What is happening - Page 105 - A Meeting of Minds

Dragon Fan · May 16 2017, 11:10 PM

On Friday's at my house, All my brothers and Sisters whom live close enough, ( and that are still with us) get together and have a family dinner. Our Mother made us all promise we would continue this after she was gone. This last Friday, My sister Donna showed up with the "Sniffles" Now All 5 of my sisters who were there, and my Remaining Brother and Myself are now All sick! Typhoid Mary is alive and well !

vyon · May 17 2017, 09:37 AM

Last week we had a bomb scare here too. The Victoria University campus at the railway station was evacuated, the bus station connected to it closed along with the tunnel that runs underneath the campus connecting the bus station with the railway station. At one stage the whole Government buildings end of the CBD was closed off. No bomb was found.

Kugai · May 17 2017, 11:10 PM

Didn't that turn out to be some form of hoax/prank in the end?

vyon · May 19 2017, 09:04 AM

I assume so, Rutherford House is still there and the railway station was open for business by the time it was rush hour. But it's still a pain having to bail out of a Uni because of alarms as P'ter's post suggests, even without exam stress as well.

When I was at Wintec (Hamilton) doing computer courses our fire alarm sounded exactly the same as a nearby shopping mall. We lost count of the number of times we had to bail out because the mall had gone off. And every time somebody had to check that it was the mall and not the Polytech.

mawra · May 19 2017, 09:45 PM

Kibby and I went to Ravencon a couple of weeks ago.
Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon was there. We took a bunch of books to get signed and bought books in the mthe dearler room. So many books.

Kibby made the mistake of going to art room while Larry dixon was there. She had to buy sime if his work.

We made it to every event they had. Had lots of fun.

granath · May 20 2017, 12:37 AM

We've missed you, maw! Glad you had a great time.

SpaceCowboy · May 20 2017, 01:00 AM

Maw glad to see you are alright. Before you or Kibby go check on the NKT be warned there have been some changes while you were away.

(apologies to Hans for the second sentence.)

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Originally Posted by mawra

Kibby and I went to Ravencon a couple of weeks ago.
Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon was there. We took a bunch of books to get signed and bought books in the mthe dearler room. So many books.

Kibby made the mistake of going to art room while Larry dixon was there. She had to buy sime if his work.

We made it to every event they had. Had lots of fun.

***Hans*** · May 20 2017, 06:44 AM

Good to read you both had a great time, Michelle. Meeting them both and getting your books signed must have been pretty special!

P'ter · May 20 2017, 09:56 AM

I don't know why, but I keep reading the "Stolen Egg" thread as "Stollen Egg"!

Simon · May 20 2017, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by P'ter

I don't know why, but I keep reading the "Stolen Egg" thread as "Stollen Egg"!

Did someone say Stollen?

Allen · May 20 2017, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by P'ter

I don't know why, but I keep reading the "Stolen Egg" thread as "Stollen Egg"!

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Originally Posted by Simon

Did someone say Stollen?

I haven't had a good stollen in decades. My grandpa was of German descent, and a baker.

Simon · May 20 2017, 07:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Allen

I haven't had a good stollen in decades. My grandpa was of German descent, and a baker.

I'm a sucker for anything that involves marzipan!

Kugai · May 20 2017, 08:57 PM

I prefer Straberry Cheesecake

Allen · May 21 2017, 12:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Kugai

I prefer Straberry Cheesecake

You only say strawberry cheesecake because you've never had my wife's chocolate turtle cheesecake!

Come to think of it, I haven't had it in quite a while. I'm going to have a talk with her about that.

granath · May 21 2017, 05:25 AM

Turtle? Chocolate cheesecake is yummy, but what do turtles have to do with it? You got me really curious.

Allen · May 21 2017, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by granath

Turtle? Chocolate cheesecake is yummy, but what do turtles have to do with it? You got me really curious.

Cheesecake made with caramel in it, chocolate syrup drizzled over the top, sprinkled with coarsely chopped (if not mostly whole) pecans.

Sort of like the turtle candies, only cheesecake.

Rich? Definitely! Best served in small slices to try to prevent going into sugar overload.

This is NOT a no-bake abomination. I only want real, honest baked cheesecake.

***Hans*** · May 21 2017, 12:43 PM

I think I know why your wife doesn't makes this deathly-delicious cheseecake very often

You don't want it to taste heavenly, right?

Allen · May 21 2017, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Hans

I think I know why your wife doesn't makes this deathly-delicious cheseecake very often

You don't want it to taste heavenly, right?

LOL

But she's made other cheesecake for me, as well as some as some other goodies. So I won't complain, just point out that we haven't had chocolate turtle cheesecake for quite a while...... actually, it's probably at least in part due to the high cost of the pecans that we've been eating on and in other things, like banana bread, and my personal favorite, butter roasted and salted pecans.

She's so good to me.

granath · May 21 2017, 11:10 PM

Awww Allen, that cheesecake does sound yummy.

Simon · May 22 2017, 09:41 AM

I like everything that goes into a cheesecake, but as soon as it is made into a cheesecake I stop liking it.

Dragon Fan · May 23 2017, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by P'ter

I don't know why, but I keep reading the "Stolen Egg" thread as "Stollen Egg"!

Ok, I could use google, but there is no fun in that, So What is a "Stollen" Never heard of it before.

Simon · May 23 2017, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Dragon Fan

Ok, I could use google, but there is no fun in that, So What is a "Stollen" Never heard of it before.

A yummy German(?) sweet baked bread that has marzipan and dried fruits through it.

P'ter · May 24 2017, 04:19 AM

Most of my misreadings seem to involve food. On our way to our usual camp site we pass road signs to a place called "Cold Slad". I tend to misread it as "Cold Salad". My daughter reads it as "Coleslaw"!

***Hans*** · May 24 2017, 07:31 AM

Here's a link to a picture of s "Christstollen" from Dresden. We Dutch call this simply a "stol" and don't see it as pastry but as a form of bread. Like the Germans we do have special versions, like the Christmas stol. There are many regional varieties (as there are in Germany too).

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolle..._141228_AW.jpg

Allen · May 24 2017, 10:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by P'ter

Most of my misreadings seem to involve food. On our way to our usual camp site we pass road signs to a place called "Cold Slad". I tend to misread it as "Cold Salad". My daughter reads it as "Coleslaw"!

You've heard of Murphy's Law, but have you heard of Cole's Law?

Cole's Law: Finely shredded cabbage.

P'ter · May 24 2017, 08:00 PM

Sounds like Caul's-Iffy-Law to me!

mawra · May 25 2017, 06:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Allen

I haven't had a good stollen in decades. My grandpa was of German descent, and a baker.

What is a stollen?

Dragon Fan · May 25 2017, 06:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hans

Here's a link to a picture of s "Christstollen" from Dresden. We Dutch call this simply a "stol" and don't see it as pastry but as a form of bread. Like the Germans we do have special versions, like the Christmas stol. There are many regional varieties (as there are in Germany too).

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolle..._141228_AW.jpg

Looks like a loaf of iced Raisin bread, I suspect they are somewhat alike.

mawra · May 25 2017, 07:19 PM

Unlike cheese cake, stollen sounds good.

P'ter · May 27 2017, 02:22 AM

Cheesecake is also the term for a certain type of photogragh!

This week we've opened the new University Sports Centre and I've been teaching in the new (50metre) pool, which has a moveable divider so that it can be used as two 25metre pools also. Generally it's 2m deep, but one end has a hydraulic floor so that when we have it divided, we can have a teaching pool at anything from 0.9m on down.

Simon · May 27 2017, 05:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by P'ter

Cheesecake is also the term for a certain type of photogragh!
SNIP

I may dread asking this, but what type of photograph. (for the record a google search of 'cheesecake photos' only showed me picture of cheesecakes)

Allen · May 27 2017, 11:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by P'ter

Cheesecake is also the term for a certain type of photogragh!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Simon

I may dread asking this, but what type of photograph. (for the record a google search of 'cheesecake photos' only showed me picture of cheesecakes)

Girly photos. Back in the '30s & '40s, usually showing a lot of leg and cleavage.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin-up_model

Simon · May 27 2017, 02:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Allen

Girly photos. Back in the '30s & '40s, usually showing a lot of leg and cleavage.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin-up_model

I know what a pin up is... I wonder why they became referred to as cheesecake pictures?

Allen · May 27 2017, 04:07 PM

Maybe because the girls were always so tasty looking?

P'ter · May 27 2017, 04:16 PM

Dunno. It was an American term imported in the war.

https://timedotcom.files.wordpress.c...ality=85&w=585

The original bunnygirl.

Dragon Fan · May 27 2017, 10:56 PM

The Term cheesecake for a " Pin up girl " must have been a fad and fallen out of use, At least I have never heard of it prior to this. I have heard my young teen nieces refer to boys they like as " Beefcakes ". The same yet opposite as the Cheesecake for the women in the pin up pics of women mentioned here I would think.

P'ter · May 28 2017, 03:17 AM

"Beefcake" also goes back to the first half of the 20th C. Do your nieces realise just how old fashioned they are?

Allen · May 28 2017, 10:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by P'ter

"Beefcake" also goes back to the first half of the 20th C. Do your nieces realise just how old fashioned they are?

Oh, it's quite acceptable for the female of the species to use such terms. But a male uses anything like "cheesecake", and that's being sexist, objectifying women, and on and on, ad nauseum.

SpaceCowboy · May 29 2017, 01:07 AM

I had just locked up my telxon and printer in preparation to clock out for the day this evening when our store was either struck by or caught the backlash from a very close lightning strike. And it was close as you heard the unmistakable boom/crack of a less then fifty foot away strike. What was funny is I stood there unfazed and everyone around me was freaking out as the lights flickered and partially went out.

Allen · May 29 2017, 03:06 AM

Happy Birthday, Spacey..... better late than never.

May 16 2017, 11:10 PM	#4161
Dragon Fan Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Pennsylvania Gender: M Fan of: The Smallest Dragonboy Now Reading: The Rift	Re: What is happening On Friday's at my house, All my brothers and Sisters whom live close enough, ( and that are still with us) get together and have a family dinner. Our Mother made us all promise we would continue this after she was gone. This last Friday, My sister Donna showed up with the "Sniffles" Now All 5 of my sisters who were there, and my Remaining Brother and Myself are now All sick! Typhoid Mary is alive and well ! __________________ "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven"

May 17 2017, 09:37 AM	#4162
vyon Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Wellington, New Zealand Gender: F Fan of: Harper Hall	Re: What is happening Last week we had a bomb scare here too. The Victoria University campus at the railway station was evacuated, the bus station connected to it closed along with the tunnel that runs underneath the campus connecting the bus station with the railway station. At one stage the whole Government buildings end of the CBD was closed off. No bomb was found.

May 17 2017, 11:10 PM	#4163
Kugai Crazy Kiwi Shoujo-Ai Fan Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Wellington NEW ZEALAND Gender: M Fan of: Tower and Hive Series Now Reading: Whatever takes my fancy at the moment	Re: What is happening Didn't that turn out to be some form of hoax/prank in the end? __________________ JAMES THE You can never have too much Coffee FanFic Original Homepage FreeBabylon5 FreeBabylon5 Website

May 19 2017, 09:04 AM	#4164
vyon Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Wellington, New Zealand Gender: F Fan of: Harper Hall	Re: What is happening I assume so, Rutherford House is still there and the railway station was open for business by the time it was rush hour. But it's still a pain having to bail out of a Uni because of alarms as P'ter's post suggests, even without exam stress as well. When I was at Wintec (Hamilton) doing computer courses our fire alarm sounded exactly the same as a nearby shopping mall. We lost count of the number of times we had to bail out because the mall had gone off. And every time somebody had to check that it was the mall and not the Polytech.

May 19 2017, 09:45 PM	#4165
mawra Dolphin Friend Craftmaster Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: CONCORD VA Gender: F Fan of: PERN Now Reading: Dolphins of Pern and Queens ow	Re: What is happening Kibby and I went to Ravencon a couple of weeks ago. Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon was there. We took a bunch of books to get signed and bought books in the mthe dearler room. So many books. Kibby made the mistake of going to art room while Larry dixon was there. She had to buy sime if his work. We made it to every event they had. Had lots of fun. __________________ MEDDLE NOT IN THE AFAIRS OF DRAGONS, FOR YOU ARE CRUNCHY & GOOD WITH CHOCOLATE SO MANY BOOKS SO LITTLE TIME DRIVING SMART KEEPS YOU ALIVE

May 20 2017, 12:37 AM	#4166
granath Talent Tower Prime Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Proud Mom! Gender: F Fan of: Afra Lyon Now Reading: Faye Upton: Dragonchoice 3	Re: What is happening We've missed you, maw! Glad you had a great time. __________________ Decaf coffee is an oxymoron. Instant coffee is an abomination. Give me the real thing and nobody gets hurt. "Do. Or do not. There is no try" -- Yoda VP of the Afra Lyon fan club!

May 20 2017, 06:44 AM	#4168
*Hans* Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Netherlands Gender: M Fan of: Pern!	Re: What is happening Good to read you both had a great time, Michelle. Meeting them both and getting your books signed must have been pretty special! __________________ Hans, also known as Elrhan, Master Archivist Visit The Pern Museum & Archives for all your Pern and Anne McCaffrey News and Resources! The Pern Museum & Archives is the home of the Pern Encyclopedia and the Pern Bloodlines.

May 20 2017, 09:56 AM	#4169
P'ter Crafter Craftmaster Join Date: May 2006 Location: Wolverhampton Gender: M Fan of: Favorite? Now Reading: avidly	Re: What is happening I don't know why, but I keep reading the "Stolen Egg" thread as "Stollen Egg"! __________________ "Truth is stranger than fiction: fiction has to make sense." Leo Rosten. "When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." C. S. Lewis "I find television very educational. Whenever somebody switches it on I go in the other room and read a book." (attributed to Groucho Marx) The Pedants are revolting! (against bad grammar)

May 20 2017, 08:57 PM	#4173
Kugai Crazy Kiwi Shoujo-Ai Fan Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Wellington NEW ZEALAND Gender: M Fan of: Tower and Hive Series Now Reading: Whatever takes my fancy at the moment	Re: What is happening I prefer Straberry Cheesecake __________________ JAMES THE You can never have too much Coffee FanFic Original Homepage FreeBabylon5 FreeBabylon5 Website

May 21 2017, 05:25 AM	#4175
granath Talent Tower Prime Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Proud Mom! Gender: F Fan of: Afra Lyon Now Reading: Faye Upton: Dragonchoice 3	Re: What is happening Turtle? Chocolate cheesecake is yummy, but what do turtles have to do with it? You got me really curious. __________________ Decaf coffee is an oxymoron. Instant coffee is an abomination. Give me the real thing and nobody gets hurt. "Do. Or do not. There is no try" -- Yoda VP of the Afra Lyon fan club!

May 21 2017, 12:43 PM	#4177
*Hans* Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Netherlands Gender: M Fan of: Pern!	Re: What is happening I think I know why your wife doesn't makes this deathly-delicious cheseecake very often You don't want it to taste heavenly, right? __________________ Hans, also known as Elrhan, Master Archivist Visit The Pern Museum & Archives for all your Pern and Anne McCaffrey News and Resources! The Pern Museum & Archives is the home of the Pern Encyclopedia and the Pern Bloodlines.

May 21 2017, 11:10 PM	#4179
granath Talent Tower Prime Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Proud Mom! Gender: F Fan of: Afra Lyon Now Reading: Faye Upton: Dragonchoice 3	Re: What is happening Awww Allen, that cheesecake does sound yummy. __________________ Decaf coffee is an oxymoron. Instant coffee is an abomination. Give me the real thing and nobody gets hurt. "Do. Or do not. There is no try" -- Yoda VP of the Afra Lyon fan club!

May 22 2017, 09:41 AM	#4180
Simon Member Golden Flier Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Suffolk, UK Gender: M Fan of: Tower and Hive Now Reading: Between books!	Re: What is happening I like everything that goes into a cheesecake, but as soon as it is made into a cheesecake I stop liking it.

May 24 2017, 04:19 AM	#4183
P'ter Crafter Craftmaster Join Date: May 2006 Location: Wolverhampton Gender: M Fan of: Favorite? Now Reading: avidly	Re: What is happening Most of my misreadings seem to involve food. On our way to our usual camp site we pass road signs to a place called "Cold Slad". I tend to misread it as "Cold Salad". My daughter reads it as "Coleslaw"! __________________ "Truth is stranger than fiction: fiction has to make sense." Leo Rosten. "When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." C. S. Lewis "I find television very educational. Whenever somebody switches it on I go in the other room and read a book." (attributed to Groucho Marx) The Pedants are revolting! (against bad grammar)

May 24 2017, 07:31 AM	#4184
*Hans* Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Netherlands Gender: M Fan of: Pern!	Re: What is happening Here's a link to a picture of s "Christstollen" from Dresden. We Dutch call this simply a "stol" and don't see it as pastry but as a form of bread. Like the Germans we do have special versions, like the Christmas stol. There are many regional varieties (as there are in Germany too). https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolle..._141228_AW.jpg __________________ Hans, also known as Elrhan, Master Archivist Visit The Pern Museum & Archives for all your Pern and Anne McCaffrey News and Resources! The Pern Museum & Archives is the home of the Pern Encyclopedia and the Pern Bloodlines.

May 24 2017, 08:00 PM	#4186
P'ter Crafter Craftmaster Join Date: May 2006 Location: Wolverhampton Gender: M Fan of: Favorite? Now Reading: avidly	Re: What is happening Sounds like Caul's-Iffy-Law to me! __________________ "Truth is stranger than fiction: fiction has to make sense." Leo Rosten. "When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." C. S. Lewis "I find television very educational. Whenever somebody switches it on I go in the other room and read a book." (attributed to Groucho Marx) The Pedants are revolting! (against bad grammar)

May 25 2017, 07:19 PM	#4189
mawra Dolphin Friend Craftmaster Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: CONCORD VA Gender: F Fan of: PERN Now Reading: Dolphins of Pern and Queens ow	Re: What is happening Unlike cheese cake, stollen sounds good. __________________ MEDDLE NOT IN THE AFAIRS OF DRAGONS, FOR YOU ARE CRUNCHY & GOOD WITH CHOCOLATE SO MANY BOOKS SO LITTLE TIME DRIVING SMART KEEPS YOU ALIVE

May 27 2017, 02:22 AM	#4190
P'ter Crafter Craftmaster Join Date: May 2006 Location: Wolverhampton Gender: M Fan of: Favorite? Now Reading: avidly	Re: What is happening Cheesecake is also the term for a certain type of photogragh! This week we've opened the new University Sports Centre and I've been teaching in the new (50metre) pool, which has a moveable divider so that it can be used as two 25metre pools also. Generally it's 2m deep, but one end has a hydraulic floor so that when we have it divided, we can have a teaching pool at anything from 0.9m on down. __________________ "Truth is stranger than fiction: fiction has to make sense." Leo Rosten. "When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." C. S. Lewis "I find television very educational. Whenever somebody switches it on I go in the other room and read a book." (attributed to Groucho Marx) The Pedants are revolting! (against bad grammar)

May 27 2017, 04:07 PM	#4194
Allen Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Last house on the left, across from the cemetery Gender: M Fan of: The Pern Series Now Reading: Robin Hobb's Shaman's Crossing	Re: What is happening Maybe because the girls were always so tasty looking? __________________ *All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.*

May 27 2017, 04:16 PM	#4195
P'ter Crafter Craftmaster Join Date: May 2006 Location: Wolverhampton Gender: M Fan of: Favorite? Now Reading: avidly	Re: What is happening Dunno. It was an American term imported in the war. https://timedotcom.files.wordpress.c...ality=85&w=585 The original bunnygirl. __________________ "Truth is stranger than fiction: fiction has to make sense." Leo Rosten. "When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." C. S. Lewis "I find television very educational. Whenever somebody switches it on I go in the other room and read a book." (attributed to Groucho Marx) The Pedants are revolting! (against bad grammar)

May 27 2017, 10:56 PM	#4196
Dragon Fan Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Pennsylvania Gender: M Fan of: The Smallest Dragonboy Now Reading: The Rift	Re: What is happening The Term cheesecake for a " Pin up girl " must have been a fad and fallen out of use, At least I have never heard of it prior to this. I have heard my young teen nieces refer to boys they like as " Beefcakes ". The same yet opposite as the Cheesecake for the women in the pin up pics of women mentioned here I would think. __________________ "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven"

May 28 2017, 03:17 AM	#4197
P'ter Crafter Craftmaster Join Date: May 2006 Location: Wolverhampton Gender: M Fan of: Favorite? Now Reading: avidly	Re: What is happening "Beefcake" also goes back to the first half of the 20th C. Do your nieces realise just how old fashioned they are? __________________ "Truth is stranger than fiction: fiction has to make sense." Leo Rosten. "When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." C. S. Lewis "I find television very educational. Whenever somebody switches it on I go in the other room and read a book." (attributed to Groucho Marx) The Pedants are revolting! (against bad grammar)

May 29 2017, 01:07 AM	#4199
SpaceCowboy Member Curlycorn Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana USA Gender: M Fan of: "The Ship Who Searched"	Re: What is happening I had just locked up my telxon and printer in preparation to clock out for the day this evening when our store was either struck by or caught the backlash from a very close lightning strike. And it was close as you heard the unmistakable boom/crack of a less then fifty foot away strike. What was funny is I stood there unfazed and everyone around me was freaking out as the lights flickered and partially went out.

May 29 2017, 03:06 AM	#4200
Allen Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Last house on the left, across from the cemetery Gender: M Fan of: The Pern Series Now Reading: Robin Hobb's Shaman's Crossing	Re: What is happening Happy Birthday, Spacey..... better late than never. __________________ *All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.*