KK Chat -- 22 November 2020, Part One

[DesertRose]

[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [6:54:12 PM EST] Join KK has joined this channel.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [6:54:27 PM EST] <KK> Hello, all.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [6:54:37 PM EST] <TheDeryni> Hi, Katherine
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [6:55:05 PM EST] <bynw> hi KK
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [6:55:11 PM EST] <KK> How's the weather where you are?
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [6:55:24 PM EST] <bynw> 42F right now
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [6:55:45 PM EST] <KK> It's in the high 50s here.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [6:56:17 PM EST] <bynw> low 50s is the projected high for turkey day
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [6:57:08 PM EST] <KK> I think it's supposed to be similarly mild here.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [6:57:17 PM EST] <TheDeryni> 45° and misty here
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [6:57:50 PM EST] <KK> Remind me where that is, TheDeryni?
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [6:58:19 PM EST] <TheDeryni> Western CT. On the NY border
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [6:58:56 PM EST] <KK> Ah, I was misremembering. Somehow thought you were down Florida way.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [6:59:41 PM EST] <KK> (Gus has come to sit on my lap.)
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [6:59:41 PM EST] Join The_Bee (The_Bee@owirc-krh.arb.61.73.IP) has joined this channel.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [6:59:49 PM EST] <KK> Hi, Bee.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [6:59:52 PM EST] <bynw> hi bee
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:00:01 PM EST] <TheDeryni> Nope, though I have been down south a lot. Actually, a lot of US places
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:00:03 PM EST] <The_Bee> Hi Kk and everyone
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:00:04 PM EST] <DesertRose> Hi KK and Bee and everyone.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:00:07 PM EST] * bynw gives scritches to Gus
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:00:13 PM EST] <KK> Hi, DR.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:00:26 PM EST] <KK> How's your wrist?
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:00:32 PM EST] * TheDeryni tacklehugs DR
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:00:45 PM EST] <DesertRose> Saying words unacceptable by chat standards.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:00:55 PM EST] <KK> Oh, dear.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:01:03 PM EST] <KK> Ice it!
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:01:23 PM EST] <DesertRose> Did that a bit ago, several times today, and likely will again once I feed my face.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:01:42 PM EST] <KK> Sounds like a plan.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:02:05 PM EST] <The_Bee> What happened to your wrist, DR?
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:02:07 PM EST] <TheDeryni> Okay, what'd you do?
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:02:36 PM EST] <TheDeryni> Yeah.. What she said
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:03:34 PM EST] <DesertRose> My balance sucks, and I planted my right knee on the floor, my left shoulder onto the upright of a bookshelf, and my right hand on my baker's rack. The hand/wrist seems to have caught the worst of it. The shoulder is mostly okay, the knee is okay if I don't poke the bruises, but the hand hurts like [expletive deleted].
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:03:41 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat (they/them)> Hi y'all.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:03:58 PM EST] <The_Bee> Hi WindyCat
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:04:06 PM EST] * bynw knows the feeling
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:04:41 PM EST] <bynw> i did something to my left shoulder to elbow. i cant really lift anything or grip much with my left arm. no idea what though but the pain is rather high if i forget
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:04:49 PM EST] <TheDeryni> Maybe you shouldn't do that anymore, DR
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:04:51 PM EST] <DesertRose> I was looking for Carys' food-puzzle ball (which WAS in fact under the baker's rack), and I apparently leaned too far forward.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:05:02 PM EST] <DesertRose> I didn't mean to do it in the first place, LOL!
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:05:28 PM EST] * TheDeryni blinks innocently
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:06:04 PM EST] <The_Bee> I've had some sad news today about my cousins. One is suffering from dementia, and his two brothers are estranged from each other. I haven't been told why. When we were kids, our families used to get together for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:06:12 PM EST] <DesertRose> You oughtn't get hit by trucks anymore either, TheDeryni.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:06:42 PM EST] <KK> So sorry, Bee. Were you close to them?
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:07:01 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat (they/them)> hugs Bee.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:07:50 PM EST] <TheDeryni> You funny!
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:07:52 PM EST] <The_Bee> Yes, when we were young. One of them escorted me to my high school senior prom, and another taught me a few tips about dancing.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:07:55 PM EST] <TheDeryni> Lol
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:08:42 PM EST] <KK> Difficult times.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:09:09 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Hello everyone
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:09:27 PM EST] <TheDeryni> I'm sorry, Bee. That's a bummer
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:09:27 PM EST] <DesertRose> Hi Shiral.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:09:29 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat (they/them)> Hi Shiral
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:09:49 PM EST] <The_Bee> I hadn't seen them for several years. My younger sister has been in contact with one, and gave me the news.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:09:50 PM EST] <The_Bee> The oldest is going to come to our Zoom chat Tuesday
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:10:18 PM EST] Join derynifank (62a6eda8@owirc-0o17lq.mibbit.com) has joined this channel.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:10:22 PM EST] <The_Bee> Hi Shiral
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:10:29 PM EST] <The_Bee> Hi DFK
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:10:29 PM EST] <DesertRose> Hi derynifank.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:10:33 PM EST] <bynw> hi Shiral, dfk
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:10:35 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Hi DFK
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:10:46 PM EST] <derynifank> Hi everyone
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:11:02 PM EST] <KK> Hi, Shiral.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:11:07 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Hi KK
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:11:24 PM EST] <derynifank> Hi KK. Good to see you here
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:11:34 PM EST] <Laurna> Good Afternoon everyone
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:11:48 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Yesterday would have been my father's 93rd birthday. My Stepmother said she's grateful she never had to explain pandemics and masks to him.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:11:54 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Hi Laurna
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:11:55 PM EST] <DesertRose> Hi Laurna
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:12:00 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat (they/them)> Evening @Laurna
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:12:08 PM EST] <Laurna> DR, did they do an Xray on your wrist yet?
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:12:32 PM EST] <DesertRose> Yes, no fracture detected.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:12:38 PM EST] <derynifank> What happened to your wrist DR?
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:12:40 PM EST] <Laurna> That is good
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:12:47 PM EST] <DesertRose> Still hurts like [cuss words], though.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:12:50 PM EST] <derynifank> Glad no fracture
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:12:52 PM EST] <KK> I hear you, Shiral. My mother would have had a didfficult time of it, too.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:12:52 PM EST] <DesertRose> My balance sucks, and I planted my right knee on the floor, my left shoulder onto the upright of a bookshelf, and my right hand on my baker's rack. The hand/wrist seems to have caught the worst of it. The shoulder is mostly okay, the knee is okay if I don't poke the bruises, but the hand hurts like [expletive deleted].
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:13:06 PM EST] <DesertRose> I was looking for Carys' food-puzzle ball (which WAS in fact under the baker's rack), and I apparently leaned too far forward.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:13:17 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> He was an Alzheimer's patient, and it would have been extremely difficult for him to get it
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:13:20 PM EST] <The_Bee> I came across this today:
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:13:28 PM EST] <The_Bee> https://getpocket.com/explore/item/why-cats-show-you-their-butt-according-to-science?utm_source=pocket-newtab
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:13:34 PM EST] <Laurna> I can not get my mother to understand masks at all. At 85 she yells at me about it.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:13:38 PM EST] <DesertRose> (Thank heaven for the IRC function of being able to arrow up through your previous messages.)
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:13:47 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Sounds very uncomfortable, DR. Just rest it and let it heal
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:14:05 PM EST] <DesertRose> I'm trying to rest, but I am just about useless left-handed.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:14:29 PM EST] <DesertRose> Although I may learn the meaning of useless if I DON'T rest it.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:14:31 PM EST] <derynifank> Apparently a lot of people are having a problem "Getting it"
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:14:35 PM EST] <Laurna> When I broke my right wrist, I felt useless.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:14:43 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> I was having a family zoom session this morning and Dmitri felt it was EXTREMELY important for them to realize he had all the necessary undertail "equipment.'
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:14:59 PM EST] <Laurna> Forget trying to put on a bra( sorry gents)
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:15:03 PM EST] <bynw> Dmitri is part of the family too
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:15:12 PM EST] <DesertRose> That's what happens when people believe disinformation--they won't believe facts that contradict their beliefs.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:15:31 PM EST] <DesertRose> Oh, yeah, I've been bralette girl since I fell.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:15:33 PM EST] <Laurna> HEHE Nice Dmitri
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:15:48 PM EST] <DesertRose> (since I can pull them over my head, no fastenings)
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:15:52 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> He was a very opinionated member of the family, today. Maybe he was trying to show us he could be "The crazy uncle" at Thanksgiving
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:15:58 PM EST] <derynifank> I can't believe that dying people still claim it is a hoax
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:16:24 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> wakes up, joins chat
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:16:55 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat (they/them)> Hi @Beth
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:16:58 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Fortunately when I broke my left wrist as a child, I didn't need to wear that particular piece of underwear.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:17:02 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Hi Bethane
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:17:02 PM EST] <DesertRose> Hi Bethane.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:17:13 PM EST] <bynw> hi Bethane
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:17:26 PM EST] * bynw hasn't broken anything
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:17:28 PM EST] <derynifank> Hi Bethane
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:17:29 PM EST] <The_Bee> Claiming a "constitutional right" not to wear a mask is like claiming a constitutional right to drive drunk.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:17:29 PM EST] <KK> Hi, Laurna. I've found a second box for your costume books. Should be packing them up and mailing them by the end of the week, with luck.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:17:30 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> hiya
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:17:32 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> snaps fingers and produces hot cider and shortbread
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:17:38 PM EST] <The_Bee> Hi Bethane
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:17:42 PM EST] <Laurna> That is good Shiral. but still how do you brake it when you are so young?
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:18:09 PM EST] <DesertRose> Fell off a bicycle, maybe?
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:18:17 PM EST] <Laurna> WOW KK that is a lot of books. SO COOL
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:18:26 PM EST] <DesertRose> You can do a good bit of damage to oneself falling off a bike.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:18:35 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> I was heedlessly trying out my new scooter on our driveway. Which was wet and slippery and there was a soaker hose lying across it diagonally. The front wheel of my scooter hit it just wrong and down I went.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:18:35 PM EST] <derynifank> I broke my arm whe I was 7, running down an aisle at the movies and tripped and fell. On my birthday
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:18:45 PM EST] * bynw casually notes that it doesn't look like we will reach the end of the Ghosts of the Past game before we hit the 3 year mark
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:18:57 PM EST] <TheDeryni> The 16th would have been my father's 93rd also, Shiral
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:19:04 PM EST] <Laurna> OOCH DFK
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:19:23 PM EST] <derynifank> Hi TD
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:19:29 PM EST] <Laurna> Celebration 3 years
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:19:46 PM EST] <TheDeryni> Howdy, DFK
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:19:58 PM EST] <derynifank> Yes, I started second grade with my arm in a cast, fortunately it was my left arm
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:20:00 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> My Mom is 90, and although she definitely regrets the necessary isolation these days, she's in pretty good shape overall
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:20:16 PM EST] <Laurna> Oh and also big OOCH for Shiral
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:20:21 PM EST] <KK> Well, they're smallish boxes, Laurna. The books are HEAVY.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:20:42 PM EST] <derynifank> Can't wait to see what Laurna makes from them
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:21:05 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Several hours in Emergency later, mom and I came home and ate a dinner that consisted entirely of Eskimo Pies
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:21:14 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> lol
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:21:15 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat (they/them)> Is there such a thing as a light weight costuming book?
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:21:21 PM EST] <Laurna> Yes, we just packed up a ton of books for a freind who moved back to England. No more than 30lbs a box. that was like 30 boxes
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:21:32 PM EST] * bynw watches his kitty use her pet stairs to get on the bed since she has some arthritis in her back legs.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:21:48 PM EST] <derynifank> Wow! That is a lot of books!
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:21:57 PM EST] <bynw> 30 boxes? what is a lot of books indeed
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:22:08 PM EST] <Laurna> She sent them by shipping container by boat
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:22:14 PM EST] <The_Bee> My mom was 7 when she broke her arm. It was the same year her mom died from the Spanish flu.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:22:26 PM EST] <Laurna> She is a historian, costomer too
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:22:27 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> I love watching the cats use their little stairs to get onto and off teh bed.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:22:33 PM EST] <DesertRose> Carys is nagging me because she ate all her supper and I'm not giving her any more food yet. (I will give her some wet food after chat, though.)
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:22:53 PM EST] <derynifank> Carys says where is dessert?
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:23:04 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat (they/them)> Lol!
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:23:22 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> I always wonder about where the dessert is.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:23:23 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> I don't remember the last time I ate a meal at home that didn't include an audience
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:23:33 PM EST] <Laurna> My cat jumps a 5ft fence with ease, even at 11 years old
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:24:06 PM EST] <bynw> kagi doesn't care for wet food which has been a blessing but she can be very loud and persistent when she sees the bottom of her food dish
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:24:23 PM EST] <Laurna> RIGHT!
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:24:47 PM EST] <bynw> mine is 14 years old and will be 15 in may
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:24:47 PM EST] <DesertRose> No human activities go unsnoopervised in a home with cats.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:25:13 PM EST] <Laurna> If my cats bowl is left empty before I go to bed, at pre dawn she braves the dogs to stand on my head and tell be about it.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:25:18 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> Next Feb all four of mine will be 14 for a few months
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:25:22 PM EST] <bynw> she really doesnt care for my greenscreen sometimes she will leave the room if i use it
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:25:38 PM EST] <derynifank> So true. Pete snoopervises all gardening that goes on in his yard
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:25:59 PM EST] <DesertRose> Carys is fairly polite if I'm asleep; she just pats my face with her paw until I start showing signs of wakefulness.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:26:32 PM EST] <DesertRose> But if I'm awake, she meows at me until the windows shake, when she isn't knocking over random stuff to get my attention.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:26:35 PM EST] <The_Bee> Melantha licks my face when she wants breakfast.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:26:51 PM EST] <bynw> Kagi sint polite when we are sleeping. she will scream loudly if she thinks we should be awake
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:26:54 PM EST] <The_Bee> If I ignore she uses just one claw.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:26:55 PM EST] <DesertRose> "Mom, feed me or I'll eat you?"
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:27:01 PM EST] <Laurna> Cats, LOL
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:27:12 PM EST] <The_Bee> LOL! How true!
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:27:14 PM EST] <bynw> sint=isn't
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:27:15 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Dmitri loves to rub his cheeks against the bottom edge of the lampshade on my bedside table. Which ratttles loudly. Then he'll start knocking items off the bed side table.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:27:28 PM EST] <DesertRose> Nah, Melantha is probably trying to groom you awake. But it was good for a laugh.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:27:52 PM EST] <Laurna> Did you all see the poor Cavilier puppy nearly eaten by a gattor. That owner was a very brave, smart man.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:28:06 PM EST] <DesertRose> I think Carys has learned that waking me abruptly makes me grouchy, so she wakes me gently.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:28:14 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> I didn't see that... I'm glad puppy is ok
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:28:18 PM EST] <derynifank> Missed that but glad puppy was rescued
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:28:31 PM EST] <The_Bee> I missed it too.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:28:41 PM EST] <KK> Gus comes up and purrs against my face, which tickles. But at least he doesn't try to eat me. Yet.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:29:11 PM EST] <Laurna> he leaped in the pond. 3 feet deep, wrestled the small gattor out of the water and then pride the jaws open to let his puppy go. Amazing
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:29:22 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> Wow
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:29:32 PM EST] <derynifank> Good for him
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:29:44 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> @KK lucky thing for all of us... 🙂
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:29:47 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat (they/them)> I can't let my two in the bedroom. They both like to use me as a launch/landing pad.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:29:58 PM EST] <The_Bee> Will the puppy make a full recovery?
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:30:26 PM EST] * bynw notes that living where gators live isnt a good idea
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:30:37 PM EST] <KK> No, not at all.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:30:40 PM EST] <Laurna> Yes puppy had only one puncher wound mans hands were chewed up
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:30:58 PM EST] <Laurna> It was a small pond and a very small gattor
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:31:09 PM EST] <The_Bee> brave man
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:31:18 PM EST] <DesertRose> Before Carys learned that a sleep-deprived DesertRose is a grumpy individual indeed, she wasn't allowed in my bedroom either, but she learned to let me sleep for eight or nine hours at night, so now she sleeps in my bed, and she even herds me to bed if I don't go on my own by about 11:30.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:31:50 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat (they/them)> Lol!
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:31:53 PM EST] <KK> Yes, Gus lets me know when it's time to go upstairs.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:32:06 PM EST] <The_Bee> Melantha often beats me to my bed.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:32:14 PM EST] <DesertRose> I know perfectly well who's in charge here and it ain't me. I just pay the bills.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:32:34 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat (they/them)> XD
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:32:35 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> 🙂
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:33:46 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Yup. Just the housekeeper, food dispenser, masseuse and heated padded nap bed.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:33:53 PM EST] <DesertRose> Yup.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:34:06 PM EST] <The_Bee> and head-scritcher
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:34:09 PM EST] <KK> Too true.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:34:24 PM EST] <bynw> cant forget head-scritcher that is very important
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:34:25 PM EST] <DesertRose> But to be fair, she also provides towel- and pajama-warming services while I'm in the shower.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:34:28 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> I want a housekeeper and food dispenser and masseuse and heating pad. I can do without the head-scritcher, tho'...
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:35:07 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Hi Everyone
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:35:14 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> Hello Jerusha
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:35:15 PM EST] <DesertRose> Hi Jerusha.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:35:16 PM EST] <KK> Hey, Jerusha.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:35:19 PM EST] <derynifank> Hi Jerusha
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:35:21 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> I know. I wish somebody would provide those services for me.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:35:24 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Hi Jerusha
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:35:27 PM EST] <The_Bee> Hi Jerusha
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:35:30 PM EST] <Laurna> Hello Jerusha
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:35:30 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat (they/them)> Hi Jerusha
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:35:39 PM EST] * TheDeryni scritches his own head as he shakes it
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:35:52 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Hi TD
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:35:59 PM EST] <Laurna> TD you need a kitty or a puppy
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:36:10 PM EST] <bynw> hi Jerusha
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:36:16 PM EST] <TheDeryni> Hi Jerusha.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:36:26 PM EST] <DesertRose> I could actually go for head-scritching services or at least hairdressing services.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:36:51 PM EST] <DesertRose> I love having someone else wash my hair.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:36:56 PM EST] <Laurna> I could go for foot rubbing services
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:37:02 PM EST] <TheDeryni> Nope. I'll take a goldfish.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:37:07 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> Oh, that's true about the hair
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:37:13 PM EST] <DesertRose> I think that's included under massage services, Laurna.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:37:17 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Let's face it, were all critically understaffed!
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:37:45 PM EST] * Laurna loads the trabechete with a pretty gold Koi.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:37:45 PM EST] <The_Bee> I recently learned about a hair-dressing appointment I didn't know I had--too late.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:37:55 PM EST] <DesertRose> Oops.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:38:04 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Oh dear, Bee
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:38:14 PM EST] <KK> Especially oops, in these times.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:38:16 PM EST] <derynifank> I hate it when that happens
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:38:29 PM EST] <The_Bee> I'll call them ssssomeday.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:38:45 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Covid Hair--at least we've all got it in some way
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:38:51 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> lol
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:39:10 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Grey is the new, well, grey....
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:39:15 PM EST] <Laurna> lol
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:39:17 PM EST] <KK> Yep.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:39:24 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Gray and uncut.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:39:46 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat (they/them)> Gray and shorn
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:39:49 PM EST] <The_Bee> I'm starting to worry about Christmas. Will I be able to join my family in Vermont?
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:40:13 PM EST] <Laurna> I was looking in the mirror at my gray and said to myself "Well at 59 I guess you can a few grays for a while."
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:40:30 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> I have a tribe
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:40:35 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> Laurna, ditto 🙂
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:40:45 PM EST] <DesertRose> At least you're blonde, Laurna. Grays are much more obvious in dark hair.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:41:21 PM EST] <Laurna> Real hair is mousy brown. But I can not remember the last time I saw my real hair color
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:41:25 PM EST] <The_Bee> At least my new desk lamp makes my coloring look nicer.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:41:29 PM EST] <KK> Does someone drive you, Bee, or do you have to take public transport? I think it's going to be a scary time between Thanksgiving and Christmas, because you <know> it's going to spike then.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:41:34 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> They are not obvious, DR; they are bespoke
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:41:39 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat (they/them)> I'll take my Bride of Frankenstein stripes over all over gray any day.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:42:07 PM EST] <DesertRose> You too, WindyCat? I have a good collection of random grays, but I have a nice wide streak above my right eyebrow.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:42:41 PM EST] <TheDeryni> You're right, KK. It'll spike 2-3 weeks after Thanksgiving
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:42:43 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> DR, that's where mine lives
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:43:16 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat (they/them)> I have them on both sides, one over my rt eyebrow and the other just above my left ear.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:43:19 PM EST] <Laurna> Mom wants to hold thanksgiving and we told her not this year. She is very upset with us.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:43:21 PM EST] <The_Bee> In the past someone has come to get me. But last year I took the bus. I left Melantha with my neighbor.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:43:46 PM EST] <DesertRose> I have a small streak above my left ear, but the right-side one is much wider.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:43:47 PM EST] <KK> Neither option sounds very safe.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:44:02 PM EST] <KK> Especially the bus.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:44:06 PM EST] <Laurna> Best to stay home this year and look forward to a late spring get together
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:44:19 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Yeah. My family has reluctantly decided we'll stick to Zoomsgiving on Thursday
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:44:33 PM EST] <The_Bee> mASSACHUSETS WILL LEEET vERMONTERS COME HERE, BUT i DON'T KNOW IF vERMONT WILL LET US GO THERE.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:44:34 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> And make up for it next year, hopefully.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:44:50 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat (they/them)> Same here Shiral.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:44:58 PM EST] <DesertRose> We isolate now so that when we meet again, no one is missing.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:45:10 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat (they/them)> ❤️
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:45:12 PM EST] <The_Bee> My caps lock is much to close to my a key
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:45:17 PM EST] <DesertRose> (Not my words. I've seen it done in calligraphy several places.)
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:45:33 PM EST] <Laurna> Bee I have that trouble too
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:45:48 PM EST] <derynifank> Me too
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:46:05 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> I'm trying to think of the bright side, and it consists of "cooking dinner will take less time."
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:46:29 PM EST] <DesertRose> I have a tendency to catch shift when I mean ctrl or vice versa. I also transpose a lot when I type; I just usually catch it before I hit enter.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:46:32 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Six feet apart is better than six feet under
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:46:37 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> I do chicken cordon blue
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:46:40 PM EST] <DesertRose> Yup
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:46:55 PM EST] <KK> Yes, and the corollary is that it's better to be six feet apart than six feet under.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:46:59 PM EST] <Laurna> I only like thanks giving when it use to be a full formal sit down dinner. Now no one does that anymore.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:47:09 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Every now and then, my right pinkie insists on inserting a k into words that don't usually have one.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:47:20 PM EST] <DesertRose> Oh, tomorrow is Wolfenoot! Roast meat and moon-shaped cakes for everyone!
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:47:38 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat (they/them)> A friend and I have been good about staying home so we're getting together for Thanksgiving.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:47:44 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> Wolfenoot??
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:47:52 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> I'm being mooned by a cake?
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:47:55 PM EST] <DesertRose> A kid in New Zealand dreamed it up.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:47:59 PM EST] <Laurna> LOL
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:48:01 PM EST] <The_Bee> I remember one Thanksgiving when we had four generations all present.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:48:02 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Why do I only hear about such feasts at the last minute? 😄 😉
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:48:03 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat (they/them)> WOLFENOOT! Yay!!!
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:48:06 PM EST] <KK> Ah, yes. Some kid invented it a few years back.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:48:44 PM EST] <DesertRose> A couple of years ago, he told his mum that the Great Wolf Spirit visits on 23 November, leaving gifts for those who are kind to animals, and that people should eat roast meat and cakes decorated like the moon in celebration.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:48:46 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> Well now I have to go visit Mr DuckDuckGo
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:49:07 PM EST] <Laurna> It is not a full moon tomorrow, So I am confused.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:49:10 PM EST] <DesertRose> If you're on Facebook, the group Wolfenoot Central is run by the mum (and a massive mod team).
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:49:56 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Full moon is on the 30th
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:49:59 PM EST] <DesertRose> Per the Kid, it was just luck that the 23rd fell on a full moon the year he told his mother about it; the day is always 23 November. The moon cakes I think are a reference to werewolves.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:50:01 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat (they/them)> I didn't know there was a FB group for it. A twitter friend told me about it last year.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:50:02 PM EST] <KK> It was a full moon on the 31st, so a little soon to be looking for it again.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:50:02 PM EST] * TheDeryni blinks at the word Wolfenoot
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:50:09 PM EST] <Laurna> If you are being kind to animals, should it not be a vegitarian dinner? Just asking
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:50:22 PM EST] <DesertRose> Wolves eat meat, is the official explanation.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:50:34 PM EST] <The_Bee> Wolves are carnivores.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:50:34 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Never heard of it before today. I guess I won't be observing it!
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:51:07 PM EST] <derynifank> I like the being kind to animals part
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:51:09 PM EST] <Laurna> I was planning of clam chowder soup tomarrow for dinner.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:51:17 PM EST] <DesertRose> It was born in the mind of an eight-year-old; a few inconsistencies are to be expected.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:51:43 PM EST] <DesertRose> One of the ways to celebrate has been to donate to animal shelters and rescues, too, so there you go.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:51:44 PM EST] <derynifank> ery creative 8 year old
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:51:46 PM EST] <The_Bee> New England chowder, I hope. Laurna.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:52:17 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Or there is Manhattan clam chowder
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:52:22 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> Just asked the step-kid about it; of course she knows about Wolfenoot. 🙂
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:52:30 PM EST] <Laurna> Homemade potato bacon, celery, onion clam chowder
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:52:50 PM EST] <derynifank> That sounds yummy Laurna
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:53:03 PM EST] <Laurna> Easy to cook
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:53:04 PM EST] <The_Bee> I call the Manhattan stuff clam-and-tomato soup. NOT chowder.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:53:39 PM EST] <The_Bee> Real chowder has milk.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:54:11 PM EST] <DesertRose> Yeah, I don't do seafood, but I have a yummy recipe for a cheesy vegetable chowder that is very creamy.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:54:31 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Not fond of soupx
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:54:32 PM EST] <Laurna> 6 slices of bacon. Cook diced potatos in the bacon grees. Add onions and celery and claims. Pure in a gallon of milk and simmer for an hour. add lots of pepper
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:54:35 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> soups
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:54:44 PM EST] <derynifank> Chowder is soup prepared with milk or cream and thickened with broken crackers
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:54:47 PM EST] <TheDeryni> I prefer Manhattan
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:54:58 PM EST] <The_Bee> Hweretic!
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:55:05 PM EST] <Laurna> Yuck NO crackers
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:55:27 PM EST] <derynifank> I really like the New England. of course I would like the one with the most calories
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:55:28 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> I'll stick with a grilled cheese sandwich
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:55:50 PM EST] <derynifank> Do you have tomato soup woth your grilled cheese?
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:56:00 PM EST] * TheDeryni doesn't care for any cream based soups
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:56:03 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Nope. Don't like soup
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:56:15 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat (they/them)> Roast beef sandwich for me, tomorrow.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:56:39 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> I love clam chowder, but only the New England kind.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:56:45 PM EST] <Laurna> I served my fathr tomato soup nearly every day for three years. That is something I may never eat again.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:56:49 PM EST] <TheDeryni> I had grilled cheese an hour ago!
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:56:53 PM EST] <The_Bee> leftover pot roast maybe for me
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:57:02 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> I do however like tomato soup
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:57:18 PM EST] <bynw> odd little world we live in where clam chowder comes up twice in one day
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:57:28 PM EST] <bynw> hmmmm pot roast
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:57:31 PM EST] * bynw drools
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:57:31 PM EST] <Laurna> oh?
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:57:40 PM EST] <Laurna> I like post roast
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:57:43 PM EST] <The_Bee> The Manhattan stuff isn't bad; it just isn't chowder.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:58:20 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> I am OK with beef, but it's not my favourite
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:58:37 PM EST] <derynifank> Love pot roast, every time you reheat it it gets better
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:58:45 PM EST] <Laurna> agreed
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:58:46 PM EST] <bynw> i'm with you derynifank
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:58:55 PM EST] <The_Bee> chicken for you, Jerusha?
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:59:01 PM EST] <bynw> lots of gravy and potatoes for it too
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:59:06 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Chicken or fish
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:59:14 PM EST] <Laurna> healthy
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:59:20 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> NO gravy
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:59:32 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> My downfall is cheese
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:59:40 PM EST] <bynw> cheese is good
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:59:43 PM EST] <The_Bee> I made my pot roast with tomatoes.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [7:59:45 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> Mmmmmm, cheeeeeeeese
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:00:00 PM EST] * bynw misses RainbowDragon he always used to talk about how much he liked cheese
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:00:06 PM EST] <Laurna> I had a cheese omelet for breakfast.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:00:14 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> I made rarebit last night. Did not skimp on the cheese
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:00:18 PM EST] <TheDeryni> Darn. I'm hungry again,
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:00:19 PM EST] <derynifank> This is a mouth watering conversation
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:00:33 PM EST] * The_Bee loves scrambled egg with cheese.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:00:47 PM EST] <KK> Whatever happened to RainbowDragon, Bynw?
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:00:51 PM EST] * bynw doesnt skimp on cheese when it's called for in a recipe
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:00:58 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> What's not to love about scrambled eggs with cheese? 🙂
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:01:18 PM EST] <Laurna> topped with bacon and salsa
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:01:26 PM EST] <TheDeryni> Wow, KK. I thought about RD yesterday,
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:01:38 PM EST] <bynw> KK, burned out on chat like many others in the past and never has returned
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:02:01 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Oh dear
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:02:29 PM EST] <derynifank> Sad thought
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:02:30 PM EST] <Laurna> Right now is a good time to get the oldtimers interested again
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:02:32 PM EST] * TheDeryni feels sad. Misses RD
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:02:36 PM EST] <KK> Too bad. RD added color to our chats.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:02:40 PM EST] <The_Bee> I've contacted VirtualBabe on Facebook. Sunday is her only day for shopping.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:02:41 PM EST] <Eris> <Angsthase> But consider: scrambled cheese with egg
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:02:53 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> I finally bought the Codex. Paperback, of course. It won't arrive until nearly January. And I can finally know about all these other people that y'all are writing about.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:02:58 PM EST] <bynw> yeah Debbie/VB used to be in chat too
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:03:00 PM EST] <The_Bee> CHEDDAR!
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:03:03 PM EST] <TheDeryni> Pun?
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:03:09 PM EST] <Laurna> Great Bethane
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:03:16 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Miss Sharon a lot.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:03:29 PM EST] <KK> And then there is the late lamented Jemler, for whom trebucheted fish were invented.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:03:33 PM EST] <bynw> Jasta was fun when she came to chat
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:03:42 PM EST] <Laurna> Lots of love for Jemler
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:03:51 PM EST] <KK> Jasta was fun wherever she showed up.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:03:51 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> I do miss Jemler
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:04:00 PM EST] <TheDeryni> Jemler I miss dearly
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:04:00 PM EST] <bynw> we will never see another jemler
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:04:14 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> There can only be one
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:04:16 PM EST] <derynifank> Me too. Always had a good pun
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:04:17 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> Some day I may ask about the trebuchet fish, but now is not the time, I think...
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:04:22 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Yes, Jasta was. But she didn't show up often enough to suit me
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:04:44 PM EST] <bynw> she did if i could remind her of it in time
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:04:49 PM EST] <KK> Fish fired at punsters by a trebuchet.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:04:52 PM EST] <The_Bee> Jasta wrote some great stuff for the Zine.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:05:02 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> The trebuchet was pun-ishment
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:05:10 PM EST] <derynifank> Hoping to get to read some of it one day
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:05:13 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> like that one?
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:05:15 PM EST] <Laurna> LOL good one Jerusha
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:05:18 PM EST] <KK> Jasta was a very fine writer who never got the chance to develop her talent.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:05:19 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> We had a lot of flying fish in chat back in the day
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:05:52 PM EST] <TheDeryni> That was 2 thirds of a pun, Jerusha!
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:05:54 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Yes. Miss her stories, too
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:06:00 PM EST] <KK> And slapping with a wet mackerel.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:06:02 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> I do what I can
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:06:06 PM EST] <Laurna> I need to learn how to spell that word Trebuchet
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:06:09 PM EST] <The_Bee> Don't forget jemler's semi-dirty jokes.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:06:26 PM EST] <KK> Ah yes, the innuendo.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:06:41 PM EST] <bynw> bethane it dates back to the very ancient built in action with the IRC client for windows known as mIRC ... their is an action there to slap someone with a trout (which also originated with Monty Python originally) so we upted to using a trebuchet instead of a slap
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:07:00 PM EST] <KK> A virtual toast to the memory of our Jemler!
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:07:06 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> Ah yes, the fish-slapping dance
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:07:12 PM EST] <The_Bee> Hear! Hear!
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:07:15 PM EST] <derynifank> Hear Hear!
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:07:18 PM EST] <Laurna> Toasting
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:07:20 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Salut!
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:07:29 PM EST] <KK> Slainte.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:07:31 PM EST] <TheDeryni> Hear hear!
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:07:40 PM EST] <The_Bee> Slainte!
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:08:07 PM EST] <DesertRose> Slainte!
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:08:10 PM EST] <TheDeryni> Sainte! Definitely!
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:08:13 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Slainte
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:08:13 PM EST] <The_Bee> and Okole maluna!
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:08:31 PM EST] <DesertRose> Or skol, for the Eistenfallians.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:08:52 PM EST] <bynw> especially for jemler, you can check the chat archives and see all of his slaps
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:09:14 PM EST] <DesertRose> I don't recall a Sunday chat in which he DIDN'T get fished at least once.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:09:20 PM EST] <bynw> yes I was just thinking of using skol and then blaming my 1/4 viking blood for it
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:09:22 PM EST] <The_Bee> KK, is Eistenfall Germany or Scandinavia?
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:09:44 PM EST] <bynw> bee has come up with a deryni question!
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:09:57 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> Yay!
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:10:02 PM EST] <KK> Don't remember, Bee.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:10:22 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> I always thought it sounded more Scandinavian
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:10:38 PM EST] <DesertRose> It really only appears in "Trial," and I got a more Scandinavian/Norse feel from it than German.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:10:51 PM EST] <The_Bee> In my head-canon I've renamed Iceland Njordholm. Aftr the Vanir god-king.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:10:58 PM EST] <KK> Probably Scandinavian.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:11:00 PM EST] <DesertRose> I think parts of Torenth may be Germanic, but Eistenfallia seems more Norse.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:11:09 PM EST] <TheDeryni> Slainte works for me. Mother born & raised in Ireland. Paternal grandparents too
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:11:14 PM EST] <Eris> <Angsthase> Is "Trial" the one where Morgan questions the pagans?
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:11:23 PM EST] <DesertRose> Sort of, yes.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:11:30 PM EST] <bynw> one pagan anyway
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:11:39 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> I think of Torenth as more like Hungary/Ukraine
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:11:44 PM EST] <DesertRose> The swordsmith Ferris gets framed for a rape/murder, and then Morgan gets to the truth.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:11:54 PM EST] <Eris> <Angsthase> (after explaining the court system and getting informed consent for truth reading)
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:12:02 PM EST] <DesertRose> Yes.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:12:03 PM EST] <Eris> <Angsthase> Right. That one. Sorry
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:12:12 PM EST] <Laurna> a good one
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:12:20 PM EST] <Eris> <Angsthase> I'm old. My memory is foggy.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:12:21 PM EST] <The_Bee> It's the story where a fan won the right to appear in a KK short story.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:12:29 PM EST] <Laurna> of course anything with Alaric is a goodone
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:12:40 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> I think he became a King's Ranger
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:13:01 PM EST] <The_Bee> Or am I thinking of the story with a minstrel?
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:13:04 PM EST] <derynifank> HE was the King's Ranger.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:13:06 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> The King's Ranger was the other person who got to be in the story, wans't he?
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:13:17 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> He got much more of a story than he originally thought he'd get
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:13:17 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> With the fiancee who was raped/murdered?
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:13:21 PM EST] <DesertRose> Yes, the Church of Torenth seems to be Eastern Orthodox, so that does read a little more "Eastern Europe" than "Germany." Real-world Germany was Catholic until the reformation.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:13:33 PM EST] <derynifank> Yep. That's the one
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:13:34 PM EST] <DesertRose> Yeah, the Ranger's intended was the victim of the crime.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:13:41 PM EST] Nick TheDeryni is now known as TD-brb.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:13:59 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> The gag they used on Ferris kind of freaked me out
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:14:28 PM EST] <DesertRose> People who are determined to pin a crime on an innocent bystander are often cruel.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:14:51 PM EST] <derynifank> Yep. That was really a torture instrument
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:15:21 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Lucky for Ferris that Alaric shows up when he does
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:15:26 PM EST] <DesertRose> Yup.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:15:29 PM EST] <Laurna> agreed
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:15:38 PM EST] <derynifank> Alaric to the rescue
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:15:50 PM EST] <The_Bee> Some people would rather blame a crime on a stranger than a neighbor.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:16:01 PM EST] <DesertRose> And Alaric gets a bespoke sword made by a master smith, for seeing justice done.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:16:02 PM EST] <Eris> <Angsthase> Most people, surely?
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:16:25 PM EST] <The_Bee> I was trying not to over-generalize.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:16:27 PM EST] <Eris> <Angsthase> A guilty neighbour or acquaintance calls our judgement into question
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:16:28 PM EST] <bynw> yup
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:16:39 PM EST] <DesertRose> (To be clear, I think that's a win-win ending.)
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:16:43 PM EST] <derynifank> Alaric also gets a new employee who will make him swords when needed
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:17:20 PM EST] <DesertRose> Yup, and I have to imagine that there's a good bit of sword- and knife-smithing that needs doing around Corwyn. I imagine Ferris doesn't end up twiddling his thumbs too often.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:17:24 PM EST] <Eris> <Angsthase> Alaric Morgan is both terrifying and fascinating
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:17:35 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Maybe Ferris is getting ready to make Kelric his first little sword
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:17:47 PM EST] <DesertRose> Brendan will get one before Kelric.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:18:02 PM EST] <The_Bee> Someone wrote that the true horror of Naziism was that ordinary people--people like us--supported those horrid deeds.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:18:03 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Oh, Brendan probably already has one
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:18:05 PM EST] <DesertRose> And probably a belt-dagger for Briony, too.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:18:13 PM EST] <Laurna> Young Kelric with something sharp for the first time. will be frightening.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:18:22 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Yep
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:18:33 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> I imagine Papa will insist on very strict rules
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:18:37 PM EST] <Laurna> Shiral do we get that story?
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:18:44 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> And so will Richenda
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:18:58 PM EST] <derynifank> I think Kelric will start with a wooden swird, not steel where he could do real damage
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:19:08 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> I suspect Kelric will be well supervised
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:19:10 PM EST] <The_Bee> probably
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:19:12 PM EST] <DesertRose> But you surely don't think that Alaric would let Brendan have any old sword? Papa Alaric wants his children (step or bio) to have the things they need and the knowledge to use them as it becomes age- and situation-appropriate.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:19:17 PM EST] Nick TD-brb is now known as TheDeryni.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:19:25 PM EST] <KK> Early sword training almost always starts with a wooden weapon.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:19:30 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Yes, but he'll need to become a worthy swordsman.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:19:30 PM EST] <The_Bee> WB TD
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:19:32 PM EST] <DesertRose> After the honey incident, I don't know that Kelric even SLEEPS without someone standing watch.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:19:42 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> And he'll probably end up as a page at court
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:19:47 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> How old were they when they started practicing with metal weapons?
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:20:01 PM EST] * TheDeryni smiles
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:20:03 PM EST] <derynifank> Camber seems to spend time watching him, and Briony
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:20:04 PM EST] <DesertRose> Probably Kelson gets a nice, custom sword made by Ferris, as a gift from Alaric, too.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:20:11 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Maybe when they were squires?
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:20:19 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Oh, as long as we keep the honey out of Kelric's reach, it will be all right
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:20:21 PM EST] <KK> I would imagine they'd start transitioning around 12.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:20:47 PM EST] <Eris> <Angsthase> > You can't give her that!' she screamed. 'It's not safe!'
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:20:47 PM EST] <Eris> <Angsthase> > IT'S A SWORD, said the Hogfather. THEY'RE NOT MEANT TO BE SAFE.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:20:47 PM EST] <Eris> <Angsthase> > 'She's a child!' shouted Crumley.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:20:47 PM EST] <Eris> <Angsthase> > IT'S EDUCATIONAL.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:20:47 PM EST] <Eris> <Angsthase> > 'What if she cuts herself?'
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:20:47 PM EST] <Eris> <Angsthase> > THAT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT LESSON.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:20:47 PM EST] <Eris> <Angsthase> (Ref: Terry Pratchett, Hogfather)
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:20:48 PM EST] <derynifank> I'm sure he'll find something else as fascibating as the honehy
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:20:51 PM EST] <DesertRose> I wonder if it was something of a "when you've proven you know what you're doing with a wooden sword, you graduate to blunted steel" then repeat with live steel.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:20:53 PM EST] <DesertRose> LOL!
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:21:00 PM EST] <KK> And wooden swords would still be the weapon of choice for many drills.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:21:27 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Definitely among that many clumsy adolescents
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:21:39 PM EST] <KK> Yes.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:21:49 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Yes. One can not learn from their mistakes if they are bleeding all over the place
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:22:07 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> You don't want the heir of Corwyn to be missing critical fingers
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:22:08 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat (they/them)> Lol?
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:22:08 PM EST] <Laurna> still you use a dagger to eat, so kids would learn early about the sharpness of such things.\
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:22:21 PM EST] <derynifank> And the healers would be kept really busy
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:22:35 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> Heh, there are only about 3-4
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:22:38 PM EST] <Eris> <Angsthase> Dull knives, certainly, are more dangerous than sharp
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:22:46 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Dang. I thought I was spearing a chicken finger....
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:22:47 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> After all, Kelson and Dhugal make their blood oat with real daggers
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:22:51 PM EST] <Eris> <Bethane> (3-4 healers, not knives)
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:22:55 PM EST] <DesertRose> Certainly in the kitchen, Angsthase.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:22:58 PM EST] <KK> Wooden swords could produce bruises and even broken bones, but steel becomes another level.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:23:07 PM EST] <bynw> very true. would rather be cut by a sharp blade than a dull one
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:23:15 PM EST] <Eris> <Angsthase> Probably at table, too, for the same reason
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:23:23 PM EST] <derynifank> Would prefer neither
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:23:24 PM EST] <Laurna> And pages areoften in the kitchens. so they would know how to handle a dgger
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:23:31 PM EST] <DesertRose> Yeah, at least a sharp blade cuts neatly. As long as it's not serrated.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:23:43 PM EST] <bynw> exactly
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:23:51 PM EST] <Eris> <Angsthase> (though kitchen knives were shadows differently from daggers)
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:24:01 PM EST] <KK> I wonder when serrated blades became a thing, at least for dining.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:24:07 PM EST] <The_Bee> and dull blades are more likely to slip.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:24:31 PM EST] <DesertRose> True, a kitchen knife and a personal dagger wouldn't be the same shape. Different use, corresponding design difference.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:24:32 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> You have to use more strength and force with a dull blade
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:24:37 PM EST] <The_Bee> Bread knives need serrated blades.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:24:52 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> They probably tore a lot of bread
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:25:02 PM EST] <Eris> <WindyCat (they/them)> Serrated blades are easier to deal with than having to keep a blade properly sharpened.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:25:04 PM EST] <DesertRose> I wonder if that's why challah is braided, to make it easy to tear apart without a bread knife at the table.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:25:14 PM EST] <The_Bee> When was the fork invented?
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:25:29 PM EST] <Eris> <Angsthase> You don't think the braid's symbolism came first?
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:25:41 PM EST] <DesertRose> Good question.
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:25:41 PM EST] <derynifank> Serrated blades were invented in 1916
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:25:58 PM EST] <Eris> <Angsthase> Late middle ages or early Renaissance, we saw forks in Italy?
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:26:01 PM EST] <Laurna> that recent?
[Sunday, November 22, 2020] [8:26:05 PM EST] <DesertRose> That, too, Angsthase, but I bet the convenience at table is a bonus.