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classicman · 10-28-2009, 09:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cloud

I'm sitting here reading a story and simultaneously watching tv, as I often do.

I'm reading a short story which features a stray dog named Katie. When they name her that, I'm thinking, that's dumb, what kind of a dog name is "katie?"

and --

in the tv show I'm watching - THERE'S A STRAY DOG NAMED KATIE!

I'm creeped out.

Was the movie based upon the book?

Cloud · 10-28-2009, 10:00 PM

was the tv show based on the story? nope; no connection

Sundae · 10-30-2009, 09:34 AM

How do you slice a loaf of bread without squishing it?
I am a spoilt child of the '70s. 1972 if you have to know (how rude!)
Growing up we had a bread slicer. I say bread, it was manual and could be adjusted for ham or beef or fingers or whatever was your bag.

Apparently, the 'rents tried to get a replacement a couple of years ago, but the new one they got was rubbish and ended up in the charity shop.

The only bread I grew up slicing (kiddies didn't use the bread slicer!) was Italian bread. And that has a crust so thick it's like a lawsuit waiting to happen.

I learned how to slice cheese. I learned how to butter fresh bread with real, cold butter (warm the butter up TBH) and to spread crackers without them cracking. BUT. Deli bread I buy, I always have to squash the air out of it to slice it. Squeeze and saw. Never the same once I've got at it.

Is this a lost art? Mum mourns the lost art of her parents' generation - carving a chicken so it lasts all week. Have my generation lost yet another art?

Shawnee123 · 10-30-2009, 09:52 AM

It's all in the knife and the pressure. Working at the Country Club, we hand sliced the bread we took out with the salads. Chef loved me because I didn't squish it half to death when slicing. Once you get that first cut, the knife does all the work.

classicman · 10-30-2009, 10:00 AM

Sharp cerrated bread knife, I highly recommend a Wustof or a Henckels. PRoper tool for the job and all that. If your knife is dull . . . just go Italian and rip a hunk off.

Madman · 10-30-2009, 10:07 AM

302 posts before Dec 31, 2009.

...just felt like saying that.

Gee... I feel like a Cellar veteran.

monster · 11-02-2009, 04:39 PM

Thinkpad sounds like an artificially intelligent sanitary towel. Probably made in Tampa.

ZenGum · 11-02-2009, 06:59 PM

But what would a sanitary pad with AI be thinking?

Get me outta here?

DanaC · 11-02-2009, 07:01 PM

@ Sundae: needs to be a sharp serrated knife (as has been mentioned). The trick is to make the first cut and then 'saw' quite fast but without putting on too much pressure.

Shawnee123 · 11-03-2009, 11:35 AM

Hey, I just saw your sig line, Sundae.

Now, what it T E H?

Cloud · 11-05-2009, 10:53 PM

Use a can opener to open those bedamned clamshell packaged things

xoxoxoBruce · 11-05-2009, 11:45 PM

You must mean one of these?

Cloud · 11-05-2009, 11:50 PM

well, no. the kind with the wheel you turn.

http://www.unplggd.com/unplggd/how-t...-opener-037769

ZenGum · 11-06-2009, 12:38 AM

Does eating too much salmon cause salmonella?

xoxoxoBruce · 11-06-2009, 02:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cloud

well, no. the kind with the wheel you turn.

http://www.unplggd.com/unplggd/how-t...-opener-037769

No shit, does that really work? Have you tried it?

10-28-2009, 10:00 PM	#1502
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	was the tv show based on the story? nope; no connection __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

10-30-2009, 09:34 AM	#1503
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	How do you slice a loaf of bread without squishing it? I am a spoilt child of the '70s. 1972 if you have to know (how rude!) Growing up we had a bread slicer. I say bread, it was manual and could be adjusted for ham or beef or fingers or whatever was your bag. Apparently, the 'rents tried to get a replacement a couple of years ago, but the new one they got was rubbish and ended up in the charity shop. The only bread I grew up slicing (kiddies didn't use the bread slicer!) was Italian bread. And that has a crust so thick it's like a lawsuit waiting to happen. I learned how to slice cheese. I learned how to butter fresh bread with real, cold butter (warm the butter up TBH) and to spread crackers without them cracking. BUT. Deli bread I buy, I always have to squash the air out of it to slice it. Squeeze and saw. Never the same once I've got at it. Is this a lost art? Mum mourns the lost art of her parents' generation - carving a chicken so it lasts all week. Have my generation lost yet another art? __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

10-30-2009, 09:52 AM	#1504
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	It's all in the knife and the pressure. Working at the Country Club, we hand sliced the bread we took out with the salads. Chef loved me because I didn't squish it half to death when slicing. Once you get that first cut, the knife does all the work. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

10-30-2009, 10:00 AM	#1505
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Sharp cerrated bread knife, I highly recommend a Wustof or a Henckels. PRoper tool for the job and all that. If your knife is dull . . . just go Italian and rip a hunk off. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

11-02-2009, 04:39 PM	#1507
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Thinkpad sounds like an artificially intelligent sanitary towel. Probably made in Tampa. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-30-2009, 10:07 AM	#1506
Madman has left the building. Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 455	302 posts before Dec 31, 2009. ...just felt like saying that. Gee... I feel like a Cellar veteran.

11-02-2009, 06:59 PM	#1508
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	But what would a sanitary pad with AI be thinking? Get me outta here? __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

11-03-2009, 11:35 AM	#1510
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Hey, I just saw your sig line, Sundae. Now, what it T E H? __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

11-05-2009, 10:53 PM	#1511
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Use a can opener to open those bedamned clamshell packaged things __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

11-05-2009, 11:45 PM	#1512
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	You must mean one of these? Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-05-2009, 11:50 PM	#1513
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	well, no. the kind with the wheel you turn. http://www.unplggd.com/unplggd/how-t...-opener-037769 __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

11-06-2009, 12:38 AM	#1514
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Does eating too much salmon cause salmonella? __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

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