The General Chat Thread (2023)

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Windigo said:
Not really but I am feeling very celebrated by everyone in my life. My husband took me out on thursday, saturday I had a high tea cooked by my best friend, and I have got an offer for paid lunch by another friend that I can take up whenever I want to. Then another two friends are soon going to dine with us and give us presents then, and I've got a medieval dress for the ren faire that I really wanted from my MIL.
So though all celebrations are seperate, I feel almost more celebrated than with a party!

Today however is not very interesting, it's my husband's first day of work after his holiday and the only difference to a normal day will be that I am cooking a special meal today. I'm making Rabbit in plum sauce with potato croquettes. And we have carrot cake for my birthday.
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Happy birthday to you!
 
Waitin’ on breakfast:
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Windigo - here’s your costume for your next fantasy fair! :wink:
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Had a follow up for my busted hand today. Good news - it’s a very minor fracture, you can barely even see it on the x-ray.

It was mildly displaced, so the nice doctor pressed on it a bit, then gave me some local anaesthetic to numb it a bit. Then, he had to move the bones back into place. OW. Pretty close to the worst pain I’ve ever experienced, even with the numbing I almost passed out 😳

Got a nice pink cast put on after that, and the cast only needs to be on for 3 weeks! Yaaaaay! I’m so thrilled it’s a short time (when I did my ankle last year it was 6 weeks in a cast and 10 completely non weight bearing).
 
Herbaceous said:
Had a follow up for my busted hand today. Good news - it’s a very minor fracture, you can barely even see it on the x-ray.

It was mildly displaced, so the nice doctor pressed on it a bit, then gave me some local anaesthetic to numb it a bit. Then, he had to move the bones back into place. OW. Pretty close to the worst pain I’ve ever experienced, even with the numbing I almost passed out 😳

Got a nice pink cast put on after that, and the cast only needs to be on for 3 weeks! Yaaaaay! I’m so thrilled it’s a short time (when I did my ankle last year it was 6 weeks in a cast and 10 completely non weight bearing).
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Hope you feel better soon! :hug:
 
Pretzel stop:

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Our first Christmas after dating, I was at MrsT’s house when her dad came home with a big tin: “Revonah pretzels! Hanover spelled backwards! Hanover, Pennsylvania! Family Christmas tradition!”

When I separated from the service, we came through here on the way to Minnesota and stopped at the bakery - this little hovel in a back alley in Hanover.

Best pretzels I’ve ever had, anywhere. You know how I brag on our German bakery pretzels in Cincy, made by a family of bakers who go back to Germany to train?

Those pretzels are awesome; these pretzels are better.

We bought a bag of heavy salted broken pieces, a bag of extra-darks broken pieces, and a soft pretzel to share.

We just sat in the alley, ripping off hunks of salty, warm, yeasty soft pretzel, and it was so good, MrsT started to cry.

“God, I love this place!”

“That, darlin’, is why we’re not moving to Florida; I’ve never seen you shed a tear over Florida!”
 
TastyReuben said:
Pretzel stop:

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Our first Christmas after dating, I was at MrsT’s house when her dad came home with a big tin: “Revonah pretzels! Hanover spelled backwards! Hanover, Pennsylvania! Family Christmas tradition!”

When I separated from the service, we came through here on the way to Minnesota and stopped at the bakery - this little hovel in a back alley in Hanover.

Best pretzels I’ve ever had, anywhere. You know how I brag on our German bakery pretzels in Cincy, made by a family of bakers who go back to Germany to train?

Those pretzels are awesome; these pretzels are better.

We bought a bag of heavy salted broken pieces, a bag of extra-darks broken pieces, and a soft pretzel to share.

We just sat in the alley, ripping off hunks of salty, warm, yeasty soft pretzel, and it was so good, MrsT started to cry.

“God, I love this place!”

“That, darlin’, is why we’re not moving to Florida; I’ve never seen you shed a tear over Florida!”
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I want some :cry:nobody sells fresh pretzels here!
 
TastyReuben said:
Pretzel stop:

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Our first Christmas after dating, I was at MrsT’s house when her dad came home with a big tin: “Revonah pretzels! Hanover spelled backwards! Hanover, Pennsylvania! Family Christmas tradition!”

When I separated from the service, we came through here on the way to Minnesota and stopped at the bakery - this little hovel in a back alley in Hanover.

Best pretzels I’ve ever had, anywhere. You know how I brag on our German bakery pretzels in Cincy, made by a family of bakers who go back to Germany to train?

Those pretzels are awesome; these pretzels are better.

We bought a bag of heavy salted broken pieces, a bag of extra-darks broken pieces, and a soft pretzel to share.

We just sat in the alley, ripping off hunks of salty, warm, yeasty soft pretzel, and it was so good, MrsT started to cry.

“God, I love this place!”

“That, darlin’, is why we’re not moving to Florida; I’ve never seen you shed a tear over Florida!”
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A lot better prices than that lame duck place you went to the other day that charged $12 for one pretzel. And I am so glad they taste good! I love a fresh, soft pretzel dipped in gooey fake cheese sauce with mustard. I know, a bit weird, but hey...never claimed otherwise.
 
Herbaceous said:
Had a follow up for my busted hand today. Good news - it’s a very minor fracture, you can barely even see it on the x-ray.

It was mildly displaced, so the nice doctor pressed on it a bit, then gave me some local anaesthetic to numb it a bit. Then, he had to move the bones back into place. OW. Pretty close to the worst pain I’ve ever experienced, even with the numbing I almost passed out 😳

Got a nice pink cast put on after that, and the cast only needs to be on for 3 weeks! Yaaaaay! I’m so thrilled it’s a short time (when I did my ankle last year it was 6 weeks in a cast and 10 completely non weight bearing).
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Good to hear it. Like I said before, my broken hand healed really fast. I just had one of those velcro on splint/brace things.

The worst broken bone of my life was the pinky toe on my left foot. You don't realize how important toes are until you break one. I would get occasional jolts of significant pain in that toe six months after I broke it.

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A "cold" front came through this morning. It only got to about 95F/35C today. We have a couple of days reprieve from the 100-plus heat, but then it comes back with a vengeance.

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