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Apocalypse now
The usual suspects
Jaws
Any of the Clint Eastwood westerns
The Godfather movies
Goodfellas


Etc
Lots of good movies listed so far. My favorites are the ones we end up talking about, or quoting lines from all the time.

One I find myself quoting this time is year, is Madagascar. If you haven't seen this animated movie, the premise is these penguins in a zoo figure out they're from Antarctica. So shenanigans ensure and they eventually steal a cargo ship to get there. They're all excited, pop the door to a complete whiteout blizzard. They stare for a while, and one says "Well, this sucks!".

So every time I look out side and it's snowing, that's my quote...

Gonna wind down now. Have to try to sneak out and get a fasting blood draw for the annual physical tomorrow morning. Was going try this morning. But couldn't sleep, and wanted a snack at 2am. Fortunately, it's just a walk in thing for blood draws. Maybe a hamburger and fries for dinner weren't the best choice for the day before things like a cholesterol profile. :unsure:

Anyway. Goodnight all.
 
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She told you because she feels guilty. Our parents are trying at times. I get it. Try not to be too upset with her. It is hard for them to realize that they are not as indestructible....
Physical body betrayals... signposts of personal mortality? No wonder we sleep less as we age :oops:
Add in feelings of a loss of independence...
is it any wonder there are sketchy decisions being made? 🤨

...Wait a minute
*looks in mirror*
:eek: :eek: :eek:
When I finally found a way back in there was no way to update my profile, which had been wiped clean.
However, I have finally managed to update a few details.
Win Column!
Thanks for adding some deets
We all need that universal clicker to pause and play.
This one?
Hmm, maybe I should have watched this one? :unsure:
Off in pursuit of the sometimes elusive Sleep Weasels . . . .
Me too....night all
Grab 'em by the tail and don't let go!
Lots of good movies listed so far. My favorites are the ones we end up talking about, or quoting lines from all the time.

One I find myself quoting this time is year, is The Penguins of Madagascar.
I love the kids' movies that have jokes for the Big Kids, too :LOL:

Scooby-Doo (the Freddie Prinz Jr movies)
Ratatouille
Cars
Madagascar
Shrek
Ice Age
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Minions
Big

Some... offbeat? movies that are on my list:
  • Arrival
    • based on the Nebula-winning 1998 science fiction novella "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang
  • Breakfast on Pluto
    • Novel by Patrick McCabe
  • I'm a Cyborg but That's Okay
    • Korean - subtitled
  • Ninja Assassin
  • The Green Mile
    • Novel by Stephen King
  • The 300
  • Keanu (Key & Peele)
  • Chumscrubber
  • Raising Arizona
  • The Nightmare Before Christmas
  • Deepwater Horizon
  • Wall-E
  • The Cornetto Trilogy: Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, The World's End (Simon Pegg, Nick Frost)
  • The Visitor (Richard Jenkins)
  • Sweeny Todd (Helena Bonham Carter)

Yeah - I watch most movies solo :ROFLMAO:
Shocker, hmm?
 
On the way to work, I got a text saying

"There's a little crud going around the boat that a couple of the guys have, so you might want to stop and get your favorite cough drops or cold medicine."

It should've said

"There's a deadly flu running through the crew, bring a HazMat Team with Fumigation Equipment!"
How did they not shut your boat down?
🤬🤬🤬
 
I baked fruit cake number 2. A 1/2 cup each of pecans, walnuts, dried cherries, apricots and dates. The batter just holds all the good stuff together. The small amount of Scotch just helps the flavor and orange juice marinade will keep it moist! Recipe ?

I think my blood sugar rose by 20% just thinking about it 😂
I would LOVE the recipe, please! 😘🥰
 
I had pneumonia the flu all at the same time.... i tried to go work a shift in the er.... i was sick....noone noticed

I also went in to svt during a code. My coworkers didnt notice. The guy i was hanging a nitro gtt on said i didnt look so good.... i finished my shift after i did the vagal removal and slowed my heart rate down
Someone probably noticed. They just didn't want to say anything because they would be short staffed if you left!

One of the things I admire about the kids today. They're not taking the crap we did.
 
The texture thing is a high hurdle for some. Oysters were always a part of coastal living growing up, and we had then in any “R” month if’n it wasn’t too hot. Especially when we’d go harvest them off the oyster rocks. I’ve only recently come to understand Oyster Stew was a Christmas Eve tradition for most. We would do it anytime we had any left over from a roast or on really cold days.

The stew came out…oh man…it’s always good…it was FANTASTIC this batch! Three pints of some really big oysters and lots of oyster liqueur they were packed in. Local to boot.

I watched the race and sent momma a text…be over afterwards. Got there around noon. We decorate some more, polish off the beans from the day prior. Watch a Christmas movie (did I say she’s in the spirit?), get updates on our little travelers stuck in Austin, TX due to delays, fix some things that needed fix’n, and listened to Andre Bocelli and his family sing Christmas songs…did I mention she’s in the spirit?

It was about this time she pipes up and tells me she put the star on the tree. Now this is a big tin deal, that she Jerry Rigged by gluing two halves together. I didn’t notice it…because nothing gets by me🙄…when it dawns on me.

How the F did she get up there and hang it? 🫩

So now I’m pissed. More so at my self than her. I should have spent the night…mainly to make sure she’s not climbing like a squirrel all over the house hanging decorations. It sort of ruined our fun time as I had to lecture my 82 yr old toddler on the dangers of broken back momma’s climbing ladders! She fell off one a couple years ago but it was n the yard and nothing but pride was harmed.

So, stewing about it, and on Bocelli Christmas special #3…I threw in the towel…called SWMBO to come pick me up ASAP! She got another lecture from SWMBO and I went home and drank a half bottle of wine…

The struggle is real…off to my happy place or an institution today…

——Fireside MZ——

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Astute and observant one, aren't you? 🤣🤣🤣
 
Hey B2…ever done a Figgy Pudding? Was sitting around looking for something different to make this Christmas and thought…why not?

Maybe some of our Mates from across the pond have some experience? I see there are two ways of doing it; Baking and Steaming.

The steaming looks involved and to be honest…that doesn’t sound appetizing!
I told my dad i would make him a custard pie
 
Hey B2…ever done a Figgy Pudding? Was sitting around looking for something different to make this Christmas and thought…why not?

Maybe some of our Mates from across the pond have some experience? I see there are two ways of doing it; Baking and Steaming.

The steaming looks involved and to be honest…that doesn’t sound appetizing!
What exactly is figgy pudding? 🤔
 
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