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Posted by 746 2022-12-25 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [30 views ] Top

#1 Adult BMI Calculator

Posted by Skidmark 2022-12-21 05:32|| 2022-12-21 05:32|| Front Page Top

#2 We are celebrating by sitting around waiting for our Covid to clear up

Posted by Glenmore 2022-12-21 09:03|| 2022-12-21 09:03|| Front Page Top

Posted by badanov 2022-12-21 09:47|| 2022-12-21 09:47|| Front Page Top

#4 ^ Should I care if some fanatic's "interpretation" of the Bible suggests people should not enjoy themselves?

No.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-12-21 10:06|| 2022-12-21 10:06|| Front Page Top

#5 5 One person values one day over another, another values every day the same. Each person must be fully convinced in his own mind. 6 The one who observes the day, observes it for the Lord, and the one who eats, does so with regard to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and the one who does not eat, it is for the Lord that he does not eat, and he gives thanks to God.

--Romans 14:5-6

Posted by Tom 2022-12-21 13:53|| 2022-12-21 13:53|| Front Page Top

Luke 2:1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.

One part of the Bible that is undoubtedly true.

Posted by Elmaper McGurque1612 2022-12-21 18:55|| 2022-12-21 18:55|| Front Page Top

#7 Christmas classic "It's a Wonderful Life" is on Tubi

Posted by badanov 2022-12-21 19:49|| 2022-12-21 19:49|| Front Page Top

#8 always a great movie, Bad

Posted by Frank G 2022-12-21 19:52|| 2022-12-21 19:52|| Front Page Top

#9 I love this outfit's stuff. Is it lip synced and staged? Appears to be in the videos, but they do the tracks in the studio.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-12-22 14:20|| 2022-12-22 14:20|| Front Page Top

#10

Posted by badanov 2022-12-23 11:25|| 2022-12-23 11:25|| Front Page Top

#11 Yeah. Salisbury steak on Christmas day and pork roast with sauerkraut and hot dogs on New Years Day (Hunky good luck meal)

No vegans, alphabet people or "progressives" at my table.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-12-23 11:46|| 2022-12-23 11:46|| Front Page Top

#12 "For unto us a Child is born"

Lutefisk, Swedish meatballs, lefse, rommegrot and Church candlelight services.

Posted by Woodrow 2022-12-23 13:10|| 2022-12-23 13:10|| Front Page Top

#13 Latkes. Watching Uncle Jake puke up his Tom&Jerry (you know how to make those?)

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-12-23 13:13|| 2022-12-23 13:13|| Front Page Top

#14 Looks like chicken soup for Christmas dinner here, as wife recovers (I hope) from Covid, since I seem to be coming down with it.

Posted by Glenmore 2022-12-23 15:13|| 2022-12-23 15:13|| Front Page Top

#15 Pre-cooking what I can for Christmas Eve dinner to reduce the mess tomorrow — we celebrate in honour of Mr. Wife’s family — the menu of which changes in accordance with my mood and energy. This year we’re doing an Indonesian reis tafel, with chicken mango curry, potato sambal, cucumber-banana raita, mango chutney, bananas and raisins sautéed in butter, ginger-cauliflower soup, and so forth. We rarely travel to Buffalo, NY at Christmas time because of the risk of getting snowed in, exchanging Xmas gifts when the family gathered for Thanksgiving — so I don’t actually know what he grew up eating for the holiday.

As we’ve done since the trailing daughters were little and hadn’t yet decided what they believed, we’ll talk about the history of the holiday and sing along with Mr. Wife’s Christmas soundtrack playing in the background. I was fine with however the tds felt they needed to understand the universe — my mother’s German has been half Jewish and half Christian for generations without any problems, and I was perfectly willing to continue that tradition should the girls make that choice — but they needed to understand the underpinnings of the options in order to decide on more than frilly white first communion dresses and the esthetics of the building housing the worshippers.

I turned ten pounds of mixed russet and Yukon Gold potatoes into latkes last week before Hanukkah started — they freeze beautifully, and go straight from freezer to oven just before serving — thinking that would be enough to get us through the eight days of Hanukkah. But it turns out that was only enough for the first two days. I don’t understand why the original recipe called for only 2 lb. of potatoes — did the recipe writer expect a modern miracle of the potatoes to feed the family for the entire length of the holiday with that?

Thank you for posting this discussion prompt, 746. It was a good idea.

Posted by trailing wife 2022-12-23 19:56|| 2022-12-23 19:56|| Front Page Top

#16 I'll be right over. 😋

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-12-23 19:59|| 2022-12-23 19:59|| Front Page Top

#17 Slow cooker salisbury steak here.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-12-23 20:00|| 2022-12-23 20:00|| Front Page Top

#18 Re #1 (Adult BMI calculator): the problem with using only BMI to measure fitness, is that it doesn't work for everyone. For example, according to Wikipedia, when Arnold Schwarzenegger was competing, he weighed 235 lbs. He is 6'2" tall. So his BMI is 30.2, which makes him "obese". If you look at the accompanying picture, he is definitely not obese.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2022-12-23 20:06|| 2022-12-23 20:06|| Front Page Top

#19 ^ BMI. Brought to you by the same people who promoted the "food pyramid."

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-12-23 20:18|| 2022-12-23 20:18|| Front Page Top

#20 I'll be right over.

We’d be delighted to have you, my dear.

Posted by trailing wife 2022-12-23 23:41|| 2022-12-23 23:41|| Front Page Top

#21 In other news...power's back.

Posted by Skidmark 2022-12-24 00:58|| 2022-12-24 00:58|| Front Page Top

#22 Power is good, Skidmark, especially when translated into light, heat, and running water.

Posted by trailing wife 2022-12-24 02:09|| 2022-12-24 02:09|| Front Page Top

#23 It got down to 30 overnight here on the Space Coast. We're just a bit too far north for the paralyzed iguanas, so no easy pickins tree chicken here.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-12-24 07:02|| 2022-12-24 07:02|| Front Page Top

#24 Today is the bigger feast cause it's also my b'day.

Prime rib roast, mashed taters, glazed carrots, gravy, yorkshire puddin', salad & deserts that my wife the baker turns out.

Tomorrow on Xmas we graze all day and then have Lasagna (don't ask).

It takes about 2 months to recover.

Posted by AlanC 2022-12-24 09:36|| 2022-12-24 09:36|| Front Page Top

#25 Well done, TW, well done indeed. A very Merry Christmas to all! It is the best birthday of the year. Be safe and above all be merry.

Posted by Cesare 2022-12-24 09:39|| 2022-12-24 09:39|| Front Page Top

#26 I used to love to cook. Now I can't because of health issues. Cracker Barrel was willing to sell us a complete Thanksgiving dinner that was so good we got a Christmas dinner. I expect it to be just as good, if not better, and I won't lose any fingers making it. Win-win.

Posted by Fred 2022-12-24 10:34|| 2022-12-24 10:34|| Front Page Top

#27 God bless the Pruitts, all the Mods, and the rest of the Rantburgers

Posted by Frank G 2022-12-24 10:39|| 2022-12-24 10:39|| Front Page Top

#28 Due to a surgery and other illnesses in the family unit, we're opting for the less fussy rought and going the full ‘Kurisumasu ni wa Kentakki’ and having KFC.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2022-12-24 10:39|| 2022-12-24 10:39|| Front Page Top

#29 Dittos, Frank G.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2022-12-24 10:40|| 2022-12-24 10:40|| Front Page Top

#30

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-12-24 11:54|| 2022-12-24 11:54|| Front Page Top

#31 Triple Dittos Frank G. and #27.

Posted by AlanC 2022-12-24 12:24|| 2022-12-24 12:24|| Front Page Top

#32 And to all a good night!

Posted by Bobby 2022-12-24 13:05|| 2022-12-24 13:05|| Front Page Top

#33 Merry Christmas y'all. Family is having a huge ham this year. As to Glenmore and his Covid. The family here had an attack at the beginning of the month. (2nd time for us except the 90 something MIL first time was early 2020 and this time Moderna made no difference... that said we gave the MIL Paxlovid and it STOPPED COVID DEAD!)
Woodrow - Lutefisk --- ARGH No!. To bad I am allergic to the milk in both Swedish meatballs, lefse. Are your Swedish meatballs made with coffee? If so what works better Ethiopian, Kenya, Columbia, Brazil, Central Am. or SE Asian coffee in your meatballs?

Posted by 3dc 2022-12-24 14:48|| 2022-12-24 14:48|| Front Page Top

#34

Burl Ives "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town"

Jolly old fellow from Willow Hill. We miss you.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-12-24 15:01|| 2022-12-24 15:01|| Front Page Top

#35 Dittos to Frank G! We are all very lucky to have this site to read unfiltered news and opinions. I don’t know when this site started exactly, I know it was shortly after 9/11 I believe, but I think I’ve been reading stuff here for almost 20 years. I have posted only a few times, under different names. Hit the tip jar several times. I remember when Google worked, sort of. That’s how I found this site. I was looking for information on where Bin Laden was hiding. The only suggested place was a spot called Waziristan. When I googled that word I came to Rantburg. Practically the only place on the net, at that time, with discussion about this.

Sorry for the sidetrack. We are all very blessed here. Merry Christmas to all!

And let’s save this country when we are done eating!

Posted by Unomoger Elminetch8709 2022-12-24 16:09|| 2022-12-24 16:09|| Front Page Top

#36 Just finished my Christmas dinner:

A Whataburger Bacon and Cheeseburger

Posted by badanov 2022-12-24 16:25|| 2022-12-24 16:25|| Front Page Top

#37 Bacon cheeseburgers are a cure-all, B.

Posted by JHH 2022-12-24 17:06|| 2022-12-24 17:06|| Front Page Top

#38 Merry Christmas!

Working on our famous eggnog pie here for tomorrow.

Posted by KBK 2022-12-24 19:19|| 2022-12-24 19:19|| Front Page Top

#39 Merry Christmas to all, to Fred and his wonderful wife, all the mods, especially the delightful Periwinkle moderator.
Out here in the idyllic Puget Sound, north of the Seattlestan swamp, the Ret fambly is about to set down to Mrs.Ret’s lasagna, and tomorrow is a British themed dinner, the centerpiece of which is SIL’s prime rib. We made it thru the ice and wind unscathed.
Our Christmas wish is for all to have a great Christmas, looking forward to a better 2023.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2022-12-24 20:16|| 2022-12-24 20:16|| Front Page Top

#40 What's another name for Santa's elves?

Subordinate Clauses

[and I'm out of here and to all a good night]

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-12-24 20:36|| 2022-12-24 20:36|| Front Page Top

#41 Merry Christmas y'all!

Posted by Thesing Gurly-Brown8929 2022-12-25 09:34|| 2022-12-25 09:34|| Front Page Top

#42 Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night.

It's time to start the grazing period before tonight's Lasagna.

Posted by AlanC 2022-12-25 11:26|| 2022-12-25 11:26|| Front Page Top

#43 Making lasagna with ravioli and tortellini instead of flat noodles this week. It'll be pork roast with sauerkraut and prime rib on New Years Day.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-12-25 11:36|| 2022-12-25 11:36|| Front Page Top

#44 Merry Christmas

Posted by Davemac 2022-12-25 12:01|| 2022-12-25 12:01|| Front Page Top

#45 Season's greetings and Merry Christmas to one and all, from Mud Island. All the hard work and dedication put into the 'burg is truly appreciated.

Posted by rhodesiafever 2022-12-25 18:41|| 2022-12-25 18:41|| Front Page Top