Unutterably Silly So what are you doing RIGHT NOW?

[vivaldirules]

You people are just weird.

(doggie goes to peek into freezer half afraid of what he might find in there)

((No, I clearly said peek in the freezer!))

[EowynCarter]

*Right now*, I'm looking for Linux drivers for my new Acer Aspire, which for the moment appear to not exist despite the fact that, when first released, the blasted things ran Linux.

!@#$%&*! corporations.

Ah, linux and laptops...

Now i got crossover and ADE working again, maybe i can order a new book. Hey adobe ! Why don't you do a version of ADE for linux !

[DMcCunney]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

peas here come in a can. not nearly as practical for conforming to any shape. they might be available frozen as well, to be honest i've not noticed (i haven't had a freezer for very long), in any case i'm almost sure i could find them in the frozen foods shop, but i wouldn't want to have to keep some around just for emergencies, my freezer is tiny and i like to keep it full of FOOD ! (edit : i mean food to eat, not food to wear !)

Frozen peas here are available in the frozen foods section in any supermarket. Packaging varies - it can be plastic bags or paper boxes - but the boxed variety can always be transferred to a zip lock bag. We get peas fresh at the local greenmarket in season, and frozen other times. Canned peas would be considered an emergency measure.
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Dennis

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by DMcCunney

Frozen peas here are available in the frozen foods section in any supermarket. Packaging varies - it can be plastic bags or paper boxes - but the boxed variety can always be transferred to a zip lock bag. We get peas fresh at the local greenmarket in season, and frozen other times. Canned peas would be considered an emergency measure.
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Dennis

well, canned peas are not too bad, and they have the advantage of not taking up valuable freezer space (shelf space is *slightly* more available). although to be honest i don't get them too often. i will take a look for frozen ones, though, and compare. if they are better, i will eat those ones, and freeze some canned ones for future emergencies.

[DMcCunney]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

well, canned peas are not too bad, and they have the advantage of not taking up valuable freezer space (shelf space is *slightly* more available). although to be honest i don't get them too often. i will take a look for frozen ones, though, and compare. if they are better, i will eat those ones, and freeze some canned ones for future emergencies.

Well, "not too bad" is probably an apt description. Fresh is best, frozen is second best, canned is if neither fresh nor frozen are available.

Freezer space is at a premium here, too, but it tends not to be an issue because frozen stuff tends to be consumed almost immediately. (Vegetables, at least. Meat may stay in longer.)

I'm just curious about Parisian food shopping. Frozen foods are handled by separate shops devoted to them, and are not sold in regular food markets?
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Dennis

[devilsadvocate]

Originally Posted by LazyScot

That wouldn't be the nvidia graphics drivers that have not yet been released for the newest kernel? Yup -- auto-upgraded mine to 2.6.30, and not graphics support.

Manually booting into the old kernel for the moment whilst I await the new drivers (yes, I know there are workarounds...).

Actually no, I should be so fortunate as to have an nVidia chipset. Been a fan of nVidia since the Windows days; they just have better support, despite minimal performance differences between tham and ATI. No, this is Intel GMA500 (the rightfully-maligned Poulsbo). The Aspire One AO751 is a study in contradictions: 2GB RAM (instad of 512MB) but only a 1.33 GHz processor, 250 GB hard drive (instead of 160 or, even worse, the 16GB SSD) but it's not SATA.

There appears to be workarounds for both the VGA and chipset drivers for Ubuntu 9.04, but Ubuntu frankly bores me. I got a PCLinuxOS spin called ZenMini; it's like PCLOS' MiniMe except with GNOME instead of KDE, and it's sharp. Would actually make a great desktop spin IMO. I'll probably review it for my site. Ironically, in their quest to not be Windows, Ubuntu has become huge enough that all the support is for them. Fortunately I can tweak the hell out of it so it doesn't look like I just put the liveCD in 10 minutes prior...

Oh, and FWIW the Ubuntu Netbook Remix is crap; the regular desktop edition actually works better if you can believe that.

[Bilbo1967]

Fresh peas! When I was young, we lived in the country and our garden bordered on a pea field. After harvesting, there was always a thin border of unharvested peas for us to pick.

I remember picking them and then spending hours sat in the sun in our garden (because it was always sunny when I was younger) with my Mum and sister podding them.

[GeoffC]

another solution, it's cold enough here already .... put foot in bath of cold water - then poke it out of a nearby window and let the wind cool it rapidly .,...,,,.....,,...,.,,...,,..

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by DMcCunney

Well, "not too bad" is probably an apt description. Fresh is best, frozen is second best, canned is if neither fresh nor frozen are available.

i say that because i like peas, but they're not my favourite vegetable, so i don't eat them too often to begin with. usually i have a small can or two of them on hand as "emergency rations" if i don't manage to go to the shop. i buy most of my vegetables fresh, although since i got a refrigerator with a freezer i've been keeping things like frozen spinach and cauliflower always in there. also, my new favourite thing in the world is pre-chopped frozen onions. i hate chopping onions because they make me cry so much, but i just can't cook without them !

Freezer space is at a premium here, too, but it tends not to be an issue because frozen stuff tends to be consumed almost immediately. (Vegetables, at least. Meat may stay in longer.)

I'm just curious about Parisian food shopping. Frozen foods are handled by separate shops devoted to them, and are not sold in regular food markets?

no, we have frozen foods in regular grocery markets too, however there is also a chain called Picard (it turns out they have a site : http://www.picard.fr/) which is shops which sell *only* frozen food, of all sorts : individual raw ingredients (chopped onions, cauliflower, raspberries... also fish and meat, of course), mixes you just have to cook (or unfreeze, like for mixed fruit salad), portionable purées and soupes, prepared meals you just have to heat, desserts, ice cream... pretty much anything, really. but only frozen stuff. i shop there very occasionally, partly because i never got in the habit really since i didn't have a freezer before, partly because my freezer is too tiny for me to buy much frozen food so mostly i buy a few standard ingredients and the rest fresh. i wouldn't go at all, but there is one literally right next to my house. but they have a much wider selection that a standard grocery store, for obvious reasons.

[DMcCunney]

Originally Posted by phenomshel

Yep, heard this argument before. I understand that lots of people feel this way, but the opposite is also true. I don't "inflict" stats or images on people who wouldn't appreciate them, or use them in business correspondence. However, there are entire groups dedicated to making/sharing stats/images/sounds/techniques (and I'm sure they're 99.9% made up of females, too ), and they/we enjoy making the images, putting them together and sharing them.

If you enjoy creating the stuff, have at. If the folks you send it to enjoy getting it, so much the better.

My argument is with the folks who don't discriminate and think everybody will (or should) enjoy their attempts at creativity. I mentally consign them to the same circle of hell I reserve for folks who think that using lots of fonts in a document constitutes "design". Er, I've been a designer/production guy, Not so...

And thinking about it, the groups you refer to sound like electronic equivalents of various crafting gatherings I'm familiar with. My SO, for example, knits and crochets, and is usually found in a knitting circle when we are with groups of like minded people. Those circles are generally female, too.

As long as everybody involved likes doing it, all is well.
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Dennis

[pilotbob]

Right now?

I am celebrating the Bucs first win this season. I thought we should have started Josh Freeman from game 1... but finally he gets his first start and his first win in the same game...

It is still going to be a loosing season... but I am on cloud nine right now!

WOO!

BUCS WIN !!!

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

i had no ice but i've just now managed to find the ice cube bags i bought the last time i needed ice (over a year ago... in between they apparently were sucked into an alternate dimension because i hadn't seen them since, although i had looked for them once or twice. i had to dig through the kitchen twice to unearth them just now) and as soon as it is frozen i will put it on my foot (ugh... that is really the last thing i want to do in this weather !). also i took some ibuprofen (i guess my instincts weren't totally off, last night i took some already), and i've put *both* my ankle protectors on wrong way around (the long part over the foot), one over the other, since i have no bandage. i hope that is good enough. and i have the foot propped up on a small table. *sigh* what a pain in the bum (in addition to the foot...) this is, and terrible timing. i hate being injured, especially an injury that makes me immobilised ! i have THINGS TO DO !!!

when I had teenagers all over the place I was constantly using ice for a variety of injuries. a quick way to get a ice pack (without using the vodka) is to just add rubbing alcohol to a bag of water. freezes quickly and you can do a few and rotate them. also think about taking a few wash rags wetting them and freezing them. I actually have a whole stack of gel packs that can be re-used but stored outside of the freezer.

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

that just seems unhygienic to me.

(on a side note, good god, it's astounding how long it takes cold water to freeze ! that bad has been in there for hours but the last time i checked it (not long ago) it was still visibly liquid, at least on top.)



thanks, i'll look into the neoprene thingy. currently i've got my ankle things on it and they certainly feel like they're compressing it. it's not actually my ankle which is hurt, it's the side / top of my foot, a bit further down than the ankle. the part called the "neck of the foot" (cou-du-pied) in french. more or less where the arrow is pointing, but slightly towards the outside :

anything in plastic will be just fine, and totally hygenic.

even a pair of tights with a sock over them would work! to start the compression bit

Originally Posted by devilsadvocate

Get some vodka (the cheap stuff so you won't be missing anything) and pour some in an airtight freezer bag along with some water (about half and half). Turns into slush; works great, no food goes bad, and if the bag is good it's reusable.

and then you can drink it when the pain is REALLY bad!

Originally Posted by DMcCunney

Well, "not too bad" is probably an apt description. Fresh is best, frozen is second best, canned is if neither fresh nor frozen are available.

Dennis

*shudders at the thought of canned peas* some things just should NOT be canned and eaten!!! peas, asparagus...

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

when I had teenagers all over the place I was constantly using ice for a variety of injuries. a quick way to get a ice pack (without using the vodka) is to just add rubbing alcohol to a bag of water. freezes quickly and you can do a few and rotate them. also think about taking a few wash rags wetting them and freezing them. I actually have a whole stack of gel packs that can be re-used but stored outside of the freezer.

if nothing else, this incident has shown me that i am somewhat unprepared for emergencies. no bandages, no ice-packs... sheesh. the alcohol tip is another good one, i don't think i have any of that on hand either (naturally) but i'll add it to my list.

even a pair of tights with a sock over them would work! to start the compression bit

well, i do have a sock on over the ankle protectors. it's cold here !

and then you can drink it when the pain is REALLY bad!

...and i'm back to thinking vodka is the best plan.

*shudders at the thought of canned peas* some things just should NOT be canned and eaten!!! peas, asparagus...

okay, okay, i'll stop buying canned peas ! (in my defense, i've never bought canned asparagus. ever. and other than peas the only cans i buy regularly are of beans, or crushed tomatoes, which are also "emergency rations"). it turns out picard not only has frozen peas, they in fact have FIVE KINDS of frozen peas (seriously). so i'll try some of them, and if they aren't tasty i'll save them for future injuries. actually i have to say that stumbling on the picard site has really raised them in my esteem, because they actually have a checkbox to display *only* products suitable for vegetarians ! (also one to disply only organic products.) i have NEVER seen that before. i am quite impressed.

[Greg Anos]

Originally Posted by Patricia

Good luck, RSE! Am keeping my fingers crossed.
In the meantime, how are those drowning baptists doing? some of us are in suspense, you know.

I truly apologize for the inconvenience...... I have gotten so caught up with my computer issues, that I have ignored my other duties. I will start writing tomorrow. How long it takes to get a post's worth, I not quite so sure...

[montsnmags]

Originally Posted by pilotbob

Wow... bar hopping is just so dangerous these days.
...

That's why we call it "pub-crawling" - you can't twist an ankle on all-fours.

Originally Posted by pilotbob

...

BUCS WIN !!!

Didn't they sing that song back in the 80's...what was it? Ahh, that's right?



Cheers,
Marc