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Post by vox on Sept 24, 2008 14:00:44 GMT -6
That first drink of the morning! that definitely makes me go Aaaah! or the feeling you get when you go to bed on a Friday evening realising that there is no work the next day!
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Post by Siren on Sept 25, 2008 8:37:29 GMT -6
Vox, a friend told me that the first cigarette of the day is heavenly - almost as good as the one right after a meal. I'll have to take her word for it.
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Post by vox on Sept 26, 2008 15:23:33 GMT -6
Definitely take her word for it Siren, it's not something you would want to get into!
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Post by Phalon on Sept 27, 2008 4:56:22 GMT -6
Ahhhh.....fresh sheets, cool in the summer and warm in the winter, (LMAO at the weird things we do. Hubs and I used to take turns heating the sheets - first one in the bed, ran the hand-held hair-dryer under the blankets for a minute or so.)
And Oooooo.....fresh from the clothes dryer, still-warm towels after getting out of the shower in the morning.
Buzzzz!
Dryer's done.
<grabs warm towel and heads to the shower>
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Post by vox on Sept 28, 2008 11:06:31 GMT -6
I agree with you there Phalon, the towels come out so soft and soooo warm! mmmmmm! makes you feel all warm and cosy!
That smell of freshly baked bread! and having a slice while it is still warm! yummy! (I'm making myself feel hungry now! Lol)
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Post by Phalon on Sept 29, 2008 4:31:10 GMT -6
You're making me hungry too, Vox! My mom used to make fresh bread as a snack for my Dad when he got home from work, and he'd slather it with jam; I preferred butter - or even plain. He arrived home from work right about the same time we got out of school, and we could smell the bread baking as soon as we opened the door. Mmmmm.
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Post by katina2nd on Oct 3, 2008 20:26:05 GMT -6
Taking the lid off a fresh jar of Vegemite and experiencing that light headed, weak at the knees feeling as you're overwhelmed by the pungent, aromatic vapours that waft up, filling your nostrils and imbuing you with a sense of wellbeing.
;D
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Post by vox on Oct 5, 2008 6:46:09 GMT -6
Totally agree with you there Kat! I love the stuff!
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Post by Phalon on Oct 5, 2008 7:05:43 GMT -6
You too, Vox? Maybe I should try the stuff before I think "ick". I can't recall ever seeing it in the stores here though. Maybe I'm just looking in the wrong place. The hardware store? Building supply store? I dunno - where does one go to buy tar?
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Post by Scrappy Amazon on Oct 5, 2008 23:46:44 GMT -6
Auto parts store. Next to the axel grease.
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Post by katina2nd on Oct 6, 2008 21:11:35 GMT -6
Totally agree with you there Kat! I love the stuff! Way to go Vox, nice to see "some" people have good taste when it comes to the pursuit of culinary delights, as opposed to the two posters below you. ;D
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Post by Phalon on Oct 7, 2008 4:25:29 GMT -6
HA, Katina! I've never had Vegemite; I've never even seen the stuff. But it's your description of it, that makes it sound so icky tar-like and unculinarily delightful, (though it might keep the wheels on my roller-skis from squeaking).
Maybe your fellow Vegemite Enthusiast can provide a description which might change the minds of those of us who think 'eeewww-gross' at the mere mention of the product name. Vox? Can you describe Vegemite without using the word "tar"?
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Post by vox on Oct 7, 2008 11:21:20 GMT -6
Well here goes Phalon!
Vegemite dates back to 1922 .
Ever since World War ll, troops have depended on Vegemite for a taste of home.
It was approved by the British Medical Association in 1939.
It is a dark, sticky spread made from Pure Vegetable Extract so it is suitable for vegetarians. it is absolutely fat free and very useful if you are on a diet! It is very similar in taste to the Bovril drink. Very good when made up as a drink on a cold snowy day if you have run out of Bovril. Also useful for adding to gravy!
There are many substitutes out there but nothing tastes the same as Vegemite or Marmite.
I never used to like the stuff until my Sister-in-law got me tasting it, now I love it! Bet it still doesn't make you want to taste it does it?
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Post by moonglum on Oct 7, 2008 14:05:38 GMT -6
A cold beer on a warm day. Sitting in an armchair when you get home from a long day at work. Even though you've just spent 100 miles sitting down. A second cold beer on a warm day. Splattering Phalon with a pumpkin.
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Post by katina2nd on Oct 7, 2008 20:54:38 GMT -6
There ya go Lady P, surely that description from Vox has you salivating at the thought of trying it in some form or another; personally I love it on toast, so make yourself a round or two, spread some butter on and then a liberal helping of Vegemite, brew a nice strong cup of coffee to go with it and enjoy ....... ya can have them while scrapping that Pumpkin off yourself.
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Post by Phalon on Oct 8, 2008 9:10:24 GMT -6
Hhmm, Vox....it's this part that doesn't sound too appealing, "Vegemite dates back to 1922.....It is a dark, sticky spread."
Of course, it'd be dark and sticky - anything hanging around since 1922 would have to be black and tar-like.
If I ever see it though, I shan't tarry, (cuz it'll probably stick like glue to my hands, and I won't be able to put it down), and buy some. Spread it on toast, like Katina suggests, and see if I live to tell the tale.
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Post by vox on Oct 8, 2008 11:46:16 GMT -6
No you musn't tarry! Yeah, go on, give it a try, you may even decide that it's not that bad after all!
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Post by Phalon on Oct 9, 2008 6:02:59 GMT -6
Ok, ok...you and Katina are breaking me down. As I tell the girls when I've made something new for dinner that they think looks....uhm....different, "You won't know if you like it, until you try it."
Or maybe at my dinner table it's more like, "That which doesn't kill you only makes you stronger."
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Post by vox on Oct 9, 2008 10:38:44 GMT -6
Showing your age now Phalon! that is an old, old saying!
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Post by Phalon on Oct 10, 2008 19:23:04 GMT -6
Eh, Vox? Speak up, Missy - I can't hear you. The Vegemite's clogged my hearing aid, and my spectacles fell in the peanut butter, so I can't read either.
Don't ask - it's best that you don't know.
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Post by katina2nd on Oct 10, 2008 23:42:59 GMT -6
Hhmm, Vox....it's this part that doesn't sound too appealing, "Vegemite dates back to 1922.....It is a dark, sticky spread." Of course, it'd be dark and sticky - anything hanging around since 1922 would have to be black and tar-like. Sheesh don't worry about that Lady P, if an opened jar gets pushed to the back of the pantry to be rediscovered ten/fifteen years later it'll still be good as new, matter of fact probably better then when new. Remember, if you're gonna try it, baby steps is the way to go, very small portions at first until you build up an immunity to it, to large a dose first up may be to much shock to the system.
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Post by Siren on Oct 24, 2008 21:20:25 GMT -6
If you have any left, Gams, pass it over. I need to re-caulk my windows. Winter's coming, you know. ;P
Another "aaaahhhhhh" moment: the first chip from a fresh bag of Lay's (potato crisps for y'all across the pond).
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Post by Mini Mia on Feb 20, 2009 23:00:18 GMT -6
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Post by Mini Mia on Dec 26, 2009 1:11:01 GMT -6
Kevin Sorbo tweeted this video:
I'm not against the Health Care plan ... for those who have no plan, or who have a bad plan. But I'd prefer if it was an _option_ and not made mandatory. I fear it being no better, or worse, than what we have now. I want the choice to 'wait and see' how it works out for others before I make a switch myself. And if I find it not to be up to par with what I currently have, I'd like the right to keep what I have.
Which is not saying that I wouldn't like to have a good health plan for free or little cost ... as my insurance keeps going up every year. A couple of years ago it was over $600 per month and so I reworked the plan where I pay out more to the doctors/hospitals ... but only paid a wee bit under $300 per month ... which is over $400 per month starting in January. So I'll probably have to set up a new plan soon where I pay out even more to doctors/hospitals, and less per month to the insurance company ... which will just go up each year until I'm back to where I don't want to be yet again.
So ... I'd love for this health care plan to be the end all of health care plans and I can drop what I have and continue to have a coverage that is better than what I have now and for far less, without going up every year. But I have little faith in the government, so I'm sure that at some point I'll end up in the same predicament I was headed in anyway: Screwed!
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