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Rick, I was oblivious and didn't even notice you'd positioned yourself to win the coveted hundreth post...I was pedantly trying to figure out what you'd said cuz it made no sense to me at all...and I'd had my morning coffee.
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Rick, I was oblivious and didn't even notice you'd positioned yourself to win the coveted hundreth post...I was pedantly trying to figure out what you'd said cuz it made no sense to me at all.
Congratulations!

Just hanging around.
 
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I wonder how much the happy couple were paid to pose for that tv commercial on "it's never too late to sign up for life insurance policies"...
Or the 1970 Crocker Bank ad.
They were just kids then.
 
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The one from Galicia (the round) and the one from Castilla & Leon. Individually numbered and made by the same people that make the ones you see on your walk.
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I am in touch with @yaying and she sent this photo of an ice cream festival she recently attended. I asked to share it and she said to tell you all "hi". She is the one holding the pink spoon.🙂 She still calls me Vmom.
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Rick, you need to update your kitchen. I had a similar kitchen floor and laboriously painted all my cupboards a similar shade of gold in 1975, my first home😝...glad I moved a few years later.
That said, what goes around comes around and we'll probably see similar again in a few more years.
 
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I posted this on another thread but I do not want Nots to miss it.
I just watched it on the other thread.😅
Thanks for thinking of us here, too...we all love laughs, as you know!
 
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we all love laughs
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What Middle Eastern recipe does Peg make with sumac berries? Are they fresh or dried and crushed?
I asked. She's not much help. She picks the berries fresh and stores them so they usually dry out before she uses them. She can't remember any specific recipe but they are available if she sees any recipe that she wants to try that asks for them.
 
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You're a badass catess.

"My name is Goodkat - you can call me Mr. Goodkat...." :cool:

 
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"My name is Goodkat - you can call me Mr. Goodkat...." :cool:

And I'm Ms. Goodcat. 😺
Each of my 9 lives represents a different side of who I am...my nickname is Sybil.
 
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Hey, the good news here is that we're going to have a white Christmas.

The bad news is that although I've plowed a workspace on our black countertop there is going to remain a sprinkling of flour around the spice jars for sometime due to Peg's baking accident.
 
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Hey, the good news here is that we're going to have a white Christmas.

The bad news is that although I've plowed a workspace on our black countertop there is going to remain a sprinkling of flour around the spice jars for sometime due to Peg's baking accident.
I don't think our weather forecast is for a white Christmas in Illinois.

Whaaat? Peg was allowed upstairs? Did she burn herself? 😳
Is this a spoiler alert?🙄🤔
 
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That's a great story for the kids.

My brother proposed on Valentine's Day. He bought a box of chocolates, took one out and replaced it with a diamond ring and then wrapped the box. When he gave the gift to his wife-to-be she shook the box hard, heard rattling and said "I think you got me a box of chocolates." On opening the present the ring was well hidden. :eek:
 
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😞😅😅 Never seen anyone run that fast.
I have. It was at Boy Scout camp. Me and a new scout were headed into the woods on a really spooky night to collect firewood. I was carrying the axe. The kid mentioned how scary it was. He disappeared after I said "You're scared? I'll be coming back by myself."

I'm not series surious suries serious.
 
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That's a great story for the kids.

My brother proposed on Valentine's Day. He bought a box of chocolates, took one out and replaced it with a diamond ring and then wrapped the box. When he gave the gift to his wife-to-be she shook the box hard, heard rattling and said "I think you got me a box of chocolates." On opening the present the ring was well hidden. :eek:
Lovely, romantic story...did she chip a tooth when she bit into the piece with the hidden ring?😅
In my 20's at work I was taken to lunch on occasion by salesmen and had a drink or two. Once at Christmas time upon returning to work afterward, I took an empty box of chocolates a co-worker had brought in earlier and turned the plastic brown pre-formed tray upside down. I went around the office with the box offering everyone a piece of chocolate; some good sports even indulged me by pretending to take one. This is a personal Not Serious silliness for the day....but I am serious.
My oldest son proposed to his wife 15 years ago on top of the Eiffel tower.
 
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My oldest son proposed to his wife 15 years ago on top of the Eiffel tower.
If my brother tried that the elevators wouldn't be running.

Not on his honeymoon but my brother got an extremely cheap price on an early season cruise to Bermuda. Shore workers ended up striking so they had a long wait to get off the ship using the ship's lifeboats and crew. They rented a motorscooter but had a minor accident with it within a half hour and with cops, rental agency, paperwork and such they had to get back on board without seeing anything. Then the seas got bad and the boats couldn't be used for the next two days. Sea sickness all the way back.
 
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If my brother tried that the elevators wouldn't be running.

Not on his honeymoon but my brother got an extremely cheap price on an early season cruise to Bermuda. Shore workers ended up striking so they had a long wait to get off the ship using the ship's lifeboats and crew. They rented a motorscooter but had a minor accident with it within a half hour and with cops, rental agency, paperwork and such they had to get back on board without seeing anything. Then the seas got bad and the boats couldn't be used for the next two days. Sea sickness all the way back.
Sounds like a nightmare. Coincidently my niece got married in Bermuda and some had rented motorscooters. An aunt got her scooter in a minor accident and messed up her knee...no pun involved.
 
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It is now Christmas on Christmas Island. Besides giving you a Christmas greeting -- Merry Christmas everyone -- I'm going to gift you with a fruit cake recipe 99% guaranteed to give you a boost into heaven. I've spent a great deal of time in simplifying the recipe and so I'm asking that it be kept secret.
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It is now Christmas on Christmas Island. Besides giving you a Christmas greeting -- Merry Christmas everyone -- I'm going to gift you with a fruit cake recipe 99% guaranteed to give you a boost into heaven. I've spent a great deal of time in simplifying the recipe and so I'm asking that it be kept secret.

I won’t tell if you don’t.
 
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A very happy Christmas and new year to all my dear friends on the "not".
Here's hoping that the new year improves and the last few years becomes a footnote in history and proves a catalyst for change.
Lots of love from the hay lined stables of the UK.

💖
 
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All that we are is the result of what we have thought.
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My little Christmas space ,

the Buddhist monk , the Shell , two people in friendship , the €30.00 Holy year coin and St.Jacob.
Wish you all the best for this Christmas🌲🕯🌲 and the upcoming new year.🙏💗💗
 
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