Random Rants 76: Argh! Augh! Ahhh!

[aimeeandbeatles]

Completely different book. Same title, but different author and plot.

I'd have to look it up again, but it was a weird Scholastic Point mystery from the early '90s. Pretty generic but I remember there being one weird scene.

 

[MaryKB]

You should record a cookie making video and walk the ignorant through the steps to success. Of course, you would post it here first.

Oh dear .. you wouldn't want to see that, lol! I video even worse than I photograph.

But I'm seriously willing to send cookies or give tips - I'm practiced with oatmeal, chocolate chunk (and double chocolate chunk), peanut butter, gingerbread, and maple cream. I've sent treats to a few friends I met at TrekBBS who live in the United States.

Some of my recent baking photographs:

 

[tjs282]

Oh dear .. you wouldn't want to see that, lol! I video even worse than I photograph.

Even if we (collectively) believed that the latter were true, I think we (collectively) would still beg to differ with you with respect to the former...

But I'm seriously willing to send cookies or give tips
...
Some of my recent baking photographs

Of course, eating your cookies would likely be even more fun than watching you make them... What a pity I'm in the wrong hemisphere...

Oh, wait, this is the Rants thread, so it should be...

 

[Synobun]

My milk smells like perfume. I cannot for the life of me figure out why. I need tech support.

But I'm seriously willing to send cookies or give tips - I'm practiced with oatmeal, chocolate chunk (and double chocolate chunk), peanut butter, gingerbread, and maple cream. I've sent treats to a few friends I met at TrekBBS who live in the United States.

Some of my recent baking photographs:

How much do one of those batches tend to cost? I may want to surprise some friends (in the US)...

 

[MaryKB]

My milk smells like perfume. I cannot for the life of me figure out why. I need tech support.

Do you mean milk you bought, or are you lactating? If the latter I'm sorry but I can't help you and I suggest you see your doctor, straight away!

Do you still have those bags you cut open for milk? Does all your milk smell bad, or just your most recent purchase? Do you have anything foul in your fridge and your milk might be absorbing some odor?

 

[Synobun]

Do you mean milk you bought, or are you lactating? If the latter I'm sorry but I can't help you and I suggest you see your doctor, straight away!

Do you still have those bags you cut open for milk? Does all your milk smell bad, or just your most recent purchase? Do you have anything foul in your fridge and your milk might be absorbing some odor?

Yes, Mary, I'm lactating. I've got kids to feed...

God, that made me laugh. Okay. I'm fine. Alright. No. It's a gallon jug of milk. BC doesn't do bagged milk. The milk's fine, even tastes fine, just smells like perfume. Everything else in the fridge is sealed.

 

[EgonSpengler]

Do you mean milk you bought, or are you lactating? If the latter I'm sorry but I can't help you and I suggest you see your doctor, straight away!

I know this is supposed to be the rants thread, but this is the funniest thing I've read all day. My phone rang while I was laughing, and I had to take a second to compose myself before I could take the call.

 

[MaryKB]

How much do one of those batches tend to cost? I may want to surprise some friends (in the US)...

I'm so sorry, I missed your second part ... cookies aren't at all expensive to make, really just a few dollars, but you'll get many batches out of your ingredients. I don't know if you can ship to the United States if you live in Canada, I think you can't send open food across border. But I could always bake something for you and send to your friend, saying they're from you.

 

[Synobun]

I'm so sorry, I missed your second part ... cookies aren't at all expensive to make, really just a few dollars, but you'll get many batches out of your ingredients. I don't know if you can ship to the United States if you live in Canada, I think you can't send open food across border. But I could always bake something for you and send to your friend, saying they're from you.

Well, yes, that was the intent. I'm horrifyingly bad at baking, somehow. Decent at cooking, hopeless at baking.

I'd just want to fairly compensate you for your time and skills.

 

[MaryKB]

Oh you don't have to pay me back, I'm very happy to do so! I love baking but I can't eat most of what I make, so I'm very happy to do something for someone else. I feel more than enough reward just knowing someone's happy.

 

[Birdjaguar]

When I was in college, my grandmother would send me oatmeal gumdrop cookies. She would pack them in popcorn so they wouldn't break.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Yes, Mary, I'm lactating. I've got kids to feed...

God, that made me laugh. Okay. I'm fine. Alright. No. It's a gallon jug of milk. BC doesn't do bagged milk. The milk's fine, even tastes fine, just smells like perfume. Everything else in the fridge is sealed.

Why is non-bagged milk a bad thing? I hated having to deal with those things, and I'm relieved that we don't have it here in Alberta anymore.

Another question: Is it milk from Canada or the U.S.?

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I don't think I've seen bagged milk in a few years in Nova Scotia, though I might not have been looking closely enough. It either comes in cardboard cartons or big plastic jugs.

 

[Thorgalaeg]

Oh you don't have to pay me back, I'm very happy to do so! I love baking but I can't eat most of what I make, so I'm very happy to do something for someone else. I feel more than enough reward just knowing someone's happy.

Sadly you don't send internationally. You could send my a few kgs every week so I could quit my job.

 

[MaryKB]

I know, sadly I can't send opened food internationally

A minute ago I had to get up for a minute and I banged my foot on the corner of my desk, now my toes are throbbing and I'm having trouble moving them.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

If they start swelling up go to the emergency. I broke my toe and it never healed correctly because I thought it was just bruised.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Here's a rant: Nova Scotia rolled out some changes to income assistance last year. They stopped the clawbacks to child support and allowed recipients to earn more money before they started clawing back on that too. That's good stuff...for people who get child support and/or are able to work.

Those who are unable to work (the disabled/chronically ill, who probably need it most) get a $21 increase. Wow. What a big difference that'll make, especially with our 15% sales tax.

 

[Ajidica]

I'm grumpy that my boss didn't even suggest to us the possibility of working remote tomorrow when it is supposed to get down to -60F. We already work remote on a regular schedule and only need one, maybe two, people in my department to physically be in the office. Everyone better show up tomorrow because I'll get really grumpy if people don't show up because they took remote.

 

[Birdjaguar]

Call your boss early, say 5:00 AM and tell him your car won't start.....

Spoiler :

then go back to bed.

 

[Ajidica]

Call your boss early, say 5:00 AM and tell him your car won't start.....

Spoiler :

then go back to bed.

They all know I take the bus to work, and I checked, Metro Transit says they expect no delays or service interruptions*. So unfortunately that won't work.
(Also, like a moron, I forgot to bring my work laptop home with me should I chicken out and decide to stay in.)

*Indeed, I think they are going to keep some routes running all night to serve as warming locations/shelters for homeless and people with poor housing.