Michael \"Dog3\" Lonergan wrote:

> I had today off. Armed with a tidy new paycheck to spend on anything I
> pleased, I chose the markets... naturally. Browsed TJ's. I didn't find
> anything I wanted or didn't already have. Went to DollarTree. I bought
> some olives and potato chip bag clips. On to Schnucks. I bought about 3
> pounds of skinless, boneless chicken breasts on sale for $1.99, a summer
> sausage, Triscuits and shrimp kebobs. The kebobs are a buy. 89 cents for
> about 5 medium shrimp, already skewered and ready for your seasonings and
> the grill. I bought 10 of them. Next was Dierbergs. I bought more
> boneless, skinless chicken for the same $1.99/lb as Schnucks. I bought 2
> bottom round roasts (for sandwiches) for $2.49/lb. Lunch was at the Fatted
> Calf in Clayton. Went home, put the groceries away and off to lunch. I met
> friends from my old employer and had one of their wonderful hamburgers.
> Mine was grilled medium, topped with a mushroom/onion saute' and a lot of
> bleu cheese. I also had a side salad with it which was rather non-
> descript.
>
> After lunch I took the cat to the vet. Got a damned good check up he did.
> I stopped by Shop 'N Save on the way home. Picked up 5 cans of diced
> tomatoes and a giant block of Jack/Pepper cheese. Fed the livestock and
> headed to Straubs. I splurged and picked up a couple of quarts of their
> soup. Cream of Mushroom and Clam Chowder. That was about it. Oh... I did
> fill the Jeep up with gas and had it washed.
>

Well isn't that special. I suppose we could all provide minute by minute
accounts of what we did all day today, but you would probably find it every
bit as interesting as we found this.

Dave Smith wrote:

>Michael \"Dog3\" Lonergan wrote:
>
>
>
>>I had today off. Armed with a tidy new paycheck to spend on anything I
>>pleased, I chose the markets... naturally. Browsed TJ's. I didn't find
>>anything I wanted or didn't already have. Went to DollarTree. I bought
>>some olives and potato chip bag clips. On to Schnucks. I bought about 3
>>pounds of skinless, boneless chicken breasts on sale for $1.99, a summer
>>sausage, Triscuits and shrimp kebobs. The kebobs are a buy. 89 cents for
>>about 5 medium shrimp, already skewered and ready for your seasonings and
>>the grill. I bought 10 of them. Next was Dierbergs. I bought more
>>boneless, skinless chicken for the same $1.99/lb as Schnucks. I bought 2
>>bottom round roasts (for sandwiches) for $2.49/lb. Lunch was at the Fatted
>>Calf in Clayton. Went home, put the groceries away and off to lunch. I met
>>friends from my old employer and had one of their wonderful hamburgers.
>>Mine was grilled medium, topped with a mushroom/onion saute' and a lot of
>>bleu cheese. I also had a side salad with it which was rather non-
>>descript.
>>
>>After lunch I took the cat to the vet. Got a damned good check up he did.
>>I stopped by Shop 'N Save on the way home. Picked up 5 cans of diced
>>tomatoes and a giant block of Jack/Pepper cheese. Fed the livestock and
>>headed to Straubs. I splurged and picked up a couple of quarts of their
>>soup. Cream of Mushroom and Clam Chowder. That was about it. Oh... I did
>>fill the Jeep up with gas and had it washed.
>>
>>
>>
>
>Well isn't that special. I suppose we could all provide minute by minute
>accounts of what we did all day today, but you would probably find it every
>bit as interesting as we found this.
>
>
>
>
Oh come on, don't be such a Grumpy Old Man. I know it's Friday arvo and
all that (well it is in Melbourne), but there's no need to take it out
on other people. Remember what your mother said about if you can't say
anything nice...

Personally I quite enjoy "slice of life" posts. A lot of Michael's post
was rather exotic - summer sausage and Triscuits are new to me. On the
other hand, a lot of it was comfortingly familiar - we all have to take
the cat to the vet from time to time.

Just consider yourself lucky that I don't decide to treat you to a
complete account of what I did today. I mean, the parking fairy granted
me a space just about where I wanted one, I had my usual latte and scram
with ham and polenta at Cafe Sweethearts, I buggered up the Sudoku, when
we got home the Hindlemobile was unnaccountably parked in the number two
spot, there were four messages two of which were duds - and that was
just before lunch. I will not continue, you are probably already comatose...

Christine

Hi Christine!
I'm an ex-Melbournian (now on the Gold Coast). I think I know Cafe
Sweethearts - Albert Park, or am I wrong?) Used to live down that way.
Hey, love your rcf addy

Cheers Bronwyn (keeping cool in the a/con and machine quilting).



> Oh come on, don't be such a Grumpy Old Man. I know it's Friday arvo and
> all that (well it is in Melbourne), but there's no need to take it out
> on other people. Remember what your mother said about if you can't say
> anything nice...
>
> Personally I quite enjoy "slice of life" posts. A lot of Michael's post
> was rather exotic - summer sausage and Triscuits are new to me. On the
> other hand, a lot of it was comfortingly familiar - we all have to take
> the cat to the vet from time to time.
>
> Just consider yourself lucky that I don't decide to treat you to a
> complete account of what I did today. I mean, the parking fairy granted
> me a space just about where I wanted one, I had my usual latte and scram
> with ham and polenta at Cafe Sweethearts, I buggered up the Sudoku, when
> we got home the Hindlemobile was unnaccountably parked in the number two
> spot, there were four messages two of which were duds - and that was
> just before lunch. I will not continue, you are probably already comatose...
>
> Christine

Old Mother Ashby wrote:


> Oh come on, don't be such a Grumpy Old Man.


<snip - no offence intended >


LOL. Should team Dave up with Sheldon and they could become "The Odd
Couple"


Cheers
Cathy(xyz) - still chuckling

Old Mother Ashby wrote:

>
> >Well isn't that special. I suppose we could all provide minute by minute
> >accounts of what we did all day today, but you would probably find it every
> >bit as interesting as we found this.
> >
> >>
> Oh come on, don't be such a Grumpy Old Man. I know it's Friday arvo and
> all that (well it is in Melbourne), but there's no need to take it out
> on other people. Remember what your mother said about if you can't say
> anything nice...

Friday makes no difference to me. I am retired.

> Personally I quite enjoy "slice of life" posts. A lot of Michael's post
> was rather exotic - summer sausage and Triscuits are new to me. On the
> other hand, a lot of it was comfortingly familiar - we all have to take
> the cat to the vet from time to time.

Oh I am sure that slices of life can be interesting. A minute by minute account
of one's day and the big shopping decisions generally aren't worth sharing with
the world.

> Just consider yourself lucky that I don't decide to treat you to a
> complete account of what I did today. I mean, the parking fairy granted
> me a space just about where I wanted one, I had my usual latte and scram
> with ham and polenta at Cafe Sweethearts, I buggered up the Sudoku, when
> we got home the Hindlemobile was unnaccountably parked in the number two
> spot, there were four messages two of which were duds - and that was
> just before lunch. I will not continue, you are probably already comatose...

Well let's see. It's 11 am. I as awakened by a telephone call at 8:45. I laid in
bed and listened to a radio program about the Moslem outrage over Danish cartoons
that pictured a guy named Mohammed. I got up and made some oatmeal for
breakfast. Then I toasted a couple pieces of Italian bread and ate them with
butter and honey. I made myself a latte and sat down to read my email, check out
news groups, read some online newspapers and do the cryptogram and three
crossword puzzles.

In a few minutes I am going to get dressed and go out to run some errands. I have
to go to the liquor store to get some rum for my wife and maybe to the video
store. Then I will go to the Y gym. I will so on the cross trainer for 15-20
minutes, then visit the weight stations on my program. Following that I will walk
a mile, but if there is lane swimming I may go down to the pool and do 1000m.
Then will stop at Tim Hortons for a coffee, read a newspaper and do the crossword
puzzle. The next stop will be the grocery store. I need to get some fresh meat
or fish for tonight, something nice for Sunday, maybe some chicken wings for
Saturday night, and I need some fruit and vegetables.

I can post more when I get back so that you know how I made out.

:-)

Dave Smith wrote:

>
> Friday makes no difference to me. I am retired.
>

> Oh I am sure that slices of life can be interesting. A minute by minute account
> of one's day and the big shopping decisions generally aren't worth sharing with
> the world.
>
> Well let's see. It's 11 am. I as awakened by a telephone call at 8:45. I laid in
> bed and listened to a radio program about the Moslem outrage over Danish cartoons
> that pictured a guy named Mohammed. I got up and made some oatmeal for
> breakfast. Then I toasted a couple pieces of Italian bread and ate them with
> butter and honey. I made myself a latte and sat down to read my email, check out
> news groups, read some online newspapers and do the cryptogram and three
> crossword puzzles.
>
> In a few minutes I am going to get dressed and go out to run some errands. I have
> to go to the liquor store to get some rum for my wife and maybe to the video
> store. Then I will go to the Y gym. I will so on the cross trainer for 15-20
> minutes, then visit the weight stations on my program. Following that I will walk
> a mile, but if there is lane swimming I may go down to the pool and do 1000m.
> Then will stop at Tim Hortons for a coffee, read a newspaper and do the crossword
> puzzle. The next stop will be the grocery store. I need to get some fresh meat
> or fish for tonight, something nice for Sunday, maybe some chicken wings for
> Saturday night, and I need some fruit and vegetables.
>
> I can post more when I get back so that you know how I made out.

ROFL, Thanks Dave... or is it Felix? I read your entire post without
falling asleep... you're good!

Cheers
Cathy(xyz)

cathyxyz wrote:

>
> > I can post more when I get back so that you know how I made out.
>
> ROFL, Thanks Dave... or is it Felix? I read your entire post without
> falling asleep... you're good!

The afternoon was much better. I went by the video store. I was having trouble finding
enough older movies to get the 5 movies for 7 nights for $5, and then I noticed their
new prices and saw that special was no $7, roughly a 40% increase, so I decided to
forgo the videos. I stopped for a newspaper on the way to Hortons where I had a medium
size black coffee and a cranberry blueberry bran muffin. The girl at the counter tried
to give me to butters but I told her I only needed on. there wasn't a lot of
interesting news, the crossword puzzle was easy but I had some difficulty with the
Jumble Puzzle.

After I finished there I headed over to the Y and had a pretty rigorous workout. I did
20 minutes on the cross trainer before I went to the weight stations. I did a few extra
sets on some of them, especially on the leg presses because I have a riding lesson
coming up and need to keep my legs in shape for posting and cantering. I did a total of
85,000 lbs in weights. Then I did a mile on the walking track at a brisk pace. That
gave me a total of 1045 Fittlinx points bringing me to a a little more than 109,000
since I signed up to that tracking program last April.

I didn't bother going to the liquor store, just for groceries. Since I stocked up on
meat for the month last week I didn't get too much. I picked up some chicken wings to
make Buffalo wings tomorrow and a small boneless leg of lamb for Sunday. I decided to
get some shrimp for tonight, just the cheap medium size white shrimp because I am going
to fry them in butter or oil with lots of garlic and garlic and a some dried chili and
serve it with angel hair pasta. I got a nice fresh baguette. I have a bottle of
Gerwurztraminer chilling that should go nicely with it, but there is also some
Dubrois, an inexpensive Hungarian white that is not bad, and can stand up to the heavy
flavouring and spices of the sauce.

I picked up so phyllo pastry. I wish I had been able to get some fresh because I have a
hankering to make a batch of Galakabouriko, a thick sweet custard baked in a pan lined
and covered with Phyllo and then drizzled with a honey syrup.

That left me to wonder about dessert. I picked up a pound of some nice looking fresh
strawberries. I was all set to leave when I remembered that I needed some espresso
coffee. I have never had much luck grinding my own espresso. I get it too fine or too
coarse.

Of course when I got home I had to put the groceries away. I made sure the phyllo went
into the fridge to thaw so that I can use it tomorrow. The phone was flashing to
indicate a message, but when I discovered that it was for my wife I just hung up
because it is easier for her to see the flasher and check it herself than it is for me
to remember to tell her that there was a message, never mind remembering the details.

So now I am just sitting around reading newsgroups. My wife is out with her retired
teachers Friday afternoon walking group. She will probably drop by to visit my mother
on the way home and drop off the stamps she had offered to pick up for her. When she
gets home we will sit down and have a drink and some canapés, just liver pate on Breton
crackers and some cream cheese with red pepper jelly on Triskets. She will have one of
her rum concoctions and I will have a Manhattan. We ill likely have a few games of
cribbage. I will probably have a second Manhattan, but not a third because it is not
safe for me to be around hot stoves and sharp knives after three of them.

If I hadn't been so cheap and refused to pay the 40% increase in rental fees we would
have been able to watch a video tonight, but I will check the online tv listings to see
what there is on the movie channels.

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
cathyxyz wrote:

>
> > I can post more when I get back so that you know how I made out.
>
> ROFL, Thanks Dave... or is it Felix? I read your entire post without
> falling asleep... you're good!

The afternoon was much better. I went by the video store. I was having
trouble finding
enough older movies to get the 5 movies for 7 nights for $5, and then I
noticed their
new prices and saw that special was no $7, roughly a 40% increase, so I
decided to
forgo the videos. I stopped for a newspaper on the way to Hortons where
I had a medium
size black coffee and a cranberry blueberry bran muffin. The girl at the
counter tried
to give me to butters but I told her I only needed on. there wasn't a
lot of
interesting news, the crossword puzzle was easy but I had some
difficulty with the
Jumble Puzzle.

After I finished there I headed over to the Y and had a pretty rigorous
workout. I did
20 minutes on the cross trainer before I went to the weight stations. I
did a few extra
sets on some of them, especially on the leg presses because I have a
riding lesson
coming up and need to keep my legs in shape for posting and cantering. I
did a total of
85,000 lbs in weights. Then I did a mile on the walking track at a
brisk pace. That
gave me a total of 1045 Fittlinx points bringing me to a a little more
than 109,000
since I signed up to that tracking program last April.

I didn't bother going to the liquor store, just for groceries. Since I
stocked up on
meat for the month last week I didn't get too much. I picked up some
chicken wings to
make Buffalo wings tomorrow and a small boneless leg of lamb for Sunday.
I decided to
get some shrimp for tonight, just the cheap medium size white shrimp
because I am going
to fry them in butter or oil with lots of garlic and garlic and a some
dried chili and
serve it with angel hair pasta. I got a nice fresh baguette. I have a
bottle of
Gerwurztraminer chilling that should go nicely with it, but there is
also some
Dubrois, an inexpensive Hungarian white that is not bad, and can stand
up to the heavy
flavouring and spices of the sauce.

I picked up so phyllo pastry. I wish I had been able to get some fresh
because I have a
hankering to make a batch of Galakabouriko, a thick sweet custard baked
in a pan lined
and covered with Phyllo and then drizzled with a honey syrup.

That left me to wonder about dessert. I picked up a pound of some nice
looking fresh
strawberries. I was all set to leave when I remembered that I needed
some espresso
coffee. I have never had much luck grinding my own espresso. I get it
too fine or too
coarse.

Of course when I got home I had to put the groceries away. I made sure
the phyllo went
into the fridge to thaw so that I can use it tomorrow. The phone was
flashing to
indicate a message, but when I discovered that it was for my wife I just
hung up
because it is easier for her to see the flasher and check it herself
than it is for me
to remember to tell her that there was a message, never mind remembering
the details.

So now I am just sitting around reading newsgroups. My wife is out with
her retired
teachers Friday afternoon walking group. She will probably drop by to
visit my mother
on the way home and drop off the stamps she had offered to pick up for
her. When she
gets home we will sit down and have a drink and some canapés, just liver
pate on Breton
crackers and some cream cheese with red pepper jelly on Triskets. She
will have one of
her rum concoctions and I will have a Manhattan. We ill likely have a
few games of
cribbage. I will probably have a second Manhattan, but not a third
because it is not
safe for me to be around hot stoves and sharp knives after three of
them.

If I hadn't been so cheap and refused to pay the 40% increase in rental
fees we would
have been able to watch a video tonight, but I will check the online tv
listings to see
what there is on the movie channels.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I don't know how to say this but..... I love to hear about the minutiae
of peoples' lives) It is always so different to my own!

O

Dave Smith wrote:

>Old Mother Ashby wrote:
>
>
>
>>>Well isn't that special. I suppose we could all provide minute by minute
>>>accounts of what we did all day today, but you would probably find it every
>>>bit as interesting as we found this.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>Oh come on, don't be such a Grumpy Old Man. I know it's Friday arvo and
>>all that (well it is in Melbourne), but there's no need to take it out
>>on other people. Remember what your mother said about if you can't say
>>anything nice...
>>
>>
>
>Friday makes no difference to me. I am retired.
>
>
>
>>Personally I quite enjoy "slice of life" posts. A lot of Michael's post
>>was rather exotic - summer sausage and Triscuits are new to me. On the
>>other hand, a lot of it was comfortingly familiar - we all have to take
>>the cat to the vet from time to time.
>>
>>
>
>Oh I am sure that slices of life can be interesting. A minute by minute account
>of one's day and the big shopping decisions generally aren't worth sharing with
>the world.
>
>
>
>>Just consider yourself lucky that I don't decide to treat you to a
>>complete account of what I did today. I mean, the parking fairy granted
>>me a space just about where I wanted one, I had my usual latte and scram
>>with ham and polenta at Cafe Sweethearts, I buggered up the Sudoku, when
>>we got home the Hindlemobile was unnaccountably parked in the number two
>>spot, there were four messages two of which were duds - and that was
>>just before lunch. I will not continue, you are probably already comatose...
>>
>>
>
>Well let's see. It's 11 am. I as awakened by a telephone call at 8:45. I laid in
>bed and listened to a radio program about the Moslem outrage over Danish cartoons
>that pictured a guy named Mohammed. I got up and made some oatmeal for
>breakfast. Then I toasted a couple pieces of Italian bread and ate them with
>butter and honey. I made myself a latte and sat down to read my email, check out
>news groups, read some online newspapers and do the cryptogram and three
>crossword puzzles.
>
>In a few minutes I am going to get dressed and go out to run some errands. I have
>to go to the liquor store to get some rum for my wife and maybe to the video
>store. Then I will go to the Y gym. I will so on the cross trainer for 15-20
>minutes, then visit the weight stations on my program. Following that I will walk
>a mile, but if there is lane swimming I may go down to the pool and do 1000m.
>Then will stop at Tim Hortons for a coffee, read a newspaper and do the crossword
>puzzle. The next stop will be the grocery store. I need to get some fresh meat
>or fish for tonight, something nice for Sunday, maybe some chicken wings for
>Saturday night, and I need some fruit and vegetables.
>
>I can post more when I get back so that you know how I made out.
>
>:-)
>
>
>
>
You'll hate me for sayng this, but it reads a bit like an Alan Bennett
monologue. I'm intrigued by "something nice for Sunday" - what is it
about Sunday, are you having visitors or do you always treat yourself on
a Sunday? I'm also thinking Victor Meldrew, but of course he would never
go to the gym. And Mrs Meldrew wouldn't have entrusted him with the
shopping either.

You fancy yourself as a boring old fart, and we have that in common at
least, which is perhaps why I will be happy to read any further
offerings. On the other hand, I won't be too upset if you just restrict
yourself to telling me what you got for Sunday.

Cheers
Christine
Who like to know how the other half lives

Old Mother Ashby wrote:

> You'll hate me for sayng this, but it reads a bit like an Alan Bennett
> monologue. I'm intrigued by "something nice for Sunday" - what is it
> about Sunday, are you having visitors or do you always treat yourself on
> a Sunday?

We always have something special for Sunday. Since my wife and I both worked things
were hectic during the week. We made Sunday a special day. We always had something
special for breakfast, usually bacon or ham and eggs cooked one way or another, and
pancakes, waffles, biscuits or muffins. That is now brunch because I have an early
morning riding lesson and she is in the church choir, so a few hours later. Sunday
dinner is always time to try something new and interesting, or else a roast.


> You fancy yourself as a boring old fart, and we have that in common at
> least, which is perhaps why I will be happy to read any further
> offerings. On the other hand, I won't be too upset if you just restrict
> yourself to telling me what you got for Sunday.

I can't say that I am bored. I keep busy. I just don't think that it's terribly
interesting to share a blow by blow account of everyone's day.

Dave Smith wrote:
> cathyxyz wrote:
>
> >
> > > I can post more when I get back so that you know how I made out.
> >
> > ROFL, Thanks Dave... or is it Felix? I read your entire post without
> > falling asleep... you're good!
>
> The afternoon was much better. I went by the video store. I was having trouble finding
> enough older movies to get the 5 movies for 7 nights for $5, and then I noticed their
> new prices and saw that special was no $7, roughly a 40% increase, so I decided to
> forgo the videos. I stopped for a newspaper on the way to Hortons where I had a medium
> size black coffee and a cranberry blueberry bran muffin. The girl at the counter tried
> to give me to butters but I told her I only needed on. there wasn't a lot of
> interesting news, the crossword puzzle was easy but I had some difficulty with the
> Jumble Puzzle.
>
> After I finished there I headed over to the Y and had a pretty rigorous workout. I did
> 20 minutes on the cross trainer before I went to the weight stations. I did a few extra
> sets on some of them, especially on the leg presses because I have a riding lesson
> coming up and need to keep my legs in shape for posting and cantering. I did a total of
> 85,000 lbs in weights. Then I did a mile on the walking track at a brisk pace. That
> gave me a total of 1045 Fittlinx points bringing me to a a little more than 109,000
> since I signed up to that tracking program last April.
>
> I didn't bother going to the liquor store, just for groceries. Since I stocked up on
> meat for the month last week I didn't get too much. I picked up some chicken wings to
> make Buffalo wings tomorrow and a small boneless leg of lamb for Sunday. I decided to
> get some shrimp for tonight, just the cheap medium size white shrimp because I am going
> to fry them in butter or oil with lots of garlic and garlic and a some dried chili and
> serve it with angel hair pasta. I got a nice fresh baguette. I have a bottle of
> Gerwurztraminer chilling that should go nicely with it, but there is also some
> Dubrois, an inexpensive Hungarian white that is not bad, and can stand up to the heavy
> flavouring and spices of the sauce.
>
> I picked up so phyllo pastry. I wish I had been able to get some fresh because I have a
> hankering to make a batch of Galakabouriko, a thick sweet custard baked in a pan lined
> and covered with Phyllo and then drizzled with a honey syrup.
>
> That left me to wonder about dessert. I picked up a pound of some nice looking fresh
> strawberries. I was all set to leave when I remembered that I needed some espresso
> coffee. I have never had much luck grinding my own espresso. I get it too fine or too
> coarse.
>
> Of course when I got home I had to put the groceries away. I made sure the phyllo went
> into the fridge to thaw so that I can use it tomorrow. The phone was flashing to
> indicate a message, but when I discovered that it was for my wife I just hung up
> because it is easier for her to see the flasher and check it herself than it is for me
> to remember to tell her that there was a message, never mind remembering the details.
>
> So now I am just sitting around reading newsgroups. My wife is out with her retired
> teachers Friday afternoon walking group. She will probably drop by to visit my mother
> on the way home and drop off the stamps she had offered to pick up for her. When she
> gets home we will sit down and have a drink and some canapés, just liver pate on Breton
> crackers and some cream cheese with red pepper jelly on Triskets. She will have one of
> her rum concoctions and I will have a Manhattan. We ill likely have a few games of
> cribbage. I will probably have a second Manhattan, but not a third because it is not
> safe for me to be around hot stoves and sharp knives after three of them.
>
> If I hadn't been so cheap and refused to pay the 40% increase in rental fees we would
> have been able to watch a video tonight, but I will check the online tv listings to see
> what there is on the movie channels.

Which video?

Cheers
Cathy(xyz) - wiping the tears of laughter from her eyes.

"Dave Smith" > wrote

> I can't say that I am bored. I keep busy. I just don't think that it's
> terribly
> interesting to share a blow by blow account of everyone's day.

Luckily he knew some of us would find it interesting.

nancy

Dave Smith wrote:

>cathyxyz wrote:
>
>
>
>>>I can post more when I get back so that you know how I made out.
>>>
>>>
>>ROFL, Thanks Dave... or is it Felix? I read your entire post without
>>falling asleep... you're good!
>>
>>
>
>The afternoon was much better. I went by the video store. I was having trouble finding
>enough older movies to get the 5 movies for 7 nights for $5, and then I noticed their
>new prices and saw that special was no $7, roughly a 40% increase, so I decided to
>forgo the videos. I stopped for a newspaper on the way to Hortons where I had a medium
>size black coffee and a cranberry blueberry bran muffin. The girl at the counter tried
>to give me to butters but I told her I only needed on. there wasn't a lot of
>interesting news, the crossword puzzle was easy but I had some difficulty with the
>Jumble Puzzle.
>
>After I finished there I headed over to the Y and had a pretty rigorous workout. I did
>20 minutes on the cross trainer before I went to the weight stations. I did a few extra
>sets on some of them, especially on the leg presses because I have a riding lesson
>coming up and need to keep my legs in shape for posting and cantering. I did a total of
>85,000 lbs in weights. Then I did a mile on the walking track at a brisk pace. That
>gave me a total of 1045 Fittlinx points bringing me to a a little more than 109,000
>since I signed up to that tracking program last April.
>
>I didn't bother going to the liquor store, just for groceries. Since I stocked up on
>meat for the month last week I didn't get too much. I picked up some chicken wings to
>make Buffalo wings tomorrow and a small boneless leg of lamb for Sunday. I decided to
>get some shrimp for tonight, just the cheap medium size white shrimp because I am going
>to fry them in butter or oil with lots of garlic and garlic and a some dried chili and
>serve it with angel hair pasta. I got a nice fresh baguette. I have a bottle of
>Gerwurztraminer chilling that should go nicely with it, but there is also some
>Dubrois, an inexpensive Hungarian white that is not bad, and can stand up to the heavy
>flavouring and spices of the sauce.
>
>I picked up so phyllo pastry. I wish I had been able to get some fresh because I have a
>hankering to make a batch of Galakabouriko, a thick sweet custard baked in a pan lined
>and covered with Phyllo and then drizzled with a honey syrup.
>
>That left me to wonder about dessert. I picked up a pound of some nice looking fresh
>strawberries. I was all set to leave when I remembered that I needed some espresso
>coffee. I have never had much luck grinding my own espresso. I get it too fine or too
>coarse.
>
>Of course when I got home I had to put the groceries away. I made sure the phyllo went
>into the fridge to thaw so that I can use it tomorrow. The phone was flashing to
>indicate a message, but when I discovered that it was for my wife I just hung up
>because it is easier for her to see the flasher and check it herself than it is for me
>to remember to tell her that there was a message, never mind remembering the details.
>
>So now I am just sitting around reading newsgroups. My wife is out with her retired
>teachers Friday afternoon walking group. She will probably drop by to visit my mother
>on the way home and drop off the stamps she had offered to pick up for her. When she
>gets home we will sit down and have a drink and some canapés, just liver pate on Breton
>crackers and some cream cheese with red pepper jelly on Triskets. She will have one of
>her rum concoctions and I will have a Manhattan. We ill likely have a few games of
>cribbage. I will probably have a second Manhattan, but not a third because it is not
>safe for me to be around hot stoves and sharp knives after three of them.
>
>If I hadn't been so cheap and refused to pay the 40% increase in rental fees we would
>have been able to watch a video tonight, but I will check the online tv listings to see
>what there is on the movie channels.
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I love it! The bit about the phone message is pure Victor Meldrew! You
really have gift for comic narrative you know, and your life is much
more interesting than Sandy Stone's.

Christine
Hanging in there for the next instalment

cathyxyz wrote:

>
> > If I hadn't been so cheap and refused to pay the 40% increase in rental fees we would
> > have been able to watch a video tonight, but I will check the online tv listings to see
> > what there is on the movie channels.
>
> Which video?
>

That's the thing of it. I was going for the 5 videos for 7 nights for $5.... now $7. The only
one that I had selected was Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle. We needed up watching
Downfall on a movie channel.