Another Leg of our Journey; Life in Town...in a rented Bungalow

Gary O' said:
So I go to Staples to cut/paste some Stevens Ness documents
Hate all their extra gobbeldygook
(I know, SN doesn't like that...sue me)

Anyway, two of their three copiers are busy
The third one is out of order, big sign
This huge guy is standing over it, looking at it...for longer than it takes to read and digest
I get in line behind the other two
He glowers at me
I let him know he prolly won't have much luck with that one
He sez 'you can have it'
I tell him I don't care to try
He tells me to use it
I say 'if yer bein' funny, it ain't happnin'
He sez he's serious
Sez he's feeling the urge to take me out
I reach up, pat him on the shoulder, thank him, telling him he's not my type
He's staring at me
I tell him he may have the urge, but it won't be in his best interest
He sez if he wants, he can end me
I say something like, 'you can want, but I won't let you'
I step closer, watch his eyes, and hands in what's left of my peripheral vision
He turns back to staring at the out of service copier
Then leaves

Some big folks get spoiled with their size
Like to intimidate

This scene has happened to me too many times from before I can remember
I'm no 'big guy'
...and rather jovial
Folks most often misread that
Big mistake

Not sure how much longer I can meet these verbal skirmishes
...and what usually ensues

I just can't back down

It ain't in me
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Gary...solution - buy a copier; we've got one and use it a lot. Just get your checkbook out when you go to buy "ink"...its all about the ink you know.
 

Liberty said:
Gary...solution - buy a copier; we've got one and use it a lot. Just get your checkbook out when you go to buy "ink"...its all about the ink you know.
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I know, I know
But that friggin' ink is expensive
Tried all sizes and types
...and it goes fast when yer lady copies ever recipe on the planet

also, I wouldn't meet all those wonderful folks that linger around the copier at Staples
Sure, some need a nap, but they're playful.....sorta
 
Gary O' said:
I know, I know
But that friggin' ink is expensive
Tried all sizes and types
...and it goes fast when yer lady copies ever recipe on the planet

also, I wouldn't meet all those wonderful folks that linger around the copier at Staples
Sure, some need a nap, but they're playful.....sorta
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Ha ha...bet the ink is cheaper that buying all those copies and possible visits to the ER!
 

Gary O' said:
That's the neat thing about a copier being a couple miles away
Fewer copies...waaaay fewer
We have a sea container at our place in the woods
It's half full of cook books...the other half is yarn
She needs another recipe like I need another wart
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That's why cookbooks have always been big sellers...both in "recipe book",
or flashy "coffee table" form.

I had a best seller cookbook...it was in a specialty market, but Barnes & Noble still wanted
to carry it, and some A list TV hosts called, as well as major mags- can't beat free publicity! That was in the 90's. But, cookbooks are always popular in one form or another. Like you say, the lady of the house always want's to try a new recipe, with her own "spin" put on it.
 
Liberty said:
Like you say, the lady of the house always want's to try a new recipe, with her own "spin" put on it
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Oh, man, she cooked up sumpm yesterday that made me wanna fall down and scream.
Buncha veggies and herbs/spices
Could NOT believe the savory taste comin' outa that bowl
.....aaand, there's more left in the pot!

Sad thing, she just 'threw it together'
no recipe

I'll never have it ever again
 
Gary O' said:
Oh, man, she cooked up sumpm yesterday that made me wanna fall down and scream.
Buncha veggies and herbs/spices
Could NOT believe the savory taste comin' outa that bowl
.....aaand, there's more left in the pot!

Sad thing, she just 'threw it together'
no recipe

I'll never have it ever again
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Just tell her to keep it in her head as she's cooking and immediately write down what spices especially she used...veggies can usually be easily "duped" again. I do that, just taking a few notes, then if we love it...like often happens as it did with you, I've always got a guide next time to tweek it maybe even more. You learn things like that when you write for a living, and/or sell formulated foods...lol.

Also, sounds like she should be making her own "family" cookbook. Those recipes would be wonderful to share with your family (if they love good food and would value the tradition of making the recipe on special occasions). Its a rare visit when the DIL doesn't get her little phone out to write down a recipe from me for them to enjoy back home, you know!
 
Gary O' said:
She's got like six of those

For her, cooking is an adventure, not a prescription
...and that's been my argument when I ask why so many freaking cookbooks

However, I've toned down my arguments
The stuff is jus' too damn good

...whatever it is
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Yeah, whatever you do Gary, don't do anything to stifle her cookery creativity! An artist with a spoon and skillet/sauce pan is the same as an artist with a brush...you know what they say about "artistic temperament".
 
A northernmost buddy of mine wants to trade something he whipped up in HIS shop for wunna my birdhouses.

Thing is, he is one helluva wood worker.

He just crafted a tic tac toe game outa barn wood...200 year old barn wood

I'm not really fond of tic tac toe
But his creation is quite marvelous, and I'd display it proudly
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The detail is impeccable


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...and that's what makes me feel funny

He's seen pics of my cobbled bird houses
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He's gettin' a raw deal
 
Sounds like a case of Impeccable, versus Peckable....Overkill, versus Underkill..... Norman Rockwell, versus Picasso! Seems like a sad ending for a 200 year old oak....yours on the other hand.....still ticking!:giggle:
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A2ZGrammie said:
Speaking of wine, have you seen the stuff you can make out of corks? My uncle had a really cool trivet he had made
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Seen 'em. Some extremely nice.
I know a few wine folks.
They know a few cork folks.
I'm not a cork guy.
Nor a wine guy.
But I do appreciate what I'm not.

I should figger out what I can make with a screw cap
Made curtains with beer bottle caps back in my single days

I better stick with butchering wood
Got a birdhouse to cobble for my bud over in Lingle Wyoming
Gonna pour what's left of my heart and soul into it

I best git to it
 

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