The Round Table Pub -I ...Küng's Konundrum

[kimber1]

well folks, it's official!!

i've mopped the floor http://bestsmileys.com/cleaning/3.gif

put the pizza out http://bestsmileys.com/eating1/2.gif

and got the drinks ready http://bestsmileys.com/drinking/5.gif

have at it! :)

[longhair75]

It's a little early for anything but a lovely cup of espresso.

[~Karin~]

not for me...I can eat pizza anytime! :)

[Rebekka]

Me too - besides, it's almost 6 PM here, so pizza sounds good. What's on it?

Did you choose pizza because it is as round as our table? ;)

I looooove the pub's name!

[nyj]

It's a little early for anything but a lovely cup of espresso.You haven't been to New Orleans much, eh? :P

[Fish and Bread]

I hate cheese. I'll have my pizza without any, please. But you can add pepperoni, sausage, mushrooms, onions, black olives, green pepper, and ham to the sauce and the crust. :)

[Loki]

As promised, here's the beer/mead wench!

[~Karin~]

I hate cheese. I'll have my pizza without any, please. But you can add pepperoni, sausage, mushrooms, onions, black olives, green pepper, and ham to the sauce and the crust. :)

we need to get another pizza...I LOVE cheese! :)

[Pogue]

*peers in*
Did somebody say PIZZA?

[Loki]

I'll make some nice salads for people who don't like pizza.

[Rochir]

It's almost 9pm here and I yearn for ice cream

[Teshi]

I ate chocolate chip cookies for breakfast today. Maybe I should just have a green salad :D

[Rebekka]

I made tabbouleh tonight and have some leftovers, if anyone's interested.

[kimber1]

eh i'm eating chips right now and am going to make tacos for dinner:P

[Rochir]

Ooooh tacos!!!!!!! *slobber*

[Maynard Keenan]

Yay! *grabs a slice of pepperoni pizza and a cold beer*

[Pogue]

*has flashbacks to the time when she ate about 2000 calories of nachos in the space of 10 minutes*

[JasonV]

I'll take a nice microbrew thank you.

[fragmentsofdreams]

eh i'm eating chips right now and am going to make tacos for dinner:P

I forgot that I had a bag of chips opened.

BRB.

[Loki]

Anyone up for gooey molten chocolate lava cakes, fresh from the oven?

[Protinus]

Where are our Germans to tell us about German beer!! I made this thread a sticky....as it should be!!!:wave:

[Protinus]

only in Germany!!
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-ODD-Germany-Fans-Beer.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

[Loki]

Woot, we gots ourselves a sticky!

So... anyone else stupidly amused by the comcast commercial: "Sorry Roger, you tiger now!" *guilty pleasure*

[JasonV]

Anyone up for gooey molten chocolate lava cakes, fresh from the oven?

Yes thank you! :thumbsup:

[JasonV]

only in Germany!!
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-ODD-Germany-Fans-Beer.html?_r=1&oref=slogin


That's awesome! I must say, though, that only the Irish drink more beer than Germans. (But they dont' seem to hold it as well.) ;)

[Rebekka]

Where are our Germans to tell us about German beer!! I made this thread a sticky....as it should be!!!:wave:
I'm not German, but I love German Hefe Weizen! I especially love König Ludwig, Löwenweisse and Weihenstephaner. Also, I looooooooove the extremely hard to get (over here at least) Fässla Bambergator, a smokey, slightly honey-ish but still fairly bitter beer.

I don't like pilsner types (from any country - they are too bitter and bland for me, I like strong tastes), but my husband likes Bitburger.

Then there's Belgian beer, and Dutch beer, but I'm pretty sure that none of you are able to get the good Dutch beers (no, Heineken, Grolsch, Amstel, etc. are not good beers, they are pilsners :P ) because good dutch beers are all microbrewed. If anyone is going to Amsterdam, I know a local Amsterdam brewery that is very good, Het IJ (they have Het IJ van Columbus, IJwit, IJndejaarsbier, Natte, Zatte, Speciale Vlo). Pubs that specialize in special beers will have it - sometimes on draught, which is even better.

Belgian beer deserves a thread of its own actually. :D It's the best. If I could, I'd move to Belgium: politer people, more disciplined pupils in school (over here it is dramatic - and I plan to go into teaching :help: ), more catholics (LOL - over here, half of the country is protestant), BETTER FOOD, THE BEST BEER IN THE WORLD, CHOCOLATE, houses are still cheaper. (you see that for me, food and drink is the only thing that counts, really! :D )

[longhair75]

I'll just have an ice cold Dos Equis with a wedge of lime and sit quietly in the corner

[Loki]

I had a taste of Budweiser Budvar last time I was on the continent, and was surprised by how good of a beer that is, especially when compared with the American beer of similar name.

Rebekkah, my husband is positively a beer-snob, and insists that Belgian ales are heads above all other beers. He goes on and on about how they mature on the palate, the aromas, oxidation....

Personally, I'm very content with English Ales that are nearly meals in themselves.

[Rebekka]

I had a taste of Budweiser Budvar last time I was on the continent, and was surprised by how good of a beer that is, especially when compared with the American beer of similar name.

Rebekkah, my husband is positively a beer-snob, and insists that Belgian ales are heads above all other beers. He goes on and on about how they mature on the palate, the aromas, oxidation....

Personally, I'm very content with English Ales that are nearly meals in themselves.
LOL, I think I'm a beer snob too. :D The best Belgian beers are traditional (not commercial) gueuzes IMO, extremely sour traditional beer, sometimes with cherries in them (then they are called kriek - well, technically kriek is made of lambic, and gueuze is made of lambic of different ages) but I prefer them without - although kriek can be excellent, at least traditional kriek is.

Traditional gueuzes and krieks are hard to find and expensive, unfortunately.

Another favourite type of Belgian beer of mine is trappist, brewed by trappist monks. The best are, IMO, Rochefort, Westvleteren, Orval and Achel. I don't like Chimay trappist, and I don't care much for Westmalle.

[JasonV]

I'll just have an ice cold Dos Equis with a wedge of lime and sit quietly in the corner

Dos XX was my Mexican beer of choice when I was in Cancun last spring. Not a bad beer at all. (I think I like Modelo better though.)

[longhair75]

I tried a six of Modelo last week, and it was OK, but I have to admit that I really like the Dos Equis Amber.

[Loki]

*takes out her fiddle, rosins up the bow, and starts in on a slow Irish air*

[Pogue]

*joins in with a tin whistle*

*wonders where all the vodka has gone*

[Abiel]

Where has all the vodka gone- long time passing?
Where has all the vodka gone- long time ago
Where has all the vodka gone
Gone into wkd- for kids it's too strong
When will they ever learn?
When will they eeeeeeeeee-ver learn?

[Rochir]

Where are our Germans to tell us about German beer!! I made this thread a sticky....as it should be!!!:wave:

Since I don't drink beer ..... all I know is that American beer is like water to German beer! ;)

And what is Küng's Konundrum?:scratch:

[Pogue]

Where has all the vodka gone- long time passing?
Where has all the vodka gone- long time ago
Where has all the vodka gone
Gone into wkd- for kids it's too strong
When will they ever learn?
When will they eeeeeeeeee-ver learn?

^_^

[Rebekka]

What's the legal drinking age in the UK, Pogue?

(Over here you'd be old enough for wodka by the way. Beer and wine: 16, stronger liquor: 18.)

[RadicallyTransformedMom]

Puts on her irish dance shoes and joins in the fun

[RadicallyTransformedMom]

wheres the guinness ??

[Rebekka]

wheres the guinness ??
I'd love to have some of your strawberries!

[Adammi]

What's the legal drinking age in the UK, Pogue?

(Over here you'd be old enough for wodka by the way. Beer and wine: 16, stronger liquor: 18.)

Whoa. Here in the States it is 21 for all alcoholic beverages.

[Pogue]

What's the legal drinking age in the UK, Pogue?

(Over here you'd be old enough for wodka by the way. Beer and wine: 16, stronger liquor: 18.)

It's 18 for all types of alcohol. Although I have vague memories of a trip to Vienna when I was 17, and not being able to buy vodka, so compensating by buying lots and lots of wine. :tutu:

Actually, the drinking age is 5 (as long as you have parental permission, and possibly as long as it's in your own home), but the legal age to buy alchohol is 18. It's all very confusing. :swoon:

[Rebekka]

It's 18 for all types of alcohol. Although I have vague memories of a trip to Vienna when I was 17, and not being able to buy vodka, so compensating by buying lots and lots of wine. :tutu:

Actually, the drinking age is 5 (as long as you have parental permission, and possibly as long as it's in your own home), but the legal age to buy alchohol is 18. It's all very confusing. :swoon:
Oh, yeah, I was talking about the legal buying age here. Don't know if there is a legal drinking age actually.

[~Karin~]

is the legal drinking age the same for all of the US? When I was younger, here is NC it used to be 18 for beer and wine and 21 for liquor...then it changed to 21 for all types of alcohol. Back then, it varied between states....so is it now 21 everywhere? I'm rambling I know and it doesn't really matter since now I'm old and can drink whatever and whenever I want! :)

[kimber1]

i think it's 21 everywhere but i'm old enough to get what i want too:P

[Loki]

Legal drinking age in the US is set state by state with strong pressure from the federal gov't not to allow those under 21 to purchase alcohol.

Repression breeds depravity. Europeans can drink responsibly, but stupid american kids binge and binge and binge because they don't learn to drink with their parents and because it's so taboo.

[Abiel]

We have bingeing here too- if we believe the papers we are all drunk, all of the time, and vomiting too!

[Adammi]

It's 21 everywhere except for Louisiana. New Orleans makes such a profit off of 18-20 year-olds buying alcohol during Mardis Gras that they asked the national government if they could lower the drinking age to 18. In return the national government does not fund highway construction in the state of Louisiana.

[Pogue]

We have bingeing here too- if we believe the papers we are all drunk, all of the time, and vomiting too!

Yep-according to the papers, all students in Britain are drunk all the time. This is only half true ;)

[Loki]

*trades fiddle for flute. Starts etudes. Bach coming up soon, perhaps UL will be so kind as to play the piano accompaniment?*

[Adammi]

*trades fiddle for flute. Starts etudes. Bach coming up soon, perhaps UL will be so kind as to play the piano accompaniment?*
Bach is my favorite. If you ever need a trumpet accompaniment, then call me.

[Abiel]

I think I need to bring my mp3...

[RadicallyTransformedMom]

Legal drinking age in the US is set state by state with strong pressure from the federal gov't not to allow those under 21 to purchase alcohol.

Repression breeds depravity. Europeans can drink responsibly, but stupid american kids binge and binge and binge because they don't learn to drink with their parents and because it's so taboo.
i wouldnt be surprised if there is some truth to this!

[RadicallyTransformedMom]

i remember back when i was a teenager there were different drinking ages in different states and our state it was 21 but some of the surrounding states it was 19

[RadicallyTransformedMom]

I'd love to have some of your strawberries!
sorry..i ate em all..

[Abiel]

Here's a puzzle for you. Among my possessions is a saint medal. It is definitely male- i can see facial hair. He wears a full length robe and a hat- a bit like a beanie with long sides- or like armour without the face bit. He is holding a book, and I think a cross.

The inscription reads 'EVIS.IN.OBIIV.NRO.PRAE.SENTIA.MVNIAMVR.'

(The red bit I'm not so sure of- a bit indistinct) Any ideas who is on my medal?

[JasonV]

Sounds like an old Egyptian Desert monk. Either that. or perhaps someone like St. Bonaface or St. Patrick?

Check this page out and see if you can find a match:

http://www.holyfamilystore.com//3_PATRON_SAINT_MEDALS.asp?gclid=CJuX56uu5o0CFRjmYAodeEkVug

Here's a puzzle for you. Among my possessions is a saint medal. It is definitely male- i can see facial hair. He wears a full length robe and a hat- a bit like a beanie with long sides- or like armour without the face bit. He is holding a book, and I think a cross.

The inscription reads 'EVIS.IN.OBIIV.NRO.PRAE.SENTIA.MVNIAMVR.'

(The red bit I'm not so sure of- a bit indistinct) Any ideas who is on my medal?

[Abiel]

The style on those ones looks modern in comparison. My chap is quite straight laced! St Patrick seems to have a crosier. hmm.

I am trying to remember how it came into my posession. I don't know if it makes any difference but it is a relic medal.

[Protinus]

The style on those ones looks modern in comparison. My chap is quite straight laced! St Patrick seems to have a crosier. hmm.

I am trying to remember how it came into my posession. I don't know if it makes any difference but it is a relic medal.


I believe that is a classic St. Benedict Medal:

EIVS IN OBITV NRO PRAE SENTIA MVNIAMVR = "May we at our death be fortified by his presence"

"Crux Sancti Patris Benedicti" (Cross of the Holy Father Benedict).

[Abiel]

I think you are right! I found this:

http://www.osb.org/gen/medal.html

and he looks very much like this- the attributes are identical. And this site has the same motto. And the wiggle- it's a raven! The cup is there too.

That being so- the only question remains- how come I have it? I bought a St Jude medal - but this one- i simply can't remember. And yet I read the description on the site, and it seems strangley apt...

[Protinus]

I think you are right! I found this:

http://www.osb.org/gen/medal.html

and he looks very much like this- the attributes are identical. And this site has the same motto. And the wiggle- it's a raven! The cup is there too.

That being so- the only question remains- how come I have it? I bought a St Jude medal - but this one- i simply can't remember. And yet I read the description on the site, and it seems strangley apt...

I was never taken with medals. I buy medals for Catholic friends but I never got them for myself. I still do Protestanty things like saying " For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen" in the Lord's prayer without waiting for the priest's intercession...my family thinks it's strange.

[Abiel]

...and I have been told that my prayer space looks like a catholic shrine!

[JasonV]

Abiel,

I have the same medal at home. If you would have told me what was on back of the medal, I would have identified it immediately.

Anyway, as I understand that particular medal you own, the reverse side is meant to ward off evil. Maybe that's why you have it?

[Loki]

I used to wear a miraculous medal (oh so loaded with symbols), but have since lost it somewhere. I think it's in the same place as all my ballpoint pens.

[Protinus]

I used to wear a miraculous medal (oh so loaded with symbols), but have since lost it somewhere. I think it's in the same place as all my ballpoint pens.

I am a chronic "loser of things". I have to be able wear things in the shower to keep track of thinks. Plus, I develop abnormal attachments to small things...and when they are invariably lost, I am saddened.

Ha!! I see that you are not a "potted plant!" I read somewhere that the Harry Potter books had to be changed for Americans because they were called "pot plants" in the British vernacular, a bad connotation.

[Loki]

Ha!! I see that you are not a "potted plant!" I read somewhere that the Harry Potter books had to be changed for Americans because they were called "pot plants" in the British vernacular, a bad connotation.

*bonks Prot on the noggin* I nicked that line from you!

I've heard that of the potted plants harry potter thing, too.

[Protinus]

*bonks Prot on the noggin* I nicked that line from you!

I knew that!!^_^

[Loki]

I'm so glad that, in general, ordained priests are so much gentler than their followers

[Protinus]

I'm so glad that, in general, ordained priests are so much gentler than their followers

You have much wisdom in your young years. I don't deny that I am fighting for things...change, accountability, trust, healing. One friend wrote jokingly on another site that I rarely "back down". This hit me like a sack of bricks though I knew she was trying to kid.

Priests are a measure of holiness that I aspire to...as an example, a template...to know them and savor their calling vicariously and incorporate it somehow in my weak body and mind. Perhaps when I rail about the Church, I do not reveal how I admire priests and their vocation...I am a slip of faith when I compare myself to them. Yet I calculate and plot like an animal...thinking that I am inspired like them.

[Rebekka]

*bonks Prot on the noggin* I nicked that line from you!

I've heard that of the potted plants harry potter thing, too.
hehe, I posted that here when we talked about not being potted plants. :D It's true.

[Protinus]

hehe, I posted that here when we talked about not being potted plants. :D It's true.
that's right..I remember that!!

[Loki]

You have much wisdom in your young years. I don't deny that I am fighting for things...change, accountability, trust, healing. One friend wrote jokingly on another site that I rarely "back down". This hit me like a sack of bricks though I knew she was trying to kid.

Priests are a measure of holiness that I aspire to...as an example, a template...to know them and savor their calling vicariously and incorporate it somehow in my weak body and mind. Perhaps when I rail about the Church, I do not reveal how I admire priests and their vocation...I am a slip of faith when I compare myself to them. Yet I calculate and plot like an animal...thinking that I am inspired like them.

Prot, that post was in no part directed at you. I've not seen you be anything but gentle with people who are uncertain and unsure and genuine in trying. You've not condemned people outright, or thrown a legal book of "things" one must do to attain Heaven. Just as a priest doesn't lay into a seeker with "Change your opinions on issues H,J,K, and make sure you do L,M,N, or you're in mortal sin," you, too, seem to focus on positive things to do rather than negative things not to do.

[Loki]

You have much wisdom in your young years. I don't deny that I am fighting for things...change, accountability, trust, healing. One friend wrote jokingly on another site that I rarely "back down". This hit me like a sack of bricks though I knew she was trying to kid.


Also, I have no wisdom; I'm just a fog-person who occasionally stumbles on a strand of truth.

[Abiel]

Abiel,

I have the same medal at home. If you would have told me what was on back of the medal, I would have identified it immediately.

Anyway, as I understand that particular medal you own, the reverse side is meant to ward off evil. Maybe that's why you have it?

All it has on the back are the words EX INDUMENTIS and a little red and white dot.

It does seem apt somehow

[kimber1]

afternoon all :wave: i had to pull 16 hours at the hospital yesterday so they gave me the day off today. *faints*

[~Karin~]

Wow! Get some rest! Put your feet up and have a glass of wine! :)

[Michie]

Wow! Get some rest! Put your feet up and have a glass of wine! :)
Karin! Baby! Sugar Britches! Sweetums! How are ya?

*hug*

[~Karin~]

Michie!!! ***hugs*** How about some wine? Put your feet up and stay awhile!

[Michie]

Michie!!! ***hugs*** How about some wine? Put your feet up and stay awhile!
Pulls out a large juice glass & askes for a fill up.

[~Karin~]

red or white? I'm having Pinot Grigio

[Michie]

White.

Red gets me sick.

[RadicallyTransformedMom]

Hi everyone!
i am sick of everyone in my house being sick. hubby was sick for a week, then me and my toddler and baby were sick for 2 wks. i thought we were all finally ok..and last night hubby gets really sick again..and today my baby ends up with a 101.4 temp. i dont know what it is with all these germs...very sad

[~Karin~]

I'm so sorry! I'll be praying for all of you to have a quick recovery!

[RadicallyTransformedMom]

thanks kp. hubby is still sick. I brought the baby to the dr today..her temp is gone..and she didnt have any kind of infection..just a bad cold.

[~Karin~]

Hey! Anna is so adorable! I'll be praying for all of you! Thanks for letting us know...now sit down and try to relax! :)

[Protinus]

She is!! As is yours Kpfp!! I wish I had girls!!

[Rochir]

Just eating spaghetti with LOTS of garlic!

*breathes into thread* ;)

[~Karin~]

She is!! As is yours Kpfp!! I wish I had girls!!

Hey Prot! Yes, she is, but she (my avatar carrot eater) is my granddaughter!! I do have 1 daughter though and she is grown....she was also my most challanging so be careful what you wish for!^_^

[JasonV]

I've got three of 'em Prot. You can have one if you want. (take your pick.)

[RadicallyTransformedMom]

Good morning! happy sunday to all!
thanks for the compliment on my teeniest tot!

[~Karin~]

Happy Sunday! :)

[Protinus]

Happy Sunday! :)

Thank you!! and don't change your avatar...ever!!

[~Karin~]

:)

[Loki]

"Between the stirrup and the ground, he something sought and something found."

[Loki]

Mr. Loki will be back in town within 24 hours! Yay, I get to see my husband for a week (then he takes off for Geneva again for another 2 months)

[RadicallyTransformedMom]

thats great Loki..good for you..sorry he is gone so much though..must be hard

[fragmentsofdreams]

Good morning. :wave:

[Pogue]

Merry afternoon:wave:

[Loki]

*flops around like a fish out of water*

[kimber1]

morning all :wave: today is orientation day for the kiddies where we get to meet the teachers and find the classrooms. i loathe running around the high school looking for classes with a bunch of teeny boppers but luckily oldest son knows where everything is this year. at least it's not 90 degrees out....welll....yet.

[~Karin~]

it's hot here and we need rain! I always loved the first day of school, but I'm probably looking at it more fondly since I don't get to experience it anymore. :( But the good news is I just found out I'm going to be a YaYa again! Now I'll have to decide how to get pictures of both of my grandkids on my avatar! :)

[kimber1]

Lord, Jesus it was humid out there today! well got thru meeting all the teachers (they are making teachers waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay younger these days than when i was in school:P)
now to go over the list of supplies. *faints*

yea i'm dreading rainy and snowy days myself going to college. we have to park like a mile from the college and i can just see me being seriously late on rainy days and walking thru the door sopping wet.

[RadicallyTransformedMom]

just popping in to say hi!

[~Karin~]

:wave: Hi! How are things?

[Rochir]

*plops down in pub, tired and cranky* Morning, my day started off bad, so I need a good ale or sumthin!:(

[Abiel]

Beer before luncheon? tuttut! Might I suggest a restorative hot chocolate?

[Rochir]

Beer before luncheon? tuttut! Might I suggest a restorative hot chocolate?

Restorative hot choco sounds good actually! :) Could you please add a drop of rum into that choco though? ;)

[Abiel]

One hot chocolate, real cream atop, choccy dusting- a drop of rum- maybe a teaspoon for health purposes...!

[Rochir]

Thnakee Abiel! :hug: That rum-flavoured choco made my day! :)

[RadicallyTransformedMom]

hope your feeling better rochir

[Rochir]

hope your feeling better rochir

A bit, thanks for asking!:hug:

[RadicallyTransformedMom]

good to hear!

howz everyone else?

[Pogue]

*finds a comfy bed*
*sleeps for 10,000 years*

[JasonV]

It's FRIDAY!

Let's have a drink!

[JasonV]

What...no takers?

[~Karin~]

I'll have some wine! :)

[Pogue]

I could do with some coffee.
And some hugs, if anybody's got any spare :(

[fragmentsofdreams]

:hug:

[Pogue]

:hug:
:) :thumbsup: :clap:

[~Karin~]

I could do with some coffee.
And some hugs, if anybody's got any spare :(
:hug: :hug: :hug:

[Loki]

I am still alive

[boughtwithaprice]

I am still alive
sounds like a Pearl Jam song from 15 yrs ago

Oh I, oh, I'm still alive
Hey, I, I, oh, I'm still alive
Hey I, oh, I'm still alive
Hey...oh...


sorry, couldn't help it :sorry:

[Loki]

sounds like a Pearl Jam song from 15 yrs ago

Oh I, oh, I'm still alive
Hey, I, I, oh, I'm still alive
Hey I, oh, I'm still alive
Hey...oh...


sorry, couldn't help it :sorry:

"but do I deserve to be? Is that the question? If so, who answers?"

Great album.

[boughtwithaprice]

"but do I deserve to be? Is that the question? If so, who answers?"

Great album.
when one is alive, there is no deserve to be, there is only alive or not alive. Your creator has given you breath. What do you choose to do with it?

How do you ski the K-12? Start going down hill and go that way very fast. If something gets in your way, turn.

(wisdom from John Cusak movie, Better off Dead, which in the end he found out that he wasn't. He had everything that he needed right in front of him.
"I wan't my 2 dollars!")

[RadicallyTransformedMom]

i love pearl jam...alive is a great song!

how is everyone!?

[JasonV]

I think this week deserves a few early weekend beers. No?

[boughtwithaprice]

I think this week deserves a few early weekend beers. No?
I could really use some:yum:

[JasonV]

Great! I'm buying. What shall we have?

[Pogue]

*drinks celebratory beer* My internet's back!! Yays!

[RadicallyTransformedMom]

hey everyone!

[Loki]

*wave*

[JasonV]

Tgif!

[Caedmon]

If you would, please consider voting in this very important thread (http://foru.ms/t6219238-squirrels-are.html) of mine in OBOB. Thanks!

[RadicallyTransformedMom]

hi everyone! anyone want a cruller?

[boughtwithaprice]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9d/Chocolate_cruller_doughnut.jpg/220px-Chocolate_cruller_doughnut.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Chocolate_cruller_doughnut.jpg)



Sure:)

[RadicallyTransformedMom]

oh yumm..a cruller with chocolate on it..how much better can it get?

[boughtwithaprice]

oh yumm..a cruller with chocolate on it..how much better can it get?
umm......cappucino

http://www.drippinglotus.com/images/050925_irish_coffee_cappucino.jpg

[Loki]

oh yumm..a cruller with chocolate on it..how much better can it get?

Pain au chocolat

[Pogue]

*licks the screen*

[JasonV]

What? Nobody drinks around here anymore?

[Pogue]

I ALWAYS drink around here :)

[lucyclaire]

Hmm, just popping in looking around, will come back again later.

[fragmentsofdreams]

I'm excited about trying new pie recipes, especially cranberry pecan.

[lucyclaire]

Are you finding new recipes in CA? I have to say that Pecan is my favourite American pie and cranberry sounds like a good addition to give it a little sharpness.

[fragmentsofdreams]

I found it in the Minnesota Catholic Daughters of America Cookbook. I might also try making cranberry sauce from scratch since I will have a lot of extra cranberries.

I also have a lot of rhubarb.

[Pogue]

I keep getting cravings for blueberry pie. I haven't had any in ages.

[Protinus]

bless you dear pogue...have you any cravings for oyster dressing of any kind?

JP

[Pogue]

No, I never get oyster cravings, or any kind of fish/seafood-related cravings. I've never eaten fish (or meat, for that matter) so my cravings are almost always strictly vegetarian! :D

(Nice to see you here again! :hug:)

[JasonV]

Someone please pass the Egg Nog!

[Pogue]

*passes it*

I also have mulled wine!

[JasonV]

Yummy!

[Caedmon]

Wow, this forum has become Dullsville. Anyone else ready to merge with OBOB?

[Protinus]

Wow, this forum has become Dullsville. Anyone else ready to merge with OBOB?


dullsville? We will not merge with OBOB...save an overwhelming message from this forums membership. Why would you ask that?

[JasonV]

No merger. This forum is a quiet safe-haven for Catholics.

Now pass the punch.

[boughtwithaprice]

OBOB is dullsville as far as things go, so why merge?

[Fish and Bread]

Because this place averages like one post a day, if that. I think that's Joe's point. :) Ultimately, the powers that be aren't going to want to keep this place around if it doesn't generate more traffic, most likely. If folks believe this place is important, they should start some more threads or contribute to existing ones. If they think OBOB is now basically starting to do what this place was designed to do, maybe we should start seeing if we can negotiate some merger terms that abolish the rules there that we don't find favorable.

[CrusaderKing]

Or maybe we could all start threads about the Isley Brothers? Wouldn't that increase traffic?

[stephenc]

Hey, there's a Pub here?

Where plots are hatched!

[Pogue]

Don't tell anyone! These plots are secret!

[stephenc]

I was only going to tell you, Pogue ;)

[Pogue]

Aaaaaaaaah. So that we can commence plottage?

[stephenc]

Arrrr, Gunpowder Treason, lass!

*Dons black cape and long, brimmed, silly-looking hat.*

[stephenc]

((Sigh))

..another Saturday night in the life...

[Pogue]

*mad grin* I spend my Saturday nights modding, and reading Dutch poetry, often at the same time, because I'm really cool! There, don't you feel better now?

[stephenc]

Yes, that really hit the spot ^_^

[Pogue]

I'm just worried that when modding, I'll get the poetry confused with a PM request to edit something, so I'll be sending people verses of insane poetry, instead of requests to edit their posts. Oh dears.

[stephenc]

I can see how that might potentially upset somebody, yes.

[Pogue]

I'd love to receive PMs with verses of poetry in them, but it seems not everybody would, for some reason. Ooh, maybe I should only mod in haiku from now on!

Thread was deleted
Please stop fighting so much please
Mods need a rest too

[stephenc]

Haiku modding should be the rule! Posting also:

Bedtime for Norwegian
Brushes teeth at computer
Screen indifferent

[CrusaderKing]

How bout we just skip the poetry and talk about beer? I happen to like Guinness myself. :thumbsup:

[Pogue]

Beer instead of poetry? Oh, the humanity!

Well, I don't like beer (I know. I'm a Catholic of Irish origin. I don't know what's wrong with me) but I do like wine and the odd bit of vodka. I especially like mulled wine at this time of year.

[CrusaderKing]

Oh, I enjoy wine and all the culinary possibilities wine brings. ;) I drink it sometimes too.

[fragmentsofdreams]

I just blew up my tire.

[stephenc]

I just blew up my tire.


That's nice.

[Caedmon]

I just blew up my tire.
They say Fat Tire is a good brew.

[Mrs.Sidhe]

Can a liberal Anglo-Catholic(as in the Oxford movement type of High Church stuff in the ECUSA/Anglican communion) join you guys? :)

I think I may fit in a bit better here than in other areas of the forum.... :P

[Pogue]

Can a liberal Anglo-Catholic(as in the Oxford movement type of High Church stuff in the ECUSA/Anglican communion) join you guys? :)
I think I may fit in a bit better here than in other areas of the forum.... :P

Certainly! Welcome! :tutu:

[Fish and Bread]

Can a liberal Anglo-Catholic(as in the Oxford movement type of High Church stuff in the ECUSA/Anglican communion) join you guys? :)

I think I may fit in a bit better here than in other areas of the forum.... :P
Yes. The forum explicitly is open to Anglicans, Lutherans, Eastern Orthodox, lapsed Roman Catholics, and others. We took a really broad view of the word "Catholic" in terms of determining who could be a member so that everyone could feel welcome. :)

[Mrs.Sidhe]

Thanks Pogue and Fish & Bread. :D

It is cold here...I could sure use some Glogg ( Glögg, pronounced gloog, is a high octane, hot mulled wine made with a potpourri of spices and all three of the above: Claret (red wine), port, and brandy. It is the perfect cold weather drink, warming the body from the inside out--though I have personally seen a concentrated mix blend that you can just blend with an apple juice, wine or water--but if you like to cook then here's hot to make it...)

*following recipe from http://www.hurrah.com/cookbook/glogg.html *

Swedish Glögg
Makes about 1 gallon
1.5 litre bottle of inexpensive dry red wine
1.5 litre bottle of inexpensive American port
1 bottle of inexpensive brandy or aquavit
10 inches of stick cinnamon
1 Tablespoon cardamom seeds
2 dozen whole cloves
Peel of one orange
1/2 cup raisins
1 cup blanched almonds
2 cups sugar
Garnish with the peel of another orange

So delicious...

*offers Glogg & gingersnaps to the members of the Round Table*

[Caedmon]

Can a liberal Anglo-Catholic(as in the Oxford movement type of High Church stuff in the ECUSA/Anglican communion) join you guys? :)

I think I may fit in a bit better here than in other areas of the forum.... :P
You've already been here long enough for your eyes to turn.

[Protinus]

Anyone can join this fellowship. We are making a change in our Church ..Catholic and non-Catholic alike. What a nice feeling.

[JasonV]

Hey Prot...i'll be in NYC the end of Feb.

[stephenc]

Anybody turning over a new leaf?

[Mrs.Sidhe]

Good morning/afternoon all :)

[Pogue]

Good...*glances at the clock* AFTERNOON!

[stephenc]

"Küng's Tortoise." :D

[JasonV]

It's Friday! Time for a brew..what shall it be?

[Mrs.Sidhe]

:wave: hi all.

[Pogue]

*pokes head in*
*throws cushions down*
*jumps in and sleeps*

I've got to stop posting with all these *****. It's annoying and makes me look slightly illiterate. But it's an addiction, alas.

[Protinus]

*pokes head in*
*throws cushions down*
*jumps in and sleeps*

I've got to stop posting with all these *****. It's annoying and makes me look slightly illiterate. But it's an addiction, alas.

blessed pogue...we only serve Guinness here.

[kimber1]

hey everyone!! :wave:

[Loki]

Wait, only Guinness? C'mon, how about a Smithwicks or a whiskey?

Heya Kimber

[Protinus]

blessed Loki and Kimber.

[Loki]

Filling my head with useless trivia, I came across the amusing fact that Joseph of Arimathea (http://www.catholic.org/saints/patron.php?letter=F) is the patron saint of funeral directors.

Just thought I'd share.

[JasonV]

So has anyone had a drink since June?

[JasonV]

Tgif!

[kimber1]

*peeks in shyly

[drstevej]

*peeks in shyly

Caught ya and gave ya 20 million + reps

[CEO2008GAME]

"World of Warcraft tell us what team spirit is." This is what I often hear since I started to play wow, whether in real life (my colleagues and classmates are playing wow), or in the real life of the network (I often browse Web sites that is related to wow). I do not want to say anything that may blow the day-dreamers, but I know that, in fact, the moon in world of Warcraft is not that round, especially to the players who do World of Warcraft Power Leveling (http://www.item4u.com/WoW-EU/Power-Leveling). We all know that people who do Wrath of the Lich King Power Leveling (http://www.item4u.com/WoW-EU/Power-Leveling/WOTLK-Power-Leveling) are called farmers. I don’t want to say how much this concern with Chinese history cultures, but I have to admit that in WoW, WOTLK Power Leveling (http://www.item4u.com/WoW-US/Power-Leveling/WOTLK-Power-Leveling) lives the life of poor farmers who have nothing but their poor land in old China. They just power level the character or make money, without saying anything to players around even that speak to them. They do not need friends. If they do anything that is concerned with team, it is concerned with making money too.Farmers don’t wanna know what team spirit is, they just wanna money. To some degree, WoW Power Leveling (http://www.item4u.com/WoW-US/Power-Leveling) effaces the sense of playing MMORPG like WoW. It adds discord colors to a picture which should be very beautiful. Playing is not just playing. We should learn something from it, while this does not mean just making money. cheap Lord of The Rings Online Power Leveling (http://www.item4u.com/LOTRO-EU/Power-Leveling) .

[kimber1]

Caught ya and gave ya 20 million + repsyou're awesome! :hug:

[drstevej]

And another 34 Million