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netflix >>>> cable

JordanC (JordanC), Sunday, 3 December 2006 21:20 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah, plus Netflix is less than $20 a month! Cable is like twice that, isn't it?

Laurel (Laurel), Sunday, 3 December 2006 22:09 (seventeen years ago) link

I would ditch the landline. Unless you can't. I would keep cable over netflix, you know, since you like watching sports so much these days. Call up your cable company and tell them you are leaving so that they give you a better deal.

Jeff... (Jeff...), Sunday, 3 December 2006 22:55 (seventeen years ago) link

tcm >>> netflix

Ruud Haarvest (KenL), Sunday, 3 December 2006 23:07 (seventeen years ago) link

or maybe i should say
tcm + dvr >>> netflix

Ruud Haarvest (KenL), Sunday, 3 December 2006 23:08 (seventeen years ago) link

Nashville is laid out in a very confusing circular pattern. It is a nice place to visit, though. This is the first time I've returned to Chicago from visiting another place where it really felt like home coming back. I like that.

danno martinez (danno martinez), Monday, 4 December 2006 00:30 (seventeen years ago) link

I like Singin' in the Rain too, and remember liking Paper Moon too, though it's been a really long time since I've seen it.

n/a (n/a), Monday, 4 December 2006 00:44 (seventeen years ago) link

tcm >>> netflix

Jesse doesn't get TCM anyhoo. I say fuck a bunch of cable.

whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 4 December 2006 04:52 (seventeen years ago) link

I would ditch the landline. Unless you can't.

This is the evil of AT&T dsl. It comes with a landline, no option. Canceling the dsl means getting rid of the phone, and vice versa. They make you sign a contract.

whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 4 December 2006 04:57 (seventeen years ago) link

I've been through this before. SBC (as it was then) charged me $40 a month for dsl and phone with no long distance. Then I got a bill every month for nearly a hundred dollars. Upon examination, the bill was FULL of wrong charges and mistakes. So every month I called them, and every month they told me they would take the charges off the bill. Sometimes they did, and sometimes they didn't. By the time this constant tug of war was over, I had paid them everything I did not owe them, and swore never to do business with them again. And I will not. Ever. I would rather have bamboo under my fucking fingernails than ever deal with a phone monopoly ever ever again.

So I have a cellphone and I have a cable modem. So far, no troubles. I don't anticipate many, either, since both of those companies have real competition.

whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 4 December 2006 05:04 (seventeen years ago) link

Calling and bitching at Comcast, in my experience, can accomplish huge feats of cheapness. I once yelled loud enough that I got my cable bill cut in half. IN HALF.

whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 4 December 2006 05:06 (seventeen years ago) link

I made Yenny's stuffed squash last night with acorn squash. It was great! I added a little bit of mushroom powder to the stuffing and it added an earthy sort of taste. Verdict: DELISH. Thank you for posting the recipe!

Armando Grouse (Armando ), Monday, 4 December 2006 14:51 (seventeen years ago) link

I cooked, too! I felt so accomplished last night, tho my apartment was surprisingly cold and not-heated-like. I stewed a chicken and put up the extra stock and made soup with the rest!

Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 4 December 2006 14:56 (seventeen years ago) link

I made some other stuff too but I won't bore you with deets.

I do wonder, though -- I ordered some stuff from that Alchemy lab of perfumery and I was wondering how long it would take to get here. Has anyone made an order and received it? How long did it take?

Armando Grouse (Armando ), Monday, 4 December 2006 15:04 (seventeen years ago) link

Nevermind, apparently it takes 14-21 days.

Armando Grouse (Armando ), Monday, 4 December 2006 15:07 (seventeen years ago) link

I made a big fuck-off fried salami sandwich last night. It was for nostalgia's sake, I hadn't had one in years but I loved them as a kid. I think it made me sick (or at least dehydrated), I was up around 1 am drinking water.

JordanC (JordanC), Monday, 4 December 2006 15:13 (seventeen years ago) link

I had un-fried salami. It is also good. And a large salad full of red bell peppers.

whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 4 December 2006 15:15 (seventeen years ago) link

Good morning! With the wind chill, it was ONE DEGREE for my walk in from the bus. Exciting!

I'm having some hot chocolate at my desk. None of my coworkers have commented on the crazy dye job I got this weekend. I look Calico, in a good way, or at least I think so.

I haven't received my Alchemy lab order yet.

Calico (calico), Monday, 4 December 2006 15:15 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm not supposed to wear jeans on any day but Friday, but this morning I decided they could eat me. I was not going out there in thin slacks to feel my legs quickly go numb.

whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 4 December 2006 15:24 (seventeen years ago) link

BPAL should send you an email telling you when your stuff ships. It took mine a good two weeks, I think. I know I was really antsy and sending Jeff text messages about "Did it come yet???" because we have packages shipped to his house since who freaking knows how to get packages delivered into the compound here.

Jesse, get rid of your electricity.

Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Monday, 4 December 2006 15:29 (seventeen years ago) link

I waited for 20 minutes for a train yesterday in the nasty, windy cold. Fuck the fucking CTA. I have had really bad luck with them lately; they made me late for work twice in one week. I feel sorry for Brown line riders this weekend because you suckers were on "Brown Line" buses or SOL a lot of the time.

crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Monday, 4 December 2006 15:30 (seventeen years ago) link

You know what's weird? When it's around 40 degrees out, my apartment is chilly because the heat doesn't come on at all. But when it gets really cold the heat comes on and never goes off. Last night was blazing hot, as it is now too.

crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Monday, 4 December 2006 15:35 (seventeen years ago) link

Maybe wherever your building thermostat is located is drafty? In my last building the 'stat was IN THE FURNACE ROOM, meaning that it got hot in there in about 15 minutes and kept the heat off all day.

Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 4 December 2006 15:37 (seventeen years ago) link

I added a little bit of mushroom powder to the stuffing and it added an earthy sort of taste.

I ate my leftovers of Jenny squash with some turkey cold cuts and gravy, to which I added mushroom powder (Spice House?), and as usual, it made me happy.

crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Monday, 4 December 2006 15:38 (seventeen years ago) link

I have had really bad luck with them lately

No joking. Seems like with all the Brown Line crap, if you live north of Belmont, your arrival time to work is in the hands of the Transit Gods. Even leaving the house early does not guarantee anything.

Last night was blazing hot, as it is now too.

See, my trouble is that when it's 40 outside, they leave the heat just as cranked as if it was 20. My skin turns to parchment and my cats begin to char around the edges. But when it's 20, it's juuuust right.

whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 4 December 2006 15:41 (seventeen years ago) link

xpost But does the landlord set the thermostat at 60 degrees or what? I think she put the sensor outdoors and set it to go on at 15 degrees, because that's the only time I get (way too much) heat. It's very nice when I'm up and lounging around the house in shorts and flip-flops, sipping Mai-Tais, but at night it's miserable.

crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Monday, 4 December 2006 15:43 (seventeen years ago) link

Leave earlier to allow for delays.

Jeff... (Jeff...), Monday, 4 December 2006 15:44 (seventeen years ago) link

What's the problem with giving me a knob to turn? Why can't I turn the radiator off if I want to? THIS IS HOT, DRY MADNESS.

lol at Mai-Tais

whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 4 December 2006 15:44 (seventeen years ago) link

Jesse, thermostats don't operate by OUTSIDE temp, they only regulate based on the temperature in the room where it's located (unless there are fancy modern ones that have multiple sensors but I'm guessing no rental building goes there). Do you know where the thermo is placed in yr apartment or building?

Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 4 December 2006 15:45 (seventeen years ago) link

i called in sick to work because it was too cold to get out of bed. there was fucking ICE in the glass of water i left on my bedroom window sill. there was no ice in there when i put it on the sill last night.

otto midnight (otto midnight), Monday, 4 December 2006 15:46 (seventeen years ago) link

Hey, uh, it's cold out there, huh?

jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 4 December 2006 15:48 (seventeen years ago) link

Seriously, though, I walked four blocks this morning with frigid wind blowing directly in my face, and I thought I was going to die.

jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 4 December 2006 15:48 (seventeen years ago) link

I got a new winter coat and a moustache this weekend:

http://static.flickr.com/106/313349673_632589420e.jpg?v=0

I love my coat, and the Burlington Coat Factory in which it was made.

JordanC (JordanC), Monday, 4 December 2006 15:49 (seventeen years ago) link

Kevin, I am seriously worried about the fact that there's no heat in yr apt. Gotta find a solution, dude. Did you say you had space heaters? We used to put a standing propane heater in my childhood bedroom but only my parents could operate it and there was no risk of anyone being DRUNK or FUCKED UP. Fire hazard-wise, I'm not sure I'd recommend one of those for you.

Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 4 December 2006 15:50 (seventeen years ago) link

Leave earlier to allow for delays.


I leave early! Earlier and earlier every day, yet I still manage to be late. Yesterday I was due at work at 4. I left the house at 3:05, and got to work at 4:20! And as most of you know, I live within earshot of the train. CTA trip planner says my commute should take between 19-25 minutes. No.

crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Monday, 4 December 2006 15:50 (seventeen years ago) link

Mustache is awesome!!

You didn't grow it for this, did you?

jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 4 December 2006 15:51 (seventeen years ago) link

Jesse, thermostats don't operate by OUTSIDE temp, they only regulate based on the temperature in the room where it's located

I am aware of that, but the outside temp has a direct impact on the temperature of the temperature indoors. So when it's 40, it doesn't get cold enough inside to turn on the heat. But when it's coooold, it comes on and never turns off. The fact that it never turns off is kind of odd: is there no heat source in the room with the thermostat?

crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Monday, 4 December 2006 15:53 (seventeen years ago) link

Haha, no, some friends in Milwaukee had a moustache party. I don't even know if they actually did it yet, I just said I would do it in solidarity and send a picture. To think that I could actually good have done good, with a moustache.

moustache vs. mustache?

JordanC (JordanC), Monday, 4 December 2006 15:55 (seventeen years ago) link

Agreed - leave early does not always allow for the kinds of delays you encounter. Sometimes it's no problem, or it's just a little late. Sometimes the trains stack up 10 deep, and you sit there and wait in line for 20, 30 minutes. I'm worried that calling in to work with the "I'm stuck on the train" excuse is going to wear thin soon.

whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 4 December 2006 15:57 (seventeen years ago) link

I think gmail chat has been blocked at my work. Probably for the best.

JordanC (JordanC), Monday, 4 December 2006 15:58 (seventeen years ago) link

No, you just have to sign on. It doesn't automatically sign you into chat anymore. Which is definitely for the best.

whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 4 December 2006 15:59 (seventeen years ago) link

Jesse, that's exactly the question you should be asking. :) As I said before: our thermo was in the furnace room, which was lined with fire-proof bricks and basically an air-tight seal so no fresh air got in and the room temp went up quickly and stayed there, keeping our heat off around the clock. We started propping the door open with a broomhandle, which was against fire code but the only way.

Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 4 December 2006 16:00 (seventeen years ago) link

laurel, i'm going to home depot this afternoon for space heater. it won't be propane because i'd be worried about blowing myself up. my shopping list consists of big assed space heater and christmas lights for the living room since i broke the overhead light. the pull chaing broke off inside the fixture and i haven't had the patience to try to turn off the electricity and fiddle with the wires yet.

otto midnight (otto midnight), Monday, 4 December 2006 16:00 (seventeen years ago) link

is there no heat source in the room with the thermostat?

I'm guessing, basement.

I found it odd that such an old woman would be so reluctant to turn the heat on. Aren't old women supposed to be cold all the time?

Otto -- I feel for you, I do. I lived without heat last winter for about three months. I had three space heaters going all the time, and hundred dollar electric bills.

whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 4 December 2006 16:03 (seventeen years ago) link

it's just gonna be a pain in the balls getting this thing home on the bus. but whatevs, it will be better than shivering on my couch or dragging my comforter with me all over my place. i need a superwarm blanket or afghan too, the fleece blanket i'm using in the living room just isn't cutting it.

otto midnight (otto midnight), Monday, 4 December 2006 16:05 (seventeen years ago) link

lol at this ad

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i191/fluxion23/tattoo.jpg

That's a pretty sweet tat you got there, tough guy.

whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 4 December 2006 16:09 (seventeen years ago) link

I asked her about the heat and she said it was on. Apparently she was right, but it's just weird heat. I hope it stays tropical in here as I can always open a window.

I'm sure Jeff is somewhere out there grumbling about how we're talking about the weather.

crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Monday, 4 December 2006 16:10 (seventeen years ago) link

Hey Amanda!

I was suspiscious of the mango splitter when I saw it in the store, but this email from Cook's Illus. changed my mind:

Mango Splitter:
The OXO Mango Splitter is one of those rare kitchen gadgets that actually works. Try as we might, we couldn’t round up a mango that it couldn’t handle, and the mango splitter never left extra fruit on the pit by overestimating the pit’s size. It's especially useful if you're making our Curried Fruit Chutney to accompany a curry.
$11.95, www.cooking.com, item#411725

crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Monday, 4 December 2006 16:18 (seventeen years ago) link

Ooh! Interesting. But what can that thing do that a knife can't do? That's how I cut a mango anyway, by cutting two large slabs and then trimming/gnawing the rest.

I like the mustache, Jordan. It's cute.

Armando Grouse (Armando ), Monday, 4 December 2006 16:23 (seventeen years ago) link

I think the point is that it is curved to fit the pit, and it only takes one pass to remove the fruit.

crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Monday, 4 December 2006 16:26 (seventeen years ago) link


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