|
Post by billhammond on Mar 31, 2024 13:20:39 GMT -5
I pretended to be a Semite today and stopped for lunch at a local Szechuan restaurant by the name of ... Szechuan. Ordered the very tasty Farmer's Chicken, which is medium-spicy stir-fried chicken with asparagus, onion, green and red pepper, Thai chilis and a dark brown sauce. Before lunch I motored over to the Aircraft Viewing Area at MSP International, located in the heart of the airport at the intersection of two major runways. Thank you, Metropolitan Airports Commission, for setting up and maintaining this very cool (and free) public service. Today's wind was such that departures were lifting off right in front of the viewing area's lot. There's even a signboard with images of different models of aircraft and descriptions to aid in identifying them.
|
|
|
Post by Cornflake on Mar 31, 2024 14:32:05 GMT -5
You can spot the Boeing planes by the missing doors.
|
|
|
Post by John B on Mar 31, 2024 15:28:53 GMT -5
New game, still in Beta on NYT. Not available on phones yet. Sadly, today I used three hints.
Strands #28 βItβs lit!β π΅π΅π‘π΅ π΅π‘π΅π‘ π΅π‘
|
|
|
Post by Village Idiot on Mar 31, 2024 16:03:15 GMT -5
I believe Howard is correct. Great photo.
|
|
|
Post by coachdoc on Mar 31, 2024 16:14:55 GMT -5
My 13y.o grandson got baptizes today. Nice service. It was congregational but I couldnβt tell it apart from Episcopalian. Very comfortable as Anglican is how I was raised.
|
|
|
Post by concertinagirl on Mar 31, 2024 16:19:41 GMT -5
Can't decide if I should celebrate Easter, Resurrection, or LGBTQ+ day...you know, the one our president declared today to be. To be fair, the awareness date was established as March 31 in 2009. Since then, it has coincided with Easter only this year, and I just checked tables stretching into 2067 and they won't coincide again in that entire span. Considering the complicated manner in which the Easter date is determined, a coincidence is almost inevitable. I don't think it's worth getting too worked up about. (Addition edited in:) So it was established privately 15 years ago. Biden made the first proclamation to note the annual event, recognized worldwide, in 2021. Thank you for this post, Bill. I was EXTREMELY SHOOK UP when I heard that something other than the Resurrection of Christ ( the holiest of days for Christians) would be celebrated today. I did not know that the date had been established years ago.
|
|
|
Post by coachdoc on Mar 31, 2024 16:21:56 GMT -5
My 13y.o grandson got baptized today. Nice service. It was congregational but I couldnβt tell it apart from Episcopalian. Very comfortable as Anglican is how I was raised.
|
|
|
Post by millring on Mar 31, 2024 16:38:18 GMT -5
New game, still in Beta on NYT. Not available on phones yet. Sadly, today I used three hints. Strands #28 βItβs lit!β π΅π΅π‘π΅ π΅π‘π΅π‘ π΅π‘ I guess I don't get it. The other NYT games tell you the solution once you fail. I got some of the words but cleared all the possible words without getting the key words. So I didn't win but I'm left not knowing what I got wrong.
|
|
|
Post by epaul on Mar 31, 2024 16:43:45 GMT -5
This morning was a test of my commitment to church choir. I was in the middle of the neatest dream ever when the darn alarm went off at 7:00 AM for the 8:00 service. And I was so sleepy. But I went. The promise of the pancake breakfast being served between the two services helped. And the pancakes were really good, so it was worth it.
But, after all those pancakes, I was so drowsy I fell asleep during the sermon. But, it was the same one as I had heard earlier, so no loss. My good fellow basses gently nudged me awake when it was time to sing again.
|
|
|
Post by Rob Hanesworth on Mar 31, 2024 16:56:04 GMT -5
This morning was a test of my commitment to church choir. I was in the middle of the neatest dream ever when the darn alarm went off at 7:00 AM for the 8:00 service. And I was so sleepy. But I went. The promise of the pancake breakfast being served between the two services helped. And the pancakes were really good, so it was worth it. But, after all those pancakes, I was so drowsy I fell asleep during the sermon. But, it was the same one as I had heard earlier, so no loss. My good fellow basses gently nudged me awake when it was time to sing again. A minister we once had told me in casual conversation that he loved preaching so much that he was sure he woke up sometimes to find himself preaching. I told him he was probably right because I had woke up many times to find him preaching.
|
|
|
Post by Shannon on Mar 31, 2024 17:05:35 GMT -5
Hello, all. It has been a great day here, full of family and good food.
Christus Dominus hodie resurrexit!
|
|
|
Post by John B on Mar 31, 2024 19:44:05 GMT -5
New game, still in Beta on NYT. Not available on phones yet. Sadly, today I used three hints. Strands #28 βItβs lit!β π΅π΅π‘π΅ π΅π‘π΅π‘ π΅π‘ I guess I don't get it. The other NYT games tell you the solution once you fail. I got some of the words but cleared all the possible words without getting the key words. So I didn't win but I'm left not knowing what I got wrong. Yeah, it's hard when you have to 'earn' hints. So I look for a lot of four-letter words to earn them. And usually the "hint" words are one part of a longer compound word that is one of the solution words. Erin breezes through these. She's a word shark.
|
|
|
Post by millring on Mar 31, 2024 20:17:25 GMT -5
I guess I don't get it. The other NYT games tell you the solution once you fail. I got some of the words but cleared all the possible words without getting the key words. So I didn't win but I'm left not knowing what I got wrong. Yeah, it's hard when you have to 'earn' hints. So I look for a lot of four-letter words to earn them. And usually the "hint" words are one part of a longer compound word that is one of the solution words. Erin breezes through these. She's a word shark. I came to the point where no matter how many other words I found my hint button would indicate that I earned another hint but no new hint would show.
|
|
|
Post by Marty on Mar 31, 2024 22:00:32 GMT -5
The stuffed French toast for brunch was wonderful and then the girls spent the day watching Ink Wars. It's like Iron Chef but with Tattoo Artists. I made Shrimp Scampi for dinner, they ate every bit of it, I think they liked it. But they still left me to do dishes. Spoiled girls. That's okay as I only made dessert for myself.
|
|
|
Post by millring on Apr 1, 2024 4:15:44 GMT -5
I guess I don't get it. The other NYT games tell you the solution once you fail. I got some of the words but cleared all the possible words without getting the key words. So I didn't win but I'm left not knowing what I got wrong. Yeah, it's hard when you have to 'earn' hints. So I look for a lot of four-letter words to earn them. And usually the "hint" words are one part of a longer compound word that is one of the solution words. Erin breezes through these. She's a word shark. Okay, today's was so easy I got it without any hints.
|
|