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BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
news:un68kf$3lbs6$1@dont-email.me: 

> On 18.12.2023 20.45, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>> news:uktjdi$1ehe2$1@dont-email.me: 
>> 
>>> On 29.11.2023 15.32, Merlyne wrote:
>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>> news:uju78v$30e5t$1@dont-email.me: 
>>>>
>>>>> On 22.11.2023 14.33, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>> news:uje3dj$3vrc7$3@dont-email.me: 
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 08.11.2023 14.11, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>>>> news:uibe2e$jd54$1@dont-email.me: 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 25.10.2023 16.26, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>>>>>> news:uh0uam$1rgvu$1@dont-email.me: 
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 18.10.2023 13.55, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>>>>>>>> news:ug8rog$2gsqe$1@dont-email.me: 
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 04.10.2023 16.13, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:uffa2h$348kf$1@dont-email.me: 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 26.09.2023 14.11, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:ueqslj$1nv5a$1@dont-email.me: 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Merlyne:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> #Happy birthday to youuuu
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Aw....
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You remembered :)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Well, of course. It's why I'm here.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If not here, you can always send me an email.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> And woke up in the middle of the night to post.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That's so sweet!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> yeah - funny story. I did two batches of bread and then
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I had to go lie down for a bit because the back was
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> twisty-knotty. And then I slept for like 6 hours.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Maybe you need an anti-fatigue mat for your kitchen.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> What on earth is an anti-fatigue mat? And will it clash
>>>>>>>>>>>>> with the linoleum? 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> It's a mat that is padded so it is kinder to your back and
>>>>>>>>>>>> legs if you have to stand for long periods of time.
>>>>>>>>>>> Sounds like something that will make me even more unsteady
>>>>>>>>>>> on my feet than I already am. Squishy floor...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> No one is more wobby than me.
>>>>>>>>>> It's a mat, it's not like standing on a bosu ball.
>>>>>>>>> Okay, then. I've never heard of an anti-fatigue mat before. Or
>>>>>>>>> a bosu ball. You sure have some mighty strange stuff over
>>>>>>>>> there in foreignland. 
>>>>>>>> You mean helpful.
>>>>>>> I said what I said. And I still don't know what a bozo ball
>>>>>>> is... 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's like half a stability ball.
>>>>> So not really a ball at all... Figures.
>>>>>
>>>> How?
>>> Well, half a ball will be as flat as the earth on one side.
>> 
>> My brane hurts.
> 
> You should have accepted that brane massage when I offered, possibly.
> Or is it the cold?
> 

Your fingers were sticky.

>>>>>>>>>>>> They come in a variety of colours.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Black goes with everything.
>>>>>>>>>>> It would have matched my coffee maker but I got rid of that
>>>>>>>>>>> (because of it not being able to make coffee).
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I usually get another one when mine breaks.
>>>>>>>>> And I probably will too. I just haven't gotten around to it
>>>>>>>>> yet. A(nother) cheap one, they never seem to last very long no
>>>>>>>>> matter how often I decalcify.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Do you have a well?
>>>>>>> No. I live on a very big block of chalk with some dirt on top.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The city here dredges water from the rivers but then it goes
>>>>>> through a filtration plant before it is piped into to people's
>>>>>> houses. 
>>>>> I Copenhagen they use (or used to at least) water from the lakes -
>>>>> which are actually remnants of the fortifications. Filtered and
>>>>> possibly treated with chlorine (for the brane washing obviously).
>>>>
>>>> They put toxic floride in our city water I guess to prevent
>>>> cavities or something.
>>>
>>> I think that is actually the reason some places flouridate the
>>> drinking water. Around here we use tooth paste for that.
>>>
>> Occasionally, I get fluoride treatments at the dentist.
>> I'm pretty sure it's just a money grab.
> It does have some positive benefits for the teeth as well, so I've
> heard. And who have ever heard of a dentist who recommends treatments
> not strictly necessary?
> 

Who wants X-rays?
I love how they drop a lead sheet on me and then flee the building.
Not harmful at all. just my imagination.
And then they charge $500

>>>>> Otherwise we don't really have a lot of surface water so it's
>>>>> mostly ground water from wells. Hence the calcium content.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Isn't calcium bad for your heart?
>>> Not especially, I don't think. It builds strong bones - or brittle
>>> if one is an older person (more so women than men I've heard).
>>>
>> I heard it leaves plaque on heart or clogs your arteries or
>> something. 
> That's cholesterol mostly, I believe. Calcium builds up on your teeth
> if you are a dry-mouth. And fluoride does nothing about that.
> 

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/study-links-too-much-calcium-to-
heart-disease-20100812204

>>>> My well water has lime and iron. Well not anymore.
>>> Lime I would worry about a bit. I've seen in the movies what it can
>>> do to dead bodies. A bit extra iron is probably good for you.
>>>
>> The use lye to dissolve bpdy parts.
> Also quicklime solution - so I've been lead to believe.
> 

I guess I missed that episode of Murdoch Mysteries.

>>>>>>>>>> I have a French press for emergencies.
>>>>>>>>> OOOhh. Fancy. I have two, actually. I garish red plastic. I
>>>>>>>>> use one sometimes when I have whole bean coffee and grind it
>>>>>>>>> myself. 
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> And a bread machine to make the dough.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> The day I knead a bread machine is the day I stop
>>>>>>>>>>>>> baking... 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> D'oh!
>>>>>>>>>>>> No, no, you don't knead the machine. The machine kneads the
>>>>>>>>>>>> dough. 
>>>>>>>>>>> But will it form the dough into delicious and appealing
>>>>>>>>>>> bread and buns. 
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> You can have it bake a loaf.
>>>>>>>>>> Anything that is shaped, you have to do yourself.
>>>>>>>>> And that's the best bit anyway - making bread in funny shapes.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Penises?
>>>>>>> I meant braided or heart shaped or shaped like dinosaurs or
>>>>>>> folded into attractive morsels of goodness, but whatever raises
>>>>>>> your dough... 
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I usually make dinner rolls. Round.
>>>>> Today I made some burger buns. I had to in order to properly serve
>>>>> the pre-shaped burger patties I had in the freezer. Now I have
>>>>> burger buns but no more burger patties. Oh well.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> You need to be better organized, sounds like.
>>> I can use the buns for other things than burgers. I only had the
>>> patties because I happened to buy a non-standard measure of
>>> mincemeat so I had some left over - enough for two burger patties as
>>> it happened. 
>>>
>> Mincemeat? that's mostly raisins I believe.
> Minced meat, then - what a silly, silly language.
> 

It's not the language that's silly rather to culture that decided to 
call chopped up dried fruit mincemeat.

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