The Totally Boring News Thread

[Nungali]

The dish washing liquid has run out . I'll get some next time I go shopping .

[Apech]

I put the black bag of garbage in the big green container for collection.  

[doc benway]

0.0018% of the world's population died today

[liminal_luke]

I´m not on the list (so far).

[old3bob]

 

Elvis is getting old at 90 and hiding out with Nungali down-under and washing dishes isn't helping his mogo much...

Edited Tuesday at 02:37 AM by old3bob

[Taomeow]

I got two bottles of Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, one for personal consumption and another for a Christmas gift to a neighbor.  The one for personal consumption hit the spot.  Now I keep looking at the other bottle.  I don't even know if the neighbor drinks wine.  Or if she does, if it matters to her that it's an excellent wine, maybe she can't tell the difference, most people around me can't.  But I owe her a favor.  But maybe I can get her something else.  But that's a hassle to think of something else when I already have a bottle of wine and some cookies for her.  Cookies aren't a temptation because cookies aren't a temptation.  But Saint-Emilion is.  

 

Time will tell.   

[old3bob]

that reminds we have some Rosato waiting...and for all you cookie monsters out there I can relate.

[Apech]

Someone walked past our front door today.  I thought they would knock but they didn't.  I don't know who it was or where they were going.  It left me wondering if it will happen again one day.  It might.

 

 

[Nungali]

18 hours ago, Taomeow said:

I got two bottles of Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, one for personal consumption and another for a Christmas gift to a neighbor.  The one for personal consumption hit the spot.  Now I keep looking at the other bottle.  I don't even know if the neighbor drinks wine.  Or if she does, if it matters to her that it's an excellent wine, maybe she can't tell the difference, most people around me can't.  But I owe her a favor.  But maybe I can get her something else.  But that's a hassle to think of something else when I already have a bottle of wine and some cookies for her.  Cookies aren't a temptation because cookies aren't a temptation.  But Saint-Emilion is.  

 

Time will tell.   

 

Take it over there with two glasses 

[Nungali]

The possums are tucked into their box this morning , but they still awake .

 

Maybe the Full Moon is keeping them up ?

[Nungali]

I got up this morning and decided to have salmon on toast for breakfast .     But there wasn't any . 

Maybe I should write a poem instead?

[Nungali]

SALMON  ( 1 ) .

 

I got up this morning and decided to have salmon on toast for breakfast . 

Looking in the cupboard , there was no salmon.

Looking in the tin, there was no bread .

Looking at the clock, I realised I had slept in .

It is way too late for breakfast anyway .

[old3bob]

 

there are some fairly good actors to watch,  Les Misérables with Liam N. for instance, haven't seen the version with Hugh J.

[Taomeow]

Do you switch your wardrobe to season-appropriate clothes four times a year?

I have to do it four times a day, every day. 

 

 

 

[old3bob]

Btw, it snowed at San Diego State College (its old name) about 56 years ago, and perhaps more recently than that?

[doc benway]

Working from home today, a rare treat, which gave me the chance to go for a morning jog as it was a balmy 5C and the sun was out. First time I've run outside in a few weeks due to weather but I was unfortunately interrupted by right knee pain. 

[Taomeow]

41 minutes ago, old3bob said:

Btw, it snowed at San Diego State College (its old name) about 56 years ago, and perhaps more recently than that?

 

Not at sea level.  But you can drive for just an hour upward in San Diego County and at 3,000 feet elevation you get your snow -- every year.  

[Taomeow]

31 minutes ago, doc benway said:

Working from home today, a rare treat, which gave me the chance to go for a morning jog as it was a balmy 5C and the sun was out. First time I've run outside in a few weeks due to weather but I was unfortunately interrupted by right knee pain. 

 

I cured several people's knee pain over the years with this old country home remedy pack (BTW originally recommended to me by an old country MD, not an old wife  ): 

1T good quality honey mixed with 1T mustard powder (Colmans is the only one I found working outside the old country) mixed with 1T flour (mine is rice, but it doesn't matter which, it's used just as a thickener in this recipe, and the amount can be adjusted depending on the thickness of the honey.)  Mix into sticky paste, smear over the knee and also apply to a piece of linen or cotton cloth (or wool flannel, which is best but not necessarily on hand, so an old cotton sock, cut lengthwise and to size, is a sensible substitute), wrap over the knee, secure with saran wrap or parchment paper (which I prefer), wrap an old wool scarf around and secure with some safety pins (or a bandage if you don't feel it's safe to use pins) --

leave it on overnight, every night until the problem resolves.  (Usually between a couple of days and a week.)  Maybe wear old pajama pants over the whole contraption (optional) for extra stability.  By morning the mustard and honey will completely get absorbed.  

[silent thunder]

38 minutes ago, Taomeow said:

 

Not at sea level.  But you can drive for just an hour upward in San Diego County and at 3,000 feet elevation you get your snow -- every year.  

SoCal is simply amazing for diversity of localized weather patterns and systemic expressions. 

From where we live in South Bay, we can drive two hours in three directions and find snow for a hike/sled/skiing and then return to balmy beaches for Sunset.

[doc benway]

38 minutes ago, Taomeow said:

 

I cured several people's knee pain over the years with this old country home remedy pack (BTW originally recommended to me by an old country MD, not an old wife  ): 

1T good quality honey mixed with 1T mustard powder (Colmans is the only one I found working outside the old country) mixed with 1T flour (mine is rice, but it doesn't matter which, it's used just as a thickener in this recipe, and the amount can be adjusted depending on the thickness of the honey.)  Mix into sticky paste, smear over the knee and also apply to a piece of linen or cotton cloth (or wool flannel, which is best but not necessarily on hand, so an old cotton sock, cut lengthwise and to size, is a sensible substitute), wrap over the knee, secure with saran wrap or parchment paper (which I prefer), wrap an old wool scarf around and secure with some safety pins (or a bandage if you don't feel it's safe to use pins) --

leave it on overnight, every night until the problem resolves.  (Usually between a couple of days and a week.)  Maybe wear old pajama pants over the whole contraption (optional) for extra stability.  By morning the mustard and honey will completely get absorbed.  

 

Much appreciated!

The knee is generally fine but when running it tends to limit me to about 2-3 miles, it varies considerably.

It gets very tight along the front and lateral side and if I try to push through the pain it can give way.

When it acts up I simply alternate walk/jog and its easily manageable.

I did have a bad episode with it a few years ago which was most likely a torn meniscus, though I did not do any imaging or seek medical treatment.

I used some topical medicine recommended by my shifu (dit da jow from Taiwan) and it recovered over about 6 weeks.

I will give your recommendation a try, thanks very much. 

 

PS - I'm also fond of Saint-Emilion Gran Cru wines, along with Pomerol, my favorite of the Bordeaux's. I've become increasingly enamored of wines from eastern Washington state - cabernets and syrahs in particular. Although, truth be told I rarely drink anymore. My brother is visiting next week so it will be an alcohol heavy 10 days! Gotta start doing some preparation...

[Nungali]

SALMON  ( 2 ) 

 

I got up this morning and decided to have Salmon on toast for breakfast , 

I thought to enjoy it better to start with some visualisations ;

The salmon swimming free in the clean ocean 

Making its way upriver , its strong body surging

Leaping up rapids and waterfalls , nothing stands in its way 

Past the casting fisherman to find refuge in still pools 

Pink and grey they flash beneath the waters

pink and grey they are mashed onto my toast 

I imagine the smell, the taste 

the juice swirling around my gums 

I open the cupboard 

Alas ! There is no salmon 

Now I will have to have peanut butter on toast instead . 

[old3bob]

1 hour ago, Taomeow said:

 

Not at sea level.  But you can drive for just an hour upward in San Diego County and at 3,000 feet elevation you get your snow -- every year.  

 

 yep,  and a look at Mt. Palomar telescope and stars, also cookies in Julian.

Edited yesterday at 08:08 PM by old3bob

[Taomeow]

29 minutes ago, doc benway said:

 

Much appreciated!

The knee is generally fine but when running it tends to limit me to about 2-3 miles, it varies considerably.

It gets very tight along the front and lateral side and if I try to push through the pain it can give way.

When it acts up I simply alternate walk/jog and its easily manageable.

I did have a bad episode with it a few years ago which was most likely a torn meniscus, though I did not do any imaging or seek medical treatment.

I used some topical medicine recommended by my shifu (dit da jow from Taiwan) and it recovered over about 6 weeks.

I will give your recommendation a try, thanks very much. 

 

I also have some dit da jow on hand, but only the kind that works best with immediate rather than recurrent or chronic or old problems.  I've read some fascinating info on different traditional varieties of dit da jow and even thought of making my own "real deal," but it requires more patience than I have (e.g. they are aged by burying the bottles in the ground for 3 to15 years, among other things).  Apparently analysis has determined that in those aged ones, the molecules keep getting smaller and smaller as they age, so you wind up with a kind of natural nanorobots doing the repairs.  There was  a huge difference in molecular structure of those super performing ones compared to the shortcut ones.  Maybe someone still makes the old school dit da, but who knows where to look for them... 

In any event, that honey-mustard thing cured my left knee after a nasty altercation with a giant agave that landed me on that knee smack on a boulder, at high speed at that.  (I have no allergies, so it was the only time in my life that I was attacked and injured by a plant... which is why it's my least favorite plant of them all.  Celery which I don't care for is second, but a very distant second, not a close one, since all I have to do to avoid it is refrain from biting.)  

[Taomeow]

55 minutes ago, old3bob said:

 

 yep,  and a look at Mt. Palomar telescope and stars, also cookies in Julian.

 

Julian used to be famous for its apple pie (still is but read on).  But a while ago (2019?) when I was there the last time, I was half disappointed ordering a slice in a cafe, and then when I went to the bakery specializing in those pies to get a couple that someone asked me to bring, I spoke with the owner and she told me that they are not allowed anymore to buy (or get donations of) local apples from residents with orchards the way they used to.  They now get buckets of pre-sliced apples from some corporation -- she showed me those plastic buckets with wilting pre-cut apples of some uninteresting variety or other.  Oh.  So that's why I was half disappointed -- I did seem to remember better Julian apple pies from a while before...  

[doc benway]

28 minutes ago, Taomeow said:

 

I also have some dit da jow on hand, but only the kind that works best with immediate rather than recurrent or chronic or old problems.  I've read some fascinating info on different traditional varieties of dit da jow and even thought of making my own "real deal," but it requires more patience than I have (e.g. they are aged by burying the bottles in the ground for 3 to15 years, among other things).  Apparently analysis has determined that in those aged ones, the molecules keep getting smaller and smaller as they age, so you wind up with a kind of natural nanorobots doing the repairs.  There was  a huge difference in molecular structure of those super performing ones compared to the shortcut ones.  Maybe someone still makes the old school dit da, but who knows where to look for them... 

In any event, that honey-mustard thing cured my left knee after a nasty altercation with a giant agave that landed me on that knee smack on a boulder, at high speed at that.  (I have no allergies, so it was the only time in my life that I was attacked and injured by a plant... which is why it's my least favorite plant of them all.  Celery which I don't care for is second, but a very distant second, not a close one, since all I have to do to avoid it is refrain from biting.)  

 

About 30 years ago, my wing chun shifu got a recipe and ingredients for dit da jow (primarily for acute injury but of some value for more chronic conditions) from his teacher (WIlliam Cheung). We cooked it on a hot plate for about 3 weeks I think and stored it in a cool, dark place for about 3 months before starting to use it. It was powerful stuff. I had so many injuries in those days I was able to do some controlled testing of it. I saved it for a few years but eventually ran out. What I have now my taiji shifu imports from Taiwan. Not quite like the home brew but I still use it regularly with good results.