KK Chat -- 1 August 2021 (Blessed Lammas!)

[DesertRose]

[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:17:28 PM EDT] Join KK has joined this channel.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:17:35 PM EDT] <The_Bee> HI KK
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:17:36 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> Hullo @KK
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:17:37 PM EDT] <Eris> <derynifank> Hi KK
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:17:39 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Hi KK!
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:18:01 PM EDT] <KK> Hello, all. Sorry I'm late. Had to reboot computer.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:18:02 PM EDT] <Laurna> Hello KK
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:18:18 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> Those silly computers, always needing a reboot...
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:18:19 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Glad you're here now
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:18:29 PM EDT] <KK> How is everyone?
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:18:42 PM EDT] <The_Bee> muddling through
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:18:48 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> Doing alright! 🙂
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:18:53 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Eating pizza and doing laundry, and you?
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:19:31 PM EDT] <Laurna> One year retirement anniversary today. I am missing work but happy I am not there. a conundrum.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:19:45 PM EDT] <KK> Did laundry. Saw off Scott's brother and sister-in-law after a 4 day visit--delightful. tHE VISIT, NOT SEEING THEM OFF. We did cool things.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:19:46 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Hi KK
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:19:47 PM EDT] <DesertRose> This is Mom's birthday present, but I may have gotten the last green one the seller had. https://www.etsy.com/listing/906166330/nautical-home-decor-turtle-capiz
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:19:54 PM EDT] <Eris> <derynifank> We were trying to direct bynw to California (laurna) instead of back home to Iowa. Not sure where we sent him.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:20:09 PM EDT] <bynw> Hi KK
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:20:18 PM EDT] <KK> Pretty, DR.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:20:36 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> turtle wind chimes... that's adorable
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:20:37 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> DR Glad you're eating the pizza and doing the laundry, not the other way around. =o)
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:20:39 PM EDT] <Laurna> Wonderful that you had family over for a few days KK.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:20:55 PM EDT] <KK> Is he headed home yet? I saw the photo of the location where they scattered his wife's ashes.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:21:11 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Mom likes wind chimes, but the ones with the cylindrical hanging bits tend to become wasps' nests and given mine and the Pod-Child's allergies to stings, that seems a bad thing to have near the front door of the house.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:21:15 PM EDT] <Eris> <derynifank> Cool presnet DR
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:21:41 PM EDT] <DesertRose> This one doesn't have any crevices for wasps, but is pretty and makes pretty sounds and was made by a Floridian artist.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:21:49 PM EDT] <DesertRose> The wood posts are driftwood.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:21:50 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> How do they becomem wasps nests? Doesn't all the moving-with-the-wind make that unlikely for nests?
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:21:51 PM EDT] <Eris> <derynifank> He is home as of about an hour anda half ago
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:22:24 PM EDT] <Laurna> Bynw said he drove for 17 hours to get home
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:22:40 PM EDT] <bynw> just yesterday. not including the 6 hours or so i drove todfay
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:22:44 PM EDT] <bynw> today
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:22:44 PM EDT] <DesertRose> It's not that windy here, and the place where Mom puts a wind chime is semi-sheltered so the wind chime doesn't get beaten half to death.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:23:05 PM EDT] <bynw> and if you haven't seen me on FB yet. https://www.dropbox.com/s/qwzosom3koakjax/2021-07-30%2020.28.45.jpg?dl=0
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:23:07 PM EDT] <KK> There's Bynw! Welcome home!
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:23:10 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> Ah, then yeah, I can see wasps wanating to hang out there
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:23:35 PM EDT] <Laurna> That is an amazing location.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:23:38 PM EDT] <bynw> where Kristen's ashes were scattered at Lake McDonald in Glacier
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:23:51 PM EDT] <DesertRose> And I don't know how, really, but it happened in the past and Do Not Want a repeat.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:23:51 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> So pretty!
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:23:52 PM EDT] <Eris> <derynifank> Beautifful
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:24:00 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Lovely spot.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:24:43 PM EDT] <bynw> the boys (not that they are boys any more really but) they spread Kristen's ashes off those rocks to the right into the lake
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:24:43 PM EDT] <KK> I'm sure she would approve, Bynw.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:24:53 PM EDT] <The_Bee> KK, have you had an opportunity to scatter Scott's ashes?
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:25:11 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Gorgeous landscape.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:25:15 PM EDT] <bynw> https://www.dropbox.com/s/2ce3i47impdtvlu/2021-07-30%2020.38.49.jpg?dl=0
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:26:07 PM EDT] <KK> No, Bee. They're saved here, and when I go, the ashes will be put together and interred/scattered at the Pioneer Cemetery in Billings, per his wishes.Montana,
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:26:47 PM EDT] <KK> Billings, Montana
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:26:58 PM EDT] <Laurna> That is very nice
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:27:03 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> Is Billings a birthplace for Scott? Or just someplace he loved?
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:27:48 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Hi Everyone
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:27:50 PM EDT] * bynw has been through billings 2 in the last week +
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:27:55 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> Hello Jerusha
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:28:01 PM EDT] <Eris> <derynifank> Hi Jerusha
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:28:05 PM EDT] <Laurna> Hello jerusha
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:28:08 PM EDT] <bynw> Hi Jerusha
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:28:27 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Your ashes won't be scattered for a long while, I hope, KK.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:28:33 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Hi Jerusha
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:28:40 PM EDT] <bynw> a long while
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:28:43 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> Truth, Bee
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:28:43 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Hi jerusha
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:28:59 PM EDT] <KK> Speaking of ancestors, my sister-in-law Cheryl is a keen genealogist, and we went to Washington and Lee University on Thursday so she would do some research. We also got to hold original letters from George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Hemingway. Cool!
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:28:59 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> A very long while
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:28:59 PM EDT] <Laurna> There are too many stories to be told
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:29:14 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Yes we want you around for many more years, KK!
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:29:21 PM EDT] <bynw> that's neat KK
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:29:24 PM EDT] <Laurna> Very cool
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:29:29 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Wow!
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:29:38 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> They let you hold them? Awesome
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:29:40 PM EDT] <KK> Not planning on checking out any time soon.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:29:44 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> That's something else! Nice. 🙂
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:29:55 PM EDT] <Eris> <derynifank> Very cool
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:30:05 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Excellent. Keep enjoying your stay at the Hotel de Vie!
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:30:11 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> lol
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:30:52 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> And while you're here, enjoy some brownies and vanilla ice cream. 🙂
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:31:05 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> brownies are fresh out of Laurna's oven
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:31:05 PM EDT] <KK> Yes, and then yessterday, we went up into the attic at the old house so they could help me go through some of Scott's stuff. Cleared a LOT of boxes ready to go downstairs to trash. I think I'm going to have to hire one of those cocmpanies that does house clearances, both for the attic and for the garage over there.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:31:06 PM EDT] <DesertRose> And/or pizza, if you haven't had supper yet.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:31:35 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> I had homemade pizza for dinner
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:31:52 PM EDT] <Laurna> Stairs are too tough on your knees,
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:31:57 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Oh, then Jerusha's pizza is better. Mine is just frozen (albeit decent frozen).
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:32:15 PM EDT] <Laurna> I am glad family helped with the boxes
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:32:19 PM EDT] <KK> Sounds good, Jerusha. Last night we went to a nearby, really good BBQ place, called Rackem Smackem Ribs. Excellent!
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:32:25 PM EDT] <Eris> <Angsthase> Consider heating the pizza, rather than serving frozen
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:32:28 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Yup. Make people with younger knees do the heavy lifting
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:32:33 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Too much sausage, too much pepperoni, too much cheese. Oh well!
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:32:51 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> How does one end up with too much saussage, pepperoni, and cheese?
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:32:53 PM EDT] <Laurna> NEVER TOO MUCH
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:32:59 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> I didn't know there was such a thing
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:33:03 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> That's what happens when I cook
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:33:08 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Better too much than not enough
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:33:10 PM EDT] <KK> Made it up the stairs once, stayed for several house, came back down. So glad I got to move out when I did. Couldn't have handled those stairs any longer.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:33:20 PM EDT] <DesertRose> If your crust doesn't cook all the way, you have too much on top of your pizza.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:33:34 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Crust was cooked. 🙂
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:33:39 PM EDT] <KK> several hours
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:33:47 PM EDT] <Eris> <Angsthase> Parbake the crust
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:33:47 PM EDT] <DesertRose> If not burnt, then not too much on pizza.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:33:53 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Glad you don't have to contend with the stairs then, KK
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:34:04 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Stairs are definitely not fun.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:34:09 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Pretty sometimes, but not fun.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:34:15 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> One of the reasons we moved to the lake was to get rid of three flights of stairs
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:34:19 PM EDT] <DesertRose> BRB, got to retrieve laundry from dryers.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:34:46 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> My Step-mother had a hip replacement early in July. She's already able to walk around her house. She feels much better as she was in a lot of pain pre-surgery.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:34:48 PM EDT] <Laurna> I couldn't help much when my sister moved and they had to bring everything down from the attic. too many steps]
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:34:55 PM EDT] <Eris> <derynifank> At our age, stairs sre not our friend
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:35:22 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> A fireman's pole would be worst
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:35:30 PM EDT] <Laurna> lol
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:35:33 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> worse, that is
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:35:35 PM EDT] <bynw> i dont like stairs at my age
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:35:36 PM EDT] <KK> That was one of the requirements for new down-size house: all on one level, no stairs, and no basement. Ritchie house fulfills all those requirements.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:36:04 PM EDT] <The_Bee> For the chocolate lovers here, I had something called Dove Deepest Dark Chocolate yesterday.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:36:11 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> And a main floor laundry
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:36:22 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Be still my heart, Bee
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:36:30 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> I have stairs, but I deal. I also make myself take the stairs rather than the elevator at work.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:36:50 PM EDT] <The_Bee> The was also Deeper Dark Chocolate.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:37:25 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> From the deepest depths of chocolate, I will not dispair!
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:37:37 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> I'm afraid I like my chocolate of the milk variety
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:37:59 PM EDT] <The_Bee> I live up one flight of stairs. No elevator.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:38:02 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Bittersweet chocolate is dark enough for me.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:38:26 PM EDT] <bynw> someone is sitting in my chair, behind me, and purring herself crazy
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:38:27 PM EDT] <Laurna> prefence is for fudge. then dark chocolate.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:38:35 PM EDT] <The_Bee> this was a little bitter.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:38:38 PM EDT] <bynw> hmmmm fudge
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:38:47 PM EDT] <Laurna> Aww! kitty missed daddy
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:38:49 PM EDT] <Eris> <derynifank> She's happy to have you home
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:38:52 PM EDT] <bynw> i like both kinds. they kind you eat and of course the game system
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:38:53 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> At Easter, I do like a milk chocolate bunny. Right after I remove the head
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:38:54 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Dmitri loves it that I'm parked in front of the TV lately. Lots of lap time for him.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:39:22 PM EDT] <KK> Watching lots of Olympics?
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:39:30 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Well....yes. =o)
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:39:30 PM EDT] <KK> I am.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:39:31 PM EDT] <Laurna> Not that Fudge
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:39:57 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> I haven't watched the Olympics at all. Just not into it this year
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:39:59 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Although it's a little frustrating here since they show events I want to see before I'm home from work.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:40:23 PM EDT] <Laurna> I don't have cable tv anymore so I have missed it
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:40:27 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> And sometimes I find myself nodding off during all the Beach Volleyball bouts
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:40:28 PM EDT] <bynw> after we scattered Kristen's ashes and got out of the park it was like 9:30pm and the last time we ate was lunch
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:40:39 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Fencing and the equestrian events are never on at a good time
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:40:48 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Agreed, Jerusha
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:40:58 PM EDT] <The_Bee> I'm not that much into watching ssports, but I do like to know how games ended.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:40:59 PM EDT] <bynw> so we were driving and found a bar/grill that was open until 11pm and stopped there
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:41:03 PM EDT] <Eris> <derynifank> Bet you were starved
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:41:20 PM EDT] <KK> I get hooked on gymnastics. And skateboarding was interesting. I also want to watch some of the rock climbing.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:41:25 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Hope it was a nice place, Bynw
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:41:27 PM EDT] <bynw> turned out that they had closed their kitchen at 9pm but the bar was open until 11
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:41:40 PM EDT] <bynw> we stated for 3 rounds of drinks
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:41:50 PM EDT] <Laurna> No food?
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:41:54 PM EDT] <bynw> no food
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:42:00 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> I watched the skateboarding although I admit I was whispering "OW!" when I saw them keep falling off on the stair rail tricks.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:42:01 PM EDT] <Eris> <derynifank> Did you eat a lot of pesnutss
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:42:03 PM EDT] <KK> Not even bar food?
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:42:13 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Oh dear
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:42:29 PM EDT] <KK> I hope you had designated drivers.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:42:35 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Did you drive afterwards???
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:42:45 PM EDT] <bynw> we were out of the patio ... so when we left we noticed inside the bar was covered in $1 bills on the walls, pillars, and ceiling
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:42:57 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> snork
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:43:21 PM EDT] <bynw> anyone that visits takes a marker to a dollar bill and stables it somewhere of their choice inside the bar
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:43:51 PM EDT] <KK> Why?
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:44:04 PM EDT] <bynw> so i took out a dollar bill, put mine and kristen's name on it and added it to the wall
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:44:09 PM EDT] <Laurna> if there was no food, I am not sure they derserve your dollar.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:44:13 PM EDT] <bynw> just leaving a mark that you have been there
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:44:23 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Kind of hard to staple a loonie coin
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:44:23 PM EDT] <Laurna> That part is nice
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:44:27 PM EDT] <KK> Why?
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:44:54 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Nice touch, Bynw
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:44:59 PM EDT] <The_Bee> like a dog peeing on a tree
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:45:08 PM EDT] <bynw> just something people do there ... not sure how it started
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:45:10 PM EDT] <KK> LOL
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:45:29 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Now that is an interesting thought for a bar, Bee!
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:45:31 PM EDT] <Eris> <derynifank> Interesting wallpaper
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:46:06 PM EDT] <The_Bee> I believe "Killroy was here!" signs were popular during World War I.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:46:11 PM EDT] <Laurna> firing fish crackers at Bee
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:46:29 PM EDT] <KK> Go, Laurna!
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:46:34 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> I think the Dollar bills are just a bit more sanitary, though!
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:46:38 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> carp crackers?
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:46:49 PM EDT] <Laurna> LOL
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:47:45 PM EDT] <bynw> so if you ever get to the Packers Roost in Coram MT on Highway 2. Step inside. Do a 180 so you can see the wall with the door you just came through. And find it
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:48:13 PM EDT] <KK> Was it hot in Montana, Bynw?
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:48:37 PM EDT] <The_Bee> sssspeaking of fish crackers, have you heard that story of goldfish dumped into lakes and growing as big as footballs?
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:48:46 PM EDT] <KK> Yes!
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:49:18 PM EDT] <bynw> it was a little warmer than what it should have been. just not as bad as it was in the midwest and elsewhere
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:49:20 PM EDT] <The_Bee> They're a threat to the eco-system.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:50:24 PM EDT] <Laurna> I have a few koi bigger than that
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:51:05 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Do they eat your hydroponic lettuce?
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:51:07 PM EDT] <Laurna> But I will not put them in the wild.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:51:13 PM EDT] <KK> Koi can get really big.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:51:18 PM EDT] <The_Bee> I wonder how goldfish would taste--but not enough to find out.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:51:30 PM EDT] <Laurna> The peacocks eat my hydroponic lettuce
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:51:38 PM EDT] <KK> Like most fish, I suspect.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:51:47 PM EDT] <The_Bee> aRen't goldfish and koi both species of carp?
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:51:58 PM EDT] <KK> I believe so.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:52:18 PM EDT] <KK> How many peacocks, Laurna?
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:52:29 PM EDT] <Laurna> 6 plus one baby
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:52:35 PM EDT] <KK> And are they yours, or are they wild?
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:52:37 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> A new baby?
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:52:37 PM EDT] <bynw> yes i think they are Bee. all bottom feeders
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:52:46 PM EDT] <Laurna> I am hoping she is a girl, I named her Fiona
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:53:03 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Then I hope she is a girl! \
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:53:24 PM EDT] <Laurna> She can hang out with Darcy and Wash and Jaxom
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:53:27 PM EDT] <Eris> <derynifank> Fiona was not fond of the peacock, at least at first
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:53:39 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Oh no, not Jaxom!
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:53:48 PM EDT] <Laurna> LOl
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:54:04 PM EDT] <Eris> <derynifank> Give him a break guys, he did improve
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:54:08 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> I can just see Wash strutting his stuff
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:54:32 PM EDT] <Laurna> Jaxom is the three year old peacock.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:54:46 PM EDT] <Laurna> Actually it is the one I named Darcy who does the strutting
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:54:51 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> How long does a peacock usually live?
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:55:03 PM EDT] <KK> If not eaten....
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:55:03 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> But of course!
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:55:05 PM EDT] <Laurna> 20years
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:55:11 PM EDT] <KK> Wow!
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:55:13 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Wow
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:55:25 PM EDT] <Laurna> They are 4 before they have their full tail
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:55:26 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> Oy. that's a cat-length commitment
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:55:32 PM EDT] <Eris> <derynifank> Didn't know people actually ate peacocks
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:55:47 PM EDT] <KK> They were a delicacy in the Middle Ages.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:55:50 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> They did in the middle ages. Quite a delicacy
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:55:58 PM EDT] <Laurna> These are third generation babies. I have had peacocks for 30 years
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:56:02 PM EDT] <Eris> <derynifank> Wonder what they taste like
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:56:10 PM EDT] <KK> Chicken.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:56:23 PM EDT] <KK> Everything tastes like chicken.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:56:36 PM EDT] <Laurna> Do not ever eat a peacock egg. they are disgusting.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:56:45 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> Peacocks, eh? makes a note for her story
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:56:47 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Somehow I don't see Kentucky Fried Peacock as the next rage
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:56:49 PM EDT] <Eris> <derynifank> Interesting how many critters taste like chichken, including rattlesnakes and alligaotrs
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:56:52 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> lol
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:56:53 PM EDT] <Laurna> The dogs would not touch them even cooked
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:57:13 PM EDT] <Laurna> LOL
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:57:15 PM EDT] <KK> They'd put them back into their skins with all the feathers, for the presentation.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:57:31 PM EDT] <Laurna> YUCK
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:57:34 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> And hope they didn't go bad before they were finished
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:57:38 PM EDT] <Eris> <Angsthase> You pull back the skin, roast the peacock, and serve it in its feathers
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:57:39 PM EDT] <The_Bee> I once had ostrich meat and kangaroo meat. not a very distinctive taste.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:57:39 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Have never had the opportunity. Will avoid in the future
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:57:49 PM EDT] <Eris> <Angsthase> I'm slow; sorry
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:58:02 PM EDT] <KK> Ostrich was pretty good. Like dark meat chicken.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:58:14 PM EDT] <bynw> in the words of the late Sam Kinison ... "If it tastes just like chicken, why don't you just give me some <deleted> chicken!"
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:58:14 PM EDT] <KK> Have never had kangaroo.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:58:33 PM EDT] <Laurna> I am with you on this bynw
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:58:39 PM EDT] <Eris> <derynifank> See, everything tastes like chicken except caows and pigs
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:58:53 PM EDT] <Laurna> Bynw did you try any Bison?
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:58:55 PM EDT] <Eris> <Angsthase> Would you prefer a helmeted cock stitched onto a whole roast pig as if riding it?
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:59:04 PM EDT] <The_Bee> I like dark meat; that why I prefer duck to chicken.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:59:05 PM EDT] <bynw> not this trip. i've had bison before though
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:59:12 PM EDT] <KK> Bison is excellent!
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:59:17 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Oh dear, I read that VERY wrong
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:59:26 PM EDT] <KK> Love duck!
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [7:59:52 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Duck is delicious
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:00:09 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> I find duck too greasy
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:00:18 PM EDT] <KK> Speaking of duck, has anyone heard from our Duck down in Australia?
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:00:22 PM EDT] <The_Bee> I once ordered a churducken. YUM!
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:00:28 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> My brother is a duck farmer, but because he likes ducks, not because he eats ducks or would let anlyone else eat his ducks
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:00:40 PM EDT] <bynw> yes he posted to the forum in the past week or so KK
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:00:41 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Duck has commented on the forum lately
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:00:42 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> Didn't someone named Duck comment in the forum this past wekk?
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:00:46 PM EDT] <Eris> <Angsthase> Roast it on a rack of vegetables so the grease is useful
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:00:51 PM EDT] <KK> What does he do with them, then, if he doesn't eat them?
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:01:24 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Cut slits in the skin so the fat runs out.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:01:30 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Eggs?
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:01:38 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> He takes care of them. He has seven. He's a retired computer engineer and so now he just takes care of his ducks. He's building them a pond.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:01:51 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> He just loves the li'l duckies.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:01:56 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> he's kind of a duck whisperer.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:01:56 PM EDT] <KK> Ah, so they're pets.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:02:06 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> Yeah
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:02:32 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> But since he's retired and the ducks are what he spends most of his time on, we call him a duck farmer
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:02:46 PM EDT] <KK> Ah.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:03:06 PM EDT] <Laurna> In college we had to impress one day old ducks and then I took home two of them and raised them in my garden. What a mess that was.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:03:06 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Roasting a duck over veggies results in yummy food.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:03:20 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Cut diamond-shaped patterns in the skin, and the pieces will fall off and you can eat them like bacon, I've heard.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:03:31 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Never done it myself, but have eaten it as part of a Thanksgiving dinner about twenty years ago.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:03:48 PM EDT] <DesertRose> (Never done it = never cooked it myself)
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:04:08 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> I had duck for Christmas dinner last year
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:04:13 PM EDT] <DesertRose> We have lots of CanFlorida geese around here.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:04:23 PM EDT] <Laurna> When they were adults I let them go in the bay in front of my parents home. they raised ducklings the next year in my moms garden.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:04:31 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> I doubt I could eat duck now. If nothing else, my brother would disown me. 😉
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:04:32 PM EDT] <KK> We've got Canada geese here, too.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:04:40 PM EDT] <DesertRose> (Technically Canada geese, but since they don't go back to Canada, we've dubbed them the CanFlorida geese and/or the non-migratory migratory birds.)
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:04:56 PM EDT] <The_Bee> and here on migration routes.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:05:00 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Hissing Murder Chickens
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:05:00 PM EDT] <DesertRose> They hang out on my parents' lawn.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:05:02 PM EDT] <bynw> when i was a kid for Thanksgiving with extended family we used to have turkey, duck, and pheasant ... generally all hunted and not store bought
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:05:37 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Yeah, the Thanksgiving duck I ate was because my then-boyfriend's dad's girlfriend's son hunted that duck. And if you followed that, welcome to the South.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:05:45 PM EDT] <KK> Pheasant is pretty good. May have to look out for birdshot, though.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:05:59 PM EDT] <Laurna> If the husband can hunt it the wife can cook it.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:06:34 PM EDT] <DesertRose> (We were making our Thanksgiving rounds, which included my aunts/uncles/random people my family has adopted, his dad and girlfriend, and his mom and stepdad.)
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:06:35 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Geese saved Rome. Invader came at night, and the geese made so much noise they woke people up.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:07:08 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> If I can cook it, it comes from the grocery store
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:07:10 PM EDT] <Laurna> Love it
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:07:13 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> Attack goose might be better for home protection than an attack dog
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:07:17 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Fortunately the Great Family Gathering of People Related By Blood, Marriage, or Invitation was all in one place, so then-boyfriend and I only had three stops.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:07:42 PM EDT] <KK> Guard geese can be very useful, I've heard. And don't annoy a swan with babies. They can be really fierce, and and can break your arm with a wing.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:07:48 PM EDT] <Laurna> I am with you Jerusha. I might not even be able to cook it then either
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:07:57 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Yup, an angry swan can ruin your whole day.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:08:15 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> I'm a meat-eater, but i don't think I could eat anything that I know the name of.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:08:16 PM EDT] <The_Bee> or put out your eye with a beak
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:08:31 PM EDT] <bynw> geese are pretty nasty during the time the momma is on the nest
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:08:36 PM EDT] <DesertRose> And honestly, guard geese may be part of why my parents are okay with goose poo everywhere. There are several adolescent goslings in the crew that eat the dollar weed out of my parents' lawn.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:09:44 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Make Way for Duckling is set in Boston.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:09:46 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> Guard good and weed-killer all at once... sounds like a good deal
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:09:57 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Yup.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:10:44 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I imagine if anyone were fool enough to approach my parents' house with dishonorable intetions would probably be in trouble from the parent geese warding their children, then from my stepdad the army master marksman.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:10:52 PM EDT] <KK> I'm going to have to sign off, folks. I forgot that I was going to try to eat before chat, and breakfast is long gone. Zoom next week at 3PM?
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:11:09 PM EDT] <DesertRose> That was the plan last I knew (Zoom next Sunday 3 pm EDT).
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:11:13 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Have a good week, KK
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:11:16 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> you bet. See ya then. 🙂
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:11:17 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Thanks for stopping in, KK
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:11:21 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Have a good week
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:11:21 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> Have a lovely week
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:11:27 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Have a good week, thanks for coming to visit with us, stay safe and be well!
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:11:29 PM EDT] <bynw> night KK
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:11:35 PM EDT] <Eris> <derynifank> Have a good week KK
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:11:42 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Good dinner and good week, KK. Thans for coming.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:11:44 PM EDT] <Laurna> KK it was duck who asked about the Canterbury Cathedral stained glass and if it was an inspiration for ht e Codex cover
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:11:49 PM EDT] <KK> OK, I'll see you guys next week. It's been delightful, but my tummy needs fuel.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:12:02 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> Fill that tum!
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:12:03 PM EDT] <Laurna> It was an interesting observation
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:12:08 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Pull into the Refueling bay, also known as the kitchen. =o)
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:12:10 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Enjoy your dinner, KK
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:12:14 PM EDT] <Laurna> Good Night KK
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:12:18 PM EDT] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves good night, and disappears in a shower of green sparkles.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:12:25 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Feed the Katherine. We want our author healthy and happy! G'night!
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:12:25 PM EDT] <KK> Nighters, all.
[Sunday, August 1, 2021] [8:12:40 PM EDT] Quit KK has left this server (Quit: https://mibbit.com Online IRC Client).