OT: My Vent for the Day - Page 4

> On 7/7/09 5:37 PM, in article C6793853.15AED%egirl22@verizon.net, "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
>> I hate Hell's Kitchen. DH loves it. Evidently it has even been a topic
>> of
>> discussion in hockey locker rooms.
> Must be a hockey player thing. I'm the only one that did not really enjoy
> it.
>>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.
> I thought it was just stupid. Kitchens staff need work together and when
> the
> whole idea is to kick some one out, the food suffers.
>>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
> The "f Work" with Top Gears James May and Jeremy Clarkson is what started
> us
> watching "f Word". We are all now hooked on it.
> C

>

>>>
>> The "f Work" with Top Gears James May and Jeremy Clarkson is what started
>> us
>> watching "f Word". We are all now hooked on it.
>>
>> C
>
> Is that on BBC? If so, I'll look for it.
>
> Lucille
>>
>

>
>> On 7/7/09 5:37 PM, in article C6793853.15AED%egirl22@verizon.net, "ellice"
>>

>>>>> 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.
>> Must be a hockey player thing. I'm the only one that did not really enjoy
>> it.
>>> 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.
>> I thought it was just stupid. Kitchens staff need work together and when
>> the
>> whole idea is to kick some one out, the food suffers.
>>
>>> 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
>>>
>> The "f Work" with Top Gears James May and Jeremy Clarkson is what started
>> us
>> watching "f Word". We are all now hooked on it.
>>
>> C
>
> Is that on BBC? If so, I'll look for it.
>
> Lucille
>>

>>> On 7/7/09 5:37 PM, in article C6793853.15AED%egirl22@verizon.net,
>>> "ellice"
> *big snip*
>>>>>> 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.
>>> Must be a hockey player thing. I'm the only one that did not really
>>> enjoy
>>> it.
>>>> 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.
>>> I thought it was just stupid. Kitchens staff need work together and when
>>> the
>>> whole idea is to kick some one out, the food suffers.
>>>> 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
>>> The "f Work" with Top Gears James May and Jeremy Clarkson is what
>>> started
>>> us
>>> watching "f Word". We are all now hooked on it.
>>> C
>> Is that on BBC? If so, I'll look for it.
>> Lucille
> Yes, I think it's on BBC America. Kitchen nightmares - some on BBCA, and
> some on Fox.
> ellice

>

>
> 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