The Frying Pan

Jefromi

12:53 AM

@Jolenealaska oh god yes, I have been fuming while watching the coverage

Jolenealaska

It's just unreal, isn't it?

Jefromi

Yeah, I guess I'm in a bit of a bubble from not watching a lot of TV? But I was just really surprised, felt like I'd gone back years.

Seems like total amateur hour, couldn't believe how clueless they seemed to be.

The "wife of a bears lineman" thing wasn't just the Chicago Tribune, it was in the on-air coverage.

They started the segment talking about her husband, blah blah NFL this and that, now why are we talking about him? Because of this lady who's in the olympics!

Jolenealaska

I'm in the same boat. I very rarely watch TV, and I mostly get my news online. The line that really killed me in that article was the one crediting the husband for his wife's win.

Jefromi

Yeah.

I was watching when they said that too.

I know being on TV and talking constantly is hard, so there are going to be some generic sportscasters, but I wish they'd at least have one seriously qualified person there to keep things on the rails.

Surely if they had a female swimmer in the booth with that guy...

Jolenealaska

Only if she is wearing a swimsuit!

Jefromi

1:11 AM

sighhhhh

Jolenealaska

fusion.net/story/334327/…

Jefromi

China's Sweetheart Swimmer Fu Yuanhui Wins Bronze, Doesn't Know It [English subtitles]

►

something a bit more positive from the olympics

Jolenealaska

That made me cry!

Awesome video!

Jefromi

yeah!

and from the semifinals I think:

Chinese swimmer Fu Yuanhui is SUPEREXCITED about her time on 100m backstroke - Rio 2016 Olympics

►

I don't know exactly what she's been through, sounds like it's been kind of rough, so I'm super happy she did well!

Jolenealaska

I'm going to research it, because one way or another, I want to quote her in my book.

Jefromi

1:20 AM

nymag.com/thecut/2016/08/…

more amazing photos and stuff

I love the "rage" one

Jolenealaska

Great find. This makes my day, and earlier today I had my final court appearance for the crap I've been dealing with.

So all in all, have had a pretty good day!

Jefromi

Yeah, I saw, glad you've gotten through it!

Jolenealaska

I was the fourth of five to answer his 50 or so questions.

One of the questions was, "Have you ever filed for bankruptcy before?"

I was the only one of the four I heard to answer in the negative.

I was also the only one to make the guy laugh.

I made him laugh several times :-)

I half wanted to invite him to dinner.

Jefromi

1:36 AM

haha, yikes

I wonder if you were just lucky or if most people who file have filed before :(

Jolenealaska

An interesting part of the process is that you have to file a document called "Statement of Exemption from Presumption of Abuse Under §707(b)(2)" basically asking if you make less than 150% of the median income for your town.

So, if I made over $130,000 last year, I would have to file some extra stuff explaining how I can make 130,000 a year yet can't pay my debts.

Jefromi

for a second I forgot the 150% and was very surprised at the high standard of living there!

$87k is still... pretty high though!

Jolenealaska

It's actually closer to 70 or 75. I was basically pulling figures out of my ass.

Jefromi

Oh, ok.

Yeah, wikipedia says $67k in 2009, but still, 4th highest state.

Jolenealaska

The high average reflects the cost of living here too.

The grocery store would shock the hell out of you.

Jefromi

1:45 AM

Yeah, I figured.

I've been to Hawaii, I have some idea.

Jolenealaska

Same principle

Jefromi

Yup!

Jolenealaska

Alaska and Hawaii have an odd affinity. There are many, many people here who only go back-and-forth between the two states.

Jefromi

We cooked for ourselves some while there and yeah, not cheap, especially the produce.

@Jolenealaska well y'all are right next to each other on the map, only fair

Jolenealaska

It's produce here that will kill you too. We can grow 1200 pound pumpkins, but not much more.

@Jefromi :-)

@Jefromi and Alaska is only slightly larger!

Jefromi

1:51 AM

amazing!

Jolenealaska

This is worth a look:

google.com/…

Jefromi

weeeee

Jolenealaska

I love my state, even if we will give our electoral votes to Trump.

I am sending an email to every elected Democrat in the state quoting Trump as saying that the change of name from Mount McKinley to Denali is a slap in the face to Ohio.

Hopefully, they will pass that on to voters.

Since I finished my court stuff today, I have time for that kind of nonsense! And, I'll be spending more time here too.

I haven't written a letter to the editor since before we legalized pot. I think that Trump quote belongs in the Anchorage Daily News! And the Alaska Digest and many more. OOOH a project! :-)

A close childhood friend is an Olympic silver medalist, and a worldwide gold medalist (no relation).

Natasha Kaiser-Brown

Natasha Kaiser-Brown (born May 14, 1967) is an American sprinter who specialized in the 400 meter run, and is the current Drake University track and field coach. Kaiser-Brown was born in Des Moines, Iowa. In high school, she was a nine-time state champion for Des Moines Roosevelt and is the current record-holder for the 100 meter and sprint medley relay events. At the 1991 Pan American Games she finished fourth in the 400 meter run and won a gold medal in 4 x 400 meter relay. She won a silver medal in the relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics with her teammates Gwen Torrence, Jearl Miles and Rochelle...

@ElendilTheTall Guess what I just found out? Bill Bryson went to my high school.

Jefromi

3:41 AM

@Jolenealaska I'm glad to see he's dumb about that kind of thing too....

Jolenealaska

@Jefromi It will be my pleasure to get that out as much as I can.

Jolenealaska

4:28 AM

Wow... For the Washington Post (of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein fame) to put out something this polarizing, this close to an election is unprecedented.

washingtonpost.com/opinions/…

I have never seen such a respected newspaper do that. Yeeouch.

3 more months.

Jolenealaska

8:14 AM

Liiiinnnndddyyyy

ElendilTheTall

9:03 AM

@Jolenealaska o/

Jolenealaska

Hi Baby!

ElendilTheTall

que pasa

Jolenealaska

Dad watched the GoT trailer. He's convinced :)

Did you see what I said just above about Bill Bryson?

ElendilTheTall

yes

small world/state/town eh?

Jolenealaska

Pretty cool, huh?

ElendilTheTall

9:06 AM

2 degrees of separation :)

Jolenealaska

I'm going to buy A Short History of Nearly Everything tomorrow.

ElendilTheTall

Nice one

His last good one actually

Started to get less entertaining after that

Jolenealaska

I love pop science, so I'm sure I will like it.

ElendilTheTall

Doing the cryptic crossword, wanna join me?

Jolenealaska

Sure

ElendilTheTall

9:09 AM

Airy underwear item, (1-6)

Jolenealaska

What is 1-6?

ElendilTheTall

the number of letters

hyphenated

Jolenealaska

So it is 6 letters long? Then what is the 1?

ElendilTheTall

no, it's one letter, a hyphen, then six letters :)

Jolenealaska

G-String?

ElendilTheTall

9:12 AM

correctomundo

Jolenealaska

the 1-6 made that one easy.

ElendilTheTall

ya

ok...

No real news from a place in the USA (3,7)

Jolenealaska

USA Today? No...

ElendilTheTall

remember the literal clue is always at one end, so it's either 'no real news' or 'a place in the USA'

the latter would seem more literal

Jolenealaska

New something...

ElendilTheTall

9:16 AM

that means the other bit is word play, or an anagram

only so many famous New somethings in the US I would think

especially with the letters no real ___s

Jolenealaska

New England?

ElendilTheTall

(－‸ლ)

Jolenealaska

I take it that's a no?

ElendilTheTall

rearrange noreals

Jolenealaska

New Orleans

ElendilTheTall

9:18 AM

yay

you must slap yourself in the forehead

:P

I already have :)

Spirited tale (5,5)

ghost story

👍

oil installation I had made stiff (5)

Jolenealaska

Does "stiff" refer to a drink?

ElendilTheTall

9:22 AM

you tell me

look for the literal clue first

Jolenealaska

I keep trying to make "pipeline" work.

ElendilTheTall

well, perhaps the literal clue isn't 'oil installation'

Jolenealaska

made stiff...

I don't suppose the answer is erect?

ElendilTheTall

you wish ;)

Jolenealaska

Among synonyms for "stiff" is rigid, and an oil installation is a rig. Rigid?

ElendilTheTall

9:31 AM

bingo!

Rig

Jolenealaska

YAY!

ElendilTheTall

I had = I'd = id

rigid

Jolenealaska

Oh FFS

ElendilTheTall

:D

here's one I haven't got yet

Bad luck that the gangster rings (6)

last letter is O

Can't think of a word meaning 'bad luck' ending in o

but 'rings' is plural

which would seem to require a plural ending

Jolenealaska

What does a gangster ring?

ElendilTheTall

9:38 AM

¯(ツ)/¯

Jolenealaska

Lets look at a cross clue.

ElendilTheTall

O comes from Orleans

ah, here's one

Passed being pleased, perhaps (7)

anagram of pleased probably

E _ A _ _ _ _

Jolenealaska

I see an anagram, but it makes no sense.

Oh, yes it does...

elapsed

ElendilTheTall

bingo

so our gangster clue is _ _ _ D _ O

studio?

hmm

Jolenealaska

I don't see it.

ElendilTheTall

9:44 AM

nor me

ok

Otherwise a Conservative's rhetoric (7)

capital C = member of the Conservative party here in the UK

colloquially known as a Tory/the Tories

oratory!

Jolenealaska

do we know any letters?

ElendilTheTall

all of 'em

:D

so that's _ O _ D _ O

Jolenealaska

I'll buy that.

ElendilTheTall

voodoo?

hoodoo?

let me look up hoodoo

it must be hoodoo

hood = gangster

rings = Os

Jolenealaska

OK, but I have never heard of hoodoo.

ElendilTheTall

9:51 AM

don't blame me for your lack of education, Ms Brown

;)

Depict a man on the left (7) _ O _ _ _ A _

Portray?

Port

ray

yup

Jolenealaska

I had my final court appearance today for my bankruptcy. I am officially bankrupt.

ElendilTheTall

yay!

I guess

erm

Jolenealaska

yeah

ElendilTheTall

so how does that effect your day-to-day?

Jolenealaska

No more calls from bill collectors, mostly.

And it's no longer hanging over me.

My stress level is down considerably.

ElendilTheTall

9:58 AM

all excellent results

maybe I'll declare bankruptcy myself

:)

Jolenealaska

You do have to be a bit convincing :)

ElendilTheTall

I'm straight broke yo!

Jolenealaska

9 hours ago, by Jolenealaska

I was the fourth of five to answer his 50 or so questions.

Also: chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/31613138#31613138

ElendilTheTall

:)

Jolenealaska

I wonder if she has any clue how much she has charmed the world

ElendilTheTall

10:10 AM

indeed

ok

3 clues left and it's complete

Graduate who's never been in a union (8) _ A _ H _ L _ R

Bachelor

it's easier to see when it's written horizontally lol

Jolenealaska

LOL that was a good one.

ElendilTheTall

Dexterity that sounds trifling (7) _ _ _ _ G _ T

must be GHT

Jolenealaska

slight

ElendilTheTall

Sleight

Gave a fellow the wrong date (7) _ O _ A _ E _

Is it not 'sleight of hand' in USE too?

Jolenealaska

No, I think it is usually spelled slight.

ElendilTheTall

10:14 AM

merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleight%20of%20hand

only if you're spelling it wrong it would seem :P

Jolenealaska

Apparently that is correct. TIL

ElendilTheTall

anagram of AFELLOW... go

hmmm

I can't see any

Jolenealaska

I can't either

ElendilTheTall

hmmm

can't be anagram then

Jolenealaska

I still don't see one and I'm using handy Scrabble tiles.

ElendilTheTall

10:20 AM

maybe it's not date but gave

hmmm

ah ha

Donated

Jolenealaska

What was the whole clue?

ElendilTheTall

> Gave a fellow the wrong date (7) _ O _ A _ E _

Jolenealaska

I think that one would've had me stumped for quite a while.

ElendilTheTall

nah

you're sharp as a tack

Jolenealaska

:D

ElendilTheTall

10:27 AM

well, now i'm bored

Jolenealaska

Troi called me today to let me know that I played an illegal word last weekend :)

I'm actually very close to having to go to bed

ElendilTheTall

mmmm hmmm

Jolenealaska

I have a dog that needs me in the mornings these days.

So I need to be up before the break of noon

ElendilTheTall

mmmmm hmmm

:P

Jolenealaska

I'm about to lose this dog too, his family is moving. So, tomorrow I'll put my flyers again.

ElendilTheTall

10:34 AM

"WANNA SEE YOUR DOG AGAIN? LEAVE $500 IN UNMARKED USED NOTES UNDER THIS FLIER BY MIDNIGHT. NO COPS. PLEASE TEAR OFF MY DETAILS, HAVE A NICE DAY"

Jolenealaska

:D you

ElendilTheTall

me

Jolenealaska

This dog is the polar opposite of Tooth-Monster. So sweet.

With one ear that stands straight up, and one ear that flops.

ElendilTheTall

an autistic person's nightmare

Jolenealaska

That sounds like a clue to the crossword puzzle you've got me playing.

ElendilTheTall

10:39 AM

lol

Jolenealaska

It's almost 3, I'd better go to bed.

I may be here before you head home.

ElendilTheTall

okey dokey

thanks for your puzzle assistance ;D

Jolenealaska

CYA hon

ElendilTheTall

o7

Jolenealaska

11:25 AM

Aarrgghh

no sleepy?

no sleepy

my fault? :D

you wish :)

ooo, burn

11:27 AM

I had a funny moment earlier today

ElendilTheTall

oh?

Jolenealaska

The courthouse is downtown. I avoid downtown like the plague.

I gave myself an extra half an hour just to make sure that I would find a parking space.

I found one, right in front of the courthouse.

ElendilTheTall

'a funny thing happened to me on the way to the courthouse'

Jolenealaska

but, here's the thing. I'm not sure... lol

I'm not sure that I have parallel parked since leaving Maryland 17 years ago.

I finally just gave up and asked some stranger on the sidewalk to park for me.

ElendilTheTall

lol

and she never saw her car again

Jolenealaska

11:31 AM

Please! Someone steal my car!

I've kept the key in the ignition since the day I purchased it.

ElendilTheTall

lol

'free to a good home, just scatter some glass around first'

Jolenealaska

The bankruptcy trustee seemed a bit incredulous when I told him that my car is an 89.

It's the well parked one in front of the building.

ElendilTheTall

you do seem to see a lot fewer older cars these days

they all seem to be within 7 or 8 years old

planned obsolescence probably

Jolenealaska

It's true

ElendilTheTall

buy Japanese

it's the only way

Jolenealaska

11:37 AM

And apparently 89 was a good year for Ford Tempos.

I was perhaps in basic training when the car was built.

ElendilTheTall

learning your musket drill

Jolenealaska

yep!

ElendilTheTall

so

what shall we do

what. shall. we. do.

hmm hmm hmm

okey dokey

ElendilTheTall

12:40 PM

@Cindy hi

Danu

8:12 PM

Hi guys

So I bought something strange at my local asian store.

It's a piece of... pie/cake

The inside is bright green, and has a very unique texture, just like plastic

Sorta strangely stringy, and with quite little flavor too.

Does anyone have any idea what that could be?

Catija

Any images? If it's bright green it's probably matcha flavored, whatever it is...

Danu

I'll try to make an image

It's not really matcha, I think.

It mostly just tastes like dough

I also have a video

Catija

Looks like a giant mochi.

Danu

Video coming up in a bit

The way it tears is kinda horrifying

vid.me/60GS

@Catija What do you think about it?

Jefromi

@Danu I'm not sure I recognize it but yeah I'd guess it has some kind of glue-y starch, maybe tapioca or glutinous rice

Danu

8:25 PM

Is something like this worth posting a question on the site for? Or is it kind of a long shot to hope for something more specific?

Jefromi

You could certainly try!

Especially if you know what kind of store it is (Chinese?) someone might recognize the specific thing.

or maybe no one will, hard to say

Danu

I think it was mostly Thai stuff

but then again, I'm in Munich so "Thai" might be meaningless here ;)

Catija

No reason not to. :) Particularly since you have an image, which is useful.

Danu

8:41 PM

Done.

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