Early Risers - Eastern Time Zone

RogerToo · December 2017

Ed Said
Howdy y'all. It's satisfying Saturday!

27 degrees out there now with an expected high of 53 and no chance of precipitation.

We actually have TWO parties today. One for lunch and one for dinner. The first party is scheduled for 11:00 to 3:00 and includes the postponed monthly meeting of the local orchid society and the second is out usual pool party group but without, of course, the pool part of the party, and goes from 5:00 to 10:00, though we may not stay for the whole thing. I hate that we ended up having to re-schedule the Orchid Society party and it ended up on the same day as the other one, but that's how it is.

Quote was not working on here yesterday for me and it sounds like it isn't working today either. Perhaps we should report that to the site. Maybe everyone is assuming someone else has reported it.

Hi Ed
Thank You for the feedback, I was wondering if it was something site wide or something in my browser that on affected this site. I do have the NoScript addin that blocks Javascript and I thought I had it configured to allow what needed to be allowed for the site to work.

Two Holiday Parties, Wow, Lucky You

I know I would have also have preferred them to be spread out too. Somedays it is what it is

Have a Good Day anyway
Roger

parityanimal · December 2017

I reported it in the tech forum and got this response:

Alex MyFitnessPal Agent
Dec 16, 2017 01:27PM PST
Hello,

Thank you for letting us know about this bug where the quote function is not working in groups. We hope to get this issue resolved early next week and will post updates here when we have additional information.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10623161/quote-function-is-broken-in-groups/p1?new=1

Thank you for your patience while we get this resolved.

Warm Regards,
Alex
MyFitnessPal Community Manager

RogerToo · December 2017

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RogerToo · December 2017

Hi
I'm back from walking this Morning in a light snowfall, The temperature this morning was 33 on the porch and 33 on the cable channel. Once again the Snow remnants left from yesterday did cause slippery spots on the Sidewalks and Driveway as I was walking

What did surprise me somewhat was that on many of the side streets the sidewalks were in better shape for walking than the street. The sidewalks that the town takes care of were all perfect.

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Have a Really Great Sunday
Roger

RogerToo · December 2017

Ed said
I reported it in the tech forum and got this response:

Alex MyFitnessPal Agent
Dec 16, 2017 01:27PM PST
Hello,

Thank you for letting us know about this bug where the quote function is not working in groups. We hope to get this issue resolved early next week and will post updates here when we have additional information.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10623161/quote-function-is-broken-in-groups/p1?new=1

Thank you for your patience while we get this resolved.

Warm Regards,
Alex
MyFitnessPal Community Manager

Hi Ed
If I said it sounds as if they knew it was broken....
I hope they get it fixed, this is a bit of a nuisance, I would not be surprised if it was some, ahem, Improvement to the forum.

Thanks for that information
Roger

Hi Valerie

parityanimal · December 2017

Howdy y'all. It's scintillating Sunday!

35 out there now with an expected high of 48 and 50% chance of precipitation.

I'm trying to get used to giving the chance of "precipitation" instead of the chance for rain since we're getting in to the time of year when that precipitation might not be rain, or is likely to be a mixture. To be fair, sleet or hail can even happen in mid-summer, but it doesn't happen a lot, at least not around here in Georgia.

Need to possibly get a little laundry done today, and rest up some. As you can see from my posting, I made it through both parties. The only extra we got sent home with is half a gallon of egg nog that I'm going to be pushing on J to drink up, though I'll have some, I'm sure.

At the second party they kept plying us with red wine and spiked egg nog, both of which I had some of, but did try to limit the quantities. I still went to bed with a headache though.

The egg nog we brought home is just store brand egg nog in a sealed plastic jug, as the egg nog bringers brought a lot more egg nog than they needed to, and then mixed up a large bowl of it with some added half and half and a significant amount of added Bacardi 151 rum, and then a sprinkle of additional nutmeg!

It tasted great but I sure didn't need to drink much of that.

Both parties featured ham as the main dish. I'm kind of glad I'm planning goose for Christmas this year myself. I usually do ham, but I'm about hammed out for the season. I do have some left in the freezer from the Thanksgiving party, and it will be used for my New Years black eyed peas and collard greens.

We haven't heard a peep from Gardenkat for about a week. I've left messages on facebook and sent her an email inquiring, as I'm starting to be a little concerned. I haven't tried calling, or leaving an IM on the cell phone as yet. Don't want to seem like I'm stalking or creeping...

Hope all is OK with Val.

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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.

Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)

All mushrooms are edible. Some, only once...

parityanimal · December 2017

Dollar Tree Asian fusion meal combo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLpXz28gOWc

parityanimal · December 2017

Fine dining with Mr. Bean.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOpfb4lyAIs

parityanimal · December 2017

How it's made: Tinned (canned) pineapple.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFTBmUqf5mg

parityanimal · December 2017

Based on the timing of the site's announcement (in the "announcements' forum) on here, I rather think they didn't know it was broken until I told them, so I'm glad I took the time to figure out how to tell them. They don't make web page feedback particularly easy.

GardenKatGardens · December 2017

Whoops!!! Can I come back??
Ed thank you for the email and fb pm. I obviously let 'life' get in my way! I'd read the posts from you guys...with the intent of answering 'later'...
Thurs. was a busy busy day....trash to gather and get to the street...appt with Tyler for my ears, then made a run to Snellville to get O's gift card for Christmas...straight to Sweet Tomatoes for my dinner (safe place to eat my kind of food Roger, and I don't have to cook!) And from there straight to O's gym...home exhausted. Friday Marietta and I had 'our' quiet and wonderful lunch at Stone Mountain, followed up with coffee at the kiosk in the Marriott. They were having some kind of very very noisy event in the lobby, so we elected to stay in the kiosk instead of the lobby with the pretty decorations and fireplace. Same story, home and exhausted, spent some time with Tom E. who by then was feeling pretty lonely...Saturday. Oh My! Started with a mid morning hockey game, the boys (and one girl) lost, and Nate just at the end had a big run in with first the boards and rebounded back landing on the back of his head. Helmets are only good for most things, but not for this....Jack has had head trauma training as part of his coaching training, and he listened to what Nate had to say about being dizzy, etc and knew one of the other parents was an EMT, so that guy assessed Nate, and decided that Yes he did need to be seen at Childrens Health Care Urgent Care...I was to follow, and Jack had told me it was in the shopping center with Sprouts...so off we go...got seperated at a traffic light, and I went to Sprouts...no Childrens...texted, he'd told me the wrong shopping center, so I drove back the 7 miles in Christmas shopping traffic (in record time I might add

) and met up with them in an exam room. Nate does have a concussion, and has to be watched 72 hours and a follow-up with his own Pediatrician on Monday. Here's the really sad part if your a week short of being 12. NO loud noises, rest, no TV, video's,( no iPod, iPhone, X Box games, etc. for the 72 hours. I for a second thought the little guy was gonna cry. His question to a really great Doc. was 'Why are you placing me on restrictions?' Poor kid. Board games are OK, so Gram's heading out in a little bit to play board games with him. And he was giving me *kitten* about being a Vegan..so on the way home, I stopped at Whole Foods and bought him 2 boxes of their delicious, but not necessarily 'healthy' VEGAN Chocolate Chip cookies to go with our games today.
Long post for a concussion, but that's 'where' I am today... Laundry, and other house issues can wait.
My calendar for the coming week looks pretty full also...but I will try to do much better about being here!

I have loved all the cartoons, and posts....I kept up until Thursday...so I have a bit of back reading to do...I'd thought about taking it with me, but decided it would be pretty close to cruel to play/read on my phone or iPad when Nate can't. (oh, she said he can read books....just not on his iPod...'real' books only)...

Tom E. is still with me on Earth...he has a new 'game'... pee in one litter box, followed by poop in the other, and THEN he goes to the door to be let outside....LOL!!! I need a dog to explain it to him....maybe???

Roger, I can't help but wonder what goodies you and your brother have been mixing up and baking in your kitchen this week...:)

And I know there must be cat stories in Ed's posts... I'think I'll head back to 12-14-17 and catch up! (my last post was on the 13th)

Later...

GardenKatGardens · December 2017

Here I am...I've looked at cartoons, read some clippings of interest...and still need to watch a couple of the videos. But making progress.
Ed...you have my permission to call or text anytime. That would not be creepy. Had you been the neighbor who 'kept track' of what went on in MY driveway, and a few other weird stuff....now she was creepy...and gone!! (no, you don't have to check my freezer for body parts!!! She moved back to Detroit of her own volition!)

Now, on way to see Nate, sweeten his day with my vegan cookies, and a cup of sb hot chocolate with Teddy Bear marshmallows... and some pita chip snacks as he told me while we were waiting for Doc's etc. at Urgent Care.

Later...

RogerToo · December 2017

RogerToo · December 2017

Hi
I'm back from walking this Morning, The temperature this morning was 34 on the porch and 34 on the cable channel. The Snow remnants left over did cause a few slippery spots on the Sidewalks that caused minimal problems

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Have a Really Great Monday
Rogersize]
Hi
I'm back from walking this Morning in a light snowfall, The temperature this morning was 15 on the porch and 20 on the cable channel. The Snow remnants left over from yesterday did cause slippery spots on the Sidewalks and Driveway as I was walking

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trail-londons-serial-cat-killer-031442106.html
On the trail of London's serial cat killer
Edouard GUIHAIRE, ,AFP•December 15, 2017

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/politics/albany/2017/12/15/nearly-83-inches-place-nys-snowiest/108634560/
With nearly 83 inches, this place is NY’s snowiest
Natasha Vaughn, Updated 12:07 p.m. ET Dec. 16, 2017

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2017/12/15/the-sun-is-blank-nasa-data-shows-it-to-be-dimming/
The sun is blank, NASA data shows it to be dimming
Anthony Watts, December 15, 2017

http://ktla.com/2017/12/15/woman-mauled-to-death-by-her-dogs-while-taking-them-for-a-walk/
22-Year-Old Virginia Woman Mauled to Death by Her Dogs While Taking Them for a Walk
By Tracy Bloom, Updated at 10:06PM, December 15, 2017

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/12/16/pentagon-ufo-search-harry-reid-216111
The Pentagon’s Secret Search for UFOs
By BRYAN BENDER, December 16, 2017

http://beta.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-third-sea-lion-attack-san-francisco-20171215-story.html
Third attack by marine mammal in San Francisco's Aquatic Park prompts swimming ban
By Rong-Gong Lin II and Brittny Mejia, Dec 15, 2017

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/667479/Underwater-city-Roman-Bible-Corinth-Corinthians-Greece-intact-discovery-video
Ancient Biblical city ‘destroyed by earthquake 1,400 YEARS ago’ found INTACT underwater
By Simon Green / Published 16th December 2017

Have a Really Great Monday
Roger

parityanimal · December 2017

Howdy y'all. It's marvelous Monday!

47 foggy degrees out there now with an expected high of 60 and 10 percent chance of precipitation.

Might actually do that laundry today and might get out to a store. We'll see. Definitely want a nap.

Lilo is having a bath in my lap right now.

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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.

Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)

All mushrooms are edible. Some, only once...