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The Lighter Side / Re: Photo Captions - Irreverent! Beware

« Last post by CellarDweller on October 04, 2026, 05:49:31 pm »

Jack:   Didja here that, Ennis?










Chi chi chi.....hah hah hah










Ennis:   Only thing I've heard is your damn harmonica!

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Anything Goes / Re: Dream Interpretation

« Last post by Jeff Wrangler on October 04, 2026, 05:21:30 pm »

But then later I spied it in a basket atop my microwave. Apparently I'd decided to risk a fruit fly frenzy. But when I picked the tomato up, it had a mold spot on it! So I threw it out.

You could have just cut away the mold spot. That's what I do, and it's fine.

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BetterMost People / Re: Collections - What do you collect?

« Last post by Jeff Wrangler on October 04, 2026, 05:11:13 pm »

I had a wonderful afternoon perusing M's collection of maps. Not old maps, but mostly National Geographic maps of all kinds. I think I'm going to get a map case and start a collection.

Sounds like lots of fun! I love maps!

I have an atlas that I bought years ago because its Wyoming map shows Lighting Flat and Sage.

If there are any military surplus stores in the Denver area, you might check them. You might be able to find a "vintage" leather map case.    In a military surplus store I once found a vintage leather dispatch case. I used it for years until the shoulder strap broke and could not be repaired.

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The Lighter Side / Re: Today's Wordle ------- spoilers alert!

« Last post by serious crayons on October 04, 2026, 04:08:08 pm »

Wordle 1,933 3/6

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Connections
Puzzle #1211
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The Lighter Side / Re: Photo Captions - Irreverent! Beware

« Last post by serious crayons on October 04, 2026, 04:05:48 pm »

There are certain types of horror movies I don't watch or enjoy.  They're in a genre called "torture porn".   Movies where people are murdered in extremely graphic ways.  Personally, I find those films disturbing.

Yeah, I've always told my kids that if I ever attend a screening of Saw, for example, it would be with a picket sign in my hand.

The other kind I hate have stories I might read about in the newspaper. Home invasions, that kind of thing. Remember Funny Games?

And finally I don't really care for horror movies with supernatural aspects. Not because I find them too scary but because I don't believe in supernatural stuff. I was not the least bit scared by The Exorcist. When I watched The Witch, I at first thought it was going to be good because I thought the townsfolk would falsely accuse the girl of witchcraft. But no, of course there has to turn out to be an evil presence of some kind.

I loved Halloween but for decades I otherwise avoided horror movies altogether. Then a couple of years ago my son and I started seeing movies together now and then on his night off. My son generally has more sophisticated taste in movies than mine, but he also likes horror movies, so I decided I could handle some mild horror and it turned out I liked a few. Weapons was pretty entertaining, and Amy Madigan won a best supporting Oscar for her role. It contained a touch of supernatural, but not enough to really wreck it because the villain was basically human. I also liked the two 28 Years Laters -- sequels to 28 Days Later, which I also liked when it came out years ago. They involve zombies, but as usual in zombie flicks it's the humans who are actually scary.

Last week, we saw Primetime, not exactly a horror movie but a kind of disturbing one. My son and I both liked it.

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Anything Goes / Re: Dream Interpretation

« Last post by serious crayons on October 04, 2026, 03:39:13 pm »

Could my fridge be eating my food? 

I had a similar thought yesterday. A friend bought me a huge fresh tomato when we lunched together at a place that also sells fresh farm produce. I thought I put it in the fridge, against my better judgment, because I've had fruit fly problems lately. Then I couldn't find it anywhere in the fridge and finally concluded that I must have left it in my car.

But then later I spied it in a basket atop my microwave. Apparently I'd decided to risk a fruit fly frenzy. But when I picked the tomato up, it had a mold spot on it! So I threw it out.

It's just as well, I guess; I was actually starting to get almost sick of tomatoes. My ex-husband tends a garden plot in my former neighborhood's community garden. Every year I put down the $50 for the garden plots and my ex plants and tends the garden, growing tomatoes, arugula, chard, poblanos and eggplants. In return, I make hotdishes out of the poblanos and lets him make gazpacho with my blender.

During tomato season I eat a tomato sandwich almost every day. Sometimes a BLT, but more often a Caprese sandwich (I grow my own basil on my balcony). By the end of tomato season, I'm ready to switch to squash!

Sorry to drag on, but speaking of which, I have a question for you all. My ex and I are planning a trip to Chicago to participate in my son's new wife's family's annual chili cookoff. My son said everybody always enters red chili, so right away I decided on a green chili with chicken. But then I had another thought: what if I stirred in some pumpkin puree? Not so much that the chili tastes like a pumpkin pie, just enough to give it an interesting flavor. What do you guys think of that plan?

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The Lighter Side / Re: Photo Captions - Irreverent! Beware

« Last post by Sason on October 04, 2026, 02:44:07 pm »

So until the end of October, you won't like my captions.

 

Thanks for the warning! 

There are certain types of horror movies I don't watch or enjoy.  They're in a genre called "torture porn".   Movies where people are murdered in extremely graphic ways.  Personally, I find those films disturbing.

 

Just reading this will probably disturb my sleep tonight 

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The Lighter Side / Re: Today's Wordle ------- spoilers alert!

« Last post by Sason on October 04, 2026, 02:38:19 pm »

Shuffalo, 2m 57s

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https://www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/shuffalo/2026/10/04

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The Lighter Side / Re: Today's Wordle ------- spoilers alert!

« Last post by Sason on October 04, 2026, 02:38:02 pm »

Connections
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The Lighter Side / Re: Today's Wordle ------- spoilers alert!

« Last post by Sason on October 04, 2026, 02:37:39 pm »

Strands #945
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