is a beard net something that catches fag hags?
I told you I’m tired
Trying reading that fast out of context. Do you read the same thing I read? :eek:
I’m pretty tired too, so I’m heading out even if it’s only 9:48 pm here. Good night, y’all!
Obligatyry durbjebn poist! You know you’ve missed them! 
Morning everyone. It’s truck day, hopefully someone will show up to help me.
Roo, I read it the same way. Great^[sup]potty[/sup] minds think alike.
Peanut Butter Chocolate Brownies
Ingredients
Melted butter, to grease
150g (6oz) dark or cooking chocolate, coarsely chopped
100g (4oz) butter, chopped
1 cup caster sugar
1/2 cup roasted unsalted peanuts, chopped
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
2 tbsp cocoa powder
2 eggs
3/4 cup crunchy peanut butter, slightly warmed
Method
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Preheat oven to 160[sup]o[/sup]C (325[sup]o[/sup]F). Brush a 16cm x 26cm (6in x 10in) slab pan with melted butter to grease. Line base and 2 long sides with non-stick baking parchment, allowing sides to overhang.
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Sift the flour and cocoa powder into a bowl with the sugar and peanuts and combine well.
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Place the chocolate and butter in a large heatproof bowl over a saucepan half-filled with simmering water (ensure the base of the bowl does not touch the water). Use a metal spoon to stir until the chocolate and butter melt and the mixture is smooth.
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Add the chocolate mixture and eggs to the dry mix and stir until just combined. Pour into the prepared pan. Spoon dollops of the warmed peanut butter over the brownie mixture and use a round-bladed knife to swirl through.
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Bake in oven for 35-40 minutes or until crumbs cling to a skewer inserted into the centre. Allow to cool completely before slicing and serving (Yeah, right!!!).
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Eat until you feel sick!
FYI, Noor is still not quite right but is slowly improving - diarrhoea is now only 4-6 times a day, rather than the 15 times a day we were dealing with on Monday!
Off to help hubby in the kitchen - we are having tempura prawns with fried rice for lunch today! YUM!
Morning all! There was excitement on the way home yesterday, I got back to Wolvo and found the police had closed off the whole of the city centre because there had been reports of a suspicious package. Later they evacuated the shopping centre and there was a controlled explosion of said suspicious package.
By the time I heard about the explosion, I was home and lazing on the sofa sipping vanilla gin. Yum!
Today I had to come in late, such a hardship, because the car had to go to the garage for it’s annual MoT thingie. They’re also going to give me a quote for some paintwork repairs which is probably going to cost more than the MoT and last month’s servicing bill combined. I’m not looking forward to that bit, but at least I can leave early today to fetch the car before the garage closes.
Other than that, I need caffeine.
<yawn> Morning all. I’m up, working early today, love this shift, but only get to work it when my co-worker is gone. It’s Friday!!! Doesn’t get much better than that. Should be a good day.
Sorry, I can’t break **LOUNE **of his pouncing habit, ya’ll gotta learn to love it. (or run faster than he can to avoid being pounced on).
It’s Friday!!! Why do I have to go to work today? Really don’t feel like it.
Sounds like you’re learning a lot on the job, swampy.
I’m pretty sure I didn’t get any chocolate, Mom. ::inconspicuously wipes smudge from corner of mouth:: Honest.
Brownies sound yum.
Party at rigsy’s! I’ll bring the taco dip they always ask me for at work.
Guess I’ll go find breakfast.
Happy Friday, everyone!
GT
Ah, the bliss of a real bed in a non-rocking environment! I slept straight thru till just after 6!! Teeth have been brushed, critters have had their morning routine, and I’ve got a load of towels in the washer. I’ve also run a couple of overdue spyware scans, so even the computer is clean and refreshed.
It’s bizarre - at least to me. When we lived aboard the boat, it had no effect on me, but when we just use it occasionally, when I get back on solid land, I feel like the ground, or chair, or car, is rocking gently in a wake. (That’s wake as in waves in the water, not a dead people party… 
) Anyway, right now, my head is telling me this seat is swaying, even though I know it’s not moving. weird…
Today’s plans involve getting ready for the invasion of my family tomorrow. They’ll all be arriving around 1 or so. We’ve got to mow the yard and tidy the house, and I’ve got some groceries to buy and food to cook. And laundry to finish. Yep, vacation’s over. Can’t believe I have to go back to work on Monday!! <insert wailing and weeping and very loud pouting here>
Off to the laundry room with me. <sigh>
Thank God it’s Friday!!
Mornin’
Welcome back, FCM - nicetameetcha!
::reaching back into bottomless-vest-pocket[sup]TM[/sup]::
::Sets out platter of freshly baked Chocolate Brownies::
OK, Gang - HAVE AT 'EM!
HSM
Brownies? perk
Hello, Scribbles, my new bestest friend!
Dammit BioRosie, now I gotta clean raisin bran off my PC.
bear, the only ‘beer skilz’ one could possibly require are the consumtion of, and proper disposal of post-drinking bodily waste.
At least that’s my view.
But those of us not in the production line salute you. Even if y’all do dress funny and smell like spilt beer once in a while.
Morning, all! yawn I am sore today. It’s been a while since I went to dance class and my legs hurt. But I’m so glad I went!
More later after I get some coffee in me.
Don’t like brownies, sorry. So I don’t want any.
Goooooood morning MMP!
I am composing a scavenger hunt for our work Employee Appreciation Week. It’s a lot of fun! I’ve got fun questions like, name at least three of the familial units who work here. We have tons of people related working here, not the least of which is my husband and I. Hee! But we also have several parent/offspring pairs and brother/sister units.
Not much else going on here.
Oh and …
Hugs to (((( Hastily Scrawled Message ))) cause of what was in the other thread. 
I’m so glad you’re with us.
It’s too bad that we all don’t live close to one another, I love to bake and my husband can only eat so much. If I lived close to you guys, I could try out a ton of recipes and feed you guys in the process. Would be so much fun!
((((Hugs HSM))))) Like **Ellen ** said, I’m so glad you’re here with us.
There’s always Federal Express and some deep freeze cold packs…
Woohoo! It’s Friday! ::starts singing a certain Loverboy song::
So we’ve been dealing with property management for our building to fix some things around our house that have gone unfixed for far, far too long, mostly due to ridiculously lazy maintenance people who come in, do a half-assed partial job, and then don’t come back. Plaster falling from the kitchen ceiling? Yeah, it’s dampness in the concrete, we’ll just paint some primer over that, and then-- oops! Gotta go. Stopped up drains? We’ll just dump some hydrochloric acid down those pipes. Wait, what do you mean the P-trap is dissolving and leaking water? How very odd. Fine, we’ll replace the P-Trap. Oh, now you want to replace the cupboards that are now water damaged and collecting mold? Yeah, we’ll get right on that…
…and so on. Some new company bought out the old property managers last year, and now all of their maintenance is contracted out to some company caaled 310-MAXX. Evidently, in addition to lazy maintenance workers, this service has the added benefit of being a greater pain in the ass to file work orders with. Yay! So anyway, we finally got them to come up and fix the faucets in the bathroom. We got a new sink with new taps, and they replaced the faucets and tap for our bath, because it was leaking like a bastard and rusting besides. We were initially told they’d replace the tub, too, because the overflow drain cover was also rusting, but a follow-up visit revealed that this just wasn’t happening. Instead, to solve the rusting problem, they just caulked the overflow drain cover. :rolleyes:
Next, we told them they needed to get to work on the damn kitchen, wherein or cupboards still need replacing (both for the water damaged area under the sink and the mold growing there, plus the drawers and stuff are so worn out that they’re falling apart; they’ve been there since long before we moved in, and we’ve been there since '99). Again, we were initially told that they’d just virtually gut the kitchen and put in new everything – linoleum, fridge, stove, cabinets, countertops, etc. Again, the follow-up visit was “No, we’ll do your cabinets, or your fridge, or your stove, or your floor.” Oh, and they’d paint, too. One coat. Gee, thanks. Never mind that everything needs to be replaced, you’re just too damn cheap to replace more than one thing per year. Dumbasses.
Oh well. At least we’re getting some progress. I’m told we can get one of the other three remaining repairs done next year. I don’t get it. If we moved out tomorrow, they’d be replacing/fixing everything anyway. sigh We’ll be moving in '09 anyway (largely for reasons other than the maintenance or lack thereof – the rent, to be specific, which will be almost $1100 as of April of '08, for a one bedroom) so we’ll just put up with it until then.
Ugh. They’re testing the alarm system here at work. My desk is separated by one of the alarms by 15 feet and a sliding glass partition, so it’s rather loud. They (the alarm tester guys) just apologized and told me it’s going to be another 10 minutes. EH? DID YOU SAY ANOTHER TINNITIS?
Postit - No! No brownies! Too many calories! Get them away from me! I can’t—
Well, maybe just one.
Heff&Roo - You bag your bugs? I just try and usher them outside or try and pick them up and dump them there (assuming it’s a bug I don’t find squicky or hateful.) Others I’ll kill with some tissue or bug spray or whatever’s handy. (I hate stepping on bugs, because … well … ew. Bug guts.)
Ahh … the alarm is turned off. Well, the bells outside my head have stopped, anyway.