# Baker's Dozen II (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 25, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938 "2020-01-25T03:38:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 258
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5144 "2021-03-08T10:41:11Z")
**Your plans this weekend, or this week, or this month…** 1. Share a bottle of wine with our neighbors for a distanced covid visit. A double date of sorts. 2. Getting my first Covid-19 vaccine shot this week. 3. Cutting back the freeze damage on my orange trees, oleander, bottlebrush (OK, everything) 4. Eat, sleep, use the toilet, and work from home _…(and not necessarily in that order)_ 5. Get some sleep! 6. Install new mini fridge in my office. 7. Give a Sunday afternoon lecture on Zoom, part of a library program 8. Picking out paint colors for a major paint-a-thon at the end of the month 9. Visit the art museum with my family 10. Have a birthday dinner for our best friend, one of only 4 people to enter our house since the pandemic started 11. Now that I’ve had that wine (red zin), take aspirin and drink water and hit the rack. 12. The weekend’s over, but I made an amazing pot of chili. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5145 "2021-03-08T14:40:24Z")
**Your plans this weekend, or this week, or this month…** 1. Share a bottle of wine with our neighbors for a distanced covid visit. A double date of sorts. 2. Getting my first Covid-19 vaccine shot this week. 3. Cutting back the freeze damage on my orange trees, oleander, bottlebrush (OK, everything) 4. Eat, sleep, use the toilet, and work from home _…(and not necessarily in that order)_ 5. Get some sleep! 6. Install new mini fridge in my office. 7. Give a Sunday afternoon lecture on Zoom, part of a library program 8. Picking out paint colors for a major paint-a-thon at the end of the month 9. Visit the art museum with my family 10. Have a birthday dinner for our best friend, one of only 4 people to enter our house since the pandemic started 11. Now that I’ve had that wine (red zin), take aspirin and drink water and hit the rack. 12. The weekend’s over, but I made an amazing pot of chili. 13. Damn. Monday morning. Back to work. Pass. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5146 "2021-03-08T15:09:15Z")
ON a similar note, **Something new you’re going to try or that you have tried in the last year.** 1. Make a carrot cake. My wife’s birthday is coming up next week and she wants one. I’ve baked cakes before but carrot will be new for me. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5147 "2021-03-08T15:23:27Z")
**Something new you’re going to try or that you have tried in the last year.** 1. Make a carrot cake. 2. Try to figure out how to stream from my computer to my TV ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5148 "2021-03-08T16:58:32Z")
**Something new you’re going to try or that you have tried in the last year.** 1. Make a carrot cake. 2. Try to figure out how to stream from my computer to my TV 3. Try to find and repair the leak in my waders Now that the ‘unusual’ winter is finally over I’ve only got nine or ten months to get it done 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5149 "2021-03-08T17:45:40Z")
**Something new you’re going to try or that you have tried in the last year.** 1. Make a carrot cake. 2. Try to figure out how to stream from my computer to my TV 3. Try to find and repair the leak in my waders 4. Get a new pair of shoes ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5150 "2021-03-08T19:42:56Z")
**Something new you’re going to try or that you have tried in the last year.** 1. Make a carrot cake. 2. Try to figure out how to stream from my computer to my TV 3. Try to find and repair the leak in my waders 4. Get a new pair of shoes 5. Make Beef Wellington and Mushroom Wellington Our New Year’s Eve 2020-2021 feast, for carnivores and a vegetarian ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2021, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5151 "2021-03-09T00:19:03Z")
**Something new you’re going to try or that you have tried in the last year.** 1. Make a carrot cake. 2. Try to figure out how to stream from my computer to my TV 3. Try to find and repair the leak in my waders 4. Get a new pair of shoes 5. Make Beef Wellington and Mushroom Wellington 6. Replace the air filter in my car ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5152 "2021-03-09T16:14:50Z")
**Something new you’re going to try or that you have tried in the last year.** 1. Make a carrot cake. 2. Try to figure out how to stream from my computer to my TV 3. Try to find and repair the leak in my waders 4. Get a new pair of shoes 5. Make Beef Wellington and Mushroom Wellington 6. Replace the air filter in my car 7. New job this year. Started on 04 Jan. This one might be a keeper. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2021, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5153 "2021-03-09T21:24:28Z")
**Something new you’re going to try or that you have tried in the last year.** 1. Make a carrot cake. 2. Try to figure out how to stream from my computer to my TV 3. Try to find and repair the leak in my waders 4. Get a new pair of shoes 5. Make Beef Wellington and Mushroom Wellington 6. Replace the air filter in my car 7. New job this year. Started on 04 Jan. This one might be a keeper. 8. Hang some pictures in my new office I started my current gig just a day before you, **Bullitt**! I’m having a good time, too. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2021, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5154 "2021-03-09T21:59:03Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I started my current gig just a day before you, **Bullitt**! I’m having a good time, too. Alright! ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5155 "2021-03-10T06:25:20Z")
**Something new you’re going to try or that you have tried in the last year.** 1. Make a carrot cake. 2. Try to figure out how to stream from my computer to my TV 3. Try to find and repair the leak in my waders 4. Get a new pair of shoes 5. Make Beef Wellington and Mushroom Wellington 6. Replace the air filter in my car 7. New job this year. Started on 04 Jan. This one might be a keeper. 8. Hang some pictures in my new office 9. At work I’m learning how to do builds, code commits and merges, and software deploys. Not in my wheelhouse. All new skills. Everyone (or, most) around me is in their early 20s. And I’ll be 60 in June. At times I feel like a square peg in a round hole. (sigh) ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5156 "2021-03-10T07:43:57Z")
**Something new you’re going to try or that you have tried in the last year.** 1. Make a carrot cake. 2. Try to figure out how to stream from my computer to my TV 3. Try to find and repair the leak in my waders 4. Get a new pair of shoes 5. Make Beef Wellington and Mushroom Wellington 6. Replace the air filter in my car 7. New job this year. Started on 04 Jan. This one might be a keeper. 8. Hang some pictures in my new office 9. At work I’m learning how to do builds, code commits and merges, and software deploys. Not in my wheelhouse. All new skills. Everyone (or, most) around me is in their early 20s. And I’ll be 60 in June. At times I feel like a square peg in a round hole. (sigh) 10. For St Patrick’s Day, try a new recipe for Irish Cream bundt cake ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5157 "2021-03-10T14:35:50Z")
**Something new you’re going to try or that you have tried in the last year.** 1. Make a carrot cake. 2. Try to figure out how to stream from my computer to my TV 3. Try to find and repair the leak in my waders 4. Get a new pair of shoes 5. Make Beef Wellington and Mushroom Wellington 6. Replace the air filter in my car 7. New job this year. Started on 04 Jan. This one might be a keeper. 8. Hang some pictures in my new office 9. At work I’m learning how to do builds, code commits and merges, and software deploys. Not in my wheelhouse. All new skills. Everyone (or, most) around me is in their early 20s. And I’ll be 60 in June. At times I feel like a square peg in a round hole. (sigh) 10. For St Patrick’s Day, try a new recipe for Irish Cream bundt cake 11. I started learning to play the cello on my 70th birthday. On my 75th I started learning Italian. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5158 "2021-03-10T14:45:27Z")
**Something new you’re going to try or that you have tried in the last year.** 1. Make a carrot cake. 2. Try to figure out how to stream from my computer to my TV 3. Try to find and repair the leak in my waders 4. Get a new pair of shoes 5. Make Beef Wellington and Mushroom Wellington 6. Replace the air filter in my car 7. New job this year. Started on 04 Jan. This one might be a keeper. 8. Hang some pictures in my new office 9. At work I’m learning how to do builds, code commits and merges, and software deploys. Not in my wheelhouse. All new skills. Everyone (or, most) around me is in their early 20s. And I’ll be 60 in June. At times I feel like a square peg in a round hole. (sigh) 10. For St Patrick’s Day, try a new recipe for Irish Cream bundt cake 11. I started learning to play the cello on my 70th birthday. On my 75th I started learning Italian. 12. I’m hoping to try a covid vaccine. And… NO MORE MASKS!!! ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5159 "2021-03-10T22:52:27Z")
**Something new you’re going to try or that you have tried in the last year.** 1. Make a carrot cake. 2. Try to figure out how to stream from my computer to my TV 3. Try to find and repair the leak in my waders 4. Get a new pair of shoes 5. Make Beef Wellington and Mushroom Wellington 6. Replace the air filter in my car 7. New job this year. Started on 04 Jan. This one might be a keeper. 8. Hang some pictures in my new office 9. At work I’m learning how to do builds, code commits and merges, and software deploys. Not in my wheelhouse. All new skills. Everyone (or, most) around me is in their early 20s. And I’ll be 60 in June. At times I feel like a square peg in a round hole. (sigh) 10. For St Patrick’s Day, try a new recipe for Irish Cream bundt cake 11. I started learning to play the cello on my 70th birthday. On my 75th I started learning Italian. 12. I’m hoping to try a covid vaccine. And… NO MORE MASKS!!! 13. I’m trying to learn to read the Cyrillic and Greek alphabets Congrats to @Elendil_s_Heir and @Bullitt on new gigs! New Ghosts in legend, fiction, film, song, and, if known, who sees them 1. Julius Caesar’s ghost, in Shakespeare, appears to Brutus ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5160 "2021-03-10T23:17:11Z")
Ghosts in legend, fiction, film, song, and, if known, who sees them 1. Julius Caesar’s ghost, in Shakespeare, appears to Brutus 2. Banquo’s ghost, in Shakespeare, appears to Macbeth _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5161 "2021-03-10T23:21:29Z")
Ghosts in legend, fiction, film, song, and, if known, who sees them 1. Julius Caesar’s ghost, in Shakespeare, appears to Brutus 2. Banquo’s ghost, in Shakespeare, appears to Macbeth 3. Anne Boleyn’s ghost, from the English Music Hall song _With 'Er 'Ead Tucked Underneath 'Er Arm_ performed by Stanley Holloway, appears to various guards and Henry VIII ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2021, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5162 "2021-03-11T00:07:59Z")
Ghosts in legend, fiction, film, song, and, if known, who sees them 1. Julius Caesar’s ghost, in Shakespeare, appears to Brutus 2. Banquo’s ghost, in Shakespeare, appears to Macbeth 3. Anne Boleyn’s ghost, from the English Music Hall song _With 'Er 'Ead Tucked Underneath 'Er Arm_ performed by Stanley Holloway, appears to various guards and Henry VIII 4. Captain Gregg’s ghost appears to Lucy Muir, in the 1947 film, _The Ghost and Mrs. Muir_. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2021, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5163 "2021-03-11T03:21:26Z")
Ghosts in legend, fiction, film, song, and, if known, who sees them 1. Julius Caesar’s ghost, in Shakespeare, appears to Brutus 2. Banquo’s ghost, in Shakespeare, appears to Macbeth 3. Anne Boleyn’s ghost, from the English Music Hall song _With 'Er 'Ead Tucked Underneath 'Er Arm_ performed by Stanley Holloway, appears to various guards and Henry VIII 4. Captain Gregg’s ghost appears to Lucy Muir, in the 1947 film, _The Ghost and Mrs. Muir_ . 5. Nearly Headless Nick, from the “Harry Potter” franchise, seen by everyone. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=257) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=259)