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RE: Smoking
In my town in Texas we don't have any smoking regulations that I know of.
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AllisonAndrews
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04/26/12 11:24am |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Not again
Correct........
BOA treats their debit & credit cards the same.
Also you can set up alerts on your debit/credit cards to notify you of any transaction. I can track transactions via alerts with in minutes of purchase.
Yes, I have it set up so that I get a text each time the actual DEBIT card is not swiped - internet, telephone, mail order, etc.
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AllisonAndrews
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04/06/12 01:03pm |
Full-time RVing
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RE: Looking for a good light dessert
Allison...I am assuming the pudding is the instant?
I would believe so. I don't remember it saying Instant on the box, but it is not the "Cook and Serve" box.
NM, looked it up and Yes, it does say Instant.
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AllisonAndrews
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04/06/12 12:16pm |
Camp Cooks and Connoisseurs
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RE: First start after sitting 2-1/2 years
Just as an FYI, I'd dump what gas was in there and add fresh. Just got to replace a few parts and lines on a truck that sat for a year or more, was then driven around for about 15 minutes and parked for a few more months. Wouldn't start the next time and varnished gas in the lines and fuel pump ended up being the culprit.
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AllisonAndrews
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04/05/12 10:49am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Looking for a good light dessert
Banana and Chocolate Cream Pie
1 reduced-fat graham cracker crust
1-2 bananas
2 cups skim milk
6 oz container light or fat-free yogurt, vanilla flavored
1 large container Chocolate Pudding and Pie Mix (would be the 6 serving size)
8 oz container fat-free Cool Whip
Slice bananas and cover bottom of pie crust completely. It is fine to overlap.
Mix milk, yogurt, and pudding mix with an electric mixer on low for 1-2 minutes or until smooth. (It took about the same time to do it by hand.)
Pour over bananas and spread to fill crust evenly.
Chill for 2 hours.
Serve with a dollop of whip cream
Optional - garnish with slice of banana and chocolate shavings.
**I am not sure why the regular chocolate pudding mix was called for instead of the sugar free/low calorie version. I have only ever made it as the recipe stated. I don't see why they could not be subbed out if the directions on the box are the same.
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AllisonAndrews
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04/02/12 07:32am |
Camp Cooks and Connoisseurs
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RE: A surprise in the pasture
Mountain Jack - Well, it sure IS a pretty llama! If only you could see those long eye lashes in person. All he has to do is bat his eyes a few times and you are under his spell!
I've fallen hard for the little guy. He loves to be scratched on the neck now. His mom still scares the begeezus out of me, though. I'm the only one in the family that hasn't been spit on yet by mama Spitters, and I aim to keep it that way.
On a more somber note, there is more clover growing in the pastures this year than ever before. Some theorize it has something to do with the drought last year. We had one nanny die - probably 24 - 36 hours after noticing something was off. Stumbling around, then she went blind, then she went into a coma. Had two 6 week old kids on her. They will no longer be good enough to make it to the sale, but they will survive fine. We put them in with a heavy producing goat and let them nurse her a few times a day and they are eating a lot of pellets now anyway. But then last week we had another goat start exhibiting the same symptoms. Called the vet since we knew where this was headed. Giving her calcium and thiamine injections now. The clover is causing milk fever. It's odd for it to happen this long after kidding, but since the calcium treatment has almost cured her completely, pretty certain the diagnosis was correct. Something correlating to it all is causing a thiamine deficiency which is causing the blindness, but the thiamine injections are curing that as well.
Here's how a good indication that a goat is recovering - when you see her one afternoon and she can barely stand and is blind and you come out the next morning and she has broken out of the pen she was in and rejoined the herd in another pen! (Sure makes it harder to catch her to give her more medicine now though!)
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AllisonAndrews
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04/02/12 07:20am |
RV Pet Stop
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RE: When will some people learn?
... And yes, I am going to get up as close as I can without actually tailgating you so that hopefully you see me and get the idea and pull over far enough for me to pass you...
I was with you until you made this comment.
I did say without tailgating. I don't drive stupid. I count seconds and try to keep at least 3 seconds between me and the car ahead of me on a good road. (More if the road is bad, conditions are bad, or speed is higher.) I just pull up close enough so that the person will realize that I would like to pass. If I catch up with someone and am fine dropping my speed a bit or know that I won't be on the road much longer, I make sure to stay far enough back that there is no mistaking my intentions.
I am the one that ends up pulling over a lot on the highway - but the thing that bugs me the most is when I see someone advancing on me and when they get close, they match my speed and they stay in that zone where I can't tell if they are content to drive a few mph slower or if they would like to pass. So, then I pull over to the right and they don't do anything until finally when I have given up and am tired of driving on the shoulder and go to pull back over and all of a sudden they zip past me. Either pass me and get out of that zone, or drop back a few feet so that your intentions are clear and I can relax.
I absolutely hate passive-aggressiveness, but there is this one middle aged woman in an SUV that brings it out in me. 1-2 times per week we end up taking the same route home partially at the same time, 2 4-way stop, turning left onto a hwy, then turning right at a red light onto a 4 lane highway. She is one that will go with the car in front of her at the 4-way. Same thing when making the left hand turn onto the highway and the right on red at the light. (The road Ts into the highway, so there is no cross traffic.) When I end up in front of her, she will ride my tail all the way until we turn on the final highway which is 4 lane. She will turn with me and get into the left hand lane, speed up, and then cut back in front of me to turn right onto her county road. I should mention that this county road is less than a mile after entering the highway. Speed limit is 55 and I always have to brake in order not to hit her when she cuts in front of me. Sometimes there will be a line of cars in the right hand lane and she causes a line of brake lights as she zips in front of the first car who has to slam on their brakes causing the domino effect all the way back. I've tried to wait to turn left at the first highway until the last minute so that she cannot follow me, but then I get scared that she will follow me anyway and an accident will happen and I will feel guilty if someone gets hurt. So, now I just wait a bit longer to turn at each highway. I've been tempted to call her in, but unfortunately my mother drives the same vehicle and often the same route and with my luck they would stop my mother and give her a ticket instead!
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AllisonAndrews
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03/29/12 01:36pm |
Around the Campfire
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RE: When will some people learn?
Don't forget that there are a lot of us that live in the country and have to put up with people taking a drive out in the country, puttering around taking in the sites and driving in the middle of the road, while we are trying to get home. You may have nothing to do at the moment, but I've still got to get home, feed the animals, cook supper, do laundry, etc. I have nothing against taking a drive in the country and driving slow and enjoying what you see, but you need to be courteous and pull over to let others pass if this is what you want to do. And yes, I am going to get up as close as I can without actually tailgating you so that hopefully you see me and get the idea and pull over far enough for me to pass you.
The OP never mentioned what speed they are going, so if they are going the speed limit, this would not apply.
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AllisonAndrews
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03/28/12 07:04am |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Recommend a Juicer please!
If you are wanting to make orange juice, you will want a CITRUS JUICER. They are normally pretty cheap.
I have a regular juicer and although you can peel the orange and send it through it, you do juice the entire orange, pith and all.
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AllisonAndrews
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03/26/12 07:38am |
Camp Cooks and Connoisseurs
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RE: what type of shower head
We put one of the oxygenics in our sticks and bricks home and love it. Got ours through Amazon with free shipping several years ago. We should be moving in the next year and plan on buying a few to take with us.
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AllisonAndrews
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03/23/12 09:57am |
Tech Issues
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RE: Any good Margarita recipies?
I really like beer margaritas. You use the concentrate can to measure everything, so very conducive to camping.
1 (12 fluid ounce) can frozen limeade concentrate
12 fluid ounces tequila
12 fluid ounces water
12 fluid ounces beer
ice
1 lime, cut into wedges
Pour limeade, tequila, water, and beer into a large pitcher. Stir until well-blended, and limeade has melted. Add plenty of ice, and garnish with lime wedges. Adjust with additional water, if needed.
**If you like it sweeter, you can swap the water for sprite or 7-Up.
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AllisonAndrews
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03/19/12 10:08am |
Camp Cooks and Connoisseurs
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RE: Roasted Cauliflower and Aged Cheddar Soup
I can't wait to try this. I will be picking up the cheese today. Thanks.
Hope you enjoy it! The cheese is the most expensive part of the dish!
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AllisonAndrews
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03/13/12 07:59am |
Camp Cooks and Connoisseurs
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RE: Roasted Cauliflower and Aged Cheddar Soup
Allison,
We make a simple version of your roasted Cauliflower. We simply toss the cauliflower with olive oil, chopped garlic (lots) and salt and pepper. Then roast on a sheet at 425 degrees. A couple minutes before it's done, we melt shredded Parmesan cheese on top. It's really the only way I like cauliflower.
I've done it similar to that way also. My problem is that I don't like the leftovers that way. My husband will not touch roasted cauliflower, so as good as it is, I was just wasting too much.
I also had a good recipe that used mostly cauliflower and 1 potato and made into a healthier loaded potato soup. It was good, but another one where the leftovers just weren't the same.
So far, thankfully, I have been very pleased with the way this one reheats.
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AllisonAndrews
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03/13/12 07:58am |
Camp Cooks and Connoisseurs
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RE: Any So Cal Min Pin people here?
I don't know if that is purebred or not, but I don't think any part chi. I'd almost guess some kind of small terrier, something like a rat terrier. Well, wouldn't you know it, it's another one of those "designer breeds". Call her an American Rat Pinscher instead of a mutt!
Example from Google: http://www.greatdogsite.com/resources/photos/from_owners/American Rat Pinscher-1294479835.jpg
On the other hand, she could stand to lose a few pounds, so that may be what is throwing me off and she may be full blood.
Sorry I am not in the area or in the market. I have my own 5 pounder, but she is the alpha and we have enough potty issues as it is with her. I think little dogs are just difficult to ever fully train.
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AllisonAndrews
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03/12/12 03:29pm |
RV Pet Stop
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RE: Roasted Cauliflower and Aged Cheddar Soup
I've recently been diagnosed with hypothyroidism and have been told to stay away from goitrogenic foods. Cauliflower is one of them. But when you cook the foods, it inactivates a lot of the goitrogens, so I am trying to find more cooked cauliflower type meals since it is one of my favorite vegetables.
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AllisonAndrews
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03/12/12 01:49pm |
Camp Cooks and Connoisseurs
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Roasted Cauliflower and Aged Cheddar Soup
This was so good! This was a delicate, delicious soup. It would not make a very good meal by itself. The page shows it served with some crusty bread and topped with some smoked bacon. I think it would go well with a BLT or club salad. It's the kind of soup you start out eating it with a spoon and end up just drinking it from the bowl! Next time I will serve it in a mug!
Roasted Cauliflower and Aged White Cheddar Soup (From Closet Cooking)
**I've posted the original recipe with my comments/adaptations in ().
Ingredients
•1 small head cauliflower, cut into florets (I'd call mine medium)
•2 tablespoons oil (I used extra light olive oil)
•salt and pepper to taste (I skipped the pepper)
•1 tablespoon oil
•1 medium onion, diced
•2 cloves garlic, chopped
•1 tablespoon thyme, chopped (I left this out - our store didn't have any fresh and wasn't going to buy a bottle just for this)
•3 cups vegetable broth (I used the entire box, which was 4 cups)
•1 1/2 cups aged white cheddar, shredded (I used a 7oz block)
•1 cup milk or cream (I used fat free half and half)
•salt and pepper to taste (skipped the pepper, I didn't need to add any additional salt)
Directions
•Toss the cauliflower florets in the oil along with the salt and pepper and arrange them in a single layer on a large baking sheet.
•Roast the cauliflower in a preheated 400F oven until lightly golden brown, about 20-30 minutes. (After 20 minutes I flipped over most of the florets and then let them cook another 5-10 minutes)
•Heat the oil in a large sauce pan over medium heat.
•Add the onion and saute until tender, about 5-7 minutes.
•Add the garlic and thyme and saute until fragrant, about a minute.
•Add the broth and cauliflower, bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer, covered, for 20 minutes.
•Puree the soup until it reaches your desired consistency with a stick blender.
•Mix in the cheese, let it melt and season with salt and pepper.
•Mix in the milk and remove from heat.
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AllisonAndrews
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03/12/12 12:34pm |
Camp Cooks and Connoisseurs
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RE: IE 9
I use tabbed browsing and with IE, let's say I open a page with 5 links I wish to open. SO I center click on the first to open in a tab.. And it sits there and locks up till that tab is opened and loaded or nearly loaded, then I can do the 2nd one, and so on.. Lots of thumb twiddling.
I don't have that experience with IE. All my tabs are loaded before I could get to them to look at them. I routinely open 5-10 tabs from one page using the center click on the mouse and have no trouble at all.
I wonder if there is something with the way a network is configured that effects how well a browser performs. I have IE, FF, and Chrome on my work computer. We have to use IE for most of our work systems/programs but we have to use FF for one web design program. I think Chrome was already loaded on the computer when I got it.
I've used all three and FF continually performs the worst. It's not just me - it's my coworkers that have to use the program in FF as well. And not just that one site where we edit our webpages - we always have multiple other pages up to get links and check how the website looks, etc.
Chrome falls somewhere in between and I only use it occasionally just to keep it updated.
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AllisonAndrews
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03/09/12 11:44am |
Technology Corner
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RE: A surprise in the pasture
Good deal about the gray ewe being able to raise all 3 and being a good milk producer. I know my dad had to pull a few this time. Some of the time, they probably would have been able to have the baby on their own eventually, but often the process either keeps them from cleaning off the first baby properly or either they are too exhausted after the second baby to get to it. If he's home, my dad tries to take a proactive approach if he sees them having trouble.
Goats don't have wool like the sheep do, so it is probably a lot easier to see the changes to their udder and see if their privates are springing as they get closer, but it seems like some of the first timers don't drop their milk until the day they kid.
We have two teaser billies we can use to tell which goats did not get bred and have gone back in heat. They were bottle babies from several years ago and were not good enough, condition wise, to use as club goats. We could tell this from the start, so they were never dehorned or banded. Instead, they got vasectomies, and now act as the teaser billies. We did some embryo transfers and donor nanny stuff last year and they really came in handy in figuring out when each goat was in heat. You just put a marking harness on them. Their names are Carlos and Charlie and they are still pests, but they are gently giants. Just stinky, gently giants.
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AllisonAndrews
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03/09/12 08:23am |
RV Pet Stop
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RE: A surprise in the pasture
Well, with the 5 that lambed yesterday, maybe you are almost done.
I could not get up at 4am! My husband gets up at 4:30 and that is way too early for me, but then again, no matter how long I have been up or how tired I am, I can't fall asleep before midnight. He goes to bed around 10.
As an aside: During the week we keep separate bedrooms because of this. For about the first 6 years or so of our marriage we worked opposite shifts, so we both got very used to sleeping alone during the week and having complete control of when we went to bed, when the tv went off, when we woke up, etc., so when we went back to working similar hours and tried to share the same room, it just made it hard on both of us. Split bedrooms during the week works out perfect for us!
I'm not sure what time my father gets up, but I assume around 5am. The goats are on his property, so the only time we have to do the early morning stuff is when they are gone. However, they built a new house this past year on the property with the condition that my husband and I move into the old house. So, it'll get us back out onto 100 acres with hunting and fishing and our pistol range setup and will get rid of a mortgage once we sell our current home (and probably pay the difference), but it'll get my parents indentured servants! So, I am guessing we will soon be the ones getting up with the goats in the mornings!
Will the huge ewe be able to handle all 3 babies? Once we had a goat that had 5 babies. Crazy stuff. Have had 4 a few times, and seem to have a couple of triplets each kidding, but thankfully only had 5 that one time. They were small, but healthy, and cute as buttons!
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AllisonAndrews
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03/09/12 07:46am |
RV Pet Stop
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RE: IE 9
I am using IE9 and Windows 7.
tatest - in IE9, if you click on the down arrow next to the purple circle with the question mark in it (upper right hand side, next to Tools), the bottom choice is "About Internet Explorer" which tells you the version. Same choice if you click on the Settings symbol (gear like symbol next to star, next to home symbol in upper right.)
One thing that I enjoy very much is working with the different tabs and pulling them out to make their own windows that I can drag to the other monitor.
I did have to tweak it a bit to get it set back up to how I like it. I added back the menu bar as I prefer to access my favorites from it versus from the star.
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AllisonAndrews
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03/08/12 12:29pm |
Technology Corner
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