Well if I said how I really feel I'd sound all stalky and mushy. ;)
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Running triggers certain impulses in predators and that's all I need to know.
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I'm sitting here reading a story and simultaneously watching tv, as I often do.
I'm reading a short story which features a stray dog named Katie. When they name her that, I'm thinking, that's dumb, what kind of a dog name is "katie?" and -- in the tv show I'm watching - THERE'S A STRAY DOG NAMED KATIE! I'm creeped out. |
how's this for a segue? I'm watching Criminal Minds; a show where they chase killers who are referred to as "unsubs" i.e., unknown suspects. And what commercial comes on? A KFC ad.
"an unsub frame of mind." signs, signs, everywhere I see signs |
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was the tv show based on the story? nope; no connection
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How do you slice a loaf of bread without squishing it?
I am a spoilt child of the '70s. 1972 if you have to know (how rude!) Growing up we had a bread slicer. I say bread, it was manual and could be adjusted for ham or beef or fingers or whatever was your bag. Apparently, the 'rents tried to get a replacement a couple of years ago, but the new one they got was rubbish and ended up in the charity shop. The only bread I grew up slicing (kiddies didn't use the bread slicer!) was Italian bread. And that has a crust so thick it's like a lawsuit waiting to happen. I learned how to slice cheese. I learned how to butter fresh bread with real, cold butter (warm the butter up TBH) and to spread crackers without them cracking. BUT. Deli bread I buy, I always have to squash the air out of it to slice it. Squeeze and saw. Never the same once I've got at it. Is this a lost art? Mum mourns the lost art of her parents' generation - carving a chicken so it lasts all week. Have my generation lost yet another art? |
It's all in the knife and the pressure. Working at the Country Club, we hand sliced the bread we took out with the salads. Chef loved me because I didn't squish it half to death when slicing. Once you get that first cut, the knife does all the work.
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...just felt like saying that. Gee... I feel like a Cellar veteran. :) |
Thinkpad sounds like an artificially intelligent sanitary towel. Probably made in Tampa.
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But what would a sanitary pad with AI be thinking?
Get me outta here? |
@ Sundae: needs to be a sharp serrated knife (as has been mentioned). The trick is to make the first cut and then 'saw' quite fast but without putting on too much pressure.
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Hey, I just saw your sig line, Sundae. :)
Now, what it T E H? |
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