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scrubbedexpat097 Dec 23rd 2016 12:48 am
Re: All I want for Christmas is..
 
Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing (Post 12134927)
I would gladly do your list of chores if I didn't have one of my own that stretched to inside the orbit of Venus.

Working this close to Christmas sucks goat balls. Everyone has shut down mentally and nothing productive gets done. I'm not even sure if we'll get out early tomorrow, since it's only Christmas Eve Eve, so I may have to abuse my salary privileges if it gets to it.

5pm at the shops is bad enough at a normal time of the year but at least you're not going to be there on Christmas Eve. I've done the emergency last-minute food run on the way home from work on the 24th in years past and it is utter Bedlam.
I should have been able to leave early today but I let my young guy analyst leave so he could meet his girlfriend at the airport. Young love!

Originally Posted by Rete (Post 12134934)
It will be better than on Christmas Eve or tomorrow.
It was bedlam! It was raining and parking was horrendous. It took me much longer than I thought and then just to finish my day there was a train backed up blocking the crossing so it took me an extra 40 minutes to get home.

But...work is over until Wednesday and now I can enjoy my sausage rolls and start wrapping and cleaning and baking!

MERRY CHRISTMAS Y'ALL!!!!

Rete Dec 23rd 2016 12:51 am
Re: All I want for Christmas is..
 
Originally Posted by livinginnyc (Post 12134948)
If you don't want that I'll gladly take it off your hands :starsmile:
You can't be that desperate. :huh:

Rete Dec 23rd 2016 12:53 am
Re: All I want for Christmas is..
 
Originally Posted by Sugarmooma (Post 12135256)
I should have been able to leave early today but I let my young guy analyst leave so he could meet his girlfriend at the airport. Young love!



It was bedlam! It was raining and parking was horrendous. It took me much longer than I thought and then just to finish my day there was a train backed up blocking the crossing so it took me an extra 40 minutes to get home.

But...work is over until Wednesday and now I can enjoy my sausage rolls and start wrapping and cleaning and baking!

MERRY CHRISTMAS Y'ALL!!!!

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!! On to the good stuff. You have to make this a very Merry Christmas for your Elf in the Crib, SM.

Sis in Florida is desperate for rain. Push them clouds out over the Gulf and to Florida for her.

scrubbedexpat097 Dec 23rd 2016 1:16 am
Re: All I want for Christmas is..
 
Originally Posted by Rete (Post 12135260)
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!! On to the good stuff. You have to make this a very Merry Christmas for your Elf in the Crib, SM.

Sis in Florida is desperate for rain. Push them clouds out over the Gulf and to Florida for her.
The little Elf is going to be so spoiled. I can't wait:lol:

Our rain is the fine misty kind. It has been constant all day. I'll try to send it your sister's way:nod:

SultanOfSwing Dec 23rd 2016 4:13 am
Re: All I want for Christmas is..
 
Originally Posted by Sugarmooma (Post 12135256)
I should have been able to leave early today but I let my young guy analyst leave so he could meet his girlfriend at the airport. Young love!
See, now that was your first mistake. Never give up an early departure from work under any circumstances, except possibly some kind of cash incentive.

Now, what have you learned ... :p

livinginnyc Dec 23rd 2016 1:38 pm
Re: All I want for Christmas is..
 
Originally Posted by mrken30 (Post 12135249)
That's called UHT milk, most people don't use that milk except in emergencies or camping.
Could be Soy or Almond milk too, That stuff doesn't need a fridge either

Originally Posted by Rete (Post 12135259)
You can't be that desperate. :huh:
I takes what I can takes.

Originally Posted by Sugarmooma (Post 12135256)
But...work is over until Wednesday and now I can enjoy send my sausage rolls to LivingInNyc and start wrapping and cleaning and baking!
:goodpost:

scrubbedexpat097 Dec 23rd 2016 5:53 pm
Re: All I want for Christmas is..
 
Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing (Post 12135295)
See, now that was your first mistake. Never give up an early departure from work under any circumstances, except possibly some kind of cash incentive.

Now, what have you learned ... :p
Oh it wasn't done without me gaining from it. He has to work over the NY weekend and I get off 4 days again next weekend.


I have had to be really careful all year not being able to take more than 2 or 3 days off consecutively because neither of my 2 analysts were experienced or certified to run the Lab by themselves. Now it is all changing. Starting January 13th they will both have a years Lab experience, both are certified and both of them now have 4 hours of microbiology added on their transcripts. Finally I can make the most of my exempt position and take more time off.
I am so ready for this to happen.

tom169 Dec 25th 2016 12:05 pm
Re: All I want for Christmas is..
 
Ended up with a grill as a complete surprise. Happy days!

Merry Christmas everyone!

Pulaski Dec 25th 2016 12:23 pm
Re: All I want for Christmas is..
 
Originally Posted by livinginnyc (Post 12134958)
Yule cake is Yule Cake, as long as it's got no GMO's I'll happily take if off your hands. ....
You'll have to be quick to get in ahead of Nutek! :lol:
Originally Posted by tom169 (Post 12136352)
Ended up with a grill as a complete surprise. Happy days!

Merry Christmas everyone!
Merry Christmas indeed! :drinkingwine:

We're waiting until after dinner to open the prezzies. :)

Rete Dec 25th 2016 1:57 pm
Re: All I want for Christmas is..
 
Originally Posted by Pulaski (Post 12136356)
We're waiting until after dinner to open the prezzies. :)

:ohmy: That is so unchristmassy. You make the kidlet wait to open her prezzies? Buh Humbug! Unless dinner is served at 8 a.m. :-)

livinginnyc Dec 25th 2016 5:20 pm
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Originally Posted by Rete (Post 12136372)
:ohmy: That is so unchristmassy. You make the kidlet wait to open her prezzies? Buh Humbug! Unless dinner is served at 8 a.m. :-)
Agreed, we had ours done and dusted by 11am :nod:

Merry Christmas to all!

Pulaski Dec 25th 2016 5:25 pm
Re: All I want for Christmas is..
 
Originally Posted by Rete (Post 12136372)
... That is so unchristmassy. You make the kidlet wait to open her prezzies? Buh Humbug! ....
Some things are a battle with her, but curiously this was not. :unsure:

Rete Dec 25th 2016 6:09 pm
Re: All I want for Christmas is..
 
Originally Posted by livinginnyc (Post 12136399)
Agreed, we had ours done and dusted by 11am :nod:
We had the family over for Christmas Eve. The grandkids and their parents were finished by 8 pm. It was always a tradition once the girls married and left home that they spent the Eve with us, had Christmas morning with their kids at their home and they then went to the in-laws for Christmas Dinner.

Originally Posted by Pulaski (Post 12136401)
Some things are a battle with her, but curiously this was not. :unsure:
Hubby and I don't buy gifts for under the tree for each other. He gave me the plane tickets for my NY visit in January and I bought him his gift which was delivered two weeks ago. It would have been too big for under the tree.

Glad she was more than willing to wait. Not so my children growing up nor my grandkids today. First presents and then a special Christmas breakfast is the norm.

Mallory Dec 26th 2016 2:42 am
Re: All I want for Christmas is..
 
No snow. 75 deg and sunny. Saw the snow on TV though - very pretty.

Sarah Dec 26th 2016 5:35 am
Re: All I want for Christmas is..
 
I would like a Boxing Day for Christmas.

loubiblu Dec 26th 2016 1:31 pm
Re: All I want for Christmas is..
 
Originally Posted by Sarah (Post 12136559)
I would like a Boxing Day for Christmas.
We're doing this today as it's only a few blocks from our house and I'm intrigued to see what Americans think a traditional English Boxing Day entails...

http://www.ehfop.org


Spoiler:
Turkey sandwiches, arguments over board games and dragging the kids out for an energetic walk in our case!

tom169 Dec 26th 2016 3:21 pm
Re: All I want for Christmas is..
 
Originally Posted by loubiblu (Post 12136648)
We're doing this today as it's only a few blocks from our house and I'm intrigued to see what Americans think a traditional English Boxing Day entails...

http://www.ehfop.org


Spoiler:
Turkey sandwiches, arguments over board games and dragging the kids out for an energetic walk in our case!
An English boxing day to me is being sat around all day watching soccer or another sport.

Which is what I'm doing now after being out to fill the propane tank for a nice steak. :thumbsup:

Rete Dec 26th 2016 4:22 pm
Re: All I want for Christmas is..
 
Originally Posted by Sarah (Post 12136559)
I would like a Boxing Day for Christmas.
Christmas fell on a Sunday this year. Many business offices are closed today so in essence if you are an office worker you might well have Boxing Day off.

livinginnyc Dec 26th 2016 5:04 pm
Re: All I want for Christmas is..
 
Originally Posted by tom169 (Post 12136672)
Which is what I'm doing now after being out to fill the propane tank for a nice steak. :thumbsup:
Medium rare for me please :fingerscrossed:

We are going to check out the sales. As per UK boxing day tradition :nod:

tom169 Dec 26th 2016 6:13 pm
Re: All I want for Christmas is..
 
Originally Posted by livinginnyc (Post 12136708)
Medium rare for me please :fingerscrossed:
The best way to have a steak! :amen:

Pulaski Dec 26th 2016 8:10 pm
Re: All I want for Christmas is..
 
Originally Posted by tom169 (Post 12136747)
The best way to have a steak! ....
A purest would know that a medium rare steak is overcooked. :nod:

In the Pulaski household steaks are eaten rare. :)

SultanOfSwing Dec 26th 2016 8:15 pm
Re: All I want for Christmas is..
 
Originally Posted by Pulaski (Post 12136786)
A purest would know that a medium rare steak is overcooked. :nod:

In the Pulaski household steaks are eaten rare. :)
Medium rare is for burgers. Rare steaks all the way - the rarer the better.

mikelincs Dec 26th 2016 8:26 pm
Re: All I want for Christmas is..
 
Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing (Post 12136789)
Medium rare is for burgers. Rare steaks all the way - the rarer the better.
The steaks the French call 'Bleu', perfect,

SultanOfSwing Dec 26th 2016 8:31 pm
Re: All I want for Christmas is..
 
Originally Posted by mikelincs (Post 12136795)
The steaks the French call 'Bleu', perfect,
Yes, very good indeed.

tom169 Dec 26th 2016 9:03 pm
Re: All I want for Christmas is..
 
Originally Posted by Pulaski (Post 12136786)
A purest would know that a medium rare steak is overcooked. :nod:

In the Pulaski household steaks are eaten rare. :)
I grew up on well done steaks. My mother still likes it this way.

Suffice to say, when I was of the age to understand that steaks can be cooked to different levels I took over. :rofl:

Pulaski Dec 26th 2016 9:20 pm
Re: All I want for Christmas is..
 
Originally Posted by tom169 (Post 12136808)
I grew up on well done steaks. My mother still likes it this way.

Suffice to say, when I was of the age to understand that steaks can be cooked to different levels I took over. ....
I know a local steak restaurant that includes a guide to cooking steaks/ what to expect when you order a steak - what each step from "rare" to "well done" means. "Medium-well" is described as "overcooked", and "Well done" is described as "basically ruined". :rofl:

Underneath that guide the menu says that the restaurant will accept no responsibility for steaks cooked any more than "medium".

lansbury Dec 26th 2016 10:57 pm
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Anything other than well done is uncooked.

scrubbedexpat097 Dec 26th 2016 11:19 pm
Re: All I want for Christmas is..
 
Originally Posted by lansbury (Post 12136859)
Anything other than well done is uncooked.
:goodpost::nod:

BEVS Dec 27th 2016 3:32 am
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Originally Posted by lansbury (Post 12136859)
Anything other than well done is uncooked.
NNoooooo. :ohmy:

lansbury Dec 27th 2016 2:54 pm
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Originally Posted by BEVS (Post 12136955)
NNoooooo. :ohmy:
Why would you eat it uncooked with blood dripping from it? It can't possibly be healthy eating a dead animals blood. :eek:

SultanOfSwing Dec 27th 2016 3:19 pm
Re: All I want for Christmas is..
 
Originally Posted by lansbury (Post 12137136)
Why would you eat it uncooked with blood dripping from it? It can't possibly be healthy eating a dead animals blood. :eek:
Because it isn't blood. It's water and myoglobin, an iron-binding molecule found in muscle tissue.

One would eat a steak rare because it's just better.

livinginnyc Dec 27th 2016 3:27 pm
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing (Post 12137143)
One would eat a steak rare because it's just better.
:goodpost: ^^ This. Yummy :nod:

Rete Dec 27th 2016 3:59 pm
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Nope, I like mine medium rare. One kidlet tells the waiter, if it is still mooing, it is done.

Pulaski Dec 27th 2016 4:12 pm
Re: All I want for Christmas is..
 
Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing (Post 12137143)
Because it isn't blood. It's water and myoglobin, an iron-binding molecule found in muscle tissue.

One would eat a steak rare because it's just better.
A rare steak has the taste and texture of steak, not the taste of a cheap, overcooked beefburger and the texture of an old boot. :nod:

SultanOfSwing Dec 27th 2016 4:17 pm
Re: All I want for Christmas is..
 
Originally Posted by Pulaski (Post 12137156)
A rare steak has the taste and texture of steak, not the taste of a cheap, overcooked beefburger and the texture of an old boot. :nod:
I'm sure a good chef, with a good cut of meat can make a medium-well done steak taste good, but it certainly isn't my preference.

dj6372 Dec 27th 2016 4:25 pm
Re: All I want for Christmas is..
 
Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing (Post 12137143)
Because it isn't blood. It's water and myoglobin, an iron-binding molecule found in muscle tissue.

One would eat a steak rare because it's just better.
And the juices/blood can be mopped up with chips!

SultanOfSwing Dec 27th 2016 4:26 pm
Re: All I want for Christmas is..
 
Originally Posted by dj6372 (Post 12137161)
And the juices/blood can be mopped up with chips!
A great many things. I like a nice bit of bread and butter, myself.

Only juices, though, no blood :p

Nutek Dec 27th 2016 4:33 pm
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Surely most of the actual blood is left drying in a huge arc on the wallpaper...

.. I've said too much. :sneaky:

lansbury Dec 27th 2016 5:33 pm
Re: All I want for Christmas is..
 
Bunch of heathens, I bet you'll don't like pumpkin cheesecake either.

markonline1 Dec 27th 2016 5:56 pm
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I used to always have my steaks well done, but now, a well done steak has the texture of old leather. It's way to dry. That said, I need a medium steak. Anything less, it's going back. My missus has her steaks rare, my father in law has em virtually blue. I've lost count the amount of times my wife has cooked me a steak and I've had to chuck it back at her to give it another couple of minutes.


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