The Frying Pan

@Stephie to Hubby: thank you, and it's a normal shot, not HDR. The beauty of shooting in raw with a modern camera. Also, don't be a pussy and post some shots ;)

Stephie

@ElendilTheTall I'll forward this ;-)

ElendilTheTall

7150 views, 435 favourites

twas a wild ride

Stephie

7189/438 now ^_^

ElendilTheTall

so it is

still trickling in

not on the front page any more, so it will just be from other people favouriting and people bored enough to go back a day

gained about 50 new followers as well which is nice

Stephie

9:36 AM

@ElendilTheTall Hail to the king, I say.

ElendilTheTall

soon I will have an army of willing slaves to carry my gear up mountains

user116848

@ElendilTheTall Can you give me the link?

ElendilTheTall

"Teach us your ways, O Great One!" they will wail

"I just use Auto"

@Arrowfar flickr.com/photos/cintramontane/24314270704/in/…

Stephie

@Arrowfar starred it for you and others.

user116848

@Stephie Oh thanks!

Stephie

9:38 AM

Now I have to do some creative time shifting to get hubby some time on his PC to do whatever he needs to to to the .raw images.

user116848

@ElendilTheTall Nice!

Stephie

And perhaps re-activate my old flickr account.

ElendilTheTall

@Arrowfar o(_ _;o)

@Stephie does he have Lightroom?

Jolenealaska

darkroom

ElendilTheTall

quiet you

Jolenealaska

9:47 AM

pfft

ElendilTheTall

@jolenealaska does the scroll wheel on your mouse click down like a button?

Jolenealaska

nope

ElendilTheTall

any buttons on the base of the unit?

Jolenealaska

it doesn't appear to be trying

nope

nothing

ElendilTheTall

what about inside the battery compartment?

Jolenealaska

9:49 AM

I spent at least an hour looking for any damn thing

nope

ElendilTheTall

does your mouse look like this?

Jolenealaska

close

ElendilTheTall

no button on top?

Stephie

@ElendilTheTall Lightroom it is.

Jolenealaska

no button at the midde

ElendilTheTall

9:51 AM

@Stephie my rates for lessons are very reasonable. you pay travel expenses ;)

@Jolenealaska ha. so the manual lies completely

they've copied and pasted the instructions from the M110 manual when the mouse isn't actually an M110. If it was, it would have that button.

Stephie

@ElendilTheTall Time, my dear, time is the problem.

ElendilTheTall

It says 'press the button below the scroll wheel to change the DPI', right next to a photo of the mouse with no button below the scroll wheel.

@Stephie does he not come home in the evenings?

Stephie

@ElendilTheTall Home between 7 and 8, add two kids and he's doozing off afterwards.

Jolenealaska

@ElendilTheTall YES!!

ElendilTheTall

@Stephie yowsa, those are long hours

Jolenealaska

9:54 AM

Friggen made me crazy

Stephie

@ElendilTheTall Yup. And nobody really counting overtime.

I keep the home fires burning, mostly.

ElendilTheTall

@Stephie he needs a new job

Stephie

@ElendilTheTall Working on it...

He should be writing a cover letter this weekend.

Trying to fit a few months sabbatical inbetween.

ElendilTheTall

sounds good

Jolenealaska

@Stephie You seem kind of relaxed?

I'd be totally freaking out.

ElendilTheTall

10:02 AM

he still has a job

just with shitty hours

Jolenealaska

for how long?

(the job)

ElendilTheTall

what do you mean?

I assume his job isn't in jeopardy

Jolenealaska

That's USA vs EU.

In the USA jobs are in jeopardy.

Like, daily

user116848

Here too.

user116848

I have been sending my CV to a lot of good companies here these days but haven't gotten any responses yet :/

user116848

10:07 AM

So continuing with the crappy one.

user116848

Here we have lots of population too, that adds to the problem.

user116848

I mean competition and such.

Stephie

@Jolenealaska If he wants, he can keep his job until legal retirement age. Unless he drops dead before or steals the company silver.

Jolenealaska

I have a hard time dealing with the fact that on a good day my CV might have a better chance in Pakistan.

ElendilTheTall

@Stephie gets caught stealing the company silver ;)

Stephie

10:09 AM

Right...

Oh, and the sabbatical would be using "saved" time/money from the last decade or so.

user116848

@Jolenealaska Haha absolutely. Western education takes a preference here.

Jolenealaska

@Arrowfar Weirdness though....

I am pretty well educated.

I haven't earned a single degree.

Not a BS in sight.

Stephie

@Jolenealaska It's always those darn stamps that count in the end, right?

Couldn't you take some of your credits and have some college turn that into a degree? Sort of mix-and-match?

Jolenealaska

The jury on that is still out

user116848

But Jojo, you and all others here are in a better place.

user116848

10:15 AM

Here even with a good job life pretty much sucks.

Jolenealaska

@Stephie Yes, years ago that mattered.

Stephie

@Jolenealaska It still does here.

Jolenealaska

It does here too...

but...

Stephie

Yeah, I know. Yours are special circumstances.

Jolenealaska

how much are you willing to suck it up?

No, my circumstances aren't special.

I just said "no" early on.

@Arrowfar I can't really come from your place.

@Stephie Yes... I could earn a BS almost instantly.

I will now entertain reasons why I would care to do that.

tick

tock

ElendilTheTall

10:26 AM

you get to wear robes like Harry Potter

Jolenealaska

Yes, photo-ops too

except...

I can't stand pictures of myself.

Stephie

@Jolenealaska You look good!

Jolenealaska

HAH!

ElendilTheTall

everyone looks good in a mortarboard

Stephie

@Jolenealaska I saw your picture!

Jolenealaska

10:31 AM

Damn... Even that is ugly.

Stephie

@Jolenealaska Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Love your hair!

Jolenealaska

The evil step-bitch will not allow any pride...EVER

Stephie

@Jolenealaska Ha! Are you really going to give her power over you after all that time? Even if she's not here?

Jolenealaska

That is key

I'm 48

Stephie

I'm not that much younger.

Jolenealaska

10:35 AM

I tend to think of her last every day

user116848

Stephie how old are you? If you don't mind me asking.

Stephie

Without wanting to sound like a self-help book: Time for new routines.

@Arrowfar I'm younger than jojo, older than rumi, and I have two kids. The oldest is nine. Let that suffice.

Jolenealaska

Easy to say

Stephie

@Jolenealaska Preaching to the choir, darling!

user116848

@Stephie Cool heh.

user116848

10:40 AM

@Jolenealaska So do you talk to your step mother Jojo?

Jolenealaska

@Arrowfar not for almost 30 years

I did send her a bitchy email

user116848

lol

user116848

So at first I didn't get what "step bitch" means then it all made sense, lol.

Cindy

Good morning all.

Jolenealaska

She was awful

user116848

10:42 AM

Good morning Cindy!

Jolenealaska

narcissistic cunt from hell

Cindy

Oh my! What did I wander into?

user116848

Haha. That's a strong word LOL!

Jolenealaska

I only didn't kill her because I'm too nice.

Stephie

@Cindy jojos ghosts from the past. And me not telling my age.

user116848

10:44 AM

@Cindy Crossfire ;-)

user116848

<j/k>

Cindy

I sure would hate to be the target. ;)

ElendilTheTall

Cindy

@ElendilTheTall Whew! That was close!

Thanks for the save!

I am sooooo glad it's Friday. I am exhausted. And being sick isn't helping.

ElendilTheTall

(it's a very homey bunker)

Cindy

10:59 AM

Lol! Sounds pretty good, though! :)

Jolenealaska

I will stand guard

against the c*nt from hell

Cindy

The antibiotic they prescribed hasn't helped. I called Tuesday to ask them to call in something else. They've not called back.

Stephie

@Cindy "They"? As in "the stupid doctors office I will never again go to"?

Cindy

@Stephie Yep.

Jolenealaska

It might be viral. In that case, other illnesses do take precedence.

Feeling crappy only adds to the data.

Throw your doctor a small bone.

Stephie

11:09 AM

But they should prescribe antibiotics only if a bacterial infection is "on top". Typically recognized by the colour of the mucous and other symptoms. <refer to Big Bang Theory for details ;-)>

Jolenealaska

I haven't seen the episode... but... yeah

Throwing stuff that 'just might stick' towards illnesses today...

Stephie

@Jolenealaska bigbangtheory.wikia.com/wiki/The_Pancake_Batter_Anomaly

Jolenealaska

might very well bite us in the ass tomorrow.

I'd like to watch that.

but

Video without my permission pisses me off.

give me a chance to click it

Not you (sorry)

but I click that

Stephie

Sorry! Will keep that in mind next time.

Jolenealaska

and I get to spend all weekend wondering if I can check the weather forecast.

Not you

I have a problem with sites...

that can't wait to show us video

Cindy

11:25 AM

We're getting snow again today. Not complaining though. It's a good reason not to drive 130 miles today.

Stephie

Hihi! Kitty does a great meerkat impersonation. The new cleaning lady is wiping the floor as we speak and he has to watch. Round the corner and over the back of the sofa. Now he goes checking up on her. very cautiously

Jolenealaska

Did you ever see Meercat Manor?

(or meerkat)

Stephie

Only snippets.

Jolenealaska

When I was running the lodge, I loved it.

It cracked me up.

so

It was required watching upon occasion

Stephie

Time to prepare lunch. And perhaps nudge something cake-ey in the oven, we might have a friend coming over for coffee this afternoon. But I don't know if she's doing the lent thing. Hm. But I love cake...

See you all later!

Jolenealaska

11:30 AM

Jeez, has that begun?

Cindy

@Stephie See ya!

Jolenealaska

@Stephie Marc is above joining us here.

I would love to see it, but it won't happen.

His sense of superiority is such that he won't deign to speak to mere mortals like you and me.

Stephie

12:01 PM

@Jolenealaska can't say I didn't try....

Jolenealaska

Yes, you did. I think he is hopeless.

Stephie

And aren't you supposed to use less irony? With your new jewel....?

Never give up on a user.

Jolenealaska

Yes. So I am talking to you.

I have redacted two stingers.

It's pissing me off.

But... nee ner nee ner ne ner I have a diamond and yoo-ou don't!

Erica

@Jolenealaska I have one somewhere else, does that count? ;)

Jolenealaska

Not the same thing at all!

Erica

12:13 PM

:D

Jolenealaska

He's a jerk, but stays just on this side of the line.

very annoying

I almost want to tease him to cross it. But, I won't... At least not today.

maybe tomorrow

Stephie

I still give him the benefit of the doubt (possibly stupidly so) b/c English seems not his first language. And with that comes another cultural context and ways to talk. Not that he would be showing much restraint.

Jolenealaska

OK, do we give French attitude a pass?

never mind him, he's French

Erica

Only if you've got demonstrable evidence that all your other French participants approach questions with a similar attitude.

Broad, possibly irrelevant, and often sarcastic.

Jolenealaska

As far as I know, he's our first vocal Frenchman.

Erica

12:27 PM

heh

perhaps the rest are just silently judging us all

Jolenealaska

I wouldn't have noticed... but

On the cooking site

it stands out

Funny thing, if he were charming, we would love him.

We're overdue for French influence.

user116848

Hello @Erica!

Stephie

Girls, the chat transcripts are public. Be nice!

Jolenealaska

I believe that we are being nice. The guy in question hasn't been booted.

He is this close

I would rather confront him here than on main. Here, I can give a 'facts of life' speech.

And still not get medieval.

If he continues on his current path, he will get booted.

Erica

@Arrowfar Hello :)

@Stephie sorry, I may have gotten into the cooking wine or something, I should know better!

Jolenealaska

12:46 PM

@Erica I think she was talking to me :)

But, I mean it.

He is pushing the envelope

Erica

@Jolenealaska Well, both of us. I certainly wasn't on my best behavior ;)

Jolenealaska

pfft, for everything there is a season.

Jolenealaska

1:44 PM

Marco? I need to go to bed.

ElendilTheTall

Just me, no Marco I'm afraid

Stephie

Night, @Jolenealaska!

Jolenealaska

I am probably up for a bit, a Law and Order I haven't seen for ages is coming on.

ElendilTheTall

tut

tut

Jolenealaska

That gives me time to straighten my bed, floss extra well, perhaps make pizza dough for Sunday...

that reminds me...

favorite pizza dough recipe?

Stephie

1:52 PM

Flour, water, salt, very little yeast and a lot of cold resting in the fridge?

(I tend to "wing" it a bit...)

ElendilTheTall

@jolenealaska stephie will sniff at one or two ingredients, but this is Reinhart's and it's never let me down: 8oz flour, 1tsp yeast, 1tsp salt, 1tsp sugar, 1tbsp olive oil, + water

either rise it at room temp or fridge it overnight for better flavour

Stephie

Who would I be to argue with Reinhart? ^_^

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