KKChat -- 29 September 2024

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[18:02] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hello
[18:02] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Hello
[18:02] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Is that KK?
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[18:03] <KK> Hello all.
[18:03] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hi!
[18:03] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Did Helene hit y'all in Staunton, or did she miss you?
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[18:04] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Hi KK.  I hope the rain is not too heavy in your area.
[18:04] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I've been looking at the parts of NC and GA where DH and I vacationed, and it looks bad
[18:04] <The_Bee> Hi KK
[18:04] <~bynw> Hi KK
[18:04] <KK> Oh, she rained on us hard, for  2 days, but nothing that affected me.  Flood warnings now, out from us. And you?
[18:05] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> We only see the worst from here, but the worst is awful
[18:05] <The_Bee> How is it where you are, evie?
[18:05] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> I am glad to hear that KK
[18:06] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Oh, it's fine here. We got a little rain and mist, that's it. It's a couple of hours east of us where it looks like a few bombs went off.
[18:06] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> And the entire area we passed through on our vacation last summer looks like it was affected.
[18:07] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> So I'm glad we went last year, because some of those roads won't be repaired anytime soon, from the looks of the pictures I've seen.
[18:07] <KK> by all accounts, this was a record-breaker.
[18:07] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Sure looked like it.  I can not imagine
[18:08] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Hi Everyone
[18:08] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Hello Jerusha
[18:08] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> We needed the rain, and we got that, but I haven't heard of any flooding or damage here. We were on the west side of the eye, which was far enough away that the outer bands barely even brushed us.
[18:08] <The_Bee> Was DesertRose in Helene's path?  Has anyone heard from her?
[18:08] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> She marked herself as safe
[18:08] <The_Bee> Good!
[18:09] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> She was, and she is fine as far as the hurricane is concerned, but her mom and stepdad are having major health issues at the moment, so I don't know if she will be here because she's been super busy trying to cope with all of that all at once.
[18:09] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> DR  said it rained very heavy but she has elder care going on right now  so she is more intune to that then the weather.
[18:09] <KK> Definitely needed the rain.
[18:09] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Oh dear
[18:10] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> I am so sorry you and your family are having such a hard time.?praying things will get better quickly.
[18:10] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> For those on Discord, you can scroll up a couple of hours and see what she said when she popped in earlier today.
[18:11] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> This is a reply for more convenient reference to what DesertRose wrote.
[18:11] <The_Bee> A man from building maintenance is here, doing I'm not surewhat. he fixes my smoke detector--I hope.
[18:11] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Hi everyone
[18:11] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> and discord people can scroll up and see travel pictures of  Wales and Scotland, by two different travelers.
[18:12] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Oh goodness, it hasn't been beeping since last week, I hope, Bee!
[18:12] <The_Bee> Hi DFK
[18:12] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Bee,  that took a whole week?  Yikes
[18:12] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Hi KK
[18:12] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> We got a good bit of rain and wind but I didn't lose power because my building, being built expressly to be housing for elderly and disabled people, has its own generator. My parents' house lost power for less than an hour.
[18:12] <KK> I was pretty sure she's far enough east of the worst of it, to not be in serious danger.  Yucky, though, that shes having to deal with parental health issues.
[18:12] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Hello DR,  so glad you are here.
[18:13] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Hi DR
[18:13] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> We lost some tree limbs but nothing like as bad as it could have been, since we've gotten so much rain in the month or so before Helene.
[18:13] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> Hi hi
[18:13] <The_Bee> It's only gone off a few times lately.
[18:14] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> That is an improvement
[18:14] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> I hope your guy can fix it Bee
[18:14] <The_Bee> I hope he has.
[18:15] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> Internet service has been a bit spotty since the storm.
[18:15] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> My brother in eastern Tennessee is safe and dry, as are my family in South Carolina and my niece, nephew-in-law, and great-nieces in Georgia.
[18:15] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> KK, We were wishing our wonderful Duke of Cowyn a happy birthday today.  He was have a major celebration in the Coroth gardens.
[18:15] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> With all sorts of amazing dishes;
[18:15] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Glad your family mostly escaped the effects of Helene
[18:15] <The_Bee> glad you and yours are okay, DR.
[18:16] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> Hi Everyone
[18:16] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> (In more modern times, in the French Republic / Revolutionary Calendar,
[18:16] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Today is Nonidi the 9th of Vendémiaire in the year 233.
[18:16] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Vendémiaire is the month of vintage.
[18:16] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Today we celebrate parsnips.
[18:16] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> But let us all repair to Coroth.)
[18:16] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Hi Shiral
[18:16] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Hello SHiral
[18:16] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> The storm didn't do much to us.
[18:16] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> (In more modern times, in the French Republic / Revolutionary Calendar,
[18:16] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Today is Nonidi the 9th of Vendémiaire in the year 233.
[18:16] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Vendémiaire is the month of vintage.
[18:16] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Today we celebrate parsnips.
[18:16] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> But pass that by -- let us all repair to Coroth.)
[18:16] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> A very happy birthday to our Duke of Corwyn.
[18:16] <KK> Yeah, in the week before Helene, we had two back to back thunderstorms come through, that took out 2 trees at my rental property.  I'd already had to do nearly $20K worth of tree work earlier in the year.  But at least there was no property damage.
[18:16] <The_Bee> Hi Shiral
[18:16] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Let us retire to Corwyn and maybe not celebrate parsnips
[18:16] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> Happy Birthday, Alaric!
[18:17] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Does anyone really celebrate parsnips?
[18:17] * CambersGhost [discord] <shiral_> sets up a Sunday Sundae Bar  Featured Flavor: Ducal Delight
[18:17] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Not if they can help it
[18:18] <The_Bee> What does a parsnip snip?
[18:18] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Parship parfait just does not cut it
[18:18] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> We toast Alaric with his favorite Fianna Red
[18:18] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> rented fingers
[18:18] <KK> Parsnips are not bad.
[18:18] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Given a choice between celebrating parsnips and celebrating Alaric's birthday, I'm heading to Corwyn, thanks.
[18:18] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> https://www.rhemuthcastle.com/index.php/topic,1586.msg30692.html#msg30692
[18:18] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> Going out to sea in a Parship is dangerous at best
[18:19] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> I'm with you Evie
[18:19] <KK> I'll say.
[18:19] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> Alaric  is more appealing than any parsnip
[18:19] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Oh yeah
[18:19] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I should hope!
[18:19] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Absolutely
[18:19] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> Just ask Richenda
[18:19] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/479836521864888347/1290090662544408586/image.png?ex=66fb320e&is=66f9e08e&hm=9db725aa86aca0a06478d420a4c4f8be60129b5922555ee7e6bfe56567906602&;
[18:19] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> Mom had her right hip replaced last Monday (the left was done in April 2023), my stepdad promptly came down with pneumonia Monday afternoon, and as he was about to be discharged from the hospital this afternoon, Mom had an episode of altered mental status (wasn't sure what year it was, didn't remember that Bill was in hospital or why), and so is back in the hospital herself.
[18:19] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> Her brother came down from SC to give us another pair of hands, and we need him, because the Pod-Child, Son-in-law, and I are run into the ground after this week.
[18:19] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> Toss sliced parsnips in melted butter, salt, and pepper and roast in the oven for 30 minutes and see what you think of them. 😁
[18:20] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> That is some birthday spread
[18:20] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Not an easy week, DR
[18:20] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> I don't celebrate parsnips, but they can be tasty roasted.
[18:20] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Can the sundae bar make a parsnip pecan praline?
[18:20] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Yay, I'm back in civilization!
[18:20] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Not much in to kale either
[18:20] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> Yikes, DR That's a lot on anybody's plate
[18:21] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Turnip twist?
[18:21] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Can I have a parsnip pecan praline, hold the parsnips?
[18:21] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> Kale  is what I'd feed to Loris and Hubert in prison
[18:21] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Didn't know you were out Nezz
[18:21] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> I agree. Shiral!
[18:21] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> The plate to hold all the troubles of DR's family, not to hold parsnips?
[18:21] * CambersGhost [discord] <shiral_> hands Evie a Parsnip-free Pecan Praline
[18:22] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> We're on the annual leaf drive... and apparently so is half the state
[18:22] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Drive as in car?
[18:22] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Leaf drive?
[18:22] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> No coveted wagon
[18:22] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> No reception at the top 1/3 of the mountains
[18:22] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> I didn't know leaves could drive
[18:22] <The_Bee> leaf-peeping?
[18:22] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Your DH is driving you around to look at the changing leaves?
[18:22] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Yeah
[18:22] <KK> Leaf peepers?
[18:23] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> (I was first thinking "drive" as in trying to collect them.)
[18:23] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Ours have fizzled so far this year.
[18:23] <The_Bee> Northern Vermont is near peak, we're still waiting.
[18:23] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Central Texas has no leaf season, and I dearly miss it.
[18:23] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/479836521864888347/1290091621135679528/IMG_4566.jpg?ex=66fb32f3&is=66f9e173&hm=5af4c3a72d89e8a80eb004671564c35af951b37cc35bf60daec4a971a2b4c632&;
[18:23] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/479836521864888347/1290091621882269716/IMG_4561.jpg?ex=66fb32f3&is=66f9e173&hm=9f66e74049c88c364ed5d17f720c53e88cd6c98268f366acbd6dc41c9cccc15a&;
[18:23] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/479836521864888347/1290091622570131516/IMG_4551.jpg?ex=66fb32f3&is=66f9e173&hm=de0e178d7c444fae2e2a5e6e5ba1e9224ebcdafd95b1162ad4d7382206d3a0ff&;
[18:23] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/479836521864888347/1290091623253807158/IMG_4548.jpg?ex=66fb32f3&is=66f9e173&hm=c8c86756878c7aaeff14e4500e8f198bfba5e501f03832a2879de49d8879d4ae&;
[18:23] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> There goes Nezz, leaf-peeping again
[18:23] <The_Bee> better than a peeping tom
[18:24] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Nezz, that is more color than we get.  looks nice
[18:24] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> My DD1 is going to Maine next week for work. Looking forward to the leaves
[18:24] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> Now that Equinox is over, Mother Nature  has cranked up the heat, around here. We're due for a mini-heatwave tomorrow and Tuesday. 😕
[18:25] <KK> Yuck!
[18:25] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> That's just how I feel too, KK
[18:25] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Our temperatures have been above normal (and very nice). Due to change Tuesday
[18:26] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Ours have dropped to the high 60s and low 70s, which is great
[18:26] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Us too. It was near 90 yesterday Fortunately not staying long
[18:26] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> I will be looking for socks by the end of this week
[18:27] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> I am finally not using my fan over my bed at night.
[18:27] <The_Bee> 60s and 70s here
[18:27] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Helene did us the favor of missing us but cooling us down with her passing. I had my lunch break outside on a covered patio last Friday and actually needed a light cardigan for the first time since Spring.
[18:27] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Last week was high 80s, next week is high 70s
[18:28] <KK> We're expecting low 70s this next week, with rain until Wednesday--on which, by the way, my surgery is scheduled to proceed, with 0800 check-in, surgery itself probably to start around 1000.
[18:28] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yay!
[18:28] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> We are in the 50s in the morning
[18:28] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Best wishes with the surgery!
[18:28] <The_Bee> 1000 AD?
[18:28] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Yay for the surgery!
[18:28] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> I'm sure you will be glad to have it done, KK
[18:28] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yes, Bee, she will be going back in time for the surgery. 😉
[18:28] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> My Brother and SIL were fortunately celebrating her birthday in New York this past week. But a neighbor checked on their house in Tallahassee, and they were extremely fortunate to have no storm damage from Helene
[18:29] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Best wishing and fast healing thoughts from the west coast to you, KK
[18:29] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> May the surgery go well!
[18:29] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Very fortunate, Shiral
[18:29] <KK> I hope not.  I don't think they were up for knee replacements in 1000 AD. Amputation, perhaps, but even t hat would have been dicey.
[18:30] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> I was pretty freaked out by seeing the news footage about how much damage was done and in so many different states.
[18:30] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> OUCH
[18:30] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Let's see, Oct. 2 is the feast of Saint Leodegar (Léger), martyr ...
[18:30] <The_Bee> Tell Daphne to be extra cuddly when you get home, KK.
[18:30] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Good for you KK Hope all goes smoothly. Know you will be glad to have it over
[18:30] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> Well, then I'm glad you have access to 21st century medicine instead, KK. Since Rhys hasn't materialized to help your knees.
[18:30] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> The entire area where DH and I vacationed last summer looks like it got hit hard, especially the Asheville, NC area and the road between there and NW Georgia where we stayed in Helen, GA.
[18:30] <KK> OK, he can take away any pain and suffering.
[18:30] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> Call it 1/2 cup (one stick, 114 g) of unsalted butter, melted, 1/2 tsp (2.5 mL) each of salt and pepper, to 2 lbs/1 kg parsnips (pannas, ym Cymraeg), peeled and sliced 1" (2.5 cm) thick, on a single layer on a baking sheet, in a 350 F/180 C oven for ~30 minutes or until golden brown on the edges.
[18:30] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> Or for that matter, neither have Alaric, Duncan and Dhugal.
[18:31] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> Hope all goes well for your knee  replacement, KK
[18:31] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> I think I'll have potatoe chips instead, DR
[18:31] <KK> That sounds goo, desertrose.
[18:31] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> And you can have that overwith.
[18:31] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> DR , what is that?
[18:31] <KK> dood, too.
[18:31] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> ... patron saint of Millers, Invoked against blindness, Eye disease, Eye problems, Sore eyes
[18:31] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Well. I hope your eyes get better too, I suppose.
[18:31] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> How do you know, Shiral, they may very well be there, and you just don't see them. But KK does.
[18:32] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Her roasted parsnips recipe, DFK
[18:32] <KK> Good, even. (rented fingers!)
[18:32] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> Well, that's true, Laurna.
[18:32] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> You went to MY rental agency?
[18:32] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Ahhh
[18:32] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> I hope you get a refund
[18:32] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Punitive damages too!
[18:33] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Maybe they wall all jump on that special portal and be there by OCt 2
[18:33] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I see KK's characters frequently, and I hear their voices too. But that's only because they are living rent free inside my head. 😄
[18:33] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> It's such a hassle when your rented fingers don't work right
[18:33] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> So long as they don't leave you parsnips, Evie
[18:33] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> lol
[18:34] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> With all the characters from your current story it must be getting crowded in there Evie
[18:34] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I'd be willing to try them DR-style at least once, since I know carrots are good cooked that way.
[18:34] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> I'd like to give a great big LOAD of parsnips to some of Evie's characters.... (She can probably guess which ones.)
[18:34] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yeah, my brain is more like a high rise nowadays. 😉
[18:34] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Maybe Evie is going to start having Airich's troubles.   I would not wish that upon her.
[18:35] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> No, that would be tough
[18:35] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> But Evie has an outlit for ther characters that Airich has yet to discover,.
[18:35] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I wouldn't wish that upon me either, unless Duncan wants to turn up to Heal me.
[18:35] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> I certainly hope not
[18:35] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> Like the kid who gives his prisoners some radical haircuts
[18:35] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Wait, who am I today?
[18:35] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Outfit?
[18:35] * CambersGhost [discord] <jerusha2> stare into her crystal ball.  Not sure
[18:35] <KK> Radical haircuts?
[18:35] <The_Bee> What's troubling Airich?
[18:36] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Deryni memory problems
[18:36] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> Roasted parsnips. From an SCA cook from my first event and feast, and the first time I ate parsnips because I'm a Southern girl and they're a cool-climate veggie.
[18:36] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Evie had a bunch of great theories
[18:36] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> He's having a really rough time
[18:36] <The_Bee> can't remember or can't forget?
[18:36] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> It's a reference to my current story they are seeing chapters of on Mondays and Thursdays.  I have an Eistenmarcker king following the old Viking tradition of shaving thralls' heads.
[18:36] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Yes. 😉
[18:37] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> But I tasted those and thought, why have I never eaten them before? 🤣
[18:37] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> Being a thrall to that kid does't sound like fun...
[18:37] * The_Bee launches mackeral at stnezz.
[18:37] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> That was my reaction to white asparagus, when I had some in Europe, but I can't find it here.
[18:38] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> +whap*
[18:38] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> *whap*
[18:38] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Those Eistenmarkers are mean
[18:39] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Really mean
[18:39] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> There are nicer ones. Just not with Ingrid and Haakon.
[18:40] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> Honestly, a LOT of veggies show their best flavor tossed in melted butter, salt, and pepper and roasted until lightly browned.
[18:40] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> A definite way to make a prisoner lose any illusions that the near future is going to be pleasant.
[18:40] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> Butter improves ANYTHING
[18:40] <KK> Agreed!
[18:40] <~bynw> butter is magical that way ... much like bacon
[18:40] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> I hope Butter does not improve Prisoners.
[18:41] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Would love to get rid of Ingrid and Haakon. Also Renier and Remy
[18:41] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> So true
[18:41] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Or ranch sauce
[18:41] <The_Bee> Butter and maple syrup can improve a slice of bread.
[18:41] <KK> Well, aythng cooke. Wouldn't care for it on ice cream.
[18:41] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> Hope those three are ALL in for nasty ends.
[18:41] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Cheese is good as well
[18:41] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> That's true...it improves WARM things, although there's nothing wrong with bread and butter
[18:41] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> I am with you Shiral
[18:42] <KK> Sounds like i need to catch up on reading.
[18:42] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Oh yess, KK
[18:42] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> That is, I hope Ingrid Haakon and Remy are all going to have a nasty end, but I hope butter isn't part of it
[18:42] <The_Bee> you and me both, KK
[18:42] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> I think you would love it KK
[18:42] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Lots of writing going on at the Forum right now
[18:42] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Oh yeah
[18:42] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> No butter for them
[18:43] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Remy is slimey enough without butter
[18:43] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Pawns and Queens is set in the 15th Century, so it's a different take on the 11 Kingdoms
[18:43] <KK> Sounds like those folk are vying with Loris for dicey ends.
[18:43] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Cook 'em in butter?
[18:43] <The_Bee> But who'd have to eat them?
[18:43] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> There is a supper power in the air and many of us are catching it.
[18:43] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> So true, the dicier the better
[18:43] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> I saw a recipe recently for bacon chocolate chip cookies, pretty much substitute bacon grease for the butter/shortening, and apparently you hit that savory-sweet flavor combination like salted caramel.
[18:43] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> Supper or super power?
[18:44] <KK> Oooooh.
[18:44] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Doctor M has an ongoing series of an AU Gwynedd from Charissa's POV if she had survived. And Drakensis just wrote an AU story imagining the Kelson/Charissa duel if her twin sister Clarissa had survived to adulthood.
[18:44] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> I am going to pass on that recipe DR
[18:44] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Me too
[18:44] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Super
[18:44] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> That seems to be the general hope, anyway. I'm staying mum as to the outcome. 😄
[18:45] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> You have Supper powers if you can make Parsnips taste good. 😉
[18:45] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> LOL good one Shiral
[18:45] <KK> With the butter and salt and pepper, sounds good to me.
[18:45] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> "Forgotten Shadows" is the ongoing story-based RPG that's been fun to follow as the story unfolds
[18:46] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> We are now cursed with Willimite dice
[18:46] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> Better than Willimite Mice, I guess
[18:46] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Never seen so many snake eyes
[18:46] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Worse than Torenthi dice
[18:46] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Oh my gosh, yes! Snake-eyes twice in a row!
[18:46] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I saw a Kickstarter ad for beautiful Cathedral Dice that look like stained glass, and thought y'all might need to invest in some. 😄
[18:47] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Can we
[18:47] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Only if thay are all 6 sided
[18:47] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> We are also cursed with Willimites
[18:47] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> kind of like bed mites
[18:47] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> LOL!
[18:47] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> too many of them once you have them
[18:47] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> EEWW
[18:47] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> If you think you don't like a vegetable, try roasting it before you write it off for good.
[18:47] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> For me, nothing makes broccoli, cauliflower, or Brussels sprouts palatable, but I suspect I lack an enzyme to digest them because they've always torn up my poor tummy, even in days past when it was otherwise cast iron.
[18:48] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Dang Wliimites... although Laurna is trying her darndest to make us feel sorry for them.
[18:48] <KK> Cathedral dice? Sounds intriguing.
[18:48] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> No way Laurna
[18:48] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Those are the vegetables I like, DR
[18:48] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Just trying to protect the King's Law
[18:48] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Well, just one of them, I guess
[18:48] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I only recently learned to like broccoli, and I still don't like cauliflower, but I find Brussels sprouts inedible *unless* they are roasted, preferably with bacon involved and a balsamic glaze, but even then I just find them tolerable.
[18:48] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> Sounds like something Duncan should have
[18:49] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> Brussels sprouts are EVIL.
[18:49] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Love Brussles sprouts
[18:49] <~bynw> i agree Evie those cannot be eaten under any circumstances
[18:49] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> They're definitely nutrient dense and versatile, if your body cooperates. Mine never did.
[18:49] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> On this topic, I'm as dogmatic as Loris
[18:49] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> mixed in bacon  YEP
[18:50] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> They are good with noodles and knockwurst
[18:50] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Spinach affects DH this way (super bad gas pains and diarrhea), but if he has some Beano beforehand, he can eat it with no problem. He thinks it replaces some enzyme he lacks. So that might be worth a shot.
[18:50] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Exactly
[18:50] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Bacon can make almost any veggies edible
[18:50] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Bacon-wrapped Loris?
[18:50] <The_Bee> A local restaurant has (or had) a really good caulifoower dish.  Otherwise, cauliflower is meh.
[18:50] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> They were super pretty in the ad picture
[18:50] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Not sure if even bacon will make him palatable
[18:51] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Agreed Nezz
[18:51] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> You'd  need a lot of bacon, for that. Waste of good bacon, too!
[18:51] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Stick a fork in him
[18:51] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Cauliflower is only good if you put good things on top of it.
[18:51] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Cheese!
[18:51] * CambersGhost [discord] <shiral_> wonders if we're sounding disturbingly like cannibals...
[18:51] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> LOL
[18:51] <~bynw> neither butter nor bacon can fix brussels sprouts, braccoli, cauliflower, or anything related to them
[18:52] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Not even then. I've tried the fake "garlic mashed potatoes" made from cauliflower, and no matter how many other ingredients are added--I've tried cheese, bacon, sour cream--nothing takes away that bitter undertaste for me.
[18:52] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> You are missing out on half of a good meal, bynw
[18:52] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> I like baby broccoli, but Cauliflower is right out with the Brussels sprouts
[18:52] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> I'm afraid I agree with Bynw 100% on this
[18:52] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> On the other hand, give me the leafy greens (except kale) any old time. The Rodney Scott recipe for collard greens is amazing and will also work for mustard, turnip, or any other sharp/tart greens.
[18:52] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Wow, I'm the odd person out again!
[18:53] <KK> I like 'em all, and fortunately, they like me.
[18:53] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Lucky!
[18:53] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Yeah KK
[18:53] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> I don't think any of us are about to become vegetarians
[18:53] * CambersGhost [discord] <jerusha2> bows gratefullly to KK
[18:53] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> Sounds unlikely I agree, DFK
[18:53] <~bynw> the taste, texture, and cooked smell all make me gag
[18:53] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> your poor wife
[18:53] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> I nodded off and am scrolling back -- DesertRose, did you expect to eat thralls' heads?
[18:54] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I tried to go vegetarian when I was 16, but considering the only veggies I liked were carrots, potatoes, beans, peas, and corn, and I wasn't willing to give up burgers, that lasted only a month. 😄
[18:54] <~bynw> oh she gets to eat them as long as i have something else and i avoid smelling it
[18:54] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> The Rodney Scott recipe entails either a ham bone, pulled pork, or bacon, so not vegetarian and definitely not kosher or halal.
[18:54] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yeah, DH and I often have separate meals because I dislike a lot of food he likes and vice versa.
[18:55] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> Fortunately, no Brussels sprouts have ever forced their way into my grocery cart
[18:55] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> No, no heads of anything animate, though I expect I've eaten a fair few heads of lettuce in my time.
[18:56] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I've always hated cooked greens, but I recently went to a restaurant that had either turnip greens or collard greens, not sure which, and I was able to eat some with their corn bread.  It's always tasted too bitter to me before, even when people add sugar to the broth.
[18:56] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> My ol' man's a vegetarian whereas I'm a major meat-eater
[18:56] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I'm pretty convinced my tastes have changed in the past decade, though, because there are other foods I couldn't stand before that now I can handle in small amounts.
[18:57] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Spinach with hot walnut bacon dressing , YUMM
[18:57] <The_Bee> The only vegetable i really hate is lima beans
[18:57] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> I have no fondness for peas
[18:57] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> During the 70's my Dad became a health food nut, and tried to convince the four of us kids to become vegetarians, too. Poor man should have realized he had NO chance. His cooking was absolutely awful!
[18:57] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I'm fine with limas, though they are my least favorite bean. I love peas.
[18:57] <~bynw> spinach is tastey. had that with my scrambled eggs this morning along with some chopped onions, some cheese, and cherry tomatoes
[18:58] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> I like green peas, but I really dislike beans
[18:58] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Love peas.  No beans of any shape size or color
[18:58] <KK> I used to think I hated corn.  Now  love it, just in the ps 3-4 years.
[18:58] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> The only kind of beans I'll eat are green string beans
[18:58] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> I've ALWAYS liked corn! And asparagus
[18:58] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I'm fine with raw spinach in a salad or sandwich. Not a fan of cooked spinach except if it's a very minor ingredient in a soup or on a pizza.
[18:58] <KK> So you aren't big on chili
[18:58] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Sweet white corn is deffienlty better then the starchy corn we had has kids.
[18:58] <The_Bee> My dad hated fish and sinach.  We sometimes had them when he wasn't home for supper.
[18:58] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Nope!
[18:59] * ~bynw is from Iowa ... corn is natural here along with green beans very much the veggie staples
[18:59] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> love fresh corn from a roadside stand
[18:59] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> I love white corn.  I can only find it in Florida
[18:59] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> Nope. A friend tried to feed me chili. She realized that just wasn't going to fly when I patiently fished out every bean in my bowl with my spoon.
[18:59] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Really, I am so sorry Jerusha
[19:00] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Up here it is all peaches and cream corn
[19:00] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I love corn, especially served as elote or esquite, with a bit of mayonnaise, lime juice, Cotijo cheese, and a dash of cayenne pepper or Tajin on it.
[19:00] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Been there done that too Shiral
[19:00] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> We have white corn in Virginia, Silver Queen
[19:00] <KK> So, what was left, Shiral?
[19:00] <The_Bee> Butter-and sugar corn is yum.
[19:00] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> Spanakopita was my gateway to cooked spinach.
[19:00] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> The broth and the ground beef. 😉
[19:00] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Isn't corn sweet enough without the sugar?
[19:00] <~bynw> other beans are fine as long as they part of chili
[19:01] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> My DH loves spanakopita. He just has to take a couple of Beano before he eats any.
[19:01] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> I only eat the meat out of the chilli and nothing else
[19:01] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> Spanakopita is the ONLY form in which I like spinach. The crisp phyllo makes up for the sogalicious spinach
[19:01] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> I always would eat it raw in salads.
[19:01] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> The smoked pork is the secret to offsetting the inherent bitterness of greens.
[19:01] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> Also hot sauce.
[19:01] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Raw spinach is good in a salad.  Cooked not so much
[19:01] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> And the creamy melty cheese
[19:02] <The_Bee> Don't Texans have a saying, If you know anything about chili, you know chlii has no beans?
[19:02] <~bynw> laurna, you should just make and eat Texas chilli since it doesnt have beans
[19:02] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> I like my cheese melted, otherwise, I'm not crazy about the texture
[19:02] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Yes they do
[19:02] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> KK make yourself up some soup or spegetti sauce and freez it in small one serving containers for after Oct 2
[19:02] <KK> Can't do raw spinach. Cooked is fine.
[19:02] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> My daughter hates both spinach and artichokes, but put them in a spinach and artichoke dip and she'll fight you for some
[19:03] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> That's true. Proper Texas chili has neither beans nor tomatoes. (The red color comes from peppers.)
[19:03] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> I love  love love steamed artichokes and then dipp all the leaves in butter.
[19:03] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> garlic butter
[19:04] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> Love artichokes!
[19:04] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> artichokes are pretty good with enough butter and parmesan
[19:04] * CambersGhost [discord] <laurnarose> cheers
[19:04] <The_Bee> Star Trek used to be my favorite show to watch while eating an artichoke.
[19:05] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> .....
[19:05] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> what an association.
[19:05] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> what laurna said
[19:05] <KK> Anne McCaffrey had artichokes growing in her garden, and I'd always raid it when they weere in seasonl
[19:05] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> .....
[19:05] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Awesome Pern flowers
[19:05] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> Wow, with her knowledge, I hope! 😉
[19:05] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> And the beef is cut in chunks, not ground.
[19:05] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> Also I have been watching too many British TV shows because in my brain, I just pronounced it "to MAH toes."
[19:06] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Here you go, KK.  You might have to go to Page 2 to find the first chapter.  https://www.rhemuthcastle.com/index.php/board,187.0.html   Then once you catch up, I can torture you along with everyone else waiting for Mondays and Thursdays. Muahahaha!  😄
[19:07] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> It's perfectly timed, since you'll have reading time, KK. =o)
[19:07] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> we were just commenting on the duke of corwyns to-mah-toes
[19:07] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/479836521864888347/1290102610073878539/image.png?ex=66fb3d2f&is=66f9ebaf&hm=3cd47d9d8a5948eb34e3ef25a1d936eb2892b051aa9f2ed15dfb84e6f2fa5929&;
[19:07] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Just the right reading material for recovery, KK
[19:07] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> When you're the Duke, you have to  MAH toes on your birthday!
[19:08] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> I'll still aver they're cherries.
[19:08] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> That is quite a birthday spread for Alaric
[19:08] <CambersGhost> [discord] <marc_du_temple> I'm just popping in from the reason for my absence as of late. Will be rifling around for good photos of this wedding I might share. Good evening friends!
[19:08] <KK> That looks really good! But pt the kitchen staff, who have to prepare it all, and then clean up after.
[19:08] * CambersGhost [discord] <shiral_> thinks nobody should tell Kelric that tomatoes are good for throwing...
[19:08] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> HEllo Marc
[19:08] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Even if you have to fund an expedition across the Atalantic to fetch them from the New World, then build a Portal there for fast shipping back.
[19:08] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Off to a wedding, Marc?
[19:08] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> Hi Marc
[19:08] <KK> Hi, Mard!
[19:09] <KK> Marc, even.
[19:09] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Hey Marc
[19:09] <The_Bee> Hi Marc
[19:09] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Good to see you, Marc
[19:09] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Retned fingres
[19:09] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> seems to be the disease of the day
[19:10] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Marc, I hope you're fomenting a whole lot of ideas while you're away.
[19:10] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Fomenting is good. Fermenting is not
[19:10] <CambersGhost> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Mostly raising my standards for my wedding 😁
[19:10] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yes, let's see what Bede Archer gets up to when his writer/player returns
[19:11] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> We'll set aside a barrel of Fianna red for the kitcheners as a reward for their hard work. And a well-aged bottle of Old MacRorie for those who'd prefer a dram of that to wine.
[19:11] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Your wedding???
[19:11] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> And Edwin when he is not forced to go to the monastary
[19:11] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> 😄
[19:11] <KK> Fomenting is a word we're not apt to run into on any other chat site. Love you guys!
[19:11] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> Just look out for the Vezaire Port...
[19:12] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> Never let it be said that Corwyn doesn't take care of her own.
[19:12] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Hear Hear
[19:12] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> Make sure Lord Derry drinks responsibly...
[19:12] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> Speaking of fermentation. 🤣
[19:12] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> lol
[19:13] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> Fomenting stories is one thing. What happens when you let stories get fermented?
[19:13] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> fo·ment (fō-mĕnt�)
[19:13] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Share:
[19:13] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> tr.v. fo·ment·ed, fo·ment·ing, fo·ments
[19:13] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> 1. To arouse or incite (trouble, for example).
[19:13] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> 2. To treat (the skin, for example) by fomentation.
[19:13] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> sense 1, I hope?
[19:13] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I was joking with my (now) best friend in the early months of our acquaintance that I should have known he learned English as a second language instead of US schools because his spelling is next to perfect and he is one of the few people I know who would drop the word "antithetical" into a regular conversation without hesitation and just expect that of course I know what that means. 😄
[19:13] <The_Bee> Tey become wickedly intoxicating.
[19:14] <CambersGhost> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Not yet. Nooot yet. One day, my friend.
[19:14] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I was joking with my (now) best friend in the early months of our acquaintance that I should have known he learned English as a second language instead of as an American in US schools because his spelling is next to perfect and he is one of the few people I know who would drop the word "antithetical" into a regular conversation without hesitation and just expect that of course I  <clipped messag
[19:14] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> know what that means. 😄
[19:14] <KK> Love friends like that. And I have many.
[19:14] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Do an Indian wedding and make it 3 days of feasting and partying!
[19:14] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> and Elephants
[19:14] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Evie It took me three tries just to say it aloud.
[19:14] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Oh yes, they do major wedding celebrations!
[19:14] <CambersGhost> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Best shot I can find while respecting privacy
[19:15] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> The characters get drunk and tell the author about nine thousand subplots.
[19:15] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Yes, privacy is good
[19:15] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> And a lot of secrets get spilled....
[19:15] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> That sounds like the inside of my head right now. 😄
[19:15] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> Right, @Evie.delacourt ?
[19:15] <CambersGhost> [discord] <marc_du_temple> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/479836521864888347/1290104681732771901/remix-2e42e07d-c8ba-4b18-9e65-6aa938e50676.png?ex=66fb3f1d&is=66f9ed9d&hm=13baa875d32cd6281ec31c71a911237780b943748abf8be12f0b885efbc073a1&;
[19:15] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Well you look handsome
[19:15] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Hello there,  Happy times
[19:15] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Nice! Hope you had good weather for it too.
[19:15] <KK> Marc, are you at an Indian wedding?
[19:16] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Glad to see you didn't show up in the green shirt.... 😉
[19:16] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> You were part of the wedding party?
[19:17] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Oh Marc,  did you get to have a hat like the fellow behind you.. Love the hat.
[19:18] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I'm so sad dress hats aren't a thing like they used to be.
[19:18] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> And ties that perfectly match the girls.  Wonderful
[19:18] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> But then you would have to wear them too
[19:19] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> What, dress hats? I would love to! I miss having dressy occasions to go to and fancy hats to wear with them. There was a brief resurgence in the 1980s after the royal wedding, then they disappeared again.
[19:20] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> I am going to find a nice grey suit and hat for my sims Bede character.
[19:20] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> I had a friend who looked great in hats. I never did
[19:20] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> I love hats but my noggin is huge and it's hard to find them to fit unless I wear something like a pillbox that sits more on top and less around the head.
[19:20] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Sometimes it depends on finding the right hat style and shape for your face.
[19:20] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> I have the opposite problem.  They fall down to my nose
[19:21] <KK> The Princess of Wales is doing her part to set hat examples, but it doesn't seem to be working as well as it did for Diana.
[19:21] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> We would give in hats and she looked good in every one
[19:21] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> My brother managed to find a costume shop that was having a clearance sale due to going out of business. He got an amazing Musketeer hat with a huge plume for about half the original price
[19:21] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> I did not
[19:21] <The_Bee> I had a beautiful Easterhat one year.
[19:22] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> That's partly because we don't really do many dress-up occasions anymore besides weddings and funerals. Even most churches allow casual wear like jeans and a t-shirt nowadays.
[19:22] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> I look decent in hats, when I can find ones that fit. I wore pillboxes to the Pod-Child's rehearsal dinner and wedding because she wanted a vintage theme.
[19:22] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> I have a similar problem to DR--hats rarely fit me
[19:23] <KK> I have a spiffy fascinator that Ive never worn, but couldn't resist buying it.  Some day....
[19:23] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I might have to check with DS's fiance to see if there's any chance of her wanting the moms dressed up enough to wear a hat with my outfit. 😄
[19:23] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> fascinators are just so fascinating.
[19:24] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> I have a number of nice hair clips that I've been collecting over the years.
[19:24] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Done are, some look ridiculous
[19:24] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> But my hair is very slippery and fine and it's hard to keep anything in place
[19:24] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Hair ... I remember having that in quantity ...
[19:24] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> I have a lovely straw hat, almost a cartwheel except the brim isn't quite THAT big, that I wear sometimes, but it's not easy to drive in a hat with a large-ish brim so I don't get to wear it as often as I'd like.
[19:24] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> 😄
[19:24] <KK> You're the mother of the groom.  You can wear whatever you want.  I wore a lovely peacock fascinator to Cameron's wedding, and it looked wonderful. I wore t again to the gala for Writers of the Future earlier this year.
[19:25] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> My DS used to complain about his curly red hair. Now he just wishes he had some of it back!
[19:25] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> I have many 12 long hat pins
[19:25] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> I also have a couple of cloches, but the black one is a little too small.
[19:25] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> nice lethal weapons too.
[19:25] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> I have many 12inch long hat pins
[19:25] <The_Bee> I sometimes fantasize that British royal women have contests to see who can come up the the most outlandish hat at a wedding.
[19:26] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> No, just Beatrice and Eugenie. 😄
[19:26] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> Certainly they do at Royal Ascot.
[19:26] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> I agree
[19:26] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> (I still remember the Teletubbies hats)
[19:26] <KK> The York princesses win the prize for most bizarre at William and Catherine's wedding.
[19:26] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yes, those are the hats I mean! 😄
[19:26] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> That is the parade of fascinators.
[19:26] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> Those were SERIOUSLY weird hats
[19:27] <KK> Seriously.
[19:27] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> Even when they made us giggle
[19:27] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> "Are you trying to pick up a radio signal there, Your Royal Highness?"
[19:27] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Maybe you could get a cell signal with a teletubby  hat
[19:28] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> That would be enough for HH;s bodyguard to chuck you out of the wedding venue
[19:28] <KK> Sadly, no onedid that.
[19:29] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> Or summon a teletubby magically...
[19:29] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> I should not laugh
[19:29] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/479836521864888347/1290108208685387817/image.png?ex=66fb4266&is=66f9f0e6&hm=4bcfaba1c36759404a402e18883c3487e9693afbba284ec19db241f27a8503bd&;
[19:29] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I remember I used to practice my curtsey in the mirror as a child. I have no idea who I thought I would be curtseying *to*!  😄
[19:29] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> I love my hats but I keep them fairly tame. The black and red cloche, the taupe cloche, the black linen bucket, the white newsie, the natural straw hat (to which I add a ribbon or scarf to match my outfit), the burgundy velvet pillbox (rehearsal dinner), the blue velvet pillbox (wedding), the white knitted beret that I don't get to wear most of the year because it's too hot. . .
[19:30] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> Obviously, you were hoping to show up at Court in Rhemuth, Evie
[19:30] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> To kiss a certain bishop's ring.
[19:30] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> And have a chance to meet Duncan in person....
[19:31] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I have a red and dark eggplant purple heavyweight felt cloche that I hand sewed to match a suit I used to have.
[19:31] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> I would go to kiss a duke
[19:31] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> I had been feeling good with my 3 light-colored fedorae, 1 brown, and a gardening-hat.
[19:31] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I mostly wear my Crazy Cat Lady bucket hat with the calico cats print on it.
[19:31] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> I must toddle off, now.  KK, hope your surgery goes well and recovery is event-free
[19:32] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> cya Jerusha
[19:32] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Night Jerusha
[19:32] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> Bye, Jerusha
[19:32] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Nighters!
[19:32] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Goodnight Jerusha
[19:32] <KK> I have a favorite straw hat that I wear regularly when I have to take stuff to the landfill in the middle of summer.
[19:32] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Night Jerusha
[19:32] <KK> Nighters, Jerusha.
[19:33] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> I have a sun hat that I purchased in Arizona. It's NOT stylish, but it's good for warding off excess heat and sunlight
[19:33] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> I should not laugh I thought I read your hat was stuffed with landfill   sorry
[19:33] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> And it doesn't look as silly as a royal wedding hat!
[19:33] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Better a hat stuffed with landfill than a head stuffed with landfill!
[19:33] <KK> True.
[19:34] <The_Bee> My lovely Easter hat ... I had  a sudden urge to take scissors and cut it up.  I escaped the urge by cutting up some worn-out pantyhose instead.
[19:34] <CambersGhost> [discord] <azdesertrose> G'night Jerusha.
[19:34] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Why did you want to cut it up?
[19:34] <The_Bee> bye Jerusha.  Don't let the murdr chickens get you.
[19:35] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> hssssss
[19:35] <The_Bee> I ddon't know.  I just had the feeling. 
[19:35] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> That's going to be the sequel to "Pawns and Queens." It's going to be "Poults and Murder Chickens," and it will deal with the invasion of Gwynedd by murderous Northern Geese.
[19:36] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> Fowl play will clearly be afoot...
[19:36] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Why can't they invade Nordmacrk instead
[19:36] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Prawns and Quacks?
[19:36] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Why not both?
[19:37] <The_Bee> And th ecast will windup with egg on their faces.
[19:37] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> lol TM
[19:37] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> BTW: anyone eligible to vote in upcoming US elections, you should check your voter registration status. Purging is afoot.
[19:37] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> A lot of which is illegal
[19:37] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> BTW: anyone eligible to vote in upcoming US elections, you should check your voter registration status. Purging is afoot. -- sorry to divert a fun convo into this but I'm trying to spread the word.
[19:38] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> Very much so, DFK
[19:38] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> And sneaky!
[19:38] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> We all need to go dancing at the Duke's birthday bash
[19:39] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Very sneaky
[19:39] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Agreed *dances*
[19:39] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> Yes, Duchess Richenda brought in some excellent musicians from the Ile D'Orsal
[19:39] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I plan to steal the Duke from you if I can come up from behind, Laurna.  😄
[19:39] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Dancing with Alaric sounds great
[19:39] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> you can always count on Duches Richenda
[19:39] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> There was a dance mentioned once -- Imre and Ariella, maybe, doing an old Deryni dance?
[19:40] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> Just make sure he hasn't had too much of  his favorite wine!
[19:40] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> what about  his second-favorite wine?
[19:40] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hopefully Imre and Ariella won't turn up at Alaric's birthday ball. I don't think they're that well preserved!
[19:40] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> That too, Nezz
[19:41] <KK> On that note, folks, I'm going to check out. Hope to see you next week, depending on how my knee feels about being bent under the desk. We'll aim for Zoom.
[19:42] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> OK, hope you feel well enough by then!
[19:42] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> Good night, KK. Good luck on Wednesday and I hope all goes well
[19:42] <The_Bee> Would they have preferred dry wines or sweet wines in Alaric's day?
[19:42] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Perhaps a smartphone while reclining on the fainting couch instead?
[19:42] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Have such a great week! And the best of luck with your surgery, I can't wait to see  you up and jogging again!
[19:42] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Indeed, best of luck!
[19:42] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hopefully this recovery will be easier since you'll have a good knee to rely on while you recover.
[19:42] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> It would be great to see you next sunday, but we'll understand if you're not  up to it, yet
[19:42] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves goodnight, and disappears in a shower of purple sparkles.
[19:42] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Let's hope we can have a knees up!
[19:42] <The_Bee> Good week and goodsurgery, KK.
[19:43] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Best of luck KK. Hope all goes well
[19:43] <KK> My friend Martie will text Bynw after the surgery to let him know all went well.
[19:43] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> You will be in our thoughts and prayers
[19:43] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> That's my parents' anniversary weekend, but I should be home on Sunday afternoon and evening.
[19:44] <KK> Thank you, all of you.  God bless!
[19:44] <chris> and i will let everyone know
[19:44] <KK> Nighters.
[19:44] <CambersGhost> [discord] <shiral_> Until later, KK.
[19:44] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Goodnight!
[19:44] <chris> night KK
[19:44] * KK (473eb015@CCN-1F686F39.hsd1.va.comcast.net) Quit (Quit: Client closed)