Swiffer Sweeper

I learnt that these very expensive dust catchers are reusable.
Hand wash in soapy water, rinse, hang dry or fluff them in the dryer.
You can get at least 5 re-uses out of them.

I learnt there are different ideas about a nice rack.......

I Learnt the answer to valencia's question...........

On March 21, 2010 at 10:37 PM MST...........valencia posed the question: "what the #@&*! is a fish burger?!"

Well one of the answers to this question became clear today. Plou and I cruised into the local Red Robin restaurant near the Chapel Hills Mall you know the one located at 1410 Jamboree Dr. in beautiful Colorado Springs, Colorado. We felt the need to visit this establishment because Plou was packing a birthday "free burger" Internet coupon that was burning a whole in her pocket.

I plopped my fat ass down in a booth.....opened the menu and much to my delight saw this tasty treat:

CRISPY FISH BURGER
The reel thing! Premium, icy cold water
Cod filets, hand-battered in a light tempura
batter and crisply-fried. Topped with cabbagecoleslaw
mix, tomatoes, pickles and dill’d &
pickle’d tartar sauce to lure you in. $9.79

I feasted on this item along with real classic coca cola. Delicious meal!!!!

If you can't make it to MacDonald's.......Red Robin would be a great second choice for Fishburgers.

I learnt that this picture is really neat

we are at the ARC a week or so back....find a funky looking unframed picture of some clowns for $7.50...a little rich for me...wanted to buy it but couldn't justify that kind of money for the picture...walked out of the store with no picture...strolling down the sidewalk.......plou finds a 50% off coupon in her pocket book....I grab it and run back to the store...buy the art work for $4.25 (and snag a set of green handled steak knives just for fun). We check out the picture...name on the back says something like from the photo studio of Seymour Mednick...a few days later we get the picture framed and I take it to work and hang it on my wall there.....still thinking it is a great funky black and white picture...wish I knew more about it.......more googling today...find a CD cover with thatPICTURE on it:





still wish I knew more about it...but it is a great black and white 12" x 18" picture....may have to buy the cd: Tiny Voices - Joe Henry.

What to do?

Heard through the grapevine that a certain someone who checks this website from time to time may know a "little" bit about Durango CO. My husband's family is gathering there Aug 5-10 and I am searching for fun things to do. Drop me a line if anyone in here has some suggestions....

I learnt that someone left this at our house.........

wondering where this came from..and who it belongs to........found on the kitchen counter in florida..any takers?

I learnt to read the fine print

so we are checking our favorite coffee....eight oclock....and it looks like the 100% columbian and the regular is the same price...$4.38 what a deal...then you look closer and the columbian is 11 oz. the regular is 12 oz......tricky huh?

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If you pull up to the drive thru window at MacDonald's in Wildwood, Florida and order a fish burger..they are a little confused as to what you want...and question you in a condescending voice : do you mean the "fillet OH! fish"? Seldom have I detected such a superior attitude from a do-you-want-fries-with-that worker bee.

Bill Maher Article....

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-maher/new-rule-stop-saying-sex_b_478545.html

"Not" found on itunes

I find myself.........

I learnt no mo "Hey Song" at NFL evetns..........

I learnt the NFL banned this song.......for those not up on their '70s glam rockers:

Gary Glitter's instrumental portion (Part 2) attracted most of the attention; it hit #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 back in 1972.........in the years since, Part 2 of the song has often been played at various sporting events particularly when the home teams scores (or wins).

The nickname "The Hey Song" refers to fact that the only intelligible word in Part 2 is the exclamation of "hey," punctuating the end of several instrumental phrases and repeated three times at the song's chorus. At sporting events, fans often insert their own "hey," or sometimes other chanted syllables

Gary Glitter's life took a turn for the worse since he gave us "Rock and Roll, Part II," He's served three years in prison in Vietnam after being convicted in March of 2006 of child molestation. A 1999 conviction on possession of child pornography in Britain got him two months in jail there....so you probably don't see much of him on the oldy goldy concert circuits any more.

I learnt that if you have $16.95.........

you can buy a vegetable cutter at Ace Hardware that will enable you to slice a potato ......producing "french fries" that are the exact same size...which will enable you to bake them in the over...and they all will get done at the same time because they are the same size...and you can eat a garden veggie burger on wheat bread with mustard, onion, and relish.... and it tastes just like a regualr burger with oil fried french fries..almost

I learnt how much hair weighs.............

Baybo and I have a bet as to who can lose the most weight by spring break...I have tried every way in the world to lose pounds......can't seem to lose any more..........so I figured...what the hell..this will help. Turns out it is less than a pound. I guess it wasn't much weight, because my hair is such a beautifully fine texture?

Targus Laptop Case

I learnt that any Targus Laptop case is warrantied for life. We bought one when we first moved out here about 3 years ago. We have used it to drag our laptop around everywhere. One day I noticed the strap appeared frayed and slightly torn. I emailed Targus and they said 100% warranty forever. I shipped the old case back to Targu. It cost me $10.50 UPS to pay the freight out..they pay the freight back. About a week or ten days later I have my brand spankin new Targus Case. Is America great or what?

best merlot I ever had - 14 Hands 2007

I had this wine last night: 14 Hands 2007 Merlot. We bought a case and split it with some people at work. It isn't available in retail stores, but you can order it out of Washington State. It is the best Merlot I have ever had...in a bottle.

ash me what I know....

I actually learned last year that people mark their forehead on ash wednesday. I swear to god, I have neveer seen or heard of that practice....I was at work and I told a cowoker she had some black stuff on her forehead. she told me it was an ash wednesday mark. How could I have live almost 60 years and never heard of that?

The height of olive oil

I learned that if you buy a certain size bottle of olive oil...and don't screw the cap down completely..it will not fit in the cabinet. you must twist the cap till it will twist no mo.

fried corn on the cob

Last night Plou and I both went to a Black Eyed Pea restaurant for the first time...and I had fried corn on the cob for the first time. I ordered a vegetable plate and one of the items was fried corn..which I thought would be corn cut off the cob and fried....but noooooooooooooo...it was deep fried corn on the cob with a batter. pretty interesting....the place kinda reminded me of the cracker barrel.

I learnt about oven cooked bacon

I have been wrestling with bacon for years....always cooking in a cast iron skillet...splattering grease everywhere as I turned it..having to cook in two batches because it would not all lay out flat.......Sunday I thought about putting it in the oven on a cookie sheet to cook......i thought it might splatter or make a mess in the oven...called baybo and boan..got their expert advice...and popped it in at 375 degrees for about 8 - 10 mins...I think things cook faster out here at high altitude..but I could be wrong.........anyway it turned out very nice and easy...I am switching over to oven cooked bacon now!