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Norms Bait and Tackle

Started by dapphne, March 30, 2016, 09:23:16 AM

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Marilyne

Help needed this morning!?   All of my set-ups on S&F have gone out of whack!?    Did Oldiesmann change anything, or is it my computer gone crazy?   I'm getting a full page of Shout Box, and I can't get rid of it like I used to be able to do?   Also, it's Shout Box from 2021??? I've never used Shout Box?    Right below  this message box, it says "Random Image", and there is a picture of Beverly's great grandson.    I've never had photos showing in any of the folders except Photos Old and New?       

RAMMEL

Marilyne, - At the upper right corner, below the coffee pot, look for "Unread Posts Updated Topic".  Just to the right there should be two small boxes with + or - signs in them. Click on them to make them both show " + ".  See if that helps.
It's the WINDMILLS

          THIMK

Marilyne

Thanks Rick - I think I understand what might be causing the overall problem, but having a hard time trying to figure out what to do about it?  My browser is Safari, and always has been.  I downloaded Chrome as a secondary browser a couple of years ago, but didn't like it, so have never used it.  This morning when everything was so  crazy,  happened to notice that I was using Chrome!  Why or how Chrome suddenly appeared with no warning, I don't know.  Switched back to Safari, and it's better, but still not right.  :crazy2:  Random Image is still at the bottom, and I can't get rid of it.       

RAMMEL

Did you find that little box/button at the upper right area?  I think it's a Simple Machine (S&F software) thing so it should be there.  It's small so could be missed.
It's the WINDMILLS

          THIMK

MaryPage

My books are in shelves in every room.  I have given away, mostly to family members, all of the fiction I have read.  Still have a lot of it to read. Most of the shelves hold two rows of regular size books, but I have one that has THREE rows of paperbacks; almost all mysteries, and most of those British cozies.  I have bookshelves made by the Amish of Ann Arbor, Michigan.  They do not have cardboard or any sort of flimsy backs that used to make my books bulge out, but have real wooden furniture backs.  I have rows of histories, rows of poetry, rows of reference, rows of science, etc.  My bathroom has half a complete set of Estelle Ryan and half a complete set of Joan Medlicott.  The 2nd half, in both cases; as I have finished and given away the 1st halves.  More later.

Tomereader1

Estelle Ryan, now there is an author I have read, but have kind of forgotten about.  Your "library" sounds so well organized! Wish I could say that.  I have only one bookcase that is organized in any fashion: Non-fiction, special shelves for my Civil War Collection; then I have my dictionaries and "writers" type research books.  Another bookcase in another room hold my beautifully bound "International Collectors Library" volumes of classics.  Of course, since I rarely get rid of any books, I have a small collection of Readers Digest Condensed Books, which I still go to now and again.  Unfortunately, my Mystery books are kind of stacked here and there.  I have another bookcase that needs to be brought into the house, but lacking any "male muscles" it's not going to be brought in anytime soon.
Oh, MaryPage, we who love books are the best type of hoarders.

MaryPage


MarsGal

I've read and enjoyed the first three of Estelle Ryan's Genevieve Lenard series. Gosh, I lost track and now she has a total of 15 of them. She also has new series called The Duchess Report started with the first being Samaritan.

It looks like me and the S Mode on the new computer are going to part ways in the near future. What that S Mode does is it stops you from downloading any apps, etc. that aren't in the Microsoft store. If you want programs you like and are used to that are not in the Microsoft store you must remove the S Mode. BUT - If you want the S Mode back on, you have to reinstall the whole Windows 11 OS. More nannyizing, more trying to control what you see and what you do on your computer. Well, I want my JigSaw program on the new laptop now that I have a touchscreeen. I want Audible on my new laptop. I would rather have my LibreOffice on it too, but I found an office suite on MicroSoft Store that might do well.

Nice sunny day today. May or may not go out this afternoon and do more yardwork.

My neighbor next door told me she found a vulture sitting on her porch railing the other day. When she came out the door, it flew up to my roof and sat there for an hour or so. I missed it, darn.

Marilyne

Mary Page and Tome - I'm so impressed with your home libraries!  Wish I could spend a day at each of your houses, just looking at all the titles and subjects. 

MaryPage, "Some shelves with two rows, and paperbacks with three!" What a sight to see! You sound so well organized.  You must have a catalog system of some kind, so you can quickly find everything?   

Tome - I would love to see your Civil War collection - both fiction and nonfiction. Also everything else from any genre? 

My small collection of books pales by comparison.  I used to have lots more, but during my years in the antique business,  I ended up selling or trading many of mine to dealer friends.  I still have plenty of favorites that I kept - especially children's books, and all books that belonged to my Mother.

Mary Page,  we'd like to have you join us in the Library~Bookshelf  folder here in S&F.  It's not  a very active discussion anymore . . . mostly just a few of us recommending a recent novel we've read,  or a movie we've seen that was  adapted from a book. 

Tomereader1

Well, hi there Marilyne! You can see I love talking about books, but you knew that already didn't you? As to my Civil War collection, it is nearly 100% non-fiction.  I think maybe one or two might be fiction. I know one of my favorites is a fiction, based on fact, by Robert Hicks titled "The Widow of the South". Mr. Hicks passed away, I believe in 2021 or 2022. He wrote 2 other books, which I was not able to get. There was a wonderful Obituary in my Dallas Morning News when he passed. I know you can probably check out Widow at your library. I have tons of other miscellaneous fiction stacked here and there (bad me), but when I run out of room on a bookcase, they have to go someplace,LOL. I neglected to mention that I also have a collection of cookbooks, as well as lots of back issues of cooking magazines, which are in a glass-front case in the dining room. Rachel Ray, Cooking Light, All Recipes, EveryDay Cooking, Eating Well. One of my best loved DVD's is "Julie & Julia" but I would never attempt a Julia Child recipe, although I loved to watch her on TV! Back when it was on TV in black&white.  Enough about me and my hoarding habits. When I have a bit more time, I will send you a link to a site on FaceBook dealing with books & reading.  It is so fun, people recommend/rave review or disparage (politely)up to date fiction. Hope you and AJ are doing well, also your daughter(s). Take care.  Big Hugs to you.

phyllis

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I was just thinking earlier that I wish I could go down to the basement to weed out floor to ceiling bookshelves but I don't manage stairs very well so haven't been down to the basement rooms in a very long time.  I shudder to think what the basement looks like.  I don't want to admit it but I think my husband was a bit of a hoarder....and so am I.  So many books everywhere in this house.  Anyone who comes in to my kitchen asks do I really use the more than 100 cookbooks that are shelved in the breakfast nook.  I swore I would never buy another cookbook and just this morning I ordered another one.  ::) I have all of Julia's cookbooks plus the Joy of Cooking that she co-authored.....and I don't even cook very much any more.  :idiot2:
phyllis
Cary,NC

MaryPage

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Phyllis, I have no interest at all in cookbooks, but I know exactly what you mean. I swore many, many books ago I would Never again be guilty of adding a book into this apartment.  Uh huh!

Marilyne, I am intensely grateful for your invitation, but I cannot take up my very much rationed time now with additional activities because I have reached an age where it is impossible to just get through a days necessary things such as eating and brushing my teeth and, dang it, walking across the floor.  I am constantly having to burden my children with having to take over various tasks for me.
 
None of the ones I've just listed, as I haven't figured out how to work those out as yet.  But huge numbers of others.  Oh well: I have always believed in going with the flow.  Advanced  age has both its advantages and its drawbacks.

No, I have never had a catalog system.  It is quite obvious which is the poetry shelf or the History shelves and so forth.  I cannot truthfully claim to know the spot each book takes up, but in general I can put my hand on any one quite swiftly.  I have truthfully always been extremely well organized.  However, just a couple of days ago I spent much precious time looking for a recently acquired book.

 It was driving me crazy (Chip says with pompous authority that that is a Short Drive!  Cheeky kid (58 years old!) !  When I had looked EVERY where, I collapsed into my chair to take a bit of a rest, only to find it on a small table next to said chair.  That loud scream you heard came from MY throat!  Oh, and the book:  BEAVERLAND by Leila Philip.  It had arrived a few days previously, and I still wanted to check it out before shelving it.

MarsGal

Good morning, all. The sun is shining, but the temps are much lower today. Right now it is 34oF and a bit breezy as well.

Tomereader, I finally weeded my recipe books down to not much more than a shelf's worth. The last out the door were two Gourmet magazine recipe yearlies. They went to my sister's dietician friend who loves to cook. They were oversized volumes printed on heavy, glossy paper edged with gold. Now I am pretty much down to my most used cookbooks, and even those see very little use anymore.

I went through a Civil War phase back when I was in Jr. High. The book that impressed me most is a book of fiction, Stephen Crane's Red Badge of Courage. Since the Gettysburg battlefield is nearby, we were able to go visit a number of times. I particularly remember Devil's Den. At the time it was somewhat forested, and we were able to climb around on the rocks. There too, I had my first encounter with a herd of deer. They looked so big, but then I was much smaller then. Today, they have been diligently trying to reconstruct what is left of the area to what they think the battlefield actually looked like during the battle. So, most strikingly for me is that Devil's Den is completely barren of trees now and sticks out like a sore thumb at the base of the ridge. Oh, and no one is allowed to climb the rocks anymore. It had been a long time since I was there last, shortly after high school, and included my only ever helicopter ride over the battlefield. Now everything looks so diminished, a bit disappointing. The museum was actually more interesting than the drive and walk at the "park". Well, I guess that is what happens when you are away from something for so long. It changes, you change. Something of a shock, really.

MaryPage

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Yes to all of that!  People think things are the same as they were. but they are not.

Everything changes.  As each generation dies off, so does the knowledge of how it all was.  How it REALLY was!

It might be of interest to stake large weatherproof photos right beside the same spot today.

Marilyne


I agree 100%.  Thomas Wolfe was right . . . You Can't Go Home Again.

Tomereader1

MarsGal & Marilyne, a memory I have from 1980 was taking a history class at the Community College.  We had gentleman and his wife come dressed in period clothing, he in his Union uniform, she in full hoop skirt, bonnet, etc.  They showed us Civil War armaments, even gave us each a piece of hardtack (you can't just eat it, it has to be dipped in stew/soup/coffee!) They told some good stories and the hour passed too quickly.When I graduated High School in 1957 I went on an auto trip with my brother, his wife and daughter, and we made a stop at the Vicksburgh Battlefield. You talk about a haunting feeling coming over you.  It was as if the spirit of all those who fought and died there were invisibly protecting that land. I would like to see it again, but will bet it has been savaged by tree removal, etc.

Shirley

I have a book written 20 years after the Civil War, NOT fiction, but that facts as told by someone there. Very interesting & no, I do not have the name or anything right now, came to make sure computer had gone to sleep as supposed to. Will be back in the morning, this double water pill keeps me busy.  >:(  :-[

Marilyne


Good morning football fans!   A big day for you, and I hope you all enjoy the game.   I'm not a fan of Pro football, so I'm not planning to sit and watch . . . but I am interested in taking a look at the Kelce brothers, Travis and Jason, who will be playing on opposing  teams today. 
I read a fascinating article about them, and what it was like for their parents to buy and prepare enough food for these big guys when they were growing up.  (Both played all sports in high school and college.)  The food they consumed, and the amount they ate everyday is mind boggling!  :o   Example: each one would eat a whole chicken for dinner, complete with all the side dishes and dessert, milk, etc.  Lots of pasta dishes, beef, cheese, and plenty of veggies and fruit.

If you're interested, here's a link to the article. It's a fun read.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/travis-kelce-jason-kelce-brothers-super-bowl-parents-11675745347?st=wz2jkzipg0k64y1&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

MaryPage

I can honestly say I have never watched a Superball game in my lifetime.  When a very young, still childless married woman, I would sometimes accept my father's tickets to the Army-Navy game.  We always referred to that as just "The Game."  I did not think much about it, other than passionately wanting Army to win.

Move forward to a year when one of my daughters was a High School Pom Pom girl. There was suddenly a big to do up in the upper right corner of the field, followed by the arrival of an ambulance.  One of her schoolmates had been tackled with injury.  He was paralyzed for the rest of his life.  Sort of makes you think, that does. Ever since then I have actually read and heard of those youngsters and the college kids and the pros who suffer lifetime injuries.

I have opposed sending our sons into that unkind field of slaughter ever since.  Bad enough we have to send them into our wars.  Needs must, but football is not a must for yours truly. Please forgive my diatribe.  My passion runs deep on this one.{/color]

Marilyne


Happy Valentine's Day, to all who post in this   folder! ❤️     Always hoping that those who only read the messages here, will decide to join in the conversation! :yes:

Nothing much happening today. Keeping an eye on the backyard, where a couple of men are working to repair and rebuild our fence that was blown to pieces during the January storms.  Looks like it will take the majority of the week to complete.   

I'm going to try to find a good movie to watch this afternoon.  So many choices now, with all the channels to choose from, but I usually end up with an oldie playing on TCM.  Hope you all have a nice day, and will spend it with someone you enjoy being with or just talking to a loved one on the phone!  :love:         

Marilyne

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I enjoyed reading all the comments here last week from those of you who have visited some of the Civil War battlefields.  I regret very much, that I never had a chance to see any of them.  Always on my  "hopeful list",  but too late now.   
Tome, I envy you for having traveled to Vicksburg, and MarsGal, your many visits to Gettysburg!   You mentioned "The Red Badge of Courage",  which is a book that I plan to read again.  I read it in high school, but I didn't appreciate it back then, as I know I will now.

Interesting how many of you have cookbook collections!   I used to be an "okay cook", back when I was younger. (meaning: I always managed to do what needed to be done to produce a well balanced meal every night . . .  but it wasn't one of my favorite pastimes.  I did love to cook the big Holiday meals, back when we had a dozen or more relatives and friends for dinner!   
I have only ONE, cookbook!  I received it as a wedding shower gift back in 1956 . . .  The "Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook".  The original one with the red checked cover, in loose leaf binder style.  It's worn and tattered looking, after so many years, but I still haul it out once in a while, to look for some long forgotten recipe.    Of course I have a couple of wooden file boxes containing recipes I've collected over the years, but "BH&G" is still my only actual cookbook.

Hope we hear more from all of you again about your book collections, and your travels,  and all the good memories from the past!  Whether it's buying a new cookbook, watching a movie or just reminiscing.   Whatever gives us pleasure now, is a good thing!  :thumbup:  :love:

Tomereader1

I have the BH&G, red checked cover one, too, Marilyne.  I have one that is (was) my favorite, "Cooking for Two". I used that one predominantly when I first got married.  I don't remember the publisher, but it may have been a Betty Crocker imprint.  There's also one called "The Busy Woman's Cookbook" which I used a good bit.  Mostly I cooked "by ear" (lol) using recipes my mother used; some even I improved upon.  Bless her heart, she was wonderful at some things, but when she was doing fresh green beans, she tended to overcook them till they lost their color and no crispness at all.  They did taste great with her add-ins though.  She could make biscuits from scratch that were so good, you'd think you died and went to heaven!  Same with her gravy (white gravy) which I never mastered.

Guess I'll save some of my reminiscing for a later post.

It was 70+ degrees yesterday, and today it never got out of the 40's with winds of 20-25+ that just cut right through you!  I think Callie had this same weather anomaly. 

Enjoy the good things about the days we have now, try to tune out the terrible news world-wide.  As the news guy Lester Holt closes his program, "Take care of yourself and each other".

Tomereader (Joanne)

MaryPage

I have never really enjoyed cooking, but The Joy of Cooking was my bible back in the forties, when I got married.  I think it was everyone's.

Tomereader1

Where is "Norms Bait & Tackle", this last messsage from MaryPage was under heading "cookbooks"?

Tomereader1


Denver

#22735
A quick HELLO to ALL from the North Pacific Ocean.

Our cruise has been just wonderful.  All four days on
Hawaii were very  nice except for the weather.  We have not had one nice sunny day on the entire cruise 😩😥 Super Bowl Sunday they did get to show the game on the BIG outside TV but the weather did not cooperate for long and the fans were drenched‼️  There was no place for us to sit as people had covered all the lounge chairs with towels to save them, so we came back to our room and watched it.

The highlight of Honolulu was going to see Pearl Harbor.  It was very nice, but so sad to see and know the history there.😥😩 Both Maui and Kona one had to be tendered off the ship and with the sea being so rough it was a big challenge to get off and back on the ship.
Now we are sailing for Ensenada Mexico.  Four days at sea.  Then one more up the coast and back to San Francisco. The time has passed much too quickly but it sure has been fun.

We have talked to so many people from all over the world.  There are a LOT of Brits aboard, JACKIE, and we have enjoyed chatting with them. One couple were from Dorset.

All of the ships staff wear name tags that show where they are from and it always brings on a nice conversation when they are from a country that we have personally visited. 

I have missed you all and hoped that everyone is doing well.

Aloha🦋🦋
Jenny
🦋 Jenny
"Love many, trust few; learn to paddle your own canoe"

Vanilla-Jackie

#22736
Jenny...
...one place i am glad i am well away from is Dorset, a place i want to forget...happy you are bringing back your own happy memories re, your cruise and the people you meet...
" There is no present like the time "

Marilyne


Jenny - Good to hear from you, and all about your cruise vacation to Hawaii.  Too bad the weather wasn't warm and tropical, as it usually is, but I know you and Bob enjoyed everything anyway.

I agree that the visit to Pearl Harbor is very sad, but also inspirational.  I stood there and thought back to Dec. 7th, 1941, and remembered lots of things about that day.  My Dad was drafted into the Navy about eight months later, and was gone for three years.

Which one of the island did you like the best, or the least?  Because of the weather, you probably didn't get to spend much time on the other islands?   I hope it's nice and warm in Ensenada?

MaryPage

Well, I sure did not put my post in Cookbooks!  I did not even know we had a forum named Cookbooks! I thought I was still in Norm's, which is where I started out!

I remember Pearl Harbor Day, as well.  We had been to Sunday School and church.  Our church was right across the side street from us.

We had had Sunday Dinner, and my uncles had gone their ways.  I was roller skating down Route 11 on MacCloud's Hill with a bunch of my friends.  I got peckish, and went home to get an apple.
 
As I entered our large front hall, I could hear Grandma sobbing in the living room.  She had the room darkened, and John Daly on the radio.  I ran to her and asked what was the matter.  She told me, and sobbed that Buster and Marshall and Hilda and Mama and Daddy would all go and get killed.  Well, they did all go, and none of them got killed.  Marshall fell over a barrel in the back of a plane he was in, but only his back was hurt.  Buster's ship got sunk from under him, but he lived on for years. I DID get upset because my camera was lost when that ship went down. I had loaned it to Buster, and all he sent home were photos of the babes painted on the noses of the planes he did maintenance on. He was my favorite uncle; indeed, one of my all time favorite human beings; but a male to the bone.

I do not remember any more of that day.  I DO remember that I went back out and told my friends, and then went back to consoling Grandma.

Sandy

#22739


Good afternoon,  EVERYONE!
I don't know whether I mentioned it or
not but in August my daughter and her family
are supposed to go to Turkey for the wedding of
a young man who came to spend his senior year in
high schoool HERE in Westbrook, Me. 
He live in Switzerland at that time
but his famlily came from turkey and that is where
the wedding will be.

They enjoyed his company so much that he
has returned yearly to visit with them. 

So big doings going on in August.   Kelly was going to
go there and spend two weeks touring
around Turkey  after the big wedding.

Unfortunately the earth quakes have been
devastating the area and so they may only go
for a weekend visit to attend just the wedding. 

Mother nature is playing a very devastating and cruel
joke on Turkey and Syria...  I am hoping that they
would move the wedding back to Switzerland but their
family's heart still lives in Turkey where their folks came
from before settling in Switzerland ...

All is well here now we are in the middle of a
mild Winter here on the rocky coat of Maine. 

In a couple of days we are expecting the big
storm that is coming across the country.

Have a good week,  everyone..
Sandy
  "It pays to keep an open mind, but not so open your brains fall out."

― Carl Sagan