OT: My Vent for the Day - Page 3

>>>> On 7/7/09 1:23 PM, in article h300jj$2cn$1@news.eternal-september.org,
>>>>>> On 7/7/09 8:59 AM, in article
>>>>>> 2f6570ba-2a11-4c08-b1cb-b68eed6fb891@r33g2000yqn.googlegroups.com,
>>>>>> "Donna"
>>>>>>> I realized last night at 9 p.m. when I wen to do the dishes that I
>>>>>>> didn't have any hot water. Nice. Great. Lovely.
>>>>>>> After a bit of searching I found the manual for the hot water
>>>>>>> heater.
>>>>>>> And realized that the high temperature shut off had worked. So I
>>>>>>> reset
>>>>>>> it. This morning. Still no hot water. Uh oh.
>>>>>>> Repairman can't come until tomorrow. Argh.
>>>>>>> We bought the darn thing 3 years ago to replace an 18 year old water
>>>>>>> heater.
>>>>>>> Let's just say I am extremely unhappy.
>>>>>>> Donna in Virginia
>>>>>>> PS At least stitching doesn't make you sweat. Under normal
>>>>>>> conditions.
>>>>>> Oh dear - but trust me, it's worse to lose it in the winter...
>>>>> I'm not sure you would say that if like me, you were stuck in a hot
>>>>> house
>>>>> with zero electricity, zero water and zero patience for 3 days.
>>>>> My friend, in her desperation, got into the water she had put into her
>>>>> bathtub to use in the toilet. She didn't wash in it because it really
>>>>> wasn't particularly clean, but she soaked herself for a few minutes.
>>>>> Then
>>>>> she just left it where it was to continue to use it in the toilet.
>>>>> My
>>>>> dopey bathtub wouldn't hold the water so that wasn't an option for me.
>>>>> Thank whoever had the original idea for baby wipes for saving me from
>>>>> smelling up the world.
>>>>> I'm stuck in with a sore throat and a sinus infection. Antibiotics
>>>>> and
>>>>> other meds are making me slightly nauseous, but not as yucky as I was
>>>>> those
>>>>> few days.
>>>>> Lucille
>>>> Oh dear - poor thing. NO WATER sucks, no hot water is bad at any time
>>>> but
>>>> worse in the winter.
>>>> Cheryl
>>> Not as bad here as where you are. Our winter isn't exactly like yours
>>> and the ground rarely gets that cold. Cold water from the tap is
>>> lukewarm in winter and warm in summer.
>> Bad Girl, adding to your own message.
>> I'm so bored and I'm sooooo sick of TV. Not a decent movie to watch and
>> everything and everyone is caught up with the extravaganza going on in
>> LA.
>> I'm just so sick of it. There has to be something more important going
>> on
>> in the world.
>> I suppose I'm going to be forced to watch Law & Order SVU for the 100th
>> time
>> or the Cooking Channel.
>> L
> So sorry about your boredom. That's how I get for about the week before I
> get my blood pumped up - can't really do much, and end up watching tons of
> bad tv. If you haven't seen it - try "Cake Boss" - I think it's on one of
> the food networks - hysterical. Very, very NJ. Especially the episode
> when
> he's doing the cake for a "social club" - right out of the Sopranos. I
> think the bakery is in Hoboken - and they do some amazing stuff. DH loves
> this show - the cakes are fabulous, plus you get all the hysterical stuff
> of
> a big Italian family owning both a retail bakery with this huge custom
> cake
> business. Last night we saw an episode in which they made a cake to look
> like some recently discovered largest mammal ever - for the new exhibit at
> the Museum of Nat History. Awesome.
> ellice

>
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On 7/7/09 1:23 PM, in article h300jj$2cn$1@news.eternal-september.org,
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 7/7/09 8:59 AM, in article
>>>>>>> 2f6570ba-2a11-4c08-b1cb-b68eed6fb891@r33g2000yqn.googlegroups.com,
>>>>>>> "Donna"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I realized last night at 9 p.m. when I wen to do the dishes that I
>>>>>>>> didn't have any hot water. Nice. Great. Lovely.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> After a bit of searching I found the manual for the hot water
>>>>>>>> heater.
>>>>>>>> And realized that the high temperature shut off had worked. So I
>>>>>>>> reset
>>>>>>>> it. This morning. Still no hot water. Uh oh.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Repairman can't come until tomorrow. Argh.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We bought the darn thing 3 years ago to replace an 18 year old water
>>>>>>>> heater.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Let's just say I am extremely unhappy.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Donna in Virginia
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> PS At least stitching doesn't make you sweat. Under normal
>>>>>>>> conditions.
>>>>>>> Oh dear - but trust me, it's worse to lose it in the winter...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm not sure you would say that if like me, you were stuck in a hot
>>>>>> house
>>>>>> with zero electricity, zero water and zero patience for 3 days.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My friend, in her desperation, got into the water she had put into her
>>>>>> bathtub to use in the toilet. She didn't wash in it because it really
>>>>>> wasn't particularly clean, but she soaked herself for a few minutes.
>>>>>> Then
>>>>>> she just left it where it was to continue to use it in the toilet.
>>>>>> My
>>>>>> dopey bathtub wouldn't hold the water so that wasn't an option for me.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank whoever had the original idea for baby wipes for saving me from
>>>>>> smelling up the world.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm stuck in with a sore throat and a sinus infection. Antibiotics
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> other meds are making me slightly nauseous, but not as yucky as I was
>>>>>> those
>>>>>> few days.
>>>>>> Lucille
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Oh dear - poor thing. NO WATER sucks, no hot water is bad at any time
>>>>> but
>>>>> worse in the winter.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheryl
>>>>>
>>>> Not as bad here as where you are. Our winter isn't exactly like yours
>>>> and the ground rarely gets that cold. Cold water from the tap is
>>>> lukewarm in winter and warm in summer.
>>>
>>> Bad Girl, adding to your own message.
>>>
>>> I'm so bored and I'm sooooo sick of TV. Not a decent movie to watch and
>>> everything and everyone is caught up with the extravaganza going on in
>>> LA.
>>> I'm just so sick of it. There has to be something more important going
>>> on
>>> in the world.
>>>
>>> I suppose I'm going to be forced to watch Law & Order SVU for the 100th
>>> time
>>> or the Cooking Channel.
>>>
>>> L
>>>
>> So sorry about your boredom. That's how I get for about the week before I
>> get my blood pumped up - can't really do much, and end up watching tons of
>> bad tv. If you haven't seen it - try "Cake Boss" - I think it's on one of
>> the food networks - hysterical. Very, very NJ. Especially the episode
>> when
>> he's doing the cake for a "social club" - right out of the Sopranos. I
>> think the bakery is in Hoboken - and they do some amazing stuff. DH loves
>> this show - the cakes are fabulous, plus you get all the hysterical stuff
>> of
>> a big Italian family owning both a retail bakery with this huge custom
>> cake
>> business. Last night we saw an episode in which they made a cake to look
>> like some recently discovered largest mammal ever - for the new exhibit at
>> the Museum of Nat History. Awesome.
>>
>> ellice
>>
>
> I do watch it when I remember. I saw him a couple of times on the cake
> challenges on the Food Channel. He was hilarious and as you say,
> definitely "NooJoisey" style. No matter what they say, he takes their
> criticism and throws it right back with his attitude.
>
> The last one that he won was doing a wedding cake with the brides
> directing what they wanted to four decorators. Naturally, she got what he
> wanted, even substituting pink flowers for the red she asked for. When they
> said something about his flowers, he told them he does the best sugar
> flowers on the planet and they were wrong. I agree he does turn out some
> awesome cakes and much to the chagrin of the judges, the bride-to-be chose
> his cake over her original idea. They said she was railroaded.
>
> But they decided that his was best, even though more traditional then they
> thought they wanted.
>

>
>>
>>>
>>>> On 7/7/09 1:23 PM, in article h300jj$2cn$1@news.eternal-september.org,
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 7/7/09 8:59 AM, in article
>>>>>> 2f6570ba-2a11-4c08-b1cb-b68eed6fb891@r33g2000yqn.googlegroups.com,
>>>>>> "Donna"
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I realized last night at 9 p.m. when I wen to do the dishes that I
>>>>>>> didn't have any hot water. Nice. Great. Lovely.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> After a bit of searching I found the manual for the hot water heater.
>>>>>>> And realized that the high temperature shut off had worked. So I reset
>>>>>>> it. This morning. Still no hot water. Uh oh.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Repairman can't come until tomorrow. Argh.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We bought the darn thing 3 years ago to replace an 18 year old water
>>>>>>> heater.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Let's just say I am extremely unhappy.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Donna in Virginia
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> PS At least stitching doesn't make you sweat. Under normal conditions.
>>>>>> Oh dear - but trust me, it's worse to lose it in the winter...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not sure you would say that if like me, you were stuck in a hot
>>>>> house
>>>>> with zero electricity, zero water and zero patience for 3 days.
>>>>>
>>>>> My friend, in her desperation, got into the water she had put into her
>>>>> bathtub to use in the toilet. She didn't wash in it because it really
>>>>> wasn't particularly clean, but she soaked herself for a few minutes.
>>>>> Then
>>>>> she just left it where it was to continue to use it in the toilet. My
>>>>> dopey bathtub wouldn't hold the water so that wasn't an option for me.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank whoever had the original idea for baby wipes for saving me from
>>>>> smelling up the world.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm stuck in with a sore throat and a sinus infection. Antibiotics and
>>>>> other meds are making me slightly nauseous, but not as yucky as I was
>>>>> those
>>>>> few days.
>>>>> Lucille
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Oh dear - poor thing. NO WATER sucks, no hot water is bad at any time but
>>>> worse in the winter.
>>>>
>>>> Cheryl
>>>>
>>> Not as bad here as where you are. Our winter isn't exactly like yours
>>> and the ground rarely gets that cold. Cold water from the tap is
>>> lukewarm in winter and warm in summer.
>>
>> Bad Girl, adding to your own message.
>>
>> I'm so bored and I'm sooooo sick of TV. Not a decent movie to watch and
>> everything and everyone is caught up with the extravaganza going on in LA.
>> I'm just so sick of it. There has to be something more important going on
>> in the world.
>>
>> I suppose I'm going to be forced to watch Law & Order SVU for the 100th time
>> or the Cooking Channel.
>>
>> L
>>
> So sorry about your boredom. That's how I get for about the week before I
> get my blood pumped up - can't really do much, and end up watching tons of
> bad tv. If you haven't seen it - try "Cake Boss" - I think it's on one of
> the food networks - hysterical. Very, very NJ. Especially the episode when
> he's doing the cake for a "social club" - right out of the Sopranos. I
> think the bakery is in Hoboken - and they do some amazing stuff. DH loves
> this show - the cakes are fabulous, plus you get all the hysterical stuff of
> a big Italian family owning both a retail bakery with this huge custom cake
> business. Last night we saw an episode in which they made a cake to look
> like some recently discovered largest mammal ever - for the new exhibit at
> the Museum of Nat History. Awesome.
>
> ellice
>

> On 7/7/09 3:29 PM, in article C6791A58.15ACC%egirl22@verizon.net, "ellice"
>
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On 7/7/09 1:23 PM, in article h300jj$2cn$1@news.eternal-september.org,
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 7/7/09 8:59 AM, in article
>>>>>>> 2f6570ba-2a11-4c08-b1cb-b68eed6fb891@r33g2000yqn.googlegroups.com,
>>>>>>> "Donna"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I realized last night at 9 p.m. when I wen to do the dishes that I
>>>>>>>> didn't have any hot water. Nice. Great. Lovely.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> After a bit of searching I found the manual for the hot water heater.
>>>>>>>> And realized that the high temperature shut off had worked. So I reset
>>>>>>>> it. This morning. Still no hot water. Uh oh.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Repairman can't come until tomorrow. Argh.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We bought the darn thing 3 years ago to replace an 18 year old water
>>>>>>>> heater.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Let's just say I am extremely unhappy.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Donna in Virginia
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> PS At least stitching doesn't make you sweat. Under normal conditions.
>>>>>>> Oh dear - but trust me, it's worse to lose it in the winter...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm not sure you would say that if like me, you were stuck in a hot
>>>>>> house
>>>>>> with zero electricity, zero water and zero patience for 3 days.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My friend, in her desperation, got into the water she had put into her
>>>>>> bathtub to use in the toilet. She didn't wash in it because it really
>>>>>> wasn't particularly clean, but she soaked herself for a few minutes.
>>>>>> Then
>>>>>> she just left it where it was to continue to use it in the toilet. My
>>>>>> dopey bathtub wouldn't hold the water so that wasn't an option for me.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank whoever had the original idea for baby wipes for saving me from
>>>>>> smelling up the world.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm stuck in with a sore throat and a sinus infection. Antibiotics and
>>>>>> other meds are making me slightly nauseous, but not as yucky as I was
>>>>>> those
>>>>>> few days.
>>>>>> Lucille
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Oh dear - poor thing. NO WATER sucks, no hot water is bad at any time but
>>>>> worse in the winter.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheryl
>>>>>
>>>> Not as bad here as where you are. Our winter isn't exactly like yours
>>>> and the ground rarely gets that cold. Cold water from the tap is
>>>> lukewarm in winter and warm in summer.
>>>
>>> Bad Girl, adding to your own message.
>>>
>>> I'm so bored and I'm sooooo sick of TV. Not a decent movie to watch and
>>> everything and everyone is caught up with the extravaganza going on in LA.
>>> I'm just so sick of it. There has to be something more important going on
>>> in the world.
>>>
>>> I suppose I'm going to be forced to watch Law & Order SVU for the 100th time
>>> or the Cooking Channel.
>>>
>>> L
>>>
>> So sorry about your boredom. That's how I get for about the week before I
>> get my blood pumped up - can't really do much, and end up watching tons of
>> bad tv. If you haven't seen it - try "Cake Boss" - I think it's on one of
>> the food networks - hysterical. Very, very NJ. Especially the episode when
>> he's doing the cake for a "social club" - right out of the Sopranos. I
>> think the bakery is in Hoboken - and they do some amazing stuff. DH loves
>> this show - the cakes are fabulous, plus you get all the hysterical stuff of
>> a big Italian family owning both a retail bakery with this huge custom cake
>> business. Last night we saw an episode in which they made a cake to look
>> like some recently discovered largest mammal ever - for the new exhibit at
>> the Museum of Nat History. Awesome.
>>
>> ellice
>>
> DS is currently in to all things Gordon Ramsey. The crew watched about 5
> straight hours of Hell's Kitchen. Pretty strange show....
>
> Cheryl
>

>
>> On 7/7/09 3:29 PM, in article C6791A58.15ACC%egirl22@verizon.net, "ellice"
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 7/7/09 1:23 PM, in article h300jj$2cn$1@news.eternal-september.org,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 7/7/09 8:59 AM, in article
>>>>>>>> 2f6570ba-2a11-4c08-b1cb-b68eed6fb891@r33g2000yqn.googlegroups.com,
>>>>>>>> "Donna"
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I realized last night at 9 p.m. when I wen to do the dishes that I
>>>>>>>>> didn't have any hot water. Nice. Great. Lovely.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> After a bit of searching I found the manual for the hot water heater.
>>>>>>>>> And realized that the high temperature shut off had worked. So I reset
>>>>>>>>> it. This morning. Still no hot water. Uh oh.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Repairman can't come until tomorrow. Argh.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> We bought the darn thing 3 years ago to replace an 18 year old water
>>>>>>>>> heater.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Let's just say I am extremely unhappy.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Donna in Virginia
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> PS At least stitching doesn't make you sweat. Under normal conditions.
>>>>>>>> Oh dear - but trust me, it's worse to lose it in the winter...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm not sure you would say that if like me, you were stuck in a hot
>>>>>>> house
>>>>>>> with zero electricity, zero water and zero patience for 3 days.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My friend, in her desperation, got into the water she had put into her
>>>>>>> bathtub to use in the toilet. She didn't wash in it because it really
>>>>>>> wasn't particularly clean, but she soaked herself for a few minutes.
>>>>>>> Then
>>>>>>> she just left it where it was to continue to use it in the toilet. My
>>>>>>> dopey bathtub wouldn't hold the water so that wasn't an option for me.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank whoever had the original idea for baby wipes for saving me from
>>>>>>> smelling up the world.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm stuck in with a sore throat and a sinus infection. Antibiotics and
>>>>>>> other meds are making me slightly nauseous, but not as yucky as I was
>>>>>>> those
>>>>>>> few days.
>>>>>>> Lucille
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Oh dear - poor thing. NO WATER sucks, no hot water is bad at any time but
>>>>>> worse in the winter.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheryl
>>>>>>
>>>>> Not as bad here as where you are. Our winter isn't exactly like yours
>>>>> and the ground rarely gets that cold. Cold water from the tap is
>>>>> lukewarm in winter and warm in summer.
>>>>
>>>> Bad Girl, adding to your own message.
>>>>
>>>> I'm so bored and I'm sooooo sick of TV. Not a decent movie to watch and
>>>> everything and everyone is caught up with the extravaganza going on in LA.
>>>> I'm just so sick of it. There has to be something more important going on
>>>> in the world.
>>>>
>>>> I suppose I'm going to be forced to watch Law & Order SVU for the 100th
>>>> time
>>>> or the Cooking Channel.
>>>>
>>>> L
>>>>
>>> So sorry about your boredom. That's how I get for about the week before I
>>> get my blood pumped up - can't really do much, and end up watching tons of
>>> bad tv. If you haven't seen it - try "Cake Boss" - I think it's on one of
>>> the food networks - hysterical. Very, very NJ. Especially the episode when
>>> he's doing the cake for a "social club" - right out of the Sopranos. I
>>> think the bakery is in Hoboken - and they do some amazing stuff. DH loves
>>> this show - the cakes are fabulous, plus you get all the hysterical stuff of
>>> a big Italian family owning both a retail bakery with this huge custom cake
>>> business. Last night we saw an episode in which they made a cake to look
>>> like some recently discovered largest mammal ever - for the new exhibit at
>>> the Museum of Nat History. Awesome.
>>>
>>> ellice
>>>
>> DS is currently in to all things Gordon Ramsey. The crew watched about 5
>> straight hours of Hell's Kitchen. Pretty strange show....
>>
>> Cheryl
>>
> I hate Hell's Kitchen. DH loves it. Evidently it has even been a topic of
> discussion in hockey locker rooms.

>HK - very contrived - though the most
> recent season at least had a fair amount of the contestants actually knowing
> something about cooking and commercial kitchens. In prior seasons it's been
> just ridiculous, and an exercise for Gordon to be outrageous.

>OTOH, I do
> like Kitchen nightmares, the UK version. He & his crew genuinely do step in
> and revamp some restaurants - he has good ideas, and advice. It's
> interesting to see, especially here with the US restaurants, how people
> react. Kind of like with What Not to Wear - you're on this show because
> your restaurant - or your presentation - is so extremely poor that your
> friends/ colleagues have put you there. Then people argue with the advisors
> because "it's not my style" or "I want xxxx on the menu" - well if your idea
> was working reasonably well - you wouldn't be here. It's a big hubris thing
> to some extent.
>
> OTOH, Gordon's "f Word" is an interesting program - in one of his
> restaurants in London, brings in a team of amateurs - who then cook the
> menu, and win something based upon how many meals/deserts are actually paid
> for. It's pretty good, and not so rude. Then there is a celebrity
> challenge - some celeb will have a cook-off of some favorite recipe with
> Gordon, and a panel will try the 2 items - frequently Gordon loses. Does
> have some interesting recipes come up!
>
> Ellice
>