Very nice that the magic spirits dress up this tree in the forest…
a cute, if dizzying, video.
But I keep wanting to tell them they’re doing it backwards.
Of course, they’re choosing what to do next for dramatic effect…
but I can still hear my Dad barking orders…
….
Lights first…. you don’t turn them on till you’re ready… but you want all the wires to be hidden well under the ornaments.
Then the garlands… you don’t want them to drape them over ornaments either.
THEN you place the glass balls and other ornaments… and if my Dad was watching, making every effort to space them evenly, assort the colors properly, and fill in gaps…
two silver balls near each other??? No!
….
There’s none on this tree…. but next, we had to hang the tinsel… slow down… ONE strand at a time, each draped over a single branch… and no throwing,
Then the top ornament…. as a small girl, I wanted an angel, but Dad said that was too religious… after all, we’re Jewish…. LOL.
In fact we rarely had a Christmas tree but some years they gave in to our whines.
The last thing is to turn on the lights and admire all your work.
It’s been a while since I said it…. so once again:
I totally recommend copying and pasting the puzzle into your favorite drawing or photo-editing program….
Or you can save it first, and then open it in the program.
The simplest one will do, like MS Paint, in Windows.
If you’re on a Mac, like I think Happyx3 is, MacPaint is long discontinued, but I’m told you can use Preview, by clicking Mark up, or download the free, and updated, PaintBrush2.6.
There are probably others… I’m just not that familiar with Mac.
…
Mark or circle the differences, and save it (preferably under a new name, so you can look back at the original, if you like.)
Everything will be right where you left it, and you can easily count the the ones you’ve marked… and you won’t leave one out that you already found.
…
That’s what I do… I save them, open them in MS Paint, and use the rounded square tool to “circle” the differences, for the solution I post.
Of course you can use the circle, or do it freehand, or just make a dot.
This was posted by the author on MARCH 17 OF THIS YEAR. It strikes me as an honest and well written effort to teach other Mac users about how to use “Preview.”
I guess it’s getting to be time to say that… and the seeing the high-kicking Bassettes in their aptly-named Christmas Spectacular is an annual sign of it.
I don’t know whether you can still get tickets, and if you can, they’re not inexpensive….
but grab the grandkids, grab the puppies… dress them up… big bows for the pups… and treat yourselves.
…
Meanwhile… we see them in almost duplicate.
Don’t drive yourself crazy looking for “nine differences”… this time, there are only eight.
Maybe Nighthawks knows how busy you are, this time of year, and wants to save you 11.1% of the time.
When you’ve found eight, or at least tried hard enough to convince Santa you’ve been diligent, it’s time to check your your results against mine…
so
Click here and take a look…
at my solution:
Did you get them all?
The very last one I found was probably the easiest one of all.
Some days are like that.
Something is, say, 50% off, and the sign says “Take an extra 25% off.” (Those are unusually high discounts, but.the arithmetic is easier to follow that way.)
People think, if they think about it at all, that means they’ll get 75% off… But they won’t.
They get the extra 25% off of the sale price.
…
If it was $100, it’s on sale for $50… Then they get another $12.50 off, making it $37.50.
Most people don’t do arithmetic, but every once in a while I’d have to explain that to the person who adamantly insisted it would be $25.
BTW… about that soup recipe…. once again, I didn’t get back to answer.
Sorry… I kind of held off, the first time, but since you asked again….
I thought it might be ok…. though
I would…
cook it longer, till the onion was quite soft, and use more of it, probably sauteing it a bit first.
I’d never put whole spices into anything that only simmers 10 minutes, either….
I don’t happen to like cloves or celery seed anyway… especially biting into whole ones, barely heated.
But for anyone who wants to almost instantly recreate the memory of Campbell’s tomato soup, but more healthfully….
just do THIS….
All it takes is good canned tomato paste…
For one person, half a six ounce can, diluted with 6oz of water…
you do need about a teaspoon of sugar and a LITTLE salt to trigger that Campbell’s memory, but it’s nowhere near what they use…
Heat it well, add 3 or 4 ounces of milk, heat again just to simmering. Voila!
FYI… You also posted about sugar free canned tomatoes. No canned tomatoes I’ve seen have sugar in them, except for those fake “roasted” ones (yuck). They seem to think sugar simulates roasted peels.
I prefer salt free too, if the price is ok…
And good tomato paste has neither, as well.
Target’s own tomato paste is better than most, and only 45¢.
Chris Mann, “My Corona” (from way over a year ago) (beware of F-bombs in his parodies):
“Stop it, don’t be manic, go inside, no organic!
Oh no, all GMO, Jesus Christ, now I panic, I’ll die-ie-ie-ie, whoa
M-m-m-my Corona (I’m out of toilet paper, it’s my Corona)”
Are those the Twelve Bassettes of Christmas? Aren’t they a week early?
Eight days until Christmas (the latter included), eight differences.
Splitting toothache (better, but still; and there’s only that much Ibuprofen one should take daily, but I could sleep), but I wanted to keep the perp for now; an open wound over the weekend wouldn’t have been fun, either.
Christmastime, time for the Radio City Hall of Cleveland to present the Bassettes! They are all in such perfect synchrony that I would not even attempt to find a flaw.
I am glad that Ringo found a life performing after the Beatles. He doesn’t sing any better, but he is as good as most these days.
The Ventures! I thought I might be able to play the guitar on this but I was wrong. Incidentally, I always thought the bass guitar players had it easy, with just four strings. But they had to be very perceptive about the music as it unfolded and work to support the overall effort. And usually, though maybe not in this case, interact with the drummer.
Did you know? If all the Coca‑Cola ever produced were to cascade down Niagara Falls at its normal rate of 1.6 million gallons per second, it would flow for nearly 83 hours.
Accepting it as accurate and working backwards using 82 and 1/2 hours (“flow for nearly 83 hours” implies a longer time than 82.5 hours):
The volume of coke involved would form a cube a bit over 3,990.07958 feet on a side, and take a bit over 45.3418 seconds to drive by at 60 miles an hour.
From: The New Pennsylvania Dutch Cook Book
By: Ruth Hutchinson
Illustrated by: Tim Palmer
Published by: HARPER & BROTHERS NEW YORK 1958
Earlier edition published as: The Pennsylvania Dutch Cook Book (1948)
Library of Congress catalog card number 58-8873
ROAST YOUNG PIG Credited to: “an old cookbook”
Credit line above from this introduction:
“One doesn’t hear much nowadays about roast young pig, but if anyone yearns to know how it was done long ago here is a blow-by-blow description from an old cookbook:”
1 freshly killed month-old dressed pig
1 big red apple
Stuffing
1 cup stale bread crumbs
1 heaping tablespoon chopped suet
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
1 teaspoon sage
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
2 tablespoons chopped onion
1/4 cup cold water
Mix stuffing thoroughly, stuff the pig, sew up and truss. “Place a stone or corncob
in his mouth to keep it open.” Rub well with melted butter—all over — dredge lightly
with flour, sprinkle with salt and pepper. Roast in a moderate oven (350°), baste
frequently with salted water, then baste with butter. In 2 1/2 hours the pig should be
roasted. If it is large, roast for another 1/2 hour. Brush with melted butter to make
it glossy, remove the stone and replace with the apple, surround with a wreath of
parsley, and serve with applesauce to which 1 tablespoon of horseradish has been
added.
The next recipe in the book is for “STUFFED PIG’S MAW” — used in the sense of stomach. It’s actually simpler to make than this one.
Does anyone really want to see it? 🙂
You’re entering Pie Town, New Mexico from the east.
The sign has changed a fair bit.
The picture is the link.
The click the full screen on the golem guy (it will actually be a half screen) and he will move as you go west on U.S. 60 (if you go to the blue route line on the map and click the golem will jump right to there).
…
…
…
…
I really like Men at Work.
.
Very nice that the magic spirits dress up this tree in the forest…
a cute, if dizzying, video.
But I keep wanting to tell them they’re doing it backwards.
Of course, they’re choosing what to do next for dramatic effect…
but I can still hear my Dad barking orders…
….
Lights first…. you don’t turn them on till you’re ready… but you want all the wires to be hidden well under the ornaments.
Then the garlands… you don’t want them to drape them over ornaments either.
THEN you place the glass balls and other ornaments… and if my Dad was watching, making every effort to space them evenly, assort the colors properly, and fill in gaps…
two silver balls near each other??? No!
….
There’s none on this tree…. but next, we had to hang the tinsel… slow down… ONE strand at a time, each draped over a single branch… and no throwing,
Then the top ornament…. as a small girl, I wanted an angel, but Dad said that was too religious… after all, we’re Jewish…. LOL.
In fact we rarely had a Christmas tree but some years they gave in to our whines.
The last thing is to turn on the lights and admire all your work.
Boy, I never realized the procedure was so precisely defined. No wonder our tree never looked like the magazines.
I usually turn the lights on as I do everything else. Helps me see what I’m doing.
Sally Storch
Ms. Storch seems to be obsessed with images of women standing on the sidewalk outside of stores.
This is the most detailed… …BIOGRAPHY… … of Sally Storch I have found.
Doggy!
Tomorrow i won’t remember the ones i found tonight…
Good night people and pets.
Which is why I make a list. I found five so far, but my eyes are giving out tonight also.
and Happyx3….
It’s been a while since I said it…. so once again:
I totally recommend copying and pasting the puzzle into your favorite drawing or photo-editing program….
Or you can save it first, and then open it in the program.
The simplest one will do, like MS Paint, in Windows.
If you’re on a Mac, like I think Happyx3 is, MacPaint is long discontinued, but I’m told you can use Preview, by clicking Mark up, or download the free, and updated, PaintBrush2.6.
There are probably others… I’m just not that familiar with Mac.
…
Mark or circle the differences, and save it (preferably under a new name, so you can look back at the original, if you like.)
Everything will be right where you left it, and you can easily count the the ones you’ve marked… and you won’t leave one out that you already found.
…
That’s what I do… I save them, open them in MS Paint, and use the rounded square tool to “circle” the differences, for the solution I post.
Of course you can use the circle, or do it freehand, or just make a dot.
This was posted by the author on MARCH 17 OF THIS YEAR. It strikes me as an honest and well written effort to teach other Mac users about how to use “Preview.”
Aw, is that QTPi?
Yes! 🙂
And, “Yes, she is…”
(a QTPi)
I defy anyone to look into those eyes and tell me that there isn’t a sentient being looking back at you.
Good to see the Haim sisters on this site.
Season’s Greetings, pals and puzzlers…
I guess it’s getting to be time to say that… and the seeing the high-kicking Bassettes in their aptly-named Christmas Spectacular is an annual sign of it.
I don’t know whether you can still get tickets, and if you can, they’re not inexpensive….
but grab the grandkids, grab the puppies… dress them up… big bows for the pups… and treat yourselves.
…
Meanwhile… we see them in almost duplicate.
Don’t drive yourself crazy looking for “nine differences”… this time, there are only eight.
Maybe Nighthawks knows how busy you are, this time of year, and wants to save you 11.1% of the time.
When you’ve found eight, or at least tried hard enough to convince Santa you’ve been diligent, it’s time to check your your results against mine…
so
Did you get them all?
The very last one I found was probably the easiest one of all.
Some days are like that.
When nighthawks goes back to nine, though, there’ll be 12.5% more differences to find.
Funny how that works.
People are strangely intimidated by percentages.
…
It’s like in stores…
Something is, say, 50% off, and the sign says “Take an extra 25% off.” (Those are unusually high discounts, but.the arithmetic is easier to follow that way.)
People think, if they think about it at all, that means they’ll get 75% off… But they won’t.
They get the extra 25% off of the sale price.
…
If it was $100, it’s on sale for $50… Then they get another $12.50 off, making it $37.50.
Most people don’t do arithmetic, but every once in a while I’d have to explain that to the person who adamantly insisted it would be $25.
BTW… about that soup recipe…. once again, I didn’t get back to answer.
Sorry… I kind of held off, the first time, but since you asked again….
I thought it might be ok…. though
I’d never put whole spices into anything that only simmers 10 minutes, either….
I don’t happen to like cloves or celery seed anyway… especially biting into whole ones, barely heated.
But for anyone who wants to almost instantly recreate the memory of Campbell’s tomato soup, but more healthfully….
For one person, half a six ounce can, diluted with 6oz of water…
you do need about a teaspoon of sugar and a LITTLE salt to trigger that Campbell’s memory, but it’s nowhere near what they use…
Heat it well, add 3 or 4 ounces of milk, heat again just to simmering. Voila!
FYI… You also posted about sugar free canned tomatoes. No canned tomatoes I’ve seen have sugar in them, except for those fake “roasted” ones (yuck). They seem to think sugar simulates roasted peels.
I prefer salt free too, if the price is ok…
And good tomato paste has neither, as well.
Target’s own tomato paste is better than most, and only 45¢.
As long as gluten-free water is sold (what the fork?)…
Chris Mann, “My Corona” (from way over a year ago) (beware of F-bombs in his parodies):
“Stop it, don’t be manic, go inside, no organic!
Oh no, all GMO, Jesus Christ, now I panic, I’ll die-ie-ie-ie, whoa
M-m-m-my Corona (I’m out of toilet paper, it’s my Corona)”
I’m fine with eating some sugar and salt….
I rarely buy organic, cos I can’t pay twice as much, or more, for it…
And IMHO, gluten-free is silly for most people.
Unless you have celiac disease, or another bad reaction to gluten, shown by experiment or testing, you’re only cutting out a good source of protein.
They’ve already proven that totally fat free is unhealthy, as well.
…
But I do try to cut down some on sugar, cos it’s proven to be not good for us…
I’d much rather use my allotment for cookies, and dark chocolate and such, then get extra in my vegetables and soup.
…
Doctors had me on low salt for years, and I’m still careful…
But a couple of years ago, I fainted, and my current doctor said “ease up on the low salt, but don’t go crazy”…. cos I was getting TOO little!
…
Moderation and common sense should rule.
At least F-bombs have no sugar, or calories. A bit of salt, that’s all.
Same here.
Are those the Twelve Bassettes of Christmas? Aren’t they a week early?
Eight days until Christmas (the latter included), eight differences.
Splitting toothache (better, but still; and there’s only that much Ibuprofen one should take daily, but I could sleep), but I wanted to keep the perp for now; an open wound over the weekend wouldn’t have been fun, either.
I must have looked at the two that i missed half a dozen times apiece, and still didn’t notice.
🙁
Dang, i’m bad at this.
XD
Christmastime, time for the Radio City Hall of Cleveland to present the Bassettes! They are all in such perfect synchrony that I would not even attempt to find a flaw.
I am glad that Ringo found a life performing after the Beatles. He doesn’t sing any better, but he is as good as most these days.
The Ventures! I thought I might be able to play the guitar on this but I was wrong. Incidentally, I always thought the bass guitar players had it easy, with just four strings. But they had to be very perceptive about the music as it unfolded and work to support the overall effort. And usually, though maybe not in this case, interact with the drummer.
“Wipeout” was one of the first riffs that I learned.
.
The trivia piece below…..
Did you know?
If all the Coca‑Cola ever produced were to
cascade down Niagara Falls at its normal
rate of 1.6 million gallons per second, it
would flow for nearly 83 hours.
…comes from HERE (top of page 3)
Accepting it as accurate and working backwards using 82 and 1/2 hours (“flow for nearly 83 hours” implies a longer time than 82.5 hours):
The volume of coke involved would form a cube a bit over 3,990.07958 feet on a side, and take a bit over 45.3418 seconds to drive by at 60 miles an hour.
297,000 seconds × 1,600,000 gallons/second = 475,200,000,000 gallons
The volume of a U.S. gallon is defined as 231 cubic inches.
475,200,000,000 gallons × 231 cubic inches/gallon = 109,771,200,000,000 cubic inches
109,771,200,000,000 cubic inches / 1,728cubic inches/cubic foot = 63,525,000,000 cubic feet
∛(63,525,000,000 cubic feet) = 3,990.07958 feet (truncated)
(3,990.07958 feet) / 88 feet/second [60 miles per hour] = 45.3418 seconds (truncated)
All the research I’ve done indicates the women in the advertisements from this era were creations of the artists who drew them.
.
This photo reminds me of an ad for some women’s hair care product that I cannot remember.
..
“For the love of Dog, will you please take my stuffed toy out of the dryer?!”
I deserve a cookie, just for being cute and lovable.
Forget the 8 differences, this is a GREAT picture. I love the ears all over. Too fun!
Oh heck nah. My eyes crossed looking at it.
Good morning basset puzzlers. It’s all you guys today.
.
Y’all have a great weekend. (((((HuGz!)))))
From: The New Pennsylvania Dutch Cook Book
By: Ruth Hutchinson
Illustrated by: Tim Palmer
Published by: HARPER & BROTHERS NEW YORK 1958
Earlier edition published as: The Pennsylvania Dutch Cook Book (1948)
Library of Congress catalog card number 58-8873
ROAST YOUNG PIG Credited to: “an old cookbook”
Credit line above from this introduction:
“One doesn’t hear much nowadays about roast young pig, but if anyone yearns to
know how it was done long ago here is a blow-by-blow description from an old
cookbook:”
1 freshly killed month-old dressed pig
1 big red apple
Stuffing
1 cup stale bread crumbs
1 heaping tablespoon chopped suet
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
1 teaspoon sage
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
2 tablespoons chopped onion
1/4 cup cold water
Mix stuffing thoroughly, stuff the pig, sew up and truss. “Place a stone or corncob
in his mouth to keep it open.” Rub well with melted butter—all over — dredge lightly
with flour, sprinkle with salt and pepper. Roast in a moderate oven (350°), baste
frequently with salted water, then baste with butter. In 2 1/2 hours the pig should be
roasted. If it is large, roast for another 1/2 hour. Brush with melted butter to make
it glossy, remove the stone and replace with the apple, surround with a wreath of
parsley, and serve with applesauce to which 1 tablespoon of horseradish has been
added.
The next recipe in the book is for “STUFFED PIG’S MAW” — used in the sense of stomach. It’s actually simpler to make than this one.
Does anyone really want to see it? 🙂
No.
……………………….
(And, puh-leeeze….if a recipe calls for a freshly-killed anything, please, please put it in a spoiler……please? Thank you, Alexi!)
You don’t eat sausages?
“Pfälzer Saumagen”.
The former German Bundeskanzler Helmut Kohl’s favorite. He used to serve that to guests from abroad, too,
The sign has changed a fair bit.
The picture is the link.
The click the full screen on the golem guy (it will actually be a half screen) and he will move as you go west on U.S. 60 (if you go to the blue route line on the map and click the golem will jump right to there).
Riquewihr, Haut-Rhin, France (©WalterBibikow/eStockPhoto)(BingAustralia)
BING Picture of the Day
Click on the photo to enlarge.
I have never seen such grace and fluidity as I saw from the Bassettes. And I hope I never see it again.