Shoot the Wall (A.K.A. The Rant Thread)

[HerlockSholmes]

I wrote the line “it recognises Carol;s version so why did it appear in the same colour as the quote? I find the internet......weird😳

[Carol the Dabbler]

39 minutes ago, HerlockSholmes said:

. To cause one an acute feeling of joy or pleasure. When he leaned in to kiss me at the end ofthe date, it made my toes curl.

 

It recognises Carol’s version.

Assuming that "acute feeling of joy or pleasure" is a euphemism, yes!

38 minutes ago, HerlockSholmes said:

I wrote the line “it recognises Carol;s version so why did it appear in the same colour as the quote?

Because the part you quoted did not include the end-of-color code.  Same idea would apply to font size, italics, etc.  In the future, you can either not worry about it or you can copy as plain text.  I believe you use a phone, in which you can just click on the "copy as plain text" message that shows up at the bottom if the reply box right *after* you paste.  If you're using Tapatalk, though, that option may not be available, and I have no idea whether they have anything equivalent.

[HerlockSholmes]

‘Tapatalk?’

Isnt that a conversation about Spanish food👍

[Carol the Dabbler]

12 minutes ago, HerlockSholmes said:

‘Tapatalk?’

Isnt that a conversation about Spanish food👍

Yup!  In fact "Angelo's" is now a tapas restaurant.

[Sheerluck]

12 hours ago, Carol the Dabbler said:

Yup!  In fact "Angelo's" is now a tapas restaurant.

Oh yes, taypas.

 

[Carol the Dabbler]

Good heavens, that's Katherine Parkinson (Kitty Riley)!  My official excuse for not recognizing her (till I looked up The IT Crowd on the internet) is that she's so teeny-tiny on my phone.

[Van Buren Supernova]

On 7/28/2018 at 3:56 AM, T.o.b.y said:

It's the same with adults imo. The nasty ones tend to stand out way more than the decent majority. 

Speaking on nasty adults...

I was having long walk as usual with my dog over the weekend. On Saturday we decided (oh yes, he got to decide too) to go to another stretch of the beach, but dear me, we stumbled upon an unusual crowded area. There was this girl with her friend, posing with their camera on the shore. I repeat, on the shore, and the wave had been washing the shore up and down. It's surfing beach goddammit. While posing, the wave came up a bit higher than before, and good gracious sweet fancy moses disaster strikes, what happened?!????!! That girl's precious feet was wet because the water reached her ankle!!!! She screamed in highest pitch of all and jumped like her ass was on fire. They both compared their near death experience and made loud laughter screaming noises, again and again. Can I push her to the water?? Can I????? Do we really have to be nice to everyone????? Sure????

The day after, I went to my usual quieter stretch. Again, this is not only surfing beach, this is dog friendly beach. There are strays, well behaved beach dogs and plethora of dogs with their owners, everywhere. We were running near the water because I was trying to avoid my usual dogs {I have come to know too many dogs and they all expect something from me, I was running out of food  although I know playing hide and seek with dog is useless (how unfair)}. We were still far away from this woman, but going toward her general direction, and when she saw us, she screamed blood-curling scream, and continue screaming until we passed (and I tried to keep my distance). Apparently she was afraid of dogs (not my nose), yah, my pickle size dog would suddenly kill her without provocation. The thing is, my dog didn't even glance at her. Anyway, I had to stop and looked back to be sure she was not dying or something, and saw her screaming everytime there was a dog nearby. Good god! Get out of here! Find.. kitty town instead. Geez.

We had known pack of dog, sometime we could be surrounded by ten over dogs who walk together with us. Too bad they were not with me that day, I would ask all of them to run to her at the same time. I'm planning to spoil her vocal cord. What a nuisance.

 

On 7/28/2018 at 4:06 AM, HerlockSholmes said:

Unfortunately all the screeching, nightmarish ones with barely evolved parents have all been rounded up and re-housed near to where I live. 

Hmmmmmm... are you sure your nose have nothing to do with attracting these kind of people to live around you?

 

[Carol the Dabbler]

On 7/27/2018 at 5:47 PM, Carol the Dabbler said:

Good thing Gandhi was a vegetarian then. Doubt that he was ever inside a McDonald's

 

On 7/27/2018 at 6:08 PM, HerlockSholmes said:

He might have popped in for a veggie burger and a portion of fries Carol.

Sorry, Herlock, didn't see your post till just now.  Does McDonald's have veggie burgers again?  They came out with some pretty awful ones maybe twenty years ago -- don't think they lasted long.

OK, they do in some countries, including India.  But no longer in the US, because nobody was ordering them. Gee, I wonder why?   The one I had there tasted like extra-salty turkey stuffing, without the turkey taste of course.  Basically wet bread on a bun.  

Added: Ooh, their British veggie patty sounds really good -- made of chickpeas, coriander, and cumin.  (I bet they borrowed the recipe from their India branch.)  Will make a point of trying one next time I'm over.

[Pseudonym]

I think I must have tried one of their veggie burgers at one point but can't remember much about it. I like Quorn vegetarian burgers. I hate veggie burgers than seem to be made solely out of sweetcorn and peas.

If you're scared of dogs going to a beach full of dogs seems remarkably stupid. My dog used to be awful, she'd chase joggers when we went to the beach and I couldn't get her to stop. The problem was she was just a puppy looking to play, but a pretty huge puppy so people would be terrified. 

My dad and I always reference Columbo when we, jokingly, want a dog to go after someone. There was an episode where a guy had trained his dogs to attack anyone who said 'rosebud.' So he had his dogs in this guy's garden, rang him on the phone, and got him to say rosebud out loud so the dogs would hear and go for him. So every now and then my dad and I will be walking along, point (subtly) at someone, and murmur 'rosebud.' 

Ha, I found the clip!

 

[HerlockSholmes]

6 hours ago, Van Buren Supernova said:

 

 

Hmmmmmm... are you sure your nose have nothing to do with attracting these kind of people to live around you?

 

You may have a point there VBS👍

[HerlockSholmes]

6 hours ago, Carol the Dabbler said:

 

Sorry, Herlock, didn't see your post till just now.  Does McDonald's have veggie burgers again?  They came out with some pretty awful ones maybe twenty years ago -- don't think they lasted long.

OK, they do in some countries, including India.  But no longer in the US, because nobody was ordering them. Gee, I wonder why?   The one I had there tasted like extra-salty turkey stuffing, without the turkey taste of course.  Basically wet bread on a bun.  

Added: Ooh, their British veggie patty sounds really good -- made of chickpeas, coriander, and cumin.  (I bet they borrowed the recipe from their India branch.)  Will make a point of trying one next time I'm over.

To be honest I just assumed that they did Carol.

Ive tasted a veggie burger elsewhere and to be honest I’d have enjoyed eating the box it came in more.

[Carol the Dabbler]

There are all sorts of veggie burgers, of course -- with the common factors being that they are edible and fit nicely on a bun.  I must admit I've never encountered one made of sweetcorn and peas (sounds suspiciously British, considering the British tendency to put corn in everything), but I'd be willing to try it.

I tend to avoid the soy-based ones, as some of them give me a nasty reaction.  And I'm leery of anything from Quorn (not keen on eating a random fungus, considering my other allergies).  So far my favorite is made of lentils and walnuts, but I've only encountered that once.

[Pseudonym]

... Do we put corn in everything?

[Carol the Dabbler]

Well, not literally everything, just in what I would consider some odd places.  For example every single one of the veggie salads in Speedy's deli case had corn in it, and I think there was a pizza place that offered corn as a topping.

I assume this explains the Japanese affinity for corn (since they at one point saw themselves as the Britain of Asia, which also explains why some of their English loan words sound odd to Americans).

[T.o.b.y]

I make my own veggie burgers. My husband says they taste weird but I love them. 

VBS, I believe you that the people at the beach were annoying but your description made me laugh. So thanks for that. 

[Carol the Dabbler]

2 hours ago, T.o.b.y said:

I make my own veggie burgers. My husband says they taste weird but I love them.

Recipe? 

[T.o.b.y]

5 hours ago, Carol the Dabbler said:

Recipe? 

 

Sure. Check your inbox, Carol. 

[Pseudonym]

Damn you IKEA and your snazzy furniture. I'm changing one of my spare bedrooms into an office so I've got a separate area to study in but I always find IKEA like a rabbit hole... and that's just the website. And why are rugs so expensive?

[Carol the Dabbler]

I completely lost interest in IKEA when I read in their catalog (at a friend's house) that they don't *intend* their furniture to last long -- "because you'll probably get tired of it anyhow."

 

[Pseudonym]

wtf, I never saw anything like that in their catalogues. I just need a couple of drawer units to use as legs for my mega desk

[Fantasy Lover]

Since when is anything to last long? Face It, everything that exists now isn't made to last long and it's all in the name of capitalism!

[T.o.b.y]

I hate going to Ikea. That place gives me panic-attack like bouts of frustration. Almost all our furniture we got second (or third) hand. But I must say, our Ikea shelves have lasted for a long time. My parents still have some that they got in the 70s.

[Pseudonym]

Some of my IKEA furniture has outlived it's purpose and is still going strong. 

I like going there and wandering about marvelling at the teeny tiny little flats, but I find all the bits pretty lethal, if you're not careful you've spent a fortune before you know it. And right now, about to pay some hefty tuition fees and still paying off my car I do not have a fortune to spend. I shall have to be very disciplined. There is also a massive antiques place right by IKEA thats always fun for a wander and is overflowing with oddities. There's a taxidermied lion in there that I believe has the world record for being the largest on record, it's huge. 

A lot of my furniture is old too, my chair and sofa could really do with re-covering but it's really not worth it whilst I have cats. I've just put throws over them instead and that'll do for now. 

[Arcadia]

Only furniture I've ever bought from Ikea is bookshelves, and they were doing fine until the basement got flooded a couple months ago. That particle board soaks up water like a sponge. They still work A-Okay but look crappy, and since the insurance will pay to replace them, out they go. Although the thrift-meister in me thinks I should find some way to repurpose the undamaged bits. Great, just what I need, another project.....

[Carol the Dabbler]

8 hours ago, Pseudonym said:

I never saw anything like that in their catalogues

It was in their American catalog roughly ten years ago, on a page called "about us" or "our mission" or something along those lines.