keepin it simple in Colorado Springs

I learnt that UCCS makes it very clear how to flush toilets. The flush instructions include detailed instructions spelled out as how to flush these high tech water saver toilets. They take it down to the lowest common denominator.....way past just explaining the very technical flush functions "up liquid waste - down solid waste". They include the "#1 and #2" identifiers for users from south of the Mason Dixon line!

Eggstractor!

You guys are laughing at me for shopping at the ARC!....well after this find last week.. ,,,,,,.WHO IS LAUGHING NOW????????

this stuff is great!

if you are in a hurry and don't have time to mess around with real fresh garlic.....this is the ticket. It is easy to use and tastes great. P-lou's oldest daughter's husband's brother-in-law bought this for us!

Chiquita Curry

Pat contributed incredible withheld culinary knowledge tonight to our Curry Beef over Rice meal. She insisted that adding the robust, sweet taste of a banana to the concoction would infuse a "sweet-and-sour" twist to the traditional dish. (Let's just say that Vic likes it...but he's had more wine than the rest of us tonight...) I'll admit it, I added the banana, but only due to pier pressure from Vic after Pat's off the wall banana addition idea...but I'm warming up to the results :)

Not a Joke! These are real!

OK, so I've been coaching 8-12 year olds at Winter Park in freestyle skiing for the past 11 weeks. Gotta say, one of the best parts is learning crazy miscellaneous information from them such as the Narwhal! I honestly didn't think that my athlete was serious about a unicorn of the sea but it actually exists, and now it is a life goal to see one in the wild.

you gotta itch?

I learnt that if you rub this stuff on your ankle that has been itching for 2 weeks it will make the spot quit itching.

Auto correct...

http://damnyouautocorrect.com has got to be one of the funniest

websites out there...we peruse it weekly for fun.

"I laughed, I cried, it became a part of me"

side note: scroll to the bottom to see pages and pages of these.

WTF?

So I "learnt" how fast one's copay for an "eye exam" could go from $10 to $80+. If you request an "eye exam", and they find something (say a scratch, etc,) then it's $10 for the "eye exam". HOWEVER, if you call up and say you feel like you have a scratch or something else that then becomes a "Medical (Patient) Complaint" - which then turns the "eye exam" into a "specialist / doctor visit" which then falls under your medical health plan, under the "Specialist" upcharge category.

To review:
1. Go in for an eye exam and THEY find a scratch - $10.
2. Say you "think you may have a scratch" - go in, and and they confirm it - $80

Of course (as they later told me) the increase fee wasn't just "fluff" this also included a "Treatment plan" which was "continue wearing sunglasses" and "use eye drops"

Wing Cooker

I got an email from Chef's Catalog showing this item a week or two back. I eased down to their retail store and bought it. Made some chicken wings for superbowl. they were ok but nothing to write home about. I used it in the oven....can't wait for it to get warmer to try it out on the grill.

Someone Please Post....

Would someone please write a new post so that I do not have to look at Polvo's bloody toes whenever this blog comes up?! I would post but I have not learned anything new today.

Confessions of a midnight runner

So, it twas around 2am early New Years morning when a friend and I decided that it was a "reasonably decent" idea (under the conditions) to "run" home instead of driving, or waiting for a cab. Given our impaired math skills at the time, coupled with a hefty-bar-tabs-worth of "liquid courage" - we concluded that it "couldn't be more than a mile to the house". In addition, and since we both grew up watching MacGyver - the fact that we didn't have adequate foot apparel didn't stop us. So after removing our shoes and socks, and running what turned out to be three (3) miles home - the bloody toes just added to the legend.

Well... if once was stupid, then 2 times is simply moronic? To that end, we went out with some friends this past weekend and since the bartender recognized that the service was slow he decided to make up for it in the form of free drinks that were extremely "TALL" i.e. basically a beer mug full of spirits and only a splash of whatever to cut the burn a little. So, like most other "bad ideas" it all started because no one was willing to just say "No"

So, once the clock hit around 12:30 AM we started off on our run - and after 7 miles (each mile a bit slower than the last) we finally made it home (shoes on this time).

What's even more interesting, is that I learnt that I'm not alone and in fact there are clubs coined as "drinkers with a running problem" and it's called "hashing"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash_House_Harriers

So, now you know!

Dad's post (see below) is NO joke! Ya know they are searus when those Floridians drive with these signs posted on their 4x4's!

Floriduh goes Hog Wild!

Like roaches aren’t enough…..
So today I learned on the TODAY show that FloriDUH has a huge problem with wild, feral boars, running through properties, tearing up lawns, looking for acorns.
I now know that is totally what we saw in the water at Jill’s office. It was not a mer-pig (mermaid pig) as I first thought, but a real wild boar!
The Today show had a lot of fun contrasting this nuisance with more lovable pigs, clips of Babe and Arnold on Green Acres, for example. They made a joke about getting rid of these pesky wild boars...when pigs fly.
The location filmed was Cypress Point, FL, but I would guess that Gulfport also has its share of pigs. I'm just sayin'....

learnt in my "office"

I learnt that if you are using the restroom, sitting down, and the toilet is one of those "sensor-flush" toilets, and the wall in front of it (essentially the door to the stall) is "gray" (and that is where the sensor is pointing) and you happen to be wearing a non-descript "gray" fleece pull-over that the censor may mistake you for not being there at all and / or thinking that you've essentially blended into the walls - it will subsequently flush over and over and over (and OVER AND OVER!) - Now, while the little splashes of water that accompany the "swirl" of the toilet-typhoon-flushing may be refreshing to an uncle of mine in GP - it really distracts from the calm escape that I had hoped it would be.

Food Lesson Learn't on Christmas Night

I learnt that if you go to Boan's house on Christmas night and consume:
2 glasses of wine
2 glasses of home made sangria
2 pieces of cheddar cheese
5 olives
5 spinach balls
2 deviled eggs
2 bruschetta dips with crackers
4 tostados with cheese dip
2 helping of delicious vegetarian lasagna
2 helpings of delicious regular lasagna
2 pieces of home made bread dipped in oil and spices
3 helpings of tossed salads with scallions
2 chocolate brownies
2 sugar cookies
1 helping of ice cream with cooked apples on the top


you will be extremely full and not want to eat for several hours!!!

I see you...............

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A Quick Learnt'er

So I drafted up these chores checklists for my kids. There are about 10 things that they need to do on a daily basis - and the end of the week they earn a reasonable allowance. So, as a preface to the "Family meeting" I called, I went over the basic concept, i.e. they're getting older, they need to start helping out more, etc., but the second I mentioned that they would receive money at the end of the week - my son was JUMPING to sign it - even before reading what the chores were.

Sensing a "teachable moment" I took it upon myself to go over the basic concept of not signing anything you don't understand, or haven't read yet, and that by signing their names they are agreeing to what is required of them the list, just like when buying a car, a house, it is a commitment, a contact, and you need to make sure that you read and understand what you're signing before you sign.

I then proceeded to review with them what was on the list, and had them sign it. My son quickly signed it and bounced off into the other room. My daughter, on the other hand sheepishly hesitated. Sensing maybe she didn't know where to sign - I pointed it out to her on the sheet.

"But dad..." she said "I can't read, and you said don't sign anything you haven't read yet"

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