I think your Mumper name might need to be ”Champ Yapper”.
Heh!
I’ve never been involved with a Mumper naming, but I was also thinking maybe GOAT/goat (“legend”)…?
The name came from an inside joke on another message board. I’d left it in a huff (as you do) after a tempest in a teapot, and a friend of mine related a story about me there to a new user. She asked who I was, and he told her I was an internet legend. So, when I came back shortly afterwards and needed to choose a new name (when I storm out, I storm OUT), that’s what I went with.
You’re halfway to seasoning it. Cast-iron pans LIVE to be shoved into a 400F oven for an hour or two; a bit of time over a burner with oil burning into the coating will be just fine.
However, put that bad boy in a dishwasher, and half the living remnants of Southern Grandmas will come for your soul.
I just scrub the looser blackened bits out with some salt, recoat it with oil, and go merrily on my way. In the 23 years I’ve owned it, the only time I had to completely reseason it was when someone left the lid on it while it was cooling down and I didn’t notice the pool of condensation that had been rusting it for a couple of days. It’s smooth enough now that eggs don’t stick to it.
Cheers, and welcome to the program!
I didn’t know that new ink was such an event! 
These all sound like excellent ideas, though I especially like the notion in the above quoted bit!
This is a piece of graffiti that I especially like, I saw it in Minneapolis when I first moved to Minnesota a year and change ago. My best pal (and fellow street-art aficionado) Shane was with me and we both were quite taken with it - I use it for my icon here, in fact! I’m thinking it’ll be my next tattoo, especially if I can talk Shane into getting it as well. (It won’t be hard, he’s a walking canvas at this point and gets new ink at the drop of a hat.)
Instead of rum, may I suggest rhum agriacole? It’s a rougher, raw version of rum.
Order a Ti Punch. I recommended one to a Polish guy on Friar’s Bay (Kali’s Beachbar). He had one, then bought me one as a thanks. It was my second. I bought us each another.
You will forget your worries. Your name as well if you aren’t careful. Don’t let them put ice in your Ti Punch, though! Locals consider that as something women do. If a bartender asks if you want ice, glare at him like you’ve been insulted. He’ll apologize and your drink will be on the house.
My drive-by post to say it’s IIIIIINNNNNNN the giant stressful grant is INNNNNNNNNN and I did all my MDHHS reports and I’ve got someone on OVW and I can fucking relax and I’m going to go play with my kid now, because I miss the snot out of him.
fishy from one fish to another, I love your hair. (Am also a Pisces BTW.)
We were lined up for a special souvenir sale, but we bailed when we heard that kids’ t-shirts were £25 each. Sorry, that’s just too much. We’ll get the grands something in Falkland in 3 days.
So we’re chilling in our cabin.
Howdy Y’all! The MMP has been busier than a six person party line today! High sloth has indeed ruled the day and it’s been wunnerful! The sum total of productivity was a walk down to the road to get the mail and to haul the biiiiiig trash can all the way back up the driveway to where it lives all week. This took, at most, three minutes. I had to have a nap afterward.
shoe hope the change to the new P.O.S. is smooth. Sounds like it will be a much better and more workable system. Also thanks for the TED talk on Pretzel feedin’. Live and learn, I say.
Niner glad the move was successful and to hear you are rockin’ it in the new gig. Kitteh looks like he/she approves.
Real_Fish lovin’ the new hair color.
Legend welcome! Now that you’ve posted you are an official regular. That’s all it takes.
OK, Netflix and chill time here.
Of course I am. (Modest, too, ain’t I… 
). Seriously, I don’t throw money around, but I can help when it’s needed.
FCM, keep an eye on the stores, it gets near the end of the cruise you might see that price dropping drastically. And they are using Great British Pounds for cash?
Spicy, glad things are completed and playing with your kid is now the most important thing you can do. Enjoy. (ETA: it is always the most important thing you can do. IMHO.)
Internet Legend, no idea what a good Mumper name would be, having never met an Internet Legend in the flesh (so to speak). Only thing I can come up with is Meme Myth
but I don’t know if that’s any good. But welcome, read and engage with all us here and pretty soon you’ll be just part of the great “All y’all”.
talkie, glad you are doing OK these days, but I know the feeling of accident waiting to happen…take care now.
Real Fish, kudos on the compliments, and hope the tattoo words out to your satisfaction.
And speaking of tattoos, and oopsie, I hope yours finally disappears for good this year.
shoe, it may not pay as much, but having a job that doesn’t stress one’s heart and blood pressure is not a bad thing.
VanGo, easy on the eyes now. And cookie, you have a big enough store for Ol’Shamu there?
I took a left turn there once…
OK, swimming and sauna are complete, now need to do my Weekly Support Your Fast Food Cheesburger Run. Haven’t decided between Wendy’s (1410 calories) or Whataburger (1360 calories), will let the car decide which way to go. Then internettin’, readin’, and sloth will occupy the night. Take care all.
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My copy just arrived. 
When he gets older, with his math interests, he would make an excellent cycle counter in an inventory program. In all of the years that I reconciled inventory, my most talented (and favorite) counters tended to be on the spectrum. Shoot, had I grown up at a later date, I would have likely been diagnosed on the spectrum too.
_O_/ maybe?
May you and Spouse Weasel feel better soonest spicy.
{{{VanGo}}}
Irked, pretty much skimmed a good share of the MMP (will catch up later) and am not too far out from taking Nelson to do his business.
Stay safe and healthy y’all!
Truefish let me add my late congrats on your hair to the chorus. And congrats on Dad turning a corner on the happy direction.
Her Ladyship’s natural color was very dark brown until it became gray some years ago. So she keeps it dyed dark brown. She has had big bold streaky highlights in both your colors, albeit not both at the same time. Right now it’s the berry color. She gets compliments regularly on those colors and she’s 65. It was always fun to have 30yo women and better yet men complimenting my woman on her style.
Bottom line: You are nowhere near too old to wear that style. Rock on Honeybuns!
Having done that more times than I can count over the years, and not just when old enough to be forgetful, the right answer is “When the phone rings or you walk out of the room to do [whatever, but just for a minute], turn the stove to Off and put a lid on it.”
Not a song I’ve ever heard. But I get it.
I ate dinner sitting at the bar of a nice place tonight: prime rib, artisanal tomatoes, 2 glasses of good Cab.
A 30-something chick with fake oversized lips and other fake oversized features sat down next to me. Expensive Chanel purse. We exchanged opening pleasantries and that was it. She talked on the phone or to the 50-something woman of an unrelated couple sitting on the opposite side from me the whole time. She was hot-ish, but from the audio I listened to it was obvious there were not 3 brain cells on board and each of them was self-centered. I had no expectation of anything different, but it was entertaining to see just how thoroughly the “bubble-headed bleach blonde” stereotype held.
I’m glad you like it. I aim to please the more literary amongst us.
I’ve traveled a bunch in Oceana, Australia, and New Zealand. The utterly “wrong” stars are disconcerting for sure. But I’ve never gotten as far as Antarctica, nor touched the Southern Cone of South America, nor southeast Asia. Those are all ripe for the taking. We ought to coordinate a plan.
@InternetLegend AKA IAmLegend (see I Am Legend - Wikipedia if confused): Welcome!!1!. We need more folks from the southern US, and ABQ is totally unrepresented. Speaking just for me, ABQ is awesome, and most of the rest of NM as well.
Buy some cheap Walgreens / CVS readers. Leave a pair in the car, the shop, around the house. If you find yourself out and wearing the wrong glasses, just add these on top. Looks silly, but a) you’re old-ish, and b) you’re probably alone at the shop. BTDT.
These Amazon.com: Foster Grant Gavin Fold-Flat Micro Reading Glasses are my favorite readers. The hard case protects them but is plenty slim enough to go comfortably in a man’s pants pocket. You can get cheaper ones, but you can’t get cheaper and a slim-line hard case.
He can indeed. And thanks to your thoughtful page, we’ve already been PM-ing up a storm. I was gonna bug him, but you beat me to it. You’re the best! Smooches!
Yeah, party at Cookie’s and now Niner is close enough to join in too. Gonna be a great Dopefest.
I will do exactly that.
Sounds about like what the Brazilians call Cachaça - Wikipedia. Like rum, but with a very much leaves & twigs overtone to the flavor. It’s a very common ingredient in Brazilian cocktails and therefore very common around here where Brazilians are too.
And public thanks for a great PM convo.
By far the best news of the day; you totally deserve this one!!
As to me and it’ll be quick for once …
Solidified my plans for Sint Maarten, did a bit of golf, talked to old friends, and had the fine dinner sitting next to the bubble-headed bleach blond. And now yakked w y’all. The day is complete. Devoid of stress and the endless internal replay of failed conversations with SOs. Feels very nice.
It is currently 67 with a high of -snert- 69.
I will be in your neck of the woods on April 6th and again on the 9th. Have you been to Twisted Stitches? If so, do they have nice patterns? The webpage shows a lot of painted canvas, which I personally do not like. Do you know if they have other kits that use blank canvas?
My cousin called again. I got my desk all organized during the conversation. I also got the residue off of the poor pan. (Baking soda and scrunched foil to the rescue. But wait! There’s more to my tail of woe. Last night I stuck the hot pain on the balcony, but onto a plastic drinks table out there. It burned a depression into the table. I’m covering it with a placemat. The idiocy never stops. Thanks for the commiseration and support!
My son isn’t going to be able to come visit me as we’d planned. They’re so crazy-busy with the move that I’m not surprised.
Internet Legend, welcome a board! I love your username! All I can come up with for a Mumper name is Coaster Cop. I think @swampbear should decide.
Realfish, I love your hair! That shade of blue is just gorgeous. And I’m so glad your dad is better!
My laptop has predictive text, and it’s running amok today. It typed “Welcome aboard, Alicia” to Legend, and “I’m so glad your doodad is better” to fishy. Yeesh.
flyboy, do you use a waterpik?
An end of an era is nigh. My mid-life crisis is schedule to end on February 2, 2024. That is the day Carvana will be picking up Esmerelda - my 2021 White Dodge Challenger Hemi V8 - and I will officially be returning to professional dirtbag status.
I bought her when I sold my house. I drove her all over this fine country of ours. I’ve been abusing her in the city for the past year. Let’s face it, a car like that is wasted on the 250 feet between stoplights. I was thinking of trading it in for a Jeep - and I still may buy one in the spring if the means are still there - but for now I’m going to be a city mouse. First order of business is to move out of this Stately Wayne Manor I’ve been living in. High rise apartment, with a gym, a sauna, a pool and a simulation golf machine in the basement. Who am I? Leona Helmsley?
Nope, back to a cozy studio apartment in a hip neighborhood where I’ll go to sleep to the sound of stray dogs and car alarms. My wheelhouse. More adventures to continue …
I haven’t been there, but a friend of my daughter’s is up on most of the knitting and sewing shops in town. She’s going to be over Wednesday night, so I’ll ask her then. It’s only a few miles away from my house, though. If she doesn’t know, maybe I can stop in next time I’m over that way!
That must be a natural mid-life crisis car. I’ve been looking at them longingly for the past ten years or so, but I never even suggested actually buying one. I’ve decided that the Volt we bought in 2019 is sporty-looking enough that it counts.
Aw, crap. Forgive me, but what’d I miss, or forget?
Forgive again, but I had to Google. (Car make/model is not my area of expertise. Gods help us all if I’m ever the sole witness to a crime involving a vehicle. “Officer, he drove off in a … I think it was red?”)
I will say this: that’s one sexy beast of a car.
Sorry, Real Fish please don’t hate me for laughing across the country at this one. I am genuinely glad that both your doodad, and your actual IRL father, seem to be doing O.K.
Nah. You made a drink caddy that will hold your beverages more snugly.
Isn’t that just the best!
Yup. There’s “shouldn’t have” on both sides, in nearly all of those situations.
I’m looking at you, asshole from the other week. I may have double-flicked him off bsck while screaming at him, but … he started it.
And also lookin’ at you, drunk/high guy who went from “trying to order” to “racism and anger dialed up to 11” from last night. Directed at me specifically. Sweet Manager had already dialed 9 and 1, and was ready to dial that second 1 when he convinced himself it was time to head on out that door.
Hours later we found out he’d started with one of the Semi-Worthless Teenagers, and she may get on my last damn nerve, but you do NOT open with, “Can I order a pizza off your fine, sweet ass” to a fucking underage girl.
Which she didn’t say anything about until after the guy was gone.
Next time, girl, let us know? That shit don’t fly, and while you may annoy the hell out of the grown-ups doing your damn job while you sit on your phone, we absolutely will circle together to protect each other from assholes.
Her version of smacking objects off a table or shelf, while ignoring cries of, “No, NO!”
Killin’ my back, tho.
Eh, I ain’t gettin’ younger. Back would probably hurt anyway.
… and set a timer for five or ten minutes.
It’ll either remind you about your food, or provide a convenient alibi. (“Oh, sorry, gotta run!”)
That would be very kind, thank you. I probably won’t want to stop on the way to Dallas, but if it is overcast during the eclipse, I know I’m going to need some retail therapy. I’ve heard good things about that shop, but so many places are going to painted canvas nowadays.
I like geometric patterns, but really want a large piece for the dining room and have settled on sunflowers, California poppies or a vase of roses.
Awwww!
We have had several jeeps over the years, they are boxy gas hogs and if you get one with a ragtop, you will never be able to keep it warm or cool.
Oops. I’ve never left a pan to burn due to not trusting cats around an unattended hot stove, but I could sure see me melting a plastic table with something hot.
While I like my waterpik, these work nicely and can be carried in a pocket. (In the case of course)
Fishy, I am so happy to hear about your dad and want to chime in with hair compliments. That looks so good with your complexation and really brings out the color of your eyes.
Hubs often wonders why we always get the spoiled cats. He always seems confused when I start laughing!
VeryBadCat has been worrying me lately and I meant to make a vet appointment for her today, but today has been nothing but distractions and I forgot. She’s acts just fine, eating, pooping, smacking GormlessGeorge around a couple of times a day. (they sound like a herd of stampeding elephants)
She wheezes all of the time now and there are times when she does the hairball thing (nothing coming out) and her breathe whistles. She went to the vet a couple of months ago and the vet didn’t think there was anything wrong, so she is going to our other vet for a second opinion.
She is GG’s personal hairdresser and I thought she just had a GG sized hairball, but now I’m concerned about a growth blocking her airway.
And more distractions, stoopid raccoon is in the open and empty chest freezer.