[Magdalen] And away it goes....

[Jay Weigel]

S/O had problems a few years ago with the wiring harness in his car being
chewed up, presumably by chipmunks (though it may have been mice). Turns
out that apparently peanut oil had been used during the manufacturing of
the wires, as a release agent. Someone's brilliant idea, no doubt.

Probably the same guy whose idea it was to change the scrubbing agent in
Lava soap. About three years ago we noticed that our bars of Lava in the
workshop were being chewed up. A little research led us to the amazing fact
that Lava no longer uses pumice, but walnut grit, to scrub that difficult
dirt out of your hands. Now we bait our mousetraps with Lava soap scraps.
Damned effective, and works just as well as peanut butter!

On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 7:33 PM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> My father once went to replace the air filter and found it packed with dry
> dog food. Didn't need replacing after all--just emptying!
>
> > On Nov 24, 2016, at 6:22 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Reminds me of a story on Car Talk, in which a woman called in with her
> > problem, which was that when she operated the heater of her car, dog food
> > came out the heating ducts. The brothers Click and Clack absolutely lost
> > it, laughing at this strange image.
> >
> > It turned out that things were as they suggested: The lady had a dog, and
> > the dog food was stored in a corner of the garage, and so forth...  The
> > little mousies had been enjoying this source of great food, but were also
> > storing it away in a secret place (so far as THEY knew) against the time
> of
> > some future famine. Unfortunately, their choice of storage location,
> which
> > turned out to be the lady's car's heating system, was now busted. Poor
> > little guys, just trying to get along.
> >
> > I shall always have the image of dog food pouring out of the heating
> ducts.
> >
> > James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> > *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> > except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
> >
> >> On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 5:47 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> When I took the top off the smoker, I discovered that a pair of wee
> mousies
> >> had made a nest in it! I felt a little guilty evicting them, especially
> >> when one looked up at me pleadingly, but I explained to them the it
> wasn't
> >> Section 8 housing and tipped it over, spilling them and their nest out
> on
> >> the porch and sending them scuttling off in opposite directions. Well, I
> >> hope they find each other, but *not* in my smoker again! I did feel a
> bit
> >> as if I'd thrown Mary and Joseph (mouse-variety) out into the cold, but
> we
> >> have enough trouble with the wee beasties, and if they'd come in through
> >> the basement they might have faced Kali the black snake. The circle of
> >> life.....
> >>
> >> So the chicken is now merrily smoking away, and the sweet potatoes
> waiting
> >> to be baked. No pear kuchen got made, so we'll have some Goya coconut
> >> pasteles instead. Pumpkin pie is just "meh" to S/O.
> >>
> >>> On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 3:02 PM, Jon Egger <revegger at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Dawn, Becca and I met Dawn's sister, niece, and nephew (from Winterset,
> >>> Iowa) at the huge truck stop in Oak Grove, MO, and had their buffet for
> >>> Thanksgiving. YUMMY!  For $15.00 per person it's a deal.  They'll do it
> >> in
> >>> December from Christmas...and we'll be back.
> >>>
> >>>> On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 12:40 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Chicken brining here, apple chunks soaking, getting ready for a trip
> to
> >>> the
> >>>> electric smoker where they will repose for a couple of hours before
> >>>> finishing in the oven Cornbread stuffing, baked sweet potatoes, and
> >> gravy
> >>>> will finish our simple meal. I may or may not get a pear kuchen made,
> >>>> depending on how the other work goes; I'm working on a commission
> piece
> >>>> that absolutely, positively has to be finished by Sunday.
> >>>>
> >>>> On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 12:22 PM, Charles Wohlers <
> >>>> charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> And I've just set the leek & potato soup to boil. Pumpkin for pumpkin
> >>> pie
> >>>>> has been cooked. So what's left is to put the pie together, bake it,
> >>> and
> >>>>> then roast some brussels sprouts, jerusalem artichokes & cauliflower.
> >>> All
> >>>>> the above from the garden (well, not the cauliflower). We'll go up to
> >>> our
> >>>>> neighbor's later, who is taking care of turkey, etc.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Meanwhile, it's snowing here on the frozen tundra, so we'll have a
> >>> white
> >>>>> Thanksgiving.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> And, if anyone is trying to get to Eleanor Braun's today, they might
> >>> get
> >>>> a
> >>>>> tad confused:
> >>>>> https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/11/22/massdot-apologi
> >>>>> zes-for-cod-cape-sign-dartmouth/bpmdTMDf96Jk7maly3BcxO/story.html
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Chad Wohlers
> >>>>> Woodbury, VT USA
> >>>>> chadwohl at satucket.com
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> -----Original Message----- From: M J _Mike_ Logsdon
> >>>>> Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2016 11:37 AM
> >>>>> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
> >>>>> Subject: [Magdalen] And away it goes....
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanksgiving dinner, that is.  Crock Pot Sausage Soup (not kielbasa,
> >>> for
> >>>> a
> >>>>> change), and with a special green ingredient.  I'll only give detail
> >>>> later,
> >>>>> IF it turns out okay.  It's in the tradition of the kielbasa soup
> >>> recipe
> >>>> my
> >>>>> mom handed off to me, but even before she became as delicate as she
> >> is
> >>>> now
> >>>>> I'm sure she'd fine mine today way too spicy.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> This is the first time I've actively tried to cook for going on
> >> months
> >>>>> now, that's how depressed I've been.  Maybe the 4-day weekend perked
> >> me
> >>>> up.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> If no one has told you that they love you today,
> >>> let me be the first.
> >>> brud
> >>
>