Because I am Aversive to Dying - Page 4

xoxoxoBruce · 12-22-2010, 09:22 AM

Dana, you should "blow" a couple eggs, and leave them in the basket.

Blowing eggs, is putting a small hole in each end and blowing the egg out of the shell. This leaves an empty shell for decorating at Easter.

wolf · 12-22-2010, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by jimhelm

STOP!
14 minutes, my god woman. were they green in the middle?

Actually, they came out perfect, just like Joy of Cooking said they should.

I do prefer starting with cold water, bringing to a boil with my magic egg timer in with the eggs, but I didn't want to stand and stare at the thing until it was the right amount of blue.

A friend of mine's daughter wants to keep chickens, but I don't think the township will let her. They already have bees, a bunch of rabbits, a guinea pig, and a macaw.

ZenGum · 12-22-2010, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

Srsly? Any self-respecting dwellar knows if you pull a number out of your ass, it's going to be 85%

Sundae · 12-23-2010, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Glinda

Buy your school teacher a few Araucana (Easter Egg birds) pullets next spring and in six months, you'll have the colored eggs you dream of!

I'll see how well we get on in the next few months - at present I think it would creep her out a bit

ETA - have just looked up Araucana and found a place that supplies them. I may subtly court Mrs G all through the Spring term so that a present becomes a natural consequence of friendship...

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Do you have a garden? If so, why not get yourself a few pullets (yes, they come in the mail!) and have at it? Chickens don't take up much room at all, they eat just about anything, and they're so interesting to watch - cheap relaxation/meditation plus delicious, pretty eggs!

Mum said if she had her time again she'd have kept chickens. They look after them at a number of housesits and she loves them.
They would be wrong for this neighbourhood though - too noisy for our packed-together houses and gardens.

Griff · 12-23-2010, 09:06 AM

If you didn't keep any roosters, you'd find that a few hens really don't make any noise other than soft clucking...

Sundae · 12-23-2010, 10:47 AM

Griff we really live on top of eachother here. And Mum is hyper-sensitive to noise-making. She even considers windchimes anti-social.

When I win the lottery she can have them.
She's getting a bungalow in a respectable part of town (all one level will be increasingly necessary with Dad's knees). And a gardener, so they have a bit of space witout the worry.

Glinda · 12-23-2010, 10:49 AM

That's right, and you don't need a roo at all. Hens will lay eggs whether or not there's a guy around.

Oh, come on! You know you wanna!

Griff · 12-23-2010, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

She even considers windchimes anti-social.

That is a pretty low threshold.

limey · 12-23-2010, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

... She even considers windchimes anti-social.....

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That is a pretty low threshold.

Depends on the wind, and the chimes. Our chimes are over 2 feet long, and the wind can get up to 50mph gusting to 90 in a bad winter. That's why we keep the windchimes indoors

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Sundae · 12-23-2010, 03:35 PM

Let's put it this way - I got black looks all day when I had a cold.
Reason? I kept Mum up all night.
That would be the coughing and excessive nose blowing then.
She had to go downstairs and wrap herself in a duvet, and she could STILL hear me.

On the flip side, imagine her pain at living with two people with poor hearing, and having a Dad who is partially deaf. No wonder she lives life of the verge of a scream...

Trilby · 12-24-2010, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by jimhelm

candling

renassiance man.

Trilby · 12-24-2010, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

...she lives life of the verge of a scream...

You've outdone yourself there Sundae.

HungLikeJesus · 12-31-2010, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by limey

Depends on the wind, and the chimes. Our chimes are over 2 feet long, and the wind can get up to 50mph gusting to 90 in a bad winter. That's why we keep the windchimes indoors

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Maybe you should consider weather sealing.

footfootfoot · 01-01-2011, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

she lives life of the verge of a scream...

12-22-2010, 09:22 AM	#46
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Dana, you should "blow" a couple eggs, and leave them in the basket. Blowing eggs, is putting a small hole in each end and blowing the egg out of the shell. This leaves an empty shell for decorating at Easter. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-23-2010, 09:06 AM	#50
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	If you didn't keep any roosters, you'd find that a few hens really don't make any noise other than soft clucking... __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

12-23-2010, 10:47 AM	#51
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Griff we really live on top of eachother here. And Mum is hyper-sensitive to noise-making. She even considers windchimes anti-social. When I win the lottery she can have them. She's getting a bungalow in a respectable part of town (all one level will be increasingly necessary with Dad's knees). And a gardener, so they have a bit of space witout the worry. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

12-23-2010, 03:35 PM	#55
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Let's put it this way - I got black looks all day when I had a cold. Reason? I kept Mum up all night. That would be the coughing and excessive nose blowing then. She had to go downstairs and wrap herself in a duvet, and she could STILL hear me. On the flip side, imagine her pain at living with two people with poor hearing, and having a Dad who is partially deaf. No wonder she lives life of the verge of a scream... __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

12-23-2010, 10:49 AM	#52
Glinda Fucktard Resistance League Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: 1.14 acres of heaven Posts: 1,512	That's right, and you don't need a roo at all. Hens will lay eggs whether or not there's a guy around. Oh, come on! You know you wanna!

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