KKChat -- 19 October 2025

[Bynw]

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[18:11] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> KK?
[18:11] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I enjoyed the one DH and I took a few years ago
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[18:12] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Looks like your hope is coming true
[18:12] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> It's a good time of the year for it with the leaves turning
[18:12] <KK> Hello, all.
[18:12] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hi KK
[18:12] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> How are you?
[18:12] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Hi!
[18:12] <CG> [discord] <bynw> hi
[18:12] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Hiho, KK
[18:13] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Not much convo so far. Just admiring bynw's trip pictures posted earlier.
[18:14] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> And meditating
[18:15] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> And using the chat time to rest a bit before I have to go back and excavate my bed from under the pile of clothes on it
[18:15] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> (I've been trying to straighten out my closet
[18:15] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> I'm prepping my scene to post
[18:15] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Just adding the footnotes
[18:16] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I've got my next chapter queued up to launch tomorrow morning
[18:16] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> I am starting to face Monday and Thursday with anticip-
[18:16] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Good anticipation, or dread?  😄
[18:16] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Exactly!
[18:17] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> pation!
[18:17] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Oh, come now, there's nothing like a little trauma to start off one's week, right?
[18:18] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> I WASN'T DONE YET, NEZZ
[18:18] <KK> I've been better. Managed to trip and fall in my bedroom on Friday morning. Hit my head on the flat of a music cabinet in the corner, raised a lump, but it's almost gone now. Also twisted my right ankle and knee, and couldn't get up. Fortunately, phone was within reach. Had to call 911 to send rescue squad to come and pick me up. So the smaller
[18:18] <KK> fire truck with 2 firefighters and an EMT came, let themselves in with the door code I'd provided, and picked me up. Superficial injury check, I was standing and coherent, so they went away.
[18:18] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Oh dear!
[18:19] <KK> My ankle and knee are very tender today, so I'm taking it wasy.
[18:19] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Oh no!  At least it wasn't worse, but that sounds very unpleasant!
[18:19] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Nothing sprained?
[18:19] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Of course. Maybe administer  ice cream p.o.?
[18:19] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Blizzard therapy, stat!
[18:20] <KK> Ice cream will be administered after chat.
[18:20] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> There you go!
[18:21] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Hi Everyone!
[18:21] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> After a mostly soup and pasta pre-medical procedure diet this past week, I have been treating myself to burgers and other stuff I usually try to enjoy sparingly
[18:21] <KK> I gather that Bynw's train ride was spectacular.  Love those tourist trains.
[18:21] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Jerusha! Welcome!
[18:21] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Sorry you took a fall, KK
[18:21] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Yes, the pictures showed some very nice views.
[18:22] <KK> Evie, that sounds like prep for a colonoscopy.  All is well, I take it?
[18:22] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Everything came out fine.  😉
[18:23] <KK> As expected and always as hoped.
[18:23] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> We don't need THOSE pictures please please please
[18:23] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yes, mostly OK.  One polyp, but it wouldn't be my GI tract without one, I suppose.
[18:23] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> LOL!  I will spare you photos. 😄
[18:23] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Oh come on... those little polyps are cute!
[18:23] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I prefer for my horror to be fictional rather than medical. 😄
[18:24] * CG [discord] <jerusha2> tries to imaging a cuty polyp and gives up
[18:24] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Imagine a smiley face on it and maybe a cute floral bonnet?  No?  OK, I got nuthin'
[18:25] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hi, Laurna!
[18:26] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> KK  I am so sorry to hear about your fall.  But I am glad to hear only minor troubles after
[18:26] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Hi Laurna
[18:26] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> How is your mom doing?
[18:26] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Hi Laurna!
[18:27] <KK> Good on ya, for doing this procedure as recommended.  The prep is the worst part of it. Procedure itself is easy.  Propofol is our friend.
[18:28] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Oh, I have to be a frequent flier, since my grandmother died of colon cancer.
[18:28] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I got my mom The Bay Alarm system.  So she carries around a push botton on a lanniered.   but Don't pay for the extra fall detection.   apparently that is only for people who have seizurse
[18:29] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Bay Alarm in my area is 1/3 the cost of that system  that is advertised.
[18:29] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> My dad had one similar to that.  He would forget what it was for and unplug the system
[18:29] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> My smartwatch has fall detection, and it doesn't cost extra, so if she is in need of a watch in future that can also track various vital signs, that might be an option
[18:30] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> I can't get my mom to consistently wear her watch. I may get her a second so that she has one to wear while the first is charging. Evie, were you the one who told me about that trick?
[18:30] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I think so
[18:30] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I do that
[18:31] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Apparently the fall dection is only detects if you do not move at all for a period of time.  it does not actually detect falls.  and if you are prone to sleeping often  than it gives false alerts.
[18:31] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> My older watch's battery life isn't great, but it is good enough for me to wear it for a few hours while my newer watch is recharging. Then when I put the newer watch back on, I put the older one on the charger
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[18:32] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> This alarm button has a 5 year charge.  so no reason to take it off.  even good in the shower
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[18:32] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> That sounds lousy.  The fall detection on my watch actually measures sharp impact, I think. I accidentally set it off once by putting my watch down too abruptly
[18:32] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Heya HM
[18:32] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Hi HM
[18:32] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Hello HM
[18:32] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hi HM
[18:33] <HoundMistress> Hi, evie, KK, bynw,Jerusha2, laurnarose, nezz
[18:33] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> KK, did you get booted off and have to rejoin?
[18:34] <KK> My smart watch holds its charge for about a day and a half, and the charger lives next to my comfy chair, so it's easy to manage. And it transmits all kinds of useful health info to my phone.
[18:35] <KK> Best message is that I was in AFib less than 2% of the time.
[18:35] <HoundMistress> That's good!
[18:36] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> I think that might make me paranoid
[18:36] <KK> Yes. Last cardioversion seems to be holding.
[18:36] <KK> So, Bynw, what kind of meal did they serve you on the train?
[18:37] <HoundMistress> Oh, you went on a train trip, bynw?
[18:37] <KK> Watch also tells me how many hours I've slept, heart rate and respiration while asleep.
[18:38] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I agree that that kind of info would drive me nutes
[18:38] <HoundMistress> nuts?
[18:38] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> that too LOL
[18:39] <KK> It only tells me t hose things if I ask it to.
[18:39] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> I'm sure they fed him more than nuts. 😄
[18:39] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> lol
[18:39] <HoundMistress> LOL! I hope so!!
[18:40] <HoundMistress> At work the other day, I was chatting & they said, "Oh, look! Ms Judy still says LOL>"
[18:40] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Are you not supposed to?
[18:40] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Is there some new form or laughter that I do not know about?
[18:41] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Is there some new form of laughter that I do not know about?
[18:41] <HoundMistress> Apparently, they all use emojis and so forth now.
[18:41] <KK> Can we not laugh out loud anymore?
[18:41] <HoundMistress> We certainly can! they are all kiddos.
[18:41] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Nothing wrong with being well-rounded and using both emojis and LOLs
[18:41] <HoundMistress> True, stnezz
[18:42] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> My emoji ate your LOL
[18:42] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I beleieve LOL is stronger than a simple emoji
[18:42] <HoundMistress> I still like it.
[18:43] <HoundMistress> Plus it's easier than going to look up an emoji
[18:43] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Excatly HM
[18:43] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Easier than finding the right emoji among a thousand contenders
[18:43] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> I tend toward emojis, but I'm still perfectly fluent in LOL.
[18:43] <HoundMistress> You can get lost in emojis.
[18:43] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I just type the emoji sometimes and it automatically turns into the grin face
[18:43] <KK> I think lol is handier.
[18:43] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> 😄
[18:44] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> That was colon hyphen D
[18:44] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Considering that I only have been LOL ing for a decade of so.  I wonder how fast the emoji will get replaced.
[18:44] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> I think we are stuck with them.  Which is not necessarily bad
[18:44] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> :-
[18:45] <HoundMistress> Someday we won't know what the new thing is, but time will catch up with them, too.
[18:45] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I have a hard enough time trying to read text as it is.
[18:45] <HoundMistress> Lots of abreviations used in Textt msg.
[18:46] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Yeah, all these young pups eventually get to be middle-aged, and if they're lucky, become old people like us, yelling at the youngsters to get off their lawns.
[18:46] <HoundMistress> True!
[18:47] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Will there even be lawns in a few generations
[18:47] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Pave paradise, put up a parking lot
[18:47] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> oye!
[18:47] <HoundMistress> Maybe not, but maybe will be robotic lawn care.
[18:47] <KK> Good question.
[18:48] <HoundMistress> Not to wish bad luck on KCIII but I'd like to live long enough to see Will & Catherine on the throwns.
[18:48] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Me too
[18:49] <HoundMistress> Thrones
[18:49] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Let us not throw them.  unless we throw them  party
[18:49] <HoundMistress> So, bynw went on a train trip?
[18:49] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> It seems likely, since he's no spring chicken and has had some health issues. Though that doesn't mean a change of monarch would be imminent either.
[18:50] <KK> I think we'll see it.
[18:50] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yeah, he and his lovely wife went on a vacay
[18:50] <HoundMistress> The public are still giving Camilla a hard time.
[18:50] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> I thought they had warmed up to her
[18:51] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> That's what I'd heard
[18:51] <HoundMistress> They did, but she was pretty unpopular for a while and they still look for things to pick on her with
[18:51] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Society in general seems to be a lot more unforgiving than it used to be.
[18:51] <KK> She's having to contend with Catherine ad Charlotte.
[18:51] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Contend or compete
[18:52] <HoundMistress> Yes. I'm glad she didn't have kids with Charles.
[18:52] <HoundMistress> C & C are very, very popular
[18:53] <HoundMistress> I just realized KCIII and Camilla are also C & C
[18:53] <KK> And today it was announced that Prince Andrew has given up all his titles, except for Prince, which he has been since birth, since he is the son of the monarch.
[18:53] <HoundMistress> I saw that, too.
[18:53] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Interesting, but not surprising
[18:53] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yeah. Prince is what he is by birthright; everything else was bestowed on him, but it's not like they can say "You're no longer the late Queen's son."
[18:53] <KK> Yeah, I think they're doing damage control. He's been a giant embarrassment.
[18:54] <HoundMistress> He goes back to the age when what men did was not socially correct but was overlooked a lot.
[18:56] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Back in his younger years, he was considered the handsome one, not to mention a Falklands War hero, but I think he let it all go to his head
[18:56] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Agreed (not that I agree with what men did) but transparency is expected these days from figure heads
[18:56] <HoundMistress> And they called him Randy Andy
[18:56] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yeah. Before he dated Sarah, he was dating a soft porn actress
[18:56] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I'm sure that couldn't have gone over well with Mum
[18:57] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I imagine not
[18:57] <HoundMistress> Wouldn't think so, but apparently she wasn't able to settle him down.
[18:57] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> I remember  hearing about that. Beck before I knew who any of the royals were other than the main three.
[18:58] <HoundMistress> Back in history kings and queens were sleeping around all over the place.
[18:59] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Way back when I was a sweet innocent Evie, we were visiting relatives in the Philippines, and my aunt wanted to go see "that new film that Prince Andrew's girlfriend is in." So we went, not knowing what sort of movie it was, just that some chick Andrew was dating was in it.  That was...educational.  😅
[18:59] <HoundMistress> I bet!!!
[18:59] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> That's great!!!
[18:59] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Wekk then?
[18:59] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Well then?
[19:00] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I was a teen watching Diana and Charles's wedding Live and Mom was like  Royalty is not like in the fairytales.  for get getting a prince
[19:00] <HoundMistress> It's like Prince Phillip said, "one steps out with actresses, one doesn't MARRY them."
[19:01] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Then KK came along and I was willing to settle for a Duke
[19:01] <KK> True. Harry should have listened.
[19:01] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I learned two new things that day.  1) Everyone stands in a movie theatre for the Philippine National Anthem, and 2) Apparently there is a reason an airplane's control is called a joystick.... 😬
[19:01] <HoundMistress> LOL!
[19:02] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Does it have anything to do with why the pilot's cabin is called a cockpit?
[19:02] <HoundMistress> Brion'a father apparently got around a lot, reading between the lines.
[19:03] <HoundMistress> LOL! Absolutely st nezz
[19:03] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> You should probably be ashamed, Nezz
[19:03] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I was a bit worried about that relationship from the engagement interview when the interviewer mentioned something about them being in love, and Charles said "Whatever love is."  I'd have given the ring back at that point if I'd been Diana. That's something you ought to know before the wedding!
[19:03] <HoundMistress> But she's not!
[19:03] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Probably but she want be
[19:04] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> I dunno, I only said that because it's true. Apparently pilots are a randy bunch.
[19:04] <HoundMistress> They are under more scrutiny nowadays, too.
[19:05] <KK> brb
[19:05] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Oh dear, we chased her away
[19:05] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Diana was nothing but a broodmare.  he purchased her and then never thought he had to actually put in extra time and effot
[19:06] <HoundMistress> Yeah, they wouldn't let him marry Camilla, because SHE got around.
[19:06] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I don't know. I think in the very beginning there were signs he was trying to make it work.
[19:06] <HoundMistress> I do think he tried.
[19:06] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> I thought they didn't let him marry her because she'd been married previoiusly
[19:06] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> I have always heard she was a bit difficult
[19:07] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Diana, that is
[19:07] <HoundMistress> That, too. But she had a reputation before she married Parker-Bowls
[19:07] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> ah, I didn't know that.
[19:07] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Camilla was too closely related  to the family for him to marry  before she married her first husband
[19:07] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> To be fair, Camilla was already involved with Andrew Parker Bowles before she met Charles, I think, and while she and Charles became an item, he went off to do his Navy thing without making it clear he wanted to marry her, and she wasn't going to just wait around as a just-in-case when Parker Bowles was willing to marry her.
[19:08] <HoundMistress> She was some degree of cousin
[19:08] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Didn't know that
[19:08] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I think someone said they were afraid on bringing in that part of the family that had demntia
[19:08] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Were any cousins closer than 2nd problematic?
[19:09] <HoundMistress> I didn't hear that, but could be.
[19:09] <HoundMistress> 1st cousins are a no-no until too old to have kids.
[19:09] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Sorry, I meant cousins *farther* than 2nd-cousins
[19:09] <HoundMistress> Some states even have that rule.
[19:10] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> I think first-cousin marriage is illegal in half of our states.
[19:10] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Diana had a lot of insecurities, and yes, she could be very difficult.  Being in an unhappy marriage certainly didn't help, but a lot of people see her as this saintly woman who did no wrong and was 100% wronged by Charles, when it was more that they made each other mutually unhappy, Diana had multiple affairs, then Charles went back to Camilla once it was clear there was no saving the marriage.
[19:10] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Camilla
[19:10] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Rosalind Cubitt (mother)
[19:10] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Sonia Keppel (grandmother) *issue of Edward VII
[19:11] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Alice Keppel (great-grandmother) –mistress of Edward VII
[19:11] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Charles
[19:11] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Queen Elizabeth II (mother)
[19:11] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> George V (grandfather) –issue of Edward VII
[19:11] <KK> Yeah, Camilla was...er..active.
[19:11] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Edward VII (great-grandfather) *father of Sonia Keppel
[19:11] <KK> She was ... er ... active.
[19:11] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Oh, so they were second cousins
[19:12] * ~bynw quietly slips back into the chat
[19:12] <HoundMistress> Used to be most of the royal families of Europe were fairly close relations.
[19:12] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> They met in, what, the '60s? Early '70s?  The era of free love, pre-AIDS epidemic and people using a bit more circumspection.  I remember what a big deal the newscasters made of him getting engaged to Diana because there was some speculation about how a prince was meant to marry a virgin, but those were an endangered species in Britain!
[19:12] <KK> Bynw, tell us about the train excursion!
[19:12] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Heh, bynw, don't think people didn't notice you *not* talking about your train trip. 🙂
[19:14] <~bynw> it was fun. it's only about 11 miles worth of track and we go at a leisurely 10mph
[19:14] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> that sounds fun.  time enough for Dinner
[19:15] <~bynw> full dinner ... appetizers, salad, entree, desert
[19:15] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> yumm
[19:15] <HoundMistress> I would love to go on a train trip but I tried to go to Dallas on the train and that day, the track was being repaired and they sent me in a bus.
[19:15] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Did you order the dinner ahead of time, when you bought the tickets?  I think that's how we did it with our train trip.
[19:15] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Not just nuts?  😉
[19:16] <~bynw> yes the dinner was ordered at the time of booking
[19:16] * CG [discord] <jerusha2> Hammy looks up ... nuts?
[19:16] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Speaking of Hammy, we need to find a task for her.
[19:16] <HoundMistress> I would also like to fly 1st class once.
[19:17] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> First class is nice. I've done that while flying nonRev and that was the only seat they had available.
[19:17] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I've been using Finch app as my self-care and to-do list lately, and one of my items on my daily checklist is "write, write, write!"  So I guess my muse is a finch now.  😄
[19:17] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> We're a little bit busy now, starting to get ready to go south. I did do my research on healing burns in the middle ages.  Send for a Healer!
[19:18] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> In the works. But that can't happen for a couple of days.
[19:18] <HoundMistress> Many ladies died because they had those huge skirts that sometimes caught fire.
[19:19] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Heh, fortunately, Edwin is no lady.
[19:19] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> There was this odd idea of using fire to heal burns.  Not a good idea
[19:19] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I got my economy plane ticket upgraded to business class once, which seemed swanky enough, but it wasn't quite as enjoyable as it might have been since I had to spend half of the plane trip convincing the guy next to me that while *he* might have thought God was telling him we would get married and have 8 children together, *I* spoke to God daily, and He'd never mentioned this du <clipped message>
[19:19] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> de to me, and until He did, I wasn't gonna be hearing wedding bells anytime soon!
[19:20] <HoundMistress> That's funny!
[19:20] <KK> Quite an encounter, Evie. Maybe he thought you were rich, since you were flying Business Class.
[19:20] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> I think I'd be having the steward/ess move one of you to a different seat.
[19:20] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Slip a ring you are wearing on your right hand on to your left hand and hold it up to him
[19:21] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> He decided on marrying me in the first five minutes, because "You're American enough to fit in with the culture here, but Asian enough that you will be a traditional wife."  I'm like "Wow, you really don't know me at all, do you?"  😄
[19:21] <HoundMistress> I have my wedding ring on my right hand, so would be an easy switch.
[19:21] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Yikes
[19:22] <HoundMistress> He was Asian?
[19:22] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Philipino, I'm guessing
[19:22] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> No, he was the one who was allegedly rich!  He worked in the Empire State Building and did some sort of clothing import business, including the stage costumes for Michael Jackson, or so he said.  I still have his business card. I could have been Mrs. Lee.  Not.  😄
[19:22] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> I would have said he was something else, but it would not be polite
[19:22] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> He was Korean
[19:23] <HoundMistress> What were those books about love and marriage and money amoung.. OH Crazy Rich Asians!
[19:23] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> This doesn't work, Laurna. I used to work as a hotel desk clerk and wore a fake engagement ring.  Some men don't care if you're taken or not.
[19:24] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Men are so stupid
[19:24] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Hey!
[19:24] <HoundMistress> Sorry bynw
[19:24] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Or maybe just self-absorbed
[19:24] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> I have nothing to add or rebut, just HEY!
[19:24] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Most men
[19:24] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Some men
[19:24] <~bynw> so the train ride was good and a nice surpirse for my beautiful wife
[19:25] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Nice recovery, Bynw!
[19:25] <KK> Tell us more about the menu.
[19:25] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> then some men are loving and sweet
[19:25] <HoundMistress> Oh, that's good! Anniversary present?
[19:26] <~bynw> they had several options when i ordered the tickets. but neither of us like seafood so i ordered a chicken dinner and a pork chop .... both came with potatoes and season veggie (turned out to be brocolli)
[19:26] <HoundMistress> Quanah has gaaassss!
[19:27] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Oh dear - right after Bynw's menu choices!
[19:27] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I was going to say.  that was a bad comment to place there.
[19:27] <~bynw> the chicken was moist but not seasoned enough really so it was OK, portion sizes were good. the pork chop was tasty though.
[19:27] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> I'm still enjoying thoughts of chicken and pork chops
[19:28] <~bynw> desert was a little single serving of an apple pie with ice cream
[19:28] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> that's disappointing. Need a big one!
[19:28] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> On those happy menu choices, I am going to toddle off.  Have a good week, everyone!
[19:28] <~bynw> cya Jerusha
[19:28] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I haven't had apple pie in ages, though I treated myself to a little slice of pumpkin pie yesterday
[19:28] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> cya Jerusha. You should Discord more often to keep with  his things.
[19:28] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Nighters!
[19:28] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Bye Jerusha
[19:28] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> We were in the carribbian and we went to a restaurant.   The first Restaurant I had been to  in months.  Everyone ordered the seafood. but I wanted the Pork chop so badly since I could not recall the last time I had pork.
[19:29] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Did you get the pork chop?
[19:29] <HoundMistress> Bye, Jerusha! Have a good week!
[19:29] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> yes I did.
[19:29] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> cya Jerusha. You should Discord more often to keep up with things.
[19:29] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> If only I had the time, Nezz.  If there is something I really should see, let me know in Trello and I'll check in.
[19:30] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> We had been living off of fresh fish, conke and lobster for months.  Pork chop was soo good
[19:30] <~bynw> i let kelly choose which one of the meals she wanted so i got pork chop
[19:30] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> conke?
[19:30] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> conch, probably
[19:30] <HoundMistress> In the Caribbean?
[19:30] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Thank you ,  was not sure of the spelling
[19:30] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I love how Evie understands my rented mind
[19:31] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Long practice
[19:31] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> LOL
[19:31] <HoundMistress> BRB, Quanah now wants out.
[19:31] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> I usually do, too, but every once in awhile, you slip something new and interesting past me. 🙂
[19:31] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Plus living with DD, who used to also have creative spellings. 😄
[19:31] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> and I didn't know conch was edible.
[19:31] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> The shell isn't.  😉
[19:32] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> LOL
[19:32] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> we use to go diving for them   then you cut them out of the shell. beat the muscle like abiloeni.  and fry it in corn batter.
[19:33] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> For me, the inside wouldn't be either, but then again, I hate seafood, so life on a boat probably wouldn't be my jam unless there was a freezer on board with lots of land meat.
[19:33] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Counch fritters
[19:33] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> No freezer.  and the refrigerator was an ice box with real ice
[19:34] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Mmmm, conch fritters
[19:34] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> We would go to the ice house  every week
[19:35] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Ice house. that's a band from Australia. 😉
[19:35] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> LOL
[19:35] <~bynw> they have a santa express train ride starting just after thanksgiving and going through just before christmas ...  the train goes out a bit and stops at this little "north pole" stop where santa is waiting. he boards the train and gives goodies to the kids on board
[19:36] <HoundMistress> That would be a lot of fun for kids.
[19:37] <KK> Fun for adults, too.
[19:37] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Yeah
[19:37] <~bynw> https://bsvrr.com/santa-express-trains/
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[19:39] <HoundMistress> Looks like KK was bumped out.
[19:39] * Joins: web30
[19:40] * web30 is now known as KK
[19:40] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> That you, KK?
[19:40] <HoundMistress> Yay!
[19:40] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> She made it back
[19:40] <KK> Oops, looked at the Santa Express and got booted out of chat.
[19:41] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Does Santa think you were a naughty girl?
[19:41] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Oops
[19:41] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Been looking at too many beefcake angels for Santa to give you pressies?  😄
[19:42] <KK> Ugh, all this talk o food reminds me that it's time to get a  bite of supper.  Also, the cat meatloafing on my lap.
[19:42] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> LOL!
[19:42] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hi Daphne
[19:42] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Mmmmm, meatloaf...
[19:42] <KK> Ya like those beefcake angels, eh?
[19:42] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yeah, I'm starting to feel peckish also, plus there is still a mountain of clothing on my bed I will need to sort through and put away before bedtime
[19:42] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> I think most of us can appreciate the occasional beefcake angel... 😉
[19:43] <HoundMistress> I like beefcake angels! Where are they?
[19:43] <KK> Indeed.
[19:43] <KK> And on that note, I think I'll also take my leave and go get supper!
[19:43] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> and a little beefcake angel on the side
[19:43] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Goodnight! See you next week?
[19:43] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> They were quite a collection.  both collections  that is
[19:44] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Have yourself a great week, KK. 🙂
[19:44] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Good night and no more falling
[19:44] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Hope the knee and ankle feel better soon
[19:44] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves goodnight, and disappears in a shower of purple sparkles.
[19:44] <KK> Ta-ta for now, ad Nighters!
[19:44] <HoundMistress> Hope KK has a good week!
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