I thought this might amuse y'all:

We had an exciting night.. the wind knocked down a giant tree in our yard. Fortunately it didn’t damage anything but our fence.

That is a huge one. Very fortunate indeed.

I'm glad that nobody was hurt

I had to look up "excuse" - I never realized there was any difference.

@ColleenVpartedways We were once camping in the woods, and a huge pine fell not far from our tent. Had it fell on our tent, someone would surely have died, especially since the nearest hospital was many kilometers away, with at least 10 kilometer treck just to reach the nearest car-driven road

@CowperKettle oh wow that’s scary.

I had trouble getting back to sleep under a roof, I can’t imagine being in a tent.

People say its a great thing to take a cold shower. How do you do that if your environment is cold? Damn ...

I tried ...

@AIQ Get out in the snow

well it snows very rarely here ... and it ain't much when it does ...

lol we are so unprepared for snow that when it does, universities are closed for a day or two

buses stop running

Whoa

You're from Moana?

where is that?

no

Remembers same thing happens here

In my experience, whenever there's snow, everyone except us has to stay home

oh ... snow quickly becomes black ice. It snows and rains at the same time sometimes. And it actually hurts if you are outside - like a burning sensation

we don't have those snow trucks to clear the road

Vancouver does

I still prefer cold weather to hot

Vancouver is overrated

hahaha :P

Etymology piece of the day

Anyone saw the new outlook or something

Outlook?

I mean not really an outlook, its kind of like a blue ribbon instead of the yellow ones

blue ribbon at the top

of the question

that's a very interesting and fun post ... thanks M.A.R.

These "purge" movies/tv shows are terrifying

I am truly concerned

@AIQ The Purge?

Nah, they're kinda crap. I don't wanna spoil the fun if you enjoy them, more power to you if you do so.

But the overall message is . . . nonexistent.

I don't enjoy them...

The film(s), when they do have something to say or do other than pernicious horror cliches, are simply pretentious. They pretend they're saying something about the society, but what is that, really?

'cause saying that crimes happen because people need to go berserk on something is absolute horsesh!t

I pray that something like that never happens

Christmas songs on repeat in Starbucks

Haha

It could be worse, Christmas specials on repeat on TVs

that jingle bell song

Japanese food - so well decorated always. And very healthy.

Very colorful.

I wanna learn to cook them ...

They probably un cook them

oh yes I can't eat raw food though

one time me and my friend went to a restaurant, and I ordered a well-done steak. I wanted my meat completely dead.

my friend was embarrassed

anyone here know how the site seasoned advice is? I mean are people nice there?

Seasoned advice? There might be some saltiness, but you won't leave the site with a bad taste in your mouth.

@M.A.R. I read that in a French accent.

Un ball. Un 'amburger.

Lol. 8)

This week's treated me well. I bought myself some (knock-off) Jaffa Cakes and pretzel sticks.

Everyone knows Jaffa Cakes. I was playing this game a while ago with some Bri'ish acquaintances online and they mentioned them too. I asked them why they call them cakes and not, say, biscuits, to which they knew better than to reply because I can't stop talking about <whatever I just happened to notice about English>.

I realize now it's also cupcakes, so I think I see some kinda pattern. If it's softish, it's more likely than not to be a cake.