# Hi, I'm not so new here **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 16, 2006, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-not-so-new-here/360919 "2006-06-16T13:41:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Subway\_Prophet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Subway\_Prophet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subway_Prophet)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-not-so-new-here/360919/21 "2006-06-16T21:25:10Z")
> [@Twinkie](#): > > Could we get some more details on that Oreo-crusted strawberry fudge cheesecake please? I can’t focus on anything else – all other thoughts have been wiped from my head. I must find this “divine dessert” of which you speak, or I can not go on. It’s actually an easy recipe. - 1 package of oreos - scrape out and throw away the lard filling and use just the crumbs - 1 stick of butter - 4 blocks of cream cheese - 1/4 cup of white granulated sugar - 1 6 oz. jar of hot fudge topping - 1 8 oz. jar strawberry preserves - $1000000 in small, unsequential, unmarked bills (extra credit if it’s all in a shiny aluminum attache case) 1. Put the food ingredients in the fridge 2. Mail me the money, registered mail 3. I tell you the **ultra-secret steps** to properly combine the ingredients and bake the silly thing 4. Share and enjoy 🆒 Seriously, though, I should probably post the recipe in Cafe Society some time. It’s somewhat like the UK’s constitution - it’s in written form _somewhere_, but not all currently in one convenient document… ---
**Author:** ![Rebecca\_DiMwitter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a87d85/32.png) [@Rebecca\_DiMwitter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebecca_DiMwitter)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-not-so-new-here/360919/22 "2006-06-16T22:18:21Z")
> [@Subway Prophet](#): > > I have _exactly_ 2 kids HOW do you manage this? I have approximately 2 kids when they can be found, but if brownies, cookies or homemade tacos are around, then I have approximately half a dozen more than 2! If groceries need to be unpacked from the car, and brought up to the kitchen, I have approximately 1 or fewer kids. And that one will pretend to be asleep if he’s not in the realm of “fewer”. Yours must not be teenagers, or possibly not both boys? Welcome, your sense of humor is DIVINE! Quite on a par with, tho not perfectly equal to, from your own description, a springform pan. –Beck ---
**Author:** ![Subway\_Prophet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Subway\_Prophet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subway_Prophet)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-not-so-new-here/360919/23 "2006-06-16T22:25:40Z")
> [@Subway Prophet](#): > > I wonder if the pet shop handles exchanges or returns. > [@Mindfield](#): > > Only in their original packaging. Yeah, see, I didn’t get pre-packaged animals. I _was_ going to buy mine from [Genpets.com](http://www.genpets.com/) but the Fresh Strip ™ seriously wigged me out. So instead I went to a Russian in a back alley. Got a good deal on car insurance, too. ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-not-so-new-here/360919/24 "2006-06-16T22:43:13Z")
> [@Subway Prophet](#): > > Yeah, see, I didn’t get pre-packaged animals. I _was_ going to buy mine from [Genpets.com](http://www.genpets.com/) but the Fresh Strip ™ seriously wigged me out. Oh. My. God. :eek: That looks so _convincing_! Where the hell did you hear about it? ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-not-so-new-here/360919/25 "2006-06-16T22:43:52Z")
> [@Subway Prophet](#): > > Yeah, see, I didn’t get pre-packaged animals. I _was_ going to buy mine from [Genpets.com](http://www.genpets.com/) but the Fresh Strip ™ seriously wigged me out. Actually they’re not so bad – you can safely discard the Fresh Strip™ once they’ve been rehydrated. You just have to be careful not to piss them off. Have you ever seen a bioengineered … uh … _thing_ tear a place up? > [@](#): > > So instead I went to a Russian in a back alley. Got a good deal on car insurance, too. You mean Geico is Russian? I _knew_ that lizard had an artificial cockney. ---
**Author:** ![Subway\_Prophet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Subway\_Prophet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subway_Prophet)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-not-so-new-here/360919/26 "2006-06-16T22:43:55Z")
> [@Rebecca DiMwitter](#): > > HOW do you manage this? I have approximately 2 kids when they can be found, but if brownies, cookies or homemade tacos are around, then I have approximately half a dozen more than 2! If groceries need to be unpacked from the car, and brought up to the kitchen, I have approximately 1 or fewer kids. And that one will pretend to be asleep if he’s not in the realm of “fewer”. > > Yours must not be teenagers, or possibly not both boys? Nope, and nope! Both girls, and both under the age of 5. 😃 Oh, and I use lots of duct tape at strategic times. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-not-so-new-here/360919/27 "2006-06-16T23:32:50Z")
Welcome (finally) to the SDMB. > [@Subway Prophet](#): > > Music: Billy Joel rocks, but now that he’s retired I need someone to fill the piano rock void in my life. Computers: Python rules, PHP sucks, Check out [Something Corporate](http://www.somethingcorporate.com/downloads/). They even sell a t-shirt with the Rolling Rock beer logo, but with “piano” in the place of “rolling.” Great stuff. Oh, and PHP rocks. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-not-so-new-here/360919/28 "2006-06-16T23:41:57Z")
> [@Subway Prophet](#): > > Nope, and nope! Both girls, and both under the age of 5. 😃 > > Oh, and I use lots of duct tape at strategic times. You have two little girls? Well, we know whose fingers _you’re_ wrapped around. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-not-so-new-here/360919/29 "2006-06-16T23:45:36Z")
Hi! You’re cool. You should stay. I have spoken. 😃 You need to pop over to the MMP with the rest of the cool kids. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2006, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-not-so-new-here/360919/30 "2006-06-17T00:55:52Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Hi! You’re cool. You should stay. I have spoken. > > 😃 > > You need to pop over to the MMP with the rest of the cool kids. There is the occasional sighting of a cool kid elsewhere. Harrumph. Oh, and welcome. Hope you stick around. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2006, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-not-so-new-here/360919/31 "2006-06-17T01:38:22Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > There is the occasional sighting of a cool kid elsewhere. > > Harrumph. > > Oh, and welcome. Hope you stick around. You’re right. I DO post in other places. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2006, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-not-so-new-here/360919/32 "2006-06-17T01:58:32Z")
Welcome to the SDMB and thanks for ending the extended lurkerhood. You will be a welcome addition to the TEEMING MILLIONS plus one. ---
**Author:** ![gabriela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@gabriela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gabriela)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2006, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-not-so-new-here/360919/33 "2006-06-17T18:31:37Z")
You rock. You rock more than I rock! What a post chain! I am so jealous! Glad to see you’re a member! ---
**Author:** ![Subway\_Prophet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Subway\_Prophet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subway_Prophet)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-not-so-new-here/360919/34 "2006-06-17T20:07:43Z")
> [@gabriela](#): > > You rock. > You rock more than I rock! > What a post chain! I am so jealous! > > Glad to see you’re a member! Gosh, thanks. 🆒 I haven’t paid _yet_. But I thought I’d let you know, it was one of your posts that convinced me to pony up the $15 to let me search for more. I haven’t laughed in such sheer shock and brain-gibbering hysteria in a long long time, and the story even had a happy ending! ---
**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2006, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-not-so-new-here/360919/35 "2006-06-17T20:17:22Z")
Why yes, I have been to Kwajalein, but only once, in 1978, for about 20 minutes. (My ship refueled there on the way to Subic Bay - really beautiful place from what I could see of it). One other thing - Diet Dr. Pepper tastes better than the original. One other other thing - we’re neighbors, relatively speaking. The Venus in my location field is Venus, Texas. ---
**Author:** ![Subway\_Prophet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Subway\_Prophet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subway_Prophet)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2006, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-not-so-new-here/360919/36 "2006-06-17T20:48:32Z")
> [@Rhubarb](#): > > Why yes, I have been to Kwajalein, but only once, in 1978, for about 20 minutes. (My ship refueled there on the way to Subic Bay - really beautiful place from what I could see of it). Hey, that’s the year my family moved there. That little kid standing on the seawall flipping the bird at your ship… that wasn’t me. I only hung out with him. _I_ was the one shooting pretend machine guns at y’all because I was defending the island against **PIRATES**. Sorry about that - no hard feelings? > [@](#): > > One other other thing - we’re neighbors, relatively speaking. The Venus in my location field is Venus, Texas. Oh my, more serendipity. I was about to blow up the Earth because it was obstructing my view of your home town. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-not-so-new-here/360919.md?page=1)