# Mods, take some time off. This thread’s for hijackin’ **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 16, 2022, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-take-some-time-off-this-thread-s-for-hijackin/975057 "2022-11-16T23:48:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-take-some-time-off-this-thread-s-for-hijackin/975057/167 "2022-11-24T15:38:57Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > One of the things she was known for in her prime was her apple pie. That is something I will be missing this Thanksgiving. (My wife and I have tried to duplicate her recipe, but it’s just not the same.) Are you using the same variety/ies of apples? If so, are they grown in the same conditions? – I got the storm windows on. So, of course, the weather has warmed up; though I’ll grant that it hasn’t really warmed up enough to want to open the windows. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-take-some-time-off-this-thread-s-for-hijackin/975057/168 "2022-11-24T17:07:54Z")
Pretty sure she just used grocery store Granny Smith apples. I think the secret was her crust. She made it from scratch and it was just perfect. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-take-some-time-off-this-thread-s-for-hijackin/975057/169 "2022-11-24T22:38:09Z")
My brother Tim is on his way. Dutch Apple Pie is his favorite. I like to add maple syrup, or a liqueur to the top just before serving. Only a tiny bit, but yummy. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2022, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-take-some-time-off-this-thread-s-for-hijackin/975057/170 "2022-11-24T22:51:49Z")
TIL … if you have twin infants they can cry in stereo. Quite the experience. Of course when they’re both smiling & cooing that’s way more than double-adorable, so I guess it evens out. Squee! ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-take-some-time-off-this-thread-s-for-hijackin/975057/171 "2022-11-25T03:01:52Z")
How long can this thread spend on one topic before someone reports it for going off-topic? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-take-some-time-off-this-thread-s-for-hijackin/975057/172 "2022-11-25T03:47:06Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > Hi Jack ! > 👋 Homeland Security is on the way! ---
**Author:** ![superwombat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superwombat/32/16616_2.png) [@superwombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/superwombat)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-take-some-time-off-this-thread-s-for-hijackin/975057/173 "2022-11-25T04:49:12Z")
Anybody use this service or know of anyone who has? > **[Home - LoJack](https://lojack.com/)** > > Peace of mind for drivers and auto dealers. With LoJack, your car is more connected, intelligent and secure. The LoJack® System is the only stolen vehicle recovery system directly integrated with law enforcement. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-take-some-time-off-this-thread-s-for-hijackin/975057/174 "2022-11-25T14:10:48Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > My brother Tim is on his way. Dutch Apple Pie is his favorite. I like to add maple syrup, or a liqueur to the top just before serving. Only a tiny bit, but yummy. We waited as long as we could, but eventually the ice cream started to melt, and we were forced to eat without him. He also missed out on a nice dessert wine. I had a guest who until recently lived in Italy, and she and her husband brought two bottles of wine - one for dinner, and one for dessert. I’m not usually that fancy at home, but it was a very nice pairing. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-take-some-time-off-this-thread-s-for-hijackin/975057/175 "2022-11-25T14:40:41Z")
This is the world’s oldest complete song. I absolutely love it, and it blows my mind that a song 2200 years old can still be beautiful to modern ears! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/mGfOHoun0OQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Seikilos Epitaph ( the earliest complete tune ) Greek 200BC") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGfOHoun0OQ) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-take-some-time-off-this-thread-s-for-hijackin/975057/176 "2022-11-25T15:56:41Z")
VERY nice! Thanks for sharing. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-take-some-time-off-this-thread-s-for-hijackin/975057/177 "2022-11-25T23:17:06Z")
Fascinating. It sounds quite Renaissance to my amateur’s ears. I like it. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-take-some-time-off-this-thread-s-for-hijackin/975057/178 "2022-11-25T23:19:22Z")
Yeah, that was pretty righteous. I got a couple of glasses of wine in me and listened while I fed the pasture pets. I think Kate Bush could make a hit out of it. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2022, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-take-some-time-off-this-thread-s-for-hijackin/975057/179 "2022-11-26T02:19:58Z")
Definitely fascinating. I didn’t know that musical notation existed that long ago. Thanks for information, and in such a pleasing form! ---
**Author:** ![cincinnatus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cincinnatus/32/7990_2.png) [@cincinnatus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cincinnatus)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2022, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-take-some-time-off-this-thread-s-for-hijackin/975057/180 "2022-11-26T04:04:05Z")
How would we ever know it was a song and what it sounded like? Surely there was no sheet music. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-take-some-time-off-this-thread-s-for-hijackin/975057/181 "2022-11-26T15:36:45Z")
I googled that. There’s the equivalent of sheet music, engraved on a stone, along with the lyrics (now missing a line, due to somebody’s reckless idiocy). ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2022, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-take-some-time-off-this-thread-s-for-hijackin/975057/182 "2022-11-26T19:43:57Z")
Continuing in a musical vein, I got the new Super Deluxe Edition of The Monkees’ _Headquarters_ album today. The remix sounds absolutely fantastic, like it could’ve been recorded yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2022, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-take-some-time-off-this-thread-s-for-hijackin/975057/183 "2022-11-26T22:39:09Z")
Hijacking because it got all the way up to 54 beautiful degrees today and there is no more snow on the ground. Yay! Of course, we can see December from here, but seizing the day! ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-take-some-time-off-this-thread-s-for-hijackin/975057/184 "2022-12-03T20:43:58Z")
Since this has been sinking, I thought I would do a total hijack. I read about this creature in a book about dragon myths. > **[Tarasque](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarasque)** > > The Tarasque is a fearsome legendary dragon-like mythological hybrid from Provence, in southern France, tamed in stories about Saint Martha, such as the one told in Jacobus de Voragine's Golden Legend (13th century). > The tarasque was described as having a lion-like head, a body protected by turtle-like carapace(s), six feet with bear-like claws, and a scaly tail like a serpent's tail in a text (pseudo-Marcelle or pseudo-Marcella) which is similar to and roughly coeval with the Golden Legend, a... A little while later, I read about an animal fossil found in South America that would have looked almost the same. Sadly, i lost the link to that In my mind, I want to think that some seafaring culture manged to make it to S. America and back, and picked one of these up. It escaped when they got back to Europe, and the story of how it was seen and killed is told to this day ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-take-some-time-off-this-thread-s-for-hijackin/975057/185 "2022-12-03T21:50:51Z")
As recently as 1614, there were dragons active in my home county of Sussex. > **[St Leonard's Forest | The dragons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Leonard%27s_Forest#The_dragons)** > > There is also a legend of St. Leonard the Dragon Slayer. Æthelweard's Chronicle of 770AD mentions "Monstrous serpents were seen in the country of the Southern Angles that is called Sussex". St. Leonard was injured and Lilies of the Valley grow where his blood fell - an area of the forest is still called The Lily Beds. As a reward he requested that snakes be banished and the nightingales which interrupted his prayers should be silenced. However, dragons were still around in August 1614 as a pamphl... Now, regarding The Lily Beds, one of the more absurd lockdown activities we did was a walk to find The Lily Beds, based only on the fact that their location is given on an Ordnance Survey map (and in complete ignorance of the origin of the name, as detailed above). Imagine our astonishment, when all we found was a steep slope, unlikely to accommodate the ponds full of lilies that we were expecting. Hence my (subsequently) researching their origins. And anyways, I like to think of dragons as critically endangered rather than extinct. j [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-take-some-time-off-this-thread-s-for-hijackin/975057.md?page=8)