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[crazycanuck]

Hey lise,

Sitting here wondering if your package arrived or if some lovely person at the post office has lost it.

If it sits in a warehouse for a few days the tim tams will be a gooey mess...

c

[Lise]

Hey lise,

Sitting here wondering if your package arrived or if some lovely person at the post office has lost it.

If it sits in a warehouse for a few days the tim tams will be a gooey mess...

c

Nope, not yet. I'll post the moment I get it!

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Having nothing to do with CC's package....
The air conditioner in the bedroom turned itself off overnight. WHY? I woke up hot and sweaty, to a silent room. No whirr of the ac. Bad sign. I turned it back on, it works, just...not when it doesn't feel like it? argh. The one in the dining room is working fine, but my bed room was hot, and not for any good reasons!

[DirtDiva]

Would it be so bad, though, if they solidified into one giant Tim Tam?

And, in the spirit of giant snacks and thread drift... Pimp that Snack!

[margo49]

My remedy for non-pristine-condition TimTams is to crush them up roughly and use as the base for a cheesecake (the gelatine unbaked kind)

[Nanci]

I want the maple cookie, the devil's chocolate orange, the Hostess cupcake, giant California roll, custard tart, I guess that's it.

[DrBee]

MP - You are so resilient! I hope they find a quick remedy for your reduced lung capacity. At least you can keep spinning and running.

And about watching medical procedures. No, thank you. I was perfectly happy to be knocked out during both of my knee surgeries. Ick! However, I was sitting a the right angle to pretty much see my son being born and that was amazing. Birth is one thing, but watching sugery - nah, not for me.

[Lise]

"pimp" seems to mean "make ridiculously large version of" Although the Eeek-clair looks about right sized to me!

I'll let y'all know the condition of the Tim-Tams when they arrive!

Do you ever find yourself wanting to eat what you're reading about? I'm reading The Hummingbird's Daughter, about country people in Mexico in the 1800s. It's a remarkable, wonderful book, and made me crave corn tortillas and nopales. Made nopal salad yesterday (nopales are cactus; you can buy them sliced up and pickled, no prickers, of course). Nopales, onion, cilantro, feta cheese, mild chiles, some red pepper for bite. This morning I heated up a couple of corn tortillas, sliced some left over steak and heated that, threw in a bit of avocado and some nopales. YUM! Some mornings I just can't take another bowl of cereal!

[Nanci]

The team just checked in around 5:50 AM Death Valley Time or 8:50 Eastern Standard Time. David has gone through the fifth time station and onward through Lone Pine Campground and is at the MT.. Whitney Portal with 7 miles until the finish. He is disappointed I know because he will finish about 4 to 5 hours short of a Buckle Award, which is what he really would have like to had accomplished. They will come into the finish about the same time as last year, at 52 hours or so.

A a spectator, I am in awe of the crew and Dave and their combined efforts to complete such a endeavor. They have worked together and could not have produced this result one without the other. Thanks to everyone for their support through e-mail. SEE YOU AT THE FINISH TEAM HARPER!!!

[DrBee]

Do you ever find yourself wanting to eat what you're reading about? I'm reading The Hummingbird's Daughter,

I thought you were going to say you wanted to eat hummingbirds. I spit my cantaloupe out on that one!




Nanci - Sorry to hear your friend is going to be disappointed. I'm in awe of anyone that would take on such an adventure.

[Nanci]

My friend Dave has finished the Badwater Ultramarathon- 135 miles of Death Valley. Time of 51:48- 56 minutes faster than last year! (The other Florida Death Valley Cup hopeful finished in 47:08- so now we have two people to root for at Furnace Creek 508!!)

[maillotpois]

Fantastic!!! And better than last year has to make him feel good, even if he might have been slower than he'd hoped. Amazing he could do that with his blisters and all.

[chickwhorips]

And, in the spirit of giant snacks and thread drift... Pimp that Snack!

those make me hungry and sick to my tummy at the same time.