, you might want to see if a friend or neighbor would be willing to look at it. Sorry you are having such trouble. If I lived nearby, I'd be happy to come over and take care of it for you! Good luck. Let us know how it comes out. |
Whoami | Friday, November 08, 2002 - 09:04 pm     Awww c'mon Draheid. I mean, is Texas really all that far away from Colorado? It's only about a 10-15 hours' drive! If you left now, you could be here by morning! Seriously, thanks for the help. I think I'll be offering my sister some dinner or something. She's very handy and efficient. Does all kinds of stuff I'm a dolt at. And she's tall too!  |
Wargod | Saturday, November 09, 2002 - 01:22 am     My turn for another dumb question! Since it's started getting colder, I've been cooking more meals. Now, for those of you who really know me, you know my idea of cooking dinner is opening a can or popping open something frozen and nuking the heck out of it. But, I've been doing roast and actual turn on the oven stuff the last week or so. Now, the other night while suffering from hunger pains and waiting for dinner, hubby was watching....shoot, the BAM! guy...you know, "knock it up a notch" or whatever he says and he was cooking with alcohol. Got me to wondering. If I used some kind of alcohol to marinate a steak or something....would I be able to feed it to my kids? Does the alcohol burn off? Ok, I know....dumb question....but cooking is not one of my skills! Tonight for example, I will be throwing a peice of beef into the crock pot with some beans and water and hope it turns into something edible. There will also be an onion in there. I hate cooking! LOL, I look at it as the least desirable way to spend my time, but someones got to do it since the kids like to eat. Can't help it. My mom hated to cook and her idea of a family dinner was mac 'n' cheese with chopped up hotdogs thrown in. Sad, isn't it? LOL.
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Sage | Saturday, November 09, 2002 - 01:39 am     War, I'm pretty certain that cooking food with any type of alcohol added to it, will cook out the alcoholic content, but the flavor should remain. I'm glad to see you are expanding your cooking skills. Have fun with it as best as you can.
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Draheid | Saturday, November 09, 2002 - 06:27 am     Wargod: YES! there is alcohol remaining in the food. Please refer to the information at homecooking.about.com which describes the amount of remaining alcohol based on different cooking methods, cooking time, etc. Hope this helps. |
Twinkie | Saturday, November 09, 2002 - 07:53 am     the alcohol has to be cooked out at a certain temperture to get rid of it completely. |
Nimtu | Saturday, November 09, 2002 - 08:52 am     War, I think the best solution is to take the alcohol that you plan to mar. the meat in, pour it in a glass and drink it while cooking dinner. That way you don't risk any remaining in the meat for the kids and it could tend to encourage creativity in your cooking. If I think of any real easy one-two step dishes I will post them in your folder...I love to do the easy stuff too but it does tend to get boring if you don't come across new easy recipes! |
Karuuna | Saturday, November 09, 2002 - 09:02 am     War - try sprinkling some dry onion soup mix and a small amount of water in with that beef, instead of the wine. Easy, tasty, and no worries. |
Lumbele | Saturday, November 09, 2002 - 12:47 pm     War, unless your children have an allergy to alcohol, the minute amount in the marinade is not likely going to harm them. I have been "sprucing" up my cooking and baking with a swig here and there for ages, although I, too, was under the assumption that cooking would burn it off. Learned something new again thanks to our resident encyclopedia. As for your aversion to cooking - been there, done that and *finally* got over it. Perhaps if you ask the members for their quicky, but from scratch recipes you might be able to expand your repertoire without having to spend too much time in the dreaded kitchen. You could even put a 10, 20, 30 min. prep time limit on it. Those 'family' tried and true recipes are usually the best. Just an idea, hate the idea of any husband suffering hunger pains while watching Emeril BAMing and knocking things up. edited to say: oops, I seem to have a way with words today, but I am sure you still get my meaning.LOL |
Weinermr | Saturday, November 09, 2002 - 12:54 pm     War, I've done the cooking thing with and without alcohol both. Marinate some meat or fish in wine and other herbs and vegetables - then be sure to drain all the marinade. The cooking process will evaporate all but the barest trace of the alcohol itself and just leave the flavor. I've also done the dry onion soup thing and that can really flavor things up too. Be careful with the dry onion soup though because it is very salty, so be careful about adding additional salt to the food. Lastly, my grandmother used to cut up hot dogs and put it in spaghetti sauce and it is yummy. I have fond memories of this. You can tell my family is not Italian LOL. Have fun cooking, and have fun eating! |
Wargod | Saturday, November 09, 2002 - 01:11 pm     Oh, I have no intention of cooking with it, LOL. I do have more time to cook now, and with Darren working late four nights a week...it's nice to have a sit down, hot dinner the nights he's home. I'd love to find easy recipes. The problem I've found while readig cook books and such, that I'm not even sure what half the ingredients are, LOL, let alone what to do with them. I just have no patience to figure it all out. It's just gotten to the point that I realize family dinners are important and I'd like what I feed them to reflect that. I'd like the food I serve to be good and show that these tmes are important for our family since hubby doesn't get to spend alot of time with the kids in the evenings. I want to make dinner an event, not just something we do, lol. |
Wargod | Saturday, November 09, 2002 - 01:19 pm     Weiner, if I ever thought to put hot dogs in spaghetti sauce my crazy Italian relatives would string me up by my toes, LOL! Because of them, I actually can make homemade sauce, lasagna, and a couple other Italian dishes. But we do get tired of the Italian food.....can only do it once a week or so. I'll have to try the french onion soup. I love onions and usually cook with alot of them. I just the other night figured out how to make gravy while cooking meat....I was impressed with myself, lol. The bam man was the one doing a gravy but using wine...thats what got me to wondering about it. It sounded good, but I have to think about the kids...if something would be harmful to them, I'm not doing it! |
Misslibra | Wednesday, November 13, 2002 - 07:57 am     I have a dumb question. I have never cooked a turkey roll before. Someone gave me one, and it's tied up. Should I cut the string off of it first before cooking or should I cook it with the string on? It's also not the kind that is stuffed and then rolled up. |
Kstme | Wednesday, November 13, 2002 - 07:58 am     Misslibra...I cook mine with the string on. |
Misslibra | Wednesday, November 13, 2002 - 08:01 am     Ok thank you. What kind of seasoning do you use on it? |
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